"Sir, we are all kind-hearted people!" Some shipowners said pitifully.

"Who is here? This is the merchant ship of the Zhang family, how dare you act so arrogantly?" The arrogant ship owner raised his chin and said disdainfully.

"Hmph! Even if it is the ship of the King of Heaven, I still want to check it!" The leading Yamen servant paused for a moment, but when he remembered that Lin Liushou was supporting him, his momentum instantly rose, but he still said calmly:

"We are not unreasonable people. This time, we asked Lin to stay behind and check the forbidden items! Others, we don't care about!"

The yamen servant behind him had a blank look on his face. When have we ever reasoned with each other? Why should we be cadres if we reason with each other?

"Huh! You damaged something, I'll let the lord (county magistrate) punish you!" The captain looked on with cold eyes and his temper was very bad.

As soon as these words came out, all the officers were shocked, checked them over quickly, and hurried out, holding dozens of newspapers full of fonts in their hands. The leader of the officers took a look at it, and instantly felt confident:

"These newspapers from the puppet country, to use Liubei's words, are all deceptive words. They are not trustworthy and can easily induce ignorant people. From today on, all ships are not allowed to carry these things, otherwise You bear the consequences at your own risk!”

With that said, holding these newspapers, a group of government officials prepared to leave in a mighty manner and search again. Unexpectedly, the ship refused to give up and instead said arrogantly:

"It's okay to be a monster and deceive the public, but it's fine to take away the Zhang family's things, which are bought with copper coins, but you have to pay for it!"

All the government officials were extremely angry at these words. This was a rare moment of impartial enforcement of the law, but they were wronged. This is unforgivable.

But what is unbelievable is that the old man who arrested him turned around, hesitated for a moment, walked into the boat, put down his things, then put the newspaper he had found elsewhere in his hand, and walked out with undiminished momentum. , a group of people looked confused.

"head--"

"Stop talking, let's go -" The head catcher was not guilty, but he puffed up his chest and yelled at the watching boats: "Look closely, and if we are found out, you will suffer the consequences!"

Soon, this group of government officials pretended to be powerful and took advantage of the pretext to raid merchant ships and inns. If a small household found a newspaper, they would be fined a certain amount of money; Sometimes I pretend not to know and turn a blind eye.

"Brother Chen, what are you doing?" Liu Pei looked down from a high position. He was not surprised at all when he saw this group of arrogant government officials, but he was very interested in the reason for their actions.

"Go, find someone to come up!" Chen Chen heard this, waved his hand, and a servant left quickly. After a while, he found a captain who came up.

"Boatman, why do these government officials want to search your boat?" Liu Pei sat down and asked softly.

"Reporting to Sir, I heard that they are searching for newspapers from the puppet country. We are not allowed to take them from Jiangling. If we find one, we will fine you a lot of money!" The ship owner is in his thirties and forties, and he can be considered weather-beaten, but he has never seen anything like this. There were so many rich and distinguished young men that I couldn't help but feel a little timid.

"Reporter's newspaper? Puppet country?" Liu Pei's interest increased greatly. It would not be unusual if it was the imperial court's residence newspaper, but the residence newspaper of the puppet country was only available to officials. How could an ordinary businessman get it?

Even if it is entrapment, it can only be entrapment by capable big business owners. How can ordinary businessmen have such ability?

"Yes!" The businessman nodded, swallowed his saliva, and said: "New Tang, no, the puppet country's Di newspaper is published nationwide. You only need ten dollars to buy one, one issue every ten days.

There has never been any delay, ordinary people can buy it, and even us foreign businessmen can buy some in unlimited quantities."

"Are that many people watching?"

"There are so many!" the businessman said: "We have tens of thousands of households in the southern capital, and there are many who are richer than princes. There are countless people in Jiangxi. We brought newspapers from the puppet country and increased them to fifty yuan. There are also people

Yes."

"Oh? Is there any more? Show me one!" Liu Pei was surprised. Is the Di newspaper so good?

"If others want it, I will definitely not have it, but if the husband wants it, then it must be there." The businessman took out a neatly folded newspaper from his arms, with four sides, seven inches long, six inches wide and six inches high.

, huge title: Datang Di Bao

At first glance, there is a date, Renxu, the third year of Shenwu in the Tang Dynasty, March 24th.

When you hold it in your hand, you can still smell a bit of ink and the writing is clear.

When you unfold it, you will see on the first page that it says that the Northern Han Dynasty invaded the Song Dynasty and the two states of Lu and Jin (now Linfen, Shanxi Province) were defeated by the Song generals.

Then it was written that the queen gave birth to a legitimate son, and it was about a hundred days ago. Therefore, the emperor pardoned all criminals except for the death penalty, and exiled them to the Champa Protectorate.

"Where is the Protectorate of Champa?" Liu Pei was puzzled.

Later, there were other shadow puppet plays, such as the Emperor marching down Jiangling City, the Emperor taking Jiaozhou City directly, etc., which were performed in Changsha Mansion and were a great success. The people watched enthusiastically and expressed their admiration for His Majesty and for the restoration of the Tang Dynasty.

Convinced...

Unknowingly, after reading a piece of Di newspaper, Liu Pei sighed: "This thing is really interesting. Because it has everything, it is clear that even the Central Plains rejected the Northern Han Dynasty. Although it was last month, it is really

rare!"

He even has the feeling of traveling thousands of miles and taking care of everything in the world, which is really refreshing.

"After the report of this residence comes out, I will send it to the Liu family. The money is indispensable for you!" As he said this, Liu Pei took out a gold leaf and admired it.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The captain was inexplicably happy. No one knew about the Liu Mansion in Nanchang County. This was one of the largest families in Hongdu. If they could get into the Liu Mansion, they would have no worries.

"I want to see what kind of thing this is that can make our Liu Langjun obsessed for a quarter of an hour!" Chen Chen on the side was quite eager and snatched the newspaper away and started watching it with interest.

"Brother Chen is so anxious!" Liu Pei shook his head and said with a smile.

"Lend it to me!"

"I also want to see what kind of novelty this is!"

The people attending the banquet were all well-known people in Hongdu. They were surprised to see even the famous Liu Langjun, so they were naturally curious and wanted to follow.

Moreover, this is explicitly prohibited by Lin Liushou, which is even more concerning. The more taboo, the more interesting it is.

Lin Renzhao's ban was implemented smoothly in the seven counties of Hongdu Prefecture, but in other states and counties, some obeyed, some perfunctory, and some even directly resisted, and even threatened to impeach him and let the court punish him.
Chapter completed!