In public housing.

Jiang Liangzheng kept pacing, looking extremely anxious.

Sure enough, the influence of Banshan Daily has spread rapidly!

In the afternoon, people came to the pawn shop to return goods, and there were not a few of them.

Most of the people who can buy goods are of high status, and it doesn't matter whether they return the goods or not.

If we continue like this, we will definitely lose.

What if we change the name of Yuguang Porcelain? That won’t work. I’m afraid that the next day’s daily newspaper will continue to contain black material.

While I was thinking hard about countermeasures, a loud announcement came from the door outside.

Li Yuanzhao and Fang Zheng stepped in.

Fang Zheng smiled and said: "Master Jiang, what do you want from me?"

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince." Jiang Liang bowed first, then looked at Fang Zhengyi with an unkind expression: "Master Fang is very resourceful."

"Why are you selling your bicycle and slandering our Ministry of Industry's Yuguang Porcelain?"

"Oh~" Fang Zheng raised his head with a hint of disdain in the corner of his mouth: "Master Jiang went to all the trouble to find me because he came to challenge me."

"When did I slander Yuguang Porcelain from your Ministry of Industry?"

Seeing his fearless look, Jiang Liang angrily took out the newspaper, slapped it on the table and said, "Master Fang! Let's stop hiding it! Isn't this what the newspaper does? You slandered Yuguang out of thin air like this.

Porcelain, that’s just spreading rumors to cause trouble, do you still have Da Jinglu in your eyes?”

"Da Jinglu?" Fang Zheng sneered: "You are using Da Jinglu to pressure me? Dare you ask me which crime I have committed?"

Jiang Liang gritted his teeth and said, "Add to the plot and use hatred and slander!"

Fang Zheng glanced at the newspaper and raised his hands: "Meng Weimin refuses to accept gifts and the reputation of Yuguang Porcelain is damaged. What does it have to do with Fang Zhengyi and me? Besides, we don't have any grudges."

"Master Fang, do you dare to say that this was not your order?"

"I dare to say it, His Royal Highness can prove it for me."

Li Yuanzhao stepped forward: "Yes! I can prove it."

Jiang Liang swallowed, his eyes bouncing back and forth between the two of them.

This damn nest of snakes and rats... It's hard for the prince to get angry here today.

"Master Fang, Banshan Newspaper is managed under your name anyway. If something like this happens, the reputation of Yuguang Porcelain will be damaged, and you are also responsible, right? This fact is of great importance, and we should talk about fair competition and fairness."

"Otherwise, even if you win with this method, it may be difficult to convince the public if you want to establish an Academy of Sciences in the future!"

Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "If you think so, I can't help it. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

After saying that, Li Yuanzhao and Fang Zheng turned around at the same time and prepared to leave.

Jiang Liang said hurriedly: "Stay! I haven't finished speaking yet."

"If Banshan Daily continues to promote it like this, I'm afraid everyone in the market will shout about Yuguang Porcelain."

"Master Fang, this is an illegal competition! I want to confront you in front of His Majesty, do you dare to go with me?"

"Don't dare! Your Highness, let's go." Fang Zhengyi shouted loudly and walked away.

Jiang Liang felt his heart suddenly stopped.

He quickly ran to Fang Zhengyi, stretched out his arms, and said gloomily: "Master Fang, even if you win with such despicable means, it won't count in front of His Majesty. I will definitely contact other people to participate when the time comes.

You have a copy, you are trying to sell goods with malicious intent!"

Selling goods with malicious intent?

Fang Zheng smiled.

Coming from an old antique, these words are so damn classic! ωωw.

"Master Jiang, what do you mean? I think you don't want me to leave?" Fang Zhengyi asked.

"I asked you to come here for no other reason than to ask Banshan Daily to issue a report to clarify the situation and help Yuguang Porcelain get rid of its stigma. From today on, similar news will not appear again. What I want is fair competition. Is there no problem?" Jiang Liang looked directly at it.

He stared straight up, his eyes motionless.

Fang Zhengyi didn't show any weakness and looked back at him: "Mr. Jiang, it seems that you don't know anything about merchants. The shopping mall is like a battlefield, unpredictable, there is nothing fair or unfair."

"Since you have determined that I did it, I have nothing to say. Doesn't the Ministry of Industry also have newspapers? You can also use newspapers to publicize it."

"Besides, what do you have to lose even if the Ministry of Industry loses? I have already sent people from Taoyuan County to assist you in researching and manufacturing weapons and gunpowder. Do you really not want the Academy of Sciences to be established?"

"The establishment of the Academy of Sciences is a good thing, and it can complement each other with the Ministry of Industry in the future."

"If you ask me to say that our gambling fight is unnecessary, you should support me."

Jiang Liang was stunned for a moment and sneered: "There is no need to talk about this. The Academy of Sciences can do all the ministry, so there is no need to do anything extra."

To put it bluntly, the Academy of Sciences still needs the power of the division of labor.

The words are nice to say, and they complement each other.

Before, Fang Zhengyi also talked about recruiting craftsmen from all walks of life, and with the technology of Taoyuan County, I am afraid that in the future, ordnance will have to be made by your Academy of Sciences.

If this happens, over time, wouldn't it be equivalent to establishing a new Ministry of Works? Then what will the Ministry of Works do in the future?!

Fang Zheng was annoyed, too lazy to talk nonsense, and continued walking out.

Jiang Liang stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, saying: "Let's go, follow me! Since I can't tell you the truth, let your majesty administer justice!"

Seeing that he kept struggling, Fang Zheng let out a long sigh.

"Okay, Mr. Jiang, don't pester me. How about we find a way to solve the problem?"

Jiang Liang's hand still didn't let go, and he said warily: "Think of something."

Fang Zheng thought for a while and said: "The Ministry of Industry...give me a hundred craftsmen, and I will choose them myself. How about I let the newspaper help clear Yuguang Porcelain's reputation?"

"No!" Jiang Liang frowned: "Why should I give you a hundred craftsmen?"

Fang Zheng slapped his hand away and said with a smile: "If the Academy of Sciences is established, then I will ask the Ministry of Industry for a hundred craftsmen."

"I can promise you that Banshan Daily will promote Yuguang Porcelain again tomorrow, and you can even decide the article. And I guarantee that during our gambling period, there won't be any negative news about Yuguang Porcelain, how about it?"

Jiang Liang frowned and thought hard.

One hundred craftsmen are nothing to the Ministry of Industry. If the reputation of Yuguang Porcelain is cleared, relying on its own connections, the total income may be estimated to be tens of thousands of taels of silver.

When the time comes, he will undoubtedly win, but can Fang Zhengyi really have such good intentions?

After thinking for a long time, Jiang Liang hesitated and said: "I accept the conditions you mentioned for the time being, but you can't take the one hundred craftsmen who made the weapons, and you can't take away some of the designated personnel."

This old thing has a lot of defenses.

But the craftsmen are craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry after all, even if they are experienced, they are valuable!

As long as you have someone under your control, are you still afraid that you won't be able to unleash your creativity?

I just took the opportunity to steal some work from the Ministry, and this will be my own foundation from now on!

Fang Zhengyi smiled slightly: "Then it's a deal!"

...

(I saw the Nobel Prize proving quantum entanglement, and on Douyin I saw someone making a video showing the Tai Chi Bagua, saying that our ancestors had already proved it... Will one day we can dig out 1 nanometer light from the tomb of our ancestors?
Chapter completed!