After settling the matter between Li Suyue and Zhang San, Wei Changtian's slightly depressed mood improved a lot.
I ran to check on Ah Chun's cultivation status, but the little girl asked, "Master, what were you and your wife doing in the house last night?" She turned red in the face.
I almost taught the children bad things.
"I am practicing dual cultivation."
Wei Changtian wanted to fool him, but Ah Chun had a spirit of inquiry and blinked and asked again.
"What is dual cultivation?"
"If two practitioners, a man and a woman, practice together, they can get twice the result with half the effort."
"Then can I also follow Master...ah!"
Achun was slapped on the head just in the middle of his "tiger and wolf words", and he immediately covered his head and felt aggrieved.
"Master, master, did Achun say something wrong?"
"Don't mention this matter again! Do you understand?!"
"knew......"
Ah Chun saw the Immortal Locking Stone dangling in Wei Changtian's hand, and was too frightened to ask any more questions, so he obediently ran to help prepare dinner.
Watching her run away, Wei Changtian stood there and touched his nose in confusion.
I don’t know if it’s my own misunderstanding, but why do I feel that the people around me, no matter what their previous personalities were, become a bit “unruly” as time goes by?
Wang Er and Lu Jingyao before, Yang Liushi and Liang Qin now... even Achun is so "active" now?
Is it because I'm too talkative? Is my family upbringing lax?
Alas, the values of modern civilization are still causing trouble!
...
Dinner is a little saltier than usual.
Today it was Li Suyue who held the spoon. She probably was a little distracted while cooking and added salt twice.
Wei Changtian didn't say anything. After dinner, he went back to his room to read.
He has already finished reading the "Geography of Shuzhou" and is currently studying some other niche books.
"Indoor Examination", "Unofficial History of the Embroidered Couch", "The Art of Intercourse", "Pictures of Avoiding Fire"... After careful study, Wei Changtian was deeply moved -
It turns out that the ancients still knew how to play.
Of course, you cannot always read these reading materials that are not good for your physical and mental health. It is also necessary to understand "current affairs" from time to time.
There was no television and the Internet these days. In addition to oral transmission, the official and private channels for news dissemination were separate.
The official channel is "Di Bao", which is issued once a month. It mainly copies important events that have happened recently into a book, sends it from the capital to various prefectures, and then distributes it downwards. The purpose is to ensure smooth circulation of government orders.
As for the private news media, they are basically storytellers in taverns and teahouses, as well as Jianghu intelligence organizations such as "Tianji Tower".
These organizations specialize in collecting and selling intelligence for profit, and sometimes they also do some gimmick things like "ranking lists".
For example, what Wei Changtian is holding now is the latest "Daning Black and White List".
There are two lists recorded in the thin booklet, the white list is the chivalrous list, and the black list is the villain list.
He didn't know anyone on the white list, and he couldn't even find Xiao Feng's name.
But the black list is different.
Good guy, we are all old acquaintances!
The top spot remains unchanged for thousands of years, and is my grandfather, Qin Zhengqiu.
The second position on the list is equally solid, his own father, Wei Xianzhi.
Qin Caizhen may not have killed many people recently, so her ranking has declined, slipping from fifth place in the last issue to outside the tenth place.
Also falling out of the top ten is Wei Zhaohai, the ancestor who has been in seclusion on the third floor of the Wei Mansion Martial Pavilion for a long time.
But there is also "good news", that is, after killing Liu Yuanshan, Wei Changtian also successfully entered the list for the first time, ranking twenty-seven!
Good guy, everyone has "one sect with three strong points" and "one sect with three qualities", but the Wei family is so good, it is directly "one sect with three evils".
If you add in the several cousins from the Tianluo Sect who are also on the black list...it really is a family with "all evil people".
Twenty-seven is a bit low...
Wei Changtian curled his lips and locked his gaze on his profile.
Other people's names are followed by a long list of "evil deeds", but his is very simple, with only one sentence.
[On the ninth day of the ninth month of the fifteenth year of Tianji, the prime minister of the dynasty was beheaded in the capital with a knife.]
I don’t know if there will be “righteous men” in the world who will crusade against me after this list spreads.
It doesn't matter if you come here, if you kill a few more heroes, you're guaranteed to be able to move up the rankings.
Throwing away the pamphlet indifferently, Wei Changtian took a sip of tea and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
Huh? Do you want to get out the newspaper?
Although the technology is still a little lacking, it is not impossible to achieve.
Making money as a newspaper is secondary, but more importantly, if it can really be known and accepted by the people in the future, wouldn't it mean that you have control over the direction of public opinion?!
Wonderful!
The more Wei Changtian thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and he immediately wrote a letter to Li Yang without writing.
He introduced the concept and form of the newspaper in detail, and asked him to make a copy for himself in the name of Chunshen Bookstore.
"Zhang San!"
Finally, he checked the letter again and called Zhang San into the room.
"This letter will be sent back to the capital tomorrow morning."
"Yes, sir."
Zhang San put the letter away and was about to go out when he found Wei Changtian looking at him with a smile on his face.
"Sir, do you have any other orders?"
"I didn't give any orders, but I talked to Mrs. Li about you two before dinner, and she said..."
Wei Changtian deliberately spoke in a long tone, which made Zhang San stare and hesitate to speak out.
"M-Mr. Li, is she unwilling?"
"What do you think?"
"I......"
Zhang San suddenly felt a little lost, lowered his head and said nothing.
Wei Changtian thought to himself, could this be "tough love"? He stopped playing riddles and said directly: "Although she hasn't said it clearly yet, she is probably willing."
"What?!"
Zhang San suddenly raised his head, his face full of joy: "Mr. Master, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course it's true, can I still lie to you?"
Wei Changtian looked over sideways and joked: "Zhang San, you have been following me for two or three months, and this is the first time I see you smile."
"Let, let the young master laugh."
Zhang San's expression was a little embarrassed, but his tone was still exciting: "I, Zhang Sanyi, am a rough man. I never dared to marry a woman like Li..."
"If it hadn't been for the young master, I would probably still be in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment at this moment..."
"Stop it, there's no need to say this."
Wei Changtian waved his hand to interrupt Zhang San's gratitude, and said with a smile: "Since you two are interested in each other, I think we should go through the motions as soon as possible to settle the matter."
"Anyway, Mrs. Li is remarrying, so she is not suitable for big things. Setting up tables and banquets at home is enough to make people lively and lively... What do you think?"
"I will listen to the young master, but..."
Zhang San was a little hesitant: "Sir, there have been a lot of things going on with the Freemasonry recently. I'm afraid that this matter will delay the master's important matters, otherwise I'd better wait a little longer."
"No need to wait."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "Zhang San, you will have a wife and children in the future. You must spend more time with them. As for the Freemasonry... there will be someone to help you."
Zhang San was stunned for a moment: "I wonder who the young master is referring to?"
"You've seen it."
Wei Changtian's voice was not loud, he seemed to be answering Zhang San, and he seemed to be talking to himself.