Chapter 63: Bignius
March 27, Academy.
Today is the seventh day of Barry's confinement.
It is said that it is confinement, but in fact it is similar in nature to "house arrest".
After all, as the heir of the Perez family, the future Duke of Perez, no one would dare to stuff him into a small dark room and treat him harshly, even if the terrifying Taylor is very terrifying, just because of the relationship between the Council family and the Academy, he can't be treated harshly.
For example, the room where Barry is staying now is not much worse than Mu Yan's apartment in terms of luxury, and there is a light screen the size of Atom's classroom to broadcast the content of the class.
Even when he was in confinement, he was able to attend classes, so he could only be locked up for four or five months at a time, otherwise it would be like dropping out of school.
It's just that for Young Master Barry, even if he sits in class, he may not be able to listen to the lesson, let alone think about it here.
In addition to him, there are a group of doglegs who skip class to accompany them, in addition to trivial things such as beating shoulders and pinching legs, serving tea and pouring water, they are also responsible for telling some interesting things that happen in and out of school to relieve the boredom of the master.
Even on such a boring day, Barry wouldn't be like his dad who reads the Magic Daily every day.
The things on it seem pedantic, boring, and unnutritious to young people, such as the leopard cat that Duchess bought for 4,000 gold coins has faded, but it is actually an ordinary bobcat, and it scratches her. Another example is that the daughter of a certain earl married a young talent in a certain place, and after marriage, she found that the identity of the other party was made up. Another example is Baron So-and-so claiming that he had won a debate against a scholar of the Silver Candle Society, only to learn afterwards that the scholar was mute, and so on......
They have no interest in any of this.
What they want to see is something fresher and more exciting, such as whose noble lady cheats, whose illegitimate child is exposed, which two fools have been killed and injured because of a woman's private duel, and the two families are fighting and bleeding, etc., which are not recognized by the mainstream media - "Magic Daily", but are very cool in the eyes of young people.
As soon as he thought of this, Barry couldn't help but think of the abandoned newspaper that Mu Yan took from him, and then thought of the events of the past two days, and his mood suddenly became happy.
Three days earlier, on the 24th, Dogleg had told him that there was an extra newspaper in the academy called "Bignius", and he knew with his feet who had made it up.
The contents of the newspaper were as unrealistic and delusional as he expected......
The other party actually used an entire page to record the beginning and end of the hearing that day, and he didn't know where he got his panicked expression at that time. The moving magic photos came to life, and even the details of the slight tremor of the muscles in the corners of his eyes were not spared.
It stands to reason that Barry should be furious at such a public execution, but when he learns that the newspaper is priced at 1 gold and that only 30 copies have been sold due to the resistance of the entire school aristocracy.
Are you kidding?
"Magic Daily" is only 50 silver coins a piece, only 10 gold coins per month, and there are even greater discounts for the annual subscription, and there are special newsboys who deliver them to your door for free! And this kind of goods, what "Bignus", one copy every three days, even costs 1 gold coin?
Why don't you grab it?
What's more, those untouchables are worried about the high tuition fees almost every minute, where did they get the effort to spend 1 gold coin to buy something that should be thrown away after a few glances?
Normal people know that the people in this academy who have the spare power to buy these things have always been aristocrats, and they want to make money from nobles but don't want to kneel on the ground to curry favor, this kind of offending content will anyone like to watch?
Seeing Mu Yan deflated, Barry was as comfortable as drinking red wine that had just been taken out of the cellar in the scorching heat, and he didn't care about his embarrassed appearance being known by the whole school.
Today is the day the second newspaper is released, and now the morning class is not over, and Barry is waiting for the sales report.
He's already sent someone to count it, and plans to spread the data to the whole school, so that guy can make a good fool of himself!
Don't you like to be in the limelight? I'll let you out enough!
However, he waited left and right, and did not wait for the next person to come back, but waited for a person he didn't want to see for the second time!
Samuel.
……
Samuel came in with a roll of things, still with his usual contemptuous expression, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and the banter and mockery were almost overflowing.
Barry can't wait to smash his good-looking little white face.
"Hmph, how come your Excellency has time to come to such a place?"
"Of course, I'm here to visit my good friend, Master Barry."
Samuel sat down and said with a smile: "I heard that you are so dead that you crashed into the 'terrifying Taylor', and there are still more than a hundred days before you are 'released from prison'?" It's terrible......"
Barry's face flushed instantly, and he was about to have a seizure, but he caught a glimpse of what Samuel was holding in his hand and suddenly calmed down.
"Are you here to laugh at me? Scold...... You even bought that stupid newspaper? ”
Samuel snorted and gently tossed the newspaper on the table.
"Still waiting for your servant, let me tell you, this newspaper sold 1,000 copies today, and I have exactly the 1,000th copy in my hand."
"What!?"
Barriten stood up and said in disbelief: "But the first day was only -"
"It's only 30 copies, right?" Samuel grinned and sneered, "Barry, Barry, use your stupid pig brain and think about how the newspaper, which only sold 30 copies, got to your ears?" Do you think that one of your useless junk minions would be willing to pay a gold coin for it? I didn't overhear it yet. Jialan has tens of thousands of students, 30 newspapers, and finally reaches the ears of you, the person who is in prison, can you imagine how many people were chanting its name three days ago?
"What do you think it spreads on? By air? Yes, the newspaper flew through the air with its mouth and wings and shouted, 'Come and see me, come and see me, I've got Barry's stupid face here!' 'Hah...... It's all about discussion! Extensive and comprehensive discussion! Massive self-promotion! ”
Barry moved slightly, and the muscles in his face twitched unnaturally.
"But, but even so, what about the content? Its content is not worth mentioning, those untouchables are just joining in the fun, just buy it once or twice for freshness, the real nobles won't-"
"Huh, join in the fun?" Samuel interrupted him dismissively, "Can you be more innocent?" To put it bluntly, Turing's departure from the morning star was also the excitement of the blue of the house? A person who can bewitch a fool is a liar, a person who bewitches a city is the lord of the city, and a person who can bewitch a country is no ordinary politician, and you don't even have this awareness? ”
"As for the content......" Samuel chuckled and pushed the newspaper.
"See for yourself."
Spread.
Above is a small poem
“
Alleonard's grass
Shake in the wind of Hilde
The glimmer of Nurintari
Apply to the bride's lips
She sang in the wind:
'The light of the two moons flows like water'
'My lover and I swim in the water'
”
Barry flipped through it several times, "What is this?" ”
"In the year 447 of the Faith Calendar, the treasure map information left by Count Mondrian, who was good at abstract painting. It was a crippled count who had buried his treasure in the ground and made a treasure map. ”
"This is the treasure message?"
"No, the guy said it was a clue he rewrote after he deciphered the treasure map, you know who I'm talking about." Samuel laughed. He said that the previous puzzle was too difficult for Jialan's students, so he came up with an easy one. However, this means that the treasure has already been obtained by him, but the person who deciphers the puzzle can still get the treasure. ”
Hearing this, Barry smiled disdainfully: "Those fools really believe it, I haven't even heard of the treasure left by an old nobleman hundreds of years ago ...... be a good thing, let alone this thing has fallen into the hands of others."
"You've guessed wrong, the person who solves the puzzle can choose not to have a treasure, but to convert it into 20,000 gold coins." Samuel added: "As long as you have this newspaper in your hand, it's always valid. ”
This time Barry was shocked, his mouth wide open, and he didn't say a word for a while.
"But, why did you only sell 1,000 copies today?"
"Because today there are only 1,000 copies."