Chen Qing followed the two men to the printing room, where he saw a few clerks printing something. They brushed ink on the engraving, covered it with white paper, brushed it with a roller, and immediately replaced it with another piece of paper. They were very skilled.
Yang Tianfang explained: "The Beijing News is printed intensively at night. Recently, the Imperial College entrusted us to print a batch of teaching materials, and we hired a few guys to print the teaching materials during the day."
Chen Qing frowned slightly and asked: "But is this also the case when you print newspapers? Each person makes a woodcut version?"
Yang Tianfang was a little uneasy and said, "That's basically it."
Chen Qing shook his head and said: "I'll give you a suggestion. Put twenty engraving blocks together, and then cover them with a large piece of paper. Two guys use a large roller. This is two to twenty. If the movable type is laid out
If there are enough engravings, you can lay out a hundred engravings together, and you can even use water power to print. Anyway, it is very boring to go back and forth, and finally use a knife to do everything. Wouldn't this save manpower?"
Yang Tianfang was stunned for a moment, and said with a look of shame on his face: "I understand, I will improve my position as soon as possible!"
Chen Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "I came today not to do printing, but to add a page for food. People depend on food. I want to add a page for gourmet food. Then I will remove the page for various store information and print it on a separate piece of paper.
, sandwiched in the newspaper.”
Yang Tianfang and Liu Zheng looked at each other and said in unison: "It's absolutely okay!"
Chen Qing nodded and said: "Actually, I have another idea. Can we split the current newspaper into two newspapers? One is dedicated to current affairs, economics and literature, and the other is clothing, food, parenting, stories, etc. You can read
Is it feasible?"
Yang Tianfang laughed and said: "This is how we used to do it. In addition to the Beijing News, we also have a novel tabloid. Both newspapers are very popular, but no one would have thought that they were actually newspapers published by the same newspaper office, the prince's.
The requirements can be achieved completely, it just takes a little time.”
The three of them returned to the guest room. Chen Qing took a sip of hot tea and asked: "I heard that Bianliang's "Beijing News" was sold to Guangzhou. How did it happen?"
"As the number of prints increases, it will slowly spread. However, the Beijing News in Guangzhou is a full month late, so the significance of current affairs is not great."
"Is there any way to solve this time problem?"
"There is a way!"
"How?"
Yang Tianfang pondered for a moment and said: "There are two types of newspaper content. One type is very time-sensitive, such as current affairs news, and the other type is intellectual content. I can prepare this kind of intellectual content ten days in advance.
Let’s give an example! Jingzhao and Lin’an are ready at the same time. When the time comes, I will directly use Flying Eagle to send the current affairs content to Lin’an. The Lin’an branch will immediately type and print. In the end, Lin’an’s “Beijing News” may be only as good as ours.
One day later.”
Chen Qing applauded and said with a smile: "This is a good idea. Although it is just an example, I really hope that the Beijing News will sell well in Lin'an."
Liu Zheng next to him said worriedly: "I'm afraid that the imperial court will not allow the Beijing News to appear in Lin'an."
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, the late emperor will play a role in this aspect. The most likely thing is that they will also launch a newspaper to compete with us."
Yang Tianfang said a little embarrassedly: "Then it depends on the novel written by my wife. In fact, we all know that the reason why "Beijing News" is so popular is entirely because "Journey to the West" written by my wife attracted readers."
Chen Qing chuckled, "Don't worry about novels. After finishing "Journey to the West", there will be ghost stories and all kinds of martial arts, there are plenty of them!"
It was almost noon when he returned to the official room. Chao Qing was the only one left in the official room. He had to wait for Chen Qing to come back before he could go to dinner. Seeing the county prince coming back, Chao Qing hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Counsellor Zhang was here just now. Waiting for the county prince."
For a quarter of an hour, he said he would come back in the afternoon!"
Chen Qing's face was really uneasy. His boss had gone to do personal business during working hours. The newspaper was Chen Qing's private property and had nothing to do with the government.
He went to do some personal business, and Zhang Miao waited for him for a quarter of an hour.
"You go have lunch! I'll go take a look."
Chen Qing walked towards the Supervision Department calmly. Zhang Miao held two positions. His official position was the Superintendent of the Supervision Department, and he also served as the Superintendent of the Intelligence Department. Of course, there was also the Counselor of the Internal Affairs Hall, but the Counselor of the Internal Affairs Hall was just a qualification, equivalent to
The person who participated in the political affairs of the imperial court was actually the prime minister.
The Intelligence Department is quite special. Logically, it should belong to the Military Department, but Chen Qing decided to make it independent, which can be regarded as a check and balance on the Military Department. There is only one department under the Intelligence Department, the Intelligence Agency. Zhang Miao also serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Intelligence Agency.
, there is a staff room and an intelligence battalion under the Intelligence Agency, clearly led by Yang Jin and Hu Yanlei.
There is a little question here. Why should there be an intelligence agency in the middle if the Intelligence Department can directly control the staff room and intelligence battalion?
This is because the Superintendent of the Intelligence Department also serves as the Director of the Intelligence Agency. When Chen Qing did not want the Superintendent of the Intelligence Department to interfere with intelligence, he directly appointed a Superintendent of the Intelligence Agency, thus vacating the Intelligence Department.
Chen Qing's official room was very close to the supervision room, and he happened to meet Zhang Miao coming out of the official room.
"Hey! Why is the prince here?"
"Please go have a drink and bribe me, the Supervisor."
Zhang Miao laughed, "I don't dare to do this for a humble job, but you have to drink wine. Let's go to Anxi Restaurant to drink wine."
The two of them came to the Anxi Restaurant diagonally across the street, sat down in the small courtyard room reserved by Chen Qing himself, and told the bartender: "Just like the old four, for two!"
"Sit down and I'll be here soon!"
The bartender ran to get the food and drinks, and a maid came in to bring them tea.
Chen Qing took a sip of hot tea and asked, "What's the emergency with me this morning?"
Zhang Miao hesitated, "Let's talk about it in the afternoon! The letter is not with me."
"It doesn't matter, is there any news about Liangzhou?"
Chen Qing is now very concerned about the situation in Liangzhou. He estimates that this is why Zhang Miao came to him.
Zhang Miao nodded, "It is indeed about Liangzhou. The Intelligence Agency received an express letter from Wang Lun this morning."
"What does the letter say?"
"There are gains and losses. We lost Liangzhou City, but we seized Dadou Bagou."
Chen Qing frowned, "How could Liangzhou City be lost?"
"Wang Lun heard that Zhangye had been captured. He immediately led 3,000 troops to fight for the valley and seized the pass. He left his general Zhang Qu to lead 2,000 troops to guard Liangzhou City. At this time, a snowstorm came and a large number of herdsmen rushed to the city.
The sheep came to the city to take refuge, and Zhang Qu let them into the city."
"It turns out the people who came in were not herdsmen, right?"
Zhang Miao nodded, "The soldiers realized something was wrong. The herdsmen who took refuge should be old and young, male and female. But it turned out that all the herdsmen who came were young herdsmen. They discovered it too late. Thousands of herdsmen had already poured into the city."
"Then what?"
Chen Qing's face was ashen and he asked: "How many brothers escaped?"
"Half of them escaped, the guard Zhang Qu was unfortunately killed in battle, and a thousand people who escaped also went to Dadou Bugu."
Chen Qing remained silent for a long time. At this time, the bartender brought the food and drinks. Chen Qing poured himself a glass of wine, drank it down in one gulp, and said, "That's too much!"
"How is the prince preparing to deal with the changes in Hexi?" Zhang Miao asked.
Chen Qing sighed softly, "Originally, I didn't intend to intervene. The Xizhou Uighurs and Black Khan are two major barriers, blocking the Western Liao people from killing back to the east. If the Western Liao people fight back, they will bear the brunt of Lingxia Road. Now I
We don't have the energy to attack the Western Regions. If we want to attack the Western Regions, it will be after the Jin Kingdom is destroyed.
Therefore, if the Xizhou Uighurs do not get involved in Liangzhou, maybe I will acquiesce to the Xizhou Uighurs to replace the Yellow-headed Uighurs and sign a non-aggression treaty with them. However, the Xizhou Uighurs are greedy and want to occupy Ganzhou.
My Liangzhou is intolerable, so I must give them a lesson."
"When?"
Chen Qing said coldly: "In early spring, we will do it after the hostage exchange, but I don't want to alert others, so I won't send troops to Lanzhou for the time being."
