In Lin'an City, in Baoyanzhai Main Store on Yu Street, Li Daqi was chatting with a middle-aged man. Li Daqi was once named Duke of Wei by Zhao Gou, but later deprived of the title by the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. In the end, Zhao Ji took the initiative to restore his title. However, under the persuasion of Li Yanqing, Li Daqi did not accept the title of Duke of the State, but retreated to accept the title of Duke of Tangyin County. However, even the Duke of the County was a second-rank high-ranking title.

The middle-aged man who chatted with Li Daqi was surnamed Zhang and named Zhang Rong. His grandfather was the brother of Concubine Zhang during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty and was also considered a distant relative. However, Zhang Rong had another identity. He was the owner of the Morning Post and controlled this newspaper that had a profound influence on the people of the Song Dynasty.

The two met today to Li Daqi buy 50% of the Morning Post for final negotiations.

Speaking of which, the two have been dealing with each other for many years. When Bianliang retreated, Li Daqi bought the Shilou in Zhang Rong for 50,000 taels of silver. Li Daqi not only wanted the five acres of land on the Imperial Street, but also wanted the Shilou brand.

So Li Daqi opened a new Shilou on the Imperial Street of Lin'an, and the business was still booming. Out of emotional reluctance, Zhang Rong took out another 50,000 taels of silver to buy half of Shilou, and of course half of the land below Shilou.

The essence of this transaction was that Zhang Rong used the land and half of the brand of Bianjing Shilou in exchange for the four acres of prime land in Lin'an in Li Daqi, and neither party suffered any losses.

It was based on this good deal that when Li Daqi proposed to acquire 50% of the Morning Post, Zhang Rong did not refuse at all. After three contacts between the two parties, Zhang Rong finally agreed to sell half of the Morning Post members of Li Daqi. What they need to negotiate later was the price.

Of course, Zhang Rong was also thought carefully. He knew very well that it was not Li Daqi who actually bought the "Zhaobao", but Li Yanqing behind Li Daqi. Li Yanqing wanted to control public opinion through the "Zhaobao". If he did not agree, the least consequence would be that the second "Zhaobao" would come out to compete for the arena. If it was a little more serious, Li Yanqing would not let him go.

The Zhang family's power has long disappeared. They have some money and are the old capitals of the past. In the officialdom, they no longer have spokespersons and are marginalized relatives. Moreover, Li Yanqing and the civil servant group are now in power. The Zhao family is completely undermined, and he, the relative, has no power and status. In this case, Li Daqi only asked for half of his membership. How could Zhang Rong not agree? How dare he not agree?

After chatting for a few moments, Li Daqi finally turned the topic to the members of the Morning Post. He smiled and said, "How about I add another 20,000 taels of silver and 120,000 taels of silver. This sincerity is enough!"

Zhang Rong smiled and said, "I fully believe in Brother Li's sincerity. I accept the price of 120,000 taels of silver, but I am not short of money. I also hope that Brother Li can replace it with the industry."

"Don't call Bao Yanzhai's idea!"

"Of course it's not Baoyanzhai, but Brother Li's other industries. I know that Brother Li has many industries, and each of them is a hen that lays golden eggs."

"Then tell me, what industry do you want me?"

Zhang Rong pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I want two industries, one is Shilou. This is the ancestral property of our Zhang family, which is equivalent to Brother Li's Baoyanzhai. Brother Li returned the other half of Shilou to me so that I can own Shilou intact, and it is also an explanation to my ancestors."

Li Daqi smiled and said, "I can return Shilou to you, but Shilou is more than half of it, more than 50,000 taels of silver. How much is this price of Brother Zhang?"

"How about 80,000 taels of silver?"

Li Daqi nodded and agreed, "This price is acceptable, there is still 40,000 taels of silver. Brother Zhang must think about it."

Zhang Rong said slowly again: "I want 30% of the second industry!"

Seeing Li Daqi's face change, he quickly explained: "Of course it's not 40,000 taels of silver. I know that the price can't be bought at 10%. What I mean is to count as 30% of the 200,000 taels of silver. After offsetting the 40,000 taels of silver, I will give Brother Li another 160,000 taels of silver."

Li Daqi walked back and forth. Alum Tower was his most profitable industry. He could earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, and 30% of the 200,000 taels of silver were taken away. Frankly speaking, the price was still too low.

In fact, Li Daqi himself was not interested in the Morning Post. If his son had not repeatedly asked him to take half of the Morning Post, he would not have negotiated with Zhang Rong.

After pondering for a long time, Li Daqi said: "I can promise you the conditions, but in the Morning Post, I want two important positions."

"Brother Li, please tell me!"

"One is the general review of the Morning Post and the other is the general ledger of the Morning Post. How about it? I will appoint these two positions."

Li Daqi wants the review authority of the Morning Post, which was expected by Zhang Rong, but Li Daqi also needs financial power, which is actually the lifeblood of the Morning Post, which is a bit beyond Zhang Rong's expectations. However, Zhang Rong has been eager for the Alum Tower for a long time. He knew that it was not a matter of money to get 30% of the Alum Tower, not to mention that the price of 200,000 taels of silver was still a big advantage.

He had already taken advantage of it and could not do too much. He smiled happily and said, "Then we will make up for it!"

This transaction was that Zhang Rong exchanged half of the shares of the Morning Post and 160,000 taels of silver for half of Shilou and 30% of the Alum Building. This was actually a need for each. The Alum Building represents identity. In the eyes of ordinary people, he took a big advantage, but Li Yanqing gained the right to public opinion through this transaction, which is a political resource that cannot be exchanged for the entire Alum Building.

Soon, the two signed a contract in black and white. The other contracts were signed by Li Daqi, but the contract of the "Zhaobao" was signed by Li Daqi's wife Yang. In the filing of the Lin'an County government, the two owners of the "Zhaobao" were Zhang Rong and the other was Yangmei. I'm afraid no one would have thought that this Yangmei was Li Daqi's wife.

Then Li Daqi and Zhang Rong agreed that the two of them would each pay 100,000 taels of silver to expand the circulation of "Zhaobao" in various states in the world, and strive to expand the "Zhaobao" from 300,000 copies per day to one million copies per day in the shortest time.

Of course, the benefits of forming an alliance with Li Daqi are also obvious. At the first update that night, well-informed people provided shocking news to the Morning Post that the Song army recovered Tokyo Bianliang this morning, and the pseudo-king Liu Yu burned himself to death.

The court only got the news the next morning, but as soon as dawn, a newspaper boy shouted loudly on Lin'an Street: "The latest news is that the Song army has conquered Bianliang and recovered the former capital of Tokyo!"

The officials who were heading for a trip stopped and spent ten cents to buy a copy of the Morning Post. Fan Zhixu, who was heading to the palace, was also stunned and hurriedly asked his men to buy a copy of the Morning Post to come back.

Fan Zhixu eagerly read the news of the Northern Expedition. The front page headline said that the main force of the Song army, led by the Regent, had conquered Tokyo Bianliang yesterday morning, and the pseudo-King Liu Yu, his family burned himself to death.

It was also written below that the Song army held a grand entry ceremony, which was warmly welcomed by the people of the city. Of course, some words that were not good for Li Yanqing were naturally not mentioned.

Fan Zhixu was surprised. The news had not been sent to Lin'an and even the court did not know it. The Morning Post actually found out first, which was really incredible. This only shows that the news from the Morning Post had already arrived in Bianliang.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers in the city began to set off, and cheers around continued to sound. Half of Lin'an moved from Tokyo Bianliang. For them, regaining their old homes is more important than annihilation of how many Jin soldiers, and it is more emotionally exciting.

Fan Zhixu quickly ordered to speed up, and soon he arrived at the Zhizheng Hall official office. At this time, the sound of firecrackers in Lin'an City had already sounded, and many officials walked out of the official office one after another. The officials who didn't know the situation were full of surprise and didn't know what happy events had happened.

"Mr. Fan, what happened?"

Gao Shen quickly walked out of the government office and asked, "He came a little early today and didn't see the Morning Post." Fan Zhixu handed him the Morning Post, "You can read it yourself!"

Gao Shen was like a hurry to browse, his eyes immediately widened, and his mouth couldn't close, "It's a great joy to recover Tokyo Bianliang!"

Fan Zhixu smiled bitterly, "We, the dignified prime ministers, actually want to get the latest news from the Morning Post, which is really a bit funny!"

Gao Shen smiled, "Actually it's nothing. We know it earlier or later, there will be no losses, but the Morning News is different. This is their core interest. If it is published in three days, who would still be willing to buy this newspaper?"

"That's right!"

Fan Zhixu smiled and nodded, "Many people's livelihood issues are very timely and are very important for our court decisions. I have to look at them every morning, otherwise I would not know what the rice price is today. In comparison, our "Chaobao" is far less invalid."

"What we read in "Chaobao" is not this, and it doesn't need any interest. Moreover, our news is more accurate and richer. "Chaobao" is also coming to find news!"
Chapter completed!