In addition to black and white, the world also has gray.
In this kind of area, you may say it is legal, but it is definitely not legal.
You say he is illegal. And few people go to catch them.
People living in this area are like rats, popping out from time to time to disgust people. You often catch and kill a group of them, but after killing them, they come out again.
Yang Hui lives in a gray area.
Yang Hui's ancestors were once wealthy, but after several generations of concubines, his life became more and more difficult, and he was no different from the common people around him.
The glory of his ancestors was left to him only with the surname Yang.
Unlike those Guizhou people who were willing to dig in the soil, Yang Hui dreamed of restoring his former glory.
I remember when I was a child, my grandmother took me to the Yang Mansion to recognize my relatives.
The people in Yang's house were indifferent to this poor relative, but the luxury and luxury in the house still shocked Yang Hui's heart.
After coming back, Yang Hui had an idea. He never forgot that he wanted to be a master, to be popular and drink hot food, to be hugged by everyone, to be happy in life, to...
But this is just a fantasy. Daydreaming is easy, but it is not easy to make dreams come true.
Who would have thought that when Yang Hui reached the age of thirty, he would actually have the opportunity.
The banished immortal appeared.
The reforms led by Exiled Immortal have brought about earth-shaking changes in Great Qin.
As long as farmers work hard and work hard, they can have three meals of food and clothing, and even live in a well-off family.
As long as businessmen see the right time and sell goods, they can also get rich.
This is an era full of opportunities.
In the past, the stratum of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, which was welded to death, was broken by the banishment of immortals.
But these did not affect Yang Hui.
Yang Hui was too lazy to plow the fields because it was too hard. The sun was scorching above my head, my feet were on the loess soil, I was sweating like rain, and I was panting.
Yang Hui felt that it was simply using people as animals.
Yang Hui didn't want to do business either. Doing business was too complicated. What if you lose money? What should I do if I get scammed? just in case……
Therefore, he still stayed at home, consuming the stars and the moon.
Once people are free, they will have a hobby, which is to inquire about their parents' secrets and gossip.
Understanding other people's gossip can add a lot of color to your ordinary life.
So, besides staying at home every day, Yang Hui would go to the door and sit in the sun. The group of idlers who had lost their labor force would gossip with each other about the surroundings.
Within a few days, everyone around Fang Yuan knew the gossip.
Yang Hui originally thought that these days would be his life and there wouldn't be much change.
Until one day, a newspaper appeared in Xianyang City. Yang Hui immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity and an excellent thing.
The spirit of gossip in Yang Hui's heart burned brightly.
He knows that there are many idle people in the world. In fact, it is not just idle people. Even the busiest people like to listen to gossip.
He remembered clearly that he once stood on the street and gossiped.
There was a servant who was hurriedly buying tonics for his master. He was so fascinated by what he was listening to that he stopped and listened for half an hour, waiting for him to finish speaking.
As a result, the owner didn't use the medicine. He was very incompetent in bed and beat the servant severely. This incident became gossip in Yang Hui's mouth the next day.
Everyone may be the protagonist in gossip. And there is never a shortage of new material for the gossip among gossipers.
Therefore, Yang Hui had a huge plan in mind.
Soon, general tabloids appeared on the market.
When Yang Hui saw the general's tabloid, he immediately stopped and shouted.
He said helplessly: "There are many smart people in Xianyang City. It seems that I am not the only one who has seen the importance of gossip."
However, after reading the General tabloid, he still discovered a business opportunity.
The content in the General tabloid is not exciting enough, but too conventional. Although it writes about things that the common people are concerned about, there is too little exaggeration.
How can a piece of gossip catch people’s attention without exaggeration?
Yang Hui chuckled, and then he had a bold plan in mind.
He learned printing techniques from others.
A set of equipment for movable type printing is expensive, and Yang Hui can't afford it, but he knows that there is a kind of oil paper printing on the market, and he can still do it.
So Yang Hui bought equipment, exaggerated what he heard from hearsay dozens of times, and made it up into a tabloid.
For example, if a courtier suffered from hemorrhoids, Yang Hui would say that his entire lower body was rotten. And they added fuel to the fire, saying that the reason why he died was because he was disrespectful to his elders. On the surface, he looked serious, but in fact, he was flirting with others behind the scenes.
People love to see this kind of content.
After these messy tabloids were compiled, Yang Hui did not apply for a publication number. He knew in his heart that it was impossible to apply for a serial number for this thing.
Anyway...as long as you can make money.
So Yang Hui printed a hundred copies himself. Sell it for two cents each.
In less than a quarter of an hour, it was sold out.
Yang Hui was overjoyed and printed 500 more copies.
An hour later, it was sold out again.
Yang Hui looked at the thousands of dollars and felt a little unbelievable. Is it so easy to get money for this...this...this thing?
This is much easier than farming, and much more stable than running a business.
With the reputation established by the first issue of the tabloid, Yang Hui published a second tabloid the next day, this time with a print run of 1,000 points. And then made thousands more.
Yang Hui is a very idealistic person, so he named his tabloid "Gray Tabloid".
On the one hand, this tabloid is commemorating its own name. On the other hand, it's because Yang Hui always sells newspapers at dawn.
At this time, the government officials have not come up yet, so they will not be arrested.
Every time Yang Hui came out with the newspaper, he could see the gray sky in the east.
The cold morning and the hard work of starting a business left a deep impression on Yang Hui. Therefore, he named his newspaper Gray Tabloid as a commemoration.
Whenever Yang Hui came out with the newspaper in his arms, he would find that he was not afraid of hard work, but that he was afraid of working hard to do something he didn't like.
For example, he can do things like editing a newspaper with gusto.
Yang Hui's business is getting smoother and smoother. After a month, his daily income can reach thousands of dollars.
Yang Hui felt that he was a little too busy, so he hired two people.
One of these two people helped Yang Hui mimeograph, and the other helped Yang Hui sell newspapers.
Later, the number of people increased, and Yang Hui's gray tabloid even had reporters.
It's just that reporters like him are different from others.
Regular reporters have to conduct interviews on the street. But reporters from gray tabloids always look like idlers.
In fact, they were just idlers.
You see small groups of people gathered together, chatting. Maybe the man in the corner wearing a torn cotton jacket looking for lice is a reporter from a gray tabloid.
You see a group of women squatting by the river washing clothes. Maybe one of them is a reporter from a gray tabloid.
You two were quarreling at home, cursing each other's relatives, and maybe the person listening in on you was leaning against the wall, a reporter from a gray tabloid.
Reporters from gray tabloids are everywhere, but no one knows their identities.
This is a very secretive organization.
Yang Hui's property grew bigger and bigger, and he finally got his wish, bought a big house, and lived a life of fine clothing and fine food.
But when he got all this, Yang Hui found that he was no longer interested in it.
There are hundreds of clothes, can you wear them? There are hundreds of boxes of gold and silver, have you spent them all? There are countless delicacies, can you eat them all?
Yang Hui sighed, and suddenly felt that what he loved most was his career, and he was happiest when he was in the newspaper office.
Therefore, he is always fighting on the front line.
But recently, Yang Hui has been a little uneasy.
Because someone took the initiative to send materials, and these materials... are a bit strange.
Most of them are about Shangjun Courtyard.
Yang Hui became a monk halfway and became a newspaper maker, but he has such a talent that he is born to create various theories.
He knew that Shangjun's Villa was a hot topic. As long as the words "Shangjun's Villa" were mentioned, newspapers would sell very quickly.
For example, if Uncle Liu’s dog is lost, you publish an article saying that Uncle Liu’s dog is lost. Most people will ignore it.
But if you tell everyone that Uncle Liu’s dog is the same model as Shangjun’s, many people will take a second look.
But if you write in the title: The same dog in Shangjun Courtyard is lost.
People will be tempted to sell newspapers.
Therefore, Yang Hui likes the topic about Shangjun Courtyard.
But these recent news made Yang Hui feel uneasy.
This reveals a lot of inside stories about Shangjun Courtyard.
I don’t know if these inside stories are true or false.
At first, most of these inside stories were about the new inventions in Shangjun Courtyard.
For example, a ship that can fly.
When Yang Hui got the article, it was very crudely written. It just said that Shangjun Courtyard had already researched it. As for the principle of this ship, how to use this ship, and what consequences it will have, there is no mention at all.
Yang Hui scratched his head, feeling that the people would not buy it if it could not be sold at a good price.
So Yang Hui scratched his head and thought of a way.
Yang Hui gave full play to his imagination and expanded this material.
He said that some gas had been found in Shangjun Courtyard. Such as hydrogen.
This gas is relatively light, so it is called hydrogen.
If this hydrogen gas is put into a very thin ship made of water, the ship will most likely be like wood in the water, mistaking the air for water and floating.
Yang Hui racked his brains and made this invention more reasonable.
Then he fabricated: "After getting this ship, the Qin army can be armed. Maybe this ship can't carry many people. But with the cooperation of Shangjun's gunpowder, the Qin army can fly all the way over the enemy." , throw down the gunpowder."
"There must be unexpected effects. In addition, these flying ships can ignore the restrictions of terrain, cross mountains and rivers, and quickly reach the other end of the world."
"In that case, wouldn't it be nice to travel at home?"
"The most important thing is that on a boat like this, you can go up to the sky and see the immortals in the palace. You can get the elixir and make your majesty immortal."
This article by Yang Hui was attached to a gray tabloid.
The next day, the gray tabloids took off again.
After that, a steady stream of news about Shangjun Courtyard was revealed.
Yang Hui has processed these messages.
However, he could sense that there should be a traitor in Shang Jun's Courtyard. Otherwise, there shouldn't be so many inside stories.
But there is a traitor in Shang Jun's courtyard, what does Yang Hui have to do with him? If he can provide information, then the traitor is also a good traitor.
Therefore, the cooperation between Yang Hui and Bai Juan has been very good.
However, Bai Juan conveyed the news through a mysterious person, and the mysterious person never showed his true face, so... even Yang Hui did not know the identity of the mysterious person.
It happened that on that day, Yang Hui was ill and did not go to the newspaper office.
When my colleagues at the newspaper saw the manuscript about Shangjun Courtyard, they typed it up without carefully screening it.
This manuscript is the words Niu Da compiled to banish the immortals.
These words are false at first glance and full of irony. To those who like to banish immortals, this article is a joke.
But in the eyes of those who hate the banishment of immortals, this article is like a dagger or a spear.
In short, this article came out and caused a lot of heated discussion.
After Ying Zheng saw the article, he just smiled and ordered the eunuch to investigate thoroughly.
The gray area is not that the court cannot control it, but that it is too lazy to do so.
Under Ying Zheng's order, all tabloids on the market were wiped out, including Yang Hui's tabloids.
Yang Hui suddenly discovered that under the imperial decree, his business empire collapsed overnight.
In fact, when he arranged those courtiers, he also knew that he was playing with fire.
So he has many arrangements.
For example, an old farmer who knows nothing is hired to be the boss in name only.
For example, gradually retreat into the background.
For example, enable some people who don't know you at all.
Let these people only know that there is a father, but not who the boss is.
To be honest, Yang Hui's methods really work. But it depends on who it works for.
It works great for ordinary people who want to know about him, no one knows who the owner of the gray tabloid is.
But to the imperial court, this was just a layer of ridiculous window paper that would break with just one poke.
As a result, Yang Hui was arrested.
The expected torture did not appear. After arriving in the prison, the guards looked at him curiously.
Yang Hui said tremblingly: "Everyone, why are you staring at the villain like this?"
The jailers all smiled and said, "Are you the owner of the gray tabloid? Your newspaper is very exciting."
Yang Hui was overjoyed and quickly wanted to get close to the jailer.
But the jailers turned down their faces and said, "You shouldn't do it, you shouldn't do it. You shouldn't make arrangements to banish an immortal."
When Yang Hui heard this, he suddenly became disheartened.
He knew the prestige of Huaiguzi in the eyes of ordinary people.
There are two people in Da Qin who cannot spread rumors. One is Your Majesty and the other is Huaiguzi
Yang Hui did not dare to spread rumors about Ying Zheng. But for money, the pagoda and millet were touched.
So...he's in trouble now.
Greed is really deadly.
