Prince Consort

Xie Ze'an started a new busy schedule.

He is partnering with Shen Cunzhong to run a newspaper.

In this era, something similar to a newspaper has appeared, called "Di Bao".Mansion refers to the office of senior local officials in Beijing. The person in charge of the Beijing office must collect the latest developments in the capital and hand-copy a copy to the hands of senior local officials to ensure that the senior local officials can know the direction of the wind in time.

Even the officials need this to know the affairs of the capital, let alone the common people.

Of course, Xie Ze'an's original intention of doing this was not to change the way information is disseminated.

Xie Ze'an was entrusted by Yan Chong to find a way to accommodate the soldiers who had retreated from the front line.

After fighting in the west for six years, there were many more wounded and disabled generals. Even if such people returned home, they could not farm.Doing business or working as a buddy is often looked down upon by others in this era, so Xie Ze'an wants to ask Zhao Ying for permission to form these people into an "official newspaper".These people can go back to their hometowns to collect "news" and send them back often, or they can print and sell newspapers locally after they are sorted and printed in the capital. All they need to do is build a simple printing room next to the post station.

In this way, these people are working for the imperial court and do not need to be registered as humble.The newspaper itself is profitable, and once it is in operation, there is no need for the court to provide money to support it. After asking the opinions of several important ministers, Zhao Ying agreed with this matter in his heart, so Xie Zejian agreed with the trend .

The whole plan is easy to say, but not easy to do.A newspaper in the true sense is different from a Dibao, both the layout and the content have to be carefully referenced!

Coincidentally, Yao Dingyan's mother passed away last year, and Yao Dingyan had to suspend his official duties for three years.

Xie Ze'an could only turn to Xu Juncheng for help.

Xu Juncheng had seen people from afar, and Xie Zean had already thought of a lot without mentioning the usefulness of newspapers.

Xu Juncheng looked cautious: "Is this really possible?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Mr. Shen invented the rotary typesetting method. Movable type printing is much faster than before. It may be too late to quote every day. It can be made into ten-day newspapers, which are divided into early, middle, and late ten-days. In this way, there are enough for both the capital and the local area. place to raise money."

Xu Juncheng said: "Do you still want to spread the floor all at once?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Of course, you can do it at one place, and you can do it at two places. Even the southernmost and northernmost places are transported by flying slaves in spring, summer and autumn, and by fast horses in winter. It can arrive. After the content and format are sent to the place, it takes only a day or two to print them out. As soon as our ten-day newspaper comes out, it must reach every state under our jurisdiction in Daqing."

Xie Ze'an's words were not too passionate, but Xu Juncheng was deeply moved by what he heard.

Xie Ze'an is more courageous than others in doing things, and he has set his sights further when others are still hesitating whether he can succeed.

Major events in the capital—or even the whole country—will spread throughout every state within ten days!

How many people dare to think about such a thing?

How many people can come up with something like this?

Xu Juncheng said: "Sanlang, what do you want me to do?"

Xie Ze'an said: "I would like to ask my husband to help me find some people to help me at the newspaper."

Xu Juncheng asked: "What kind of person?"

Xie Ze'an said: "First of all, we must be able to treat 'news' fairly, and we must not form cliques for personal gain and turn newspapers into tools of struggle; second, we must have certain ideas and talents. This range is relatively wide. , good at typesetting, or even good at managing people, all are fine; finally, and most importantly, one must be able to do things according to one's own conscience. There can be debates and doubts in this ten-day newspaper, but there can't be a false sentence. For any sentence above, someone must be responsible with conscience. It doesn’t matter if it’s wrong, just correct it. If it’s falsified, this newspaper will lose its meaning.”

Xu Juncheng boasted: "Well said." He patted Xie Ze'an on the shoulder, "I will try my best to help you find a good candidate."

Xie Ze'an said, "Thank you sir!"

Xu Juncheng said: "You can write to Mr. Yao and Mr. Tan and ask them to recommend some candidates for you."

Xie Ze'an smiled and said, "Okay!"

Xie Ze'an returned home after leaving Xu's residence, and found Xie Wangbo.

Xie Wangbo had been staring at Xie Zean's newspaper for a long time. He heard Xie Zean say that Zhao Ying had approved it. At a glance, he hit the editor-in-chief throne.

Regarding this shameful act of the lion opening its mouth, Xie Ze'an could only say: "...that's it!"

Xie Ze'an and Xie Wangbo discussed the "recruitment" process, and then ran to Qin Mingde for a "meeting".Shen Cunzhong’s rotary typesetting method is to arrange the movable type according to the initial consonants. When looking for characters, you only need to turn the rotary wheel to easily find most of the Chinese characters, which greatly speeds up the speed of searching for characters and typesetting.

With this tool, books with a large number of words can be officially printed with movable type.It may take a few years to promote movable type printing in the local area, so Xie Ze'an plans to let the local printing houses use the relatively convenient mimeograph method.

Technology is no longer a problem——

The successful printing of the first batch of dictionaries last year symbolized the maturity of these two new printing techniques!

This is why Xie Ze'an dared to boast in front of Zhao Ying and Xu Juncheng.

Xie Ze'an had been busy for half a month before he was able to relax, and it was already the end of spring in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Xie Zean didn't have much free time. Seeing that Xie Zean was finally done, Xie Xiaomei shook his arm coquettishly: "I agreed to take me out to play, brother, you don't mean anything."

Xie Ze'an scratched her nose: "Okay, okay, I'll take you out."

The eldest grandson Erniang was also there. She was dressed in brocade clothes, her eyes were like cold stars, and her face was like a crown of jade, like a beautiful young master.She said: "It's just right for my newly trained people to follow and practice their coping skills when they encounter problems."

Xie Ze'an always felt weird: "Why do you say that we are bound to cause trouble?"

Erniang, the eldest grandson, said, "Isn't it?"

Xie Dalang laughed.

Xie Ze'an: "..."

Because the Xie family's younger brother was too young, he was excluded from the traveling team, and Xie Ze'an led a group of people out in a mighty manner.

Unexpectedly, not far away, there was a sudden situation in front of him, there was a dude molesting the beauty.Xie Ze'an took a closer look and found that beauty looked familiar - what's more, there were not one beauties, but two!

It was the sisters from Liuyunfang.

Changsun Erniang couldn't see anyone bullying girls the most, so she immediately asked the "female soldiers" below to rush to save people.

Before the "female soldiers" could make a move, everyone's eyes blurred, and the apprentice was kicked to the ground by one of the sisters.

When I looked again, the two delicate sisters stood there coquettishly and timidly, how weak they looked.

Thinking of what happened in Liuyunfang, Xie Ze'an was in pain again!

These two sister flowers are so cruel!

Xie Ze'an was about to pretend not to see, but Sister Hua didn't let him go, but waved at him vigorously: "My son-in-law, we finally meet again, we miss you very much!"

All eyes were focused on Xie Zean.

Deng Tuzi, who was lying on the ground, heard the words and scolded: "What's so lofty, it's not for sale! Let's see how long Liuyunfang can protect you! Sooner or later, I will let you survive or die!" Seeing Xie Ze'an and his party Followed by a group of strong "women's army", the other party ran away in despair after the harsh words.

The eyes focused on Xie Ze'an became even more strange.

Xie Ze'an: "..."

Seeing that Xie Zean was in a difficult situation, the sisters looked at each other and smiled.

They seem to have no intention of explaining: "The last time I went back to Xiangguo Temple, Shangxiang also encountered the same thing just now. Thanks to your son-in-law for your righteous rescue, you left before I had time to thank you!"

Xie Ze'an's mood was very complicated when he suddenly changed from "the son-in-law who visits the kilns" to "the son-in-law who does good deeds without leaving his name".

He couldn't help turning his head to look at Princess Yan Ning.

Princess Yan Ning turned her eyes around the pair of sisters, looked at the beautiful figure, and then at the beautiful facial features, and the thought of redeeming them from Liuyunfang came into being while her heart was sour.

Xie Ze'an saw Princess Yan Ning's expression and knew what she was thinking.

He said directly: "I don't know each other if we don't have the chance to meet each other. We will definitely meet again if we have the chance. Don't take it to heart." After speaking, he took Princess Yan Ning and left.

Princess Yan Ning's heart warmed up, and she became more determined to delineate "remarry candidates" for Xie Ze'an.She whispered: "Sanlang, although their backgrounds are not good enough, but it is not a problem if they are taken as concubines..."

Xie Ze'an really wanted to get rid of this guy's little head, which was heavily poisoned by feudal ideology, and help her erase all these weird ideas.

Even girls trained in feudal society must at least be a little jealous...

He really is not attractive!

Xie Ze'an held Princess Yan Ning's little hand and pressed the road.

Xie Dalang walked with Changsun Erniang and Xie Xiaomei. Changsun Erniang looked at the two people in front, then turned to look at Xie Dalang: "Dalang, you have reached the age to marry a wife, why are you silent?"

Xie Dalang shook his head.

The eldest grandson Erniang turned her head.

Although Xie Dalang couldn't speak, she understood what Xie Dalang meant. He felt that he couldn't speak, and marrying a wife would harm others, so he didn't want to think about it.

This world is always so unfair, bad things always happen to good people.

The eldest grandson Erniang looked at Xie Xiaomei: "Sister, do you have to think about it too? You are the same age as your sister-in-law, and your sister-in-law has been married to your brother for more than five years."

Xie Xiaomei is not shy at all: "I want to find someone who is like Da Lang or brother! He must be reliable and handsome, and he must love me!"

Erniang Changsun smiled, took her hand and walked forward.

At this time, Xie Zean and Princess Yanning stopped suddenly, because a group of people came on horseback, and the pedestrians had to give way.

Xie Ze'an protected Princess Yan Ning behind him, only to hear the sound of "Woo--", the leader pulled the reins and stopped in front of them.

It was Zhao Chongzhao who was sitting immediately, he glanced at the hands that Xie Zean and Princess Yanning held, and shouted: "Sanlang."

Before Xie Ze'an could speak, Princess Yan Ning came out from behind him and asked Zhao Chongzhao, "Where are you going, brother?"

Zhao Chongzhao said: "I'm going out of the city to have fun, Ning'er, do you want to go with Saburo?"

Princess Yan Ning said: "My brother is joking again, how can I ride a horse."

Zhao Chongzhao originally wanted to say, "That's fine, just go with Sanlang", but he knew that Xie Ze'an would definitely not leave his sister and go with him.There was a fire burning in his heart, which made his heart ache. This is his most beloved sister, how could he be jealous of her!

Zhao Chongzhao said, "Then let's go."

Zhao Chongzhao took the lead, leading Xie Xi and others behind him to leave.

Xie Ze'an was startled, and led Princess Yanning and the others to continue playing in the street, picking out some interesting things to buy along the way.