Xie Xian laughed awkwardly: "Well, what about the follow-up arrangements for the reporter? Are you really not going to increase the salary? It's not a good idea to keep fooling around like this."
"Yes, but to be honest, one tael of silver is really not a lot. Our newspaper is responsible for its own profits and losses. We can't use the people's money to make up for it, right?" Fang Zheng spread his hands and said, "In the market competition, those who can survive will survive, and those who can't will die. I won't agree to waste the people's money."
"But we can't fire all of them. After all, they are all hired by His Highness. We should think of a way to relocate them later. These people are not sincere in their work. There is no point in keeping them here."
"As for the newspaper's profits, we won't take a cent now. It's not much anyway, so leave it to the reporters as a bonus. As for the prince's share, go ask him. I think he should agree to it right away."
"The rest is up to you to arrange."
After saying that, Fang Zheng walked away unsteadily with his hands behind his back. He seemed to remember something after walking a few steps, and turned around and said, "By the way, I don't know when Shen Yi will go to Yuding City. I may not have time to see him off. You can do it for me."
"Prepare enough food, clothing, and money for him on the road."
"Write another letter to Yu Niang from the Red Flower Society for me, saying that there will no longer be a drunkard Fang Gongzi, but only a drunkard Chen Tanhua, and ask her to keep her people's mouths shut!"
Xie Xian asked in confusion: "Master...what does this mean?"
Fang Zheng turned his back and continued to go home, raising his hand and saying, "What do you mean? It's meaningless!"
"I am not afraid of being crushed to pieces, I want to keep my innocence in this world~"
Xie Xian looked at Fang Zhengyi's back and countless black lines slowly fell from his forehead. My goodness, the master's innocence remains, but Shen Yi's innocence is going to be lost? !
......
The next day, he went to court as usual.
However, Fang Zhengyi could clearly feel that the court officials were looking at him with a strange look.
Perhaps many people knew that he had been to the Northern Pacification Office and interrogated Zhang Shi in the imperial prison.
Many people are paying attention to this matter. After all, His Majesty suddenly took the opportunity to establish the Jinyiwei, which caught everyone off guard.
This means that the emperor's hand has reached further, but how far it will reach is still unknown.
They knew what kind of person Emperor Jing was, but they were unsure about Fang Zhengyi, a variable.
Fang Zhengyi knew all about this, so he just stood there calmly, pretending nothing had happened.
Until the end of the court session, Li Yuanzhao got together with Fang Zhengyi again. The two of them had nothing to do but play chess in the East Palace, waiting for the opportunity to meet Emperor Jing.
Speaking of yesterday's confiscation of dirty silver, Li Yuanzhao's face was still filled with intense excitement, and he danced with joy and said, "Old Fang, you definitely can't imagine how much silver we found yesterday!"
"More than three million taels! People have been sent over there to block the area and it's too late to move all the money. It's really a mountain of silver. It blinded my eyes. You will definitely regret it if you don't go..."
"I have seen more when I went to Haiyuan City to investigate salt merchants. Three million taels is nothing." Fang Zheng said.
Before Li Yuanzhao could show off, a basin of cold water was poured over his head...
"Tsk tsk, if I had known earlier I would have gone with you to Haiyuan City to broaden my horizons! Father doesn't even know there is so much silver. I'll tell him later. Lao Fang, I heard from father last night that gunpowder has been produced in your county."
"Yes, yes, it's made. Weapons are being made now! Your Highness will definitely like it when he sees it. I've customized two for you, hehe."
"Two..." Li Yuanzhao raised his eyebrows: "You are so mysterious, what are they? Just tell me directly."
Fang Zheng shook his head and said, "I can't tell you! I'm brewing a big plan and I'm going to make it a big hit. I'm sure you'll like it. Just wait and see. It's boring to talk about it."
"And I will use it to convince your Majesty to build a ship."
Li Yuanzhao was so bored that he threw down the chess piece and said, "Tsk! Impossible. I don't think my father would let you build a ship. I told him that the earth is round and asked him to send two ships out to see, and he beat me."
"Oh, that won't work. I have to use a method. I have a secret weapon!"
"What? There's new stuff? Old Fang, are you hiding it from me?" Li Yuanzhao felt like he was being scratched by a cat, and he jumped up and asked.
"Oh, please sit down, Your Highness. Those good things haven't been made yet. I'll send them to you as soon as they are made. Let's play chess!" Fang Zhengyi quietly moved a chess piece.
Now that Li Yuanzhao's Go skills have improved, he has been defeated and can only resort to this dirty trick!
Li Yuanzhao looked at him with disdain and casually swept the chess pieces into disarray.
"What's the point? The first move wins! Tell me in detail what is there overseas that is worthy of your concern. I always feel like you know a lot."
Fang Zhengyi pretended to be mysterious and said, "I know something. Your Highness, do you want to hear it?"
"think!"
"I heard there's a place called Tianzhu, where people are divided into different social classes from birth and that can never change. The higher social classes pick the armpits of the lower social classes, dry them, make spices, and sell them. The resulting product is called curry."
"Fuck! Curry?" Li Yuanzhao took a deep breath, "So disgusting? Armpits can be used as spices?"
Fang Zheng waved his hand and said, "It's just hearsay. Overseas, there are people with black bodies who specialize in growing cotton. In the West, there are tall and strong blonde girls!"
"Really?" Li Yuanzhao's voice suddenly rose: "Are there any people who are completely black? What would a blonde and blue-eyed woman look like? Bring some over for me to see later."
"Forget it, Your Highness. You don't even have a child yet, and you still want to find a foreign girl? You can't control her because she's tall and strong."
"What...what do you mean?" Li Yuanzhao blushed. He was indeed not as heartless as before. It was a shameful thing in Dajing to be childless at such an old age.
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