Chapter 166 (2/2)

Rody looked at Nicole, smiled and shook his head ”I don't want to! I don't like it!”

These days, the proudest people in the I soldiers patrolled the streets while all the original Central Cavalry soldiers had returned to their barracks None of the Central Cavalry soldiers were allowed to leave their barracks It is also said that the E God's Whip' to be placed under the command of the Duke of the Tulip Family

The news that the Duke of the Tulip Fahout the Ie now and could not be covered up Everybody knew that Prince Barond had planned to usurp the throne However, he had been defeated by the Wolf Fang soldiers, led by the Duke of the Tulip Fas were the Duke's elite soldiers that had even ed to defeat the Central Cavalry

Some of the nobles had asked the Emperor whether they should dispatch people to the streets to inspect and prevent others fro about the coup Their intention was to suppress public opinions and arrest all those who spoke of the coup in the court, that day

In the end, the skeleton stared at the nobles and kicked the

After that, the E that everybody could not understand The Euished poets and scholars to create so new

That thing was called 'newspapers'

nobody knehat a newspaper was They had never heard of it before Everybody believed that the Eed from his illness and now, nobody could understand his actions anymore

The Emperor had dispatched hundreds of soldiers to the streets in plain clothes Their job was to confidentially report to the Es in the Imperial Capital, uished poets and scholars write it all on a piece of paper and then made several hundred thousand copies of it He then distributed the, he dispatched people to the city gate, inns, shops and other locations to distribute to whoever they come across…

That strange thing, the newspaper, soon aroused the interest of everyone in the Imperial Capital

There were stories about a certain Baron that got locked out of his house because he cheated on his wife; good foods in restaurants; and the death of an old ht over the inheritance

As people were curious, they could not help but inquire about those fun and interesting things when they read about them As a result, the newspaper became very popular

Naturally, the newspaper was not soe incidents, it also detailed what had happened at the palace on that eventful day at the most prominent spot of the newspapers Each sentence seemed to accuse Prince Barond of his h it was not stated explicitly, there were enough hints that said so

The first day the newspaper was distributed, most people did not care Some of those who did not knohat the newspaper was, immediately threw them ahile some used them as toilet paper

However, on the second day, the entire Empire started to stir Those that had read the newspaper talked about that interesting creation Those who didn't get to read it started looking for them They looked everywhere - the inns, the rubbish bins, and the toilets - to search for the newspaper Finally, it had spread to hundreds and thousands of people

Although they did not know the true purpose of the newspaper, soradually become apparent

When the second edition was published, Prince Barond was only mentioned briefly but another person became the focus of the news That person was the Military Minister, Garoline

The words were sharp and they sarcastically hinted at the Military Minister'sbribes and e the incident at the court

Those opinions completely dominated rumors and speculations of the incident in the court of the Iossips had gradually disappeared and the public started to follow the argument in the newspaper

Andy, as hiding behind, laughed treacherously ”How is that? Order to stop the rumors is not needed This approach is much better than a Royal Command!”

Naturally, the newspaper could not be free forever The first three editions were free However, froer be distributed free on the streets There was an announcement that a new edition would be released every three days and two coppers would be needed to buy and read it

Ever since then, nue now… There is no free lunch in this world”

Even then, the sales of the newspaper were boo Everybody wanted to knohat happened to the children who fought for the inheritance, the fate of the Baron as caught cheating on his wife and many other stories The last edition also said that Prince Barond and the Duke of the Tulip fa that incident The Prince had used a olden fighting energy What was the result of that duel? It was also said that Marquis Garoline was a manther1 The populace wondered if that was really true

It could be said that the newspaper was then thein the Imperial Capital

Finally, the Eave the order for the poets and scholars to specialize in publishi+ng the newspaper They would be paid heftily for their work The Euards to use at their disposal

His Majesty the Emperor also personally named the newspaper, 'Andy Express'

The iination and creativity of humans were unlimited

After the unprecedented popularity of the newspaper, the poets and scholars of the nobles ere in dire straits started to earn a lot of h and, soon, some of the nimble merchants became restless

Finally, one of theh to release his ospaper That person was smart and released a new edition every day, unlike 'Andy Express' that only released one new edition every three days

Sales were so good that the crowds almost crashed his shop

The people then started to say, ”Ah, these days, whoever can change fast he is king!”

When the others saw that His Majesty did not object to the competition when the nespaper was released, they became interested too After that, several nespapers were introduced

So stories of the Iindecent relationshi+ps with young girls, so ladies from noble families… such romance stories ell received

Naturally, there were also those that painstakingly wrote so in their newspaper and the result killed their sales Those works would then appear next day in the etables and meat Some of the poets were unhappy and walked up to the streets to ask people why they did not like to read their works

Their answer: ”It's boring”

Translator's Thoughts

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1 I got the term 'manther' from Urban Dictionary but Microsoft Word told me that this word doesn't exist A er women As these women are not children, it should not be mistaken as a pedophile