Borrow the day to change the day

Different from the tense atmosphere in Dongjiang Town before the war, the people in the capital should eat and drink at this time, and they can't see that Ming Dynasty is not peaceful at all.

It's time to dine, and there are many diners sitting in the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant, including two strong men and short men.

A diner who had just entered the hall entered the restaurant and saw the strong man and the short man eating here again, and couldn't help joking: "Hey, you two have made a fortune, and they regard the restaurant as their own home."

When the strong man heard the words, he recognized that he was a regular visitor here, and his family was richer than himself.Normally, he would show off in front of small businessmen like them.

After he recognized this person, he pretended not to care and replied: "It's nothing, it's just that I just bought some road construction funds."

When the man heard this, he immediately showed envy. It was a business just waiting to collect money.It's a pity that I got the news too late, and I had already bought it when I rushed.

With a trace of jealousy, the man called the shopkeeper to order food and went to eat.

"Third brother, don't yell around, do you understand that money is not in vain?" the short man taught.

"Hehe, it's just to make him envious, I don't usually say it!" The strong man replied with a smile, and then began to stuff vegetables into his mouth.

At this time, the curtain of the door was lifted, and a person came in, stood at the door, and shouted loudly: "Shopkeeper, come and get the newspaper."

The shopkeeper raised his head when he heard the movement at the door, and found that the person who came was a government servant.Hearing his words again, I was curious, and hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Brother, did you make a mistake, this shop doesn't sell steamed stuffed buns, so I invite Haihan."

When the people at several tables in the hall heard the conversation, they looked over one after another, don't come here to find trouble!

If this is the case, this yamen servant will be very courageous, and he will not look at the size of this store, with so many customers, there must be a backstage, how can he just take it off.

Unexpectedly, the yamen servant was taken aback for a moment, and then explained suddenly: "It's not the steamed stuffed buns to eat, here, it's the newspaper."

As he spoke, he raised his hand high and shook the stack of papers in his hand.

"Take the new newspaper published by the imperial court. Don't forget the ink, I have to rush to the next one." The yamen servant then said with a slight complaint.

The shopkeeper smiled wryly in his heart, took the opportunity and asked, "Brother, how much does this newspaper cost?"

He thought that if he had less money, he would just pay for a quiet place and forget it.People use the name of the court to suppress people, so it is not worth alarming the boss.

The yamen servant was taken aback when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "No money, it's free."

This time it was the shopkeeper's turn to be surprised, and repeated: "No money?"

The yamen servant didn't delay any longer, he just lifted the curtain and walked out.However, a sentence came in: "Nonsense."

The strong man's table was closer to the shopkeeper, and he asked curiously, "Shopkeeper, what is the newspaper in your hand?"

The shopkeeper was also trying to figure it out, so he immediately picked it up and looked at it.

The diners around were also very curious, why the imperial court sent out free newspapers, which seemed to have never happened before.

They waited for a while, but saw that the shopkeeper did not move at all, and was still looking at the paper in his hand.

The brawny man couldn't bear it anymore, and asked directly: "The shopkeeper, what is it, I can't stop looking at it, is it obsessed?"

The short man glared at the strong man, and said in a low voice, "Have some morals."

Hearing his second brother's training, the strong man chuckled, and although he didn't speak again, he still looked at the shopkeeper.

In addition, some diners followed the strong man to boo, and called the shopkeeper back to his senses.

"Hehe, it says "Ming Pao", the Ming Dynasty of Ming Dynasty, the newspaper of the newspaper. There are many things written on it, and I was fascinated by it for a while. I really neglected all the guests." The shopkeeper explained, and then clasped his fists and saluted lock up.

The strong man glanced at the short man and saw that he was also curious, so he asked again: "What is written on it, tell us about it."

The other diners also asked together with the strong man again, making the shopkeeper unable to resist, so he could only smile and said: "Okay, I will tell the guests."

The shopkeeper walked to the gap in the middle of the hall, and said loudly: "The first thing written on it is that Denglai won another battle and killed many Jian captives. His prestige made the Korean people defect one after another."

When the diners heard that it was about the killing of Jianlu, they immediately asked the shopkeeper to elaborate.The short man was especially concerned, and he said loudly, "Shopkeeper, read it to us."

The shopkeeper had no choice but to read it to them.

The reports published in newspapers are all processed through literature, because they are aimed at the common people, so they are written in an easy-to-understand manner.

All the diners listened with gusto and enjoyed it repeatedly.After listening to it, he shouted to add wine and vegetables to celebrate.

The shopkeeper didn't think that his recitation would have such an effect, so he happily ordered Xiao Er to wait on him quickly, and then he himself started to read the next report to them.

The next two reports are almost the same. They both said that two people worked hard, contributed new ordnance manufacturing methods and invented high-power lenses to the court, and made outstanding contributions to the court. Weibo.

Of course, the specific content is all mentioned in one stroke, but it just shows that there is such a thing, highlighting how hard they worked and how the court rewarded these two aspects.

This caused bursts of amazement and envy from the many diners in the hall.They discussed, guessed what it was, and commented on the rewards of the court.

There are also literate diners who feel that listening is not enough, so they ask the shopkeeper for newspapers and read them by themselves.The shopkeeper was also happy that he could take a break, and hurriedly delivered the newspaper.

Then I saw those literate diners exclaiming while reading the newspaper, which made the illiterate diners anxious. They didn't know what else was going on, so they asked those who read the newspaper to read it out.

Discussion is fine, but reading newspapers is tiring work, and in the end it's the shopkeeper's turn again.

The diners are his parents, so the shopkeeper has no choice but to read again until he has read everything in the newspaper.

The progress of the road construction and the anecdotes and strange events overseas all made these diners very concerned.In the end, even the matter of soliciting manuscripts was cited by them. Isn't this the same as publishing a book?

This meal was the longest the shopkeeper had ever eaten, and he was also the most tired of serving him.After all the diners had dispersed, he took a breath, and secretly complained in his heart that the newspaper had caused so many things.

But then he immediately changed his mind, and those diners attracted new diners, who all came here to eat and listen to gossip, and the number of customers was much higher than before they didn't read the newspaper.

The shopkeeper also slowly found out the way, and specially hired a storyteller to read the contents of the newspaper, and specifically raised the price of drinks for this, but the business was still very hot, which made him happy.

So, he began to complain about how the newspaper came out so slowly, there was only one copy in seven days.

Later, the newspaper paid for it, but he paid without saying a word.

Although more and more stores bought newspapers in the end, many of his customers returned, but because of the increase in the price of drinks, he still made more money than when there were no newspapers.

Newspapers slowly penetrated into the lives of the people in the capital, and then slowly spread out.