Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 148 Public opinion
PS: I am very tired from the codeword today, and I will correct the typos later. I can't hold it anymore, so I go to bed first.

The crackdown in Youzhou this time not only deterred some people with ulterior motives, but also played a role in stabilizing the hearts of the people.

However, just after the crackdown, a rumor spread widely among the people.

"Have you heard? It is said that Mr. Ruixiang is a real dragon alive." In a classroom, a group of students chatted together.

"Don't talk nonsense, you can't talk nonsense, if the court finds out, it may harm your husband." Hearing the man's words, someone stopped him immediately.

"I didn't say this, I heard it from others." The student defended and said, "Someone is publicizing this matter outside, and the common people believe it."

"What did they say?" someone asked.

"They just said that Mr. is a real dragon alive, otherwise how could Youzhou develop like this?" The man said: "They gave many examples, such as Mr. Ruixiang who knows astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom..."

"Knowing astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom, isn't that Wenqu Xingxia? What kind of real dragon is alive, it's because someone wants to harm Mr. Ruixiang."

Someone said: "No, we must tell my husband about this so that he can prepare early."

Without this group of students telling, Zhang Qingfeng learned about this matter immediately.

"Teacher, how do you deal with this matter? Do you want to arrest someone who spread rumors?"

In Yuyang City, Yang Shen asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"I'm afraid it's too late to arrest it now. It is estimated that the mastermind behind the scenes has retreated long ago, and now it is spread spontaneously by the people." Zhang Qingfeng shook his head and said.

"This must have been done by some people in the imperial court. I didn't expect them to come secretly. This is to drive a wedge between us and the imperial court!" Yang Shen said.

"Shooting the top bird, Youzhou has developed too fast, and it is a crime. Moreover, the development of Youzhou will inevitably damage the interests of some people. If they targeted me like this a few years ago, maybe I would be afraid. Now? ,hehe."

Zhang Qingfeng chuckled lightly and said, "Go and find someone to call Liu Yiyi and Bi Sheng over. I have something to tell him."

"Okay, I'll let someone call Junior Sister Liu and Junior Brother Bi over." Yang Shen nodded in agreement, and then left.

An hour later, Yang Shen brought a man and a woman to Zhang Qingfeng's study.

"teacher."

"teacher."

After the two arrived, they hurriedly saluted Zhang Qingfeng.

"Come on, have some tea."

At this time, as the hostess of the villa, Cai Wenji brought a few cups of tea to several people with her big belly and two little maids.

"Master, please rest, we will drink ourselves when we are thirsty."

"Let's talk about things, I won't bother you, just call if you need anything." Cai Wenji said something, and left the study with the two maids.

"Teacher, you came to us..."

"I'm looking for you, and I have something to tell you."

Zhang Qingfeng said to the two: "I am going to run a newspaper, and I need a lot of paper and printing machines."

"Teacher, I don't know how much paper you want? When will you want it?" Liu Yiyi asked Zhang Qingfeng. She is now the director of the paper factory and is in charge of paper making.

Although the paper mill is inconspicuous, but in terms of the speed of making money, it is no smaller than Liulichang.

Year-old thank you paper has been widely popularized in Youzhou. Youzhou Yuyang Paper Mill has expanded its production and expanded its production. It has tens of thousands of workers, but the supply of paper is still in short supply.

"I may need tens of thousands of large white papers every day, please leave me [-]." Zhang Qingfeng said.

"So many!" Liu Yiyi was surprised.

Tens of thousands of large sheets of paper are not a small amount.

A large sheet of paper can be cut into more than a dozen sheets of book paper.

"What? Is there a problem?" Zhang Qingfeng asked.

"No problem, maybe the paper mill may have to use the sledgehammer to increase production capacity again." Liu Yiyi said.

"It is not necessary to expand production capacity. You may consider opening a branch factory in Jicheng, which will also save transportation costs." Zhang Qingfeng said.

"I've thought about it too, but I haven't made up my mind about one of them. Since you have said so, teacher, I'll go to Jicheng to open a branch factory." Liu Yiyi said.

"Bi Sheng, I need your printing machine factory to manufacture ten printing machines and tens of thousands of movable lead types for me within half a month. Is there any problem?" Zhang Qingfeng handed a folder to Bi Sheng Said.

"Let me take a look." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Bi Sheng quickly took the folder and read it.

In the folder are the requirements for printing presses and movable lead type.

The printing presses are easy to say, similar to ordinary printing presses, except that there are a lot of movable lead type.

There are more than a dozen types of these movable lead types of different sizes, the big ones are as big as a cup, and the small ones are only as small as a fly. More than 5 pieces are needed.

"Teacher, if you can ask the machinery manufacturing factory to help, it should be no problem to produce it within half a month." Bi Sheng finally said.

"Okay, you can go back and discuss with Xu Guangqi." Zhang Qingfeng said.

In the following time, Zhang Qingfeng talked with several students and answered some technical questions at the same time.

At night, Zhang Qingfeng was thinking, to run a newspaper, he should find that student to be the editor-in-chief.

The reason why Zhang Qingfeng started a newspaper was mainly to deal with people manipulating public opinion against him.

Historically, public opinion among the people has always been in the hands of scholars. If scholars wanted to defeat someone, they only had to create public opinion about their opponents.

From ancient times to the present, countless officials have been tripped up by public opinion.

Of course, there are also people who use public opinion to build momentum for themselves, such as "killing the white snake", such as "checking the spot and becoming the emperor", and of course there is the Donglin Party that is the most capable of using public opinion.

In ancient times, whether it was using public opinion to attack political opponents or using public opinion to build a golden body for itself, the Donglin Party was the most slick.

In the past, Zhang Qingfeng thought that the time was not ripe, so he never thought about running a newspaper. After all, the audience is too small. There are 300 million people in Youzhou, and the number of literate people is less than tens of thousands. This is because Youzhou vigorously popularizes education. result.

However, now being slandered by rumors, Zhang Qingfeng has to consider the direction of public opinion.

"Husband, are you still awake at this late hour?"

While Zhang Qingfeng was thinking about the problem alone in the study, Cai Wenji brought a maid into the study.

"Some things are on my mind, and I can't sleep." Zhang Qingfeng said.

"Husband, come, have a bowl of porridge and pad your belly." Cai Wenji said softly to Zhang Qingfeng.

"Okay, I'm just a little hungry." Zhang Qing Zhang Qingfeng took the bowl and chopsticks from the little maid and said.

"Xiaohuan, go to sleep." Cai Wenji told the little maid.

"Yes." The little maid nodded and then left the study.

"What's on my husband's mind, you might as well talk to my slave family, my slave family also wants to solve your husband's worries and problems." Cai Wenji said to Zhang Qingfeng.

Hearing Cai Wenji's words, Zhang Qingfeng thought for a while, briefly described what happened during this period, and then said: "I want to start a newspaper, but I don't know who will be the editor-in-chief for a while. Newspapers value it very much, and ordinary people simply cannot do it.”

"Since my husband values ​​that newspaper so much, I might as well serve as editor-in-chief for a while and cultivate more talents in this field. If I do it, I can always select a qualified editor-in-chief, right?" Cai Wenji said.

Hearing Cai Wenji's words, Zhang Qingfeng thought for a while and finally nodded. "That's all for now."

(End of this chapter)