Chapter 467: War on Paper
Shacheng created the first newspaper hall in Yaoguo, which is inextricably linked to Yazdan.
Strictly speaking, Yazdan was the initiator of the Newspaper, and he received strong support from the Apostle and Mayor of Shasand Slemod, which was quickly and smoothly established.
The director of the Di Bao Pavilion was concurrently served by Slezmod, and by the time Bai Ding joined the museum, there was 1 chief wind collector and 29 wind collectors in the museum. These wind collectors are like the eyes and ears of the newspaper, all over Shacheng and Yaoguo.
Any major news will be sent back to the newspaper in various forms as soon as possible, and then it will be reported in the newspaper.
A month after Bai Ding served as Yazdan's assistant, the first newspaper finally appeared in Shacheng.
The newspaper, called Shachengdi Bao, is made of raw-edged paper made of bamboo, with a smooth front and a rough back, with a beige color bias.
Due to the entry of a large amount of bamboo from Zhulu Country, the price of raw edge paper in Shacheng is extremely cheap, and it has even gradually become an important commodity for export. This paper is also gradually replacing the rough straw paper with many textures, straw sticks and confetti.
The change of paper materials and technology and the reduction of costs formed the basis for the popularization and mass printing of paper newspapers.
In the first issue of the "Shachengdi Daily", there were two headlines.
"Famous Doctor Announces Latest Finding: Drinking Hot Water Can Significantly Reduce Disease"
"The leader of the shell people, Shell Yuan, angrily denounced the opponents in the tribe and said that he would vigorously rectify the corruption problem in various tribes."
These two big news pieces affected Shacheng for a long time.
The former has changed the eating habits of the people of Shacheng.
In the past, water sources outside the city were often contaminated with shell cockroaches, which caused residents to suffer from some strange illnesses after drinking.
Under the vigorous advocacy and promotion of Shacheng, boiling water has gradually become a local consensus. Later, this habit was also absorbed by cities including Yaocheng and Yancheng.
The second is the report of Yazdan and Bai Ding.
The shell people in the news are a new population of shell cockroaches after evolution.
The Shell Man has an intelligence close to that of a caveman, with a thin trunk and the ability to walk upright, but with a heavy shell on his back.
Biologists and archaeologists have theorized that the Shell Man was born because some shell cockroaches went deep underground, found the bones of the dragon, and ingested them.
Shell people have two major talents.
One is that they can curl up in their shells and fall into a state similar to hibernation, and they can go without food or drink for a year or two to survive the difficult external environment.
The second is that they are born slave owners of shell cockroaches, and shell people can command shell cockroaches to search for tools and materials everywhere, so that they can create underground caves and passages in the desert, and build underground villages.
On that occasion, Chief Wind Collector Yazdan officially interviewed the Shell Chief [Shell Yuan], who is the leader of all the Shell people and rules over thirteen Shell tribes and a vast territory.
Shell is short, thin, with a slightly flattened head and hair rising up. But these are not hair, but the tentacles of the shell people, which allow them to feel the temperature, humidity, and vibration of the air.
The shell on his back is more like a pair of natural armor, and the gray-brown armor stomach like a shell protects the back crest and front chest of the shell, making him look quite powerful.
The most counterintuitive thing is that Shell Yuan also wears a pair of jeweled goggles, which is a very fashionable tool and decoration even among the Yao people.
The goggles are made of glasses, polished with emeralds, sapphires or crystals of various colors, which can protect the eyes from the glare of the sun, which is very useful in the very bright sand city, but the price remains high.
Wearing emerald glasses, Shell Yuan sat on a stone chair and chatted with Yazdan in his underground castle.
"I'm glad that Chief Shell Yuan was interviewed by Di Bao Guan."
Yazdan said in his slightly dull voice, "The first question I want to ask is, what faith do you have, chief?" ”
"I am a devout and resolute supporter of Lord Yaoshen."
The other party gestured his hands and said with a smile: "We learn the script and language of the Yao people, and most shell people can, don't be surprised." Many people say that the shell people do not believe in gods and are atheists, and I say that is nonsense and rumors with ulterior motives. We shell people are a race created by Lord Yaoshen, and we have always and will always support the flame of faith of Lord Yaoshen, which is unshakable. ”
Bai Ding was surprised to find that the chief's Yao language was very fluent, and he thought that he had dealt with the Yao people a lot in the past.
The chief stood up and pointed behind him, "Come with me, two of you." ”
Bai Ding and Yazdan followed all the way, and found that the spacious space behind them was actually a simulated temple, and almost identical statues were built.
In the center is the god Yao, who is above the gods, and on the flanks and on the left and right are several gods.
Around the statue of the deity, many tributes were arranged around it, mainly precious stones and the bones of various creatures.
"We will worship the god Yao here and pray to the gods."
The chief touched his emerald glasses, and a smile more normal than Yazdan's appeared on his thin face: "It can be said unceremoniously that if this world faces destruction, we will be the last believers of Lord Yaoshen, we will keep the fire of faith in the midst of destruction, and wait for the new life given by the gods in our sleep." ”
Bai Ding personally realized that the savages in the eyes of the people of Shacheng were actually not ignorant and savage. Shell people are a late starter, living in the harsh desert and possessing the same belief in gods as Sand City, as well as their own culture, traditions, and pride.
Finally, Chief Shell Yuan said: "The Shell people have lived in the desert for a long time and are a new people. When we learn from the Yao people, of course, we must also retain our traditional customs and the existing regional ......"
Yazdan nodded, "Understood." ”
Bai Ding couldn't help but think that the shell people had a very barbaric custom.
If there is an extremely weak person in their clan, they will be stripped of all resources and expelled, and the shell people who have lost the protection of the group will fall into eternal sleep. Even if he wakes up again, he will be extremely weak, and there will be no kind of people to help him, and there will be no energy to command the shell cockroach, which is tantamount to a long death.
Bai Ding couldn't help but ask: "Chief, this custom is ......"
"Oh? That's it. ”
The chief said unconcernedly: "If it does not help the people, then there is no need to provide for it." That's the rule in the desert. ”
"Actually, we are much more merciful now. In the earliest days, the seriously injured and the weakened and elderly would be killed directly. The words now give them a chance, if they have courage and wisdom, or if they have the blessing of Yaoshen, then they also have a chance of survival. ”
"It's not easy for anyone to be alive, right?"
Shell Yuan grinned, spread his hands and said, "Don't look at me like this, there are many people staring at my chieftain position. Maybe I'll be expelled tomorrow? I also have to rectify all kinds of problems in the clan, in your words, corruption, corruption, too much. ”
"It's hard to feed too many shell people with resources in the desert, so we want to cooperate with Shacheng, the people in the city are from Shacheng, and the desert outside the city is the shell people, everyone is a brother, they all believe in Yaoshen, and they are equal."
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Seeing the final text, Bai Ding was taken aback: "Mr. Yazdan, is it really good to write like this?" ”
"What's the problem?" Yazdan asked rhetorically.
"This ...... In the report, you said that the chieftain of Huyuan hated the problems within the clan very much, and that he wanted to completely rectify the simple customs of the past in the clan, and to clean up the black sheep, and it was a local tradition to kill the weak......"
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Bai Ding stammered, "Isn't this equivalent to forcing many Shell tribes who oppose the Shell Yuan Chieftain to do it to him?" In this way, the shell people will fall into internal chaos and even war. ”
"It's a fact."
The chief wind collector was expressionless: "Isn't it? ”
"......"
Bai Ding gritted his teeth and said, "This is not right, this will harm the Shell Yuan Chieftain, and it will also harm the entire Shell Clan." ”
Yazdan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he sighed: "What I want is your role." Bai Ding, are you saying that if I write like this, the people of the Yao tribe will be disgusted? ”
"No...... It's just that this will make the Shell Yuan Chief be roasted on the fire, and the Shell People will not be able to stand it, they will be angry, they will be nervous, and they will be afraid. ”
"Then it'll be fine."
Yazdan said lightly: "Bai Ding, we are the wind collectors of the Yao clan, we only need to consider the feelings of the Yao clan. This kind of report is what the Yao people want to see, right? This is beneficial to the Yao people. ”
"Our paper is for the Yao people, and what we write above is also true."
"There are contradictions and disagreements within the Shell People themselves, and if any situation arises about this, it will only advance the process. Whoever wants to win will need to ask for the help of Shacheng, and only the final victor within them will be qualified to further dialogue with the Yao. ”
"That's what we're going to do, investigate, collect evidence, report, and then make the Yao people profitable."
"There is no position in the report, but the collector has a position."
"We don't provoke right and wrong, we just observe right and wrong and report it."
Yazdan said it very bluntly.
Bai Ding was stunned when he heard it, and his ears stiffened.
Yes.
What Yazdan wrote was the truth, what the chief Shell had said.
But with just a few local adjustments, the whole story can be tilted in one direction.
The first issue of "Shacheng Mansion Newspaper" was released, which attracted the crazy robbery of Shacheng residents.
On the 7th day after the newspaper was released, a riot broke out among the Shell tribes, and the Shell Chieftain was killed during the rebellion. It was later confirmed that it was the tribal leaders who were afraid of being liquidated after reading the paper, so they united to take action against the shell.
Shacheng quickly dispatched a team of aids to stabilize the order within the Shell Clan, helping them to carry out various constructions in the underground villages, and imparting various knowledge and skills to them.
Many shell people came to work in Shacheng, and the guests who stayed in their hometown built underground post stations and villages in the desert, and the ghost tower on the ground was used as a landmark, completely connected with Shacheng.
In just one year, the Shell people have been assimilated and integrated inside and outside Shacheng, and the chieftaincy tribal system that has been maintained for many years has been completely shattered.
Bai Ding saw all this in his eyes and couldn't help but feel creepy.
The role of the newspaper is more than just publishing news and notices.
It remembered what Yazdan had said.
- You alone can be a thousand troops.
That's not flattery and politeness, but a statement of the facts of duty.
The newcomer has a very real experience.
The collision and conquest of the new era will no longer be just a head-on collision between soldiers and armies, but more of a hidden war hidden behind words in newspapers.
Soon after, Yazdan told Bai Ding.
"Ready, we're going to Saniro for an interview."
"There's a serial murder over there...... We need to come out with a report and reduce panic. ”
Yazdan said, "The murderer is a Jade Rabbit, who is from Crystal City, and is a fellow villager with you. You will be the main force in this operation, and I will cooperate as your assistant. ”