Turbulent Times Chapter 1169: Paper
Wang Junlin then said again: "Now let me clarify for you the respective locations and main tasks."
"Huang Shaoqiu commanded 30,000 naval divisions who are still stationed at the naval base in Rongcheng County. In six months, all of them were replaced with the latest warships of more than 1,000 stone from the shipbuilding workshop, and completed adaptive training tasks. He was in charge of Fanyang County and Snake Island. Maritime defense focuses on protecting the safety of the saltworks, and we will build another navy camp for you in the saltworks later, and you will deploy 10,000 people to stay in the saltworks for a long time."
"The lowly position obeys the order." Huang Shaoqiu hurriedly got up and bowed to accept the order.
Wang Junlin looked at Yuchi Jingde again and said, "Yichi Jingde led 20,000 cavalry and stationed in Zhuo County in the west. Lu Han led 15,000 troops and stationed in Fangcheng County. Guan Xiaotong led 10,000 cavalry. 5,000 people are stationed in Gu'an County, the three of you, in addition to the security of your respective resident and nearby counties, and each of you facing Lin County, you must maintain a certain degree of vigilance."
The three stood up to take orders, Wang Junlin said to Luo Shixin again: "Xin'er should not have too many troops, just leave five thousand cavalry, and give the rest to Shan Xiongxin, and tomorrow you will lead the five thousand to follow me Go to Luoyang and **** more than 10,000 Goguryeo prisoners along the way."
I fought hard all the way, and only managed to bring over 7,000 people. In addition, I already had more than 8,000 people, and now there are only 5,000 left. Hearing that he could go to Luoyang with Wang Junlin, he became excited again and got up quickly to take orders.
Wang Junlin finally said to Shan Xiongxin: "Shan Xiongxin will take over the extra 3,000 people from Xin'er, and then choose 500 soldiers from each of the eight counties to gather enough 10,000 people to station in the salt field. Defense security on land in the salt field."
Fanyang County still has 20,000 soldiers stationed in the county, under the command of Yingyang Mansion General Xue Li. This person is currently loyal to the imperial court. For the time being, Wang Junlin has no way to control Xue Li and the 20,000 people. Or drive him away, but Xue Li has the handle in Wang Junlin's hands, and it's better to let him stay in Fanyang County than to send someone else to serve as General Yingyanglang.
After arranging the garrison of the army, Wang Junlin thought for a while, and then said to Du Ruhui: "Keming starts planning and preparing, and starts to set up the residence newspaper."
"The humble job has already found a few people before, and this matter will be done soon
Expand. "Wang Junlin had told Du Ruhui about the establishment of the mansion newspaper before, and had discussed the specific regulations carefully. At this time, Wang Junlin didn't need to explain further, and Du Ruhui knew what Wang Junlin meant.
"If you need any news, you can ask Guoer." Wang Junlin added.
Guo'er quickly said yes.
In Wang Junlin's plan, the residence newspaper has a more important role, which Wang Junlin has not told Du Ruhui and others.
In the beginning, the Di Bao only collected the latest information from various places and centers, distributed it to the counties under Wang Junlin's command, and printed and sold it to the local nobles and gentry. It's just that in the early days, the Dibao was simply collecting the situation in the center and various places to inform all parties, and it would not play the role of guiding public opinion.
After the mansion newspaper is gradually adapted and used by people, it will be time for Wang Junlin to use the mansion newspaper to manipulate public opinion. With the cooperation of Xiaoyu theaters all over the world, Wang Junlin even has the confidence to control the public opinion of the whole world.
Wang Junlin is very clear that in some specific periods or specific events, the role of public opinion is no less than a hundred thousand troops.
No matter how stubborn the brain was at the time, it would be difficult for most people to stick to their own opinions if they were brainwashed once or ten times, or hundreds or thousands of times. Apart from the notices posted by the government and the hearsay of the traffickers, merchants and tourists, the vast majority of people have almost no channels to contact the outside world.
You must know that even in later generations, some people who lack the ability to judge will easily be influenced by various news written by the media and the Internet for certain interests. If you endorse a certain advertisement, you will like a certain product. It is conceivable that the masses are often not sharp-eyed at all, and they are the group most used by ambitious people.
Wang Junlin also said: "With the popularity of Dibao, the number of engravings will increase. With the current engraving workshop, the manpower, financial and material resources required are too large, and the cost will be too high. Keming and others After discussing the matter, we found some of our own engraving masters, and I taught them a new engraving technique called movable type printing. After this technique is popularized, it can improve engraving.
The printing efficiency is more than a hundred times, the cost is also reduced a lot, and it will become a huge source of income for us, so we must do a good job of keeping it secret. "
Du Ruhui was refreshed, what else could he say! I can only sigh: "My lord is really... a pedantic heaven and man."
"In the beginning, the mansion newspaper was published every half a month! The Chuanyi distributes it to each county. The nobles, officials, gentry, and scholars all need to buy from the Chuanyi. Local private printing is strictly prohibited; the counties are distributed separately in the city by the Chuanyi. Set up multiple outlets." Wang Junlin added.
Wang Junlin knows that after movable type printing technology matures, it will have great advantages in cost and printing speed compared with traditional engraving printing in terms of large-scale printing. The degree of despair, and only when the cost is low, the price will be low, so that the mansion newspaper can be spread widely, otherwise the vast majority of people can't afford the mansion newspaper, so what's the point.
After Di reported the matter, Wang Junlin asked Liu Ziming to set up a salt and iron department, which was in charge of the salt and iron industry in Fanyang County.
In addition to the eight counties of Fanyang County, other areas controlled by Wang Junlin, more than a thousand large and small islands overseas, and Annan Kingdom are all merged into the Yantie Division. Come up with an approximate number.
The core of financial work lies in "living within one's means". If there is no relatively accurate judgment on the annual revenue, how to arrange the military and civilian affairs in the coming year?
At present, Wang Junlin has a lot of forces under his command, and his income is also varied, so the annual income situation is also the first thing Wang Junlin needs to know when he returns to Fanyang County.
"Thanks to the new method of cooking salt promoted by the adults in the salt field, and after the salt industry is under the command of the adults, after the sale of salt in the salt field is also incorporated, apart from paying the 500,000 taels of salt tax to the court , The total amount of salt received by the county has increased by about seven times compared to the same period last year." Yang Kongchan said, "The income is not less than one million taels of silver."
"That's right." Wang Junlin nodded and said, "The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, and relying on the sea to eat the sea, the income from the salt industry is a big one, and it is inexhaustible. Food. Now that the price of salt has come down, after two or three years of recuperation, the living standards of the people in Fanyang County will improve, and the income from the salt industry will gradually increase.”