Chapter 23: The Leisurely Life of the Library
In the next two or three days, Liu Xu quickly devoted himself to his new work.
Originally, Liu Xu thought that his work would be very cumbersome, after all, it seemed that there was only one assistant to the director of the entire library except for the director.
But it turns out that he thinks too much, in fact, the work of the library is very idle, except for checking whether the books are lost according to the table of contents every day, there is almost no other work, so Liu Xu still has a lot of time to write the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and after writing the three fixed chapters every day, Liu Xu can still look at the books in the library from time to time.
At this time, the library was indeed very rich in books, astronomy, geography, science, technology, society, politics, psychology, theology, and even all kinds of books on chicken soup for the soul.
These books, while far less abundant than those on Earth, also basically cover the needs of all aspects of society. But at this time, all these books were tightly locked in the library, and the outside world was all novels except for some basic books.
The youngest of these books was written, and it was also a sociological research book from 80 years ago, and it was even written about the Writers' Association and the World Government's clamping down on human thought.
However, the book obviously has no chance of being published, because it is a handwritten book, and as for what happened to the author, from the fact that this handwritten book has been trapped in the library, it is clear what happened to the author.
"Most of the books were written in the 200 years between 100 and 300 years ago, and from about 150 years ago, these books began to decline dramatically. Apparently it was 150 years ago that the Writers' Association and the World Government began to block and control other books. ”
"In fact, there was also such a period in Chinese history, which was called the overthrow of the hundred schools of thought and the exclusive respect for Confucianism. It's just that this world is even more ruthless than what Huaxia has done, after all, in ancient times, Huaxia did not have so many modern means to help the human government block the spread of knowledge. ”
In addition, what surprised Liu Xu the most was that he searched through the entire library and did not find a single book from 300 years ago. All the books here are up to the first year of the Wenli calendar, and I haven't seen a single one of the previous novels or other books. ”
"The world calls the era of 300 years ago the era of the Great Broken Dynasty, and even paper books have not been preserved, even one of them?" Liu Xu sighed, and then began to read.
I have to admit that Liu Xu is quite satisfied with this kind of life, in addition to writing novels every day, he can read books, and the food is excellent, after all, this is the Academy of Literature, the highest institution of learning in the whole city to train contracted authors, and it is impossible to have bad food.
For example, many ordinary people can't eat a few kilograms of white rice in their lifetime, and they can eat it casually here.
Well, because the area outside the city is very dangerous, and there will be an outbreak at any time, so when you farm outside the city, you just pin your head to the waistband of your pants.
Therefore, the price of agricultural products is extremely high, the price of a kilogram is about the same as the price of a kilogram of shark fin on the earth, ordinary people may just taste it during the New Year's festival and eat the food that grows naturally, and at other times they eat synthetic flour and all kinds of pasta made from synthetic flour.
Although it is said to be similar to real flour in terms of nutritional value, it is still difficult to swallow compared to real natural flour...... In the two months that Liu Xu was in school, he had never eaten noodles that were not mushy.
Even if Liu Xu rolls out the dough by himself, it turns out that these synthetic flours can't be as strong as natural flour at all.
In the Academy of Literature, these expensive natural foods are provided free of charge by the Academy of Literature, so Liu Xu later simply moved his bed and some daily necessities to a small spare room in the library, and the whole person lived directly in the library, which made the curator very pleased, so that he could come to work an hour or two later every morning.
But some people don't seem to intend to let our classmates Liu Xu live so freely, such as the curator, whenever Liu Xu started to write a book, he quietly walked behind him, staring at Liu Xu's computer screen that was coding words with his eyes full of light.
And when Liu Xu noticed the existence of his superiors and asked if he needed to do anything by himself, the librarian immediately made a straight face, pointed out Liu Xu's lack of work, and then left with a high spirit, which made Liu Xu very uncomfortable.
Later, Liu Xu simply ignored the tail that had been standing behind him, and treated the other party as if the other party did not exist, and sure enough, the curator rarely pointed out the problems in Liu Xu's work.
Of course, life isn't just so ordinary. One night at around 3 o'clock in the morning, Liu Xu was sleeping soundly, but he suddenly felt a violent vibration.
Don't get me wrong, this kind of shaking is not an earthquake, but a violent shaking of the power of the world, and this kind of vibration affected Liu Xu's eyebrows, so that his literature also shook, and finally woke Liu Xu up.
Then he heard a loud and violent, tsunami-like sound from outside the library.
Liu Xu immediately understood that there might be a reflection spirit attacking the library outside, so he immediately got dressed and prepared to escape as soon as possible.
Those who can run to the academy of literature to attack the library, none of them are good stubble, and they are definitely not something that a rookie author like himself can deal with, and thirty-six plans are the best plan.
As a result, Liu Xu just rushed out of the small room, and the tsunami outside stopped directly, Liu Xu vigilantly observed the surroundings, and the headlights inside the library were turned on directly, and then Liu Xu saw Mr. Librarian coming in from the door of the library.
He was visibly embarrassed, his clothes were torn, and he had mud in many parts of his body, and through the library door, he could see that the outside had almost turned into scorched earth, apparently after a big battle.
"Curator, I'll help you!" Liu Xu, who was originally planning to escape, shouted at the first time, and at the same time reflected Pan Feng.
"I didn't hurt you in vain!" Seeing Liu Xu rushing out, the curator was more or less moved, and then waved his hand and said, "It's okay, that guy has been beaten away by me, and he doesn't even have a title, so he dares to rush to the library, and I don't know where he has such courage." ”
"If it weren't for the fact that there are not many masters with titles among our human beings, every one of them is a treasure, and Lao Tzu will shoot him to death directly!" The curator scolded and said.
"Director, you said that it was the contracted author who came to attack the library just now? Isn't it a reflection event that happened suddenly? Liu Xu asked in surprise.
"If it was a reflection incident, then the power of the nearby world would have already begun to fluctuate, and the entire Academy of Letters would be alarmed!" The curator said lightly.
"But if it's a contracted author, why would they attack their own people?" Liu Xu asked even more puzzled.
"What else? For the books in this library, of course! Seeing that Liu Xu was still dazed, the curator couldn't help but say proudly, "Boy, do you know how lucky you are to be able to stay and work in the library?" Do you know how many people out there want to rush into this library and see the books inside? ”
"I don't know......" Liu Xu shook his head vigorously.
"So, your realm is not enough, you don't need the books here!" The curator knocked on Liu Xu's head, "When you want to break through the title and hit the knighthood one day, you will understand how difficult it is to break through the level of your novels, and how much you need the books in this library to enrich your knowledge and cultural literacy, because only when you have enough knowledge reserves can you write novels that are qualified to be called classics and help you break through the limitations of the title!" ”