Chapter 587
"Lord, this is something called a newspaper that was published at the same time under my Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou." In Chenliu's prefecture, Xun You handed it to Cao Cao with a copy of the Liaodong Daily.
"Liaodong Daily?" Cao Cao took the newspaper in Xun You's hand and began to look through it carefully. Xun You stood aside, waiting quietly for Cao Cao to read the newspaper.
"Okay! It's really wonderful!" Cao Cao kept admiring while looking around, and then he seemed to have thought of something and shouted in dismay, "Yeah? This is not good!"
"Yes, lord, if this newspaper spreads, once Zhao Feng writes any information that is not good for us, we will be helpless!" Xun You said.
"No, you can't let this thing spread under my rule! Absolutely not!" Cao Cao said firmly, "Send troops to confiscate the newspaper immediately!"
"Lord, I'm afraid it's not good if this is the case?" Xun You said with some concern.
"Then do you have any other good ways?" Cao Cao asked, looking at Xun You.
Seeing Cao Cao ask, Xun You lowered his head and thought, and there was no good idea for a moment. Suddenly, a glimmer of light flashed in Xun You's eyes: "Lord, since Zhao Feng can run the Liaodong Daily, why can't we run a Yanzhou Daily?"
"Yes!" Cao Cao suddenly realized that since Zhao Feng had run the Liaodong Daily to spread his remarks among the Han people, why couldn't Cao Cao also run a Yanzhou Daily to walk around the people of the world with his remarks and policies under his rule?
"In this way, Gongda, this matter will be left to you and Wenruo!" Cao Cao continued.
"Yes! My subordinates will definitely live up to their responsibilities!" Xun You said with his fists.
"Well, by the way, what's this called? Oh yes, how much does a newspaper cost Zhao Feng sells? It should be very expensive, right?" Cao Cao asked. In Cao Cao's eyes, both the cost of paper and the manpower for copying this newspaper seem to have a considerable cost!
"Lord, this... Zhao Feng's newspapers are all free, and it is reported that there are 5,000 copies under our rule!" Xun You said hesitantly.
He didn't understand why Zhao Feng didn't want a penny for such consumables, and the most important thing was that there were 5,000 copies under Cao Cao alone. So what about Dong Zhuo? What about Yuan Shao? And Zhao Feng's own rule? Even if it was 5,000 copies, there were more than 20,000 copies. How many people would need to copy it! Is Liaodong really rich?
"What!!?" Cao Cao was also shocked. How could he not want a penny? This is unscientific!
"No, no, we can't distribute it for free!" Cao Cao immediately shook his head.
"Then..." Xun You looked at Cao Cao in confusion.
"If I guessed it well, free is just a means for Zhao Feng. He wants to let the Han people understand the Liaodong Daily during the free period. Even if the fees are charged, there will be people who come to buy it!" Cao Cao analyzed, "In this way, our financial resources are not as good as those of Liaodong. After all, paper is produced in Liaodong, and the cost is much lower than that of us. So we will only run the Yanzhou Daily under our rule. Following Zhao Feng's footsteps, we will also issue it for free in the first issue. Let's see what the medicine is selling in Zhao Feng's gourd. We will wait until he charges and then consider our pricing issues!"
"Yes! The lord is wise!" Xun You nodded. In his opinion, Cao Cao's analysis was correct. Zhao Feng's Liaodong Daily will definitely charge a fee!
"But, lord, Zhao Feng actually named the newspaper "Liaodong Daily". Is it just that this newspaper will be published every day?" Thinking of this name, Xun You said with some concern that he didn't understand why Zhao Feng was so confident that he called this newspaper "Daily". Isn't it good to call this newspaper "Liaodong Daily" directly? Or is it that Zhao Feng can really publish such a newspaper every day? This is completely unrealistic!
"This..." Cao Cao pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "This is impossible! If it is really released every day, how much manpower and material resources will be required? Zhao Feng will definitely be accused by the people of being untrustworthy in the future! In this way, we will not call it Yanzhou Daily, we will directly call it Yanzhou Daily so that we can avoid this point!"
"My lord is wise!" Xun You praised.
"Well, our Yanzhou Newspaper must be implemented as soon as possible. There is still some extra money in our treasury, so use it. Don't lose Zhao Feng in terms of money!" Cao Cao said generously.
"Yes! That subordinate took his leave!" After saying that, Xun You retreated.
"Zihu, Zihu? What do you want to do?" Cao Cao murmured.
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In Chang'an City, Li Ru also received the Liaodong Daily. After reading it, he couldn't help but exclaim: "It's amazing, it's so amazing!"
While admiring, Li Ru's eyes were full of ruthlessness, "Comeone, confiscate all the newspapers! Anyone who circulates, discusses, and collects privately will punish the crime of colluding with the enemy!"
However, the power of the people is terrible. Although Li Ru issued strict orders to completely ban and crack down on the Liaodong Daily, there are still people circulating, discussing, privately hiding, and even submitting articles to the Liaodong Daily!
Under Yuan Shao's rule, he was mentally conscious of this Liaodong Daily. Dong Zhuo sent 100,000 troops and attacked Bingzhou, which made Yuan Shao very worried. How could he have the heart to pay attention to these things?
As for Sun Jian and Liu Biao's rule, they were relatively negative. They did not respond to the Liaodong Daily, but just allowed it to develop.
"Public platform, this Liaodong Daily seems to be not so beneficial to us!" In Xinye City, Liu Bei had just finished reading the Liaodong Daily in his hand, and he also saw that there seemed to be some conspiracy hidden in the Liaodong Daily!
"Lord, our current task is to win people's hearts. It is not only the people in Xinye City, but also the people of Jingzhou! As for the Liaodong Daily, although it is powerful, Liaodong is too far from our Jingzhou, and its influence will not be that great for the time being. Therefore, we don't have to worry about this thing for the time being! We should put the overall situation first!" Chen Gong advised.
"So can we run a newspaper of our own called "Xinye Weekly"?" Liu Bei asked again.
"No, our Xinye does not have such financial resources!" Chen Gong immediately denied.
"Hey, then do we need to ban the spread of the Liaodong Daily?" Liu Bei asked again.
"No, the people all know that we are hostile to Liaodong, but the people's psychology is rebellious. The more we prohibit it, the more people will look at it secretly! So it's better to accept the Liaodong Daily, which can also demonstrate the extraordinary demeanor of the lord!" Chen Gong advised.
"Okay, just as Mr. Gongtai said!" Liu Bei nodded, "How are our soldiers training?"
"Reported to the lord, the Wudang Flying Army trained by the third general has begun to show combat power, and the Baier elite soldiers trained by the General Chen Dao seem to have even more combat power! In time, these two armies will definitely become the mysterious force of our army!" Chen Gong's tone was filled with joy.
"Well, I'm already familiar with Liu Qi, but Liu Biao seems to be able to hold on for a while. Once Liu Biao passes away, we can support Mr. Liu Qi to take office. By then, basically, this Jingzhou is already the territory of my Liu Bei!" Liu Bei nodded and said proudly.
"It's so good, the lord needs to continue, and strive to make Mr. Liu Qi rely on him! That will be more conducive to the lord's acquisition of Jingzhou!" Chen Gong said.
Chapter completed!