I'm getting closer, and I'm panting, the library gate is already in front of me.

In addition to the library staff who were applauding warmly on both sides of the gate, there were also some beautiful girls waving colorful ribbons and constantly calling. In an instant, the young students who were already running out of breath finally developed a force out of thin air and finally rushed to the door of the library.

"Congratulations, you got the first place."

Standing at the door, the young marquis dressed in brocade robe was the famous Qinghe marquis.

Chen Xu smiled and handed a piece of paper with 0001 written on it to the first student in the engineering school who rushed to the front, and pointed to the workbench next to him, "Go there first to register for signature, and use this number plate to receive a big gift package for opening!"

"Hahahahahahaha, thank you Marquis!"

The back of the students in the School of Engineering were exposed with their backs of smiles, and they danced with paper and went to the staff office next to them to sign and register, and then rushed to the library gate like a howling.

"Stop, this is a literary hall. How can you be so noisy and noisy people are driven out of the library!"

At the gate, there was an old man with white head and silver hair. He looked ordinary in thick linen clothes, but his expression was solemn and powerful without anger. This old man was An Yuliang, vice president of the School of Literature, and now he is the first director of the library. He opened today and naturally came to receive and maintain order.

"Ga~" The student of the Polytechnic Institute, who was the first to take the lead, suddenly fell into the big goose that was pinched by someone, and his face turned red and bowed respectfully, "God of Yu Liang forgives his crime!"

"Well, the boy can teach you!" An Yuliang nodded slightly, pointed to the statue of Cangjie placed in the entrance and a solemn and quiet warning sign, "Sages are here, go in, remember not to make noise!"

"Yes, thank you for your teachings!" The science and engineering man thanked him repeatedly and walked to the Cangjie statue and bowed respectfully to the end. Then he wiped his forehead and whispered and stepped into the hall of the library.

"Damn it, it's so spectacular, hahahahahaha, I'm here..."

Listening to a vulgar strange laughter coming from the door, Yu Lianggong's snow-white bearded eyebrows shook hard for a few times, and then used the ruler in his hand to stop the crowd rushing from behind.

Qinghehou personally distributed the number signs, and the director Yu Liang Gong personally received them. Facing these two bigwigs in the literary world, whether they were running fast or slow, whether they were students from the five major colleges or even Peking University, or newspaper offices and hundreds of disciples, they could only line up to receive the number signs they entered.

The library has a limited space, with only two thousand seats. Even with the corridor and central courtyard, it can only accommodate more than 3,000 people at most. Moreover, today is the first day of opening the library. For safety reasons, only two thousand number plates are temporarily distributed. After the issuance, as these people happily entered the library to visit, all the remaining people were blocked outside the library.

As the sky became brighter and brighter, when the sun was fully raised, the entire Beijing University and the streets outside were already crowded with people, and the noise sounded throughout Xianyang. And standing at the entrance of the library, the surroundings were visible. The nearby streets and alleys could clearly see a large number of people gathering in the library.

"Marty, this is not a solution. Too many people may cause crowds and trampling!" Chen Ping and others stood beside each other and looked nervous.

Because at this time, not only was the Avenue of Saints and Sages already full, but even the campus of the Capital University was full of people, and there were people coming in at the entrance of the Capital University like a tide. Hundreds of imperial guards who came to maintain order were almost submerged by the crowd.

This scene naturally made Chen Xu frowned a little, so he turned around and discussed with An Yuliang and Chen Ping for a while before making a decision to open the library's passage that allows employees to enter and exit, so that the staff could notify the audience entering the library next to them, and leave the employee's passage after a limited viewing and tour time limit of half an hour.

Why do many people come in to visit today? It is definitely not realistic to sit in and read books comfortably. It can only be transformed into an hourly tour in the library, and try to let more people come in to visit this place that is praised by hundreds of disciples and scholars in the country as the highest literary hall. Otherwise, the people behind may come back disappointed because of happiness, and finally cause unpredictable group events due to anger.

What's more, this is also a library built with donations from all over the country. The large number of bamboo, wood, bamboo slips and slips in it are donated by folks without any return. After waiting for two and a half years, it is very unfair that only 2,000 people are allowed to enter the opening ceremony.

In addition to limiting the tour time to one hour, Chen Xu also asked the newspapers and publishers to give instructions. Soon, on both sides of the entrance to Jingshi University, staff and student volunteers with different nameplates hanging from libraries, newspapers, publishers, Jingshi University, and the School of Literature began to arrange long booths.

A large number of published books, magazines and newspapers were pulled out and placed on it. Large blackboards were taken from the classrooms of the Jingshi University and put them on the ground. Some people began to write exhibitions and sales of various types of books on it. All new editions of books, periodicals and newspapers are purchased today at 10% off.

Under the loud publicity of a group of student volunteers, the crowd blocking the entrance to the Sage Avenue began to loosen and slowly disperse to the booths on both sides.

The books in the library are similar to those exhibited outside. The only difference is that the library also has many ancient books such as gold, wood, bamboo and stone that can be visited and borrowed. But in fact, for all those who come to the library today, the first thing is to see the true appearance of the library. The second is to naturally come to see the dazzling array of exquisitely printed new paper books, bamboo, wood, bamboo and bamboo slips, and these are already almost vomited when they saw them. Compared with paper books with neat layout and clear writing and lightweight portability, ancient books are completely the same as garbage. They are dirty, old and heavy, and there is no love in their hearts.

What's more, there are more than ten new editions of the journals first launched today, and there are also a collection of Daqin Metropolis Daily in the past few years. These are all carefully prepared by the newspapers for the opening of the library today, and they are sold at 20% off, just like books.

As soon as the booths of the publishing house and newspaper hall came out, the results were immediately apparent. Those who had not yet stepped onto the Avenue of Saints saw the crowds in front of them, so many people gave up their plan to continue to squeeze onto the Avenue of Saints to the library. Instead, they scattered on both sides to visit the booths of the publishing house and newspaper hall first. Faced with brand new books that were also beautifully bound, many people with relatively abundant wallets began to pay for their own books.

Almost any new version of the book is available on weekdays, not to mention it is a discount, but most of the time it is not enough to buy it if you add more money.

In recent years, with the continuous development of the economy, a large number of disciples from the Hundred Schools who have been crowded to Xianyang have become another group with huge benefits in the wave of economic reform. They have been invited by a large number of merchants, institutions and even the imperial government offices to work. The monthly income is quite considerable, not only to ensure that the life of a family of people is more than enough, but also to have enough money to live a decent life. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation have changed drastically, and are no longer the ragged and miserable appearance ten years ago.

Especially the rise of the newspaper agency has created a huge high-income group for Xianyang. Those reporters and editors all live a very prosperous life. They are definitely the most enviable and jealous profession in Xianyang City at present. Not only are they rich but also have face. As long as you look at the nameplate of the Daqin Metropolitan Newspaper hanging on your chest, the person you see immediately nodded and bowed with respect. Without it, you have money.

But if you have money, you can’t buy books on the market.

The peaceful and prosperous years of the past decade have not only increased the population of Daqin by nearly 10 million, but the reading and literacy class has grown faster in proportion. This is thanks to Qinghehou's unremitting efforts to open schools and promote education, coupled with the temptation of the five major colleges in the capital, and the hundreds of schools have also begun to respond to Qinghehou's call for down-to-earth teaching and educating people, and began to open school museums in counties across the country to teach and teach, which has led to an explosive growth in the past few years.

The growth of the literacy class will inevitably require a large number of books to satisfy their desire for knowledge.

Nowadays, except for newspapers, there is only one publishing house in Daqin. Every year, it needs to compile and organize hundreds of types of books printed. In addition, the typesetting and proofreading are all manual. Even if the scale of the printing factory is constantly expanding, it still cannot meet the public's demand for books.

It takes at least one month for each book to obtain a marketing authorization, from proofreading, typography, printing and binding to formal listing. Moreover, because there are too many books in line to go on the market, except for the number of textbooks that require the number of printed textbooks, the first print volume of other books and magazines will not exceed 3,000 volumes. Whether it is the theories of various schools of thought or knowledge of astronomy, geography, mathematics, agriculture and medicine, facing the entire Daqin market, three thousand volumes are similar to the drizzle. Many rich people will definitely buy a lot of new books as long as they are listed, both for collection and for showing off.

So every new book is launched and almost instantly snatched up. Whenever new books are launched, people start queuing up before dawn on the streets.

The emergence of printing and paper books not only greatly enriched the spiritual level of the folk literacy class, but also brought the Qin Dynasty into an era of great knowledge explosion. The difficulty in making bamboo, wood, bamboo slips is extremely expensive, and the rare number also caused great obstacles to its dissemination. Therefore, a large number of books are in the hands of wealthy families or disciples of hundreds of families. It is very difficult for ordinary people to get a book. Not to mention copying, it is extremely difficult to borrow. As for owning one, it is even more difficult.
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