Section 1711 Newspaper Income

This kind of thing happens every day in Li Cong's army. Although ideological education is very important, the influence of money interests will be even more important. The army on the earth is like this. If you are strong, the soldiers will have confidence Centripetal force, but no matter how powerful you are, the soldiers also need to eat, so most of the time Li Cong thinks about how to use money to impress them, as if now, these soldiers also know that Li Cong is the imperial court. There are many powerful people on the scene, and they are given a lot of money, and they are all willing to stay here. In the end, this competition did not go on, because Li Cong gathered urgently from there. It is already time to rest at this time, why? There will be an emergency assembly, and the soldiers all looked at their commander with their own doubts, and their commander replied to them that obeying orders is their bounden duty.

"According to reliable information, the city owner of Tianhong County in the northwest of the imperial capital has close contacts with the Southern Empire. Your troops immediately surrounded Tianhong County, and if you find an opportunity, go in and capture the city owner alive." The order was very simple, but they were immediately dumbfounded. The city lord of this county is nothing, but this Tianhong county is the queen mother's lair, how can it be connected with the Southern Empire? But this order clearly says so, the order will be issued to the generals, and the rest depends on how the generals choose. Anyway, no matter who comes to ask, the general’s camp can only say one sentence, obeying orders is the bounden duty of soldiers, and the rest The next thing is not their concern, and then Li Cong and a few generals hid in the dark to watch their reactions. Such things will often appear in the army of later generations, just to verify their Trust, but here... This is the first time that such a thing has happened. Many generals don't know what to do. Having said that, seeing my notes is my order, obviously these people don't remember much in their minds.

"Report to the general. General Wu Hai has already led his 37,000 soldiers out of the camp." Fifteen minutes later, which was a time for preparation, Wu Hai had already brought his own people out of the camp. After going out, there was basically no movement in the other camps, but one-third of the camps had already started preparations, and they were all in armor. You can go out immediately with just one command, which is pretty good. After all, it took less than half a month for Li Congcai to recruit him, so it was impossible for him to be like Wu Hai.

In fact, no one else knew about this test, nor did Wu Hai himself. This kid knew that Li Cong's order must be correct. He also mentioned the two generals next to him, but they didn't think it was a test. That's right, how could the empress dowager's nephew betray the empire? How could they betray themselves? Although the relationship between His Majesty the Emperor and them has shown some signs of getting farther and farther recently, this is not the reason why they want to betray the empire. Their greatest power is still on the side of the empire. If the empire had an affair, how could they establish such a force in the Southern Empire, so each of these thoughtful generals had already prepared a bellyful of rhetoric, and prepared to talk to Li Cong well when Li Cong appeared. from talk. Is this matter being investigated, that is, at this time, Wu Hai led his army out, everyone knows what happened to Wu Hai, they all know that Wu Hai followed Li Cong, and only after he followed closely can he have today. son's achievement. So some of them also moved, but they didn't move out, they were just ready to fight.

This kid Zhang Huazhao is a kid who knows how to watch the limelight.

He didn't know how he felt, anyway, he just knew that this matter was not as simple as it seemed, and he should follow Wu Hai, but now their generals don't even need to prepare. It didn't make people move at all, and their general Zhang Huazhao also knew him. This guy can be said to be conservative, but it's hard to say what will happen in the face of war. It's really embarrassing for such a person to lead tens of thousands of people. , but where is his rank? Even if Li Cong forms a new army, he can't just sit in the position of general. This rank must be enough. Zhang Huazhao squeezed his hand hard The sword, if you don’t do it at this time, you may have no chance. This Wu Hai has been out for more than an hour, and he may arrive at the place in another hour or so. He is in the new army these days. Come out, this new army is different from other armies whether it is defending the city or attacking. It is very likely that more than 30,000 of them will take a county. If there is no action at this time, they may not go there What's the credit? This kid has started to move. Don't look at the kid as a corporal leader. But this time Li Cong recruited so many noble children to come in. These noble children are very good at seeing things. Among them is Zhang Huazhao. There are quite a few people with good eyesight. Isn’t life a gamble? A few people are winners, and most people are losers. Zhang Huazhao is going to join the camp of the few people right now. It’s impossible for the majority He won, so he contacted a dozen small bosses who were similar to himself, but unfortunately they had less than a thousand people under them, and even if these people went out, they might not be of any use.

"What...what are you doing? Don't you know this is the general's tent? What do you want to do? This is rebellion, and it is a serious crime that will be beheaded." One of the important reasons for this success is that the leader of the general's guards has a good relationship with Zhang Huazhao, and this guy named Zhou Tao also feels that what Zhang Huazhao said is right, the chance is so For a moment, if I can't grasp it, it will be impossible to meet such an opportunity in the future.

"General, we didn't kidnap you today. You have seen the situation outside. If we can catch you today, everyone in our battalion will flourish. Stay, look at our entire camp, millions of people are staying here, let me tell you, this opportunity will only be given to a few people, most people are mediocre people, we people are all The dragons and phoenixes among the people are naturally those few people. Just leave the affairs of the majority to them.” Zhang Huazhao said to his general, in fact, he himself has the title of baron, which is higher in rank than the guy in front of him Well, it's a pity that this title can't be taken as food. If you want to mobilize this battalion, you can't do things with your own shit title, you have to recruit this guy. But now the general was so scared that he was about to pee his pants.

"Nonsense, what's the matter of the majority and the minority. We are sure that others are fine. I said that you noble soldiers just don't know how to behave. If we go out, who will be responsible if something happens? You can afford it." Is it not me who is in charge." The general said angrily, he also knew this, if something happened, it would be impossible, right? Tens of thousands of people in the entire battalion were killed, and only one lost his head at that time. That's the guy's head. Speaking of which, they were betting with someone else's head, and this person naturally refused to agree, losing money.

"How could it be? You always know who Wu Hai is. Back then, Wu Hai was a soldier who was in charge of more than a thousand people. Now, he is the number one general among you." People, the aura of his subordinates, if you want me to say it is a raging soldier, a raging nest, stop talking nonsense with him." Zhang Huazhao knows that time is very urgent now, and he doesn't have the time to tell this guy so much. . Go up and put a hand knife on this guy's neck, and this guy passed out. These people in the room are all courageous, and they didn't feel the consequences of their actions at all. They used it to general The general ordered to change into the general's clothes and was about to start action, each of them was so excited, that's it. Fifteen minutes later they were the second army to break out of the barracks.

Thirty miles outside the camp, they were stopped by Li Cong's guards who told them that the news just now was wrong. It's time to go back. These guys all gave thumbs up in their hearts. Li Cong really tried to test them, but they are all thanks to Zhang Huazhao. If it wasn't for Zhang Huazhao, they wouldn't have the luck to get here Anyway, just like what Zhang Huazhao said, they are a minority in that part, and Wu Hai over there seems to have known about such things a long time ago, so he doesn't have much joy at all. I know, it's just that he heard about such a thing when he was in Guangming City, so this guy would do things like that, otherwise he wouldn't do such outrageous things, Li Cong's arrangements are always profound Unpredictable.

This night became very confusing for them, but no soldiers came over until dawn. Li Cong talked about this in front of the barracks. It is a pity that all the remaining people in the barracks were treated. Punishment, three meals into one meal, this training can not be reduced at all, this is only for soldiers, for those generals they may be the most miserable, dozens of generals have all been demoted , I became a lieutenant general, but I am still in charge of the original affairs. Although I still take care of the original affairs, it is different from the original. You used to be a general, but now you are only a lieutenant general. As long as you have a little problem You will be removed immediately, and there are many people staring at the position of the general, and many generals feel the instability under their buttocks.

Wu Hai's army, who was the first to send out the battalion, also received great rewards. Wu Hai was promoted to the commander of the two battalions. In addition to his own tens of thousands of people, there were tens of thousands of other battalions who returned to Wu Hai's camp. Going down, the whole camp rewarded 100,000 yuan in gold coins. The second army that went out made a decision not to punish or reward after Li Cong learned the reason of the incident. They should be rewarded for obeying their orders to leave the camp, but they Kidnapping one's own chief is absolutely unacceptable in the army. Such people must be strictly controlled, but Zhang Huazhao's ability is clearly seen by Li Cong. This kid's ability is very good, and he organizes The ability is also very strong. He made an exception to promote this kid as a captain, and he has 500 more soldiers under him. But what makes Zhang Huazhao depressed is that one of the lieutenants in charge of him is his old enemy, a grandson of Hua Mingxiong. Those who are good in the army will naturally have their people in Li Cong's new army. At the beginning, Zhang Huazhao thought that he would not meet their people by such a coincidence. Now it seems that his luck is still It's really bad. What he doesn't know is that this matter has nothing to do with his luck or anything. Li Cong thinks that this guy is too courageous to do the truth. Someone should take care of this kid. So Li Cong thought of the people of the Hua family, and he would definitely not be so lawless when doing things under the Hua family.

It was two days after the old Zhang's family got the news, they were also mixed with joy and sorrow. They were happy that their son was indeed a good material for a soldier. Sometimes it's not like that's the case. It's just that what happened to his dandy son is very suspicious, and the other one is exactly what Zhang Huazhao thought. His boss is a member of the Hua family, which is not a good thing. These people remember very clearly what happened a while ago, and they will not let their son go like that. If they were in other armies, maybe they You can find some relationship or something, but don’t think about any relationship here. Li Cong’s new army seems to be cut off from the outside world during the three-month training period. It’s okay to write letters or something, but someone needs to check it. . If you want to pass something on, there is no door.

Half a month into the training, the name Zhang Huazhao came into Li Cong's sight again. This kid really has the ability to lead troops. Maybe he didn't show these talents in the past. The offensive method of the battle line was created, that is, dozens of cavalry rushed quickly in a narrow place. Then he violently released the weapon in his hand, retreated immediately after running out of ammunition, and made up for it immediately, this kid must have never seen Li Cong's new army in Guangming City do this, he can rely on his own brain Thinking of these truths made people admire, Li Cong's courage promoted this guy to a side general again. This kid now has 5,000 people under his command, which can be regarded as okay. Except for this kid, most of the other noble children are troublemakers, and serious things are useless.

The big exam a month later made many people in the new army very distressed. They thought they were already a qualified soldier here, but the ruthless scores made them see the gap between themselves and those qualified soldiers. They are all going home with their own bedrolls, and maybe some local armies want them, but they have stayed in the new army for a long time, and they all understand the meaning of the army. Here is a good army. In the army outside, it is possible that one's own ambitions have not been touched. Prince Gong just joined the army today. He came to see the training situation of the new army on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor. By the way, the new army The monthly military salary was sent, and although the empire's finances were a bit insufficient, the money promised to the new army was still indispensable.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty the Emperor has already ordered to stop the entertainment in the palace for the next month because of the salary of your new army. Three million gold coins were deducted from the internal treasury. Although it is not a lot, His Majesty's heart is very serious. It can be understood." Prince Gong said with a smile, although this guy is Li Cong's ally, he should not let him know some things, and he doesn't know about the emperor being controlled. According to the emperor's understanding, even when the war started, this guy would not be willing to stop his entertainment. More often than not, he was thinking about how to embezzle military expenses to make his life more comfortable. Things like this It can be said that it is definitely the first time, and there are many voices of dissatisfaction in the harem, but after the concubines favored by the two emperors were abolished, no one would speak out for this matter, and the ladies in the harem also put Take out some of the gorgeous things that you don't need, donate them to the empire, and let the emperor use them as military expenses. Li never thought of such a thing. Hualong probably thought of this at the beginning. These imperial concubines are very The rich, the local tyrants who don't beat them are sorry for them.

"I did not train the army for myself, but His Majesty's money was spent for the old man himself. If it were you, you would definitely be willing to pay the money." Li Cong said with a smile. If Li Cong made such an analogy, he would definitely sue him. Prince Gong's expression was also a little unnatural. This Li Cong's tone of speech was too casual. Compared to the emperor, how can such a thing be said casually, but there are only two of them here, so there is no need to care about it.

"Let's not talk about these things. I have formulated a strategy with my subordinates. Your army will be able to go to the station in two months. These are the twenty-seven counties around our station. I think the first step We must start with these twenty-seven counties. If we take these places, the plan to control the entire empire will be considered as the first step. However, there are many difficulties. There are many forces in these places. At that time, it was more difficult to deal with than the central forces." Prince Gong held some papers and said, Prince Gong is not only a minister of the household department, but also knows a lot about some military affairs. Isn't this just according to what Li Cong said? The words worked out a plan. Li Cong had just had an idea at the beginning, and what he thought was to start with these three quick-response barracks. Slowly start a new reshuffle for the entire empire, first easy and then difficult, don't plan for the time being for the powerful ones, I don't have that ability, and it is not a good thing to make too many enemies, but if those counties with no backing If Cheng himself didn't go and get it, he would be a little too sorry for himself. These twenty-seven counties should not belong to those who are left alone, otherwise Prince Gong wouldn't have said so much.

"This is the first time I have dealt with local forces. What does the prince think is the biggest difficulty for us in these twenty-seven counties? I have seen the terrain. These places are indeed what we should take. I think these places should belong to the best counties.” Li Cong looked at the above information and said, it would be strange if no one owns such a fertile place. Everyone wants good things and good places, but there is only one place, and there will naturally be fights. I don’t know how many times these places have changed hands over the years. These people can survive the melee, and naturally It has its own skills. It's not so easy to solve them. In fact, Li Cong already has an idea in his heart, just to see if Prince Gong has any ideas.

"Hehe, it's easy for me to say that it's easy to do this. It's just a replacement, so that the new officials will not be very familiar with them when they go to a new place, and it's very easy for us to fish in troubled waters." Prince Gong's method Li I thought about it from a long time ago. It's just that this method is easy to say, but if it is really implemented, it will not be so easy. In the first one or two county towns, many people may not be able to see the intention clearly. Later, so many people will move together. Some people can understand that the resistance will increase at that time, so it is not a good way. Li Cong nodded and said nothing. After all, his plan is really unreasonable, that is, he is not on this planet. Only those who are superior can make such a move, but for the sake of his own plan, it should be okay to make some troubles first.

In the past, Prince Gong never interfered with Li Cong's affairs in the army. He just had to tell him what to do with Li Cong. Basically, he had no control over the rest. He just needs to reap the benefits of being a fisherman, but this time Prince Gong obviously felt a little different. He is also very familiar with many generals in the army, and he also had a meal at noon. They are all very accurate. He found that these people have a characteristic, that is, they don't care much about the court and the empire, but they are very serious about Li Cong's orders, as if they only have Li Cong in their eyes. Isn't this the case? Great rebellion, Prince Gong and Li Cong are very good friends, and their cooperation has always been very good, but Prince Gong himself is still a royal prince, because of this dynasty, he has everything he has now. If there is no such thing In other words, he may be nothing, so he was a little entangled in his heart. He found this sign. If he said it, the empire might attack Li Cong, but then he would have no political helpers. Go back to the way it was before, if you don't say it, you are also a member of the royal family. If this continues, the empire will really be very dangerous. People who don't get in touch with Li Cong don't know. People's horizons are very broad, and what Li Cong wants is not what it is now.

Prince Gong wandered into his home for some reason, and looked at the signboard of Wangfu at the door without moving for several minutes. It's time, because it needs to be replaced every year, so it looks like a new one every year, how much is the whole palace, and how much is this brand, so no one cares about such things, no one asks, What's going on with this prince? Is the sign dirty or something? The servants naturally didn't have the guts to go over and ask, but fortunately, Prince Gong went in by himself after watching it for five minutes. Although there are not many people on Suzaku Street, it doesn't mean that there are no one there. A prince staring at the sign on his palace in a daze in broad daylight is not a big news, and such a thing is just a joke. no? Thinking of this topic of conversation, the housekeeper's face immediately thought of something called a newspaper that came out of the imperial capital recently. At the beginning, no one cared about such a thing. It was all about the laws and regulations of some countries, and then the things on it began to vary. What happened in the Prime Minister's country? The imperial army is going to move again. Although a lot of news is public, they didn't know it before. Many high-ranking officials have vanity. If the newspaper I will be very happy if I mention it in the newspaper, this newspaper has been spread in the imperial capital for a month.

When Prince Gong returned to the mansion and sat down, he habitually picked up the newspaper on the table, because it was just the beginning, and there were only four pages. It’s like an advertising tabloid on Earth, but here, there are already many people who like this thing. Many people feel that they have nothing to do if they don’t read this thing for a day. There are a lot of details on it. Where is the imperial capital? Opening a new restaurant is also written. This is also useful information for the nobles. Many nobles are born to spend money, but they don't know what interesting things there are in the imperial capital. So they need such a thing, only one gold coin, which is basically unspeakable to these nobles, just like Prince Gong's mansion, where there are hundreds of masters in the family, big and small, and there are only more than one hundred gold coins a day. It can make a lot of people happy for a while, and this is the least expensive entertainment for them, and they are all very willing to spend this money. Prince Gong looked at the newspaper in his hand, and thought of Li Cong again, and thought of it. Today's these things, worth mentioning. I have been on the same boat as Li Cong for a long time. If I stand out at this time and say that he is going to rebel, I am afraid that the emperor will be the first to suspect him. Besides, the emperor has also placed a lot of people in it. , Why do I have so many troubles? After so many years, isn't this empire still intact? It's all right.

"Father, you are back, hehe, the people from the Prince Regent's Mansion came over just now, and the newspaper said that there are five cents shares of the two younger sisters. The monthly bonus has been distributed, how much do you think it is?" Because the little princess has a very good relationship with the two little princesses of Gongqing Palace, so the little princess is the one who decides to give 5% of her 30% shares. For these two little sisters, it is 5% of 35%. At that time, they didn't realize how much this share could be, and it only accounted for 1% of the total share. Point seventy-five, such shares can be said to be no different, but who knows that the sales volume of this newspaper on the first day exceeded 400,000 copies. I heard that it has reached 800,000 copies these days. You need to print more, but the number is not enough. Now people with a little bit of status in the imperial capital have to talk about things in newspapers. The next time people are willing to talk to you, but if there is more time, no one will talk to you, and Li Cong has a lot of ghost ideas. Under some news, three blank pages are specially left to let people These people write their own opinions, and then cut them out and send them to the newspaper office. If your product review is good, your words will be published in the newspaper next time. Good guy, some people think they buy too much There are a lot of news about going back, and I will definitely go up next time. Some literati don’t want to leave a name. There are many people who buy more than ten or twenty copies. Anyway, it’s just a gold coin. For those who don't spend much money, the first month's dividends are also very large.

"Anyway, it's just a gold coin. No matter how popular it is, your two younger sisters will get married within this year. The dowry is not a small expense. The two of them are married by His Majesty. Alas, Speaking of which, our palace is pretty good, and we can give them a lot of dowry. Look at those poor beggars in the palace. The princesses who marry are all prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They are all flashy things, and those messy things don’t add up to much money.” Prince Gong didn’t like this thing very much, he thought it was a child’s nonsense, if it was really a good deal Can Li Cong not tell himself the words? The tea business is also done by myself. I think that my two daughters will marry to the southern provinces. I don’t know when they want to meet in the future. The princess and princess who came out of this clan are second-class. The county and township lords basically stayed in the imperial capital, and most of them were sent to the border areas of the empire for the ministers. In this way, the children born to their descendants were also royal nephews. They can be reassured if they come to guard the Quartet. This is basically the same as the system of the Qing Dynasty on the earth. The Qing Dynasty's princesses basically wanted to go to Mongolia. This side is even more extensive. As long as it is the border area of ​​the empire, you can basically see the figures of these princesses and princesses.

"Father, you really don't need to think about the dowry of these two younger sisters. Father, you don't ask about these things very much. This newspaper is definitely not simple. It is sold now... Well, it is 32 days, an average of 100,000 per day. 600,000 copies, that's 600,000 gold coins. The news from the little princess said that the cost is about half, which is 300,000 gold coins per day. The two younger sisters have more than 5,000 gold coins per day. This month is ten Tens of thousands of gold coins. Although this amount is not large, it will be expanded in the future. I heard that there will be at least a million cents every day for the next month. At that time, the two of them were worth more than 300,000 gold coins a month. It’s still Xiaoqian, father, there are still five months before the two of them get married, and the dowry of one hundred thousand gold coins in the palace is already a very good standard.” The prince said with a smile, this guy is really good at settling accounts , but this income also surprised Prince Gong. I thought it was the little princess who made a fuss by herself to play, but I didn't expect to have such a huge income. Their family's shares accounted for so much of a fraction of a percent. Doesn't Li Cong earn nearly 100% of the shares every month? The income of 20 million gold coins? This kid is really powerful. He managed to make such an income without being obvious. The business of this gold coin is really good. It looks like it doesn't cost much, but it's a lot in a month. Taking my own palace as an example, it costs hundreds of gold coins a day, and it costs nearly 10,000 gold coins in a month. It really is amazing.

"Hehe, tell your two younger sisters to go to the little princess for a walk if they have nothing to do. It's not good to ask people to give us such good benefits for nothing. The family will prepare a heavy gift for them." The prince thought for a while and said, Although Li Cong is good to himself, he can't take advantage of others for nothing.

"Okay, I'll do it right away, father, if the two of them get married, this income..." After all, the two younger sisters are not my own sisters, so it is reasonable to calculate this income, Xiao As the princess said, newspapers will soon be sold throughout the empire. By then, more than a dozen printing outlets will be set up throughout the empire, and the news of the entire empire will be published in newspapers. At that time, newspapers will publish various Such a version, in the future, it is definitely not something that can be bought with such a small amount of money, maybe there are several million gold coins a month, so we must be cautious.

"Okay, it's not easy for the two of them. Just tell them to bring the money over there. We're sorry for them, but we just want to tell them that the money will be their own private property after marriage and cannot be classified as It will go to their husband’s property, and then it will be passed on to their own children.” The prince thought for a while and said, the prince also nodded, although his father is a bit old, but he is planning the dowry of the younger sister who is going to marry There are still some things that are not very good-looking. If this thing gets out, it will not be so good-looking. Many people will laugh at themselves.

At this moment, the little princess and Lu Xinlan are counting the money at home. The two of them never thought that a small newspaper would be so powerful. In fact, the cost is less than 5%, and everything has a special person to help them To do it, Li Cong helped them do it with some things from the earth. Except that the paper was used on this planet, all other printing presses and typesetting machines were shipped from the earth. The two of them just don’t know. They are very happy to be able to earn 800,000 gold coins a day. Li Cong also made a long-term plan for them. The imperial capital can sell about 1.2 million copies a day, and the rest of the empire is also There are quite a few rich people, and the daily sales volume of the entire empire will be dozens of times more than this. If it is done well, the business of this newspaper will be much stronger than that of tea. Of course, this is Li Cong has the ability to sell newspapers throughout the empire, and other people have no way to imitate them. First of all, the first problem is the transmission of the news. They can't get through this point. Li Cong also thought of this. The thing is that his own wireless network cannot be exposed. Li Cong knows that the fastest message transmission on this planet is the flying eagle. This thing grows in the northernmost part. Their speed is surprising, even on the earth. Some of their planes can’t keep up with them, they can reach a speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour, only a few flying eagles can pass messages to people after training, but people just believe this is a legend, after all, no one has seen it. However, Li Cong naturally didn't have the ability to train them to pass the news to him, and Li Cong didn't really want them to pass it on, he just caught a few and asked them to scream around the newspaper office, many people meant to use it Flying Eagle has delivered the news, and this point is over. Many people who want to imitate can do it. Of course you can do it. Can you catch Flying Eagle? Also, the printing technology on this planet, how many times a day? A thousand points is already the highest, if you want hundreds of thousands of copies, go ahead and dream.

However, Li Cong bought a lot of printing tools on this planet in order to deceive people. These people are also printing, but they can only make thousands of copies every day. These are all for others to see. How can we say no? Is it my own business, and who would investigate such a thing carefully, check the things in the Prince Regent's mansion, do you have one more head than others, if it is really gone, there is no place to cry, that is Can I provoke it myself? Certainly not. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) Please share