On the opening day of Nanjing Library, Lu Liuliang invited Nanshi to celebrate.

Under the compliment of everyone, Zheng Chenggong walked in front of the lion, held a brush and dotted red cinnabar paint on the lion's eyes, forehead and tongue.

Seeing Zheng Chenggong finishing his eyes, the gong was immediately struck, the firecrackers rang out, and the lion woke up, jumping and flipping, so it was not lively.

After the lion dance, the library was officially opened.

As long as the people can hold the newly compiled household register, they can go in and read as many books as they want. Scholars from Nanjing Guozijian, University of Political Science and Law, and Gewu College can borrow books with their stamped student cards.

Two years ago, in order to give more people access to books, Zheng Chenggong established the first library in Xiamen.

It's just that there are not as many scribes in Fujian as in Jiangnan, and books are not as abundant as in Jiangnan.

Even if Zheng Chenggong bought a lot of Western books, the collection of Xiamen Library was only 30,000 or 40,000 books, which was far from satisfying the enthusiasm and demand of the people for reading.

But Nanjing is different, there are many scribes in Jiangnan like dogs, and many of them have tens of thousands of books in their homes.

After Zheng Chenggong appointed Lu Liuliang, Hu Zhengyan, and Huang Yuji as the librarians and deputy directors of the library, the collection of books in their homes alone greatly expanded the variety of books in the Nanjing Library by two or three times.

In addition, with their own connections, they have borrowed a lot of unique and unique books.

Although it is impossible to donate it to the library, it is necessary to have someone copy it and print it out, which also makes the content of the library richer, so that more people can read and understand the Chinese civilization.

Under the management of two people, the Nanjing Library has grown stronger and stronger.

In addition to the function of collecting books, the library also combines the functions of a museum.

Zheng Chenggong paid for it, and Qian Qianyi and others came forward, and hired a lot of book repairers.

These book repairers are wanton repairers, and even if many ancient books are well preserved, they will inevitably be damaged.

This requires these skilled booksellers to repair the damaged parts of the book without any signs of repair.

Since Zheng Chenggong hired these book repairers, many bibliophiles in Jiangnan would bring damaged books to the library for repairs.

If the owner of the book agrees to borrow the book from the library and enter it into the clerk for copying, he will not receive a penny.

If you don't, then I'm sorry, please pay the money and line up first.

When it's your turn, it's up to you when the books in the library will be fixed.

In the tea room in the library, Zheng Chenggong, Lu Liuliang, Hu Zhengyan, and Huang Yuji sat down with each other.

Zheng Chenggong said: "Nanjing Library is very well organized, Mr. Lu, Mr. Hu and Mr. Huang have worked hard! ‘

Lu Liuliang, Hu Zhengyan, and Huang Yuji hurriedly said: "Don't dare, they all rely on the financial support of the general, otherwise we can't do anything!" ”

Zheng Chenggong stood up and arched his hand and said, "The three gentlemen don't need to be modest, if it weren't for your kindness, the library wouldn't be able to borrow so many books. On behalf of the people, I thanked the three gentlemen! ”

Lu Liuliang, Hu Zhengyan, and Huang Yuji hurriedly replied: "Don't dare, we are ashamed, we have thousands of books at home, but we have never thought of establishing a library to benefit the people. We should thank the general for the people! ”

Zheng Chenggong waved his hand and said, "You don't need to thank you, otherwise you won't be able to discuss the matter." All three of them are knowledgeable people, and I am here today to ask you to do a big thing! ”

Lu Liuliang hurriedly said: "The general speaks! ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "All gentlemen know that Jin Wen is a kind of writing engraved on a bronze bell or tripod. Because it is engraved on the bell ding, it is known as the bell dingwen. The small seal of the Qin Dynasty can be said to have inherited the development of Jin Wen.

Jin Wen contributed to the further development of calligraphy in terms of penmanship, knotting, and chapter method.

Therefore, since the Tang and Song dynasties, some people have studied Zhong Dingwen, and now they can recognize hundreds of characters.

However, Jin Wen has a long age and a wide area of use, and if the materials are not sorted out and cleaned up, the research work will not be effective. Moreover, many bronzes were damaged for various reasons, causing immeasurable losses.

Therefore, I ask you gentlemen to set up an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of the Golden Texts, so as to provide reliable information for future generations. ”

When Lu Liuliang heard this, he hurriedly said, "The general's proposal, we will admire it." It's just a general, to be honest, we have already planned this, but bronzes are treasures, either buried underground, or collected by the gentry of major families, and they are easily invisible. So we people are powerless even if they have the heart! ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said: "I also know that it is more difficult, so I am ready to take out a sum of money every year to support the library, or spend money to buy it, or borrow it to make a seal, as long as we persevere, we can eventually accumulate materials and identify the golden text." In the meantime, I have one more thing that I need your help with? ”

Lu Liuliang heard it and said, "What is it?" ”

Zheng Chenggong instructed the guards to bring over the "keel" collected from Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangnan.

Zheng Chenggong took the keel and handed it to Lu Liuliang, saying, "Mr. Lu, please look!" ”

Lu Liuliang looked at the turtle shell in Zheng Chenggong's hand, not knowing what he was doing with the medicinal herbs.

But Lu Liuliang thought about it again: It doesn't make sense, it's impossible for the general to use some medicinal materials to coax himself, it is because there is a mystery inside!

In this state of confusion, Lu Liuliang took the keel handed over by Zheng Chenggong.

Lu Liuliang saw with his eyes that it was a tortoise shell, a very ordinary tortoise shell.

Lu Liuliang didn't understand, looked at Zheng Chenggong, hoping that he could explain to himself.

Seeing Lu Liuliang's puzzled look, Zheng Chenggong smiled helplessly, pointed to the scratches on the turtle shell, and said, "Mr. Lu, don't you see that this scratch is intentional, and you really want to write?" ”

When Lu Liuliang heard this, he hurriedly snatched the tortoise shell, and carefully wrote several similar words on the ground according to the lines on it.

The more Lu Liuliang looked at it, the more excited he became, and hurriedly ran to the guards, turned out all the keels in their pockets, and drew them one by one.

After confirming it again and again, Lu Liuliang's hands holding the keel trembled a little.

Holding this keel again, it is not as casual as just now, it is really like a treasure, the hand strokes the keel, can't put it down, and keeps reading: "Baby, baby, it's really a good baby, with him, you can just understand the origin of Chinese civilization and verify the history of antiquity!" (To be continued.) )