The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 501 The City of College Students
Peking Great Library.

At the gate is a stone street. In the distance, there are railroad tracks laid on the ground. A steam engine bus arrives at the station, and a boy gets off the bus.

People's attention was immediately drawn to him, and they saw the young man wearing a special black gown with a swallow roundel pattern hanging on his chest.

The distinctive dress is the first batch of college students from Peking University.

People's eyes showed respect and envy.

The young man was very calm, not as arrogant as a young man should be, and he didn't care about people's eyes. He calmly walked up the steps and walked into the glass door of the library.

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

The library contains 79 books and 44 volumes.

Among them, there are 33 books and 29 volumes written before the Western Han Dynasty.

There are [-] books and [-] volumes from the Eastern Han Dynasty.

There are 120 books and 560 volumes from the Three Kingdoms period.

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There are 36 books and 17 volumes in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

There are 510 books and 12 volumes in the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Sheng, who was responsible for establishing the library, Zhu Gaochi, the clerk, and the son of Qianhu in Jiyang, once confidently said that books from ancient times have been absorbed.

However, it soon aroused doubts among scholars in Peking.

Some people cite that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had about [-] to [-] kinds of books, totaling [-] volumes. This was only the royal family's collection and did not include the collections of noble families.

Therefore, it is believed that what Zhao Sheng said is untrue, and the Peking Great Library has not collected all the books in the world.

Later Western scholars once claimed that the Library of Alexandria contained 49 volumes.

There are actually more books than the Peking Library.

But only China had movable type printing books, but the West did not at the same time, so what was used to print them?

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

While the West was waiting for the Tang Dynasty, the Talas Battle broke out between Dashi and Gao Xianzhi. Among the defeated Tang Dynasty soldiers and prisoners, there were craftsmen who knew how to make paper.

First, the first papermaking workshop in the Middle East was established in Samarkand. In 794, the second papermaking workshop in the Middle East appeared in Baghdad, and China's papermaking technology spread to the Arab region.

It was introduced to Spain in the early [-]th century, to Italy in the [-]th century, and to France and Germany in the [-]th century.

What did Alexander use for printing, where did he make paper, and where did he collect 49 volumes of books?

It can be seen how serious the trend of fraud in the West is.

The young man got used to the big library and handed in his name card from Peking University. He could read books on all subjects in the Peking Big Library without any restrictions.

There is no steam engine to get on or off the Grand Library, so people need to go upstairs by stairs.

The teenagers came to the third floor. According to the catalog, they found some books on arithmetic. According to the homework left by the instructions, 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 bridge piers, etc.

As the proud sons of heaven, those who entered university with their own talents are very proud in their hearts and want to try their abilities.

One person tries to complete the workload of the entire Railway Engineering Department, Engineering Exploration Planning Department and Planning Planning Department.

The library has long tables and benches.

There are already restrictions on the third floor. Not everyone can go up to the third floor, so the furniture here is more exquisite.

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

From noon till evening.

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

The embassy can provide kerosene lamps, but those who use them need to pay for the kerosene lamps.

The young man refused with a smile, returned the book, and left the library.

"Looking at the temperament, he is not a child from a poor family." The staff thought unexpectedly, but quickly forgot about it.

After checking the library, the kerosene lamps were collected. Each kerosene lamp was marked and needed to be counted and stored in the warehouse.

After an hour, the Peking Library closed.

at this time.

On the streets of Peiping, various lanterns have been lit at the entrances of shops on both sides, illuminating the road, and there are also kerosene street lamps in some areas on the main road.

The night did not make Beiping City quiet. Instead, the colorful lights made Beiping City even more dazzling.

The boy took the bus back to the new city.

The buildings here are more sparsely spaced, mostly three stories, with yards at the front and back, surrounded by greenery and beautiful bonsai.

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

"Boss is back."

A woman was holding a baby, and there was a girl beside her. She looked like she was a student from Peking Girls' School.

"Dad hasn't 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 already dark before the eldest brother came back.

"I went to the library."

The young man said fondly.

Obviously they are only a few years apart, but the boy looks like an adult, while the girl still looks like a little girl.

"Dong dong dong."

There was a ringing of bells outside the yard.

"It must be dad." The girl jumped to open the door. Soon, the girl came back followed by a middle-aged man carrying a yellow leather briefcase and wearing a dark suit.

"Father." The young man lowered his head.

The woman holds the baby in her arms and invites the family to sit down and eat.

A woman and child came out of the kitchen. Although they were wearing Ming Dynasty-style clothes, their appearance was still a bit inconsistent and out of place.

The woman and child were carrying wooden trays with several dishes in them. She carefully placed them on the table and then went back to the kitchen to bring out the soup pot.

The whole family didn't pay attention to the woman and child.

The middle-aged man sat on the main seat, the woman put the baby in the cradle, the daughter sat under her, and the son sat alone opposite.

After the women and children put the tableware on the table, the middle-aged man said, "Let's eat."

The girl was about to speak in the direction where the women and children were leaving, but was stopped by her brother's eyes, and she swallowed her words.

As expected, the middle-aged man noticed it and looked a little unhappy.

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

The girl lowered her head in grievance, her eyes were red, and she was holding back the tears in her eyes.

"My sister is a girl after all." The boy spoke for his sister.

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

The boy stopped talking. He knew that what he said made his father very dissatisfied.

Wages in Peiping are high and labor is in short supply.

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

These Korean women and children alleviated the social phenomenon of labor shortage in Peiping families.

It only costs one yuan a month to recruit Korean women and children to work as domestic helpers. It is said that the salary of fifty cents will be deducted by at least half by the company where they work.

But even so, even if the wages are only two and a half cents, these Korean maids are very excited, and they have become a popular industry in Bacchus Parallel Province.

The Korean maids have no problem at work, but they have trouble talking. However, after simple training by their company, they can use the most common daily expressions without any problem.

Girls are soft-hearted.

The good family environment and educational environment, coupled with the long-term relationship with the Korean maids, made the girls feel that the Korean maids were pitiful, and they even gave their pocket money to the Korean maids in private.

When his father found out, he became furious.

He immediately returned the Korean maid, asked someone to send a new Korean maid, and scolded the girl severely.

"There are still a lot of poor people in the south of Ming Dynasty, but you give your pocket money to foreigners."

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

For example, she has been in contact with a Korean maid for a long time and has feelings for her. She is also taking care of her, but she does not dare to talk about it.

Finished.

The middle-aged man went to the study room, and the young man followed him as usual.

The two father and son sat across from each other at the desk.

The lit kerosene lamp illuminated the bookshelf in the study room. There were many books and some furnishings on the bookshelf.

Among them, the Jingdezhen ceramic painting and calligraphy jar contains rolled scrolls, which are my father's favorite collection.

"Father, our family has changed so much."

The boy is a college student.

He is full of pride and will not be restrained by his father's majesty.

Hearing the eldest son's sigh, the middle-aged man also fell into deep thought.

I first worked at a food stamp bank. Because of the initial turmoil, I took the initiative to report my superiors and promoted the establishment of the review department. Not only was I not implicated, but I was praised.

Since then, he seems to have been lucky and has been rising all the way, but he believes more in his work spirit of being conscientious and never making mistakes.

"My father has changed too."

The teenager laughed.

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

"My father may have to be transferred."

"Is father leaving Peiping?"

The middle-aged man did not elaborate.

Regarding the establishment of the Ming iron smelting center in Huguang Province around Wuchang, it seems to be just an administrative arrangement.

But only relevant people understand the huge significance contained in it.

Even if they are a food stamp bank, they still 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 upcoming major changes in the social model of the Wuchang area.

He is definitely not qualified to compete for the branch president of Huguang Provincial Food Stamps Bank Branch.There are two opponents, and whoever wins in the end will be promoted to district manager.

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

The person who was most worried before leaving was the eldest son.

The eldest son’s college career is too important.

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

"Now that my father will be away from home for a long time, I hope you can live up to my father's expectations. You must not indulge yourself just because there is no one to control you."

When he heard his father begin to teach, the young man stood up, lowered his hands, and listened respectfully to his father's instructions.

After his father finished speaking, the boy spoke, "Don't worry, father, my son will not let his father down."

The middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)