Chapter 31 The Huge Profits of Domestic Newspapers
Amid the respectful responses from the maids, Peter had almost reached the door. He looked back and couldn't help but shake his head.
Adelaide trusted her quite a lot, and now she was naked.
But I also saw that even my body has become rounder.
Like a little fat Scottish chicken, waving its two white arms and clucking.
…
At this time, the whole group was no longer in Troits Abbey. Peter went to say hello to his aunt, chatted for a while, and returned to his palace.
After the meal, Peter received a party from the Privy Council.
I expressed my affirmation to Vorontsov’s work, and it really made me feel more at ease in the palace without gunpowder.
Peter knew that this phenomenon was not unique to Russia, but also to France and England.
Large quantities of gunpowder were hidden in Versailles and St. James's Palace.
I can’t help but criticize, Louis XV and George II were not afraid of being bombed at night?
The work reported by Vorontsov was simple, but the report by Bestudev was very long.
He reported everything in detail.
Bestudev is very excited, he feels so happy now.
In the past, I reported to Queen Elizabeth and could not see her at all for several months.
Now, I initially reported to His Majesty every three days. His Majesty said it was too frequent, so I changed it to every seven days. Your Majesty finally stopped saying anything.
This has resulted in matters that only His Majesty can decide on quickly, and the efficiency is much higher than before.
After listening to Bestudev’s report, Peter said:
"The nephew of Prince Alexander Golitsyn requested to be granted a fief and serfs. Does he have military merit?"
Bestudev shook his head and said: "No."
"Then why are you asking me? During the time of Peter the Great, civilians were promoted to nobles for their military merits, and aristocrats were rewarded for their military merits. Aren't they all established regulations?"
Peter looked at Bestudev.
Bestudev couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Now His Majesty the Emperor has newly ascended the throne. No one expected this, which makes the current Russian aristocracy very strange.
The emperor's ascension to the throne was without any subordinates.
Even Vorontsov, the father of His Majesty's maid, only started to show his kindness after His Majesty ascended the throne.
This resulted in that no one knew His Majesty's attitude towards conferring merit except for a few people who had a rough guess at the last meeting.
Queen Elizabeth was easy to talk about. Everyone who launched the coup at that time was rewarded, but Her Majesty had absolutely no reason to do this.
Some nobles heard about His Majesty's ridiculous temperament, so they started to apply for the title with a few words of flattery.
The reasons are all kinds of strange. For example, if you have a fief, you can better serve your majesty. My ancestors were granted a fief there. Please give it to your majesty. I will definitely sacrifice my life for your majesty in the future.
There were a lot of nice things to say, the most important of which was Prince Golitsyn’s nephew.
His attitude towards requesting a fiefdom from His Majesty actually seemed a little arrogant in the letter. He only pointed out that as an emperor who admired Frederick, he had the same attitude, so he wanted to apply for a fiefdom.
Bestudev couldn't help but sneer, who is more ridiculous compared with His Majesty?
Do they really think the emperor is fatuous?
How ridiculous!
"Your Majesty, with your words, I feel relieved. The Privy Council will stop such things in the future."
Peter glanced at Bestudev, nodded and said:
"Let's do it like this, but I severely scolded Prince Golitsyn's nephew for being rejected. What does he think of Russia? Cabbage? He wants to walk half the city as soon as he opens his mouth?"
"As for the name of scolding, that's up to you."
Bestudev was stunned for a moment, while Peter looked serious.
The Golitsyn family is also a top noble, most famous for its appointment by Queen Anna.
At that time, Prince Golitsyn, who was a first-class civil servant at the time, and several other cabinet ministers decided on the candidate for the throne behind closed doors. They brought Anna from Courland and included Elizabeth in the list of candidates for the emperor.
Although Queen Anna came with troops to surround the cabinet and tore up the agreement signed before becoming queen, and although it is no longer the period of Queen Anna, the family has still stood firm after many turmoils.
Peter doesn't want a conflict just yet.
Even matters concerning foreign relations are left to Bestutev to decide. There is no reason why this should not work.
Bestudev obviously understood what His Majesty meant. His face trembled, and then he said:
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The nephew who scolded Prince Golitsyn seems to be inevitably going to have a tit-for-tat confrontation with Prince Golitsyn in the future.
When Peter ordered Bestudev, Vorontsov and Darier were also there, and Vorontsov was very happy.
Although he was in charge of internal affairs, he was unwilling to offend the Duke.
I didn’t expect His Majesty to directly hand over this matter to Bestudev. Your Majesty is still kind to him. It’s different when you have your daughter by His Majesty’s side.
Vorontsov was secretly grateful to His Majesty for not letting him deal with this matter.
It is better not to offend such a long-established nobleman if possible.
Seeing that Vorontsov and Bestudev had nothing else to do for the time being, Peter looked at Dallye, who quickly said:
"Your Majesty, I wonder if you are free tomorrow. I would like to invite your Majesty to go to the manor for a tour, about fashion."
Play and fashion?
Seeing Darier's expression, Peter nodded happily.
At night, Peter was a little troubled. He knew that Vorontsova was resting in the side hall, but he couldn't hug her.
Caressing Ekaterina's back, Peter sighed deeply.
"Your Majesty, I didn't know how hard you worked until I started dealing with the News. A newspaper has so many things to do, let alone a country."
Ekaterina lay in Peter's arms and said with her face raised.
Peter smiled and said:
"What happened? Tell me."
Ekaterina laughed playfully and was tickled by Peter. She moved her body and said:
"Your Majesty, as you explained, newspaper sales points are now open all over the country, but the ones in St. Petersburg and Moscow are faster, and the farther away you are from other places, the slower they become, but this is not a problem."
Then Yekaterina's eyes lit up and she looked very excited:
"Your Majesty, guess how much we sold in just four days?"
Peter smiled and said: "I'm afraid it's tens of millions of rubles."
Yekaterina's eyes widened. She originally wanted to take credit, but ended up feeling a little discouraged. Then she realized that His Majesty was just teasing her.
Ekaterina said unreasonably:
"Your Majesty, how can it be as much as tens of millions? Excluding other expenses, Moscow only has 330,000 rubles."
Although it was nothing, Ekaterina looked proud.
Peter calculated in his mind that the population of Moscow is now 5.6 million. Calculated at 350,000 rubles and a newspaper costs 10 kopecks, a total of 3.5 million people have bought the newspaper. The proportion is more than half, which is very good.
This is only in Moscow. Although the newspaper published four pages in four days, it is still good.
This is a long-term business.
If Moscow earns 350,000 rubles in four days, how much does it earn in a month?
At least 2.45 million, what about the whole country?
Based on the population of 16 million, multiply it by 4.511.02 million.
This is a month.
Ekaterina didn't know the specific population. When Peter told the data, Ekaterina was shocked.
She actually jumped up excitedly.
Seeing Yekaterina's excitement, Peter was no longer calm.
Not only because my wife has no clothes, but also because this month has exceeded the Queen's Fund.
Even if all the money from the Queen's Fund is saved for the fifth generation of nobles, it would still not amount to this amount.
Only at this moment did Peter feel that his career was truly promising!
What can't you do with money?
Water conservancy, the army can do whatever they want!