Don't call me evil god

Chapter 604 Extra News
Smart Miranda is currently staying in the luxurious mystery suite of the Blue Rose Hotel.

He laid down in the soft, warm sofa chair beside the fireplace, helplessly flipping through the extra edition of "Trade and Wealth" newspaper that was printed and sold in the royal capital yesterday.

"Look at these titles, they are so outrageous!"

"Extra: His Majesty the Honorable Kenreddin is about to receive the heroes of the kingdom."

"A fearless pioneer, a protector of the kingdom's borders, a holy girl blessed by the glory, a star of hope for the future of the capital - Miranda Warren."

"Those who are interested can go to the Avenue of Glory at 11 a.m. on the first Sunday of November to watch the ceremony."

"..."

Starosh's thriving business environment means that information is also a valuable resource.

Newspaper news is a new product of the Kingdom of Reyak in recent years.

It was first "invented" by a stationer named John Carolus.

This guy is a chatterbox, and because of his affordable prices, he is quite popular in the trade zone. As his business is booming, the channels through which he can obtain information are becoming more and more extensive.

Many businessmen come to John to buy paper, pens and ink in order to record recent price changes of goods, comparisons of purchase and sale prices of various shops and other information.

An idea gradually came to John.

If he could compile this information in advance, arrange for someone to copy it onto paper in the store, and then sell it to merchants at a suitable price, he could save their time and earn himself some extra income.

The first issue of "Trade and Wealth" newspaper was born.

At the beginning, the news content compiled by John was limited to the trading area. A few thin pieces of parchment recorded the purchase and sale information of various goods and commodities. John also ingeniously added statistics on recent price fluctuations.

"Trade and Wealth" became very popular as soon as it was launched. The 200 trial copies were sold out in just three days. John even had to temporarily hire someone to help him continue copying and making more copies of the newspaper.

The booming business soon attracted the attention of a key figure:

Rune Monger.

He was sensitive to the fact that presenting news in the form of newspapers had great development prospects.

Monger offered John a price he couldn't refuse, and directly invested in and bought his entire stationery store, allowing John to concentrate on collating news and regularly publishing new "Trade and Fortune" newspapers;
On the other hand, Monger applied to His Majesty the King for the "exclusive rights to news letters" within Starosh.

In the end, Rune Monge got what he wanted in exchange for paying 27% of newspaper sales revenue as tax.

He obtained a decree from Kenredin, gaining the exclusive right to publish newspapers in the royal capital, filling in an important piece of the puzzle for his business empire.

To this day, although the name of this newspaper is still "Trade and Wealth", in addition to the information on goods and commodities in the trade zone, which occupies the majority of its content, it has expanded to include many new areas such as current affairs in the royal capital, aristocratic gossip, and life anecdotes.

Miranda grew up listening to newspaper stories in the royal capital as a child.

The selling price of "Trade and Wealth" is not cheap. The labor cost employed in the printing process is there. Its main consumer groups have always been nobles, professionals, businessmen, or clergy.

As for ordinary families in the capital, if they wanted to hear the news, they would have to find a tavern and wait for the bard to tell the stories in the newspaper, or buy some old and outdated second-hand newspapers.

Over in Ceylon, the news and newspaper industry upgrade in Dawn City was proposed by Miranda, who had always been impressed by the "Trade and Wealth" in the royal capital.

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The Blue Rose Hotel provides guests of the Luxury Mystique Suites with a free, up-to-date newspaper.

Because of the rapid progress of "copy and paste", Pete, Miranda and Lancelot completed the etiquette training for meeting the king ahead of time.

So they got a precious night of rest and free time.

However, after being tormented by the court ceremonial officer Fernando for a whole day, they were now exhausted and did not want to move at all.

The three of them hit it off and went back to the Blue Rose Inn to rest. Miranda had intended to see what new content was in the supplementary issue of Trade and Wealth, which she hadn't read for a long time, but as soon as she turned to the section on "Current Affairs in the Royal Capital", she was immediately confused.

The news was actually her!
"Nowen, what on earth is this? Why did I think the stories in Trade and Wealth were all true when I was a kid?"

Pete and Lancelot were lying on the sofa chairs by the fireplace, relaxing their tired bodies.

Especially Lancelot.

He had never experienced such soft furniture when he was in Ceylon, and he almost moaned in comfort when he sat on it.

After hearing Miranda's complaints, the two leaned over with interest.

"What is it? Can you show it to me too?"

"I also want to see!"

Miranda pointed to the contents of the newspaper and read:

"According to reliable news from the palace, the kingdom's heroine Miranda Warren has arrived in the capital under the leadership of the honorable Archmage Flanis Alcandas."

"..."

Lancelot suddenly cried out in astonishment:

"As expected of the capital! We've only been here for a day, and the news has already spread to everyone?"

Before the Church of Knowledge entered Ceylon, when Lancelot lived in Niuyan Town, the spread of news was very slow.

The only channels for towns to obtain information are passing caravans or caravan merchants, or various bards.

It is normal for an event that happened in Ceylon City to reach Niuyan Town after ten days or half a month.

After the establishment of the Dawn City, with the upgrading of the newspaper industry and the popularization of the Temple of Truth, the speed of information dissemination has become faster.

Pete glanced at Lancelot helplessly:
"You should try to play less with Brandon in the future."

When he was in the Stone Castle, because of the relationship between Petr and the Bacon brothers, Lancelot finally had the opportunity to meet and communicate with his idol Brandon.

Both of them are relatively weird types among warriors.

No need for shield, focus on output.

So the two of them got along quite well.

"He is a big fool with a one-track mind. I think you are tending to be assimilated by him."

Pete commented, "I haven't been to the capital for several years, and this place is still the same as before."

"Hehe... 'From the border' is probably not worthy of being mentioned in their eyes."

Pete sneered meaningfully.

His experience in the royal capital was not a pleasant one.

In order to participate in the affinity test between the Palace Arcane Academy and the Goddess of Magic.

It was because of that incident that he deeply realized what kind of image the border people had in the eyes of the local people in the royal capital.

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(End of this chapter)