Chapter 137: On the eve of the tea party
[Ran^文^Library][]. []. Among the countless people who welcomed Wu Song on both sides of the street, every once in a while you would see a few people dressed in neat clothes and wearing small soap hats, originally these people were dressed in nothing special, but the only special thing was that these people looked very clever, their eyes were turning back and forth, and each of them was holding a small notebook in his hand, and from time to time he was writing something on a small and novel notebook. (Ran Library (7764))
These people are naturally reporters sent by Wuzhi Newspaper, and the pen in their hand is a simple fountain pen specially made by Wuzhi for them, the pace of life in ancient times is very slow, even if the fountain pen is made in large quantities and sold, no one will buy it, and people prefer to use a brush to write those extremely beautiful Chinese characters.
The fountain pens made by Wu Zhi were originally only for Jiang Jing's convenience in settling accounts, and now reporters must use fountain pens when they go around every day.
Reporters will naturally track and record the whole process of such a major event as a street parade, and the crowds on both sides of the street are surging, and there will naturally be some emergencies as soon as there are more people, and the reporters are mixed in to collect materials.
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After escorting Yan Shun, Zheng Tianshou and other prisoners to the government prison, Murong Yanda, Qin Ming and others took Wu Song and his subordinates to the Deyi Building.
There are dozens of tables of wine and food on each of the three floors of the proud building, and with the joint help of several restaurants around, the nearly 100 tables of wine and food are finally prepared.
As soon as Wu Song arrived at the proud building, he pointed to the little sister Hua to Wu Zhi, and his face was full of embarrassment. Wu Zhi understood that Wu Song was afraid that Hua Xiaomei would drink too much wine at the wine table, after all, Hua Xiaomei had also made a great contribution, and Hua Rong did not come at this time, she undoubtedly also represented Hua Rong, I am afraid that those who will drink will inevitably drink too much.
Wu Zhi secretly whitened Wu Song, and said in his heart that if you drink too much, you won't have a chance! But after thinking about it, not only Wu Song is definitely not this kind of person, although he is a little obscene, he can't do this kind of thing to take advantage of others......
After thinking about it, Wu Zhi found a reason to call Hua Xiaomei away from Wu Song's side surrounded by Murong Yanda and other officials and soldiers, although Hua Xiaomei was a woman, but in front of those officials and soldiers, she did not have half of the weakness and shyness of a woman, but behaved cheerfully and smiled, which made the officials and soldiers secretly admire.
"Haha! Does my little sister still recognize me? ”
After walking out of the proud building with Hua Xiaomei, Wu Zhi didn't see outside, so he called his sister directly.
Hua Xiaomei smiled sweetly, and said to Wu Zhi as an elder: "Of course I remember the martial arts official, you won my brother last time, and he was very convinced!" ”
"Hey, hey!" Wu Zhi grinned and said, "What is the name of the martial official, haven't you seen the outside?" You'll call me big brother from now on! After a pause, Wu Zhi added: "Call ...... with Wu Song."
Hua Xiaomei's face turned red, and she lowered her head and said happily: "Yes, big brother." ”
"By the way, I called you out to invite you to my home, and there are men in the restaurant, I'm afraid you won't feel comfortable inside." Wu Zhi continued: "I competed with you last time...... It's your third sister-in-law, who has been talking about you all the time when she comes back, you must go and meet her! ”
Although he hasn't passed the door yet, Wu Zhi has obviously regarded Hua Xiaomei as his chief brother and sister.
Hua Xiaomei's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "Okay! I miss it so much...... The third sister-in-law! ”
"Haha, okay, I'll introduce you to your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law when I go back, they are not ordinary women! When the time comes, let your sister-in-law cook for you, and your sister-in-law will give you wine, and you women will have a good time together! ”
"The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law must be the legendary beautiful chef and the wine girl, the younger sister has heard the third sister-in-law say it before, and she has admired it for a long time!"
"Good! Let's go! ”
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After returning to the house, Sanniang saw that Hua Xiaomei was actually here, and naturally hugged her, the two girls cherished each other and became good sisters, Jin Lian and Xue'er were also full of joy when they saw Hua Xiaomei, they all listened to Wu Zhi shouting many times, saying that they must help Wu Song marry Hua Xiaomei back, and recognized this younger brother and sister Yunyun.
Wu Zhi's younger siblings are naturally also their younger siblings, and now that the younger siblings are here, they will naturally have a good relationship with them...... They are all daughters-in-law of the martial arts!
Give Hua Xiaomei to the three ladies, Wu Zhi doesn't need to explain that they will also warmly entertain Hua Xiaomei and settle her residence.
In the best box in the proud building, when Wu Zhi came over, Murong Yanda, Qin Ming and Wu Song, and a number of high-ranking officials and outsiders with heads and faces in Qingzhou had already taken their seats, Wu Zhi, as Wu Song's elder brother and the host, naturally his position could not be missing.
Originally, there should be a place for Huang Zhi at this table, after all, he is representing all the businessmen in Qingzhou, but for reasons that everyone knows, he did not come, everyone here knows this, but the Chamber of Commerce still sent a person over, is the vice president of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, called Wang Gang, about fifty years old, is engaged in the tea business, humble and kind, with a smile on his face all the time, only two small eyes occasionally flashed a little imperceptible essence......
I don't have much impression of this person Wu Zhi, but judging from the fact that he took the initiative to toast Wu Zhi at the wine table, at least he didn't show such direct hostility towards Wu Zhi as the rest of the Chamber of Commerce.
That's enough, after all, there are so many people in the Chamber of Commerce, and it is impossible for everyone to turn to Huang Zhi.
There are still three days left for the Chamber of Commerce's tea party once a month, and then Wu Zhi will be able to know completely who is Huang Zhi's hardcore and who is not!
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After welcoming Wu Song at noon, the focus of all the people in Qingzhou finally shifted to the newspaper, and they found that this newspaper was so interesting, bringing together all the news events and anecdotes of yesterday, as well as many entertainment gossip and other news that the people like to see, which is really a good thing!
Especially the small traders, the shopkeepers of the various shops, and the officials in the yamen, they have a fixed place to work every day, and they rarely have any opportunities to wander around, so they are very happy with the rich information and content in the newspaper.
There are also the ladies and the little jasper who have a very narrow range of activities, and the girls, young ladies and maids, they can finally know all kinds of new and interesting things in Qingzhou City without going out......
Although countless people in Qingzhou are looking forward to such a newspaper every day, they are also disappointed to know that this kind of newspaper with so much information cannot be published every day, and it will take a whole day to engrave and print plates......
But the next morning, when all the people in Qingzhou City opened the door with a hint of fantasy, the scene in front of them made them immediately blush with surprise!
Newspaper! The coveted newspaper is scattered all over the streets again!
Quickly pick up a roll of newspaper and open it to see, it's another surprise! The headlines on the front page have been replaced by yesterday's roll call on the streets of Wu Song, and the specific content has also been completely changed; yesterday was to introduce the detailed process of Wu Song's war, and today is to introduce in detail Wu Song's previous deeds of fighting tigers and some of the impacts on all aspects after this crackdown on bandits.
Not only the front page has changed the content, but the second edition, the third edition, the fourth edition, and the fifth edition...... It's all changed!
The content is still so fresh and interesting, and it is still so rich!
Qingzhou Daily has really done a daily newspaper!
How did they do it? How can you find so many new things in one day? How can it be published in such a short time? How can you print so many copies?
Incredible!
The people were shocked and surprised, since the newspaper could be published for the second day in a row, it could be published for the third and fourth days in a row, which meant that they could have a newspaper to read every day.
The businessmen in Qingzhou were more shocked than surprised, they understood that it is impossible for traditional printing technology to achieve such a printing speed and printing output, and the newspaper of Qingzhou Daily for two consecutive days cannot be prepared in advance, which means that the printing field of Qingzhou Daily has invented a high-efficiency printing equipment!
In this regard, there are naturally countless people who want to find out the secret, but the high-walled compound of the printing factory in the east of Qingzhou City is heavily guarded, although they know from the mouth of the printing workers that there is indeed more advanced equipment, but no one can find out the printing secret of this equipment.
On the third day, when people opened the door with anticipation and planned to go to the street to pick up newspapers, they found that the street was clean and there was not a single newspaper at all, but soon, the newsboys selling newspapers on the street answered people's doubts.
- Qingzhou Daily has charged!
After hearing that Qingzhou Daily charges fees, people did not show any dissatisfaction, on the contrary, people heard that after the newspaper charged, they were finally completely relieved, originally people were worried that if the newspaper was always distributed for free like this, then there would be no profit, and the printing field that printed the newspaper would not go out of business?
If it's closed, you'll never see a newspaper again!
Now that the newspaper is finally charged, people can feel at ease, and now they can see the newspaper every day from now on!
"Paperboy, bring me a newspaper! How much? ”
"Boss, three copper plates and a newspaper."
"It's not expensive! Get a copy! ”
"I'll have a copy too!"
"I want it too."
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After learning that the newspaper charged, the merchants of Qingzhou City finally couldn't sit still, the fee means that the newspaper will be published stably for a long time, and the distribution of the newspaper covers the whole Qingzhou, and the businessmen with a keen sense of smell immediately realized what a valuable propaganda resource this is.
So they have to find the backstage owner of the newspaper, first, out of curiosity, and secondly, to get their products advertised in the newspaper.
However, what puzzled everyone was that no matter whether they found the editor-in-chief of the newspaper or the golden shopkeeper of the printing house, they all said that they were not the boss, but they did not say who the real boss was, so the businessmen were secretly anxious and could only investigate secretly.
The reason why Wu Zhi secretly ran the newspaper before was mainly because he was afraid that if the Qingzhou businessmen knew that the newspaper was run by themselves, they would unite to make trouble, and it was also for the sake of the Chamber of Commerce's tea party that there would be a hole card, after all, he was not sure what insidious tricks Huang Zhi would use against him at that time.
In fact, businessmen who want to investigate will always find out that Wu Zhi is the boss behind the scenes, but three days after the newspaper is released, there is a tea party, and Wu Zhi can still hide his identity in just three days.
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