"Sir, buy a newspaper. All the latest news today is on it..."
"roll!"
"If you don't get out of here, I'll beat you to death, you little brat!"
At dusk, on the busy dock street, a group of ragged children cautiously approached Rhodes and his party who had just landed, but were violently driven away by the guards around the envoy.
Under this situation, Sibes finally couldn't bear it anymore, and Rhodes also acquiesced in his knight's intervention.
"Let them come here, I want to buy a newspaper!"
The bear knight strode up to the group of messengers, with a heavy war hammer hanging from his waist. His burly figure and plate armor made everyone dare not look down upon him.
"This knight, they are all a bunch of thieves and liars. There is no need for you to buy anything from them out of mercy."
The messenger bent down and said. The implication is that there are too many such children in the empire. If you want to pity them, you will never have enough mercy in your life. But you don't have the conditions to do so.
However, although Sibes is a knight, he is also a "rough man". He was promoted from the common people and grew up in the most difficult battles. Sibes has deeper sympathy for the poor people of the lower class, because he was originally a
Coming out of the slums.
"No, I just want to buy a newspaper from them, which my lord will read."
The bear knight answered concisely and concisely. However, several newspaper vendors and children froze on the spot with frightened faces. Looking at this posture, they knew that they were in big trouble. If these dignitaries wanted to torture them, it would only be a matter of words.
Fortunately, they were not beaten or tortured today. Sibes just walked towards a few newspaper vendors with a kind face.
"It's still a bunch of kids..."
Sibes sighed in his heart, and then handed a few silver coins to the hands of several small newspaper vendors.
"Sir...you don't need so much..."
The children screamed in horror. It wasn't that they were honest and honest, but that they saw the guards of the mansion behind the uncle. Their eyes were not only contempt but also intimidation...
"Stop talking nonsense, take it. Go back and buy yourself some clothes. Damn it, you should wear shoes in this weather, instead of going barefoot like this!"
Sibes turned back and scolded in a low voice. These children reminded him of his own childhood and the childhood of his own children. He spent most of his time in such an environment. He originally thought that the empire was
In a rich and powerful country, the people should live a much better life than Mrs. Kislev, but now it seems that this is not the case. The lives of ordinary civilians are the same as those of Mrs. Kislev... The rich are only the high-ranking nobles.
We...
[Mrs. Billy and her three lovers...]
[Claudius’ secret love history]
[The illegitimate son Eddie returns to Thebes Castle]
[Knife murder occurred late at night on Kuroshio Street]
After taking a look at the front page of the newspaper, Rhodes read it out casually. Like modern newspapers, in the human empire in the medieval world, the media had developed to a relatively developed level, and cheap newspapers were a leisure tool for many civilians.
In order to facilitate people's reading, newspapers are divided into many categories, such as politics, economy, culture, society, entertainment, etc. Among them, the entertainment category is undoubtedly the most interesting to the public.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the front page headlines contain all kinds of gossip about nobles.
"It's easy to write about this kind of thing..."
Aliria complained on the side.
The Norden City officials behind him all looked at each other in confusion.
"Entertainment is just entertainment. People's lives are inherently boring, and they always need something to entertain themselves. Of course, what is written is not necessarily true."
Rhodes said with a smile.
"How did you know?"
Aliria asked with a straight face.
"As a local lord, do you think I know less about human society than you do?"
"This kind of thing does not need to be taken seriously. It is basically a private fight between some nobles, and they let gunmen from certain newspapers write slanderous articles on their behalf. Nine times out of ten, it is made up out of thin air, or made with added fuel and jealousy."
Rhodes answered with a smile.
This made the imperial envoy around him even more embarrassed.
"Does anyone even read fake things?"
Aliria turned her head, stared at the man beside her, and continued to ask questions. Although she didn't get along with Rhodes for a long time, this human being was the first person to tell him the truth. In the past, everyone he met
Classes are basically cunning and hypocritical...
"Of course. You think it is false, but people may not necessarily think so. Besides, does it matter what they think? People always need some entertainment. This kind of news is their daily ration. Whether it is true or not is not important. The key is
Yes, it allows them to have entertainment and spend their leisure time outside of work..."
Rhodes continued to answer the wood elf's questions with a smile. However, the charm was somewhat off, and those who knew how to listen turned pale, especially the officials of Norden City and the accompanying envoy sent by Maximian.
"Some things can be hyped over and over again."
Rhodes had a slight smile on his lips.
"Hype?"
Aliria looked obviously confused.
"It means repeated use. For example, the story written here about Mrs. Billy and her three lovers. After reading it, people have various speculations and conjectures. And any topic has its own freshness.
After a few weeks, people will have completely forgotten today’s news. At that time, if someone deliberately stirs up trouble, they can still let the newspaper reporters continue to write about this matter and use it to their advantage.
At that time, you may see another front-page news, which says - Mrs. Billy was framed. She did not have a lover, but her husband had an underground lover, trying to slander her and want to have sex with her.
Divorce, things like that.”
Rhodes said and put away the newspaper.
"It's not important whether it's true or not. What's important is that the people got entertainment and entertainment from the infighting among the nobles. In fact, the common people at the bottom are full of curiosity about the lives of the upper-class nobles. They usually don't get this information.
, we can only get a glimpse of it through the medium of newspapers. Real? Unreal? Who knows."
Rhodes laughed.
Aliria frowned. In fact, although Aliria left the forest very early, went out on adventures and wandered, and came into contact with many humans. However, every time she interacted with humans, she only talked about money.
As for remuneration, she took the money and exchanged it for supplies, and then followed her own path without having much contact with human society. But in Marienburg, she saw the shamelessness and filth, hypocrisy and cunning of human society.
.And here, this human male named Rhodes told her those unknown things.
There is indeed something different about him... Aliria looked at the tall Lord of Kislev next to her and couldn't help but think to herself.
"Sir, we are here. We will rest here tonight. We will set off again tomorrow morning. I will let the attendants inform you."
While chatting, they had already arrived at the entrance of Black Cliff Castle. This tall castle is located in the port of Norden Port, next to the dock area. It is very close. At the same time, it is also the city hall and administrative center of Norden City.
The envoy stepped forward and led the way. Soon, the guard turned sideways and the door was already open for Rhodes and his party.