Several printing workshops, all ready-made.

The first edition of the newspaper was printed directly.

Zhang Jingyi had a big appetite and directly printed 100,000 copies.

That's a lot of money.

But Zhang Jingyi was very confident in sales, so he began to contact various stores to distribute goods.

It was early the next morning.

Liu Hongxun went to the cabinet as usual.

As soon as he was seated, a scribe came and brought a newspaper.

"What is this?" Liu Hongxun frowned and looked up at the scribe.

"It's Daming Daily, it's crazy to sell early this morning, it's all over the streets and alleys, and it's ten cents a piece......"

"Crazy to sell?" Liu Hongxun looked at this big newspaper in front of him, and was a little dumbfounded: "That's it?" ”

He thought it was incredible.

But he didn't expect that the scribe's next words would be even more unexpected to him.

"100,000 copies were printed and sold out quickly...... Fifty thousand copies were sold in the capital, and another 50,000 copies were sent to various parts of Gyeonggi, such as Tianjinwei and Beitongzhou. ”

So much, Liu Hongxun was directly startled.

Ten cents may not be worth mentioning for some people, but for many people, it is also a big burden.

It's just such a thing, and some people are rushing to buy it.

"I heard...... In the future, the announcements of the railway company will not be posted, and can only be seen in this newspaper...... Now the people in the capital are very anxious, many people's lives are here, as soon as the news comes out, no one goes to the railway company to wait, everyone goes to grab the newspaper early in the morning. ”

"This dog thing!" Liu Hongxun was speechless for a while.

To tell the truth, in this situation, how many people's net worth and lives are tied to the railway company, ten cents is indeed not expensive for ordinary people, but for some people, no matter how bankrupt they are, they dare not neglect the latest news.

It's definitely money.

So Liu Hongxun asked people to bring the newspaper, and then looked down to see that there was indeed information about the railway.

It probably explains the current business situation, of course, the business situation is very worrying, and the future will face losses, and the main reason is the busy investment, after all, a large number of railway lines are ready to be built, so the line has established several sleeper and steel workshops, and also expanded the scale of the steam engine workshop.

But now because the project is blocked, the money is equivalent to being wasted, and if nothing else, these newly built workshops will have operational difficulties.

When Liu Hongxun saw this, his heart was blocked.

Besides...... There are all sorts of things in this newspaper.

There is actually another article, which is about touting the gentry, probably saying that the Ming Dynasty can have two hundred and fifty years of the world, all of which rely on the gentry, and now there are many wanderers, it is the time when the country relies on the gentry to tide over the difficulties together, which greatly praises Liu Hongxun and others, and suspends the new policy, so that the gentry and landlords are all grateful.

Liu Hongxun: "......"

There are many of these articles, and they are varied.

If it was in the past, Liu Hongxun would definitely look at it with a smile, but now he feels that it is inexplicably ironic.

Liu Hongxun felt that this newspaper was ridiculing them, and when he looked at the signature of the article below, it was actually some articles by some famous Confucians in the world a few days ago.

Liu Hongxun saw the fire in his heart, but he couldn't attack again.

In a few days, the stock of the railway company continued to plummet, reaching three taels of silver.

In fact, it doesn't matter how many taels of silver it is now, because ...... No matter what the price is, no one dares to buy it.

It's just that countless people have fallen into a desperate situation, and there is a lot of mourning in the capital.

The Liu family is the worst.

From time to time, people who were inside the courtyard walls would suddenly see stones thrown in from outside.

There are even people who splash ink outside the courtyard wall of Liu's house, and write all kinds of sour poems that hurt Liu Hongxun.

In the past, Liu Hongxun's suspension of the new policy was a merit, but now, it has made many people who have come back to their senses realize that if it weren't for Liu Hongxun's dog, I'm afraid that everyone would not have fallen into this situation.

Liu Hongxun is patient.

He's waiting.

A few days later, someone came to Liu's house and met Liu Hongxun in person.

Not in a few days.

The Zhou family in Yangxin County, Shandong.

Old lady Zhou was already reassured at this time, and he is now ...... It's quite proud.

The railway company and others would come every once in a while, especially the scribe named Wang Tao, who said all the good things to him in order to negotiate the purchase of land.

A person like Mrs. Zhou has lived a long life, and she is really a shrewd person who can't be more shrewd.

Now that I know that I have the seven inches of the railway company, how can I be willing to give up?

He spoke slowly, not in a hurry.

Of course, he also had some contact with the local gentry, many of whom were involved in the land acquisition of the railway company, and they shared their experience in dealing with the railway company, or tried to test the bottom line of the railway company again and again.

On this day, Wang Tao came again.

Mrs. Zhou heard the report of the subordinates, but sat in the flower hall and continued to drink tea slowly.

Sitting next to him was his eldest son Zhou Yingtong, who said strangely: "Father, why don't you call the guests in?" ”

"What kind of guest is he?" Mrs. Zhou said lightly: "It's just Zhang Jingyi's minions, don't pay attention to it, go tell him that the old man is sick today and doesn't see any outsiders." ”

Zhou Yingtong looked up at Mrs. Zhou and said fairly: "Dad, a few days ago, didn't you say that one mu is three hundred taels of silver, I look at the price of others, it is also fair, Tong Su is not bullied, those lands, after all, are not worth a few dollars, and they are not good paddy fields, thirty taels of silver and one acre of silver can't be sold, which is ten times the premium." ”

Mrs. Zhou said with a smile: "You, you are really ignorant, why do you think people are in a hurry to buy land?" It's not because of ...... They can't afford to delay, and this is a necessary place, as long as the old man doesn't agree, what kind of price, they have to talk to the old man! ”

"You loser, I really don't know anything, think about it, as long as the old man hangs the people of the railway company for a few more days, they are only afraid that they will have to increase the price, this is more than 100 acres of land, an extra 100 taels of land is added, there is an extra 10,000 taels of silver, our Zhou family works weekdays, relying on rent collection, how young can you earn this tattoo of silver? Let me tell you the truth, everyone is waiting for the railway company to offer a better price, and whoever agrees first will be foolish. ”

Zhou Yingtong nodded: "I heard that the capital is stirring up a lot now, saying that the stock has fallen, and many people are looking for death." ”

Mrs. Zhou said disapprenousively: "The old man doesn't care about the affairs of the capital, but on the ground in Shandong, he has to follow our rules." In the past, the old man was still afraid of these Zhang Jingyi's eagle and dog minions, but now, ...... Hmph, what are they, it's just a dog of the faint king, and now, the general Li Zicheng has a great trend of rowing the river and ruling the river, so the faint king then remembered us, they didn't dare to do anything. ”

So without hesitation, he let his subordinates send away Wang Tao.

Mrs. Zhou then said proudly: "This person named Wang Tao ...... It's ridiculous, the old man can teach him to scratch his heart with a little trick. ”

Zhou Yingtong also smiled and said: "This guy, I used to want to clear our family's land, it's really not a thing." ”

Mrs. Zhou said, "It's just a dog fighter, what he was relying on was the power of Zhang Jingyi's dog thief, and now, it's time for our Zhou family to beat the water dog." ”

Zhou Yingtong was happy.

It's just that the father and son haven't been drinking tea for long.

Suddenly, there was chaos in the front yard.

Old lady Zhou listened to the noise, frowned unhappily and said, "Come on, come on, what's going on." ”

After a while, someone stumbled in and said eagerly: "Oh no, no, someone broke into ......"

The man had not finished speaking, for he had come with his front foot to report the news, and dozens of men with open fire and slaughter came in with his back foot, some carrying knives, some holding iron rulers.

Old lady Zhou was a little surprised when she saw that it was an errand servant, but then she breathed a sigh of relief.

He is a big gentry, and on weekdays, when the third-class officers in the county see him, they are all low-brow and pleasing to the eyes.

It's just that these errand officers look a little raw.

Old lady Zhou didn't think much about it, so she said angrily: "Who are you waiting for, is there room for you to be so presumptuous here?" ”

The errand at the head actually held an iron ruler, and stepped forward to face the old lady Zhou.

The iron ruler broke through the air, snapped, and the old lady Zhou screamed.

The officer then shouted, "Take the man and give the order...... Don't let any of them go, this is the person Yushi and Zhizhou personally want to take, the Zhou family has three rooms and thirty-nine people, don't pull any of them down. ”

The crowd shouted, "Wow." ”

Immediately, the led officer stepped forward and shouted that someone knocked down Zhou Yingtong.

He picked up the old lady Zhou again, and said with a sneer: "Zhou Dai, isn't it?" You've got an incident at the east window, come with me! ”

Old lady Zhou was still grinning in pain, and her mouth was shouting: "I want to see the ...... of Zhixian County"

"You don't need to see it, the magistrate is involved in corruption and has been detained."

This week, the old lady suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and the magistrate was caught, he didn't care, the question was, the person was taken, why didn't he receive a little rumor?

You must know that he is the biggest local snake, and his news is even better than that of the government.

So Mrs. Zhou said anxiously: "Who are you......"

"We are the people of the Zhizhou Hall, and we will ask you for your guilt today, and we will not be verbose. Someone, seal up this place, and ...... Let the people below clean their hands and feet, this is a case personally supervised by the imperial history of Shandong Province, don't touch things, when the imperial history is calculated, you have to eat and walk around. ”

Again, the crowd said in loud voices.

Mrs. Zhou was at a loss for a while.

He was at a loss, and then said: "Zhou Shenzheng of the Shandong Political Envoy Department is my cousin. ”

The officer looked at him mockingly and said: "I'm really sorry, I took you today, but the imperial history informed the local governor and personally deployed, together with the big case supervised by the governor, don't say that it is the participation of the political envoy, even if the political envoy comes in person, he can't speak." ”