In the garden, the sun shone brightly. Birds chirped in the trees, and a fresh breeze wafted in from the Luo River, lending the entire setting an exceptionally serene atmosphere.
Qian Guangyun carefully read through the draft of the newspaper. Although he was aware of Zhou Tieyi’s memorial proposing the expansion of the official gazette to broaden the channels of public discourse, he had never imagined that the merchant class would one day have the chance to be featured in such a publication! For this alone, those who cultivated the path of commerce owed Zhou Tieyi a debt of gratitude.
The value of this gazette was far beyond what money could measure. It could be said that as long as Zhou Tieyi could withstand the political pressure and successfully promote this publication, the merchant associations present would be more than willing to cover the financial losses themselves. They would even be eager to offer the Zhou family benefits—and there would certainly be no shortage of them.
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