Chapter 604 Extra News
Smart Miranda is currently staying in the luxurious secret suite of the Blue Rose Hotel.
He lay down on the warm and soft sofa chair by the fireplace, helplessly flipping through the extra issue of the "Trade and Wealth" newspaper that was printed and released in the royal capital yesterday.
"Look, what are these headlines? They're so outrageous!"
"Excuse me: His Majesty Kenredin is about to receive the heroes of the kingdom."
"The fearless pioneer, the protector of the kingdom's borders, the holy daughter blessed by the radiance, the star of hope for the future of the royal capital—Miranda Warren."
"Those who are interested can go to Rongguang Avenue to watch the ceremony at 10 a.m. on the first Fire Sunday in November."
"..."
The prosperous business environment in Staros means that information will also become a valuable resource.
Newspaper news is a new product of the Reyak Kingdom in recent years.
It was first "invented" by a stationery dealer named John Carolus.
This guy is a talker, and because of his affordable prices, he has good popularity in the trade area. While his business is booming, the channels for information he can obtain are becoming more and more extensive.
Many businessmen come to John to buy paper, pens and ink in order to record recent price changes of goods and compare the closing prices of various stores.
An idea gradually occurred to John.
If he could tally up this information in advance, arrange for someone to copy it onto paper in the store, and then sell it to merchants at a suitable price, it would not only save them time, but also allow him to earn extra income.
Thus was born the first issue of the "Trade and Wealth" newspaper.
At the beginning, the news content compiled by John was limited to the trading area. A few thin pieces of parchment recorded the sale and purchase information of various goods and commodities. John also creatively added statistics on recent price fluctuations.
"Trade and Wealth" was very popular upon its release. The 200 copies used for testing were sold out in just three days. John even had to hire people to help him continue to copy and make more copies of the newspaper.
The prosperity of this business soon attracted the attention of a key person:
Rune Monger.
He was sensitive to the great potential of presenting news in the form of newspapers.
Monger offered John a price he couldn't refuse, and directly invested in the acquisition of his entire stationery store, leaving John to concentrate on organizing news and regularly publishing new "Trade and Wealth" newspapers;
On the other side, Monger applied to His Majesty the King for the "exclusive right to operate news letters" within Starosh.
In the end, at the expense of paying 27% of the newspaper sales revenue as taxes, Rune Monger got his wish.
He obtained the decree issued by Kenredin and had the exclusive right to publish newspapers in the royal capital, which filled in an important piece of the puzzle for his business territory.
To this day, although the name of this newspaper is still called "Trade and Wealth", in addition to the information on goods and commodities in the trade area that occupies the main space, the content includes many new areas such as current affairs in the royal capital, noble gossip, life anecdotes, etc. .
When Miranda was a child, she grew up listening to newspaper stories in the capital.
The sales price of "Trade and Wealth" is not cheap because of the labor costs involved in the printing process. Its main consumer groups have always been nobles, professionals, businessmen, or clergy.
As for ordinary families in the royal capital, if they want to listen to the news, they have to find a tavern and wait for the bard to tell the stories in the newspaper, or buy some old and expired second-hand newspapers.
Over in Ceylon, the upgrading of the news and newspaper industry in Dawn City came from Miranda's suggestion. She had always been deeply impressed by the Royal Capital's "Trade and Wealth".
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The Blue Rose Hotel will provide free latest newspapers to guests of the luxurious Mystery Suite.
Due to the rapid progress of "copy and paste", Peter, Miranda and Lancelot completed the etiquette training for meeting the king in advance.
So they get a valuable night's rest and free time.
However, after being tormented by the palace official Fernand for a whole day, they were exhausted at this moment and did not want to move any more.
The three of them hit it off immediately and went back to the Blue Rose Hotel to rest.
Miranda originally planned to see what was new in the extra issue of "Trade and Wealth" that she had not read for a long time, but as soon as she turned to the "Current Affairs in the Royal Capital" section, she felt numb.
The news was actually her!
"Sir Novan, what is this all about? Why did I, as a child, think that the stories in "Trade and Wealth" were all true?"
Pater and Lancelot were also lying on the sofa chairs by the fireplace, relaxing their tired bodies.
Especially Lancelot.
He had never experienced such soft furniture when he was living in Ceylon, and he almost groaned in comfort when he sat in it.
After hearing Miranda's complaints, the two of them looked over with interest.
"What is it? Can you show it to me?"
"I want to see it too!"
Miranda pointed to the contents of the newspaper and read:
"According to reliable news from the palace, the kingdom's heroine Miranda Warren has arrived in the royal capital under the leadership of the noble archmage Franis Alcandas."
"..."
Lancelot suddenly shouted in shock:
"As expected of the royal capital! We have only arrived for a day, and everyone already knows the news?"
Before the Church of Knowledge entered the Ceylon Territory, when Lancelot was living in Niuyan Town, the spread of news was very slow.
The channels for towns to obtain information are basically from the passing caravans or caravan merchants, or various bards.
It is normal for an event in Ceylon City to be spread to Niuyan Town after ten days or half a month.
After the establishment of the Dawn City, with the upgrading of the newspaper industry and the popularization and promotion of the Holy Temple of Truth, the speed of information dissemination has become faster.
Pete glanced at Lancelot helplessly:
"You should try to play less with Brandon in the future."
When in Stone Castle, because of the relationship between Pete and the Bacon brothers, Lancelot finally had the opportunity to meet and communicate with his idol Brandon.
Both of them are relatively strange types among warriors.
No shield, focus on output.
So the two of them get along quite well.
"He is a big fool with a single-minded mind. I think you have a tendency to be assimilated by him."
Pete commented: "I haven't been to the capital for several years. This place is indeed the same as before."
"Hehe...'Border people' are probably not worthy of being mentioned in their eyes."
Pete sneered meaningfully.
His experience in the capital was not pleasant.
In order to participate in the affinity test between the Palace Arcane Academy and the Magic Goddess.
It was because of that incident that he deeply realized what kind of image the border people had in the eyes of the locals in the capital.
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