Should it be said that it is really worthy of the work of the Inquisition?

When Joshua offered to advance his salary, Charlotte didn't hesitate to give Joshua ten gold coins.

The salary of ten gold coins a month is not small, you must know that Joshua worked hard to run a newspaper in Montenegro, and it took many years to save more than 100 gold coins.

Ten gold coins is just a basic salary, and with the rules of the Inquisition not raising idlers, the bulk of the salary is still for completing tasks and hunting cultists.

However, it is a pity that Joshua has not yet arrived at Fei Lengcui during the time when the cultists are more active, and during this time, Charlotte easily obtained a lot of information by relying on magic to deceive the world and steal her name, and put down one cultist den after another.

"But that's fine, all in all, the rent of the newspaper is there."

There are no quests and no bounties, and Joshua can leave after reporting to the Inquisition these days.

The location of the newspaper and the factory has been decided, and because Jane joins the general public, everyone knows that this inexplicable factory has a duke's background.

In order to make it simpler, the price was naturally not too high, which also allowed Joshua to focus more on the management of the newspaper.

The newspaper staff are almost all villagers in Montenegro, and Joshua has to teach them how to sift through what kind of information can be called "news."

At the same time, it is necessary to teach some illiterate literacy, and even teach those "shocking" articles that can quickly catch people's attention.

The elderly and children were dealing with the chores of newspapers and factories, and there was no need to worry too much about their safety in this era.

Although it will take a little time to get on the right track, the money on hand can support it.

"This is what makes newspapers efficient?"

Jane weighed the small square in her hand, although she had heard Lilith talk about something in the form of a newspaper, but she was not optimistic that such a thing would be published.

In Montenegro, a small town with limited demand for newspapers, Joshua could still meet the demand and earn a small income as long as he hired some people to help.

But this model doesn't work in Fei Leng Cui.

Jane became more and more convinced that Joshua was trying to do things in the name of the newspaper.

"That's right, it's very convenient to engrave the letters on it, and then arrange and combine them in a short time, and you can take them down and reassemble them after using them once, isn't it?"

Joshua played with the gadgets in his hand, and the world was not without printing.

Changing the shape of the clay with magic makes it easy to create a large number of engravings, so it is natural that no one would consider such a time-consuming and laborious thing as movable type printing.

However, magic has never been a benefit for commoners, and the quality of engravings made with magic is also related to the level of magicians.

The more words you have, the more subtle your grasp of magic becomes, and such magicians tend to be expensive.

There are even many magicians who deliberately make the engravings so that the employer's engravings cannot be stored for a long time, and the font size used each time is also random and cannot be reused.

Fortunately, the aristocratic lords are not short of money, and there are very few things that need to be printed, so they are still in an acceptable range.

In this context, no one naturally considered the possibility of movable type printing.

"But can you show me such a secret?"

Jane knew that as an investor, she should not meddle in such a core process, but Joshua showed it so easily.

Does this mean anything else? This made Jane think a lot.

"Once the newspaper is bigger, it will inevitably send others to follow suit, although the idea of movable type printing is good, but there are no technical barriers, as long as you look at it once, you can copy, this is nothing to hide."

Fei Leng Emerald is not the town of Montenegro, and Joshua understands that there is no limit to the development of newspapers in this extremely information-less world.

No one had eaten such fat before, just because there was no first person to eat crabs, and once Joshua's newspaper was up and running, there were countless people who were eager to try it.

There will be an endless stream of people snooping on movable type printing, and Joshua can't stop it, or the cost of stopping it is too high, to do it.

"Then once someone else has similar technology to you, the newspaper's business ......"

Jane knocked her head, but she didn't expect to be surrounded by the other party in a few words.

For her, it doesn't matter if the newspaper makes money or not, she needs the newspaper to build her own intelligence network from scratch, and Joshua thinks the same way.

The only problem is that as the number of newspapers increases, the private information of the nobles may not be held by only one newspaper, and the plan to blackmail the nobles may not go so smoothly.

"Miss Jane, have you ever heard of a word called first-mover advantage?"

The so-called first-mover advantage means that the first-mover product will have a lasting competitive or even monopoly advantage over the latecomer's product, and this advantage is difficult to shake before the emergence of the product that triggers the industry revolution.

"With the accumulation of time, we will have more and more advantages as a frontrunner, and our future goal is not only one place, is it?"

Joshua placed a chess piece on the map, and it covered the location of the Emerald.

"Emerald of Filene, Agate Bay, Triumphal City, ...... Augustus"

One by one, chess pieces fell on the map of the empire, soldiers, knights, bishops, chariots, queens, kings...... They were located in important cities or commercial hubs of the Empire.

"When others are still competing with us for territory, we have accumulated enough money to extend outward, and this advantage will continue to expand, when our newspapers are all over the empire, then reading our newspapers or street tabloids, this is not a difficult choice, and we have an advantage that others don't have, don't we?"

"Advantage?"

Jane's mind was in turmoil right now, and it was clear that she had completely underestimated Joshua's "ambitions", and she was even more shocked by the map full of chess pieces in front of her.

As a nobleman, she has the best education and vision, but only now did she realize that her vision was only around Fei Lengcui.

What is the scenery in the eyes of the man in front of him?

Jane tried to think about it, but the final answer made her afraid to think about it further.

"I'm a clergyman, Miss Jane is also a nobleman, and we always have a lot of information to get information, so we can put some things that don't need to be kept secret in the newspaper, so that those of us who are far away from Augustus can know about the situation in our own country and other countries."

Joshua understood all too well the nature of men and the lack of entertainment in this age.

For those poor people who don't share gambling and drugs, the entertainment after dark is probably crazy man-making action.

If they can learn about the latest policies of their country at a low price at this time, they are afraid that they will not start the key politics that men love after three or two glasses of wine.

The spiritual world was enriched at once.

At that time, if I don't read the newspaper for a day, I am afraid that I will not even be able to brag to my friends.

"Pass the intelligence on to the people."

Jane, as a woman, certainly doesn't understand men's obsession with key politics, but she sees another future from another angle.

If the newspaper can really be built on a large scale, wouldn't it mean that Jane can publish the information she wants by sifting and hiding certain information.

In this case, the people, who are already lacking in knowledge of the outside world, know all about the outside of the city through the newspapers of the newspapers.

Even if there are other newspapers, they can't completely affect everyone, but they are like an invisible hand that controls everyone's minds.

It doesn't use magic, but it beats magic.

When this situation is about to be born, neither the churches nor the empire will sit idly by, will they be able to hold the newspaper at that time?

An inexplicable sense of fear struck, and Jane, who was already weak, felt that her hands and feet were cold and it was a little difficult to breathe.

Reason told her that this path was too dangerous, but she was so unwilling to give up.

This is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you will regret for the rest of your life.

"Joshua's ......"

It was clear that Jane was not the only one who saw the distant future at this scene, and Juno looked at the map full of chess pieces, which seemed to her to be not as simple as business or power.

Humans are creatures that are influenced by their own creations, and of course other races are similar.

When the newspaper controls the voice of the times, and when the word of the newspaper becomes the "all" of the world, then the word of the newspaper itself becomes the "truth".

By that time, these newspapers would be ready to turn into churches, and those who bought them would become Joshua's followers.

This guy wants to steal believers from other families, it's really bold.

"If this was before the age of kingship, I really don't know how to write dead words to do this kind of thing, but now ......"

Juno had a headache again, obviously some memories were unusually clear, but some memories just couldn't remember.

For example, the ancient era with no specific time record, the era of kingship when mortals were active, the era of chaos with endless wars, and the comeback...... Memories are disconnected again.

Joshua shook his head secretly, obviously it was much harder for a fool to understand his words than to plan a scheme. 】

Others are just thinking about the pros and cons of building a newspaper.

Joshua understands that his arrogance comes from being a time-traveler, and that the arrogance of the Destiny text doesn't make any sense.

In fact, the smooth construction of the newspaper is due to the fact that the churches taught people to read and write in the early years.

It is said that it was the efforts of the gods in ancient times to spread their teachings, and although there are still illiterate people, they are still in the minority.

As for Jane's hesitation, he actually noticed that after the newspaper grew stronger, it would inevitably attract the division of forces from all sides.

At that point, it was a question of whether Jane would be able to stand alone.

Unlike the Destiny Text's evaluation of it, Joshua gave Jane a high look.

There has always been no shortage of smart people in this world, but not all smart people can get ahead, because the smarter a person is, the more he thinks that he will not be swallowed up by danger, so he tries high-risk and high-reward things again and again.

The end result can be imagined.

Seeing the rewards and risks, and being able to afford it is the secret to a successful life, but unfortunately everyone understands this secret, but it is not difficult for those who will do it, and those who are difficult will not.

"The newspaper does have the risk of manipulating public opinion, but with the Holy Maiden supervising it, Miss Jian can't believe me, can't she still trust the Holy Maiden?"

"The Holy Maiden ...... too"

Jane was taken aback, although she had considered that there might be a leg between the two, she did not expect Lilith to interfere in the affairs of the newspaper.

Is it the advance layout of the church, or is there not just one leg but three legs between the two?

Regardless of the outcome, if there is another background of the newspaper as a saint, then even if all parties want to split the newspaper in the future, it will not be too ugly.

At least not to the point of fighting life and death.

Then Jane can survive by spitting out some benefits, which is undoubtedly a reassurance for her.

"So happy to work together?"

Joshua held out his hand.

"Well, nice to work with."

Even though Jane forced herself to calm down, her arms trembled slightly, and she knew that once she got on this train, the future path was not up to her.

It would be a big gamble on her life, and it would be the wisdom of Stud.

"Joshua."

The door was opened again, and Anna came to Joshua's side with an anxious expression, and Joshua frowned and began to have a headache.

"I'm sorry, something happened suddenly, I was rude first."

Joshua said goodbye to Jane briefly, and in his haste he apparently did not notice Jane's increasingly pale complexion.

"Miss, it's time to go back and rest."

"Hmm."

It wasn't until Joshua was gone that Jane began to gasp loudly, her sick body could not withstand the violent mood swings just now.

"Maria."

Suddenly, Jane took the hand of the head maid.

"Don't tell your mother what happened just now."

Jane understood that her request was a bit vexatious, Maria was Duke Eula's eyeliner, and it was undoubtedly a dereliction of duty not to report the situation, but ......

"If Miss wishes, I can keep it a secret for the time being."

Jane, who was in a wheelchair, couldn't see the expression of the head maid behind her, and she didn't expect the other party to agree so easily.

But Jane was surprisingly relieved.

It is rare that the head maid has only concealed from her, and that what she said has never been deceived.

"But what could make Joshua so anxious?"

Jane, who had calmed down, recalled Joshua's expression, and she didn't understand what could make Joshua look like that.

Could it be that the sky is falling?

"Parents are always very concerned about their children's affairs, aren't they?"

The words of the head maid came.

"He has children?"

Jane didn't think so, at least she didn't think her mother would look at her like that.

"You don't have to have a blood relationship to be a family, and you can't veto all of them because of individual cases, Miss, you still have a long way to go."

The maid's words were much more difficult, but Jane didn't listen, she had too much information to digest today.