After coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiao Heng asked himself... His mentality was indeed a problem.

In fact, after coming to this world, Xiao Heng has always felt a sense of alienation. After all, this era is so different from his own era that he feels like living in costume dramas every day.

Even though it has been here for more than half a year, Xiao Heng occasionally feels a little alienated from the world.

It’s like a person wandering on a strange city street, without direction and no hope. The feeling of traveling through time is different, with a little more confusion and a little less concern.

In fact, if he hadn't appeared beside the two ladies when he fell from the sky, maybe he would have just found some deep mountains and forests, built a small wooden house by himself, and spent the rest of his life farming and hunting every day...

... Fortunately, not, fortunately.

After some guidance from Master Huang, Xiao Heng carefully recalled the whole incident...

From the beginning to the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the rights of scholars and officials were rarely restricted, but this dynasty was different.

Today's official family has a very clever way of controlling the methods. At first, Chen Jun and the Xiangye Chen were first to support the forces of the main war faction. Now, the Huang Party has collapsed under the suppression of the official family and the lobbying of Xiao Heng...

The lack of opposition in the court has led to the increasing authority of the government today. Now it is the most energetic time. People like Xiao Heng who occasionally hears his reputation should not care about it.

But the attitude of the official family doesn’t need to be considered, so what about Yin Shu?

Xiao Heng stood at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and thought for a long time, but still felt worried, so he turned around and turned into a carriage.

"Young Master, where are we going?"

"Go to the Duke's Mansion."

After saying that, Xiao Heng closed his eyes.

In addition to Prince Huang, the Duke of the State should still have a very thorough understanding of the affairs in the court. After all, the bystanders are clear...

...The carriage was not fast but it was much faster than walking and carrying a sedan chair. The Prime Minister's Mansion arrived soon.

The concierge of the Duke's mansion became more familiar with Xiao Heng. Not only did he talk to Xiao Heng for a few words. According to him, his son has been picked up by Han Ziqing to help run the clothing store. Now, even the monthly money and dividends of Chengdu are already higher than his income!

And all these changes were brought about by Xiao Heng.

While walking and chatting with the doorman, Xiao Heng was taken outside the Duke's study and knocked on the door gently.

"What's up?"

The grandfather's voice came from inside.

"Young Master Xiao, please see me."

The concierge whispered.

"Oh, let him in."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Heng pushed open the door and walked in.

The Duke of the State was practicing calligraphy. When he heard Xiao Heng came in, he said without raising his head, "What's the matter with me?"

“…”

Xiao Heng touched his nose. Huang Xiangye was like this, why did the Duke of the Kingdom of China do the same? Is it really because he visited too little?

"I want to ask the Duke for advice in one thing." Xiao Heng was not slick this time. After all, Han Ziqing is his friend, and the Duke is really sincere. He is a junior, and he has helped him a lot.

The Duke washed the pen, then hung the brush on the pen holder, took Xiao Heng to the side of the coffee table next to him, and then said, "What's the matter? After that."

Xiao Heng explained Yan Shu's story to the Duke of the State, and then repeated the words of Huang Xiangye to the Duke of the State.

"How much do you know about this beauty technique?" The Duke did not immediately express his opinion.

"This... I only know that his family is a wealthy family and seems to be somewhat related to the Empress Dowager. He is also a close minister of the emperor and is deeply trusted by the official family." Xiao Heng recalled the information he collected in the past two days.

"That's right. Then why did this close minister come to see you just after returning to the court?" The Duke of the State instructed him carefully.

Xiao Heng knew that there must be a reason for the Duke of the Kingdom of China to ask such a question. As for what Huang Xiangye said... it cannot be said that he is wrong, but the official family is the official family and Yan Shu is the Yan Shu, and the two cannot be generalized.

"Maybe... it is related to Lin'an Grand Theater?" Xiao Heng thought for a long time and finally realized that the matter might be here.

Although Lin'an Grand Theater is no longer the focus of Qin's business, it is the highest-profile among all departments and also carries Xiao Heng's need for publicity.

"Not bad." The Duke nodded, "The influence of Lin'an Grand Theater is a bit big... Fortunately, Qin Jian was at first, and now you have Huang Shizhong's support, so no one dares to have the idea of ​​Lin'an Grand Theater."

"Thank you for your advice from the Duke of the State." Xiao Hengruo had something to gain.

"You don't have to worry too much about Yan Shu. With Huang Shizhong's big banner, no one dares to cause trouble." The Duke of the State paused slightly when he said this, "But you can't stop him from being interested in you, right? So next time you have to be careful about your words and actions... The big tree attracts wind."

"The big tree attracts wind..." Xiao Heng's eyes flashed slightly when he heard this.

That's right, a big tree attracts wind.

This time it only attracted Yan Shu's curiosity. What about next time? The Duke of the State is what he meant. He was kindly reminding Xiao Heng.

However, in the eyes of the Duke of the People, Xiao Heng was just an extremely tall tree, but what he didn't know was that this extremely tall tree was just a small sapling.

Therefore, this tree will inevitably grow bigger and bigger, and the wind will inevitably attract more and more.

"Thank you, Duke, I understand." Xiao Heng stood up and left.

"This child..." The Duke looked at Xiao Heng's back and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Because he knew that Xiao Heng would not cut off the canopy of this big tree and make it disappear among the crowd, which can be seen from his expression.

But how should Xiao Heng do it? The Duke of the State is a little worried, but also a little expectant.

Xiao Heng is a guy who can surprise people.

As expected, a thin piece of paper was delivered to the Duke's hands within two days.

"Lin'an Daily..."

The Duke held this thin newspaper and looked at the title of the newspaper.

That's right, Xiao Heng's solution is newspapers.

Since the tree will inevitably grow bigger and bigger, it is better to take the initiative to grasp what the "big" means. At that time, no matter how huge the big tree, Xiao Heng, can be constantly instilled through the newspapers that "in fact, this tree is nothing, it is just a little thicker", and even directly reverse the black and white to say the big ones as small ones, and the small ones as big ones.

In this era, the right to speak is basically in the hands of the gentry. Even if scholars cannot even pass the exam, they will treat each other differently as long as they recognize words.

The purpose of newspapers is to directly brainwash and instill ideas for those who have the right to speak.

But of course, of course, it wouldn't be so naked at the beginning, so the Duke couldn't smell any ambition from the newspaper in front of him.

There is only one newspaper in total, which is similar to the size of a regular newspaper in later generations, and the content is in total four pages.

The first page, which is the titled version seen by the Duke of the State, mainly the news near Lin'an Prefecture and the prices of various necessities.

Do you remember that Xiao Heng raised many people in the world? These people turned into Xiao Heng's spies, so there are basically news anecdotes circulating on the market.

The price of essentials is nothing more than asking the whole city for a price.

Of course, this price is not about everything. It mainly costs meat, grain, cloth, silk, etc., plus a few other prices such as firewood and salt.

And the second and third editions are serialized novels.

As for the content of the novel, Xiao Heng did not look for it from the four masterpieces anymore, but instead found the seven heroes and five righteous words.

Compared with the Water Margin and Dream of Red Mansions, which have not yet appeared in the four great classics, these seven heroes and five righteous people are much more down-to-earth... After all, one of the Water Margin and Dream of Red Mansions talk about the events of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the other talk about the events of the late Qing Dynasty. It is somewhat inappropriate to serialize them now.

Moreover, there are many excellent works in martial arts style. The Seven Heroes and Five Righteous Ones have been serialized. There are still similar novels in the future, so there are no need to worry about the update one day.

As for the last page of the newspaper, Xiao Heng put out his big move - he directly wrote the method of making soap behind!

Anyway, the profit of soap is too low compared to glass... Not to mention mirrors, even the dessert shop that was originally affiliated with Xianyuntai makes more money than soap!

When Huang Xiangye held a sales conference, Xiao Heng also showed off toothbrushes, tooth powder, soap, etc., and the result was completely different from the expected big sale. On the other hand, basically no one was interested in this thing.

Yes, for the poor people, it is more economical to rub the sticks and thugs, and it is enough to rub them even if they are not good enough. For rich people, they usually take various spices or soap beans and cleanse their faces. They have been used to it for soap for soap.

For middle-class families, the pricing of soap is a bit embarrassing... They don't buy it when it is expensive, and they don't have enough wages when it is cheap. In the end, they simply throw it out as an attractive gimmick, which can be regarded as a contribution to the public health cause of the Song Dynasty.

After reading the first edition of the news, the Duke of the State did not read the serial novel, but instead focused on the manufacturing technology of the fourth edition.

"Soap..." The Duke of the State thought for a while, and suddenly shouted, "Come here..."

"master."

A servant came in from outside the door and knelt on one knee.

"Try it, let me know if I make that 'soap'."

As he said that, the Duke of the State handed the newspaper to the servant and watched the man take the order and leave.

"This newspaper... cannot be seen through." The Duke of the State did not understand why Xiao Heng opened this newspaper at all, but he couldn't ask specifically, so he had to hide this question in his heart.

...

Xianyuntai.

The window for selling gifts is still relatively idle, but the piles of newly printed newspapers have attracted a lot of attention.

"I said, what is this?" A scholar who often came suddenly felt a little novel when he saw the newspaper.

"This is called a newspaper... a penny is a piece of paper." said the aunt in charge of the sales.

"Newspaper? Lin... An... Daily? In other words, new newspapers are released every day?" The scholar quickly realized what "daily newspaper" is.

"Not bad... do you buy it?" asked the salesperson.

“Buy, buy, buy…”
To be continued...