Knowing he could never persuade the old man in front of him, Le Yu stood up. He glanced at the desk and suddenly noticed something. "What newspaper is this?"
"Hm?" Zhu Yan glanced at it. "A war report, published by the Statistics Department... You don't usually read newspapers?"
I usually only read the "A Moment of Humor" column... Le Yu picked it up and glanced through it. Seeing that it was filled with troop movements from every district, he finally understood why he had never read this newspaper—it was too boring.
This thing was basically the sidebar information panel from the game Romance of the Three Kingdoms, except it did not even have a map. What was the point of reading it? Was he supposed to imagine everything himself?
"You can get the war reports from the White Box Library. They're basically unavailable for sale elsewhere; the Statistics Department only sends them to specific institutions," Zhu Yan said. "If you want to read it, you can take it with you. Just remember to return it to the White Box Library."
"No, I'm done after one look."
Le Yu first looked at the information on Dongyang, and the brightness nearly blinded him.
The war report was divided into two sections. One was reports from local spies. The spies submitted brief reports every five days, which were compiled into the monthly report. Most of these spies were local powerful figures. The other section was the Statistics Department's summary.
Thus, the following passage appeared:
Sixth day of the eleventh month: The weak and ignorant rabble was stopped at Cigu Village.
Eleventh day of the eleventh month: The murderous and looting mob marched on Horizon Pass.
Sixteenth day of the eleventh month: The rebel army surrounded Midsummer Commandery.
Twenty-second day of the eleventh month: