Lantian Town is not big, and cannot be compared with those big cities, but it is definitely not small. The whole town has a population of more than 100,000, and its scale is not much smaller than some small counties. In addition, the place has always been
It is in a remote place and has experienced little war. Compared with other places outside, it shows a rare stability and prosperity.
The days are relatively calm. As a result, there are basically few noteworthy things on weekdays. However, in the past few days, a big event has happened in the town. There is a young man in the city who has returned from studying abroad and
The eldest lady came to the town and opened a newspaper company, named Xinfeng Newspaper Company, and started to publish newspapers in the town.
Newspapers are no longer a novelty in this era, but in Lantian Town, they are the first of their kind. In addition, the eldest young lady and young master in the city who have returned from studying abroad have made it so that the mayor personally came out to receive it.
It can be seen that it has a big background, so as soon as the newspaper opened, it attracted the attention of almost half of the people in the town.
"Liqing, Liqing, good news. The number of newspapers sold this morning has been calculated. There are more than two hundred copies. We succeeded."
Xinfeng Newspaper Office, in the afternoon, Peter was dressed in a suit, with an inch-shirt vest on his upper body, his hair was combed and shiny, and he had gold-rimmed eyes and walked in hurriedly from the outside and said excitedly to an elegant beauty who came out of the desk of the newspaper office,
The woman is also wearing a suit-style uniform. She is tall, has a pretty face, and has long black shawl hair. She is very beautiful and has a quiet temperament.
It was the woman who founded the newspaper together with Peter. Her surname was Yang and her given name was Liqing. Her full name was Yang Liqing.
"More than two hundred copies, so much?" Yang Liqing was also shocked, a little unexpected.
More than two hundred newspapers were sold, and it was just in one town. In this era when most ordinary people have low living standards, it is an amazing sales volume. Yang Liqing's calm face couldn't help but show surprise. Seeing
Yang Liqing's performance made the smile in Peter's eyes even brighter.
"Yeah, this is just one morning, and it's just a small town in Lantian Town. What will happen when our newspaper expands in size and sells to other major cities and places such as provincial capitals?
How many copies of newspapers are sold? Even if each copy only earns one penny, it adds up to an absolutely astronomical figure."
Peter opened his mouth and said, with a burning look in his eyes, money is a good thing, and there are few people in the world who don't love it.
But it just so happened that there was a person here who didn't really love money. When Yang Liqing heard Peter's words, her face that was still a little surprised immediately turned slightly and she frowned.
"Peter, I've told you a long time ago that I agreed to start Xinfeng News with you not for money. I did it to use what I have learned to help our compatriots as much as possible, so that they can see the world more truly.
What I can do, what I can do, is that if you are here to make money, I don’t think we need to continue to cooperate.”
"Moreover, today is the first time we have published and sold a newspaper. There was no newspaper in the town before, and many people may just buy it out of novelty, so this number is only artificially high. It is hard to say whether we can maintain such sales volume in the future. Don't
It’s too early to be happy.”
Peter's expression froze, but he immediately returned to a smiling face, trying to please him.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! What Liqing said is true. I was a philistine. I made a mistake and there will never be a next time. Don't worry."
Peter said with a smile. Yang Liqing glanced at Peter after hearing this. Although she was unhappy, she didn't say anything more. She knew that Peter's family, the merchant's home, had a lot of power in the provincial capital and was contaminated by the merchant's family.
The philistine atmosphere is unavoidable, and the two are classmates, and most of the money for running the newspaper is funded by Peter, so she doesn't want to estrange the relationship.
"Excuse me, are there any newspapers for sale?"
At this moment, a clear female voice sounded, waxy, soft, and nice to hear. Turning around, I saw a woman walking in from the door of the newspaper office. She was dressed in ordinary clothes, a little rustic, but her face was very delicate and pure.
There is a kind of charm in her, especially her figure is very prominent and plump.
Peter's eyes lit up and he walked up quickly: "Girl, do you need any help?"
Xu Jie glanced at Peter and saw that he was dressed in a polite manner, but his gaze made her feel uncomfortable and gave her a lustful feeling. She always felt that this person did not look like a good person, but he didn't show much.
He said, "I want to buy a newspaper."
"See for yourself, girl?!" Peter's eyes brightened again.
"No, I bought it for someone else. I can't read myself." Xu Jie said a little embarrassed.
"So the girl can't read?!"
The light in Peter's eyes went out instantly, thinking that he was illiterate, and he suddenly lost his mind.
Xu Jie heard the contempt in Peter's tone, bit her lower lip with her silver teeth, and felt a sense of inferiority and shame in her heart. However, thinking that Lin Tianqi asked her to buy a newspaper for her when she went back, she resisted and went out directly.
impulse.
"Girl, this is the newspaper you want, two cents." Yang Liqing, who was standing next to her, walked over with a newspaper and handed it to Xu Jie.
"Thank you." Xu Jie took it, paid the money, thanked her, and left quickly. She didn't want to stay here any longer.
"Peter, you just went too far."
After Xu Jie left, Yang Liqing frowned and looked at Peter and said, although Peter didn't say anything just now, everyone could hear the contempt in his tone, which hurt people's self-esteem.
Peter was a little inexplicable when he heard this, and didn't realize there was anything wrong with him.
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"Brother, Brother Lin." After a while, Xu Jie returned to Yizhuang, opened the door and saw Lin Tianqi and Xu Dongsheng in the yard.
"I'm back. How is working in the teahouse? Is it going well?" Seeing his sister, Xu Dongsheng grinned and asked Xu Jie about her work. A few days ago, Xu Jie found a job here serving tea in a teahouse.
Water work.
"Well, everything is fine." Xu Jie smiled, and then walked up to Lin Tianqi: "Brother Lin, the newspaper you want."
At this time, Lin Tianqi had just finished boxing and was sweating all over. Lin Tianqi stretched out his sweaty shoulder to pick up the newspaper, and at the same time smiled at Xu Jie: "Sorry to trouble you."
"No trouble, Brother Xu, please read the newspaper first, and I'll go to the kitchen to cook."
Xu Jie also smiled sweetly and said, without saying much about what happened in the newspaper office just now.
"good."
Lin Tianqi nodded, took the newspaper, nodded with a smile, walked to the stone bench under the tree next to the yard, sat down, and started reading.
Because he wanted to know which year it was now and which period of the Republic of China he was in. Although he had traveled back nearly three months and it was October, but because the information in Lantian Town was too backward, he had almost no idea of the situation outside now.
It's hard to get any information, and he still doesn't know the specific year of the Republic of China.
This is a very fatal thing, because this era is too unstable, with wars everywhere, = it is very possible that a sudden gunfire comes and you don't even know it.
In this era, it would be best if we could avoid these wars in advance. Otherwise, in the flames of war, even their cultivators will be nothing more than flesh and blood. Not to mention cannons, even bullets will hit their bodies.
Make several holes.
"October 1927!"
Soon, Lin Tianqi got what he wanted to know most, the specific time.
October 1927!
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Time passed by, and three more days passed, and my master and uncle still hadn't come back, but at this time, business came to my door.
The so-called business is for people like them who are cultivators, and naturally it cannot be the kind of business for ordinary people.
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