readx; Two days later, on the streets of Jingshi, many children as young as seven or eight years old and as old as teenagers suddenly appeared, holding a thick stack of paper and shouting: "Read the newspaper, read the newspaper!" General Dingnan showed his might, crossed the river through fog, and recovered Chongqing! ”

Passers-by all stopped and watched curiously. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn this era, the speed of news transmission is very slow, and the government intends to implement a policy of fooling the people, even if the imperial court already knows the good news from the front, it will take at least a few days for it to spread to the people, so the common people still don't know anything about the victory in Chongqing.

What makes them feel even more fresh is the stack of papers that these children are holding in their arms. Could it be that such an important event was written down on these pieces of paper and handed out by children on the street?

Some people came forward to ask for it, but they were ridiculed by these children: "This is called 'newspaper', it is sold, not given for free!" One penny! ”

As soon as many ordinary people heard that they wanted money, they immediately turned around and walked away. There are two reasons for this: first, many people are illiterate at all, and they can't understand it even if they take it; Second, you can buy a big steamed bun for a penny, and your stomach is still not full, so what's the use of this thing!

However, after all, Jingshi is the best place, and there are still many rich people and scholars. A penny is certainly not a problem at all for them. Someone out of curiosity paid for one. I saw that this thing called "newspaper" was made of four large sheets of white paper stacked in the middle, divided into eight pages, and the top was densely packed with small ink prints. In the top right corner of the front page are four beautiful block letters: Beijing Times.

This is fresh enough, but the five small words attached to the big characters are even more eye-catching.

These five small characters are: Editor-in-Chief Chen Yuanyuan.

Chen Yuanyuan, one of the world-famous "Qin Huai Bayan", is unique in color and art, who doesn't know? However, two years ago, she got rid of the Jinling Sect Division, and her whereabouts are unknown, and it is rumored that she entered the Qin Palace, and became the concubine of the then King of Qin and the current Long Live Chongzhen Ye. Could it be that this "newspaper" is actually from her?

This immediately caused a sensation on the street, and many people thought that they would never have the opportunity to see Chen Yuanyuan in this life, and it was a psychological comfort to be able to touch the things she had touched. Besides, everyone was also curious about what Chen Yuanyuan would write in the newspaper, so they immediately rushed to grab the newspaper. Almost in the blink of an eye, all the newspapers of the newsboys were sold out, and those who did not buy them were disappointed, and asked the newsboys: "Where did you get these newspapers?" ”

The newsboys suddenly earned copper coins ranging from a few dozen to one or two hundred, and they also smiled, shouting as they ran: "If you want to read the newspaper, you have to be fast, today's newspaper is gone!" But it doesn't matter, it will be sold tomorrow morning, on a first-come, first-served basis! ”

The streets were bustling with traffic, and the newsboys soon disappeared without a trace. Those who didn't buy the newspaper were unwilling, so they gathered around those who bought the newspaper and craned their necks to see what was on it.

Some stingy people didn't want to let others get this light, so they took the newspaper into their arms and walked away, and everyone had to stare dryly. Of course, there are some lively ones, not only for others to watch, but also to stand on a high place and read aloud.

At first, everyone was just watching out of curiosity, but after hearing the content of the newspaper, they were immediately fascinated, and the more people gathered, everyone listened to it with fascination.

Because the content of this newspaper is so rich!

The first edition was called "Headlines" and was about recent national events. Enke's new acquisition of 6,000 jinshi, the expansion of the outer city of Beijing, and the prevention and control of the plague in Tai Hospital all appeared on the front page in a concise form of one sentence, but most of the pages were occupied by two latest news, one was Li Laiheng's victory in Chongqing, and the other was that the Portuguese Duke João was about to arrive in Beijing to meet the emperor.

As for where "Portugal" is and who "Duke Joao" is, the common people are not very interested. But Chongqing's victory has attracted a lot of attention, because although the imperial court's use of troops is thousands of miles away, in the final analysis, it is also related to everyone's safety. Like Liaodong, who has been defeated repeatedly, and if this goes on for a long time, won't it be a dead country? This time, the imperial court finally won a big victory, and the people were also very excited.

But when they learned that the victory had taken place five days earlier, and that it was thousands of miles away in Chongqing, some people became suspicious. Because even if the post station is 600 miles expedited, it is difficult to reach the Beijing division in five days, how did Chen Yuanyuan know about it?

The second and third editions are called "in-depth reports", and they are all detailed descriptions of Chongqing's great victory. From the beginning of the second general's order, to the lack of food and grass trapped in Yiling, King Jing's labor army, bravely crossing the Three Gorges, and then to the surprise attack on Chongqing, each link is introduced in great detail.

Moreover, the language used in the report is not classical Chinese, but vernacular that ordinary people can understand. Listening to people as if they were fascinated is even more enjoyable than listening to a story. When he heard that Li Laiheng had used a clever plan to drive all the rebels into the Yangtze River, the crowd erupted in heartfelt applause and long-lasting thunderous applause!

The fourth edition was changed to "Global Scenes", which introduced Portugal as a full-page country.

With the attraction of the previous content, the common people have also become interested in this country that has little to do with their vital interests, and they have also listened to it with relish. Some people also listened and discussed: "In the past, it was always said that the Franc machine gun and the Franc machine man, it turned out that the original people were not called Franc machines, they were called Portugal!" It's really strange, are their teeth made of grapes? How soft should grapes be, and how do you chew hard things? ”

The fifth edition, entitled "News Commentary," contains a commentary by a person named "Tinglin" on what happened to the expeditionary force on the way. His rhetoric was very fierce, directly accusing the local government of sweeping the snow in front of the door and deliberately not providing food and grass for the expeditionary force, which led to the second general being trapped in Yiling for many days.

What is particularly surprising is that the article also criticized Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, by name, saying that he had not made an inch of success in the garrison of Xiangyang for several months, not only had he wasted the food and salary of the imperial court in vain, but also deliberately made things difficult when the expeditionary force passed by, which was clearly self-respecting by supporting the army.

The sixth edition, which is very different from the previous editions, is called "Appreciation" and is an excerpt of some poems. Among them, there are not only masterpieces of famous artists of the previous dynasties such as Li Bai and Du Fu, but also new works of contemporary literati. Ordinary people are not very interested in these, but readers are like treasures, especially the poems of Huang Zongxi, the champion of the new department. If you want to study the poems of the champion, you will be able to understand the emperor's preferences, and maybe it will be of great benefit to the next scientific expedition.

The seventh edition is very practical, called "Price Reference", which lists in detail the prices of various commodities in Jingshi yesterday, and the market prices of some major commodities in the Jiangnan area. This is too helpful to the common people, who want to buy cheap things, and don't want to be slaughtered by profiteers. With this price, it will be clear to the common people who will sell things too expensive.

The eighth edition is even more peculiar, called "Advertising Edition". There are two "advertisements" on today's special page, the first is that a new hospital has been opened in the Yongding Gate of the outer city, and nearby residents are welcome to go for consultation without charging consultation fees; The second is that the Huanghai Merchant Gang opened a "Yonghe" steamed bun shop outside Zhengyangmen, which opened with a big reward, and the steamed buns were half price for the first five days.

By midday, the newspaper was finally seen by officials. Many ministers were furious when they saw it, threw the newspaper on the ground and said: "How can this be reasonable, how can this be reasonable!" ”