After Xu Da left, Lu Ning returned to his normal state, went to work at the county government office in the morning, came back to rest at noon, and continued to write in the afternoon.

It's a relatively comfortable time like this, anyway, it's just a mix in a county, and no one pays too much attention to themselves.

Besides, since the last letter incident, the officials in the court have also been a little jealous of themselves, and no one has come to find anything awkward in a short period of time.

Two days later, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao came to Lu Ning again.

Zhu Yuanzhang also specially brought some gifts to Fu Bo and said.

"Putting these away are all Yingtianfu's specialties, although they are not valuable, it is my intention to be an elder, and I will give them to Zi'an for celebration."

Fu Bo took these things down, and took the family to prepare the food, but Lu Ning looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some distress and said.

"Uncle, eldest brother, you are all here, I don't think there is anything to celebrate, to say happy is that you can come to see me from time to time, we can have some wine and chat."

Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't answer his words, and said to himself.

"You used to be the last baron in the fifth-class title, and now you have been named a viscount, and you have become a first-class person, if you make new contributions, once the court makes you an earl, you will really enter the inner circle."

Lu Ning looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some distress, and he said directly.

"What inner circle are ghosts willing to enter, I have said many times, I just want to eat and wait for death, and I have no interest in the title, but why does the imperial court want to seal me? If I have the chance, I really want to have a good chat with Lao Zhu. ”

After hearing Lu Ning's words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but have a black line, if it was someone else, it is estimated that he would have entered the Beizhen Fusi a long time ago.

However, Lu Ning is his nephew after all, and he is different from others, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Okay, don't tell us about this as soon as we meet, the court will seal you, you naturally have the plan of the court, so don't say too much, lest the imperial historian know about it and want to join you."

At this time, Zhu Biao spoke beside him.

"Zi'an, I heard that you have set up an evening newspaper here in Changning, which distributes a newspaper similar to Di Bao, but it is also interesting, and the circulation has always been large, so it can be regarded as making a lot of money, right?"

Lu Ningxin said, you know everything, but this thing is not to make money, to put it bluntly, it is a measure to benefit the people.

Seeing that Zhu Biao was so curious, Lu Ning responded directly.

"The Changning Evening News now has a daily circulation of 500,000 copies, and it has opened sales channels in all the counties around Changzhou Prefecture, and the price of each copy is two cents, that is, the daily income is 1,000 taels of silver."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, and then asked him.

"So after removing the cost, how much net profit is left?"

Seeing his uncle's question, Lu Ning replied very casually.

"There are as many as six or seven hundred taels of silver left every day, and in addition to the salary of the president, these silver are used to supplement the public expenses of the county government, as well as the families of these subordinate officials and officials."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he now fully understands that newspapers are indeed a measure to benefit the people, and everyone can afford them.

And this thing can be regarded as a small profit but quick turnover, and the profits that can be earned by 500,000 shares, as public expenses, did not fall into Lu Ning's own pocket, which is also worthy of her gratification.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled when he heard this, and then said to Lu Ning.

"I came this time to learn from you, because I am better than Lord Liu Bowen, he is thinking of opening a Yingtian evening newspaper in the capital, and he has already asked His Majesty to approve this matter, so I want you to talk about how this newspaper operates."

Liu Bowen's three words are really thunderous, although he has read too many stories about him in later generations, but hearing that his uncle is good friends with him can be regarded as good news.

Thinking of this, he didn't directly answer Zhu Yuanzhang's question, so he spoke.

"If you are good friends with Lord Liu Bowen, then I will ask you for one thing, that is, if you have the opportunity to take him to Changning County, or if I go to Beijing to visit, I have been friends with this Lord Liu for a long time, but I didn't have the opportunity to visit."

Zhu Yuanzhang directly agreed, this is not a problem, anyway, his identity has not been disclosed, and it is nothing to bring Liu Bowen over.

"Okay, let's just find an introduction to Master Liu when he is not busy, there is no need to say more about the significance of this evening newspaper, I understand everything, how to run this evening newspaper, you have to make a good charter for me."

Lu Ning smiled, he had the opportunity to see Liu Bowen, and he was naturally very happy in his heart, so he said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Uncle, if someone can be this agent with ease, then you don't need to work hard yourself, in other words, you only need to choose a knowledgeable president, and everything will be completely fine."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong with what Lu Ning said, so he said.

"In this case, then our trip can't be considered in vain, how about you recommend a president to us, and we will take it back to the capital and be responsible for running this Yingtian evening newspaper?"

Lu Ning thought for a while, and then told Zhu Yuanzhang directly.

"I have a candidate, I think this person will definitely be able to do this well, this person is called Lan Tianping, his father is the Hongdu Marquis Lanyu of the current dynasty, but he just wants to make a career for himself and prove his strength to his father, I think the courage is commendable, and he should be supported."

Regarding Lan Tianping's impression, Zhu Yuanzhang only stayed at the level of a gentleman, and when he saw Lu Ning recommending it like this, he was a little vague.

At this time, Zhu Biao reminded Zhu Yuanzhang again.

"Father, have you forgotten that I said before we came, this Lan Tianping is now the president of Changning Evening News."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang said directly.

"Since this is the case, then the matter is so decided, Zi'an, don't worry, let Lan Tianping follow me back to Beijing to be the president directly."