At night in the Forbidden City, the most 'busy' night work is to patrol with a big bell.

There are patrol shops all around the city, every night, will send out 72 bells, circulate the alarm, go out from the Donghua Gate, to the Houzai Gate (Di'an Gate) to receive, one by one alternately, after handing over, the sky will be bright.

The daily hours in the palace are controlled by the carved leakage room and the drum room, and the carved leakage room is in charge of the daily time in the palace. Day is different from night, during the day behind the Wenhua Palace, at night, from the time after the point 01 until dawn, it is outside the Longzong Gate to announce the time. By observing the leaky pot and then reporting how many moments of water, this is the first sound, and the harem promised, and the long follow the second sound.

At this time, it was the second quarter of Yinzheng, and there was still a long time before the ministers went to court, but the emperor was not in the palace, and he did not live in the palace for a while. After that visit to the West Garden, he moved to the Purple Light Pavilion in the West Garden.

At this time, the Purple Light Pavilion is a place with a good view, and there is an annex next to it, and all the Da Jue rests in the annex during the day. The purple light pavilion is high and open, walk out of the pavilion to the forest, and it is the shade of the tree and the shadow of the pool, a piece of verdant. And there is also a bird room next to it, there are many rare and exotic beasts, there are peacocks, money chickens, five-colored parrots, white cranes, pheasant sables, lynxes, seals and so on in the forest.

No wonder Emperor Yongming fell in love with this place at a glance, and he didn't want to go back to the Qianqing Palace once he lived.

It's just that a few old men in the cabinet are suffering, running back and forth between Huijimen and Xiyuan every day, and they don't know if an old bone can stand it? Fortunately, they don't have to walk, they can get on a sedan chair when they come out of Xihua Gate, go north out of Xiyuan Gate, board the Shuiyun Pavilion in Jiaoyuan, and then take a boat to the opposite bank. If you don't take a boat, you have to go around a big circle, you have to go to the regimental city to pass the Jinao Yudong, and then turn south to cross the silkworm pond to the Ziguang Pavilion.

The second quarter of Yin Zheng has passed, and Emperor Yongming still has not rested, perhaps he has slept enough during the day, and at night he is more and more energetic. His personal sign, Huzi, was waiting for him, and there was a courtier outside the cabinet waiting to be summoned.

The courtiers who could still be summoned at this time would definitely not be the Chinese courtiers, only Sun Fuhai, the envoy of Jinyiwei.

After serving His Majesty, Huzi mentioned that Sun Fuhai was already waiting outside: "Emperor, will this be passed on to the Governor of Sun Du to meet him?" ”

Emperor Yongming didn't feel tired at all, so he said, "Pass him in." ”

"Yes, Emperor," Huzi ordered to withdraw.

After a long time, Sun Fuhai had already entered the palace with Huzi, and after bowing, he stood still, waiting for the emperor to ask.

"How's it going? Let's talk about it first," Emperor Yongming asked casually.

"Yes, the minister has handed over the secret letter to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, I think he will have already read it."

"Oh? What was his reaction at the time? ”

"When the minister went, the newspaper was already closed for rest, and the minister first observed outside for a while, and found that their sense of defense was too weak, so the minister went directly over the wall, caught a person who looked like a small worker, like a night vigil, and asked him to go to the editor-in-chief, and then he saw ......."

"Heh, you didn't scare them?"

"The editor-in-chief surnamed Shu was quite calm, he took the secret letter and didn't open it directly, and the minister also explained to them what to do, as for whether they need it or not, or whether it is published in the newspaper or not, this minister can't speculate, after all, once the news is widely spread, the first to be suppressed is the newspaper."

"Hmm...... Do you think they'll log out? ”

Sun Fuhai thought about it carefully, and pondered the holy will in his heart, thinking that His Majesty hoped that the news would be broken by the people first, of course, the private newspaper was the best choice, but the thing was given, and as for the use of people, it was really difficult to care.

"I think this newspaper is quite ...... Belch...... As far as the true biography of Yan Sizhen is exhausted, everyone likes to break the casserole and ask the end, in order to seize the top spot in the Beijing newspaper industry, it is likely to ...... No, it will definitely be logged out. ”

Yongming was speechless for a long time after listening to it, although he felt that what he said seemed ridiculous, but he did not deny that what he said seemed to have some truth, and he was not attracted by the content of this newspaper at the beginning, all kinds of news are not only unique but also fresh and interesting, so I always remember it.

"That said, I'd be interested to see how they managed to get the top spot."

Sigh...... Sun Fuhai secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was glad that His Majesty had such a plan, but ...... I still hope that the performance of the newspaper will not disappoint His Majesty.

The bell in the hall rang the sound of 'chirping', Sun Fuhai suddenly found that it was already the end of the day, and His Majesty had not rested all night?

Huzi walked in, his steps were so light that even when he, a warrior, found out, he was almost walking to His Majesty's side.

"Emperor, it's almost early, let the little one wait for you to change your clothes?"

Emperor Yongming snorted, and then said to Sun Fuhai: "I also know the situation, so you can step down." ”

"Yes, the minister will retire."

Sun Fuhai exited the hall and came outside, the morning air was unusually fresh, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and instantly felt that the pores all over his body were opened. His Majesty did not rest all night, and so did him, but at this time, all fatigue and sleepiness disappeared, and he stretched out his arms and took a few more breaths of the air mixed with the scent of trees and grass......

The Han general on duty also began to change shifts at this time, he stopped and watched for a while, and then raised his feet and walked to the forest, the annex is now temporarily on duty for the ministers, and the rest of the duty room, and the Guanglu Temple is responsible for the supply of food and tea every day, presumably they have already sent breakfast.

When he thought of breakfast, he immediately felt a little hungry, and then he thought, how could he not be hungry? I didn't even drink a sip of tea all night.

The sky gradually shone with a bright light,

At this time, the newspaper office in Jiage Hutong in the south of the city resumed its busy daytime: all kinds of 'reporters' came to the newspaper one after another, and they came so early so that they could be assigned today's interview tasks as soon as possible, and also to communicate with their respective editors in charge.

The printing room in the backyard wing room is still in full swing, and the small workers are busy in front of the printing press, and the corners are piled up with freshly printed and cut newspapers, waiting to be moved out and loaded onto the carriage. There were also several horse-drawn carriages parked outside the gate, which were waiting to be loaded and then transported to various sales outlets and book markets in the city.

Especially the book market on Qipan Street, where because of the proximity of the thousand-step corridor, most of the yamen in the capital are also concentrated here, and the daily newspaper sales in the Qipan Street Book Market are equivalent to the total sales of an eastern city.

Shu Daizong was also busy, and since he was woken up in the middle of the night, he didn't have time to go back to bed. After dealing with the breaking news letter, there are still many things waiting for him to decide, as well as the advice and explanation to his children.

When all this was almost dealt with, it was time to set off, and their journey for today was to arrive at Hejian at noon, have lunch here, and then set off to Xianxian, Fucheng, Jingzhou (Jingxian) to Dezhou. It's only about 300 miles away, so you'll have to get to Texas this evening and stay there.

Because there are female dependents accompanying and choosing to take a carriage, the itinerary does not have to be too compact, but it will not be too slow, fortunately, it is relatively easy to walk on this road, and the carriage will not be too bumpy.

When they packed everything up, the sky was not yet bright, Shu Daizong looked up at the sky, it was still dark gray at this time, but it was rubbed into a bright red.

Mama rushed to the newspaper before leaving, Aunt Xi also got into the carriage, and there was a girl who was waiting for her, and Shu Daizong got into another car, both of which were hired from the car dealership, together with the coachman.

This kind of long-distance carriage is very complete, and the driver is also perennial long-distance knowledge of the road, in addition to the driving experience, but also on the way to stay and eat is also quite familiar, which is not only convenient for the travelers, but also reduces a lot of unnecessary trouble, of course, the cost of this road is naturally expensive.

Shu Daizong checked back and forth, and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he jumped into the first car himself, sat next to the coachman, and shouted: "Sit tight, let's go......"

With the shout of the coachman, the carriage slowly moved towards the mouth of the alley......

Jia Ge Hutong is connected to Guozi Lane in the north, perpendicular to the robbery Hutong, and only separated by an alley from the Nancheng Terracotta Division, the carriage goes out of the Guozi Lane on the Luoma Street, and goes west through Caishi Street and Guangningmen Street, and arrives at Guangningmen.

Guangning Gate is quite majestic, it is the city tower of three layers of heavy eaves, the beams and columns and the eaves of the corridor are also three layers, and there is also an arrow tower on the left and right. Today, Shu Daizong really saw it clearly, in the past, they came and went in a hurry, and many scenes in the capital have not been seen yet. At this time, he took a good look at it, and sighed more and more that the imperial momentum of the capital made people unconsciously want to prostrate on the ground and bow and worship, such momentum is not comparable to Nanjing.

Guangning Gate is the only way for North Zhili, Henan and Northwest Provinces to enter Beijing, so from now on the road to Lugou Bridge is naturally also a department store, businessmen gathered, but their carriage is in a hurry to go, can not stop, is not like this, presumably Aunt Xi and they have already gotten off the car and walked away.

Shu Daizong left, Mr. Ke's burden was a lot heavier, for the mysterious letter, he naturally wanted to hurry out of the letter, and according to the materials provided in the letter, it took one night to write a news report of about 10,000 words, with the "party" narrative to reflect the current land issue.

As for the topic, he thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to name it after 'the whole world, it is not the king's land', and the beginning of the article began with Xu Guangqi's discussion of Emperor Gaozu's 'Tian Bujing is a pity'. Although the report on current affairs is not a strategy, he is also quite literary, citing classics in the article, and there is no lack of excitement in the side references, which is also amazing.

The printing room of today's newspaper can be described as the busiest place, and the workers are so busy that their feet do not touch the ground, and the freshly baked additional issues are stacked, cut, and packed by the workers after they come off the printing press...... In one go, and then wait for the carriage to be transported away and distributed to various places in the capital.

In the evening, around the beginning of the first month, the supplement of the "Jingshang Daily" was finally placed in the most conspicuous place in the Qipanjie Book Market, which meant that the newsstands, lamp markets, tea houses, restaurants, theaters and other places where people gathered in the entire capital began to be sold at the same time.

Just when people were still surprised that the already popular business newspaper on weekdays would publish a supplementary issue? At this time, there was a rumbling thunder in the sky, but in a blink of an eye, the raindrops the size of beans began to fall one by one, which made the people who had not had time to dodge rush with their heads, and the street was suddenly chaotic......

At this time, Sun Fuhai, the Jinyi Guard who was still staying in the annex of the Purple Light Pavilion in Xiyuan, looked up at the sky and couldn't help laughing.

Such a day finally has a feeling of the south, presumably the south at this time has also changed the sky, right?

Sun Fuhai was still holding the latest supplement in his hand that he had just bought from outside, and he was looking at it just now......