Xu Donglai appeared quickly, he lived in the courtyard next to the study, and usually didn't go out at all. After Sidi moved into the study for more than three months, he learned that the superintendent of Huangzhou lived next to him.

What is he up to? The agricultural scripture has been compiled, Hong Tao specially found Ma Baiqing to read it, with the level of the child who has been to county school for a few years, there is no problem in reading the sentence.

However, Xu Donglai was not satisfied, he felt that some things could not be clearly expressed in words, and he was inspired by Fuzhou Daily and decided to add pictures. In this way, even if the education level is lower than Ma Baiqing, he can still guess eight or nine correctly.

Hong Tao was deeply impressed by Xu Donglai's suggestion, and then played it again, suggesting that Xu Donglai simply make the Agricultural Classics into a comic book, with pictures in the upper part of the page and text annotations in the lower half and the back.

In this way, in addition to publishing, two pages per issue can be published in Fuzhou Daily, which not only enriches the content of the newspaper, but also allows more poor people who cannot afford books to access new technologies, killing two birds with one stone.

Xu Donglai was not ashamed to put his work results in the daily newspaper for free to show the illiterate poor, on the contrary, he gladly adopted this suggestion and worked overtime to draw a comic strip.

After more than two years of operation, Fuzhou Daily has shed its original business newspaper and become a comprehensive newspaper. Although the number of issuances decreased, the number of pages in the north of the city increased to eight.

Business information, commentary, poetry and songs, national events, current affairs commentary, agricultural economics, advertising, searching for people and things, the content covers all aspects of production and life. From the officials and nobles to the peddlers and pawns, you can find what you are interested in.

It is not only the newspaper editing model that matures, but also the reading habits of readers. When the newspaper was first published, there were not many customers who subscribed to it throughout the year, and it was mainly read by officials and merchants, and it was very purposeful.

Now Fuzhou Daily has more than 3,000 long-term customers in Fuzhou, and the number will double if you count the perennial subscribers in Jianzhou, Putian and Quanzhou. This is also the main reason for changing the original five-day edition to a ten-day edition, because there is too much information to edit.

Half a year ago, Wang Er proposed to open a branch in Hangzhou, which could reduce the number of publications of the Fuzhou headquarters and make it easier to expand the scope of circulation, but Hong Tao refused.

At present, the imperial court has not officially stated its position on Fuzhou Daily, and this new thing will not touch the nerves of the imperial court too much if it is far away in Fuzhou. Once there is a branch in Hangzhou, the number of publications will immediately double, and it will soon be able to spread its influence to Kaifeng City.

At that time, if you casually discuss the gains and losses of the imperial court's policies in the daily newspapers, you will be hit if you can't keep it. Now is not the time to use the weapon of public opinion, and it is easy to remind the enemy to be on guard if it fails to achieve the desired effect if it is too early to exert force.

The weapon of public opinion cannot be used alone, even if the Song Dynasty is enlightened, it is a centralized government, and it really provokes it, and its mouth can never fight with a big stick.

However, Hong Tao allowed Wang Er to open the daily newspaper office in Sichuan, because Lingnan, Fujian, Sichuan, and Shaanxi, no matter how developed their economy and commerce were, were remote and poor in ancient times, and the central government's control was relatively weak, and the slightest gossip would not be too conspicuous.

But once this kind of gossip becomes a habit, it will slowly cause a change in the minds of the people. Hong Tao planned to transform the thinking of these areas first, and spread it to the north little by little by boiling frogs in warm water.

By the time the court sensed that something was wrong, it would be too late to extinguish the flames. At that time, the flames will no longer be sparks, they will be very hot, there will be a lot of combustibles, and if they are not properly treated when extinguished, they will provide more oxygen, and deflagration will occur.

No matter how effective Wang Er's branch in Sichuan was, Xu Donglai's workload increased in vain anyway, not only turning the Agricultural Classics into comic books, but also starting to adapt the Sutra of Calculation, the Book of Money and the Book of Lianjing, intending to put all of them into the Fuzhou Daily for serialization.

This was not Hong Tao's idea, Xu Donglai was fooled by Wang Er. He knew who Wang Er was, but he didn't know who Mr. Qiu Shi was. This mysterious figure, who often publishes commentary on current affairs in Fuzhou Daily, is not only very famous in Fujian Road, but also known by many courtiers, such as Su Shi.

Everyone's evaluation of him is mixed, but it is undeniable that this Mr. Akimi has already had his first loyal readers, and according to later generations, he is a fan.

Xu Donglai is not a fan of Mr. Qiu Shi, on the contrary, he does not fully agree with the views of Fuzhou Daily on many issues, but he has no chance to say it, and others cannot hear what he says.

When Mr. Qiushi personally replied to him and promised to serialize the Agricultural Economics in Fuzhou Daily, Xu Donglai immediately became energetic. His waist didn't hurt anymore, his legs didn't hurt anymore, and he began to write letters to Mr. Qiu Shi one by one to explain his opinions, but he didn't know that these letters were all transcribed by the Shanchuan Inspectorate and then transferred to Hong Tao.

Regarding the matter of students fooling the teacher, although Hong Tao had some sympathy, he could only remain silent. Serializing science books is exactly what I wanted to do but didn't expect, and since Wang Er thought of doing it, he put up with a little flaw.

If Xu Donglai doesn't adapt the book, these jobs will have to fall on his own head, didn't the ancients say, don't die poor friends!

Regarding the controversy between Wang Er and Xu Donglai, Hong Tao felt that it was both right and wrong. These two people have different backgrounds, different growth environments, different educations, and different life plans, and if they can have a common understanding of everything, they must be cheating.

But Wang Er occupies the convenience of the mouthpiece of public opinion and is a bit of a bully. In order to give Xu Donglai the ability to confront Wang Er, Hong Tao had a whim and planned to get a newspaper for Xu Donglai to do.

In the past, I didn't have anyone to run a newspaper by myself, not to mention editing and typesetting work, and the distribution system alone was not something that a few people could handle. Now it's okay, there are suddenly forty-eight more idlers in the mansion who have no possibility of rebellion, it's time for Xu Dong to vent his anger, it's easy to get sick if he is so suffocated.

"The newspaper is run by the villain as the editor-in-chief! I'm afraid that's not right...... The villain has neither fame nor the slightest achievement, how can he be ashamed! Xu Donglai's first reaction to Hong Tao's suggestion was not surprise but panic, feeling that his personal ability was insufficient.

"This king didn't let you write a book and say it, but it's just a newspaper, and you also need fame to chew your tongue after tea and dinner?"

Hong Tao has such a broken mouth, in order to demean others, he doesn't even pity himself. If the newspaper is garbage for chewing his tongue after tea and dinner, then what he serializes in the newspaper is not as good as garbage.

“…… It's not as unbearable as adults say...... "Xu Donglai is even more unhappy to hear people say that newspapers are garbage, Hong Tao can be shameless, he still wants it."

"No matter how unbearable it is, this king thinks that you are more than enough to be an editor, so it's decided." Hong Tao said this just to let Xu Donglai have more confidence, and he didn't expect to completely eliminate his concerns. This person belongs to the old scalper, and he will not take the initiative to fight for it, so he can only drive it away with a small whip.

“…… But the villain can't run a newspaper. Seeing that the hard top couldn't be passed, Xu Donglai began to make excuses again, just wanting to retreat.

"I'll teach you! Don't have anything to say now? You can do it yourself by writing articles, and if you can't get busy, you can find two or three helpers. Don't ask me where to find it, the six phases of the children's group are all your students, except for the first and second batches, as long as you name and are not too busy, I will transfer them back to you. However, it is not enough to have a helper to write articles, and the typesetting and printing can be handled by Baohuitang, but after it is printed, someone has to go to the market to sell it. These people have also helped you find them, but they are not very literate and need to learn by doing, can you teach them? ”

In fact, it was a pretense to let Xu Dong run the newspaper, and it was completely Hong Tao who wanted to play with Wang Er. He is not only a-stirring stick, but also a bar, always watching Wang Er's mouth itch when he kills the Quartet.

Is it hard to run a newspaper? It's also hard and easy. It is indeed very difficult to run a comprehensive newspaper of a whole road and a national nature, and it is really not difficult for Hong Tao to just get something called a newspaper to come out.

Xu Donglai was paired with a few students in the children's group who were better at writing as editors, and even typesetting to the printing treasure painting hall was done, and even helped introduce some old customers.

The rest is the distribution work, which Hong Tao feels is more doable. Pick some of these 40 or so Japanese people with good foot strength, make two clean clothes for each of them, embroider the name of the newspaper and the name of the newspaper office the size of a fist on the back of their chest, and walk through the streets and alleys to shout. You don't need to know much Chinese, as long as you can call the name of the newspaper and know how much to charge for a copy.

In addition, Hong Tao also plans to use his connections to go through official channels, and he doesn't dare to say more, anyway, it is not a problem for the officials on the ground in Yangzhou to order one for each family, maybe the officials of Huainan West Road and Huainan East Road can give some face. Anyway, a newspaper doesn't have much money a year, and it's not for nothing.