After returning to Fuzhong, Guo Wendong called Dongfang Jun.

"Those Donglin dogs, talk bad about me everywhere, what can you do?"

After Dongfang Jun came over, Guo Wendong said it directly.

"This..."Dongfang Jun scratched his head, looked embarrassed, and said: "Young Master, Donglin has a deep foundation among scholars, and his influence is too great, so it is more difficult to do. I think we can also send people to spread the bad words of Donglin everywhere and retaliate with a tooth for a tooth. ”

Guo Wendong nodded and said, "This is indeed a way, but there is a better way." We can start a newspaper and publish newspapers. ”

Newspapers? Newspaper? For the first time, Dongfang heard this new word.

Guo Wendong specifically explained that the so-called newspaper is a printed publication that carries news and commentary on current affairs.

Then, he explained in detail the corresponding functions and operating principles of the newspaper.

"In the past, ordinary people could only understand the world's major events by hearsay. If we print a newspaper, we can publish the big things in the newspaper in a concentrated manner, so as to attract people and circulate them in large quantities. Newspapers not only carry news, but also many reviews and articles. The newspaper only publishes the things we want the people to know, for articles and comments, ask more celebrities to write, publicize our advantages, what benefits we bring to the people, how the people thank and support us, write what contributions we have made to the imperial court, etc., for our side, in the newspaper, only say the positive news, not the negative news; ”

"For Donglin Dog and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as well as all other enemies, only talk about the bad side, not the good side, you can add fuel to the vinegar, chase the wind and catch the shadows, for example, you can expose how Donglin Dog is selfish, misleading the country and the people, exposing the harm and cruelty of Jiannu, and you can also make it up and tell the ugly things of some important people. If there are more people reading newspapers and talking about it, even if it is fake, it will be recognized as fact in the minds of the people. ”

Wonderful! What a trick! Dongfang is stunned.

He accompanied the young master to study since he was a child, and he knew that the young master's mind was so flexible.

In doing so, Guo Wendong wants to control public opinion, control the right to speak, guide public opinion, guide the people to the side that is beneficial to him, and finally win the hearts of the people, so that the people's hearts can be cohesive and twisted into a rope.

As long as it is properly applied, public opinion can be guided, and this has been proven in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign history.

"Haha! Young master, this is really a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, this trick is really amazing! Over time, it can destroy the foundation of Donglin dog's survival. As long as the circulation of the newspaper is large enough, we can influence the whole world. However, most ordinary people are illiterate, and they don't know what is written when they give them a newspaper. ”

This is not difficult, Guo Wendong has a solution, but he has to test Dongfang Jun, who grew up together, and asked, "Do you have a solution?" ”

"Storyteller!" Dongfang Jun said: "You can invite more storytellers, arrange them in inns, restaurants, and crowded streets, read the contents of the newspaper to the people, and vividly tell the people about our good deeds." ”

Ha ha! Guo Wendong was overjoyed, patted Dongfang Jun's shoulder, and said, "Clever!" The newspaper we issue is named "China Times", and a newspaper is established, and I will be the general manager of the newspaper, and you will be the deputy director, so I will hire a few more people with good literary talents. ”

For the two wives, Mao Lingzhi herself is a medical student and has to supervise the affairs of the medical hall. Ma Lanxin is usually boring, she can give her something to do, and she is from a family of scholars, so she is also suitable for doing these things.

At this time, Ma Lanxin was in the wing, watching the famous book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Seeing that the husband was coming, he said with great interest: "Husband, this Zhuge Liang is really a clever calculation, which made Cao Cao suffer a lot." ”

At this point, her belly is a little bigger.

Guo Wendong said: "Lady, are you willing to do something for your husband?" ”

Ma Lanxin said: "Husband, I suffocate to death every day, except for reading novels, just let Xiaobao play chess with me, you let me do something better." ”

Guo Wendong signaled to Dongfang, and Dongfang explained in detail to Ma Lanxin the idea of establishing a newspaper and publishing a newspaper.

"Yes, yes!"

Ma Lan smiled and applauded, she was very excited, if she was not pregnant, she would jump up with joy.

"These Donglin shameless people are always against their husbands and fathers, so we will portray Donglin dogs as heinous people through newspapers. I've also read books for several years, writing articles and reviews, and it's a piece of cake! ”

In normal times, Ma Lan was depressed and panicked, but today is a rare excitement.

According to Guo Wendong's assumption, Qian Qianyi is famous enough that he wants to curry favor with Ma Shiying, and he can become a frequent visitor to the "China Times" to write articles and commentaries.

Guo Wendong is in charge of the overall situation, it is impossible to do everything himself, Dongfang is the best candidate, and after establishing the principle of publishing newspapers, just leave it to him.

On the morning of the tenth day of August, the barracks.

The weather was fine, and the southeast wind blew the military flag with the word "Guo" in a hunting sound.

Two thousand six hundred soldiers gathered in one place.

Guo Wendong, Song Yingsheng, and Zhang Huangyan stood on the review stand two meters high.

On the left side of the review stand, there are more than a dozen large boxes.

The more than 2,000 soldiers used to be trained to fight with a single sword, and they heard that each of them would soon be given a self-made firearm, and the soldiers were looking forward to it.

Guo Wendong took the megaphone and said: "You are the musketeers of the Shenji Battalion, the main force to kill Jiannu, the self-generated fire gun is your main weapon, and the knife is your auxiliary weapon. Since the research of the fire gun, the arsenal has made it in full force, and today it was delivered to the Shenji Battalion for the first time. The first batch of 680 self-made firearms was delivered, which was first equipped with two platoons. Deliveries will be made in the future until each platoon is fully equipped. ”

Then, Zhang Huangyan said loudly: "The first row and the second row are out of the row!" ”

According to the establishment, each platoon is 344 people.

With the order of President Qian, 688 people in two platoons, led by the two commanders, stepped forward a few steps in unison.

Zhang Huangyan said loudly again: "The two platoons each line up in order to receive the self-generated fire." ”

The men from the arsenal opened the box, and it was filled with flintlock pistols.

Two platoons of men lined up in two lines, and the men of the arsenal were issued a gun each.

The soldiers who received the flintlock pistols were all in a mess, and they looked at them carefully, and they couldn't put them down.

At present, only guns are issued separately, and there are no bullets, and a certain number of pellets will be issued to each person only after shooting training begins, and when it comes to real combat, a large number of bullets will be issued.

At present, the arsenal produces 70 flintlock pistols per day and 2,100 flintlock pistols per month, which is enough to maintain this output for the time being, and in late September, more than two months later, it will be able to equip more than 5,000 people under Zhang Huangyan and Liu Jifang.

Once fully equipped, the Arsenal will continue to produce flintlock pistols as stockpiles. By April next year, when the Qing troops move south, there will be more than 10,000 in stock.