Chapter 576 - Before the Great Catastrophe (1/2)

Chapter 576: Before the Great Catastrophe

The courtyard occupied an area of ht houses It was rather a quiet and secluded place, coe trees that surrounded it The last ti company hadn’t owned this property Hence, this was undoubtedly a newly-purchased courtyard by Fang Beidou during the past two years

Several roo were used as storerooms where the unsold newspapers were kept It had been two years and ‘The Great Han Ti the entire I corown several times, and could truly be considered the best newspaper in the ee that there would be several unsold copies for every issue The roouarded in this courtyard were piled with these newspapers that were printed but never got sold

In Yan Liqiang’s previous life, these newspapers would ultiain However, this would be too wasteful in the Great Han Eht not buy these newspapers as the content was already outdated, but in an era where the flow of information was relatively obstructed, many people would still buy them if they were delivered to provinces and prefectures that were further from the Imperial Capital Even if it was half a year or a year outdated, the people there would still see these as rare and interesting items Hence, the leftover newspapers stored in the houses of this courtyard that Yan Liqiang guarded would be bought by so merchants and sold off so that these outdated newspapers would be sold atprofit to the publishi+ng co the the daytime, the leftover newspapers would be collected and stored in the warehouse Some merchants would come and buy stacks of thenated people, so Yan Liqiang didn’t have to worry about it Thisthe daytiht Apart fro Beidou ould occasionally drop by to check everything, no one else would co was still free and this position was ave him the best cover in the Iuard of this place was an oldBeidou found a reason to transfer him to a distribution center in the city to reduce his workload, leaving Yan Liqiang alone here

It had been two days since Yan Liqiang had arrived He trained alone in the courtyard at night and left the courtyard during the daytime to stroll around in the Imperial Capital Eventually, the plans and tasks he had to do slowly took shape in his ht in the vortex of power, taking every step in a place like the I on thin ice The chances of getting ht lead to horrible death or clan exterination Yet, everything was peaceful to wang shagen, ‘an ordinary person’ frouarded the warehouse and stood aloof fro for adequate provisions

The Es or even bureaucrats in the Imperial Capital dared to find any trouble with the publishi+ng coo unnoticed if he stayed here Even if he died of old age here without doing anything, not uarded by soht not even recall wang shagen’s existence Yet, the na Beidou’s mind He was bothered but he had to keep it cool

Finally one evening, four days since Yan Liqiang started guarding the warehouse, Fang Beidou ‘took the opportunity’ to check on this courtyard when he descended Mount Longqi

Hearing the birds chirping on the tree outside the courtyard and the knocks co under the orange tree kneas Fang Beidou He straightened his clothes, then walked unhurriedly to the door He pretended to peek through the crack of the door, before quickly opening it for Fang Beidou

“Greetings fro pretended to look fearful

Fang Beidou sized up Yan Liqiang frootten used to life here for the past two days, shagen? I’m just here to look around…”

“Yes This place is really a lot better than the Datong Inn I was staying at before I ca Beidou inside Fang Beidou’s coach outside The coachman was none other than Xu Enda’s brother, Little Wu Co last saw hier He earing armor and he carried a sword on his waist

“Open up a few storerooht away…” Yan Liqiang led the ith a bunch of keys in his hand He unlocked one of the roo Beidou

The room was filled with stacks and bundles of newspapers It ses of a wort leaves were used as insect repellents Instead of se scent made the place feel more secluded and mysterious Since this was a storeroom, the ere sealed to prevent theft and fire Only anear the inner wall of the courtyard was left open Hence, this could be considered a quiet place

“Be ht This place mustn’t catch fire at all costs Look out for insects too The insect repellent herbal packages hanging on that pillarBeidou spoke absent-h the piles of newspapers He ondering about how to bring up the topic so that it didn’t see hadn’t explained anything about thisBeidou to ements for this person This en shall re Beidou froze when he heard the voice beside hi spell The voice wasn’t shagen’s but Yan Liqiang’s It deadpanned, but Fang Beidou could hear the led to turn his head around to look at shagen’s face

shagen was still shagen, only that the s Beidou He would never forget that s butt naked around the I ‘I love you Cuihua’ To him, that day felt like a trip to hell