"Paper? That's right, with this kind of printing technology, paper is still needed. I believe that your highness has an idea."

Compared with lathes and hydraulic forging hammers, printing and papermaking are relatively simple. Xiao Ming said: "What you see is prepared for papermaking and printing workshops."

While speaking, Xiao Ming took Pang Yukun to see the pulping machine and the pressure screen used for papermaking. With these equipment, the work efficiency of the papermaking workshop will be greatly improved.

Then, Xiao Ming took Pang Yukun to a layout that had been typed out.

Pang Yukun looked in front of the board and said in surprise: "Your Highness, this is the military farming order and the recruitment order. As for the others, what happened in Qingzhou recently, will this highness be printed into a book?"

"No, this is a newspaper." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Next, he will carry out a very important task, public opinion propaganda. This public opinion propaganda will naturally spread its bright and positive image and convey various decrees to the people.

At the same time, it can also let the people understand some current affairs, so that the people can feel what he, the vassal king, is doing for them, thereby strengthening the people's support for him.

In Xiao Ming's view, public opinion must be seized in any era, otherwise if you don't capture public opinion, public opinion will be controlled by others.

It is precisely because of this that the enemy has the opportunity to take advantage of the sweet words of cholera that was originally peaceful and prosperous.

Once the newspaper is promoted in his fiefdom, he can promptly refute rumors about the public and dominate public opinion.

"Please make it clear to you." Now, Pang Yukun, like the others in Qingzhou, is very humble in front of Xiao Ming.

Because he found that the King of Qi knew everything.

Xiao Ming then talked about the role of the newspaper to Pang Yukun.

Pang Yukun was much more shocked when he saw the printing technique. He said, "With this country's important weapon, why worry that people in the world don't know His Highness."

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "This newspaper is not used to boast about my achievements at that time. Look at the bottom of this page, the smuggling case in Cangzhou and the 72 family massacres in Dengzhou."

"If this matter spreads among the people, the people will definitely hate the local wealthy families and praise His Highness's achievements is really wonderful. In the long run, as long as His Highness works hard to govern, there is no need to worry about the people not supporting His Highness." Pang Yukun became more and more excited as he spoke.

He didn't understand Xiao Ming's mechanical things in the past, but when it comes to government affairs, Pang Yukun immediately understood.

Xiao Ming nodded. This was his purpose, but he said: "It's a pity that there are too few people in the fiefdom who know how to read, and this newspaper can only be circulated in the government."

"What's wrong with this? Your Highness, the hard-working scholars among these six states, always make a living by selling calligraphy and paintings and copying books for others. Why can't Your Highness give them newspapers and let them go to the states and counties to read to the people, and then give them some money."

"Well, a good idea." Xiao Mingxi said, Pang Yukun knew the people's sentiments of this fiefdom best. He ignored his fiefdom and there were many scholars.

Both of them were excited about the newspaper's idea. Taking advantage of this incident, Xiao Ming said: "By the way, Pang Changshi, there is something I want to keep telling you, this is about the army."

When talking about the army, Pang Yukun's expression became serious, because the army is always a sensitive topic.

"Your Highness, this army is under the jurisdiction of Captain Lu. Is there anything you are worried about?" Pang Yukun said cautiously.

Xiao Ming said: "Now there are 30,000 people in the Iron and Steel Floor. Here is the time to provide equipment for the army. Once the equipment is formed, the Qingzhou army will be a tiger with sharp teeth. This tiger must be in my hands. Therefore, I want to strengthen the rights of the chief in the army."

The Chief Secretary is originally a civil servant in the military organization of the Governor's Office, but only the Chief Secretary is equipped with only the Chief Secretary.

But for Xiao Ming, this is far from enough, because of the blockage of information, the chance of military mutiny in this era is very high.

Therefore, it is very dangerous to simply hand over an army to a simple-minded and extremely prone to conflict. He now has to copy the political commissar system in the modern army, and his political commissar is the chief minister.

He wanted to let the chief clerk go to the grassroots level of the army, and each level was equipped with a chief clerk to be responsible for ideological propaganda work.

In this way, the army can be transformed into a body and a head, and the general is responsible for leading military operations, and the chief must obey orders and not interfere.

The chief is responsible for the ideological discipline of the army, ensuring Xiao Ming's absolute leadership over the army, and he can depose the position of the chief general when the general intends to rebel at critical moments.

In the Equipment Department, Xiao Ming told Pang Yukun in a casual manner. Pang Yukun nodded frequently. Whether it was the newspaper or the chief secretary, it now means that Xiao Ming wants to have absolute control over the fiefdom.

In Pang Yukun's view, Xiao Ming is also preparing for the future and preventing problems before they happen.

"Your Highness, just that, we need a lot of scholars." Pang Yukun said.

"Isn't studying for the sake of the country? Now I have given them the opportunity, and they don't need the imperial examinations, just training to compete for jobs. Isn't that good?"

Although he doesn't understand the meaning of training and competition, Pang Yukun knows that Xiao Ming is recruiting talents.

He said, "Since that is the case, the Governor's Office issued a notice to summon scholars in the fiefdom to come regardless of whether they have fame or not, what about?"

"Well, that's it." Xiao Ming said.

The two agreed that Pang Yukun left in a hurry and the Chief Secretary went deep into the army, which was equivalent to improving the Chief Secretary's status, which was also the reason why Pang Yukun did not object.

After all, this incident was also beneficial to him, and he agreed with this approach very much. The army is a sharp sword, and hurting others can hurt himself and must be strictly controlled.

Pang Yukun was responsible for recruiting senior officials and newspaper boys, while Xiao Ming went to the printing and papermaking workshops to produce.

He was looking forward to what effect the first newspaper in the Great Yu Kingdom would have in his fiefdom.

The next day, a notice was posted in the East and West City of Qingzhou City, which immediately caused a stir among Qingzhou scholars.

"We know this senior, but what this newspaper boy is? Who knows?" The scholars gathered in front of the notice.

A scholar in front of him shook his head and read out all the contents of the notice. The onlookers shook their heads and left. This matter had nothing to do with them.

"A report boy, a report boy, is it a scout who reports military information?" A scholar straightened his back and felt quite contented.

Scholars who have fame and fortune are respected by others, and scholars who have no fame and fortune are useless in the mouths of the people at that time.

Among the onlookers, many of them were wearing patched clothes. They were poor families but failed the exam several times.

This kind of scholar's life is very difficult and ridiculed by many people.
Chapter completed!