Back to Daqin to be Emperor

Chapter 182
At noon on the second day, it had been three hours since the newspapers were distributed in the morning.

Last night, after Fusu put forward his idea, Zhang Han found a few people who often make a living by telling stories in the market overnight.

When Qin Bing broke into the house, those few people were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were torn apart. Generally speaking, such a situation is not a good thing, but the next scene was Zhang Han, one of the current Jiuqing's young ministers, personally interviewed He accepted them and promised a very generous reward.

Such a change really caught people by surprise, and these people "graciously agreed" to Zhang Han's request.

In this way, Fusu recruited these people without any effort, and immediately after receiving the manuscript, Zhang Han immediately ordered the printers who were already ready to send it to start working overnight and print it quickly.

The two of them printed a thousand pieces in just one hour. All of this was naturally due to the movable type printing proposed by Fusu. Although the timeliness was slower at first, the efficiency displayed later shocked everyone.

However, these printed texts naturally look extremely rough, not very exquisite, and the paper used is also somewhat inferior in comparison.

However, Fusu doesn't care about this. Newspapers are still a rare item in this era. After all, there are not many people who can buy newspapers with money. Therefore, the price has become an extremely important factor. Try to reduce costs and sell at a lower price. Therefore, it is extremely important to expand the buying crowd.

Because, Fusu's plan is not to make money with this, but to take the opportunity to grab the public opinion position, that is to say, even if he loses money, Fusu will not hesitate to stick to it.This is based on overall considerations, and even if Ying Zheng knew about it, he would readily agree.

What is more important, Ying Zheng is more clear than Fu Su's. Moreover, compared with other means, the money spent on newspapers is undoubtedly much lower, and it is aboveboard.

As for the effect, it's hard to say, because so far, only one edition of the newspaper appeared on the market.

And in the process of marketing newspapers, those who provided manuscripts gave Zhang Han some ideas, let some literate scholars in Xianyang go to some famous libraries to read newspapers, so that they can With a job, you can use it to support yourself.

Those scholars also came to Xianyang from all over the world, just hoping that one day they would be favored by a nobleman, and then they would enter the prime minister.This is also a custom left over from the Warring States Period. Today, there is only one country left, Great Qin, and only one city, Xianyang, is the capital. Naturally, all the scholars flock here.

However, some scholars have been lingering in Xianyang for several months, or even several years, and their financial entanglements have already been exhausted, and they are a little unwilling to let them return to their hometowns like this.

Because most of the scholars at this time think in their minds that they can return to their hometowns after they are rich and honor their families.

A typical example is Su Qin. At that time, Su Qin had just come out of the mountains and was very ambitious. As a result, he was not appointed in Qin State. When he returned to his hometown, his brother and sister-in-law were extremely mean. Learning, when Su Qin returns to his hometown in the future when the six countries are sealed, he will be proud.

Not to mention scholars, even ordinary people think of going back to their hometown to pretend to be coercive after they are rich. For example, Xiang Yu, after becoming the overlord of Western Chu, he couldn't wait to return to Pengcheng. "

The same is true for Liu Bang. After becoming emperor, he returned to Fengxian County, Pei County, and held a big banquet for his fathers and villagers for three consecutive months, just to let the old fathers and elders see how Liu Bang is doing now.

Going back to your hometown after being rich and pretending to be a force, this is the dream of all the people who are away from home in this era!

For this reason, it will cost those scholars to stay in Xianyang. At this time, with such a job in front of them, there is no reason to refuse, not to mention, it is still an olive branch extended by the current court Jiuqing.

If he did a good job and was liked by Jiuqing, wouldn't he have a chance to show off what he had learned and become a marquis general?
Knowing about this, Fusu couldn't help laughing, but also rejoiced that this era is not like the later generations. Although this kind of industry is a bit contemptuous, in the end, there are still scholars who are willing to do it.

It's not the bookworms of the later generations who are stupid in reading, with a noble face. When they heard about this, they flatly refused without saying a word. You must know that in those eras, scholars were spoiled by treasures, and they didn't even cook. Willing, and even put forward convincingly that "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen".

Old Master Meng Ke and Meng, if anyone knows that his words have been tampered with and misinterpreted in this way, he doesn't know if the coffin will hold up!
Although only one edition of the newspaper was published, Fusu could already feel it. It should be said that it still had some soothing effect.

Grabbing the public opinion position was initially very successful, and the people began to accept that the inscription on the meteorite was man-made, not God's will.

It is easier for them to accept this point of view that God’s will is known to extraordinary people. Today’s Emperor Shi Huang is like the sun in the hearts of the people. In Guanzhong, there are many people who respect Shi Huangdi from the bottom of their hearts. .

In the next few days, the Shaofu published and distributed newspapers every day, and the results were good. After the newspapers came out, some rumors in the market collapsed. Compared with the articles in the newspapers, those rumors were too much Too unconvincing!
And with the addition of those novelists, the classics are quoted in those articles, but at the same time they are humorous and interesting, not blunt. Compared with rumors, what is said in the newspaper is obviously more eye-catching.

While waiting, Fusu finally found the person he wanted to see.

After receiving Fusu's letter, Li You immediately sent someone to send Chen Ping to Xianyang. Originally, Fusu personally went to recruit this great talent, but now, Fusu has an invitation, and Li You naturally can't refuse.

Chen Ping, however, looked confused. Before he had been working in Xingyang for a long time, the sheriff sent him to Xianyang. The reason was that there was a nobleman in Xianyang who wanted to employ him, and this person was familiar with him.

In his own memory, Chen Ping did not remember such an old friend. If there was one, why would he be trapped in Huzhou Township, unable to use what he had learned all his life.

With such doubts, Chen Ping still boarded the road to Xianyang, because compared with others, he had an advantage that others did not have, that is, he knew Li You, the eldest son of the current prime minister.

During the few months in Xingyang, Li You could fully see Chen Ping's excellence.

(End of this chapter)