Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Fang Zheng nodded, "You don't need to worry about that... His Majesty is benevolent and generous, and will surely reward merit. I think the palace may still be considering the matter."

"Besides, Linglong is a maid in the Jin Kingdom's palace. The fact that she risked her life to come to our Great Jing to deliver information is enough to show that His Majesty has won the hearts of the people. He's probably overjoyed."

"Send this printing plate to the newspaper's printing workshop. Linglong's report must be rich in both text and illustrations. Don't worry about the cost."

Xie Xian looked at the printing plate: "The lines on this printing plate are too fine. I'm afraid it will be blurry when printed. And with both text and illustrations, will the common people accept it?"

"It's the first time we're adding illustrations, so there will definitely be problems. Let those experienced workers in the printing workshop tackle it! With a generous reward, there will surely be brave men."

"But I guarantee that this newspaper of ours will become a historical classic! This is the first time such a complex pattern has appeared in the newspaper, and the common people will definitely discuss it intensely."

"Maybe they'll even giggle foolishly when they see the pictures."

Xie Xian nodded: "Then what are your plans for the follow-up, sir?"

Hearing Xie Xian's question, Fang Zheng fell into deep thought.

What he had said before was indeed a problem, and he had been somewhat inconsiderate.

The choice of majors for the girls' school seems to need to be more cautious. Otherwise, one wrong step could lead to a torrent of malicious public opinion.

Some concepts are already solidified in people's hearts.

He didn't dare to touch them easily, let alone the public opinion in the court.

The capital is the center of the world. If things get too embarrassing, there's a high probability that it will be called to a halt, and he might even be dragged to the palace for a scolding.

"As for the follow-up, I think we should still focus on medicine. Women studying medicine and healing the sick shouldn't cause too much trouble."

"In addition, they can do some research work. There are still many research institutes in the county. It would be good to send those with potential back to the county."

He shouldn't even think about the Royal Academy of Sciences for the time being. They probably won't be able to get in.

"Initially, I plan to spend ten thousand taels of silver to fully fund them, so that the female students don't have to spend a single penny. We'll wait until the atmosphere in the capital changes."

"The princess will serve as the dean, and with the newspaper and the Embroidered Uniform Guard involved, I think the people's views will change in a few years."

Xie Xian was surprised: "How much silver is that? Sir, if it doesn't work out, aren't you just throwing money down the drain? You can't waste money like that."

Fang Zheng waved his hand and smiled: "Hey, you're short-sighted. If this succeeds, we'll have plenty of opportunities to make money in the future."

"You completely underestimate the spending power of women. Many of our county's products will be able to be sold to the outside world by then. Not to mention those precious jewelry in our county, just those sanitary napkins will make us a fortune!"

Sanitary napkins have been around for a long time, but unfortunately, they can only be sold in the county. It's completely unfavorable to promote them outside.

He's putting in so much effort, he can't possibly not get any return, right?

Fang Zheng thought happily.

In the past, the capitalist Cyrus Field laid the Atlantic undersea cable to set up a telegraph.

Now, I, the parental official Fang Zheng, am improving the status of women in order to sell sanitary napkins.

A win-win situation, another beautiful story, history should give him a separate book!

"Um... Sir, your considerations are thorough. How exactly should the newspaper cooperate?"

"I came to you today to simply finalize the follow-up procedures first, and then we'll proceed according to the plan. For the early publicity, let's follow the standards of Meng Weimin and the East Suburb University's enrollment."

Xie Xian said: "This trick has been used before, isn't it too old?"

Fang Zheng smiled: "It doesn't matter if the trick is new, as long as it works. A model that has been proven successful should be reused again and again in order to achieve greater success. Others will learn my trick soon, so let's use it quickly while it still has value."

Xie Xian nodded and began to record.

Fang Zheng continued: "After enrollment, I will focus on training the first batch of students. The best of the best will be sent to the medical clinic, and you will continue to promote it. There are enough female patients, and the reputation should spread quickly."

"The newspaper can also recruit some women. Sometimes it's inconvenient for men to interview women, and this market is relatively empty. With this first batch of students, a lot of word-of-mouth will be accumulated."

Xie Xian recorded silently: "If we really want women to join the newspaper, we may need to buy another building... After all, they are not maids or old women."

"Then buy it, preferably separated from here."

Fang Zheng said: "When the first batch of word-of-mouth is established, the second stage will be much easier. I plan to specifically recruit a batch of beautiful and intelligent women and let them go straight to junior college. Now the name of East Suburb University's junior college has been established, but there has never been a female junior college student, which will definitely attract attention."

"When this group of women graduates, find a group of famous wealthy merchants and high-ranking officials in the capital... to help them marry out!"

The corner of Xie Xian's mouth twitched: "Are we acting as matchmakers?"

Fang Zheng shook his head with a smile: "We don't charge a commission, we just want to help them marry out at a high price! Then the newspaper advertises it, and the news of wealthy men supporting female college students will be sent out, and their value will increase several times, right?"

"Imagine, a village girl who goes to junior college can marry a wealthy businessman as a wife or concubine and receive 1888 taels of betrothal gifts. Which family wouldn't be tempted?"

"The first step is just to dispel the people's doubts about new things, and this step is a heavy blow! These common people... can't escape greed."

Xie Xian worried: "This seems to be inconsistent with the educational purpose of East Suburb University... Moreover, how can the women who are guaranteed to enter junior college convince the public with insufficient knowledge?"

"Using it right is right. Although it conflicts with the school's philosophy in the short term, it can be appropriately compromised for the sake of long-term goals."

"As for how to convince the public... then we'll just open a separate class for them, and no one will know." Fang Zheng said lightly.

If the public finds out, just say that knowledge can be spread through Kun.

Anyway, in his previous life, he saw that students who had slept with professors were guaranteed to be recommended for graduate school, which shows that this is scientifically sound.

Xie Xian continued to record: "What about after that?"

Fang Zheng thought for a while and sighed: "Um... if everything goes smoothly, then it will be on the right track."

"Regularly publish news of women making outstanding contributions, and at the same time typeset the news of scumbags who violate laws and regulations and are annoying side by side. There must be a contrast."

"In short, it should give people the feeling that women are no worse than men and also make important contributions to Great Jing. That's roughly it. You go and do the preliminary preparations today, and the following drafts must be carefully considered."

"Then when are you going to start, sir?"

Fang Zheng pondered: "Start immediately after the printing plate problem is overcome. Before that, you should pick some news about tragic women and publish it. And the problem of abandoned babies in Great Jing... be sure to focus on describing this, as tragic as possible, write it so that people can't bear to look at it, write it so that people and gods are indignant!"

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