Transmigrated into the book to become the villain prince, the son of the plane to destroy

However, Tai Shizheng and Yao Ce did not think so long-term as Xiao Jie. They simply admired Xiao Jie's idea of ​​starting a newspaper. whimsy.

However, Tai Shizheng seemed to have thought of something, and smiled slightly: "Your Highness, I am sorry to say that although starting a newspaper is indeed a good idea, it is just that many people are sent to inquire about the news in and around the capital every day, and people are invited to come. Writing articles, plus the cost of finding someone to engrave and make plates, these expenses are not low, but the printed newspapers, His Highness only sells for two cents a piece, and I am afraid that I will lose a lot of money."

Before Xiao Jie could speak, Yao Ce on the side laughed: "Brother Tai Shi was joking, if His Highness was afraid of losing money, he would not have thought of starting any newspaper. In Yao's view, newspapers are just like His Highness's hand to deal with the enemy. Since it is a deadly weapon, there is no reason not to spend money, but the money is worth it!"

Xiao Jie also laughed, playfully: "Mr. Yao is really wrong, I really want to earn some money through newspapers to subsidize my family."

When Xiao Jie said this, not only Yao Ce, but also Tai Shizheng couldn't help being stunned.

What's happening?Printing newspapers at such a high cost and at such a low price is still profitable. How can it be done?

Xiao Jie could see the doubts of the two of them, so he didn't explain directly, but put on a show, and said with a smile: "You two gentlemen, do you still remember the advertisement on the Cuju competition field on the day of the 'Spring Test'?"

Although what Xiao Jie said was paradoxical and went to the end, but who Tai Shizheng and Yao Ce were, he knew a little bit, and suddenly realized what Xiao Jie meant.

Merchants are always well-informed and quick-witted. Once the newspaper really becomes popular among the people and becomes famous in the hearts of the people, maybe before Xiao Jie takes the initiative to attract investment and sell advertising space, those merchants will come to the door with a lot of money, wanting to Advertise your own products in newspapers.These merchants are all rich and generous, and maybe the money they give in the end can not only offset the printing expenses, but also leave a lot of surplus.

Xiao Jie then told the two of them that he went to Taojiashufang to teach craftsmen movable type printing. In this way, they did not have to write a block every day, but only needed to use movable type to form the news block of the day for use. It is enough to print newspapers repeatedly on the same day, which saves a lot of expenses invisibly.

At this moment, both Tai Shizheng and Yao Ce had the illusion that if Xiao Jie abandoned politics and went into business, the number one merchant in the world would never be the Tao family again.

At this time, Xiao Jie suddenly put on a very serious expression, and said in a deep voice: "Because I have just taken up the post of Captain Sili and I don't have anyone available, so I want the two gentlemen Which one of you will help me start the newspaper first, I know that this job is a bit overkill for the two of you, but I really have no one available for the time being, so I can only wrong the two gentlemen first."

Tai Shizheng and Yao Ce exchanged glances, then Tai Shizheng bowed to Xiao Jie, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness is serious, and this subordinate is willing to serve His Highness."

Xiao Jie nodded slightly. Tai Shizheng was talented and talented, and he was indeed a more suitable candidate than Yao Ce.

"In this case, the establishment of the newspaper will be left to Mr. Taishi."

Tai Shizheng accepted the order generously, and then asked with a smile: "Since it is a newly established newspaper, why not give it a name, Your Highness."

Xiao Jie seemed to have made up his mind a long time ago, and said with a smile: "Since it is run by Sili Xiaowei's Mansion, it is naturally called "Sili Times."

Tai Shizheng nodded, "Sili" can show the identity of the newspaper's official newspaper, which can invisibly increase its weight and increase its authority and credibility among the people.

However, Tai Shizheng seemed to have thought of something, and continued: "But Your Highness, I am worried that other people, especially His Highness's opponents, may compete to start their own newspaper after seeing the effect of our newspaper, which will not only confuse the public, but even reverse it. Use newspapers to manipulate speech against His Highness."

"Mr. Taishi, don't worry, I have thought of this in advance. I will go to the palace to see my father in the past few days. It is strictly forbidden for the people to run newspapers without permission. Violators will be severely punished. "Sili Times" is our Sili Xiaowei's mansion. official newspaper, which is not affected."

Tai Shizheng couldn't help laughing at himself when he heard the words, secretly thought that His Highness would naturally think of starting a newspaper to control speech, how could he allow others to use newspapers to deal with him, but he was too worried.

Xiao Jie could see Tai Shizheng's embarrassment, but he had no choice but to pretend not to know it. After thinking about it, he took out three books from the desk drawer and handed them to Tai Shizheng. , "San Zi Jing" and "Thousand Characters" three enlightenment reading materials.

Hearing that Xiao Jie wanted to excerpt some of the contents of these books on the newspaper page to help the common people to literacy, Tai Shizheng couldn't help being interested, picked up a copy of "Hundred Surnames", and only opened the first page, his face froze. , I turned through many pages, and didn't stop until I saw a certain word.

Tai Shizheng hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, this "Hundred Surnames" uses surnames as the text throughout, uses four-character style, and rhymes every sentence. Although the content in it is not literary, it is easy to read. , easy to learn and easy to remember, it is indeed a good enlightenment book, but the subordinates don't understand why the book starts with Zhao's surname, and Xiao, as a country's surname, ranks No.90 and nine."

Xiao Jie's face was stunned, and he couldn't help crying in his heart. He was careless, and he actually forgot about this. In his own time and space, "Hundred Surnames" was formed in the Song Dynasty. The emperor of the Song Dynasty was named Zhao, so naturally Zhao was ranked first , I handed over the book intact to Tai Shizheng without making any revisions, which caused this oolong.

But now it’s too late to change the beginning to “Xiao Qian Sun Li”, so Xiao Jie could only start talking nonsense: “Mr. Naturally, the Zhao surname must be placed first."

"As for why Xiao's surname is ranked No. 90, it is because... because nine is the art of the sun, and the sages have said that through the nine, the transformation of the sun is also like the shape of its bending and exhaustion. All the attributes of the nine are From nine, nine and nine return to one, and finally it is the right way, so the country's surname Xiao was ranked 99th."

Although Tai Shizheng saw the unnatural look on Xiao Jie's face, he didn't say much. Anyway, Xiao Jie's explanation was not unreasonable.

As if to ease the awkward atmosphere, Xiao Jie took some papers from the desk, handed them to Tai Shizheng, and said, "This is an article I wrote, please help me publish it in the newspaper."

When Tai Shizheng and Yao Ce heard that the article was written by Xiao Jie, they immediately regained their energy. They all leaned forward and looked at the title of the article clearly, but they couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and there was an indescribable expression on their faces. look.

Because, the title of the article is impressively written with a few large characters——

A flower in a crop depends entirely on fertilizer.