OBS Chapter 190 Official Announcement
Chapter 190 Official Announcement
Autumn 1448, Château de Franche-Comté
Looking through the reports on agricultural output in various places, John's originally uneasy mood gradually became relaxed.
As written in the document, the harvesting of crops such as wheat, barley, corn, and soybeans that matured in autumn has been completed, and it is expected that the territory will be self-sufficient. Other vegetables including carrots, lettuce, garlic, turnips, onions, etc. are also being harvested.
As for fruit trees, it is also the picking season for oranges, lemons, etc. After being picked by farmers, these fruits will be immediately sent to local markets and fruit shops for residents to purchase.
"It seems that the territory will be able to get rid of the food crisis in the future and will no longer need to import so much food from outside." John thought after closing the document. After all, the food bought from outside is much more expensive than the food grown in the territory. If he can save this money, it will solve a big burden for John.
After reading the documents, John picked up the "Franche-Comté Journal" on the table to see if there was any news from the territory.
Since the first sale of the "Franche-Comté Journal", John has expanded the scale of the printing house and introduced more content into the newspaper, including but not limited to commercial advertisements, missing persons notices, job advertisements, etc. Except for the paper material, the current newspapers are gradually getting closer to the newspapers in John's memory.
In order to cope with the increasing amount of content, John also set up a newspaper censorship department. Spymaster Wesker was responsible for reviewing whether the content of the newspaper complies with the law, and appropriately adding some content from countries including Midland and Yoda to let the residents who have lived here for a long time understand the outside world.
Originally, John had been thinking about whether to lift the martial law on the border between Franche-Comté and Midland, but since the assassin incident, John even felt that there were loopholes in the original border defense. Otherwise, if Yoda assassins suddenly swarmed into the territory one day and a few were missed, he would have to be busy again.
John looked at the contents of the newspaper. Since there were really no major events recently, the major events about the territory in the newspaper were nothing more than a few conflicts on the border and the good news of the recent agricultural harvest. The rest were some folk news.
However, when John turned the newspaper over, he saw the following words written in bold black font:
"Earl John confronted the evil-minded Earl of Howth at Wyndham Court."
"They wrote this?" John was stunned, and then he read the following content:
"A week ago, some nobles who opposed Earl John launched an open attack, accusing him of intentional injury and illegal imprisonment. The leader of the opposition, Earl Hawes, even sued John in the Windham Court with unfounded evidence."
"In order to maintain the dignity of his family and his own innocence, Earl John gladly accepted Earl Howth's invitation and arrived at the court on time the next day."
"In court, Earl John uncovered all of Earl Hoss's schemes, and in the end, under the marriage treaty with Vice-Captain Jules of the White Lion Knights, Earl John won the case."
"This case tells the world that Earl John and Miss Matilda are in a legal marriage, and there is no kidnapping or imprisonment. I hope that the people in the territory can distinguish right from wrong through this case, unite against the outside world, and thwart the opposition's conspiracy to destroy the territory."
After reading all the content, John was dumbfounded. Although there was no problem with the previous part, the last part was obviously announcing to the world that he and Matilda were a legal couple.
"Someone, call Wesker over here."
After a while, Wesker, who was suddenly called back, came to the room where John was. After bowing to John, before Wesker could ask, John pointed at the newspaper and said:
"What does it mean?"
Wesker picked up the newspaper without knowing why, and after reading the entire article carefully, he said with a puzzled look on his face:
"My Lord, is there anything wrong with this?"
"This is a big problem." John pointed to the newspaper article about his lawsuit with Earl Hawes and said:
"When you wrote this, why didn't you tell me in advance when Matilda and I became husband and wife?"
"Um... sir, isn't it?" Wesker asked John, leaving John at a loss for words.
"Okay, okay, next time you finish reviewing the content of the newspaper, send me a copy of the content. I will review it and then you can print it."
After sending Wesker away, John continued to read the newspaper, wanting to see what other shocking events there were. So John continued to read on and saw the literature module.
Compared to the previous literature module which only had one box, this time, in addition to serialized novels, it also adds options such as essays and poetry collections. However, since there are no decent literary figures in the territory, most of the content above is written by civil servants and school teachers themselves.
Of course, the most popular subject matter among readers is the novel. Since John wrote about his experiences in Barden, many people began to rush to buy newspapers in the hope of seeing John's battles in the south and the north.
However, when John saw the subject of the novel, he found that the content was not "The Balden War" he wrote, but another novel. This was because John went to Windham at that time and had no time to write a novel. The official in charge of news had no choice but to solicit manuscripts from the entire Earl's Castle.
"Oh? It's written from the perspective of the heroine?" John was surprised as he browsed the contents of the novel. In this era, although the status of women seemed to be better among the upper class, the idea of favoring boys over girls was still deeply rooted among the lower class people. Even the protagonists in the novel were mainly men, and the heroine might only be introduced at the beginning and could only be seen at the end.
However, the article John saw was rarely written from the perspective of the heroine, telling the story of the heroine's experiences from childhood to when she went to seminary, and there were almost no male characters throughout the whole process.
"Who wrote this?" John thought to himself and looked at the content below. He saw that at the bottom of the article the author read: Smithson Dark.
John suddenly realized it when he saw this. Although he couldn't guess who it was just by looking at the beginning, judging from the last name "Dack", it was most likely Matilda.
"I didn't expect she had a talent for literature." John couldn't help but exclaimed.
In a tavern in the Earl's Castle, the citizens were also discussing the newspaper. One of them slapped the newspaper and said:
"I told you who was coming, that Miss Matilda was John's fiancée, but you didn't believe me, especially since the soldier hit me with two sticks."
Listening to the citizen's complaint, another citizen reminded him:
"Who told you to say that? Maybe the Earl wasn't her fiancé at that time. If the soldiers saw you, they wouldn't have beaten you."
"Hello, your beer is here." At this time, a waiter placed several large glasses of beer on the table, and everyone quickly shifted their focus from reading the newspaper to drinking.
"Forget it, forget it. Let's not think about it. Let's not go home until we're drunk today. Cheers!"