In Nanjing, Zhu Zilong left hundreds of younger brothers to guard in his cottage palace.

are all iron-blooded men who have been on the battlefield and killed countless Qing army slaves, compared to the Beijing soldiers in Nanjing, one can fight ten.

This is equivalent to a handful of troops with a thousand combat power stationed in and around his palace, and at the same time, he can also ensure the safety of the newspaper office and Zhu Zilong's woman.

Calculating the time, in this gentle township, Zhu Zilong's body has been staying for more than half a month.

Pretending to be compared and acting for some people, as well as spies, is also enough. On the last day, Zhu Zilong, Wang Wei, and Yang Wantong explained that they had military affairs in their bodies.

Finally, I will stay for a few more days, and today I will have a banquet for the staff of the newspaper office, as well as a group of people. And then you may have to leave for a while!

Soon, in the big palace, twenty or thirty tables of banquets were set up at once.

At the banquet, Zhu Zilong deliberately narrowed the relationship with the staff, and wanted to make friends with everyone as friends or by age. For a while, the atmosphere was very hot!

When Wang Wei and Yang Wantong appeared with a bottle of wine in person, those down-and-out readers who were now commuting to and from the newspaper couldn't sit still, and got up and called: "Thank you, sister-in-law." ”

The wine is a glass bottle of modern 21st century Moutai national liquor, several thousand yuan per bottle.

This thing was placed in the Ming Dynasty, and a glass bottle alone was very tall. The people present also have some eyesight and experience, and their eyes are round when they see this wine. Some people muttered in their hearts, and found that such a bottle of wine may not be able to be suppressed, only a few hundred or nearly a thousand taels of silver for a bottle, right?

The Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas, Jing Ran took out such a precious thing and gave it to people like them who had no merit to drink?

When the people were treated so politely, their eyes were red with emotion, and they sang and saluted Zhu Zilong in various forms.

Some even took the lead and bowed to the ground!

However, the atmosphere of this pretending to be halfway was ruined by the beauties later, and Gu Xi, a female man and a famous prostitute, ran over: "Brother-in-law is so eccentric, why didn't you take out this good wine before?" ”

After speaking, she took an unopened bottle of 21st Century Moutai National Liquor by herself, opened it directly, and came to a booze, which was more bold than a man.

Zhu Zilong frowned on the sidelines, and the others were dumbfounded.

After the banquet, in the evening!

Zhu Zilong saw that Yang Wantong was still working overtime to deal with the affairs of the newspaper, and when she saw Zhu Zilong coming in, she complained with a cute expression: "Master, there are too many manuscripts, hurry up and help read some, otherwise the slave family will not have time to rest with the master at night." ”

Zhu Zilong's eyes fell, and he was unhurried, called the maid to bring tea, put it on the table for her and said: "I always want to go back to Dengzhou, you and Wei'er, sooner or later, you will have to get used to such a rhythm of life." ”

Yang Wantong had to keep his head bored and continue to read the manuscript!

While he was staying, Gu Xi, who was still talking to Wang Wei in the front yard just now, came over again, and entering the backyard of the palace was like entering his own home.

Gu Xi said: "Brother-in-law, we're leaving, can you read the second half of the book next time?" ”

Li Shiniang and Wang Yue on the side did not have such a big example, and said, "Brother-in-law, can we often come to Sister Wang?" ”

Zhu Zilong knew that even if he was a famous prostitute, as long as he entered the Gaomen compound after being good, it would be difficult to come up with it. Now may be the happiest and happiest time for them, nod now and say yes.

The three girls looked at each other and smiled, each blessed: "Thank you, brother-in-law." ”

After the second issue of the newspaper was printed, Zhu Zilong set up a rule of law and sent it to the Qinhuai River as soon as possible.

Now, the girls who are a little famous in the painting boat on the Qinhuai River are looking forward to someone sending the newspaper of the Daming Weekly to their painting boat. Those who get free newspapers are naturally proud and feel very face-saving. Those girls who didn't get the newspaper were not happy, how could they favor one over the other.

Someone grabbed something, and this fame rose very quickly, not to mention the famous prostitutes who were comparable to stars in the Ming Dynasty.

Famous prostitutes who can be a little famous, the ones who don't have dozens or hundreds of acid literati as fans. After some complaints and gentle and meticulous service, these literati ran to the newspaper office to ask for newspapers.

Yes, the original freight newspaper can save more than half.

When the third issue of the newspaper was issued, the number of copies printed increased by 3,000 copies, and now each issue is about 10,000 copies, but it still cannot meet the free demand in Nanjing.

So, soon, the original free Daming Weekly began to charge one after another.

Moreover, it was someone else who begged Zhu Zilong's newspaper to charge it, and the investment in the early stage had a quick return.

In addition, the publication time of the week has been changed to once every five days, and the newspaper can be published six times a month.

When Zhu Zilong left Nanjing, the wealthy households, literati, scholars, tea guests, and beauties on the Qin Zhun River in Nanjing had become loyal readers of the Daming Weekly.

There are even many people who pay for a year's newspaper at one time.

Daming Weekly, really stood firm. Even some surrounding cities have come to Nanjing to buy newspapers!

Under the crowd of seekers, the circulation of a newspaper for a few pennies per newspaper has reached more than tens of thousands of copies in a month, and it is still showing a momentum of rapid increase. Breaking through the circulation of 100,000 copies per time, just around the corner!

According to this sign, the Four Posters Society can already be regarded as a stable copycat company with self-conceited operations.

For Wang Wei and Yang Wantong, it may have been just an errand to pass the time, but now it has really become a reliable industry. And it's an industry that's their sole responsibility!

When the influence of the newspaper grows greater, it can also be distributed in other provinces, and then even Zhu Zilong has planned to help some merchants' stores advertise in order to increase income.

This idea can be tried out by hundreds of businessmen who have cooperated with Shandong at that time.

As long as the effect is significant, don't worry about the merchants of other provinces, don't come over and ask for cooperation.

Therefore, this newspaper that Zhu Zilong came up with for a temporary period may really become an intelligence-gathering agency and a golden hen making money in the future.

Still, it's too early to tell.

At this moment, Zhu Zilong originally wanted to go to Lianyungang to have a look. Later, I found that if you stop by the way, you can just turn around and go to Yangzhou to take another turn.

Anyway, it's not bad for a few days, so he made a slight detour and walked in the direction of Yangzhou-

Yangzhou, the earliest is the Hancheng of Wu State, the Eastern Jin Dynasty set up Guangling County, to the Tang Dynasty changed its name to Yangzhou, it borders the Yangtze River in the south, leads to the Central Plains in the north, the earliest section of the Grand Canal is here, built by Wu Wangfucha, when it is called Hangou.

Since the opening of the North-South Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty, Yangzhou has become a large-scale port integrating rivers and seas, and has become the center of shipping and commerce in the world with its unique advantages.

The economic development of the Yangtze River basin has made Yangzhou's commercial position more stable, connecting Bashu, Lianghu, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang through the Yangtze River basin, connecting the north through the Grand Canal, connecting Fujian and Guangdong through the coast, and overseas trade to Japan, Dashi, Persia and India.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a poem called "Ten miles long street, 100,000 homes, a thousand lights in the night market, and red sleeves in high-rise buildings." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was fully connected, and there was no land transit. Yangzhou is located in the middle of the Grand Canal, the north and south converge, and the population is more than one million, far more than any city in Europe at this time. Even more than the total population of some small Western countries!

It is a large urban area with a slightly less rich history, but as important as Nanjing in terms of business and culture.

If you open the map, you will find that it is actually not that far from Nanjing. It's closer to the sea! -

(To be continued.) )