He came from an era of information explosion, so he naturally knew how terrible this thing was.

It can be said that running Bai Xiaosheng is not profitable at all, even if there is a possibility of bribing powerful people and slightly changing the rankings of people.

Or buy some intelligence or something like that.

But this is actually a small amount of money, and most of the money still needs to be invested by Zhao Que.

In the past, they relied on the Shu embroidery channels in Zhao Que's hands, but recently other forces have become rich.

In order to prevent people from noticing any clues, this line was cut off, and the team basically relied on the Money Gang and the Ming Cult.

So some people say that there is a secret between Mingjiao and Bai Xiaosheng, which is also true.

However, since unifying the underground gangs in Jiangnan, the Iron Palm Gang can naturally make money and can also support the establishment of Bai Xiaosheng.

Bai Xiaosheng’s main expense is actually the storyteller.

In this world, because of the existence of true qi, the grain output and human labor force are higher than those in the original ancient world.

This has led to a large population in this world, with the population possibly reaching 100 million to 200 million.

But the literacy rate is worrying, so we want to spread the news.

Apart from carrier pigeons, it is also impossible to use things like newspapers. First of all, paper is a problem.

Not to mention the problems of illiteracy and printing, the news in each issue was different. In ancient times, newspapers were still too luxurious.

Then we can only use a storyteller, which is also the most cost-effective and effective way.

Every slightly larger city has its own storyteller.

They told stories for free in restaurants and teahouses, and naturally they talked about Bai Xiaosheng's world rankings and other things.

While collecting intelligence, he would then use carrier pigeons to pass the information he collected to Bai Xiaosheng's headquarters.

Bai Xiaosheng then summarized and compiled the information to form a huge intelligence network.

It can be said that the amount of money and grain consumed was not small.

Even if the configuration is one to two people in each county, four to five people in each prefecture, and more than twenty people in each state capital.

There are more than two thousand regular storytellers in Bai Xiaoshengdu, not to mention other personnel.

As a scholar, the wages in big places may be higher.

The average monthly wage of three taels of silver is not much, but here it is six thousand taels of silver per month.

Taking into account the guards, assistants, office space, etc., ten thousand taels a month is considered low.

If we take into account the training of homing pigeons, it will be an even bigger expense.

Bai Xiaosheng spends a lot of money every year, sometimes as much as 200,000 or 300,000 taels.

However, Zhao Que did not give up on Bai Xiaosheng, but increased his efforts, because he knew that gossip can melt metal.

It's all worth it, not to mention that the stories told by the storyteller will also spread to other towns and villages.

Once the name of the Ming Cult came out, it naturally strengthened their determination.

Those who were willing to contribute also gathered together and followed the Mingjiao believers.

The low voices gathered into a torrent.

"Kill Zhang Gou and take the rice!"

"Kill the dog and take the rice! Kill the dog and take the rice!"