Peking University Library.

At the entrance was a stone brick street, and in the distance, the ground was laid with railroad tracks, and a steam engine bus arrived at the station, and a teenager walked down from the bus.

People's eyes immediately attracted the past, and they saw that the young man was wearing a peculiar black robe, and there was a swallow mark on his chest.

The distinctive dress is the first college student of Peking University.

There is respect and envy in people's eyes.

The boy was very calm, without the flamboyance that a teenager should have, and did not care about people's eyes, calmly walked up the steps and walked into the glass door of the library.

The library building is made of reinforced concrete, and the floor is a polished and smooth concrete floor to minimize the risk of fire, and open flames are prohibited here, except for kerosene lamps in the lampshades.

The library has a collection of 41,079 books and 449,117 volumes.

Among them, there are 1,033 books before the Western Han Dynasty and 13,000 and 29 volumes.

Books of the Eastern Han Dynasty, 1,100 books, 2,900 volumes.

Books of the Three Kingdoms period, 1,122 volumes, 4,562 volumes.

……

Books of the Sui and Tang dynasties, 10,036 volumes, 173,324 volumes.

Books of the Song Dynasty, 11,519 volumes, 124,919 volumes.

Zhao Sheng, who was in charge of founding the library, Zhu Gaochi's clerk, and the son of Jiyang Qianhu, once confidently said that all books since ancient times have been absorbed.

However, it soon aroused doubts from scholars in Beiping.

Some people cite that the collection of the Tang Dynasty emperor was about 5,000 to 6,000 kinds, totaling 89,000 volumes, which was only the royal collection, not including the collection of nobles.

Therefore, it is believed that what Zhao Sheng said is untrue, and the Peking University Library has not finished storing books from all over the world.

Later Western scholars once preached that the Library of Alexandria had a collection of 490,000 volumes.

There are more books than the Peking Library.

But China only had movable type printed books, while the West did not have them at the same time, so what did they use to print them?

Moreover, the papermaking technology in the West is also very backward, and Cai Lun, an ancestor in China, improved the papermaking technology and began to promote it on a large scale.

When the West had to wait for the Tang Dynasty, the Battle of Talas broke out between Da Shi and Gao Xianzhi, and among the captured soldiers of the defeated Tang Dynasty, there were craftsmen who knew how to make paper.

The first paper-making workshop in the Middle East was established in Samarkand, and in 794, the second paper-making workshop in the Middle East appeared in Baghdad, and Chinese papermaking technology spread to the Arab region.

It was introduced to Spain in the early 12th century, Italy in the 13th century, and France and Germany in the 14th century.

What did Alexander use to print, and where did he go to make paper, to collect 490,000 volumes?

You can see how serious the trend of counterfeiting in the West is.

The boy got used to the big library, and handed in his name card from Peking University, so that he could read all the books of the Peking University Library without any restrictions.

The Great Library did not have a steam engine to get on and off the machine, and people had to go up the stairs to the upper floors.

The boys came to the third floor, and according to the catalogue, they found some books on arithmetic, and according to the homework left by the teachings, they had to independently calculate the length and area of the Wuchang Yangtze River Railway Bridge, the amount of earthwork used, the bearing capacity of the piers, and so on.

As the pride of the sky, the pride of entering the university by their own talent is very arrogant in their hearts, and they all want to try their abilities.

One person tries to complete the workload of the entire railway engineering department, the engineering exploration planning department and the planning and planning department.

The library has long tables and benches.

There are restrictions on the third floor, and not anyone can go up to the third floor, so the furniture here is more beautiful.

Under the bright glass windows, the view is very good.

From noon to evening.

Kerosene lamps are not available on the first and second floors, but they are available on the third floor, and the library staff came up to ask if they needed to provide kerosene lamps.

Kerosene lamps can be provided at the embassy, but those who use them need to pay for kerosene lamps.

The boy smiled and refused, returned the book, and left the library.

"It's not a poor child." The staff thought of it unexpectedly, but quickly lost it.

After inspecting the library, put away the kerosene lamps, each kerosene lamp is marked, and the warehouse needs to be counted and stored.

An hour later, the Peking Library was closed.

At this time.

On the streets of Beiping, various lanterns have been lit at the entrances of the shops on both sides to illuminate the road, as well as kerosene street lamps in some sections of the main road.

The night did not make Beiping City silent, but with the colorful lights, the dotted Beiping City was more dazzling.

The boy took the bus back to the new town.

The rooms here are more sparse, most of them are three floors, with courtyards in front and back, surrounded by greenery, and beautiful bonsai.

In some courtyards, torii arches have been built, and lotus flowers are blooming in large water tanks.

"The Boss is back."

A woman is holding a baby and a girl next to her, looking at her makeup as a student at the Peking Girls' School.

"Hasn't Daddy come back yet?"

The boy asked.

"Brother, where have you been today?"

The girl came back from school and didn't see her eldest brother, so she pouted and asked, it was dark, and the eldest brother came back.

"I'm going to the library."

The boy said dotingly.

Obviously there is no difference of a few years, but the boy is like an adult, and the girl is like a little girl.

"Knock knock."

There was the sound of bells outside the courtyard.

"Daddy must have been." The girl jumped to open the door, and soon the girl returned with a middle-aged man carrying a yellow briefcase and wearing a dark racer.

"Father."

The boy bowed his head.

The woman held the baby in her arms and beckoned the family to sit down and eat.

A woman and child came out of the kitchen, although they were wearing Daming-style clothes, their appearance was still a little inconsistent, and they were incompatible with this place.

The woman and child carried a wooden plate with several plates of dishes, which she carefully placed on the table, and went back to the kitchen to bring out the soup pot.

The family didn't care about the woman and child.

The middle-aged man sat on the throne, the woman put the baby in the cradle, the daughter sat at the head of her, and the son sat opposite her.

After the women and children put all the utensils on the table, the middle-aged man spoke: "Let's eat." ”

The girl was about to speak in the direction of the woman and child leaving, but was stopped by her brother's eyes, and swallowed the words from her mouth.

The middle-aged man had indeed found out, and his face was a little unhappy.

"The love that you are taught in the school is to be used to give our own people in the Ming Dynasty, not to give alms indiscriminately."

The girl lowered her head aggrievedly, her eyes were red, and she held back the tears in her eyes.

"My sister is a girl after all." The boy helps his sister speak.

The middle-aged man looked at the eldest son calmly.

The boy stopped talking, he knew what he was saying, and his father was very dissatisfied.

The wages in Peking are high and there is a shortage of labor.

I don't know when a North Korean trading group began to supply Korean women and children to Beiping.

These Goryeo women and children alleviated the social phenomenon of lack of labor in the Peiping family.

It only takes one yuan a month to recruit Korean women and children to work as domestic workers at home, and I heard that at least half of the five dimes will be deducted by their company.

But even so, even if it was only two and a half cents, it made these Korean maids excited, and it became a popular industry in Northern Parallel Province.

The Korean maid has no problem working, except that it is difficult to talk, but after the simple training of their company, there is no problem with the most common daily language.

Girls are soft-hearted.

The good family environment and educational environment, coupled with the long-term relationship with the Korean maid, made the girl feel that the Korean maid was very pitiful, and even gave her pocket money to the Korean maid in private.

When his father found out, he was furious.

returned the Korean maid as soon as possible, asked someone else to send a new Korean maid, and reprimanded the girl.

"There are still a large number of poor clansmen in the south of my Ming Dynasty, but you give your pocket money to foreigners."

The girl knew that her act of giving to foreigners made her father very dissatisfied, although she had many reasons to explain.

For example, she has been in contact with the Korean maid for a long time, and she has a relationship, and the other party is also taking care of her, but she doesn't dare to say it.

Finished eating.

The middle-aged man went to the study, and the boy followed as usual.

The father and son sat opposite each other at the desk.

The lit kerosene lamp illuminated the bookshelves in the study, which had many books and some furnishings.

Among them, there are rolled up paintings in the Jingdezhen ceramic painting and calligraphy jar, which is my father's most beloved collection.

"Father, our family has changed so much."

A teenager is a college student.

He was full of pride in his heart, and he would not be restrained by his father's majesty.

Hearing the exclamation of the eldest son, the middle-aged man also fell into deep thought.

When he first worked at the Grain Stamp Bank, he took the initiative to report his boss and promoted the establishment of the Censorship Department because of the turmoil at the beginning.

Since then, he seems to have been lucky all the way, but he believes in his dedication and never mistakes in his work spirit.

"My father has changed, too."

The boy laughed.

The middle-aged man finally stopped keeping a straight face, and the eldest son became the first college student in Beiping, and he was proud of his eldest son.

"The father may have to be transferred."

"Is my father leaving Beiping?"

The middle-aged man did not elaborate.

Regarding the establishment of the Ming Iron Smelting Center around Wuchang in Huguang Province, it seems to be just an administrative arrangement.

But only those concerned understand the great significance of this.

Even if they are a grain stamp bank, they need to set up a branch in Wuchang to provide loan services for the construction of the Wuchang Iron Smelting Center.

Not to mention the rest of the industrial chain, it also represents the area around Wuchang, the social model is about to undergo a major change.

He is certainly not qualified to compete for the branch president of the branch of the Huguang Provincial Grain Stamp Bank. He had two opponents, and whoever won the game would be promoted to the rank of divisional manager.

For the sake of the future, the middle-aged people are willing to leave Beiping.

Before leaving, the eldest son was most worried.

The eldest son's career in college is too important.

"Chengzhi, a few years ago, in the months when your father was mistakenly imprisoned, you performed very well, as if you grew up overnight."

"Now that my father has been away from home for a long time, I hope you can live up to your father's expectations, and you must not indulge yourself just because no one is in charge."

Hearing his father's teachings, the boy got up and lowered his hands and listened respectfully to his father's instructions.

After his father finished speaking, the young man spoke, "Father, rest assured, the son will not let his father down." ”

The middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction.

(End of chapter)