Many of these young men have participated in the Boxer Rebellion, and they are very superstitious about demons and monsters, and now they have listened to the words of the Taoist priest, and they only feel that he has a great Taoism and unfathomable deeds, and he asked you at the moment? ”

When I asked this question, I confirmed that it was sent by the minister.

The old Taoist priest leaned the broom against the wall, and the people who had always been slightly surprised that before the beginning, the poor Taoist had the courage to write an excerpt to Lafayette and said that the scriptures were hidden. A few days ago, I heard that Lord Qin had arrived in Anxi. Now, when you come, ask about the Scriptures. How can the poor road not guess? ”

The young men glanced at each other, and they couldn't pay attention to it, could it be that Sun was ordered to take the scriptures? Cheng Ziyin came out to be the head of the royal road, we are on the order of Lord Qinchasun, and we came to get the Tibetan scriptures, and we ask for your cooperation. ”

Wang Daoist made another joke and even claimed to be. So he took the broom and led the group of young men to the dwelling slowly. Pushing open a pile of debris, I saw a large camphor wood box, and when I opened it, there were only dozens of scrolls inside. Two young men went up and carried the box.

Wang Taoist priest no more. Cheng Ziyin looked left and right, looked at it for a long time, and saw no other boxes. Sun said "tens of thousands of volumes", which is only a few dozen volumes, and asked Wang Daochang, what about the rest? ”

"It's all here, that's all." Wang Yuanzhen twisted his beard and looked honest.

"No", "nonsense", "nonsense", "nonsense", the boys shook their heads one after another.

"That's all, the rest will be given to the old man of Zhizhou and the eldest master of Zhixian County." Wang Yuanqi didn't breathe for long, panting and his face was not red.

"We're talking about tens of thousands of volumes," the young man cried out.

"Tens of thousands of volumes?" Wang Yuanqi looked like he had just woken up from a dream and suddenly realized, "Yes, yes, yes, there are still some of them, but they are still in the cave of the scriptures." Hehehehe, when I am older, my memory is broken, and many things are forgotten in a blink of an eye, but fortunately, I was reminded of the bad and almost missed a big event"

Only then did he slowly take this group of young men to Cave 16 of the Thousand Buddha Caves, and when they opened a pile of silt, they could see a big hole in the wall.

A group of young men were so happy that some of them had already gone back to the inn to catch the carriage. The rest of the lads, some of them went into the cave and handed out the scrolls; The people outside are placed separately according to their length. When the carriage arrived, it was packed separately.

Wang Yuanqi watched this group of young men busy there, standing aside, not knowing what to think. seized the time and asked the leading Cheng Ziyin if he dared to ask the superior, does Lord Qincha have any orders? ”

Although Cheng Ziyin is young, he is definitely not a fool to be selected by Lao Zhao to work next to Sun Yuanqi. On the contrary, he is still a very clever boy, and he looks like he has just remembered, yes, yes, Hehehehe, when you are older, your memory is broken, and many things are forgotten in a blink of an eye, but fortunately, the Taoist reminded me that I almost missed a big event"

This was said by Wang Daochang just now, and when he repeated it at this time, everyone around laughed when he heard it. Daoist Wang was also a little uncomfortable.

Cheng Ziyin's face was complete, and when Lord Sun saw that you had made meritorious contributions in guarding the scriptures, he was rewarded with two thousand taels of silver. After speaking, he took out two thousand taels of silver tickets from his body and handed them over.

Wang Yuanqi hurriedly knelt down, and after kowtowing to thank him, he took the silver ticket tremblingly and looked at it a few times. The people around laughed at the silver ticket given by Lord Qincha, can it be fake? ”

Wang Yuanqi replied embarrassedly that Poor Dao had never seen such a huge silver ticket in his life, and today he was fortunate to be rewarded by Lord Qincha, so he was able to open his eyes, so he had to take a good look. Oh, by the way, is the poor thirsty? Poor Dao will go and make tea now."

When Daoist Wang walked away, a young man asked Cheng Ziyin and Brother Ziyin, in order to give Niubi so much money? According to me, give a few hundred taels to death. ”

Seeing him say it, the others also talked about it, yes, yes, just give a few dozen taels of silver. ”

"It's just a pile of old paper, it's not worth much"

"It's just that he doesn't give a penny, and he doesn't even dare to let out a fart"

When Cheng Ziyin waved his hand, Sun Ke repeatedly explained that he had to keep it secret and not leak the news. For the rest, it doesn't matter how much you spend. If we don't give, or if we give less, it's hard to guarantee that the Taoist priest will go around talking nonsense. Now he is given two thousand taels, and he will not say anything if he is killed. Think about it, there are not a few families in dozens of miles around this place, he wants to show his white, I dare to promise, within three days, there will be horse thieves coming to the door, do you believe it? ”

Everyone around them nodded yes.

When Wang Yuanqi delivered tea, he brought dozens of volumes of documents. It turned out that this old Taoist priest was cunning and had hidden a lot of them in private. On weekdays, if you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle, and you send people one or two rolls. This time, he got two thousand taels of silver, and he was so happy that he took out all the things at the bottom of the box.

Although there are more than 40,000 Dunhuang testaments, the weight is not large, and the young man cleaned it up in one day, packed it and left. Outside the city of Dunhuang, he met another group of people, hired a dart master, dozens of carts, and returned to Beijing by the same way he came. At this time, Sun Yuanqi and his entourage had already left Anxi and walked slowly to Beijing along another road.

Let's say that this Wang Yuanqi is frugal on weekdays, making connections everywhere, and barely living. Now I suddenly got two thousand taels of silver, and I haven't slept well for more than ten days, and I often wake up in the middle of the night, and hurriedly go to my pocket, and the silver ticket is still there, so I breathe a long sigh of relief.

Later, he used the money to build a Taoist temple in the Mogao Grottoes, pulled up the wall, and surrounded the entire Thousand Buddha Caves. Because of the money and the acceptance of a few disciples, the incense in Mogao Grottoes was much more vigorous, sweeping away the previous decadent atmosphere. When Stein heard the news and came to Dunhuang, not to mention that there was no scripture, it would take a lot of trouble to enter the Taoist temple, and the Buddha statues and murals in the Mogao Grottoes were naturally preserved. These unintentional goodness were not expected by Sun Yuanqi.

On the way, Sun Yuanqi had to take care of the students' internship and physical condition on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to socialize with local officials, stop and go, stop and go, and it was already late July. Although Cheng Ziyin brought dozens of boxes, got up early and rushed late every day, didn't care about resting, and went through the dust all the way, he arrived at school more than ten days in advance. Because of adhering to the principle of "confidentiality", I chose to enter the school in the middle of the night and pulled directly to the courtyard of the Sun family.

Vera was woken up in the middle of the night, and a team of people outside the door pulled the carriage, at first I thought it was Sun Yuanqi, but when she opened the door to look, it was Cheng Ziyin who was unloading boxes on the ground silently at the door, and even the horses' hooves were wrapped in straw. The atmosphere was somewhat eerie. Affected by this, Vera is also whispering, is this going on? ”

"Madam," Cheng Ziyin wiped the sweat on his face and called in a low voice, "Isn't Sun yet?" These are the treasures that Sun found in the northwest and let us carry them. He repeatedly told us to keep it a secret, so he did it in the middle of the night. ”

Although Vera was a little confused, she roughly understood that these were good obtained from afar, and they needed to be kept secret. Open the door and let people move into the house. Dozens of large boxes suddenly packed the room, reaching to the ceiling, and the aisles were so narrow that you had to walk sideways. The next morning, Xiao Nianzu got up and saw that the downstairs and downstairs had changed greatly, and there was only a small piece of place left for tables and chairs in the spacious living room, and he was so happy that he only clapped his palms, let's play hide and seek."

Nianzu didn't be happy for long, because the boxes were piled up, the house was dark, and he was used to the original terrain, so he hit his head into the box, and he had to cry. In the evening, the familiar room was decorated with a different appearance by the box, which frightened him into tears again. Naturally, I don't have a good impression of the box, and I just hope that Dddy will get rid of these nasty things as soon as possible.

Pan, pan, after half a month, Sun Yuanqi took the students back to school slowly. It's not that Sun Yuanqi doesn't want to go fast, it's that the officials along the way are enthusiastic to stay, and there are too many gifts to give, so he can't go fast.

After waiting for school, Sun Yuanqi couldn't go home. After instructing students first, pay attention to rest, and organize various specimens, inspection notes and internship reports in a timely manner. As soon as the students entered the school gate, their hearts had long since gone away, and they listened to the instructions, agreed with a bang, and then scattered and disappeared into all corners of the university in an instant. A group of security guards and teachers who only watched were dumbfounded.

Then call the gardeners and gardeners in the school, unload the rare beasts and precious flowers and trees from the car, and quickly find a suitable place to feed and plant. Although others have made all the preparations when giving away, but this thousands of miles, the carriages and horses are bumpy, and nine times out of ten they are listless, I just hope that these school workers can skillfully use their skills to save one or two.

Finally, the librarian of the library was called - although it is now the summer vacation, considering that some students cannot go home, or do not want to go home, the library, cafeteria, and classrooms are still open. With the help of school security guards, thousands of books were transported to the library of the Chengke Library.

Vice President Zhang Yuanji and Library Director Wang Guowei went to Zhejiang to buy books in March and have already returned them. Now I was at school, and I hurriedly came when I heard the news.

Because of the school holiday, Wang Guowei often went to Liulichang to buy books, because Liulichang is in Haiwang Village in the south of Beijing, and the university is in the northwest of Beijing, quite far in the middle, and often does not return for several days, one with half a car, a carload of good books; Occasionally, when I stayed at the university, I stayed in the library to catalog existing books, or I prepared a list of books to buy for each bookstore. Coincidentally, today he happened to be at school, so Zhang Yuanji invited him to go to the construction site of the newly built library to see the progress of the project.

Seeing Sun Yuanqi, because everyone was moving books, Wang Guowei took the opportunity to talk about the recent library work: Shaoxing Xu's Rongjing Casting Shizhai collection passed the preliminary inspection, removed some broken books, and the remaining part has been shipped in full and is being cataloged. At present, all kinds of the most important books, such as "Commentary on the Thirteen Classics", "The Three Dynasties of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Six Dynasties of the Three Dynasties", "The Whole Tang Poems", "The Whole Tang Dynasty", "The Song Poems", "The Twenty-four History", and "The General Guide to Zizhi", have all been prepared. At present, the main thing is to prepare some books that are needed daily and have certain academic value.

"Wang, so many books, is 100,000 taels enough?" Sun Yuanqi asked.

"As much as possible, Xu's collection of books are all common books, so the price is not very high. After deliberation by Principal Jusheng, he finally bought it for 35,000 taels. The advantage of this collection of books is that the common books are relatively complete, so we don't have to bother cataloging and buying them. Nowadays, when I go to the glass factory to buy more, I also buy some common books. Because there are many people who need it, and there are many prints, and all bookstores have them, but they are not expensive. Because we had plenty of money, we bought either the first engraving or the best engravings that we could get at present, and we bought more than 200 kinds, all of which were tomes, but we only spent 4,500 taels. Hehe, I used to have little money to buy books, but now I don't have enough books. Wang Guowei laughed as he spoke.

Zhang Yuanji on the side also smiled and said that if we are scholars, we are really looking forward to this kind of life with a lot of money. The most expensive books are either Song and Yuan periodicals, or the only books in the sea, and the library has some treasures for the town. After all, we built the library for the use of students, not for collection and curiosity. When it comes to student use, I also think of the problem that you can't just buy one set of commonly used books. Otherwise, if one student borrows it, the whole school will wait, which is not good. ”

Wang Guowei nodded, and what Ju Sheng said was. ”

"When it comes to library construction, I think it can be done in two steps." Sun Yuanqi had an idea, "The first step, as Zhang said, is to meet the needs of teachers and students in school, which is the foundation and a short-term goal; The second step is to build the library into a national documentation center, just like the Tianyi Pavilion in the past. The literature in this includes not only classic classics, but also chronicles, genealogies, operas, letters, rubbings of tablets, animal and plant specimens, and so on. Under the invasion of Western culture, Chinese culture is facing a challenge, and some traditional cultural knowledge will be lost with it, and we must use this institution to preserve these precarious treasures as much as possible. ”

"That's right," Wang Guowei clapped his hands, "and I have many scholars in the folk grass fields of the Qing Dynasty, who have genius abilities, but they are not known to the world. Like Huang Zhongze and Zheng Jingchao, they are just a few of them. It would be a pity if he died. We collect their writings and pass them on to future generations, and the merit is no less than feeding orphans and burying dry bones."

Zhang Yuanji also said that this is fine. But whoever can write about it, who doesn't want the words to be hidden in the famous mountains and passed on to future generations? In the next issue of the journal, I will publish news on it, saying that I have a collection of poems, genealogies, and chronicles in the library of the University. Guaranteed to be sent a collection"

"Good ideas can also be advertised in major newspapers across the country, and we can pay the corresponding price of the book postage." Sun Yuanqi added a fire.

At this time, the books on the car were moved, and Lao Zhao, who was waiting next to him in the morning, came up to the master, and the books were finished. You see......"

"Have all the books been moved into the house?" Sun Yuanqi asked, took out a stack of small silver tickets that had already been prepared from his body, and handed it to Lao Zhao Then you go and settle the car money. Follow the guards to the northwest, each of whom will be given five taels of silver, and each of them will rest. Go and talk to the cafeteria again, add dinner tonight, everyone let go and eat as you like. ”

Lao Zhao took the silver ticket and went in response. Sun Yuanqi turned around and said to Zhang Yuanji and Wang Guowei If the two of you are okay, accompany me to see those books of talent? There are not many words, but these are all local officials who honor me, the minister, and they can't be bad. It is estimated that the sky in the northwest is three feet higher than I have searched this time."

The three of them laughed together and walked towards the library of Chengqi Pavilion.

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