I am engaged in construction in Datang

Chang'an is a little different this morning.

The city gates in all directions were about to open, and a group of children wearing white jackets, green cross-body bags and hats on their heads ran into the city.

"Newspapers for sale! Tang Weekly for only 3 cents a copy." A child shouted loudly while holding up a newspaper.

"Shocked, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law actually did this in public..."

"This is a masterpiece by the prime minister Fang Xuanling. Students, come and see it!"

"What great things has Your Majesty done in the past few years?"

"The latest information on the battle against Tuyuhun! Duke Weiguo Li Jing actually raised his orchid finger!"

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The streets were filled with the cries of children, and the content of their messages was more horrifying than the last.

Fang Xuanling was taking a post-meal walk with his wife with his hands behind his back. Master Li said that exercising after a meal was good for the body.

"Qiao Lang, the capital is becoming more and more prosperous and lively." Mrs. Lu said with a smile, holding a string of candied haws in her hand.

It was originally agreed that she couldn't eat anything, but Qiao Lang insisted on buying her a string of candied haws, treating her like a little baby!

"That's right!" Fang Xuanling squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the poem on the package: "I have searched for him among the crowd for thousands of times..."

I was concentrating on reciting a poem when I was suddenly interrupted by the crisp shouting of hawkers.

"Selling newspapers! Selling newspapers! The Prime Minister Fang Xuanling wrote this masterpiece. Men will be silent after reading it, and women will cry after reading it!"

Fang Xuanling: "..."

Mrs. Lu: “…”

"Qiao Lang..., you..." Lu's eyes were a little complicated. I didn't expect that you, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would actually start writing...

"Ma'am, I didn't! You must believe me!"

Fang Xuanling was unable to defend himself and his hands began to tremble.

What silence, what tears, what nonsense are you talking about?

A few days ago, Master Li asked him for a policy paper, saying that he wanted the students all over the world to read it, so he wrote a very satisfactory piece of work and sent it to him immediately.

Mrs. Lu pursed her lips and smiled secretly.

She naturally believed Qiao Lang, but...

"Ah!" Fang Xuanling was furious and waved to the newspaper boy: "Little boy, come here."

"Father." The newspaper seller came running over: "Do you want to buy a newspaper? It's a quarto newspaper, very big, printed on one side, you can use the back to practice calligraphy after reading it."

Li Yin deliberately did not print anything on the back. Firstly, the content to be reported was not that much, and secondly, paper was still a bit expensive nowadays.

In this way, poor students could buy newspapers, learn about political affairs, study policy questions, and practice calligraphy on the back.

"How much is one?" Fang Xuanling asked. Nowadays, a piece of hemp paper costs more than twenty wen, and rice paper is even more expensive, with many costing a hundred wen.

His policy questions are printed in this newspaper, and I think there are a lot of other good things, probably at least twenty or thirty cents.

"Today's content is only one, three cents!"

Fang Xuanling rubbed his ears and asked, "How much did you say? Three or thirty cents?"

"Three cents!" The child looked at Fang Xuanling in confusion. Didn't he express it clearly?

"However many you have left, I want them all!" Fang Xuanling waved his hand.

"What are you thinking about!" The child pouted and looked at Fang Xuanling with a bit of contempt. This was another person who wanted to take advantage: "One person can only buy one!"

"..." Fang Xuanling, he really didn't mean that.

"Hahaha..." Mrs. Lu finally couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed out loud. Her Qiao Lang had never been so embarrassed before.

"Little kid, give us two copies, one for me and one for him, how about that?" Mrs. Lu took out six copper coins and handed them to the newspaper boy, rubbing his head. "You are so young and you can come out to earn money to supplement the family income, you are really amazing!"

Unlike those in her family, if it weren’t for Qiao Lang’s ability, they wouldn’t even have enough to eat now!

The child liked this cheerful and carefree woman and immediately smiled: "I am the pillar of the family now!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Lu was surprised, but she didn't believe it in her heart: "That's even more amazing. Now I can support my family."

"That's it!" The child, without being praised, instantly puffed out his chest with pride, and said goodbye to the two of them in a skipping manner, singing a simple and cheerful song.

"La la la, la la la, I am a small newspaper seller... I run around the streets enduring hunger and cold, I can't eat enough, I can't sleep well, I can't tell anyone about my miserable life, but one day the light will come..."

Mrs. Lu looked at the child's back and wondered, "Qiao Lang, the child's family depends on him?"

"He's from the slums." Fang Xuanling glanced at the child's back and said, "He's probably the only one in the family who can run and jump."

"I finally understand why you always say that a female farm is good at home..." Mrs. Lu whispered, "I heard that the owner of the farm is a girl!"

I don't know if this old woman can be of any help.

Let Qiao Lang go and ask later.

Mrs. Lu was also literate, so the two of them took the newspaper and started reading it in the street.

The most eye-catching title on the first page is "Shock! The Duke of Wei actually raised his orchid finger at the border." This title is really interesting and tempts people to read it.

In fact, the content has nothing to do with the orchid finger, but talks about how the border war was going, what victories were achieved, and how much baggage there was.

It has something to do with the orchid finger, that is, when Li Jing struck a match, he raised his little finger...

"This, this is not a lie!" Fang Xuanling was angry. How could this be gossip?

He was ready to see a big show, and this is what he was told?

"Where is this a lie?" Mrs. Lu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "Didn't the Duke of Wei raise his orchid finger?"

"It's true, but..." Fang Xuanling just felt like there was a blockage in his chest, neither going up nor down.

The two of them then looked down -

"Regarding the dog-skin plaster of Tuyuhun, the prime minister of the time, Fang Xuanling, said: I have something to say"

"What can I say? What can I say?" Fang Xuanling almost spat out blood: "I shouldn't have written any policy questions!"

"Qiao Lang, don't be impatient, read on!" Mrs. Lu also found it funny, but to be honest, she didn't like those flowery questions in the first place, but now she actually wanted to take a look at them.

So the two of them saw Fang Xuanling begin to analyze how to solve the Tuyuhun problem and then give a conclusion.

Fang Xuanling knew Li Yin's solution. He drew inferences from similar situations, followed Li Yin's ideas, added his own insights, and gave a different solution. It can be said to be a perfect policy question.

Then, my sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and a group of people from the village were selecting seeds with salt water in public...

The content is serious, but it makes people angry.

Why are the headlines in newspapers about serious matters so... embarrassing to say out loud?

The content of the newspaper is temporarily divided into three major sections: national affairs, people's livelihood, and entertainment. At the end there is also a novel "The Pillow Plan", and then attached is the submission method and how the royalties will be paid.

"I want to report him!" Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and relaxed.

He will file a complaint when he sees His Majesty tomorrow!

He had clearly given it a very good name before, such as On the Affairs of Tuyuhun, but how come Zhuangzi twisted it so distorted!

It's damaging his reputation!

He had a great reputation all his life, but now he is on the pirates' ship!