"Tsk, Lao Fang, I just saw it from outside, and it's just as you said. Today's newspapers are selling like crazy. What's so good about this thing that's so corny? So many people like it. I see a lot of readers are here to join in the fun."
Li Yuanzhao walked into the newspaper office holding a newspaper with a puzzled look on his face.
He had even mocked Fang Zhengyi during his previous interview with the Beirong delegation.
Publishing something so corny would only lower the quality of the newspaper, but I didn’t expect it to sell so well!
The newspaper readers were having heated discussions about the common people.
This is really confusing behavior...
Fang Zhengyi was sitting with his legs crossed, chewing an apple. When he saw Li Yuanzhao coming back, he smiled and threw an apple to him.
"What did I say? People love to watch that!"
"I think we should publish this kind of news regularly and have the newspaper send a few people to wait outside the gate of the Honglu Temple."
"If there are foreigners, just pull them over for an interview, at most you can give them some money."
Li Yuanzhao sat opposite Fang Zhengyi and said with disdain: "Didn't you say that newspapers can't write fake news? What's the difference between this and fabrication? Besides, this kind of thing has no value at all!"
Fang Zheng shook his head and said, "How can it be fake news? Isn't life in the capital much better than those tiny countries? We are just helping them to speak out their thoughts!"
"And this kind of news is actually valuable. Not to mention that it is good for the newspaper's sales, at least it makes people feel more motivated and confident after reading it! They become more patriotic!"
When it comes to patriotism, Fang Zheng noticed something was wrong early on.
After traveling through time, he discovered that ordinary people in Dajing had no patriotic feelings at all.
It was totally different from what he had imagined, but after careful consideration it was not hard to understand.
When we study history, we learn about rulers. No matter how impoverished an official is in history books, he is no different from ordinary people.
It was difficult for ordinary people to get a bite of meat, and when the government was recruiting soldiers, they would want to hide in a crack in the ground.
But the capital is not bad, it obviously has some foundation in this regard.
"Tsk! What a joke! In my Dajing, which citizen is not patriotic? Why would they need to read this? They just read this news for fun. I don't think it's necessary to keep publishing this kind of news." Li Yuanzhao said disdainfully: "This is not called self-confidence, this is called inferiority complex! Being calm and composed, not being happy or sad because of things, is worthy of being called self-confidence!"
"Wait for me to lead the army and defeat Wutu in one fell swoop! By then, the people of Dajing won't need to look at this thing anymore and will still be confident!"
You lead an army?
Fang Zheng glanced at him.
Forget it, it has a bit of the temperament of Wala students...
"Your Highness is right, but they are just ordinary people. Don't ask too much of them."
"Where can we get the confidence when our wallets are empty? We can't help them make money quickly, and we can't fight a war."
"Then it is better to belittle others than to elevate yourself!"
"Besides, this is called the code of wealth! If the people like to read it, we will let them read it every day. Wouldn't the sales of newspapers increase rapidly?"
Li Yuanzhao thought about it, looked at the apple in his hand with only the core left, and said, "That makes sense. Give me another apple."
“No more.”
"Hey, I want to eat some winter melon. Is there any left on the market? Can someone buy some?"
"It's out of stock on the market, but there are still some in the greenhouse in Taoyuan County. If Your Highness wants to eat some, I'll send some over tomorrow."
"Greenhouse?" Li Yuanzhao showed a puzzled expression: "Why does it sound familiar?"
"It means planting crops in the house in winter and using a stove to heat them up. This way, crops can grow in winter, but the technology is not yet mature. I remember mentioning greenhouses to Your Highness before. Did Your Highness forget?"
In fact, greenhouses had been tested in Taoyuan County a long time ago. The first time Emperor Jingdi went to Taoyuan County, he unexpectedly saw others buying winter melons to eat.
However, it has not been promoted vigorously and is not economically viable, so people can only grow some out-of-season vegetables and fruits for their own consumption.
Li Yuanzhao pinched his chin and said, "Oh, I seem to have an impression of this. Doesn't this mean that farmers can also farm in winter?"
I thank you on behalf of the farmers!
Fang Zheng had a fake smile on his face.
"The greenhouse yield is low, it's hard to control, the cost is extremely high, and we can only grow vegetables and fruits with high value."
"Besides, the winter melons are not very tasty and not sweet. Otherwise, I would have sent them to Your Highness last year."
"Wouldn't it be sweet if you sprinkle some salt on it?"
Hearing him talk about salt, Fang Zhengyi was suddenly stunned.
Salt... According to the time, Xie Xian and the others should have returned to Jianjiang. I wonder what the situation is like there.
It will take less than a month to receive a reply.
If we continue to search southward, the communication of information back and forth will be too troublesome...
"Lao Fang! Lao Fang, can you hear me?"
"Ah? What did Your Highness say?" Fang Zheng came back to his senses and saw Li Yuanzhao looking at him excitedly.
"I say, if you have such good stuff in Taoyuan County, why don't you sell it outside for money?"
"I'll help you sell it in the palace! Sell each melon for more than ten or twenty taels and say it's a good melon for health!"
"Melons that can grow in winter are obviously magical. Isn't that a good way to make money?"
Seeing how excited he was, Fang Zhengyi looked a little strange.
How did the prince become like this?
It looks like he is turning into an unscrupulous profiteer, just like a health product salesman who specializes in defrauding old men.
Liu Jin taught him? This damn eunuch actually led the prince astray!
If His Majesty asks about this matter later, I will explain it to you in detail...
"Forget it, Your Highness. You can't make much money from a melon that you can eat or not. There's no need to do that!"
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