Seeing the thing in Hetty's hand, Gawain had already guessed what it was, with surprise on his face: "So fast?"
"A king who specializes in grammar The scholar heard about the lord's intention to publish a 'newspaper' and took the initiative to respond to the call. Mr. Nicholas Egg also heard about it and directly helped to make the metal plate so that the first sample issue could be released as soon as possible," Hetty As he spoke, he smiled and handed the sample magazine in front of Gawain, "Of course, this is the only way the sample magazine can be. If you want to publish it in large quantities in the future, you will still have to use traditional plate making technology, or wait for your new printing machine to produce it. ”
Gawain nodded and took the newspaper, feeling filled with emotion.
After such a long period of hard work, he finally began to reproduce some familiar things in this world - whether it was chess, table tennis, or the newspaper in front of him, although it was indeed for the development of the territory. He created it, but it was difficult to say that there was no selfishness in it. Seeing these familiar things from his previous life appear in this world little by little, his sense of accomplishment was no less than the day he got the first magic engine running.
In this world with weird physical rules, how many things can he recreate that remind him of his hometown?
The smell of ink with a slight grassy smell, prepared from a local recipe, drifted into his nostrils. He gently rubbed the paper in his hand: it felt slightly rough and the thickness was very thin. The cheap paper called "mortar paper" is a product of Ansu's mature papermaking technology. It is much cheaper than the hoarfrost paper used by nobles to write official letters. It is made of hemp grass, snake vine or the peeled bark of giant wood. Usually scholars and mages give this cheap paper to their apprentices.
As the industrialization of the territory developed day by day, Gao Wen replaced the traditional manual process with more efficient industrial cutting machines, crushers, mixers and other equipment, making this already cheap process The cost of paper plummeted and its quality improved, making it a common paper in the territory, and due to its strong curing effect on the inks used in block printing, it became the best carrier for the first issue of Cecil's Weekly.
On the header of the newspaper, the words "Cecil Weekly" are printed in large cursive letters, and next to them are the year, month, day and publisher's name in smaller fonts. Name - This was specifically requested by Gawain.
Then comes the main text of the newspaper, which begins with a large page praising the mountains in the south and the waves of the Whitewater River, followed by a poetic praise of clouds and wind, followed by an analysis of wine and heraldry. An overview... Gawain read it to the end in one breath, and saw a piece of daily life knowledge at the end of the newspaper: how to season steak with wine.
He silently put down the newspaper, his serious expression startling Hetty, who asked cautiously: "Ancestor...is there something wrong?"
"Have you seen it?" Gawain raised his eyelids and looked into Hetty's eyes and asked.
"...I've seen it," Hedy said slightlyNodding slightly, "The content inside is very sophisticated, without any knowledge or grammatical errors."
Gao Wen sighed imperceptibly, and really wanted to say "nonsense" in his heart, but considering that in the Due to the image problem in front of his eldest granddaughter, he still resisted these words and shook his head slightly: "It's useless, it doesn't meet my requirements at all."
"Huh?" Hetty didn't expect it. It was such a comment, and he suddenly looked surprised, "Why..."
"Newspapers are for civilians, at least the 'Cecil Weekly' I launched is for civilians," Gawain didn't wait for Hetty to finish speaking before he said, "The value of it lies in whether the common people need it, whether they can understand it, and whether they are willing to watch it - praising the mountains and waves, lamenting the clouds and wind, and teaching people how to season steaks with red wine." ? After this newspaper is printed, how many of the 60,000 to 70,000 people in the main city of Cecil and the Kant area will be able to understand it?"
Hetty was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized it? The problem: "...I seem to understand."
"This kind of research on 'high culture' is not without value. One day in the future, when our people have enough leisure When there is enough food to study red wine and steak, these things will naturally be valuable, but at this stage, in a newspaper distributed throughout the territory, we do not need this aspect,” Gao Wen threw the sample magazine in his hand on the table, "I listed the main sections needed for the newspaper in the plan, including general knowledge of life, news inside and outside the territory, etc., but now it seems that just listing these sections is useless. I also need to explain clearly the content requirements of each section... Let's find the person who edits the newspaper and I will talk to him face to face."
Hetty immediately accepted the order: " Okay."
Not long after, Hetty brought a man with gray hair and a bachelor's gray robe.
Gawain raised his eyes and looked at the royal capital scholar who volunteered to edit the newspaper. In this old man who looked about fifty years old, he saw some nervousness and awe, but more of it. The kind of self-confidence unique to scholars in their own areas of expertise. This old gentleman was wearing the kind of gray robe with complicated ties that was the favorite of bachelors in this era. His gray hair was neatly combed behind his head. He was slightly stooped. This was probably because he had been working at his desk for a long time. But he was still tall - half a head taller than Hetty.
"Salute to you, my lord," the old gentleman bent down in front of Gawain, "your heroic past resounds throughout the kingdom."
"No need to be polite, Gord. Mr. Wan Orlando," Gawain knew the name of the scholar in the capital from the signature of the editor of the newspaper, and he said bluntly, "do you know why I came to you?"
< p>"Ms. Hetty said that the 'newspaper' I wrote did not meet your requirements," Godwin was slightly nervous, but tried to answer calmly, "It's not a grammatical error, but the content is inconsistent."“IWhat I need is a reading book that can be read by the common people," Gawain pointed to the sample magazine on the table. "Here, what I need is straightforward information describing the price changes of wheat and various vegetables, rather than using arias to describe it. The changes in the history of the White Water River. Here, what I want is the expansion news of the new city, rather than a discussion of how many heraldic variants the southern nobles have. And here - people don't know how to bring a whole bottle of red wine to They are interested in seasoning steaks, but they are more concerned about how to bake pancakes, how to harvest wheat, and how to filter out the residue in ale. Of course, it's not that what you wrote is without value - these things are useful in many fields, but in this newspaper, they are not needed yet. "
Listening to Gawain's description of what a real popular newspaper needs, the expression on Godwin's face gradually became complicated. Finally, he finally had a chance to speak, and he could hardly control himself. His tone was: "Lord, if I follow your request, how can these words be elegant at all? These printed papers have completely lost the nobility of knowledge! Do you want me to use these papers and words, and use quill pen and ink, to write about how farmers pull the sweetwood roots out of the ground? "
"If it were autumn, then you should write this," Gawain leaned back in his chair, "and I remind you, Mr. Godwin, sweetwood roots cannot be obtained directly from Pulled out of the ground - it must be dug with a shovel, otherwise it will break all in the ground. "
A faint blush flashed across the face of the scholar from the royal capital. He struggled for a moment, and then spread his hands: "With all due respect, Lord, if this is what you want, Then you should find a farmer to write it, or a handyman..."
"Then there will really be grammatical errors," Gawain said lightly, "Mr. Godwin, it seems You are not suitable for this job, you can leave. ”
The face of the royal capital scholar named Godwin trembled slightly, and he moved his steps slightly. Then he struggled with this position for several seconds, and finally bent down in front of Gawain. Go, with a complex and heavy tone: "I'm sorry to disappoint you, this was not my intention. "
After Godwin Orlando left the study, Amber's figure gradually emerged in the air behind Gawain.
Gawain did not look back, but said lightly: " Information about this scholar. ”
“A member of the Royal Capital’s ‘Grammar Research Society’ and the ‘History Secretary Society’, he has made great achievements in the fields of literature, history and heraldry. He is the most famous among this group of Wangdu scholars.” In order to come to the South, he gave up his career in two academic associations and a well-paid consulting job because of his huge curiosity about Cecil's pioneering territory and his curiosity about you personally—— As I said just now, he studies history. "
Gawain thought thoughtfully: "...study my history? "
"You can almost say that," Amber curled his lips, "Everything that happens in this land is irrelevant to him.It can be regarded as a ‘reappearance of history’, at least that’s what he probably thinks. He got everything he wanted here, except for the newspaper. "
Gawain's heart was moved, and then an idea came to his mind: This historian should really follow the current development form of Cecil Territory and the unveiling of "Gawain Cecil" If he studies his subsequent words and deeds and uses them as reference materials to check for omissions in history books, then his historical research will be really ruined...
Then he shook his head and shook the irrelevant associations out of his mind. , sighed softly: "Such a person is useful, and it is not easy for him to come to the south. "
"His situation is not uncommon among this group of scholars from the royal capital," Amber nodded and continued, "Although they have entered various departments and adapted to most situations. are very good, but on the other hand, they are incompatible with the 'new order' in this land. Scholars are a very special group. They are different from craftsmen such as craftsmen and mechanics. They have knowledge and their own mature and stable logic, and they are often very proud. Most scholars also master some extraordinary fields. Knowledge, or being a relatively low-level transcendent, is also their proud capital. ”
“But these people who possess knowledge must become Cecil’s help. "Gawain said lightly.