Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

"Mental attack? Such a martial art exists?" Li Yuanzhao exclaimed in surprise.

Fang Zheng struck a mysterious pose.

"That's right! It's a mental attack. My first martial art is called the Women's Fist! Once this fist is unleashed, all heroes are subdued!"

"This fist technique is incredibly powerful even at the beginner level. Simply mimicking others allows one to contend with heroes. A deeper understanding allows for free application and dominance over a region."

"With more practice, one can transcend material limitations, using grass, trees, and bamboo as fists. Reaching the ultimate realm of no-fist being better than having a fist, one can render others speechless with a single word."

"However, this technique only works on men, and it's easy to provoke them to anger and get beaten to death. Therefore, it can only be used in conjunction with Zhang Biao."

Li Yuanzhao opened his mouth wide and stammered, "Which level have you reached?"

"Mimicking..."

"Uh... what about the second one?"

Fang Zheng stood up and loosened his shoulders, "The second one is even more formidable! It's called Moral Kidnapping!"

"This is my favorite skill. It works on everyone, regardless of gender or age! To requisition grain from the officials, we must use Moral Kidnapping."

"This is an advanced version of inscribing achievements on stone."

"So, how do we kidnap them?"

Li Yuanzhao sat on the chair like an elementary school student, listening with great interest.

Kidnapping sounds interesting, but that Women's Fist sounds like nonsense... Mental damage? Utter nonsense!

"Newspapers, and this matter must be handled by Your Highness!"

Fang Zheng originally didn't want to bring this out. For Peach Blossom County, the cost of papermaking is lower than elsewhere.

However, Emperor Jing doesn't know that, and always thinks Fang Zheng is extravagant.

Fang Zheng had been waiting for a suitable opportunity to reveal this low-cost papermaking method.

Now that he's making enemies every day, if something happens in the future, he might be attacked by everyone again at any time.

If something really can't be resolved, his family wealth is a shield, and using one means losing one.

Printing newspapers is convenient. The Jing Kingdom already has movable type printing, so there is no problem in printing a large number of newspapers in a timely manner.

Secondly, a very large amount is not actually needed. There are only so many scholars in the city, and the circle is small, so everyone can pass them around, so perhaps thousands of copies can meet the needs of the entire capital.

Fang Zheng's worry is that the publication of the newspaper will definitely have a great impact. If the matter gets out of hand, it will probably be nationalized, or an order will be issued to ban it.

He can't stop halfway through, that would be a waste of effort.

Using the Crown Prince's hand to run the newspaper will be more stable.

Li Yuanzhao didn't understand, and asked, "What is a newspaper?"

Fang Zheng explained, "A newspaper is like a bulletin, but it records the big and small things that happen every day."

"And in order to ensure the effect of the newspaper, we have to make it a daily newspaper, publishing a version every day."

Li Yuanzhao still didn't quite understand, "But what's the point of doing this? There are only so many scholars in the capital, and news from all over the world will spread soon enough."

"And if you publish a version every day, where will you find so many things to write about?"

Fang Zheng continued, "Of course there's a point, and there's a lot to write about. Your Highness, you must remember that people aren't really interested in serious matters."

"Everyone likes to read messy things, like, if I ask you, do you want to know how much money His Majesty has in his private treasury?"

Li Yuanzhao's eyes lit up: "Yes! Do you know?"

Fang Zheng waved his hand: "I don't know either, you see, that's it. Although everyone is not as rich as His Majesty, everyone is very interested in how much money His Majesty has."

"From this, we can deduce... How much money does the Li family have? How much money does the Zheng family have? Who isn't curious about these questions!"

"Also, a chicken grew six wings, a sow gave birth to a human cub, are you curious, Your Highness?"

"Curious!"

"Do you want to see it?"

"I want to see it!"

Fang Zheng nodded in satisfaction: "That's right! This is one of the charms of a newspaper. In addition to conveying information, it also satisfies people's curiosity."

"We can first hire a group of educated people to walk around the streets and alleys, collect news, and then write it on the newspaper and publish it every day."

"In addition to news, we can also let scholars submit articles and publish some beautiful poems."

"If we think further, what else can it do? Your Highness, think about it."

Greedy colors flashed in Fang Zheng's eyes.

Li Yuanzhao answered without hesitation: "It can also do advertising and collect money from merchants!"

"Hee! You said it so well! We can also charge for interviews. Let those talented but unsuccessful scholars buy an opportunity to make a name for themselves!"

"If this goes on, we're going to make a fortune!"

Fang Zheng began to pace in the yard, imagining how to maximize the benefits of the newspaper.

Li Yuanzhao asked again: "Yes, what you said is very good, and I understand it, but how can we morally kidnap the officials to donate grain?"

Fang Zheng calmed down: "Your Highness, don't worry, I'll tell you slowly."

"The newspaper must ensure that the information is true and effective in order to generate enough influence."

"So we must ensure its authenticity. The capital is so big, if we fabricate it, if someone with intentions investigates, then the influence of the newspaper will be greatly reduced."

"Therefore, a special news team must be established to repeatedly verify the events to ensure that they are correct before publishing the newspaper."

"A special judging team should also be established to score the published poems, and those that can be published must be the best of the best."

"In this way, our reputation will be established soon."

"At this time, we can start to rank the grain reserves of the major officials in the court, and record clearly how much money and grain each family has and rank them."

"When the time comes, we will force donations through the newspaper!"

"We must also vigorously publicize how much each family donates through the newspaper!"

"If there are those who don't donate, then we will praise them overtly and satirize them secretly, writing articles to satirize them!"

"Then get some newspaper readers on the street, standing on the street every day and reading it non-stop... If this goes on, I don't believe they dare not donate!"

Li Yuanzhao's head was dizzy, and he retorted: "Nonsense! How do we know how much grain each family has? They won't tell us!"

Fang Zheng's expression was cold: "That's the point. When the influence of the newspaper spreads, we can say whatever we want!"

"This is like yellow mud falling into your crotch, even if it's not shit, it's still shit!"

"A group of shameless old things, clamoring for the sake of the people of the world, now suppressing grain prices will definitely cause more serious problems."

"If I, Fang Zheng, don't strip their pants off, I won't be surnamed Fang!"

Fang Zheng paused, still a little hesitant in his heart.

If he really did it, he would be at odds with the officials of the court... The road ahead might be even more difficult.

After hesitating for a moment, he still said: "This move will defy the world, whether to do it or not, the decision is in Your Highness's hands!"

Li Yuanzhao's eyes flashed with excitement: "Do it! I am the Crown Prince, there is nothing in the world that I dare not do!"

"Lao Fang, shouldn't this newspaper have a name?"

"I've already thought about it, it's called the Bibi Xi Daily."

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