Episode 11 Intensifies

Niu Zhongqing was stunned and looked at the stack of "Bright World" in front of him.

So much. He was so cold that he couldn't say a word.

"Bright World", an underground publication run by Nanming in the Qing Dynasty, is published once a week and has eight sheets of paper, which is as big as two books combined. This kind of publication was found all over the country, and every week the editorial office of the "Bright World" in Nanjing compiled the contents, and then sent them to the whole of Northern China by telegram, and the Tiandi Society in all parts of the Northern Qing Dynasty received them by radio and then printed them as newspapers.

In addition, high-power radio stations set up on the south bank of the Yangtze River defense line and on the Changshan Islands off the Bohai Sea also broadcast the next issue of "Bright World" to the north every week with short waves. Heaven and earth, which did not have a radio but had the conditions to listen to the radio, would divide the rudder, write down the content in dictation, and then print it. Depending on the conditions of the rudder in various places, some places are lead stamps, and some places are mimeographed.

Each issue of "Bright World" generally has several contents, the first is the major world events of the week, which the people of other countries can see when they buy a newspaper, but the people of the Northern Qing Dynasty have no way of knowing. The second is Nanming's domestic news. In particular, in response to the "Daqing Daily" smear report on Nanming, provide the real situation. The "Daqing Daily" has always reported only negative news on the Nanming Dynasty, such as the street speeches of various groups in the Nanming Dynasty, the routine demonstrations, the scandals of officials dug up by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Nanming media themselves, and the murders, robberies, and even thefts that the Nanming newspapers published from time to time.

But Nanming will also carefully analyze each issue of Daqing Daily, and then pick out the most influential events and report them on Bright World at the same time. Generally speaking, it is an objective report. Because the articles of the Manchu newspapers were always extremely extreme, hoarse, and unauthentic, the common people generally became numb for a long time. However, "Bright World" is calm and objective, and everything is said on the surface, never hidden.

For example, the "corruption case" of Xiang Xiaoqiang, which caused a stir some time ago, after the Manchu media selectively became blind, "Bright World" continued to report, and now not only the people of the Southern Ming Dynasty know that Xiang Xiaoqiang is innocent, but also many people of the Northern Qing Dynasty. No matter how stupid the common people are, they also have their own judgments. When two people talk together, one is hoarse and logically confused, and the other is calm and reasonable, then a three-year-old knows who to trust.

The third type of content is the true disclosure of the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The official propaganda of the Manchu Qing Dynasty now is that the Ming Dynasty ruled bloodily and perversely on the land of China, the emperor and hundreds of officials had to eat the children of the common people every day, the Dongchang Jinyi guards killed people when they saw them, the Ming army had to go to Liaodong every year to burn and loot, and also helped the Portuguese invade Southeast Asia...... It was the Great Qing Dynasty Taizu who relied on thirteen pairs of armor to raise troops, entered the customs to overthrow Zhu Ming's tyranny, and saved the people in the world, and the people in the customs supported and shaved their hair enthusiastically......

The fourth category of content is the various domestic situations in Nanming. The living conditions of the people of the Southern Ming Dynasty, their income, the governance of the officials, how many rights the people have more than those of the Northern Qing Dynasty, and the people of the former Northern Qing Dynasty who came over to say it...... The Manchu rulers have always tried to convince the common people that the Qing Dynasty is heaven and the Southern Ming Dynasty is hell. But "Bright World" is like a little needle that pops the balloon in one fell swoop. Now the people of the Northern Qing Dynasty, whether they have watched "Bright World" or not, know that the truth is just the opposite: Nanming is heaven, and Daqing is hell.

It is such a publication that makes the people of the Northern Qing Dynasty love and fear. The common people love and fear. After the literate person picks it up, he should first look around vigilantly to see if he has been seen, and then fold it tightly, stuff it in the innermost part of his clothes, and go home at night to look at it quietly......

The officials of the Northern Qing Dynasty also loved and feared it. If the "Bright World" is flooded within his jurisdiction, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around. But every time a new issue of "Bright World" is seized, the officials who pass through it are also like ordinary people, very greedily watching. Because although they are officials, they also live under lockdown and are eager to know what is going on outside. And in their hearts, these Manchu officials, both Manchu and Han, believed the news of the "Bright World". They all knew in their hearts that their official "Daqing Daily" was not even as good as wiping their butt paper.

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Niu Zhongqing looked at the thick stack of "Bright World" on the table, and his head was about to explode. This thing has been found in the factory before, but it is all on a small scale, and it is only one or two copies. Now thousands of copies have exploded at once, and they are "distributed at the same time" by his own people in several canteens...... Shame and shame at home. But now that Lord Qincha is still here, isn't this asking for his own life!

At that time, the scene was chaotic, and the soldiers in each canteen were clamoring and shouting to suppress order, and it was a long time before someone came to report to him. By the time the order was given to cordon off the site and no one was allowed to go out, the workers had already run out for a small time. The workers who remained in the cafeteria were ordered to hand over "Bright World" and searched their bodies. But tens of thousands of workers, it is impossible to search very carefully, this is another piece of paper, not a gun, it is impossible to find it out in a few hasty strokes.

As a result, after searching for a long time, only more than 2,000 points were found. To make matters worse, it is impossible to count the number of seizures and determine how many copies are still in the hands of the workers. Because not all of them are "Bright World", there are also many guarantees. Two mixed together. But a rough estimate suggests that at least two or three thousand copies of "Bright World" are still in the hands of the workers.

…… Heaven and Earth will do a beautiful job this time. Never before has such a large amount of publicity been achieved at one time. As soon as the workers knew that their wages for a year and a half had been coveted again, they saw the latest issue of "Bright World", and the heat was too perfect.

Niu Zhongqing was shocked: he and his subordinates decided to be greedy for the wages of the ink workers, which was only a matter of the morning, and then this happened in the evening. How could it be so coincidental, could it be that someone under his command was doing things for Nanming?

He broke out in a cold sweat, and then thought again, it shouldn't be. The problem should be in the printing room. There should be someone in the printing room who is a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, and secretly replaced all the printed guarantee letters with "Bright World".

Besides, if you do things for Nan Ming, how much money can Nan Ming give him a year? If you are an official in the Qing Dynasty well, the amount of money you make in a year is astronomical, and Nanming can't afford to give it no matter how rich she is.

But he felt that he couldn't handle this matter on his own, so he hurriedly ran to report it to Lord Chincha.

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But Niu Zhongqing soon regretted it. Mu Long kept saying that he didn't dare to make his own decisions, and he wanted to report to the emperor and ask the emperor to order the factory to be investigated...... Niu Zhongqing understood what he wanted to do as soon as he heard it. Obviously, Mu Laohu wanted to take this opportunity to raise the price.

Niu Zhongqing hates him to death now, and he has the heart to kill him. But as long as people say a few words in front of the emperor, they can set off a big prison, and their own gang of people will fall to the ground. In the end, Mu Long'er extorted another 800,000 oceans from him, adding to the original 1.6 million, bringing the total to 2.4 million.

"Lord Mu!" Niu Zhongqing wanted to cry without tears now, and fell to his knees, "You can raise your noble hand!" We just can't make it up now! As long as you let us go, we ...... We burn incense for you every day, and make cows and horses for you in the next life......"

Mu Long raised his forehead and sneered:

"Lord Niu, you don't have to cry poor! I've calculated it all for you, just a few of you, swallowing three million a year is a little to say! Now I want you to take more than two million, what's the matter, can't you take it out? You've all fallen into the eye of money, haven't you? …… You don't want to think about it, now as long as you spend more than two million, you can not only buy the safety of your group, but also buy the official to be your backer in Beijing! With this official by the emperor's side to protect you, whoever wants to do it has no way for you! You can do it for the rest of your life! That's decades of peace! Why, this account can't be settled? ”

"Master Mu, your old man is willing to take care of us, and we can only be grateful...... But Lord Mu......" Niu Zhongqing was about to cry, "the officials really can't make it up......"

Mu Long's forehead sneered:

"Would you like me to give me some pointers?"

"Lord Mu......?"

Mu Long's next words made Niu Zhongqing stunned. But when I think about it, I think it's really a way.

Beginning at nine o'clock in the evening, the local police, gendarmes, and soldiers of the arsenal in Baoding gathered and dispatched to surround the workers' dormitories of the arsenal and search them from house to house.

Suddenly, the whole dormitory area was crying, women were screaming one after another, and one worker after another was dragged out of their homes.

There is only one reason, "Bright World" was found from their home.

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Nanking.

It was night in the first bureau of Dongchang, but Jiang Meilu was still in her spacious office, holding the phone, frowning and reprimanding:

“…… Who called them wise men? Do they think they're smart? …… Okay, okay, don't say anything, immediately telegraph to the Baoding rudder, let them hide and evacuate immediately, hide the printing press and radio station, and don't need to print any more in the past two issues...... Yes, they went too far, the big manhunt will start soon, they brought it on themselves! …… Of course I asked for it, what can I do? Tell them that we printed "Bright World" to influence people's hearts, not to be in the limelight! …… Well, that's it! ”

Hanging up the phone, Jiang Meilu took off her height glasses, pinched her forehead, and sighed in annoyance.