Chapter 016
I have to say that life is full of surprises.
The day after taking out the newspaper, the killer weapon, Tang Ning finally got a new skill that increased his health value - "Yi Shishi's Day".
Yi Shi said: Let’s tell stories, tell the eternal heroes, tell the fantasy fairy tale, ghosts, foxes, supernatural. After all, the more people know the story, the healthier they are. (There may be the rushing water to the river hero, and may not be returned, or the fate may be the clouds flying, floating thousands of miles to re-turn the rain, falling from the source of the river? Falling from the sea?)
The strange Shishi said?
These four words made Tang Ning fall into a brief thought, and he happened to know the source of these four words.
Yi Shishi said that it comes from Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". At the end of some of the articles in the book, Pu Songling would comment on the name of "Yi Shishi". Those comments start with "Yi Shishishi".
But, why did I draw this skill?
Does it have anything to do with the two stories of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" I copied on the sample newspaper?
Also, this skill called "Yi Shishi" is completely different from those before. It ends with a limerick poem. Is it implying something?
Turning history into a river should mean... the long river of history?
It is easier to understand how to make water. It should be to use heroes who have left their names in history to describe the "water droplets" that eventually gathered in the city into rushing rivers?
The next few sentences are exactly the first one. We have also studied junior high school geography, so will we not understand that this is a metaphor for using water circulation?
Just as Tang Ning thought of this, he suddenly received two consecutive system prompts—
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio: Zunhua Fox" has achieved 100 readers' achievements, with a health value of 1."
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio: Yingning" achieved 100 readers' achievements, with a health value of 1."
Um?!
The more people who know the story, the healthier they are. What does that mean?!
Tang Ning completely confirmed that these two stories "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" can suddenly have 100 readers at the same time, which is indeed related to the sample newspaper he handed to Tang Boyan last night!
Does this mean that no matter what method is used, as long as a story is seen by 100 readers, you can gain health value? Moreover, 100 readers are just the starting point, and there will most likely be new readers' achievements in the future, and you can continue to gain health value?
"If that's the case..."
In just a moment, Old Master Tang had thought of at least ten kinds of operations.
After all, Tang Ning is now the father of the King of Wei. He needs power and power, manpower, and at the least he can use money.
Then, verify it!
Tang Ning acted quickly. He found eight stories from the bottom of the royal palace, and then dug out eight stories from his memory, including "Ran Ke Qiao", "A Dream of Yellow Furious", "A Chinese Ghost Story", and "Song Dingbo Catching Ghosts", and told them in oral ways to the summoned clerks, harvesting the first wave of readers and assigning tasks.
"Your task today is to write these stories in the shortest time. The text that cannot be written should be as straightforward and easy to understand and interesting as I just said. It is necessary to ensure that illiterate people can understand what they are saying after listening to it."
"I am not a hungry soldier. No matter whoever has a story passed the review, I will reward the writer with 10 guan. If the completion time is before noon, an additional 5 guan will be rewarded! By the way, you can freely combine, divide the work and cooperate with each other, and then share the reward... Now, let's start!"
"If anyone performs well enough, I will recommend it to the King of Wei as appropriate."
"People, please start--"
After leaving such words, Tang Ning temporarily avoided the seat and left, giving the clerks room to fully utilize their strengths.
The clerks acted quickly. Even if the people who could enter the shogunate of the King of Wei were just the lowest-level clerks, would they be really mediocre? Who would be willing to let go of this god-given opportunity that could make a small profit?
So before noon, Tang Ning got what he wanted and also selected a talented person with talent in writing stories.
There is a sword and pen official named Jiang Boding. The four stories adapted from Tang Ning's oral description are very good. Not only did he receive a reward of 60 yuan by himself, he was also promoted to the ninth rank of the royal palace and the ninth rank of the royal family and joined the army, crossing the natural barrier between minor officials and officials!
The other swordsman's eyes were red with envy, but he had no choice but to bow and congratulate him. Who made them inferior to others?
The other two selected candidates who successfully selected the adaptation story also received rewards and encouragement from Tang Ning.
Tang Ning, who was in a good mood, gave the money to each of the pen officials for an additional fee. After telling everyone not to spread the matter, he handed over the six selected adapted stories to Dian Zaixing, who had been waiting for a long time.
"Send it to the Wangfu Printing Bookstore quickly, so that they must type in movable type before dark, and print 300 leaflets for each of these stories! Tell the craftsmen of the printing shop that every hour before dark, I will reward each of them with their usual money!"
Tang Ning, who has tasted the sweetness of money, once again sacrificed this huge killing weapon that can make ghosts push.
So, less than an hour and a half later, Tang Ning received 1,800 "story leaflets" printed.
"Master Ma, please find someone to post these flyers immediately to places with dense crowds in the city, especially in the East and West cities. You must post more! Remember to give money and post a flyer for five cents, so you can't let the people below work in vain."
After a brief confirmation, the story leaflet that had just dried ink was handed over to General Manager Ma by Tang Ning.
What is the old man going to do?
Spread prophecies and divination...?
This is the first reaction of General Manager Ma.
The so-called prophecies are prophecies that are indistinguishable from the true or false, such as "the great Chu rises and the King of Chen Sheng" or "the one who replaces the Han Dynasty should Tu Gao".
However, after quietly watching "A Chinese Ghost Story", Manager Ma was completely confused.
This story is very interesting. Scholar Ning is really lucky... Yes, it's not the point at all. The point is why the old man spent a lot of money to spread this kind of thing? It doesn't look like a prophecy at all?
Could it be that I was too stupid to see the profound meaning of the old man hiding in the story?
Manager Ma quickly reread it from the beginning.
Grandma of the Tree Demon, is she hinting at a certain man in the court? The way to control female ghosts to confuse sentient beings and harm human lives seems familiar?
The upright Yan Chixia, who is in the court again...
No, no, now is not the time to think about these things. You have to complete the tasks assigned by the old man first!
General Manager Ma forcibly stopped thinking and sent someone to Luo Zhengyuan, the boss of the "Seven Snake Gang", who had been waiting in the concierge for a long time, now the largest and most dynamic community organization in the capital, the Golden Ring Snake Head.
"Master, are you looking for a young man? If you have something to do, talk! The Qishe Gang, including the young man, you will be sent at will!"
The golden ring and snake heads were radiating in the wells of Beijing, and the fierceness of the talk was as gentle as a pug in front of Ma Sixi.
"Send people immediately to post these to places with dense crowds in the capital. Especially in the east and west cities, you must post more points!" Mr. Ma looked at the head of the golden ring and snake that nodded and bowed with his chin, unconsciously imitating Old Master Tang's tone: "By the way, remember to give money and post a leaflet to five cents. You can't let the people below work for nothing, do you understand?"
"I understand! The little one understands! Don't worry, you are the old man. Let's make arrangements now and you will definitely do this beautifully!"
Luo Zhengyuan, who was born with a pair of triangular eyes, quickly replied.
"Well, go." Manager Ma finally looked at Luo Zhengyuan with his eyes: "Do it well, maybe you can have a future in the future and return home in glory."
Luo Zhengyuan hurriedly thanked him, and then hurried away with the packed story leaflet.
About half an hour later, a continuous system prompt sound rang in Tang Ning's ears—
——"Ran Keqiao·Addressed" achieves 100 readers' achievements, with a health value of 1.
——"A Chinese Ghost Story·Adjustment" achieved 100 readers' achievements, with a health value of 1.
——"Yellow Milk Dream·Art" achieved 100 readers' achievements, with a health value of 1.
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——"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio·Yingning" achieved 300 readers' achievements, with a health value of 1.
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"Hmm? Strange, how come Yingning's number of readers jumps so fast?"
Chapter completed!