Chu Tianxiu immediately sent someone to the Qinhuai River Yanyu Painting Boat and found Xie Anran, a half-drunk and half-awake horse.

Xie Anran was a little confused, didn't this little dusk marquis go to Danyang County to take office, why did he return to Jinling City in a blink of an eye?

However, Xie Anran didn't ask.

Xiao Duhou is a man who does things, and he goes with him, he can do whatever he wants, and no one can stop him. The county order is too simple, and there is not much to do.

The four great gentlemen of Jinling are finally all together.

They gathered at the Hongmen Inn to discuss how to run a "Da Chu Di Newspaper".

The whole idea was made up by Chu Tianxiu, and it was naturally up to him to take the lead in arranging it.

Xie Anran listened to Chu Tianxiu's idea of "picking news, opening his eyes, and speaking widely", and suddenly woke up from half-drunk, full of energy, and became interested.

This gathering news is fresh to listen to.

It's a bit like engaging in intelligence, but it's information that comes out to the public.

Xie Anran was idle anyway, but he didn't mind doing something new.

Chu Tianxiu gathered all the people and immediately divided the labor among the four of them.

"Prince, you are responsible for applying to the emperor for permission to open this "Great Chu Di Daily". It is very important to get the emperor's own mouth, as well as the official authorization of the imperial court.

Our newspaper will publish the affairs of the imperial court, as well as the comments of the courtiers.

Otherwise, this newspaper is likely to be seized by the government at any time for 'criticizing the evils of the times and ridiculing the courtiers'.

The crown prince is one of the four organizers, and with the permission of the emperor, this "Da Chu Di Daily" can sit back and relax. ”

Chu Tianxiu said.

Although it is a private newspaper, the prince himself came forward to run the newspaper, which is equivalent to a semi-official newspaper.

Xiang Tiange patted his chest, "Just leave this matter to me!" ”

This is a great political achievement.

As the prince of Great Chu, he is duty-bound.

Shen Wanbao published paper and silver as an early investment in "Da Chu Di Daily". The money from the sale of this newspaper will make up for your cost first. The surplus earned, the four of us divided it equally. ”

Chu Tianxiu said to Shen Wanbao.

"Okay, no problem!"

Shen Wanbao nodded.

The Shen family has money, but they are afraid that there is no industry to invest in. This investment is estimated to be no more than a few thousand taels of silver, so it is naturally not a problem.

Xie Anran relied on his connections to organize a group of people to collect news in various places. Gather news from all over the world and compile it.

I'm in charge of news content gathering and editing, as well as large-scale publishing and printing. ”

Chu Tianxiu said.

He is the only one who has a large printing house and knows how to get out thousands or tens of thousands of newspapers in the shortest possible time.

If you change someone else, even if you have an idea, you can't make a report.

Xie Anran carefully calculated and found that it was extremely difficult to collect news, and asked: "Xiao Duhou, if we want to get all kinds of news from the entire Great Chu and the Western Regions, this scope is too large, and the manpower consumed is probably hundreds or thousands, and this cost is too great." ”

The imperial court has a huge and complex intelligence system, there are imperial histories to inspect the world, and there are post stations to transmit military and political news, but this is supported by the finances of the entire Great Chu.

If you collect all the news in the world, it is even more powerful than the imperial court intelligence agency.

This is clearly not possible.

I can't afford to hire people alone.

Chu Tianxiu thought about it, and he wanted to slowly support and grow, and said:

"Narrow down the scope of news gathering a little bit, starting from Jinling City!

Record some current politics and news hotspots.

Then there were the comments of the high-ranking officials of the imperial court, which were posted in the newspaper.

Find ten clever scholars, walk the streets and alleys, and collect the news of the gates, nobles, and people in Jinling City.

It's all local anecdotes, and they must have seen it new and liked it.

First of all, the first edition of the "Da Chu Di Daily" was printed.

The prince took this newspaper and showed it to the emperor, and the emperor was satisfied with it, so he would approve the publication of the "Da Chu Di Newspaper" as soon as possible. ”

The dispute between the two major factions in the imperial court is already at war around the "year move".

Chu Tianxiu needs to take out the "Great Chu Di Daily", a position that can be used for him to scold as much as he wants, as soon as possible.

Otherwise, with his mouth, how could he win so many court officials by scolding.

...

Just do it.

The four of them were in full swing and immediately split up.

Xie Anran recruited more than a dozen scholars to collect news in Jinling City.

As the eldest grandson of the prime minister of the Xie family and the princess, he can be regarded as a hand-eyed figure in Jinling City, and he can get the lace news of the gate valves and nobles.

In the past, in Jinling City, this kind of news could only be passed on by word of mouth and inquire about each other.

Now it is directly published in the Di newspaper, and it is directly spread all over Jinling City, so there is no need to inquire about it.

Chu Tianxiu rented a building on Changle Street in Jinling City and set up the editorial department of "Da Chu Di Daily" to compile and typeset the collected news.

Typography is a line of words lined vertically down.

The scholars of Da Chu were accustomed to bamboo slips piece by piece, and the handwriting was all from top to bottom. This bad habit has lasted for 2,000 years.

In order to make "Da Chu Di Daily" attractive enough, Chu Tianxiu simply added the first chapter of "The Story of Stones" to it, preparing to engage in long-term serialization.

This can also warm up "The Stone".

Then, Chu Tianxiu sent the first edition of the newspaper to a large printing house outside the city for printing.

In the Dusk Printing Workshop, Lu Lao Craftsman and his group of apprentices have already completed the preliminary construction. Tens of thousands of movable type inks have been carved, and preparations are already being made to print the first half of the "Stone Record".

Printing the "Da Chu Di Newspaper", that is a convenient thing.

In the printing workshop, the craftsmen are in full swing.

...

Under the strong impetus of Chu Tianxiu, Di Bao's efficiency is extremely high.

Three days later.

The first "Great Chu Di Bao" of the Great Chu Dynasty came out.

Although it is far from reaching the level of knowing the whole world with a copy of "Da Chu Di Daily" in hand, it is still very useful for understanding the various news in Jinling City.

Prince Xiang Tiange got the first edition of "Da Chu Di Newspaper", and looked at the exquisite Di newspaper, it was unbelievable.

It's like seeing a beautiful handicraft, or he created it with his own hands, and I can't help but be moved to tears.

Xie Anran and Shen Wanbao were both stunned in shock.

The thick stack of "Da Chu Di Newspaper" brought by Chu Tianxiu was as many as 3,000 copies.

The scholars of Da Chu have been accustomed to copying books by hand all their lives, even if it is the same person copying the same book, the handwriting will change and be different.

But the handwriting on these 3,000 copies of the newspaper is exactly the same.

It's like a mold, carved out.

"That's what you call typography? ... This is amazing, since it can print the newspaper, it should also be able to print the book! ”

Xie Anran was amazed.

They had heard the little dusk marquis talk about printing, but they had not seen it with their own eyes.

Now that I have seen the "Da Chu Di Daily" with my own eyes, I know that printing is so magical.

"I'm sure I can print a book! Da Chu's scholars, with this baby, don't have to work hard to copy books, just print books. ... Yes, it seems that you can also make money by selling books! ”

Shen Wanbao said in surprise.

Chu Tianxiu nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, this is printing." The words are carved out first, and then printed directly on the paper... And so, keep copying. In a single day, thousands of copies can be copied. It is not at all comparable to copying books. ”

There's nothing to hide from this.

The handwriting of the newspaper is exactly the same, and after a little thought, you can understand that it is printed.

Just like the official seal, no matter how it is printed, the chapters that come out are exactly the same.

It's just that engraving printing and movable type printing, these two processes are only separated by a layer of paper, but there is a huge difference in efficiency, and no one may be able to see it.

Most people may instinctively think that this is engraved and printed, and it is difficult to think of movable type printing.

Di Bao this thing is called efficiency!

The imperial history platform of the imperial court, there are forty or fifty imperial histories, each of which can be scolded.

But with "Da Chu Di Daily", he has thousands of mouths alone. Once fired, see who can spray whom!