My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 44 is trending!

We raided the piracy dens, but the pirated sales are still growing?
Just as Li Bailong was wondering, a light screen appeared in front of him, marking the time period and IP address of the new pirated reader who "went astray".

Aozi's service was very thoughtful and he even made charts for us.

"I've been watching all night!" Long Aotian said firmly, "Since this morning, dozens of new pirated readers have emerged!"

Li Bailong saw that it was indeed the case. He thought about it for a moment but still couldn't figure it out.

——We clearly struck hard at the den with an iron fist last night, so why haven’t the pirates stopped their tricks after the Clear Zero operation?

Seeing Long Aotian anxious, he comforted him, "Don't panic. Since we can use the power of the government to raid the pirated printing dens and cut off the source, piracy will not be able to jump up. As for the increase in piracy, it may be that they didn't finish the sweep last night. I will go to the government office later to see how many they have caught..."

"Besides that." After Aozi shared his worries, he also shared his good news, "The number of readers of the genuine edition has also increased, and the power of wishes has seen a small increase, which is not bad!"

...This dog-head! He only reports bad news and not good news, right?

Li Bailong took a look at the backstage data, then got up and dressed, and subconsciously glanced in the direction of Ronghua Pavilion: "Where is Junior Sister Mu?"

Long Aotian has a strong spirit and can hear everything around him. He also has to guard against bad women trying to touch Lao Li's bed at night, so he knows Mu Qingge's movements very well.

All I heard was this loyal sentinel of chastity report: "She was running back and forth in the room all night, and only calmed down half an hour ago. Maybe she fell asleep."

Li Bailong looked at the sky and it was now Chenshi.

In other words, Xiao Tiaozi went to bed at about six in the morning.

I rely on.

——Why did you go to bed at six o'clock?

He stared in astonishment and said, "She can actually sleep? How can she sleep at her age?!"

It seems that the attraction of the sugar-coated bullet is not strong enough, we still need to increase the equivalent!
Li Bailong's eyes rolled and he felt a lot of goodwill again, which he planned to slowly release on Junior Sister Mu in the next few days.

After leaving the room and finishing his morning lessons in the martial arts room in the building, Li Bailong went to Buwang Building to have breakfast, settled his previous bills, and then slowly walked to the county government office.

As usual, He Xianbing and his men were standing in the courtyard of the county lieutenant's office. When they saw Li Bailong coming, they all bowed to him.

"Old He, let me ask you something." Li Bailong waved his hand and asked, "I heard from Old Feng yesterday that the pirated books he read before were bought by you?"

"That's true, Captain Yunqi." The soldier from County He answered cleverly.

"Where did you buy it?"

"This..." He Xianbing scratched his head, "It's a peddler pushing a cart on the road, selling everything on the cart."

Li Bailong seemed to be thinking about something.

He thought for a moment and then instructed, "I need your help with something."

"It doesn't matter if you say so."

"Find some more people to go to the streets and alleys and ask for me if anyone is still selling The Legend of the Imperial Battle Heaven. If so, where did they get their goods from? The detectives raided a number of pirated dens last night. I want to see if there are any that slipped through the net."

"That's easy. Brothers are public servants and know a lot of local ruffians." He Xianbing agreed readily and went there in a hurry.

Li Bailong watched him leave and then went into the house.

Feng Guozhong had just finished reporting for duty and was sitting in the county lieutenant's office. He was not as absorbed in his reading as he was yesterday, but looked restless and dazed.

When he saw Li Bailong, his eyes lit up, as if he had seen a savior. He hurried over and bowed, saying, "Brother, help me!"

Li Bailong frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

"The fifth volume..." Feng Lao Er raised his head and said pitifully, "I want to read the fifth volume..."

"..."

I've finished reading the first four volumes already! ?

When Li Bailong saw his red eyes and disheveled hair, he knew that this beast had stayed up late.

——How pathetic! Only college students would stay up late to read novels! Trash! Trash!
Seeing his disdainful expression, Feng Guozhong did not take it as an offense and said shamelessly: "Brother, it's rare that I like reading. Can you help me find Long Batian and urge him to do something?"

"Didn't we agree yesterday not to arrest him for the time being?" Li Bailong frowned, "Besides, he just finished writing one volume the day before yesterday. How could he produce the fifth volume in just a few days?"

"I've asked Lao He! He told me that the old thief Ba Tian is a lazy, treacherous donkey. He must have been idling around all day, which delayed his writing. If we let him do what he wants, I'm afraid we'll have to wait two months for the fifth volume!"

Feng Lao Er shouted, "Why not catch this fellow in advance and use the clamp and the branding iron to persuade him to change his ways, so that he can concentrate on writing and never be lazy again. Wouldn't that be a merit for you and me?"

...This bandit soldier is even more cruel than the kind-hearted people at the starting point when he is on duty!

Li Bailong was furious, but he couldn't get angry. This reader was insatiable and demanding, and the weak author couldn't bear the beating, so the expedient measure was to recommend some books by some little sluts to share the firepower.

He then said, "This Lin County Bookstore sells more than just this book. You might as well go and look at other books."

"I've already looked for it." Feng Guozhong scratched his head and said with a bitter face, "It's too elegant. I can't bear to look at it."

——Can you please stop cursing, you bastard! ?

Li Bailong had to change the subject and asked about the results of last night's crackdown on piracy dens.

Feng Guozhong knew that business was important, so he replied, "Old Ding and his men were busy until the fifth watch. They caught a lot of people and almost shut down 80% of the printing houses in Lin County. I tell you, Boss Chen was really happy. I saw him tie up a book thief and hang him up and beat him."

He said with a click of his tongue: "If not for the fact that each company had copied a lot of pirated books and periodicals, I would have almost thought that Chen Botang had framed me and was taking the opportunity to eliminate his competitors."

"..."

Alas, it is a pity that feudal society paid so little attention to human rights.

After saying this, County Magistrate Feng turned around and poured tea for himself and Li Bailong, handing them a cup. "So, how are you going to deal with these people? They are all in the light prison, but it's very noisy, and they've been arguing for a long time. Some are begging for mercy, some are shouting that they are willing to pay compensation, and some are crying out for injustice. The relatives of these people are also trying to find ways and use their connections. Early this morning, two people came to me to ask about it..."

At this point, Lao Feng sneered disdainfully: "They thought I was the one who did this, and they came to ask me for how much money in a roundabout way."

Li Bailong pondered for a moment and said, "First, lock them up for two days. Let them suffer a little. They openly pirated other people's exclusive publications, which is also a crime of theft if you look at it carefully. It's not unjust to lock them up for a few days."

Aozi had previously suggested that these pirated dealers should be directly exposed, but this is definitely not possible, but if we let them off lightly, it would also be unworthy of the shame of the "author's current reading" play.

Moreover, putting aside personal grudges, the purpose of cracking down on piracy is to prevent it from happening again in the future. Therefore, the punishment and deterrence of these people must ensure that they will not print pirated products again in the future, and even make them take the initiative to resist and report pirated products. Otherwise, after the punishment, pirated products will most likely appear again after a while...

This requires a systematic mechanism to solve this problem in the long run.

Li Bailong didn't have a perfect idea at the moment, so he planned to detain these people for a few days so that he could think carefully about how to deal with this group of troublemakers.

"It's easy to detain them for a few days." Feng Guozhong had no objection to this, but asked, "But if people come to my house to beg for mercy many times and ask me what I want to do, how should I deal with them?"

"This is a simple matter." Li Bailong sneered when he heard this. "Didn't the county magistrate set the tone for this matter when he came yesterday?"

Some things are not officially reported and are just trivial matters that cannot be any smaller.

But once it’s officially announced, it’s another matter.

Just like the rampant piracy before, Boss Chen had also gone to the county government to file a complaint, but the county magistrate was in charge of the affairs of the entire county and was usually very busy. He also felt that Old Chen's filial piety was not enough, so he was too lazy to deal with such trivial matters.

So when faced with Chen Botang's complaint, the county magistrate angrily rebuked him: "As a scholar, you print these absurd texts to make some money, but other colleagues print your books to support their families and supplement their livelihoods. Are you going to kill them all?"

"I know that it's yours exclusively. Putting that aside, are you the only one allowed to print and sell these books? The teachings of the saints are spread all over the world, but when have you ever seen a saint accept money? I advise you to think about the saints and reflect on yourself, and don't be a profit-seeking villain. Look at you, you stink of money, it's unbearable, go away, you're polluting my study!"

Boss Chen felt so wronged after hearing all this scolding that he had many witty remarks to say in his mind.

But now that Li Bailong has intervened, the nature of the matter has changed.

When I was drinking with Lao Feng yesterday, the county magistrate came over on his own initiative. Faced with the issue of "rampant piracy squeezing the living space of the publishing industry and progressive writers", the county magistrate had another explanation.

"There are some profit-seeking people nowadays, which is too outrageous. They can easily take away the hard work of authors and the hard work of booksellers in typeset and publish. If such despicable behavior is not stopped, wouldn't it be encouraging the evil trend of getting something for nothing? If the author's achievements are easily plundered, and if he becomes discouraged and stops writing and retires, so that the cultural heritage of Lin County is blocked, then wouldn't it be my fault as the county magistrate?"

Similarly, the county magistrate's attitude can change seamlessly depending on the direction of the political situation.

This is the charm of "officials, whatever they say makes sense".

"Since the county magistrate has said so, then last night's action was undoubtedly an official act to crack down on piracy and rectify the publishing environment. If anyone comes to force you, you can just pull out this tiger skin."

Speaking of this, Li Bailong still felt a little itchy.

He used to be so absorbed in writing books that he had no idea about the rampant piracy. He also had no idea that the county magistrate, as the father and mother of the county, actually paid so little attention to the work on the literary and artistic front!

——Such a corrupt official is so much lower than the leaders on Earth!
We have to give him more burden this time!

He talked to Feng Guozhong for a while and refilled the tea twice, and then He County’s soldiers came back.

Old He first greeted County Magistrate Feng, then said to Li Bailong: "Captain Yunqi, those ruffians are still asking around, I got some information, so I came back to report first."

Li Bailong poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him: "Tell me slowly."

County Soldier He thanked him, took the cup in his hand, and said, "What Captain Ding and his men did last night was a great deed. This morning the news has spread, and all kinds of rumors are spreading. It is also said that this book will be banned by the government because of some murders, arson, rape and looting. Many people are curious and have gone out to buy this book to read it!"

……Grass.

It’s on the trending search, right?

The second update will be around 8 o'clock

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