Chapter 136: The Problem
Although Zhao Weiji had never studied archaeology, he knew that the parchment, which had been closed underground for many years, could not resist the erosion of oxygen.
Fortunately, when he returned to the underground chamber to look at the parchment books, he was surprised to find that they had been perfectly embalmed, and that it should be no problem to be on the ground as long as there were no accidents when carrying them.
This can't help but Zhao Weiji sighed at the greatness of the ancestors, whether it was the original Alexandria Library people who embalmed these books, or the people who obtained these books later, or the old King Kusi, the people who did so are worthy of being remembered by future generations.
Since there was no problem with the transportation, Zhao Weiji began to let people move these books out and sort them out. For safety reasons, open flame lighting is no longer possible.
Since open flames cannot be used, then torches, candlesticks and other lighting facilities cannot be used, but fortunately, Zhao Weiji has already invented kerosene lamps in Xinhua City.
And he also installed these kerosene lamps on the Black Pearl, and when he changed ships into the Persian Gulf, he moved some portable ones into the new ship.
A few of these kerosene lamps that entered the new ship were taken with him when he set off for Baghdad, and it was this series of coincidences that made Zhao Weiji now have relatively safe lighting tools.
When he took out the kerosene lamp, he himself sighed that maybe it was really the will of God that allowed him to find these books.
Since there were no hidden dangers in the entire transportation operation, Zhao Weiji and his party began to carry the books in the next three days after discovering the secret room.
However, since they couldn't read the text on it, they could only carry it out, find a vacant room, carefully store it, and wait for the reply from the people in the Wisdom Hall.
And in these three days, the old man Kendi also fell into a huge whirlpool, and when he reported the news of the discovery of these books to the director of the Wisdom Pavilion, it naturally caused a sensation in the entire Wisdom Pavilion.
However, it also caused the people of the Wisdom Hall to split, and some people wanted to agree to the conditions proposed by Zhao Weiji, which was nothing more than to temporarily stay away from their hometown for a few years, since Zhao Weiji and the others could come safely from such a distant place, they would naturally be able to ensure the safety of the people who went to Xinhua City, so it was not a harsh condition to go there to translate.
Moreover, many of them actually left their hometowns and came to Baghdad to enter the Wisdom Hall, so it was a big deal to run farther.
But since there are those who are in favor, there are naturally those who are against, and these opponents are full of distrust in addition to the Xinhua City, which is even farther away than Tang.
They also insist on the view that while we in the Arab Empire also protect private property, it is only for the inhabitants of the Arab Empire.
These people are clearly outsiders, although it is not known how they obtained the title deed and title deed of the house.
But outsiders are outsiders, and they should not be equated with the inhabitants of the Empire, so if those outsiders are unwilling to hand over the books, they should let the Empire send troops over and loot them directly.
Although this view is cruel, it has been endorsed by more people, so the pressure on the old man Kendi has become enormous.
From his heart, he was more inclined to the first way, after all, if it weren't for the appearance of Zhao Weiji and the others, no one would have been able to find out where the secret room was.
Because even if you enter the secret room, you will ignore what may still exist because of the large amount of treasure on the first floor, so that the treasure can be seen again, but the book may always be a secret, because the person who finds the treasure does not necessarily care about what is written on the parchment, nor does he necessarily understand what it is.
Therefore, the rediscovery of books Zhao Weiji and his party can be regarded as having a great contribution, and now they do not want to monopolize these books, as long as the Wisdom Museum supports the translation, they can not only get the books, but also get paid.
It can be said that Zhao Weiji has given great sincerity, although the old man Kendi is very confident, except for the people in the Wisdom Hall, it is difficult for others to accurately translate these books. But the world is so big, who can say this.
However, although he thought so, more people now wanted to use unfriendly means to forcibly seize this collection, and many of these people were close friends of the old man, which made the old man Kendi very embarrassed.
Fortunately, the current attitude of the curator of the Wisdom Pavilion is on the side of supporting a peaceful settlement of this matter, which makes the old man Kendi feel a little comforted in his heart.
So on the third day after the old man Kendi reported the matter, he came to the curator's room again, and he was ready to have a good talk with the curator and give a solution as soon as possible.
When the old man came to the curator's room, the curator was looking at something, and when he saw the old man Kendi coming, he put down the things in his hand and beckoned the old man to sit down.
The old man sat down and was about to speak, but the curator interrupted him.
"Kendi, I know what you want to say, don't I also worry, from my heart, I am more inclined to agree to the conditions of the Oriental.
As you say, if it weren't for the presence of this group of Orientals, we might never have found those books.
But now that the public is angry, and more people want us to forcibly leave those books here directly through the power of the state, do you have any way to convince them? ”
The curator's words were tantamount to kicking the most difficult ball back to the affirmation, and he would not have to worry if he knew how to convince the group.
However, at this time, the old man Kendi suddenly remembered a detail, that is, when he followed Zhao Weiji and his party into the secret room, he saw a corpse in the corridor of the secret room, and the corpse had not been dead for a long time, and the way of death was very strange.
There was a hole in the corpse's chest, which was supposed to be the cause of the man's death, but the old man Kendi didn't figure out what weapon caused the hole.
At this time, the old man remembered another thing, that is, the legend of the devil's ship that was worn in this area before.
Legend has it that the people of the devil's ship have a kind of magic, and when they use this magic to kill people, they will only hear a strange sound, and then a hole will appear in the body of the person who has been enchanted, and blood will come out of the hole, and then the person will fall, I don't know how he was hit.
Although these scholars have also heard of this legend, they have taken it as a joke, whether out of faith or intellectual reason.
But now, after the old man connected the two events, he was surprised to find that this story could be true, and it was not a joke.
If that's the case, then this group of Orientals may be the people who came down from the devil's ship, and that so-called magic may now seem to be a more advanced weapon, and that weapon may be the strangely shaped thing that the old man saw Zhao Weiji and his party on their backs.
All this came to the conclusion that force might not be able to threaten this group of people.
So he told all his reasoning to the curator, and the curator also broke out in a cold sweat after hearing it.
Because the curator also thought of something more terrifying from this, that is, the Tang (Song) Empire behind Zhao Weiji. From the acceptance before the affirmation, the curator knew that Zhao Weiji seemed to be a king of the Tang (Song).
If something happens to such a king in Baghdad, what will happen to the empire behind him? Will they send troops to avenge him? Although it is said that the Arabs defeated the Tang people in the Battle of Hengrus more than 200 years ago, after all, the Arab Empire had more troops at that time.
And the Tang people at that time did not have this kind of super weapon that could kill people invisibly, but now the Tang people have this kind of super weapon, if they raise troops to attack, it is still a question whether the soldiers of the Arab Empire can stop it.
After this idea was born, the curator was even more determined to resolve the matter peacefully.
So he summoned all the high-level leaders of the Wisdom Pavilion and told them about Kendi's reasoning after a little modification, most of these high-level officials originally hoped to solve the problem by force, but after listening to the curator's words, they were all shaken. Because no one can afford to be guilty of causing war, and if such a superweapon exists, the Arab Empire will face a great catastrophe.
Zhao Weiji might never have thought that it was the corpse of the pirate who almost killed him who helped him in the end, but he would never know all this.
Because when the Wisdom Pavilion unanimously vetoed the method of leaving books by force, it was natural that this matter had to be completely concealed, because once Zhao Weiji knew that they had the idea of leaving books by force, I don't know if it would cause any trouble.
However, since the means of solving the problem by force has been denied, it is natural to agree to Zhao Weiji's request, and the selection of translators who have traveled across the ocean has become a new problem.
How many languages are needed, and who are willing to go, all of this bothered the curator.
However, what the curator didn't expect was that there were not many translators who were willing to go, and many technical talents came out hoping to enter the team to Xinhua City, which made the curator feel very strange.
"Why do you people want to go there, you can't translate?"
These people gave a variety of explanations in response to the curator's questions, but they all had one thing in common: Xinhua City probably had a lot of advanced knowledge that the Arab Empire did not have.
In this way, the curator had to pay more attention to Zhao Weiji and his party, and at this time, he suddenly wanted to meet this person.