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Chapter 218 Visiting the Library

But before Su Chen entered the library, he told everyone a few things to note about the library.

The most important thing is to keep quiet in the library and try not to make any noise.

So Su Chen said hello to everyone in advance. It might not be convenient to communicate with everyone when he enters the library later.

Ancient people from all dynasties understood this very well, and this was also expected by them.

After all, if their readers go to the library to browse books, they will keep quiet to avoid disturbing other people's reading.

After Su Chen finished explaining, he strode in with the crowd.

At this time, there are many students coming in and out of the library.

As soon as you step into the library door, you can see an empty hall directly in front of you.

The front of the hall is blocked by gates, and students need to swipe their student cards to enter and exit the hall.

There were many students in the hall at this time, some were swiping their cards in and some were swiping their cards out.

Today's Great Qin is in the initial stage of its prosperity and is in urgent need of a large number of talents to develop and strengthen Great Qin.

He couldn't help but imagine that if Da Qin could have such a library, I'm afraid Da Qin students from all over the world would flock to the library to study hard.

Moreover, he saw that after the classmate wrote and drew on the paper, the ink in the water-point pen was not running low, and he could see that a pen could write for a long time.

There are many kinds, and as long as students need them, the bookstores will sell them.

By that time, Da Qin was cultivating countless talents every year.

Not only was he confused, but ancient people from all dynasties were also confused. They didn't understand where the host was going if he didn't go into the library.

Although he didn't recognize many of them, he could roughly tell that these tools should be pens, inks, paper and inkstones from later generations.

He was about to watch the anchor swipe his card in and show everyone around the library.

After walking a few steps, Su Chen arrived at the door of the stationery and bookstore.

He saw a classmate take out a pen and write on the white paper, leaving black marks on the paper instantly.

But compared with the library hall, his hall seemed a bit petty. How could he feel better?

This made him sigh with emotion at the abundance of materials in later generations. Just a small bookstore contained so many weird learning tools.

This made him feel quite resentful, thinking that he was also the First Emperor who unified the world, and he should have had the most spectacular palace to show his domineering power.

He couldn't help but be very curious about the water-point pen, and wanted to promote it to the entire Tang Dynasty, so that all literate schoolchildren could write quickly and conveniently.

Reading and studying in such a magnificent library will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Although the words written with a water-point pen are not as artistic as the calligraphy written with a brush, let alone that, it greatly lowers the threshold for writing.

You must know that this is just a university library hall, which is more spectacular than his main hall, not to mention other more magnificent buildings in later generations.

Perhaps due to the large number of students entering and exiting, the hall on the first floor was filled with noise.

But what excites him is that the anchor will teach construction manufacturing techniques tomorrow.

This stationery and bookstore can also be regarded as a supporting facility of the library, specifically providing students with learning assistance.

When the time comes, he recruits hundreds of thousands of civilians to build a more splendid Qin Palace. Only in this way can he be worthy of his majesty as the first emperor to rule the world.

It can be seen from the spectacular libraries built in later generations that later generations also put a lot of effort into cultivating talents.

In addition, the library covers a large area and has good sound insulation measures. The noise in the hall will not affect other students who are reading and studying.

But he was surprised to find that the anchor did not swipe his card to enter the library lobby, but walked to the right.

Ying Zheng was amazed by the spacious and bright hall on the first floor. It was much more magnificent than the main hall where he went to court.

For example, various water-point pens, correction fluids, pencils, A4 paper, CET- and CET- information books, postgraduate entrance examination information books, public examination information books, etc.

When his Da Qin learns a series of manufacturing techniques such as steel bars, cement, and glass, then his Da Qin can also build such magnificent buildings.

But he looked carefully at the water-point pen and found that it might not be possible to make it with Datang's craftsmanship.

The things sold in the bookstore are very miscellaneous, and they are all useful for students in their studies.

He knows that if a country wants to develop and grow, talents play a crucial role.

Fortunately, everyone knew this was a library, so they all deliberately lowered their voices.

What interested him most were the rows of writing pens on the shelf.

Su Chen took everyone to visit the library, and naturally he wanted to visit every corner of the library.

Therefore, in order to master calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty, scholars in the Tang Dynasty had to work hard and spend a lot of time.

Following the live broadcast, Li Shimin also looked around at various learning tools.

But then again, the learning environment for future generations of students was so good that even he envied it.

The brushes of later generations were obviously different from the brushes used by scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and were more concise and convenient.

Su Chen saw that many people were curious about the stationery and bookstore in the barrage, so he walked straight in to show everyone around.

Walking into the main entrance of the library, there are several shops on the left and right sides, specially designed to provide convenience for students.

You know, there is a saying among the scholars of the Tang Dynasty that words are like people.

There were not many students in the store, only a few students were selecting school supplies, and a few others were selecting books and materials.

Although water-point pens could not be used, he found that pencils seemed to be possible.

If he guessed correctly, the pencil lead seemed to be made of black charcoal.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered officials from the Ministry of Industry to develop pencils.

After Su Chen came out of the bookstore, he went to the print shop next to it.

A print shop is a place that specializes in printing learning materials. Students need to come to the print shop to print electronic learning materials into paper versions.

It can be said that the best place for a university's business is the print shop.

Just like the print shop in front of Su Chen, there are many students printing inside. Scenes like this where business is booming can often be seen.

Without waiting for the urging of the ancients from various dynasties, Su Chen went in and showed everyone the printer, an indispensable learning tool.

Song Shenzong Zhao Xu was originally curious about what the busy shop was doing. When he understood what was going on, he was deeply shocked.

He could see very clearly that there was a classmate operating in front of the screen. There were four big characters on the screen: postgraduate entrance examination materials.

Then after the classmate clicked to print two words, the printer nearby made a roaring sound.

Within a few seconds, one paper after another full of text came out, and the first paper contained the postgraduate entrance examination materials.

After printing, as the classmate quickly flipped through the bunch of papers, he realized that these papers were exactly the information on the screen.

This discovery shocked him greatly. This printer was ten thousand times more powerful than their movable type printing in the Song Dynasty.

Before his shock was over, he soon discovered another magical place.

I saw a female classmate handing a piece of paper full of words to the store owner, and then the store owner placed the paper on a piece of glass above the printer.

The store then pressed down the cover and operated the buttons on the printer.

The next moment, the printer made a sound again, and a piece of paper also filled with text came out from under the printer.

Then the store owner handed two pieces of paper to the female classmate. The words on the two pieces of paper were exactly the same.

He realized in an instant what had just happened. This was the copy written on the door of the store, and the exact same content was copied through the printer.

He now fully understood the function of the printer, which was a magical tool for readers.

If you use this printer to print books one by one, it will be easier than eating and drinking.

It would be great if they could also have printers in the Song Dynasty. There would be no shortage of books in the future.

It can also greatly reduce the production cost of books, allowing every reader to afford cheap books.

The scene in the print shop shocked the jaws of ancient people from all dynasties, especially the scholars of each dynasty who understood the importance of printers best.

You must know that in ancient times, the cost of making a book was very high, which made books expensive. Many readers simply could not afford books.

Block printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty and became commonly used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

The higher-level movable type printing technology was invented in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Even in printing dynasties like the Tang and Song dynasties, the cost of producing books was very high, not to mention how expensive it was in the dynasties before the Tang.

That's why scholars from all dynasties were so shocked when they saw the printer. It was simply an artifact for making books.

Many scholars from various dynasties have asked the anchor whether the printer can be sold. They are eager to buy it, even if it is expensive.

There was nothing Su Chen could do about it. It was not up to him to decide what to sell, and he was destined to disappoint everyone.

However, he also gave scholars from various dynasties a clear idea. After the system is upgraded soon, they will be able to freely sell what everyone wants.

After everyone heard this, they felt much more relieved and began to look forward to it.

After Su Chen came out of the print shop, he went to the small supermarket next to it.

The supermarket sells drinks and snacks. The business is very good, and there are many students buying there.

After all, it is easy to get hungry when studying in the library. When you are hungry, it is a good choice to go to the small supermarket to buy some food to satisfy your hunger.

Looking at the dazzling array of snacks on the shelves, ancient people from all over the world were dazzled.

Although I don’t know what kind of snacks they are, just by looking at the bright patterns on the outer packaging, I know they must be delicious.

Many sharp-eyed people saw instant noodles for sale in supermarkets, and those instant noodles were exactly the products that the anchor sold during his first live broadcast.

Su Chen walked around the supermarket and showed everyone various snacks.

Everyone was still satisfied with what they saw and wanted to try the snacks from later generations.

Before everyone could recover from the rich variety of snacks in the supermarket, Su Chen walked out of the supermarket and went straight to the last store.

When Su Chen entered, he saw that all the tables in the store were full of people.

Except for a few students who were eating, most students were chatting with their classmates, and many students were typing on the computer.

This shop specializes in selling snacks, oden, fried skewers, grilled sausages, various noodles, drinks, etc.

Compared to the print shop just now, the business of this snack bar is even more prosperous.

Anyway, in his impression, as long as he passed by this snack bar, the dozen or so tables in the store would be almost full.

If students studying in the library are hungry and don't want to go all the way to the cafeteria to eat, they will stop at this snack bar.

Even around nine o'clock in the evening, when I am tired from reading, I will come here to have a bowl of braised beef noodles as a late night snack.

Of course, the reason why snack bars are doing so well is because they can provide free WiFi.

Even if the students who come to the store are not hungry, they will buy a bottle of drink, otherwise they will be embarrassed to use the Internet in vain.

Ancient people from all dynasties couldn't help but sigh when they saw the leisurely dining environment in the snack bar.

They originally thought that the library was just a place for reading and studying, but they didn't expect that in addition to a small supermarket selling snacks, there are even restaurants for late-night snacks.

This makes them extremely envious of the learning environment for future generations of students. When they are tired from studying, they can come here to eat, drink and relax.

The right side of the first floor of the library basically has this layout, and the layout on the left side of the main entrance is relatively simple.

A large seating area is filled with rows of wooden tables, specifically for students to read or rest.

Sometimes there will be a special book exhibition here in the rest area. Usually, merchants from outside the school hold an exhibition here to sell books.

However, there was no book exhibition today, and Su Chen did not take everyone to the left side of the first floor.

After looking at some shops on the first floor, Su Chen turned back and walked towards the entrance control area of ​​the lobby on the first floor.

The ancients from all dynasties cheered up instantly. They knew that the anchor was about to enter the library.

Su Chen came to the access control area, took out his student card and swiped it, and the gate opened automatically.

Su Chen entered the empty hall on the first floor of the library through the gate. The left and right sides of the hall were filled with rows of bookshelves. It was endless as far as the eye could see. It was very spectacular.

Ancient people from all dynasties were shocked when they saw the densely packed books following the live broadcast.

The rows of bookshelves, each floor filled with books, seemed to be seeing an ocean of books.

They had never seen so many books before. This was the first time in their lives.

Not to mention ordinary scholars, even the emperors of various dynasties were amazed.

There is a pavilion in the palace dedicated to storing books, but compared with the library in front of you, those books are not enough. You know, this library has five floors in total, and this is just the collection of books on the first floor.

They were curious about how many books there were in the library.

Seeing that there were so many people asking, even emperors like Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu were asking on the barrage, Su Chen looked around and whispered a quantity.

When they heard that the number of books in the library exceeded two million, the ancients from all dynasties were shocked. They froze on the spot, speechless, and their expressions were horrified, as if they had heard some incredible horror. .

Scholars from all dynasties know very well the concept of a university library containing two million books.

Even if all the books of their dynasty were collected, there would be less than two million books, which shows how terrifying the number of books in the library is.

Zhu Di's stunned expression lasted for a long time before he slowly came back to his senses.

When he thought of two million books, he couldn't help but feel bitter and filled with emotion.

You must know that the magnificent Yongle Dadian, which he organized thousands of people to compile not long ago, only has more than 20,000 volumes.

As a result, the Yongle Dadian, which he worked so hard to compile, actually didn't even have a fraction of the library's collection of books. How could he feel better?

The compilation of books has always been a major event that emperors of all dynasties and generations attached great importance to, and so did he.

Because of this, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to compile a unique book, so that future generations would remember his reputation as the Yongle Emperor.

Originally, after the Yongle Dadian was compiled, he was so proud that he couldn't help but show it off to the whole world.

But now that there was such a disparity in comparison, he couldn't help but feel ashamed of what he had shown off before.

It must be said that he was intimidated by the sheer number of two million books in the library.

You know, this is just the number of books in a school's library, let alone the larger library collections in later generations.

But then he thought about it and realized that it was expected that there would be so many books in the library.

Just from what he saw in the print shop just now, he knew how simple it would be for future generations to make a book.

He speculated that with the ability of future generations, producing tens of thousands of books in one day would be as easy as drinking water.

Seeing that the barrage was full of comments about shocking the huge number of books in the library, Su Chen thought it was nothing.

The two million books in the school library are really not many to be honest. The libraries of some of the top universities in the country have even more books, reaching nearly 10 million books.

This is just a university library, let alone the National Library.

As far as he knows, the National Library in Beijing has a collection of 50 to 60 million books, and this only contains a part of valuable books.

If all the books on the market were collected, hundreds of millions or billions would be more than enough.

Su Chen didn't give everyone much time to express their feelings, and walked towards the right side of the hall to show everyone a closer look.

Rows of bookshelves are placed in the middle area, and on one side of the bookshelf area are the workstations of the library staff.

At this moment, there are many students lining up in front of the workbench, some borrowing books and some returning books, and the library staff are handling book procedures for students.

Scholars from all dynasties were extremely envious. Everyone wanted to achieve freedom of books, and they also wanted to borrow a large number of books from the library.

As far as their time was concerned, generally only the homes of wealthy officials had large-scale book collections.

An ordinary scholar would be pretty good if he could have dozens of books at home. If he wanted to borrow books, he still had to rely on connections.

Generally speaking, if a classmate friend has a new book, they will borrow it and spend a few days copying it. This is also the lowest-cost way to obtain new books.

So when they saw students in later generations borrowing books casually, they felt sad and complained one after another about why they were not born in later generations, otherwise they could enjoy the freedom of books.

Scholars from all dynasties couldn't help but fantasize that it would be great if they could have a library in their own era.

But they also know that this is just wishful thinking.

Books are so precious, and aristocratic families regard them very seriously, as if they are the lifeblood of the family, and are not willing to lend them out for others to borrow.

Not only are the books circulating in the market expensive, but they are also cheap. The valuable and precious books are collected by dignitaries and will not be easily accessible to outsiders.

Surrounding the bookshelf area, except for the workbench area for the collection staff, the other three windows are where students read and study.

There are rows of large wooden tables by the window. There are ten seats on the left and right sides of each table, and the seats are all filled with students reading.

Everyone studied very seriously, and no one made any sound except for the occasional turning of pages.

The night outside the window is pitch black, and the lights inside the window are brightly lit. The students are leaning against the window, reading and studying quietly.

Seeing this scene, the hearts of ancient people from all dynasties felt as if they were immersed in the ocean of knowledge, calming their restless hearts.

It has to be said that scholars from all dynasties sighed one after another, with envious longing in their eyes.

As students who are also studying, comparing their learning environment with that of later generations of students, there is a huge gap from day to day.

In the dead of night, they had to read and study under the flickering candlelight. They didn't think it was anything at first. After all, almost all scholars study in this environment.

But now that they saw the learning environment of future generations of students, the big shiny tables, the bright and dazzling lights, and the rows of books like an ocean, they almost broke their defenses collectively.

With such a huge gap, apart from envy and jealousy, they were helpless and could only sigh.

If there could be such a library in their time, they would love to spend twelve hours a day in the library without leaving.

Suchen walked around the bookshelf area, and then walked towards the area on the left side of the hall.

The left and right sides of the hall have the same layout, except that there is no workbench for borrowing books on the left side. The bookshelves are surrounded by areas for students to read and study.

After Su Chen took everyone around the first floor, he walked up the stairs to the second floor.

The library also has an elevator, but there are very few students taking it, and most of them take the stairs.

The layout of the second floor is similar to that of the first floor. There are rows of bookshelves in the middle area, and large tables are placed around them for students to read and study.

Su Chen walked around the edge of the bookshelf. Except for a few students who shuttled among the bookshelves looking for books, most of the students were studying seriously in the seats by the window.

After Su Chen finished shopping around, he was about to go upstairs to the third floor when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the barrage in the live broadcast room.

Many people asked to take a look at the books on the bookshelves and not rush upstairs. A quick tour was not what they wanted.

After all, the most important thing in a library is the books. They also want to see what kind of books they are and how a school library can have two million books.

Seeing this, Su Chen agreed to everyone's request and walked casually towards an empty bookshelf.

The live broadcast camera also scanned the books on the bookshelf one by one. This bookshelf happened to be filled with contemporary literary works.

Su Chen glanced at it, found a very artistic name through the title on the side of the book, and took out the book.

There are three large characters printed on the front of the book: Hua Fei Hua, which is the title of the book.

There is a small label on the cover of the book, I247.57 followed by a long series of numbers, which represents the book number.

Although scholars from various dynasties could not understand the meaning of the numbers, they could roughly guess that this group of numbers represented the book.

Many people asked the anchor to introduce the meaning of the numbers in the books. Seeing that there was no one around, Su Chen introduced them very quietly.

All books in the library can be divided into five major categories: Marxism-Leninism, philosophy and religion, social sciences, natural sciences, and comprehensive books.

These five major categories can be divided into 22 basic categories. Books on Marxism-Leninism begin with A, books on philosophy and religion begin with B, and books on comprehensive books begin with Z.

Social sciences can be divided into C. General social sciences, D. Politics and law, E. military, F. economics, G. culture, science, education, and sports, H. language and writing, I. literature, J. art, and K. history and geography.

The natural science books are divided into N general introduction to natural science, O mathematical science and chemistry, P astronomy, earth science, Q biological science, R medicine and health, S agricultural science, T industrial technology, U transportation, V aviation and aerospace, X Environmental Science, Safety Science.

The I in I247.57 represents literature in the first category, I2 represents Chinese literature in the second category, I24 represents novels in the third category, I247 represents contemporary works in the fourth category, and I247.5 represents medium-length novels in the fifth category. , I247.57 represents the sixth-level category social and romantic novels.

So the number on the label on the book means that Hua Fei Hua is a contemporary Chinese medium-length romance novel.

After everyone listened to the anchor's explanation, they couldn't help but secretly clicked their tongues.

I didn't expect that an inconspicuous long string of numbers could have so many tricks. The logic is amazingly rigorous.

They won't be so strict. They can just go to the bookshelf to find the book they are looking for.

But then they thought about it, and the reason why the classification of books in later generations was so detailed was also due to the fact that there were too many books.

For example, there are as many as two million books in the library. If you search for them one by one, you still don’t know where to find them.

Arranged according to first-level categories, it is indeed very convenient and efficient to find the books you need.

Su Chen came to the third floor. The bookshelf area and study area had a similar layout, nothing special.

Su Chen walked around the third floor and was about to go up to the fourth floor when he suddenly noticed the bathroom not far away.

I thought that in ancient times, you could only go to the toilet to go to the toilet, and those with better conditions used special bedpans. I have never seen the toilets of later generations.

So Su Chen walked towards the bathroom, intending to show the ancients the bathroom.

At first, the ancient people from various dynasties didn't understand it and didn't know where the anchor was going. They all looked at the anchor in confusion.

Su Chen came to the bathroom door and looked inside. Fortunately, no one was going to the bathroom, otherwise it would be inconvenient to go in.

Entering the bathroom, everyone was confused and saw strange things, not knowing what they were for.

When the anchor explained that this is a urinal, a place specially used for men to pee, it will flush automatically after peeing.

The male compatriots from all dynasties suddenly realized it one by one, looking eager to try it, and they couldn't wait to experience it for themselves.

But the female compatriots from all dynasties were a little shy, and they all turned their heads in embarrassment.

After all, their ideas are more traditional and they can't stand these things for fear of being gossiped about.

Su Chen pushed open a toilet door, pointed to the squatting pit inside, explained its use, and even demonstrated it.

When I pressed the button on the toilet, I saw a loud splash, and a large amount of water rushed out of the pit into the sewer.

When Liu Che saw this scene, his eyes shrank and his eyes were shining brightly.

This flushing toilet is amazing. After using the toilet, you can easily clean up the excrement.

More importantly, it can keep the toilet clean and make people feel better.

Although he doesn't have to go to the dirty latrine, it is inconvenient to use the potty every time.

If the anchor doesn't say what the bathroom is for, he really can't see that the bathroom is a place for people to go to the toilet.

The clean and tidy environment of the bathroom is far more advanced than the huts of the Han people, and even better than the houses where many Han people live.

He had to lament that the living conditions in later generations were better, and even going to the toilet was so convenient and clean.

However, he found that flushing the toilet didn't seem complicated, and maybe it could be made with the craftsmanship of a big man.

Thinking of this, he asked the anchor directly, hoping to get an answer from the anchor.

Liu Che: Anchor, how does this flush toilet work?

Su Chen nodded lightly and immediately told everyone that he would play the video of the toilet flushing for everyone to watch tomorrow morning.

In fact, the principle of flushing toilets is not complicated. Under ancient conditions, making flush toilets was easy.

When everyone saw the anchor saying this, everyone looked happy.

They have long been fed up with the dirty huts and urgently need flush toilets to improve their toilet environment.

After Su Chen introduced everyone to the bathrooms in the library, he took everyone to visit the fourth and fifth floors.

The layout upstairs is the same as the one below, there is no difference.

After visiting all the places in the library, Su Chen saw that it was almost time, so he went downstairs and walked towards the entrance of the library.

After coming out, Su Chen briefly told everyone about tomorrow's arrangements.

In the morning, there were several videos that everyone strongly requested, including cement, steel, glass, and the manufacturing process of flushing toilets.

The rest of the time is to continue playing the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, trying to finish it as soon as possible.

As for the evening, of course it was a live broadcast to bring the goods, and the burly Empress Lu was still waiting for the answer!

Ancient people from various dynasties had no objections to this arrangement. After all, this was the rhythm before and they had long been accustomed to it.

Just when Su Chen was about to go off the air, he thought of something and wanted to tell everyone in advance.

"The school will be on winter vacation in two days, and the anchor will go home to celebrate the New Year. It is estimated that he will not be able to broadcast at night, so the anchor will tell you in advance that he will probably take a day off by then."

Su Chen had already bought a high-speed rail ticket home, and he probably had to wait until he got home before continuing the live broadcast.

Ancient people from various dynasties were quite surprised to hear that the anchor was about to go home for the New Year.

But then everyone thought of something and asked the anchor not to take leave and to broadcast live on the way home.

They were curious about what the anchor saw on his way home, and wanted to take the opportunity to learn more about the social life of later generations.

Su Chen nodded in agreement. Since everyone wants to see it, he can show everyone the charm of high-speed rail.

After everyone had no more questions, Su Chen went off the air directly.

(End of this chapter)