An Ge's plan in front of the General's Mansion was to use the Di Bao to praise this General Jinglan for how dignified he was, both civil and military, and after others read it, they would have admiration or curiosity for this general, and they would beg his father and brother to come forward to befriend Jinglan, so that the General's Mansion would have no peace.

But back at the Di Bao Mansion, An Ge thought carefully about the idea he had just come up with in his head, and felt that his plan was still missing...... Di newspaper is only circulated in the harem, in addition to the concubine and the palace maid in the harem, there are only some female officials, the concubine has married the emperor, will not have any thoughts about him, the palace maid is generally born low, even if there is an idea, it is difficult to find an elder who can befriend Jinglan to come forward...... They don't dare to run to the General's Mansion by themselves, right?

As for the female officials, there were not many of them, and I heard that many female officials were not young, maybe a few years older than Jing Lan, and her mother was once released from the palace to get married at the age of twenty-seven.

So, how can we let those ladies in the capital who are like Liu Pingle and Guo Caiping know Jinglan's name?

An Ge thought about it for a day and a night, and finally came up with an idea, that is, to send the harem mansion newspaper to all the women in the capital! Not to mention the woman of the official eunuch family, even if it is a girl from an ordinary family, you must know Jinglan this person!

So the next day, An Ge found Liu Yongxu at noon when everyone went to dinner, and asked him: "Lord Liu, can our newspaper only be shown to the people in the harem?" If it is sold in the market like Mr. Xiguo's words, I wonder if it is possible? ”

Liu Yongxu put down the half-changed article in his hand, stroked his beard, thought about it, and said: "An Ge, I understand that you want to make our mansion newspaper bigger, but our Yulu is sent by the queen's mother, so naturally it is the harem...... And we are also scholars, if we go to do business, I don't care, I'm afraid that Lord Liang will quarrel with you. ”

An Ge had already thought of an excuse: "Although our money is issued by the Empress Dowager of the Internal Affairs Office, it is also the silver of the imperial court to investigate it." We don't have to pay taxes to the court as officials, but if we can take the newspaper out to sell, then we have income other than salary, our salary Dai does not need to pay taxes to the court, but the income outside of this needs to pay taxes to the court, which is also our contribution to Dali, isn't it? An Ge recounted his plan with high spirits, "In the past, I often heard my father praise the current Nine Princes at home, and it is said that the taxes and silver paid by the Nine Princes every month are enough for five states and counties for a year's taxes!" Although our Di Bao can't compete with the Nine Princes, even if we pay one or two taels of silver every month, it will be enough to buy fifteen catties of rice during disaster relief! Fifteen pounds! Saving an ordinary family should be enough, right? ”

Liu Yongxu was also enthusiastic about this remark, and he immediately slapped the table and said: "Okay! I'm going to see the Queen's mother...... No! I'll go and talk to the emperor about it directly! ”

So Liu Yongxu went directly to the palace to see the emperor without having lunch, and when he came back, it was already dusk, and the other people in the Dibao Mansion were already planning to go home one after another.

At this time, Liu Yongxu walked in with a slightly red face, and said to everyone with blazing eyes and impassioned: "Our "Harem Mansion Newspaper" is going to usher in the biggest innovation - from now on, we will no longer only write to the harem girls, but also take it out and take it to the book market to show everyone in the capital!" ”

Yi Yinfeng, who had never had any sense of existence, slowly opened his mouth at this time and poured a basin of cold water on him: "I have never seen a newspaper sold in the book market, will anyone really buy this newspaper when it is sold in the book market?" It's not the same as the usual words, right? ”

Liang Zifeng really snorted coldly and said, "We are also scholars, how can we be like businessmen?" ”

"I have already discussed with Lord Liu before, this newspaper is to be handed over to the bookseller to sell, and we don't go out to show our faces, there is still a difference between us and the merchants." An Ge took his words and said, "I think we have more advantages than simple scripts, after all, we still write about some things in the palace from time to time, and those women who can't enter the palace are very curious about life in the palace." On the way to the capital, she was also very curious and yearning for life in the palace.

"That's right! And our newspaper is to be shown to the queen mother first, she agreed to print it, so there is no important palace secrets leaked out, what we write to outsiders are what the queen mother or even the emperor wants others to see, we helped them, so inadvertently also slapped their ass. Liu Pingle chuckled, "Lord Liu, am I very talented as an official?" ”

"Do you just need to be an official and slap the horse?" Liu Yongxu glared at her, but she didn't refute her previous words, and swept towards everyone again, "Since this is the case, then it is decided, you have to behave well in the future, and the whole capital may see what you do." Zhang Lianfeng, wait a while and calculate with me how to distribute the money that Di reported profits. ”

Since there is extra silver to share, Zhang Lianfeng naturally will not refuse, and smiled faintly: "Yes." ”

In the next two days, the people of the Di Bao Mansion selected some Di Bao that had been printed before and were more appreciated by the harem ladies and took them to the factory, and each volume was printed in 200 copies, and they were sold in the market.

Because the emperor and the queen agreed to send it out, I don't know who spread the news, saying that the palace newspaper revealed a lot of unknown secret history of the palace, and those who tried to sell it were out of stock within half a day. Before dawn the next day, the bosses of several large book markets came to Di Bao's house, and everyone brought all kinds of gifts in their hands, including silk and satin cloth, fine tea, and silver directly, and asked Liu Yongxu to send some Di Bao to their house.

Liu Yongxu didn't think it was a bribe, but felt that it was a normal small gift when doing business, and he accepted some of it and distributed it to everyone in the palace, and the rest was used to curry favor with the few fixed eunuchs who cooperated most closely with the harem newspaper in the factory.

In the second half of the month, the sales of the "Harem Di Bao" also climbed steadily, and the secret stories of the harem that could not be seen in the wonderful book and other books became the biggest gimmick of the Di Bao, and some families wanted to send their daughters into the palace, and even when their daughters were only five or six years old and ignorant, they went to buy the Di Bao and came back to collect it, leaving it for them to read when they grew up.

And now, it's time for Ange to carry out his revenge plan!

A few days later, an article entitled "General Jinglan: Defending the Family and Defending the Country, Indifferent to Fame and Fortune" was printed in the most conspicuous position of the Harem Mansion, in addition to the magnificent war scene written by An Ge's imagination, reflecting Jinglan's noble sentiment of defending the family and the country regardless of his life, two paragraphs were added at the end:

General Jinglan is more than eight feet tall, with a handsome appearance, as bright as a white moon, and as majestic as a mountain...... Mo Shangren is like jade, and the young man is wet in clothes...... The face is like a crown of jade, and the eyes are like a star......

But why is it not famous in the capital? General Jinglan replied: It is not my intention to become famous all over the world, and I am willing to serve the country with this growth.

An Ge used almost all the words and sentences he could use to describe the beauty of men, plus the finishing touch of the last sentence, which made it even more obvious that this General Jinglan was not only civil and military, but also noble in character, indifferent to fame and fortune, and only wanted to serve the country. If An Ge hadn't remembered how rude Jinglan was to her that day, she would almost have fallen in love with the general she wrote.

That night, the situation of various families with daughters in the capital was basically like this:

"Dad, is that General Jinglan who returned to Beijing not long ago really a handsome person?" A twenty-eight girl asked with a blushing face holding the newspaper.

"You said Jinglan, I remember that he was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old child when he went out to fight, and now when he comes back, the emperor sympathizes with his hard work and specially gives him a leave, he has never been to the court, and I don't know what he looks like...... However, I vaguely remember that General Jing Lao is indeed good-looking, and his son must not be bad. ”

"Daughter...... My daughter wants to befriend General Jing, I don't know if my father can ......" This more gentle woman couldn't say anything anymore halfway through her words, blushing shyly, pinching the newspaper and lowering her eyes. Of course, her father also learned a lot from this word, his daughter is also older, and she is also about to find a husband, and Jinglan's identity has nothing to say, her appearance and character will be inspected tomorrow. So he stroked his beard and said, "Haha, okay, speaking of which, I should also visit this General Jing." ”

The situation at home of some girls with more unrestrained personalities is as follows:

"Mother, where's my rouge gouache? Did you send me a new dress that you said you made for me last month? Mother, that hosta of yours will lend me to wear it tomorrow...... Dad, when you visit General Jing tomorrow, you must take me with you...... What are you waiting for, what if you wait any longer, what if General Jing falls in love with someone else? ”

Even the women who are not officials in the court are thinking about how to sneak into the general's mansion in other identities, maids, cooks, or anything, or go to the general's mansion every day to wait for a chance encounter with him, anyway, they must go to see the general's demeanor.

Early the next morning, before dawn, the General's Mansion had already welcomed visitors.

Jing Lan was still sleeping on the bed, so he heard the housekeeper say through the door outside the bedroom: "Master, Master Shangshu Ji of the Ministry of Industry asks to see——"

Jing Lan twisted his eyebrows, turned over, didn't open his eyes, and said impatiently: "Ran over before dawn, this person is sick, right?" Drive away! ”

The housekeeper had no choice but to go back and refuse the man. It was only with great difficulty that he was persuaded to leave, and then another carriage stopped in front of the general's mansion, this time a middle-aged man and a young girl stepped down from the carriage.

"The political envoy Huang San and his little girl ask to see the general, please let the housekeeper report it."

The housekeeper hurriedly went back to report, and this time he specially emphasized to Jinglan: "Master, Lord Huang's daughter is dignified and looks twenty-eight years old, similar to the master's age, not as good as ......"

"Drive away, drive away! It's annoying enough to have one, and it's annoying to bring a daughter. Jing Lan yawned and said, "Whoever comes, drive me away!" I'm going to sleep! ”

The housekeeper was so helpless that he had to go back and talk to them, but the housekeeper did not completely refuse, but only persuaded them to come back another day.

The endless stream of visitors behind were politely rejected by the butler, but the carriage around the General's Mansion was still continuous, although Jinglan was not on the battlefield now, but the ear power and vigilance that had been exercised for a long time had not diminished at all, and the location of the General's Mansion was originally very quiet away from the downtown area, and today, the sound of those cars seemed to be ringing in his ears and rolling over his head, which made Jinglan extremely irritable.

After a short thought, he jumped out of bed, took out the musty official uniform that he hadn't worn for a long time from the cabinet, put it on, pushed open the door of the bedroom and walked out, and said to the butler who was startled by his early rise: "I'll go to the palace." ”