Chapter 966 Media
Early the next morning. ReadМ
The sun climbed up on the willow branches and Zhao Xu woke up from the bed.
Yang Susu, Feng'er and Luan'er got up earlier than him and were talking and joking outside.
Hearing the movement in the house, Feng'er and Luan'er brought him a pair of regular clothes and helped him get dressed.
After washing up again, Zhao Xu went to the outside room.
Looking at the three of them, he suddenly remembered something and sighed, "I forgot something. I originally planned to bring back a few kangaroos to relieve your boredom, but I forgot."
"Kangaroo?" Yang Susu was startled and asked, "What is that?"
Zhao Xu heard this and explained it to them.
The three of them suddenly looked surprised.
Feng'er said, "I didn't expect there to be such strange animals in the world."
"It's not just here. This is just Australia. There are many interesting things in other places." Zhao Xu told them about the customs and customs of Luzon, which made the three of them marvel.
"If there is a chance, His Highness will definitely take us to take a look." Feng'er said, she has always been lively and can't stay still.
If she had not been a woman, she would have traveled to Goryeo, Japan, and all over the world with the caravan.
The three of them were chatting when someone informed that Mi Wen was coming.
Zhao Xu remembered that he had asked Mi Wen to come during the banquet yesterday.
So he went to the study.
"Your Highness."
Not long after, Mi Wen came over, entered the study, and bowed.
"No courtesy." Zhao Xu looked at Mi Wen.
This kid has been in Yanzhou for three or four years. Now his youthfulness has faded, he has become more mature, and overall he is more like a scholar.
This aspect is somewhat similar to his grandfather Mi Zhuang.
"The king asked you to come here so that you can promote Luzon and Australia, especially Australia, in newspapers." Zhao Xu said.
Hearing this, Mi Wen smiled and said, "I guess that His Highness must be talking about this."
Zhao Xu nodded.
Since then, newspapers have flourished all over Dasong, and branches have even been set up in Korea and Japan.
Newspapers have become the main channel through which people can obtain news.
And because it was officially hosted, the authority of the newspaper naturally did not need to be questioned, and it basically became the mouthpiece of the imperial court.
This time when he went south, he seized control of Luzon and occupied the Australian continent. Naturally, he had to advertise it widely through newspapers.
Let private merchants get the news in time and go to Luzon to look for business opportunities, so as to transport goods there.
As for the Australian mainland, it is not enough to just race and enclose the land. After all, the land is too big.
If Dasong merchants voluntarily go to explore, it will be more conducive to Dasong's control of this continent.
But in addition to this purpose, he also has another idea, which is to officially change the name of the Australian continent through newspapers this time.
So he said to Mi Wen, "I will dictate some characteristics and policies about Luzon and Australia. You can write them down and publish them in the newspaper."
"Yes, Your Highness." Mi Wen took out the notebook he carried with him.
Zhao Xu then explained Luzon and Australia to Mi Wen.
As for Luzon, he didn't say much, he just revealed the news to the businessman.
In Australia, he asked Mi Wen to emphasize a policy that allowed businessmen who went to Australia to develop grassland to purchase grassland and treat it as private property.
At the same time, you can also be exempted from taxes for five years.
"The title of the article mentions that I will officially change the name of the Australian continent to Nanzhanzhou." Zhao Xu said with a smile.
This Nanzhanzhou is the abbreviation of Nanzhanbuzhou.
This name comes from Journey to the West, and he just borrowed it.
Since then, there has been no British Australian continent in the world, only Nanzhan Island in Taisung.
"Yes, Your Highness, I have written it all down." Mi Wen said, "I can send the first draft over for Your Highness to review in the evening."
"Okay." Zhao Xu said with a smile, "In addition, the newspapers in Luzon and Nanzhanzhou can also be deployed. Your responsibility is not only to praise the publicity, but to create a world-class publicity."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely do it." Mi Wen felt excited after hearing this. This is also the goal he is working hard for.
During this period, the newspaper became more formalized under his management.
According to King Yan's instructions, each newspaper office has a president, editor-in-chief, editor and on-site reporters.
And because he was under the direct control of King Yan, the newspaper office, like the Yushitai of the imperial court, had the nature of an official.
Facing various problems among the people, their newspapers dared to disclose them directly in newspapers and work with the Yushitai to clean up unhealthy trends.
This is their duty in Dasong.
In Goryeo and Japan, in addition to publishing local news, they also reposted important domestic news.
Of course, their most important task is to publicize the changes in Dasong, reverse the impressions of Korean and Japanese people on Dasong, export culture, and subtly influence the minds of the two countries.
At the same time, they published articles in newspapers exposing the brutal colonial history of the Western Turks, the self-centered thinking of white supremacy, etc., in order to clean up the remaining poison of the Western Turks in the two countries.
The two talked about some newspaper matters, and Zhao Xu asked Mi Wen to go back.
He left the palace under Xu Lie's escort and went straight to the west.
Now, apart from the current war, what he is most concerned about is undoubtedly the construction of thermal power stations.
After riding for half an hour, he left the old city wall and arrived at the new city to the west.
Since Yancheng was designated as the imperial capital, the number of people settling in Dasong increased day by day.
Naturally, the old city bounded by the city wall could no longer support such a large population.
As a result, Yancheng had to expand in all directions.
He also intended to break the feudal city model and introduce modern urban planning.
After all, Dasong no longer needs city walls to protect the safety of the city.
In the expanded urban area, the thermal power station was built on the edge of the new urban area.
When he arrived, the thermal power station was under construction and had a general prototype.
Seeing Zhao Xu arrive, an official from the Ministry of Works who was supervising on site immediately came to greet him.
"When will it be completed and put into use?" Zhao Xu asked.
In front of him, there was a slender chimney building, but it was still under construction and used a reinforced concrete structure.
The entire thermal power plant building is of this type of building structure.
The large-scale infrastructure has been implemented for so long, and the Ministry of Works has already mastered this construction technology.
"Your Highness, it is obvious that the main building will be completed in summer." The official from the Ministry of Works answered flawlessly.
They are only responsible for the main building. As for when it can generate electricity, it depends on the installation of the power generation equipment.
Zhao Xu nodded. This thermal power plant was built according to his plan.
The slender chimney on the left is a smoke exhaust pipe connected to the boiler. The two-story house in the middle is used to house the generator and steam engine. There are three one-story buildings on the east side of the house for storing coal.
To the right of the boiler room is a water tower, which supplies water to the boiler in the middle.
In addition, there are substation buildings and other buildings.
If the completion date given by the Ministry of Industry officials is followed, this thermal power plant will be able to supply electricity to the entire Yancheng and surrounding counties by the end of next year.
Let Yan County enter the electricity age first.