Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

"Princess wants to control public opinion?"

When Qin Lu saw Gu Yanshu's expression, he could almost guess what he was thinking.

Having guessed what was in his heart, Gu Yanshu didn't have the slightest intention to hide it, and admitted it very generously:

"Yes."

"It's not an easy task."

Even Qin Sheng, who is now able to easily control people's words, had planned for a long time in the beginning to achieve where he is now.

It will be even more difficult for Gu Yanshu to do this now than it was for Qin Sheng back then.

Because the right to speak in Jingzhong is still in Qin Sheng's hands, and this is also the biggest weapon in his hands.

So if you think about it, you can know that if Qin Sheng knew what Gu Yanshu was thinking at this time, he would definitely not sit still.

Gu Yanshu naturally knew this, and Dang even agreed with Qin Lu's words:

"It's not easy, but it's actually not a very difficult thing."

"Hearing Wang Hao's words, it means that you already have an idea?"

Although Qin Lu already knew that Gu Yanshu was smart, he was a little surprised now.

How long has it been since Fifth Emperor Brother left just now?Gu Yanshu actually already had an idea?

"It's natural," Gu Yanshu raised his chin proudly when he sensed Qin Lu's surprise at this time, "Has your lord heard of the daily newspaper?"

That's right, the solution Gu Yanshu came up with was the daily newspaper.

What is the best way to control public opinion?

Naturally, it is to have an authoritative voice and grasp various ways to speak out.

Before the end of the world, it is to control the major social networking software and media.

Don't you see that once a microblog was able to control the caliber of most of the masses.

But for those news that you don't want the common people to know, as long as you press down hard to prevent it from climbing up the hot search, it will only spread in a small area in the end.

But any information that you want to let the common people know, you only need to let it stay on the hot search for two days, and it will be well known to the whole country.

But before Weibo appeared?

Or let's say that time goes forward a little bit, before the advent of the Internet?

What do these people rely on to control public opinion?

The answer is undoubtedly the major newspapers.

At that time, people could only get all kinds of information about the outside world from major newspapers.

If the content in the newspaper is biased, it will naturally occupy the ideological high ground in people's hearts.

This is also what the news requires writers to be objective when writing news articles.

Justice should not have reasons for subjective thinking.

There is no daily newspaper in Tianqi now, if Gu Yanshu can create a daily newspaper, he can hold the pen in his own hands.

Given time, the dominance of public opinion in Beijing will naturally be transferred to them in the future. How can Qin Sheng be willing or not?

There is no daily newspaper in Tianqi Kingdom, so Qin Lu naturally doesn't know what the daily newspaper is.

Now that Gu Yanshu mentioned the daily newspaper, he could only repeat this unfamiliar word with some doubts:

"Daily? What is this?"

"It can be regarded as a kind of residence newspaper."

Gu Yanshu thought for a moment, and then thought of a statement that Qin Lu could understand.

There is also a Dibao in Tianqi Kingdom now.

Like most dynasties in Chinese history, Tianqi Kingdom's mansion newspapers basically published some emperor's decrees, ministers' memorials, and some political information.

When the war was tense in the past, some frontier information would be published.

Two years before that, Qin Lu's heroic performance on the battlefield will be written to appease the unstable emotions of the masses due to years of fighting.

So Qin Lu was no stranger to Di Bao.

Hearing what Gu Yanshu said now, Qin Lu only needs to think a little bit to understand Gu Yanshu's thoughts:

"Wangfei means that you want to publish the mansion newspaper yourself?"

"Of course."

Gu Yanshu gave Qin Lu an appreciative look.

"Then why is it called the Daily?" Qin Lu frowned slightly, still puzzled.

Regarding Qin Lu's doubts, Gu Yanshu naturally knew everything and said endlessly:

"Because I intend to set the publication cycle of this kind of newspaper as one day, that is, a new newspaper will be issued every day, so I call it a daily newspaper."

"Issued daily?" Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Qin Lu's brows that were already slightly gathered became closer, "I'm afraid this is not realistic."

"Huh? Why?" The person who didn't understand this time became Gu Yanshu.

"According to what Wang Hao said just now, this Mansion News should be prepared to be issued in large quantities?"

Although Qin Lu's words were asking, his tone was full of affirmation.

From Gu Yanshu's words just now, it can be heard that Gu Yanshu wants to publish a daily newspaper in order to control public opinion.

Since it is to control public opinion, it is impossible for this kind of daily to spread only in a small area.

"That's right." Gu Yanshu nodded, his tone was taken for granted.

If the amount is not

How can he control public opinion if he is big?

"If this is the case, let's not talk about whether the princess can find new content to publish in this mansion newspaper every day, just say that the printing of this mansion newspaper is not an easy task."

There is an institution in the imperial court that specializes in publishing Dibao, and Qin Lu naturally knows a thing or two about the distribution of Dibao, so he even pointed out the more difficult places:

"I don't know how much content Wang Hao intends to publish in one issue of the daily, but according to the current speed of the workers, it would take one person a day to carve a block with more than a hundred characters."

"If the concubine wants to publish more content, the speed of the worker's engraving may have to be improved. If it is replaced by manual copying, in the limited time, the quantity may not be able to meet the needs of the concubine."

It is also because of this that even the imperial court only publishes a few mansion newspapers every year.

When Gu Yanshu was planning the daily newspaper in his mind, he thought about many issues, such as what to publish in the daily newspaper, how to make everyone in Tianqi accept the existence of the daily newspaper, and so on.

But Gu Yanshu never imagined that the first mountain in front of him would be on the matter of printing.

Now hearing Qin Lu's analysis, Gu Yanshu subconsciously frowned:

"Block printing? No movable type?"

"Movable type printing? What is this thing?"

Qin Lu didn't think that he just casually said that it was not easy to issue the mansion newspaper, and then heard an unfamiliar word from his princess.

Although he didn't quite understand what the "movable type printing" Gu Yanshu was talking about, his intuition told Qin Lu that this printing method didn't seem to be simple.

"Just like woodblock printing, it is also a printing method, but compared with woodblock printing, it is more convenient, quicker, and more time-saving and labor-saving."

Although there is no movable type printing in Tianqi Kingdom, it is somewhat beyond Gu Yanshu's expectation.

But fortunately, Gu Yanshu also knows something about movable type printing, so Dang even briefly explained it to Qin Lu:

"To put it simply, this movable type printing technique is to carve a single character into a template. When it is needed, these characters are selected according to the manuscript, combined and arranged together, and printed with ink."

"After the printing is completed, these templates can be disassembled again and continue to be used next time."

"Because the template of each font is an independent subject, it can be applied more flexibly

Change the combination, so it is called movable type. "

Although Gu Yanshu's words were simple, he also mentioned the characteristics and convenience of movable type printing.

Qin Lu is not a stupid person, just through the description of Gu Yanshu's three or two sentences, he immediately thought of the convenience of movable type printing:

"If movable type printing is as convenient as the princess said, wouldn't it be unnecessary to re-make engravings for any text you want to print in the future?"

"of course."

Gu Yanshu raised his chin and nodded as a matter of course.

We must know that China has been majestic for thousands of years, and the culture and inventions passed down are unknown.

This moveable type printing can occupy a place among the four great inventions, naturally there is a reason for it.

Naturally, Qin Lu could also see the prospect of this printing technique, and immediately he didn't care about controlling public opinion or reporting on the daily, so he hurriedly asked:

"How much does the princess know about movable type printing? Maybe talk to me carefully?"

"This... I don't really know much."

Hearing this, Gu Yanshu frowned slightly, and there was a hint of hesitation in his tone.

It is said that there is specialization in the art industry, although movable type printing is good, but at the time of Gu Yanshu, people already had more convenient and faster digital printing.

This traditional printing method has long been abandoned.

All Gu Yanshu's understanding of movable type printing is what he heard when he was studying history.

But now that Qin Lu asked, Gu Yanshu still told what he knew.

After finishing speaking, seeing Qin Lu's expression was obviously moved.

Thinking that if I want to publish this daily, movable type printing is also one of the indispensable tools, and Dang even gave a suggestion:

"Although I know little about movable type printing, and I don't know how to make arrangements, I believe that it should not be difficult to find someone who can make this movable type."

"How do you say it?" Qin Lu was a little troubled by Gu Yanshu's vague words, so when he heard that there was a solution, he naturally wanted to ask clearly.

"People in the world say that there is a specialization in this industry. Although movable type printing is a brand new printing method, it is also a kind of printing method. And as far as I know, this movable type printing is also from woodblock printing. It evolved from the technique, so why don't the prince find some people who are familiar with engraving and printing, and discuss it together?"

Don't say anything else, let's talk about the movable type printing in the history of China.

Didn’t Bi Sheng, the inventor of the brushing technique, also work as an engraver in a bookstore and engaged in hand-printing at the beginning?

It's just that Bi Sheng is better at summarizing and reforming than others, so he came up with movable type printing after a lot of practice.

Now that Gu Yanshu can provide ideas and methods, if he can find a few experienced people, then it will not be difficult to put this idea into practice.

"The queen is right."

After being reminded by Gu Yanshu, Qin Lu immediately figured this out, but now, they faced another problem:

"It's the choice of this person, I'm afraid we need to think carefully about it."

Qin Lu could think of the benefits of movable type printing just from Gu Yanshu's description.

If the moveable type printing technique can be made in the future, the inventor may be able to go down in history directly.

Under such circumstances, one must be cautious when selecting candidates for this production.

"In terms of candidates, I'm afraid I can only leave it to the prince to worry about."

Naturally, Gu Yanshu also knew this, and even if he left this bald matter to Qin Lu to deal with.

After all, one is that Gu Yanshu has no one available under his command, and the only one, Bai Shu, is loyal but embarrassing.

Secondly, if the candidate for this matter is left to Qin Lu to decide, the benefits and room for operation will be much greater.

Qin Lu can naturally understand the intention of this.

But this time, Qin Lu didn't say thank you to Gu Yanshu anymore.

At such a time, expressing thanks in words seems a little out of place, it is better to keep Gu Yanshu's heart in mind, and be more realistic in action in the future.