In fact, the output of a large amount of cheap paper not only solved Donn's long-agonizing toilet paper problem, but more importantly, gave him a mouthpiece to control public opinion.

That's right, newspapers.

He had already made a simple printing press, and now that there was a large amount of cheap paper at his disposal, the introduction of newspapers was a matter of course.

In this Apocalypse, where the Apocalypse is in control, ordinary people's lives are still in the feudal period, and all news transmission is in a state of serious lag, often what is happening in one place, and the news may not be known in another place until a month later.

Of course, this only refers to ordinary news, and if it is very important news, it will be transmitted to the end of the continent in the blink of an eye - unfortunately, this method is extremely expensive, and ordinary news will not be delivered in this way.

In this environment, the launch of a newspaper is one of the best ways to grasp public opinion in the territory, and Don can completely follow the example of those politicians on the planet, and let the people see what he wants them to see to guide public opinion and consolidate his rule here.

Originally, Don wanted to discuss with Fiona who would be in charge of the newspaper, but seeing that she was like that just now, it was estimated that it would only be boring to go to her at this time, so Don simply decided to make the first edition of the newspaper himself.

As for the newspaper sellers, the teenagers who have no place to vent all day long have a job to do, and no one here will sue him for child labor...... [e1]

So, the residents of Ellington suddenly discovered a strange thing, the children who usually ran around the streets these days suddenly became very strange, they ran all over the streets to inquire about some strange things, and when they came home at night, they were all mysterious, their faces were full of excitement, as if they had encountered something very exciting......

And the adults didn't say anything when they asked, just a smirk, which made everyone very strange.

And this answer was answered three days later.

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Freshly baked Datang Daily! ”

"Why did One-Eyed Buck die on the streets?? Why are hundreds of beasts screaming in the middle of the night?? Why is the soap in the shop repeatedly hacked?? Why did the clothes of the maids of the lord's mansion disappear en masse?? The old widow's door is knocked on every night, is it a human being or a dead spirit?? What is hidden behind the death of the previous lord Hogg? Is behind all this the distortion of human nature or the degradation of morality?? If you want to know the answer, stay tuned to Datang Daily! ”

On the streets of Ellington, a little boy runs and shouts with a satchel on his back, and the words in his mouth attract the eyes of both sides of the road.

"Isn't this Werther? Why didn't you play with those little ones today? What newspapers did it sell? ”

Witt grinned: "Uncle Renard, do you want a Datang Daily?" There's a lot of interesting news on this. ”

Uncle Renard in Werther is literate and should be a good customer.

"Datang Daily?"

Renard asked curiously, "What is that?" And what is news? ”

"Datang Daily is a newspaper with the hairstyle of the Datang Newspaper established by the lord, and there are a lot of interesting news published on it, and these interesting news that have happened recently are news, how about it, are you interested in buying one? It's very cheap, just a silver coin. ”

"A silver coin!? Good boy, this newspaper is worth selling me ten good candles! ”

"That can't be said," Werther retorted to Renard with an uncharacteristically sharp tooth, "no matter how good the candle is, it can only be lit at night, but this newspaper can let you know the latest news from Ellington, and even the latest decrees of the lord, and all kinds of work information, which are priceless, not to mention that this newspaper is made of paper!" Usually it costs ten silver coins to buy a piece of paper, but now so much paper only needs one silver coin, even if you finish reading it, you can continue to use it, do you think it's really expensive? ”

Renard didn't really want to buy it at first, but it made sense to hear Werther say it, usually a piece of paper is so expensive, and there are several of these newspapers, which add up to only one silver coin, which is too cost-effective!

"Okay, then get me a newspaper!"

Renard owned a candle shop, which was relatively wealthy in Ellington, and it was nothing to buy a newspaper with a silver coin.

A few people next to him saw that Renard had bought a newspaper and immediately came over: "Hey! Boss Renard, what the hell is written in the newspaper? ”

Reynard enjoyed the sensation and opened the newspaper and read it aloud.

"Today's headlines on the front page, Datang Steel Mill is about to be established, and new jobs are waiting. According to Lord Donne, the Datang Steelmaking Plant is under construction and will be completed in a few days, and the Steelmaking Plant has recently been established and requires a large number of staff, so it is widely invited to the whole territory of Ellington, as long as the man between the ages of sixteen and fifty who has the ability, ideas, and intentions, can go to the recruitment office outside the Lord's Mansion to sign up for recruitment, and once the training is successfully hired, the salary starts at least ten gold coins per month! Besides—"

As soon as the headlines were read here, there was an uproar all around.

"This steel mill is treated so well!?"

"From ten gold coins! I also signed up when the lord recruited craftsmen, but at the beginning only thirteen girls were recruited, I thought that the lord was partial and only gave girls a chance, but I didn't expect that now we also have a chance! ”

"Oh my God! I'm definitely going to give it a try! ”

"Boss Renard! Keep reading!? What else!? ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him anxiously, Renard coughed smugly and continued to read another piece of news.

"According to this newspaper's investigation, the farmer subsidy program promoted by the lord was widely praised before, and the farmers in the villages around Ellington generally got real benefits, and the iron tools greatly accelerated the efficiency of their work, allowing them to spend more time with their families to enjoy life, and even had the spare energy to participate in the construction of Ellington to earn a second pot of gold......"

"The caravan formed by the Datang Chamber of Commerce has recently taken our specialty mints, soap and other products to the mountain city of Bayin, planning to open shops in Bayin, and at the same time establish a trade route to bring more rich products and business opportunities to Ellington......"

"One-Eyed Buck and his men died tragically on the streets because Miss Fiona used a precious fourth-order magic scroll, and this magic scroll is worth ...... value"

"According to the exclusive news of this newspaper, according to Miss Tina, who did not want to be named, there was a heart-wrenching incident in the lord's mansion recently, and all the clothes of the maids in the lord's mansion were murdered, and among them, all kinds of clues pointed to the suspicion of the lord......"

"What!?"

"Impossible, right!?"

"How so!?"

As soon as this gossip news came out, everyone's enthusiasm was instantly ignited, and they all stared at Renard with wide eyes and continued to read.

"Ahem, everyone wait for me to take a break, and then read slowly."

Renard felt refreshed and deliberately whetted their appetite, wanting to continue enjoying the sensation of being in the spotlight for a while.

Seeing this, Witt rolled his eyes and shouted loudly: "The news that everyone wants to know is available in Datang Daily, everyone can buy a copy and read it slowly by themselves without huddled together!" ”

Hearing Werther shout, everyone came to their senses and ran to him to buy the newspaper, and when Renard came to his senses, he found that everyone had already bought the newspaper, so he had to read it himself.

"What!? Sold out!? ”

A few of the slow ones couldn't get the newspaper, and they were in a hurry.

"Don't worry, everyone! I don't have it here, Marshall they might still have it there! ”

Witt shouted loudly: "Our Ellington little newsboy will bring you an issue of Datang Daily every day from today!" Quantity is limited, please purchase early! ”

After shouting, Werther slipped away.

Since it was the first issue of the newspaper, Donn didn't print much of it, taking into account everyone's habits, but it wasn't until the evening that he got a report from Werther that he realized that he had underestimated the receptivity of the inhabitants of Ellington.

All the 1,000 newspapers printed on the first day were sold out!

This was much more than Don had anticipated, and in fact, when he finished printing the newspaper, he had a very important thing in mind.

That is, newspapers use words as the main content carrier, and Ellington is probably not so many literate people.

Now, it seems, Ellington's literacy rate is not too low.

However, considering the popularization of writing, Don thought for a while, and then decided to start with the second issue of the newspaper and set up a special literacy column to teach everyone to read and write newspapers.

This not only allowed the policy to control public opinion, but also popularized the written word, which improved Ellington's average literacy level, which can be said to kill multiple birds with one stone.

"Well done, these are your wages for today."

Let Werther sell newspapers, a salary of ten silver coins a day, and a thousand newspapers are a hundred gold coins, and after deducting the cost of the paper mill, the profit is staggering - but unfortunately Donn does not look at this profit at all, he cares more about controlling public opinion and increasing the efficiency of the dissemination of information.

Werther and they left happily after getting the silver coins, selling newspapers to make money faster than digging mint grass, they can earn three gold coins by selling newspapers for a month, which is a huge amount of money that they couldn't imagine before!

Fiona exclaimed: "Newspaper, this is the way you came up with it!?" ”

"How's it going?"

"Excellent! More than 50 people have just applied for a job at the steel mill! Now the headache is how to screen them. ”

"I'll leave this to me, remember, we don't have too many workers right now!"

The steel mill is a top priority, and the number of people is also efficient, and Don certainly doesn't mind hiring a few more people.

But at the same time, he also needs to find someone else to take charge of the operation of the Datang Daily - of course, as a lord, he can't stay there all day as a newspaper editor and write gossip news......

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