Lijiazhuang.

"Up to now, there have been as many as two hundred and ninety merchants running for the consuls of the districts. But the positions we offer are only ninety-seven people, and the competition pressure is very high. Jia Xu said.

"Well, the merchant sees the official. After all, they had never been officials before, and they would do it even if they broke their heads. Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Hmm. Yes, it is still very difficult for businessmen to become officials, after all, there are many things, they can't do such a position, in such a situation, we suddenly gave them such an opportunity, they will inevitably grasp it, and strive for such an opportunity. Jia Xu said.

"But my concern is that the public opinion doesn't seem to be very favorable to us. After all, when the world's readers hear such news, they will be even more alienated from us, which is for us. Not a good thing. Jia Xu said worriedly.

"Well, that's true, but we can't do that. Whoever makes us lack such people, we invite them to come. They don't come. Now we're using people. That's what they say about us, forget it. Do not say. If that's the case, we'll have to be to death, and it's not good for us. Shang Wu said with a wave of his arms. Reading people are like that, when they let them come, they don't come, and when they don't let them come, they just say you. Sometimes it's really helpless.

"That's right. Journalist thing. What do you think? Shang Wu asked. As a part of the monitoring process, the supervisory role of parliamentarians and journalists will be very large. At present, the frequency of newspaper publication is still relatively low. The main thing is that many people do not see the transmission of such a cultural and spiritual level. The investment is still relatively small.

"Oh no, some of the officers did write some articles, but they didn't make sense, and they were all in the vernacular. The level is too low. Jia Xu said helplessly.

"We can't ask for such things across the board, I think, this kind of thing can only be written like this, what do you ask them to write? Do you want to write about it? Kill them, they can't write such articles, I think, let's lower our requirements, so be it. Shang Wu said. At present, there is only one newspaper, "Xindao Bao". However, such a newspaper is not yet able to be printed and disseminated on a large scale, and the first group of people to read the newspaper is relatively small. People just think of the newspaper as a kind of paper that can be used, or a wrap around meat, food, for them. None of these things can be considered useful situations. Because there are very few people who read newspapers. It is precisely this situation that has led to the fact that the situation of the newspaper in the base area is not very good. Only the military needs such a thing, and most of the content is learned from this.

Since the people who read the newspaper are in the army, Shangwu can only take some measures to let the elders in the army publish crude articles, because they can't always publish articles by Shangwu and Jia Xu, in this case, they will feel very tired. Therefore, Shang Wu ordered the various troops to recommend some articles to come. But as a result, their own cultural level is very limited, and if they are recommended, the situation is even worse, so it is difficult to change this situation all at once, which forms a great disadvantage. The article is naturally miserable. After all, such an article is still very difficult for them.

"It's really inferior." Jia Xu said.

"I'll see, we still need something. Or is it a drawing to do it? Jia Xu proposed. The content written by the officers is very bad, many of them can't understand it, and in such a situation, it is simply difficult to get them to write down such a situation, it is very difficult. In order to change such a situation, Jia Xu had to take some measures to solve such a problem, because such articles would be difficult to promote among readers, and would become the object of their ridicule, and Jia Xu was very worried about this. But Sangwu didn't care about that, he knew. As long as the base can accept something, it must be a good thing. In that case, most things are still acceptable.

"Hmm. I think it can, but it can be another page, but we still don't have such reporters. After all, it is people who write articles, and if there is no one, no matter how good the article is, it will not be able to write it. Shang Wu said worriedly.

"Hmm. I agree with that, but how do we look for people in this area? Jia Xu asked Shangwu.

"This matter, in my opinion, can be solved in other ways. For example, last time, we saw a person. Although they are also readers, they are declining readers, and manual labor is for them. It's a very difficult thing, and now that I have that, most of the things, I think can be done. Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"Hmm. I think so. After all, there are some people who read, they are still talented, and with a certain amount of talent, they can still make such a situation. After all, that's for us. This is extremely advantageous. Jia Xu said. Shangwu nodded in agreement.

The news comes from journalists. But one fact is that there are too few people in the base area who can write articles. There will be a lot fewer journalists. In such a situation, if you mobilize officers to write, I am afraid it will not help, the only way is to find people, specifically to find such people, there is also a group of scholars, declining scholars, they are in the middle of the family for various reasons, if they are engaged in agricultural production, they will be very disadvantaged, because many things have not yet been carried out and there are problems. In such a situation, the only way is to find a way to solve such a thing. And the journalists seemed to be a good fit for them, and they tried all kinds of difficulties of others. Knowing that life is not easy, at the same time they have some articles, and they have contact with ordinary people, if they are allowed to write, they can know what the people need, this is the biggest advantage of journalists.

"Report." At this time, Xu Dou reported in.

"Well, our intelligence minister is finally here." Jia Xu said with a smile.

"Minister of Intelligence?" Xu Dou looked at Jia Xu puzzled. The order only asked him to be in charge of intelligence, but it did not explain to him that he would be the minister of intelligence, and that a separate department would be established, which surprised Xu Dou.

"Yes. Minister of Intelligence, we urgently need talent in this area. Shang Wu said.

"Sir. Is there a war to be fought? Xu Dou asked worriedly, Shangwu.

"Yes. Now the base area is developing rapidly, but there are also many problems, we are not very advantageous in terms of intelligence, although there is information from Luoyang, but they can provide too little. Too little. And most of it is strategic, because of the geographical relationship, the possibility that we can get timely information is relatively small. So, we need you to do something concrete, we plan to divide the entire southeast, northwest, and northwest region into various intelligence districts, and your task is to find such people to come out, establish four intelligence districts, and provide us with a steady stream of personal intelligence. However, the first thing to be established at present is the situation of the Northern Montenegrin Army, and we have to do something against them. Shang Wu said.

"The second is the intelligence of Luoyang. This is also very important to us, after all, the emperor in Luoyang still has a great influence, you not only have to collect, but also judge, so that most things can become more effective. Shang Wu said. In fact, Shang Wu asked Xu Dou to build a huge intelligence network, but such an intelligence network cannot be established all at once, which takes time and requires financial investment, although it may be difficult at first, but as long as such things can be used, Shang Wu believes that no matter how much money is spent, it is okay. After all, such a thing is still extremely beneficial to them.

"This, I understand, sir, then after Luoyang, what kind of places should we pay attention to?" Xu Dou asked.

"That is the east of the river, it is best to cross the Yellow River into the west of the river, and then infiltrate in the direction of the Xiongnu, in addition, there is also the direction of Taiyuan. It's also very important to us. You know all these things. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. Sir, I understand all of this. Xu Dou nodded and said.

"What kind of people do you need, you can transfer yourself, you also know that the current financial situation of the base area is still relatively difficult, but it is still to support your work to the greatest extent, if there is no intelligence, we are deaf, blind, your task Xu Dou. It's not easy. Shang Wu said.

"Sir, I know." Xu Dou nodded and said.

"Hmm. Hurry up and find someone, get busy, you are short on time. Shang Wu said.

"Yes. Sir. I'll go. Xu Dou nodded and left quickly. The first thing the Republican Army had to deal with was the Montenegrin Army. Fighting against such an opponent takes a lot of effort to solve. This is the most important situation they should be aware of at the moment, and many things will be difficult to deal with if they can't solve such things.

"Report." That's when the weekly warehouse report came in.

"Come in." Shang Wu said.

"Your brigade has received a mission." Shang Wu said.

"Yes. Sir, however, sir, the armament of our brigade is still poor, should we add to it, and the other thing is the tactical aspect. Zhou Cang said.

"The military factory will solve the problem of weapons for you, and there are still some stocks, you take them first, so that the soldiers can get familiar with them as soon as possible, and at the same time, you must hurry up and conduct a drill to let the soldiers know what to do. How to do it. Shang Wu said.

"Yes. Sir. Zhou Cang said.