Blessing from the goddess at the beginning, technology VS magic

While Sharon was thinking about why there were so many magicians here, a policeman stepped forward to check on the gangsters and said:

"Brother Yves, he's dead."

Yves said angrily: "Let's just die. Anyway, we caught his accomplices. I hope the results will be found out tonight. How dare you take hostages in Liming City? I'm really impatient."

Then he walked to Sharon and asked with concern: "Miss, are you not hurt?"

"It's okay, I'm the great mage." Sharon looked proud.

"Ah ha, it turns out to be the magician. I asked why the gangster suddenly caught fire."

"Aren't you also magicians? When you just killed that person"

Yves explained: "That's not magic, miss, that's a musket"

Sharon is curious? What was a musket? So he asked, "Can you show me it?"

"This... I'm afraid it won't work..."

"Okay, if there's nothing else, let's go, Aurora, let's go" Sharon shouted to Aurora.

Yves said: "I'm sorry, ladies, you can't leave yet."

"Huh? Why?"

"You have to go back with us and make a record. Don't worry, I just want to tell you what happened before the gangsters kidnapped you. This is the rule."

Sharon was a little impatient: "It's really troublesome."

"Your Highness, something happened!"

Pearl came over with the report.

"What's wrong?" Rhett asked.

"Someone took hostages on the streets of Liming City today. The gangster seems to be a spy. He has been shot dead. There are also accomplices who are currently being interrogated."

Rhett sighed and said, "Hey~ spies, how long has it been since you caught a spy?"

Pearl thought for a while and said, "It's been about two years, but it seems that some people are still restless. Do you want to clean it up?"

"No, there have always been spies, but they won't cause much harm to us. They are spies at most. It is impossible to live without spies unless we don't interact with the outside world. I call this approach seclusion and clean-up. In fact, there is no need, we have always been on guard against spies."

"Then what happened this time..."

"Making such a big noise means that someone is going to attack us. Let me know the results of the interrogation as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Highness. By the way, the person who was kidnapped is Sharon."

"Huh? It seems I have to come and apologize. After all, someone was hijacked at my place..."

Police station interrogation room.

"Say, who sent you?"

The man kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word. A group of people outside the interrogation room were looking inside through the glass. The sound was completely isolated, but the people inside could not see outside.

"Captain, he has been refusing to speak, and the same goes for several other people."

"It seems that we have encountered a tough nut this time. Let's use some means. Lord Yves said today that there must be results."

"I understand, Captain"

After a while, screams came from the interrogation room. This is not a peaceful era, and we cannot be lenient when dealing with the enemy. What's more, in Blue Star, spies are not protected by international law.

"The results are out?" Rhett asked.

"They are all here." Pearl handed the information to Rhett: "They all confessed. After verification, they did not lie and no traces of prior collusion were found. They are all dead soldiers sent by the Stephen Empire to find out our glass Manufacturing technology, then discovered our muskets, tried to bribe our soldiers, was caught, and killed nearly 10 ordinary people while performing espionage activities.”

Rhett flipped through more detailed information and said slowly: "I thought it was the West Bay Federation coming to cause trouble again, but it turned out that the Stephen Empire, which was even more difficult to mess with, gave pensions to the dead civilians, and the spies were all Kill them, then demand compensation from the Stephen Empire, and warn them not to try to be clever again!"

"I understand." Then Pearl took out a few more boxes of beautifully packaged items for me and said, "Your Highness, the gifts are ready. These shampoos and shower gels are really useful. I believe Miss Sharon will like them."

"Now that you've said that, I feel relieved. I heard that Sharon and Aurora live very close to each other. It just so happens that today's matter needs to be well written and published by the newspaper. Wouldn't it be necessary to get two gifts? ?”

Pearl said with a bad smile: "It's three copies! Your Highness, Miss Miriam is also there."

"All right…"

A week later, a new item came to the people of Liming City, newspapers.

"Newspapers are being sold! Newspapers are being sold!" a child shouted with a newspaper in his hand.

Some people around were curious about this: "What is this kid doing?"

Another person said: "Don't you know? Isn't it written on the bulletin board a few days ago? In the future, the bulletin board will be cancelled!"

"Ah? Then how will we read the news in the future?"

"Don't you want to see it?"

"That's because I'm illiterate!"

"Then you will be in trouble, because no one will help you read the announcement in the future, and you will have to learn to read by yourself!"

The man regretted hearing this. He never went to the night school he organized once. His ancestors were all commoners, so there was no use in reading. It seemed that times had really changed.

There are many people discussing this matter throughout Liming City.

"Selling newspapers? Does that mean you have to spend money to buy this newspaper?"

"Isn't it? But the newspaper is very cheap. You can buy 1 copies for 5 copper coin. You just need to find five people to take turns buying it."

"You still have to spend money. In the past, you didn't have to spend money to read the bulletin board."

"You don't understand. This newspaper writes not only government announcements, but also a lot of strange and strange things. It's very interesting. You can also submit articles yourself, and you can still make money by paying your contribution fees."

"Really? Then I'm going to buy one."

The people around who heard these words also went to buy newspapers. Although it cannot be said that all of these people who carefully answered other people's questions were entrusted by Rhett, at least half of them were.

One word spreads to ten, and everyone knows the purpose of the newspaper. Some people are obsessed with the stories in it, but most people are attracted by the "important news" that takes up more than half of the page.

"The Stephen Empire sent 6 spies to brutally kill 15 ordinary people in our country. We have given full compensation to the families of the victims. The Stephen Empire must give justice to the Sunri Republic! We are here to punish the Stephen Empire for sending spies to conduct espionage activities. The behavior expresses strong protest..."

Below are heartfelt statements from the victims’ families, which aroused the sympathy of many people. Originally, after the previous Goblin incident, the Stephen Empire refused to allow most people to enter and turned many people into slaves. , a lot of people had opinions about it, and now even more people have a bad impression of it.

The newspaper was not only published in Liming City, but also sold in Anru City, Vic City and other major cities in the Republic. After seeing it, the Nirvana Army soldiers wanted to go to the Stephen Empire for an explanation. The merchants in Anru City saw it. I am very curious about this approach. I have never seen this way of making money. Among them, the bright people also found business opportunities in newspapers.

In one day, 20 copies of the first issue of the newspaper were sold. Now the entire Republic has a population of only 100 million. This is a very good result.

Pearl was very happy to see that the newspaper was selling so well: "Your Highness, the method you came up with is really wonderful. Not only can you make money, but you can also publicize policies and write stories on it and it can also be used as entertainment for ordinary people. "

Rhett took a sip of tea and said: "Making money is secondary, and more importantly, controlling public opinion. This must be controlled in our hands, and other countries obviously haven't realized this yet."