Qingliu newspaper.

A young man in a long robe hurriedly pushed open the door, and he strotted down the corridor to the second floor to the second office on his left, with a black nameplate hanging on the door with the word "editor-in-chief" written on it.

However, before the young man could knock on the door, he heard a 'click' from inside, and Wang Jingqi walked out of it, wearing a pair of gold wire glasses newly sold by Chen Jixing, and the whole looked quite elegant.

"Jing Cong, why are you so flustered? What kind of system. ”

Wang Jingqi's face was a little disgusted, turned around and walked into the room, he picked up the newspaper on the table, and said casually: "The content of this issue of Qingliu Bao has come out, I took a look, the front page is the relevant legislative promotion work of the "Environmental Protection Law" issued by the State Department, which should attract more attention, Jingcong will take a look at it when the time comes." ”

The young man turned out to be a reporter from Qingliu Daily, with the surname Pingyuan and the word Jingcong, who was originally an assistant to Wang Jingqi, but later Wang Jingqi saw that he was shrewd and capable, so he was released to be a reporter, running around every day to collect materials and inquire about news everywhere.

Bai Pingyuan's face was filled with irrepressible excitement, and he whispered word by word: "Editor-in-chief Wang, I just got the news from the informant that the Shen family weaving factory where Xue San's case occurred has been surrounded by weavers, and this matter is getting bigger and bigger!" ”

"Oh? Is the message true? ”

Wang Jingqi's hand trembled slightly, he hurriedly put down the newspaper in his hand, turned his head and looked at Bai Pingyuan seriously, hoping to see some clues from his face.

Bai Pingyuan hurriedly took a few steps forward, and his voice became a little more urgent, "Editor-in-chief, when did I deceive you on such a big thing?" At present, as long as we go to Suzhou to investigate, we will know that if this matter is preempted by other newspapers and periodicals, it will be the face of our Qingliu newspaper that will be lost! ”

Wang Jingqi touched the beard on his face, groaned slightly, and finally made up his mind, he looked at Bai Pingyuan, and said in a low voice: "I'll give you three days off, you quickly go to the account to withdraw five hundred silver dollars, and then go to Suzhou to touch me inside and out of this matter, we have to make a big deal with this matter!" ”

"And where is this front page?" Bai Pingyuan smiled, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

"The content on the front page remains unchanged, and this issue of Qingliu Bao is published and distributed according to the original plan."

Wang Jingqi said lightly, and just when Bai Pingyuan's face showed a hint of depression, a smile appeared on his face, and he smiled: "Since we are going to do it, we are naturally going to make a special issue, and I will contact all parties to ensure that this special issue can be issued." ”

Bai Pingyuan suddenly became excited, but he knew the meaning of the special issue, in the current history of Qingliu Daily, there are not a few special issues of the Eight Classics, and every time the special issue appears, it represents an extremely important thing happening.

Of course, every time a special issue appears, it also means that the status of the reporter concerned will soar to the sky and become a rising star in the entire newspaper industry. ”

"Making a fuss? Hehe, it's not as simple as you think. ”

Wang Jingqi sighed softly, "Hurry up, now is a good opportunity for real fame and fortune, it depends on whether you have the ability to eat!" ”

In fact, Wang Jingqi is indeed a smart person, and he has clearly smelled one thing from the political turmoil during this time, that is, the emperor's attitude towards industry and commerce seems to have undergone a subtle change, at least it is no longer as strong as before.

Although limited by his identity, Wang Jingqi did not know the relevant content of Xue Haiyun's twist and turn in time, but he was also guessing in his heart that the imperial court might change direction during this period, at least it would coerce industry and commerce to further make profits to support the people, so as to ease the development of the situation.

As for His Majesty the Emperor who is resolute in that Shengming, it seems that he has been watching coldly in this matter at present, this is indeed that person's common method, but when it comes to the current situation, it makes Wang Jingqi shudder a little, who knows who is waiting for that trap?

Thinking of this, Wang Jingqi was more or less unable to sit still, he spread the white paper in front of him, splashed ink, and wrote a line of words in an instant.

"The divine trace is promised to rise for the common people, and I am willing to hit the incense car to the nine heavens."

The faint scent of ink filled the room, and Wang Jingqi also put down the brush, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his face was a little happy.

.........

In the port of Shanghai, a large number of large ships are docked at the wharf to load and unload goods, several strong men are shouting on it, directing the workers on the wharf to move large wooden boxes off the ship, the black boxes seem to be very heavy, even if several strong men carry it together, it is very difficult.

A gray old man walked out of the cabin, but it was Chen Huanzhang, who had just returned from Nanyang, and he slowly walked up to the dock, only to see that there were already several young people waiting on the dock, and there seemed to be a carriage behind him.

"Shopkeeper Chen, it's been hard all the way, and we'll leave the rest to us."

A young man led by him had a little respect on his face, he walked over quickly, stretched out his hand to help Chen Huanzhang, but was directly waved away by the other party, and suddenly looked at Chen Huanzhang with some confusion.

Chen Huanzhang shook his head slightly, and said softly: "The old man is not old enough to be so old, hurry up and prepare the carriage to send the old man back to the general office, by the way, don't open those things on the boat." ”

"Yes."

Although the young man was a little curious, he did not dare to disobey Chen Huanzhang, so he immediately sent someone to load the boxes in a cart and transport them to the warehouse near the dock, and he himself got into the carriage with Chen Huanzhang.

On the carriage, Chen Huanzhang closed his eyes and said softly: "Has the decision of the General Directorate come down?" ”

The young man said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper Chen, the situation of the Dongmin Chamber of Commerce this year is very bad, you know that the silk business we did before is now being severely impacted by woven fabrics, and the general department only wants to maintain trade orders with Westerners for the time being." ”

Chen Huanzhang sighed easily, he knew that there was still a word in the young man's words, that is, the investment of the Dongmin Chamber of Commerce in Southeast Asia did not achieve the due return, especially the priority colonial exploration right of Haiyun Island, which was bought with a huge amount of money, is almost a huge loss from the current point of view.

In this case, if the Dongmin Chamber of Commerce wants to continue to survive, it can only give up the past industry, especially in the silk industry, which is not the opponent of the Suzhou and Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce, and now it has been hit by the woven fabric, and can only choose to transform to survive.

Chen Huanzhang thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh softly, he habitually stretched out his hand to the newspaper basket, pinched the top Qingliu newspaper, and then unfolded it to see, just a glance, but it made him a little unable to take his eyes off.

I saw that on the front page of this newspaper, which still exuded the scent of ink, the word "special issue" was written in red letters, which couldn't help but attract him to continue looking, after all, every time Qingliu Bao issued a special issue, it was almost always when it was facing major news.

"Who benefits from industry and commerce?"

Chen Huanzhang's eyes couldn't help but be slightly cold, this question seemed to carry a lot of anger, he couldn't help but quickly flip through the newspaper, looking at it word by word, but the look on his face became more and more solemn.

It turned out that in this special issue, reporter Bai Pingyuan interviewed dozens of troublemakers through an exclusive interview, recorded the whole incident, and he also went deep into the families of weavers and weavers, and conducted an in-depth investigation of their living environment.

In the summary of the whole report, Bai Pingyuan showed an attitude, that is, the development of industry and commerce is indeed of great benefit to the imperial court, and it should not be simply abolished, but should better protect the rights and interests of laborers, so that weavers can have a better working environment and labor protection, so that weavers can transform in time and find a way out again.

The young man on the side naturally saw it, and he said with some schadenfreude: "These people are unlucky, they are targeted by Qingliu News, and they don't know how much it will cost to end up!" ”

However, Chen Huanzhang didn't seem to hear the young man's complaints at all, he continued to look at the entire newspaper intently, and spent half an hour reading all the words in the newspaper, and laughed softly: "It seems that the turning point of our Dongmin Chamber of Commerce has really arrived." ”

"Shopkeeper Chen, why didn't I understand what you said?" Young people don't quite understand.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if you understand it or not, hurry up and go to the general department, the old man has something important to tell the general department this time!"

Chen Huanzhang's fingers lightly tapped on the newspaper, but the smile on the corner of his mouth became thicker and thicker, if the Yiren discovered by the Dongmin Chamber of Commerce on Haiyun Island was an undeveloped silver mine, then the current situation may make these Yiren upgrade into gold mines, and even make the Dongmin Chamber of Commerce go further.