Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 152 Selling Newspapers
"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, Prime Minister Cao defeated Sun Quan and regained Jiangnan."

"Selling newspapers, I, the son of Youzhou, assisted the prime minister in defeating one hundred thousand Sun Quan's troops..."

"Selling newspapers, Liu Bei's [-] troops were beaten by Youzhou Erlang and fled in embarrassment..."

"Selling newspapers, the imperial court is going to support ranchers, as long as they go to the grassland to graze, each person can get a thousand acres of pasture..."

"Selling newspapers, on the eighth day of May, the first train in Youzhou will be officially put into operation..."

On this day, countless adults carried cloth bags on their bodies and shouted in the streets.

These cloth bags are all newspapers issued in the first issue of Youzhou Daily.

Many readers may wonder why all the newspaper boys are adults instead of newspaper boys, because the law of Youzhou stipulates that children must go to school, so the job of newspaper boys can only be done by adults.

"My lord, what are you doing?"

The yelling of the newspaper seller attracted the attention of others, and soon the newspaper seller was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.

"My guest, this is a newspaper run by Mr. Inspector. It records a lot of happenings in various places. It only costs five cents. Do you want a copy?" The newspaper seller enthusiastically sold the newspaper in his hand to others.

It costs five yuan a piece, and he can get three Wen for selling one copy. As long as he can sell one hundred copies, he can earn 300 yuan.

"I can't read, and I can't read." Someone sang a newspaper seller.

"My guest, do you have children studying in the academy? If you don't understand, you can ask your children to read for you." The newspaper seller said.

"Then tell me what's written on it, and I'll see if I want to buy it." Someone said to the newspaper seller.

Hearing this, the newspaper seller quickly said: "Everyone, there are a lot of things written in this newspaper. You may have heard that the South has won the battle, but you must not know how to win the battle."

The newspaper seller pointed to the newspaper, and then said: "This newspaper has written how to win the battle, and the process is very detailed. And this, everyone, it's about the Battle of Yuyang and the Battle of Rehe that happened last year. The Battle of the Great War, and the Battle of the Grassland, etc., are described in great detail, so that everyone will be enlightened after reading it."

The newspaper sellers are endlessly selling the newspapers in their hands.

"Give me a copy, and I'll see if it's as exciting as you said."

Someone finally couldn't help but buy a newspaper.

In Yuyang City, more than half of the wealthy people, even workers, also have a lot of income, and a newspaper is only the price of a meal.

Of course, there are only a small number of people who are willing to pay for newspapers, and more people are unwilling to pay. After all, five cents is not a small amount of money for those who want to support their families, so save as much as you can.

"Is there anyone willing to buy a newspaper with me and read it together?"

Those who think it is too expensive want to buy it with others and watch it together.

"I'll pay a penny, and I don't need paper after reading it." Someone said immediately.

"Count me in."

"Count me in."

Soon, five people contributed five yuan each.

After paper money appeared in Youzhou, some people called it one penny, while others called it one yuan. The names were different.

"Gentlemen, this is your newspaper." The newspaper seller did not despise those who chipped in to buy the newspaper, but enthusiastically sold the newspaper to a few people.

When the other onlookers saw someone chipping in to buy newspapers, they also took action immediately.

Soon, groups of people started to pool money to buy the newspaper. After buying the newspaper, a few of them left together to read elsewhere.

For those who cannot read, let those who can read read the newspaper. If five people cannot read, they will be caught blind and have to go home to look for their children.

In every city in Youzhou, there are countless newspaper sellers shouting on the streets.

On this day, countless people in Youzhou knew that there was something called a newspaper in Youzhou.

Not only in the city, but also in the villages and towns after a few days, newspaper sellers began to visit.

Of course, most of these newspaper sellers are tax officers from the Youzhou Taxation Bureau.

Compared with the people in the city, many people in the villages and towns know these tax collectors. After all, the people of Youzhou have to deal with the tax collectors every year.

On this day, Liu Laosi rode into a village with a bag of newspapers in his arms.

This village is relatively remote, but it has a population of more than 300.

Liu Laosi went to the village during the day, and then lived in the village chief's house.

During the day, most of the villagers went to do farm work, so Liu Laosi's task was after dinner in the afternoon.

After Liu Laosi arrived, he released the news and asked all the villagers to gather at the village head's house after dinner in the evening.

In the evening, after the villagers had eaten, a large group came to the village chief's house.

Due to too many people, everyone could only stand in the open space outside.

"Everyone be quiet."

Seeing that almost everyone was coming, Liu Laosi came out with a tin horn.

Hearing Liu Laosi's words, the noise of the crowd gradually quieted down.

"Today, there is an order from above, let me read the newspaper to everyone."

"What's a newspaper? A newspaper is the paper on which the situation is reported, and that's it."

"What's the report?" A villager asked.

"Don't ask so many questions, just listen."

Liu Laosi shook a few newspapers and said: "This is the newspaper published by Youzhou Daily in the past few days. Youzhou Daily is opened by the governor of Youzhou. People in the city have already read it. You guys here are too It’s remote, so I sent it here now.”

After a pause, Liu Laosi asked everyone: "Do you know how much it costs for people in the city to buy such a newspaper?"

"How much?" A villager asked.

"That's just one, five yuan. I have six here, and it will cost thirty to buy."

"So expensive?" Many villagers were in an uproar when they heard that they could buy a few sheets of paper for only 30 yuan.

Unlike urbanites who earn thousands of dollars a month, many rural households in Youzhou still earn less than a few dollars a year, and it is considered good to be able to support a family.

Thirty yuan doesn't seem like a lot, but let a farmer buy this newspaper, unless they are crazy.

"Everyone be quiet." Seeing that there was some noise below, Liu Laosi immediately stopped.

He said to everyone: "People in the city buy these newspapers for about 30 yuan, but I am not here to sell newspapers to you."

"There is an order from above, let me come to your village to read these newspapers for you. I will read all six newspapers for you. You will not be asked to pay 30 yuan each, but adults will charge you a nominal one yuan per person. , children under the age of 15 and senior citizens under the age of 60 don’t need money.”

"Let me read a newspaper to you first. It is free of charge. If you want to continue to listen to it later, you have to pay a penny. If you don't want to pay, please leave. Do you understand?" Liu Lao Sichao everyone said.

When they heard that they would have to pay, many people immediately wanted to leave, but when they heard that they could listen for a while for free, everyone stopped in their tracks.

"Let me first tell you about how my soldiers from Youzhou defeated Sun Quan's [-] army in the south, and then I will talk about how Gongsun Kang attacked us in Youzhou and how we defeated Gongsun Kang." Liu Lao Sichao said to everyone .

Afterwards, he turned to the front page headline of the first newspaper of Youzhou Daily and began to read it.

The headline on the first page of the newspaper had a lot of words, plus Liu Laosi added his own material, so it took ten minutes to read it without stopping.

However, those mesmerizing eyes in the audience made Liu Laosi very useful.

He drank a cup of tea, and then said to everyone: "The first article has been finished. If you want to continue listening, pay the money, and if you don't want to listen, leave."

When they heard that they had to pay, many people left. Some people who did not want to pay but wanted to listen to the newspaper were kicked out by those who paid.

(End of this chapter)