Half a month later, a newspaper called Datang Entertainment Daily quickly became popular throughout the capital.
The streets and alleys are filled with the cries of boys wearing buns.
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, fresh newspapers, current affairs and politics, entertainment gossip, poetry and articles, all for one penny. For one penny, you can't buy it and suffer losses, you can't be cheated... .”
"Newspaper, something"
Some people had doubts on their faces.
However, many literate people donated generously after hearing articles about politics, entertainment, gossip, poetry, and poetry in newspapers.
The newspaper, which costs only a penny a copy, sells out instantly!
Chen Kan was sitting in a restaurant, holding a newspaper in his hand, listening to the cries outside, and nodded with satisfaction.
With the financial and manpower of the Marquis Mansion, selling newspapers to every corner of the capital within half a month was nothing more than a trivial matter.
This was before there was such a thing as the Internet, so messages were delivered more slowly.
Otherwise, Chen Kan would be sure to achieve the expected goal within three days.
Today is only the first day, and the popularity of the newspaper has exceeded Chen Kan's imagination.
Regardless of whether the person on the street is literate or illiterate, everyone with some wealth has a newspaper that is two feet long and one foot wide in his hand.
Chen Kan listened to the shouting downstairs for a while, then took the newspaper and started reading.
Although many of the contents above were written by him three days ago, he still read it with gusto.
There was no choice, there were too few entertainment activities in Ming Dynasty, and Chen Kan had long been tired of those babbling encouragements.
Making a pot of tea while squatting and reading a newspaper is very attractive.
This is the final version after being edited by several Houfu scholars. The first thing that catches the eye is the large and bold words "For Rent" in the advertisement space in the center of the newspaper.
Next to the big characters are advertisements for several industries of the Hou Mansion.
The newspaper is divided into several sections. The first section is international current affairs, that is, what major events have happened in Ming Dynasty recently, and what has happened in the countries surrounding Ming Dynasty.
The second section is politics, which mainly tells what major reforms the center has recently made and what decrees it has announced.
Then came the entertainment, the little stories carefully written by the scholars, the rumors and gossips, the affairs of the oiran and so on.
Then there are articles criticizing current events, and at the end is the poetry section.
The newspaper is very primitive, but in terms of entertainment, it is already more than one level higher than the official newspaper of the imperial court.
Even when the imperial court's official newspaper is released, it attracts countless people to stop and watch, let alone newspapers.
After reading what was in the newspaper, Chen Kan changed to another restaurant.
The main purpose of doing this is to hear with one's own ears what people say about the newspaper.
Chen Kanyi found a place to sit by the window and saw more and more people holding newspapers in the restaurant.
And those who don't have a newspaper in hand, after seeing someone entering the door with a newspaper in hand, can't help but ask curiously, and then go out to find the boy selling the newspaper, spend a penny to buy a newspaper, and read it with relish.
Good, everything is as expected.
After confirming that the market reverse direction was not bad, Chen Kan returned to the Hou Mansion.
There were already several people waiting for him in the Hou Mansion.
A steward who looks like a businessman, and two scholars who look like civil servants.
As soon as Chen Kan entered the auditorium, the three of them hurriedly stood up and greeted him.
"I've met the Marquis!"
"No need to be polite, sit down!"
As soon as Chen Kan came to sit down at the main table, the businessman-like steward handed over his hands and said: "Master Hou, starting from the sale of newspapers, there have been hundreds of merchants who want to cooperate with us. How about the advertising expenses?" Collect it, please give me your instructions!"
The manager was Shopkeeper Liu, who was in charge of publishing the newspaper. Before that, he had opened up the cement market for the Hou Mansion, and his ability was beyond doubt.
Chen Kan was not surprised that some businesses approached him for cooperation. Newspapers themselves have strong commercial attributes.
Now there are only hundreds of merchants. When newspapers quickly become popular in the Ming Dynasty, merchants who want to advertise will be queued from Beijing to Nanjing.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Kan responded calmly: "Take someone to divide the advertising spaces into several levels and arrange them in different places in the newspaper. Then, auction them off. The highest bidder will get it."
Shopkeeper Liu couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this.
This is indeed a good method. Different advertisements can bring different effects. Take the advertising space for rent as an example. Shopkeeper Liu feels that it is his fault that he cannot sell a thousand coins.
"I'll do it now, little man!"
Shopkeeper Liu responded and then happily exited the door.
Two scholars dressed as officials listened quietly to Chen Kan and shopkeeper Liu talking about business affairs.
Then one of them said: "Master Hou, the popularity of this newspaper is beyond our imagination. If we have to publish different content every day, we simply don't have enough manpower."
Chen Kan looked at the young scholar who spoke and asked, "What do you mean by Wen Rang?"
The scholar who was called Wen by Chen Kan pondered for a moment, then handed over his hands and said: "The student thinks it is better to separate the printing and editing of newspaper content.
One department is responsible for editing news manuscripts, and after review, they can be sent to the printing place for printing. The other is to recruit more people and expand the scale. "
"Okay, it's divided into the printing department and the news department. You will be fully responsible for all matters, Wen Rang. If you have any difficulties with money, just ask Yuncheng."
Chen Kan announced the result decisively.
The abilities of these retainers, or retainers, under the Hou Mansion can withstand verification.
When Wen Rang heard this, he nodded slightly and left with the other scholar.
When a newspaper is started, there are many things to be busy with.
After sending away several key members, Chen Kan was about to go back to the backyard to see Chang Ning. Zhang Dong rushed into the auditorium and cupped his hands at Chen Kan: "Master Hou, someone from the capital is here!"
Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, then asked suspiciously: "So fast?"
The visitor to the capital was naturally related to the inexplicable assassination more than half a month ago.
At that time, Chen Kan gave Xu Yuan a strict order. If the owner of the Wuming Tower was not seen within a month, the Five Cities Military and Horse Commander would be replaced.
But Chen Kan really didn't expect Xu Yuan to be so fast.
The distance from Nanjing to Beijing is thousands of miles, and it would take at least half a month for one person and three horses to go back and forth, let alone arresting people.
Therefore, Xu Yuan's arrival so quickly this time was indeed beyond Chen Kan's expectation.
"Okay, now that you are here, let me go and have a look."
After casually responding, Chen Kan stood up and walked out of the auditorium towards the gate of the Hou Mansion.
Taking Zhang Dong and a group of guards to the gate of Hou Mansion, they saw Xu Yuan standing in front of the gate of Hou Mansion silently with a group of captains with dark circles under their eyes.
There is also a mysterious and mysterious young man tied to one of the horses.
"Hou...Hou Ye."
Seeing Chen Kan appear, Xu Yuan called him with a trembling voice, and then he suddenly fell down from the horse.
Chen Kan hurriedly stepped forward to hold him up, only to realize that the inner side of his thigh had been bruised by the saddle, and he could vaguely see the white bones.
"Hou...Master Hou, my subordinate, fortunately you have lived up to your command!"
Xu Yuan only had time to say a complete sentence before he fainted.
At the same time, the captains who were following Xu Yuan also fell off their horses like dumplings.
"Yuncheng!"
"Help!"
Chen Kan gave instructions, and Yun Cheng led the servants in the mansion to quickly carry the captains, who were not sure whether they had fallen asleep or fainted, into the mansion.
They went to ask a doctor to treat the injury on their thigh.
Now is the dog days of summer, and wounds are most susceptible to inflammation.
So Chen Kan didn't dare to be careless.
Looking at their injuries, Chen Kan knew that Xu Yuan never slept a wink during the journey from the capital to Suzhou after destroying the Wuming Tower.
Chen Kan was moved and angry at the same time.
What was touching was that even though he was no longer in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, there were still countless people willing to work for him one after another after giving the order.
What makes Xu Yuan angry is that he even ignored his own body for the sake of a small killer organization. This is a typical case of petty loss.
After settling down the group from the capital, Chen Kan came to the basement.
Needless to say, the strange young man brought by Xu Yuan should be the owner of the so-called Wuming Building.
Chen Kan came to the basement, and Zhang Dong had already led people to strip the so-called nameless building owner and hang him up.
He can only be said to be a professional killer. Even though he fell into the hands of Xu Yuan and was searched countless times, he still had many hidden weapons hidden in his body.
Hidden in the hair, you can see the threads that are the same as hair but extremely sharp.
Some kind of iron bead hidden in the nose, and a blade the size of a fingernail under the eyelids.
If Chen Kan could still understand these, then when Zhang Dong used tweezers to take out a three-inch iron needle from his anus, even the well-informed Chen Kan couldn't help but tighten his anus.
It was really hard for him to understand who invented such a perverted way of hiding hidden weapons, and how he could train it to avoid hurting himself.
Isn't he afraid of being stabbed through?
Zhang Dong put the hidden weapons into the warm water and soaked them. He walked to Chen Kan and said in a deep voice: "Master Marquis, do you want to wake him up now?"
"Wake up!"
Chen Kan couldn't wait to know whether his guess was true or false.
Even though he felt the same, he still wanted to know who exactly meant it.
To take revenge, there must be a specific goal.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Dong picked up the short needle from the warm water and pricked the assassin a few times, and the assassin miraculously woke up.
The strange young man opened his eyes and found that he was in a dark room. He had been stripped naked and hung up. He couldn't help but struggled a few times. After finding that he couldn't get away, he turned his curious eyes to the only person sitting in the dark room. Chen Kan.
Chen Kan stood up, walked around him several times, and finally stood in front of him.
He raised his head and met the young man's gaze, and said calmly: "Introduce yourself, I am the Marquis Chen Kan."
