September 12, 1898.

After getting rid of all the troubles, Hu Xiaoyan took the remaining silver and found an office in a remote corner of the French Concession, where Wu Yi began to sort out the articles written by Hu Xiaoyan. Because of Hu Xiaoyan's terrible memory, these articles are all simplified. This caused a lot of trouble for Wu Yi's tidying. In the end, it was only in the way that Hu Xiaoyan read the article aloud and Wu Yi recorded it, and the content of the first issue of Times China was completely written in traditional Chinese. Then the article was sent by the three to the printing house that had already been contacted.

Despite the poor predictions for the first issue, Hu Xiaoyan printed a thousand copies. Then in the early morning of the 13th, he sent some newsboys to Wu Yi and Wu Dun contacted within five days.

Most of these newsboys were in church schools and in the lively concession districts. Of course, the way is to distribute the goods, and the settlement can only be settled by selling the newspapers and periodicals. Even so, some newsboys were not happy. Because the journal Times China is a new publication that is not well-known, and the editor-in-chief and so on are all unknown little people.

Just like the new youth, etc., later journals will generally choose a well-known editor-in-chief to press the formation. It is only these well-known figures who can bring a certain influence to a new journal.

But Hu Xiaoyan didn't know any well-known figures, whether intellectuals or business tycoons.

As predicted by the little newsboys, less than ten copies were sold on the 13th, which was the result of the deliberate promotion of some cute newsboys.

When the results were reported to the society, Hu Xiaoyan was completely dumbfounded. Although Wu Yi was opposed to printing so many copies from the beginning, the soldiers were vaccinated early. But such a big difference still makes Hu Xiaoyan can't believe it! You must know that the first page of the first issue of Times China is the famous "The Rise of Great Powers - The Netherlands"!

The rise of a great power was a documentary program launched by CCTV in later generations, and even though China has reformed and opened up, the sensation and impact caused by this program at that time was still huge.

Hu Xiaoyan believes that the impact of the rise of a great power in this era is absolutely shocking, especially for people with lofty ideals who think about the future of the country in this era!

The ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny. The fact is that the sales of the first issue of Times China were so miserable that all three of them were depressed. The number 13 is indeed unknown.

On September 14th, a short training session was held for the newsboys in the early morning of that day. Focus on the rise of great powers and the international situation. This is because the number of people in China who know about the international situation so far is only a slap in the face. Sales were a little better on this day, and more than 100 copies were sold. Hu Xiaoyan couldn't believe the sales of No. 13 and No. 14.

On September 15th, the second issue of Times China's "The Rise of Great Powers - Spain and Portugal" was published, and the reason why Spain and Portugal were combined is because for a time when Spain and Portugal were once a king. And the rise of Portugal is similar to that of the Netherlands, both of which gained a lot of wealth because of the discovery of the Americas.

In addition to the Rise of Great Powers series, the journal also published some explanations of old news from various countries.

Mainly Hu Xiaoyan bought foreign newspapers, and then translated them into Chinese through the translation function in his mind, plus super high insight and explained into easy-to-understand words. Finally, Wu Yi sorted out the records.

Of course, the Rise of Great Powers series is very different from later documentaries, after all, Hu Xiaoyan's fragmented memory shows that he is not a history major. Therefore, the contents are mainly composed of some memories and books and newspapers collected in churches and schools in the past few days. On the whole, the rise of the world's great powers is a little more superficial than the introduction of later documentaries. At the same time, the content is not very substantial. Despite this, it was still a beautiful feast of current affairs for Chinese intellectuals at this time. It was thanks to the translation function in his mind, otherwise those French, German and Spanish would have been enough for them.

In the second issue, Hu Xiaoyan didn't dare to print too much, only two hundred copies.

The number of people who gathered on the night of the 15th also confirmed Hu Xiaoyan's guess - 120 copies.

Hu Xiaoyan wanted to cry without tears, and a shocking work like "The Rise of a Great Power" only sold 120 copies!! He also wants to use the series of Rise of Great Powers to complete his mission of earning prestige! He's meowing! Hu Xiaoyan decided to amplify the move!

On the 16th, "The Rise of Great Powers - France" was published.

On the 17th, "The Rise of Great Powers - Britain" was published.

As Hu Xiaoyan expected, the French and British chapters on the rise of great powers ushered in a sales boom, and 200 periodicals were sold out!

On the 18th, "The Rise of Great Powers - Germany" was published, and this time Hu Xiaoyan printed 500 copies. More than 400 copies were sold in one day. Others were also left behind by the newsboy. Times China was not intended for ordinary citizens of Shanghai from the beginning, and its price was three times that of an ordinary newspaper.

In the German chapter of "The Rise of Great Powers", Hu Xiaoyan abandons the attitude of neutral narration for the first time and gives a prophetic conclusion: Germany will definitely challenge the British colonial system for the sake of the market. And the time will be after Germany is ready, about ten years. And the way, of course, is war.

On the 19th, the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Turkish Empires were published. The 500 newspapers sold out on this day, and the newsboys needed more copies in return, because many people who did not buy newspapers and periodicals besieged and robbed the newsboys. Not only was the 19th sold out, but the first issue that was not sold before was also sold out.

On the 20th, the American chapter of "The Rise of Great Powers" was published. In this article, Hu Xiaoyan writes in the posture of a prophetic emperor, as Germany continues to challenge Britain. The United States will inevitably replace Europe as the center of the world. The reason is focused on the importance and introduction of technology and technical talents in the United States.

On this day, 1,000 newspapers were also snatched up, because of the poor efficiency of the official work in this era, the office of Times China was not besieged by fans for the time being.

On the 21st, on the same day as the failure of the Wuxu Reform, the Japanese chapter of "The Rise of Great Powers" was published, and at the end of the article, a series of measures during the Meiji Restoration in Japan were listed and compared with the policies of the Kang Youwei Restoration, and it was directly pointed out that the Restorationists were not reformers but opportunists with strong power. Thanks to the comparison between Japan before and after the 30-year Restoration, the Chinese people attach great importance to the news of Japan, so there are many books and newspapers analyzing the Japanese Restoration.

Hu Xiaoyan deliberately listed a table on the first page of Times China, and after comparing the actions of the reformers in the two countries, on the second page, he directly pointed out that the reformers led by Kang Youwei were opportunists, and even directly called Kang Youwei and others opportunists in the article.

During the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese Prime Minister visited Britain and France for several years, including official and private visits to the military representatives, and even sent students to study abroad. Most of these international students are concentrated in mathematics, physics, chemistry education, and so on. At the same time, the Meiji government continued to translate European books on natural sciences and established specialized Western-style schools, in addition to Confucianism, where natural sciences were the most important. Not only that, but the Japanese government has officially established universities in almost every major city. These universities recruited teachers from abroad in the early stage and from students who returned from studying abroad in the later stage, and after nearly 30 years of accumulation. Universities in Japan have integrated education and research into one. Later generations of 38 mortars and even bacteriological warfare and other technologies were all researched by teachers in these schools. Whether it is the army, navy, air force. The measures taken in Japan's reform movement covered all aspects of Japan's politics, economy, and so on. It also laid a solid foundation for Japan to defeat Russia and invade China in the future.

And what about China's Reform Movement? Interested students can go to the list of students studying in the United States, few of whom are studying in natural sciences, such as basic physics and basic chemistry. There is no metallurgical specialty that China urgently needs at a deeper level. On the one hand, it can be seen that China does not understand foreign education, and on the other hand, it can also be seen that people at that time ignored education. Perhaps no one but Yung Wing has been able to recognise the importance of education.

And the fate of these talents after they were forced to return to China was not at all as good as that of their Japanese classmates. Every Japanese student in Japan is a national treasure, and almost none of them participated in the war, and almost all of them were sent to schools to work in education and scientific research. And these Chinese students have exhausted their last drop of blood for the country, but their influence is only one-ten-thousandth of that of Japanese students. There are soldiers, there are front-line workers. There is only sporadic education. And the old ones who are teachers are even less.

Cixi, an old woman, was not a fool, and if she did not innovate, the Manchu Qing would be finished, so the early Cixi had a positive attitude towards the reform movement. Otherwise, how could Emperor Guangxu's good-for-nothing angry youth have the opportunity to be crowned an official and preside over the Restoration?

Kang Youwei and others never thought about the Restoration from beginning to end. They restored and maintained the life of Emperor Guangxu and reformed the life of Cixi.

Kang Youwei and others did not go abroad for investigation, nor did they hire foreign teachers, let alone establish a modern university. Classrooms such as Tsinghua University are still dominated by old Confucianism. Their so-called reform movement can be said to be a farce from beginning to end.

Prophecy Emperor Hu Xiaoyan eventually listed the reasons and necessity for Japan to go to war against China because of the resource problem, just like Germany. He also proposed that Britain is the sunset that is about to decline, the United States is the rising sun, and Japan is the wild wolf that is eyeing the tiger. In short, fire prevention, anti-theft, anti-Japan.

In the end, Hu Xiaoyan put forward the slogan of "science and technology is the primary productive force" for the first time, and called on the government and the non-governmental sector to vigorously send students to study abroad. While developing science and technology, prepare for Japan.

After printing 2,000 copies, Hu Xiaoyan issued a notice to suspend publication for three days and published a job advertisement.

When the last word came out of Hu Xiaoyan's mouth, Wu Yi raised her head in shock.

Hu Xiaoyan secretly smiled proudly. He is still very satisfied with Wu Yi's little brother, who is not only studious, but also capable. After a few days of edification, although Wu Yi is still unable to be an editor-in-chief, it is more than enough to be a responsible editor. Because Hu Xiaoyan himself could not stay in Shanghai forever. He is not in Shanghai in the future.

Generally speaking, the content of the newspaper on the 21st was suspected of slapping Cixi's ass, but all Shanghai citizens who have seen Times China automatically ignore this.

China lacks instructive articles and knowledge of countries around the world.

The series of articles on the rise of great powers just meets the expectations of all Chinese.

This is exactly what Hu Xiaoyan wants. In the past week, Hu Xiaoyan has won the pen name Li Yan in Times China, and it has resounded in Shanghai. It has not only entered the attention of various governments, but has also been regarded as a thorn in the side of Japanese political circles.