After hearing her gossip, all the civil and military officials went crazy.

Chapter 144 The Crown Prince is Gone
Gu Wangyan looked at Fang Lingchu's shifty-eyed appearance and wanted to laugh, but he held back.

Let's get down to business.

"If Your Highness has a way to solve their problem, you would be more than happy to do so. If there is anything you need help with, please just say so."

Seeing that Gu Wangyan was so cooperative, Fang Lingchu happily said, "It's like this, I have a method for making paper, which can give us a lot of paper. We need workers for that. Also, I want to open a newspaper office similar to a post station, which will require a lot of people. I wonder how much General Gu has!"

The Crown Prince, who was listening nearby, suddenly said, "The Gu family army is short of men, but there are more in other military camps. The country has to spend more than 10 taels of silver every year to support the disabled veterans. Many of them are not well received by their families when they return home, who are afraid that they will become outlaws."

Fang Lingchu was relieved to hear the Crown Prince say that. She had already asked her uncle to prepare the factory. Her uncle would earn money from paper, and this matter would definitely need to be discussed with the Emperor, and the Emperor should also be involved.

[Guagua, how can I get the emperor to invest money and cooperate with me?]

Crown Prince: Do you initially want Father's support?

Yu Shuang: Princess, you're amazing! ··*
Gu Wangyan: Actually, I can manage on my own.

The system was somewhat confused about what Fang Lingchu was trying to do.

[Host, what are you going to do?]

Fang Lingchu explained: "Guagua, don't you understand? No matter how good my ideas are, or how capable the people I bring in, if the people don't know about those good policies, they will be deceived by those troublemakers again."

No matter how good the ideas are, they are useless. Only when the people know what Your Majesty has done and what good things you have done for the country and the people can they trust and love Your Majesty.

There's an old saying that goes, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it." Only by letting the emperor control the hearts of the people can he gain their trust and prevent them from being easily manipulated into rebellion. Do you understand?

The system, seemingly understanding but not quite, said: "[So, host, you plan to create a team that only obeys the emperor and you, specifically to announce the emperor's policies, why certain people were killed, and make those things public, so that everyone will be of one mind?]"

Fang Lingchu smiled and said, "Guagua really understands me. That's exactly what I meant. This way, the people will know immediately who did a good deed and who did a bad deed, and there won't be any cases of using the people to cause trouble."

The system raised another question: [Host, newspapers aren't just about paper, they're also about the words. How do you find so many people to write so many copies a day?]

Fang Lingchu said with a grin: "Movable type printing, hehehehe, doesn't that guy have some Mo family members? We can recruit them to become the emperor's people, and then I'll give this technology to His Majesty. That'll be perfect!"

With printing technology and paper available, the only remaining challenge was figuring out how to make money to pay the workers' wages.

The system nodded and said, "[That's possible, but it probably won't make much money!]"

Fang Lingchu said, "I'll provide the technology, my uncle's family will provide the paper, the emperor will provide the manpower, and Gu Wangyan should probably provide some money."

Gu Wangyan: So you're planning to trick me?
Crown Prince: As expected, sending Gu Wangyan here was never a good thing.

Yu Shuang: The princess is so handsome!

The system didn't want to dampen Fang Lingchu's spirits, but it still said, "[Host, let me tell you! Gu Wangyan also has to support the Gu Family Army; he might not be very wealthy.]"

Fang Lingchu asked, puzzled, "Didn't you say Gu Wangyan was very rich?"

The system sighed and said, "But even someone as wealthy as a country might not be able to sustain things like this! Besides, there's constant fighting on the border. He needs to save his money so that if the emperor runs out of money, he can feed his people!"

Gu Wangyan was deeply moved! This system truly understood him!
Fang Lingchu thought about it and it seemed to be true!
[They might not make much money at first, but they'll definitely make money later! A newspaper doesn't report on national affairs every day; they can reserve some articles for writers and artists to submit. They also make money selling newspapers. And the newspaper is like a courier service; people can send things to specific places. That way they'll make money. As for the price, that's up to them.]

Gu Wangyan was overjoyed. If that were the case, he should be able to recoup his initial investment and might even make a profit.

Hearing this, the system thought it sounded plausible. Then it asked, "Do you know the operating techniques of papermaking and movable type printing?"

Fang Lingchu replied matter-of-factly, "I don't know! But I can do daily quests! Hurry up and look for any daily quests you can do."

Yu Shuang: Princess, you are so bold.

Crown Prince: I'm used to it.

Gu Wangyan smiled gently, already prepared to go back and deal with the matter.

Hua and Feng, who were listening nearby, were stunned. They finally understood why their master and the crown prince liked the princess so much.

Who wouldn't like such a capable and intelligent woman who only thinks of the country?

They are simply unworthy. If they were people of status, they would surely be attracted to a selfless person like the princess.

Yu Shuang now regards Fang Lingchu as a god.

She sensed in Fang Lingchu what a truly good official was—serving the country and its people, doing everything for the nation.

If she had the chance to become a general, she would protect the Dragon Kingdom like Fang Lingchu, and would be willing to die for it.

She finally understood the meaning of the Hua family's ancestral precepts. Perhaps it was because they encountered good officials like Fang Lingchu and good rulers like His Majesty that their sacrifices were worthwhile.

Fang Lingchu was unaware that because of her heartfelt words, a new, invincible general dedicated to the country would emerge in the Dragon Kingdom.

Fang Lingchu felt that she had said enough and said, "Alright, let's go back!"

She was tired. Today's brush with death had taken a toll on her brain cells, and all she wanted to do was get a good night's sleep.

Everyone sensed that Fang Lingchu seemed very tired.

Fang Lingchu's men sent them back, leaving the Crown Prince and Gu Wangyan to discuss the remaining matters.

Then Gu Wangyan went back alone, while the Crown Prince went to do other things.

the next day.

As soon as it was light, Chang's parents got up to work.

Gu Wangyan and Feng Hua were also used to getting up early, and they saw them getting ready to go to the fields.

Remembering the instructions the Crown Prince had given him before he left, Gu Wangyan stepped forward and said, "Uncle and Aunt, are you going out to work? I'll go with you!"

After saying that, Gu Wangyan took the hoe from Changfu's hand.

Chang's father was surprised that Gu Wangyan would get up so early, and even more surprised that he would take the initiative to help with the work. He felt a little embarrassed and wanted to refuse.

Unfortunately, Gu Wangyan had already left. He said, "Uncle and Aunt, let's go. I don't know the way."

(End of this chapter)