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The voice of the young man was clear, echoing in the empty lobby of the library.

For a moment, everyone looked at him one after another.

Now in the lobby, apart from the staff, there are only a few guests who are invited to participate in the ribbon-cutting for a while.

The person who spoke was able to come in, obviously he also came with the person who was invited.

The young man has a fair complexion, looks to be in his twenties, is of medium stature, and has a square and upright face. From the appearance point of view, he is still very good.

When the young man saw that others were paying attention to him, he couldn't help showing color on his face. When he took a closer look, he saw that others turned their heads away again, as if they hadn't seen him at all.

He was a little angry and confused. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but he was pulled violently by the person walking beside him: "What are you doing?"

The person who was traveling with him was slightly older than him, and his complexion was even uglier than him, and he scolded in a low voice: "You shameful thing, hurry home!"

The young man gasped after being scolded, and wanted to refute: "I..." Seeing the faces of the people who were walking with him, he held back his words in a daze, snorted angrily, and strode out.

This small episode did not affect the mood of everyone who cut the ribbon, but they all took it as a joke.

When Zheng Yun looked over, seeing that person was apologizing to the guests, he quickly turned his head, focused his eyes on those bookshelves, and asked curiously: "Where did you get all these books?"

Tu Hao didn't take it seriously, his eyes swept across as if looking at a cloud of air, without stopping at all.Hearing Zheng Yun's words, he said: "My family, relatives and friends, gentlemen." He tilted his head, "Probably these are the books that Qilang came forward to borrow. Put them in the library Everything in it is retypeset and printed, not the original."

For this library, almost all the teachers and students of Guozijian and Jiangdan Shushu were mobilized.As long as the library has been built, they have done proofreading and typesetting for as long as it takes.

The association that Master Baiyun belongs to has also put in a lot of effort.Because most of the books used to have no covers, after this reprint, there are a lot of gaps in the required covers.Master Baiyun not only mobilized his disciples to design and produce the cover, but also invited many people in the painting and calligraphy circles to participate.

In addition, there are a large number of donations from people from all walks of life.

Since the opening of Pengcheng Printing House, printing books is no longer such an exciting thing.Although many people feel embarrassed to do publishing, many people are still willing to print a book or two secretly.

If you are willing to print your own books, you will be even more willing to print your own books.We must know that the problem of preserving books is not limited to the Tian family, it exists in all families with book collections.

There are many problems in the preservation of books, the most important one is fire prevention, and there are also mold and moth prevention.Even if qualified families have been making great efforts to preserve books, calligraphy and paintings, they still cannot change the problem of the loss of many ancient books.

Although the popularization and promotion of printing cannot help the preservation of the original, it is of great significance to the preservation of book content.Many families have printed several copies of the family's collection of books.Now that there is a library, some families donate the extra printed copies.

On the surface, the Tu family contributed a lot of money and efforts, but in fact this was the result of the joint efforts of the literary world.

The young man didn't know who it was, but what he said was purely trying to die.It's not the Tu family that's being scolded, but the entire capital's literary world!Even Lao Zhang's family was included.

One must know that the relatives and friends that Tu Hao was talking about, the current His Majesty whom he called Master Uncle since he was a child, naturally also counted.The royal collection is very rich and can support half of the library.

But today is a good day for the opening of the library, and everyone will not care about how ugly it is on this occasion.As for what they think in their hearts, it is unknown.

Zheng Yun followed him to the VIP lounge, and at a glance, there were several respected calligraphers and painters in the capital, as well as Mr. Qingfeng, Mr. Lanyue, and Butcher Zi, and other officials with important positions among literati.After a while, Uncle Zhang also brought his whole family to attend.

He hurried over to salute many elders, knowing in his heart that he must be able to appear here because of his cousin's blessing.

This VIP room was remodeled from the reading room.The large table in the middle is directly composed of several desks, but a tablecloth is spread on it, and it is filled with exquisite tea and snacks.

On such an occasion, Tu Hao had no part to speak, and Zheng Yun and Zheng Yun respectfully accompanied them in the last seat, and Xu Mingxu also sat beside them.

Zheng Yun looked at her grandfather who was sitting next to Uncle Zhang, and glanced at her cousin: "Why is my grandfather here?"

When he went out today, he specifically told his grandfather that he wanted to take the old man out for an outing, but the old man was still sleeping under the covers and had no intention of going out at all. Why did he come so soon?

"Grandpa donated a lot of books, so I have to give invitations." Tu Hao looked at his cousin strangely, "Even if grandpa doesn't donate books, I still have to give invitations."

When doing things, distance and closeness must be divided.At the very least, Tu Hao himself has no sense of selflessness, he must first ensure the priority of his family.The same is true for the Zheng family.

How did the relationship come about?It's nothing more than this back and forth.Of course, each family has their own little plans, but when it's time to get together, you have to get together, and you have to get together tightly.

From the beginning to the end, Zheng Yun, who didn't know anything, was a little unhappy.

Tu Hao saw it, took a small cake, and handed it to him: "Aren't you busy? It's good that my aunt knows about such trivial matters. I brought you here today too."

There are a lot of people who can do the typesetting and printing of books.

However, the research and development of hydraulic looms and spinning machines would not be possible without Zheng Yun.

Zheng Yun thought for a while, and felt that it made sense. She reached out to pick up the small cake in Tu Hao's hand, but saw the mouse claw turn a corner, and stuffed the cake into her mouth...

Cousin Zheng suddenly wanted to hit someone.

The auspicious time for opening is at noon, and there is still some distance before the ribbon-cutting time.There were already more and more people outside, Tu Hao sat for a while, and was pulled out by Xu Mingxu, who took Zheng Yun out as well.

As soon as the door of the VIP room was closed, Xu Mingxu took a handkerchief and came out to wipe Tu Hao's mouth: "I ate two small cakes today, and the afternoon snacks are gone."

Tu Mouse, who was caught by a thief, had nothing to say.

Xu Mingxu brought him out, of course not to stop Tu Mouse from eating snacks, he took him to the lounge next door.

It was only then that Zheng Yun discovered that there were some young children from aristocratic families gathered here.

After Xu Mingxu greeted them once, everyone took action one after another.

"The estimated auspicious time is coming soon. After the teachers cut the ribbon, you can start eating." Xu Mingxu casually moved a tea bucket onto a cart, "There are more and more people gathered outside. It's a bit hot today. Get some tea."

Zheng Yun followed out, only to realize that there were more people than when they came in just now.The resting benches outside were all full of people, not to mention that there were also many people sitting on the grass next to it.

There are several men and women in uniform on the side of the square, distributing straw mats for people to sit and wait.

Together with Xu Mingxu, Zheng Yun put some tea and teacups beside these men and women, and recognized a few familiar faces at a glance. They were all descendants of aristocratic families or officials, not just servants and maids as he thought before .

After Xu Mingxu turned around, he explained to Zheng Yun in a low voice: "They are all students from Jiangdan School and Girls' School. They will be administrators in the library in the future, responsible for debiting and transferring books."

The salary of working in the library is considered meager.Among the scholars of the same level in the entire Jiangdan community, this income is at the lower middle level.For these well-born young men and women, this salary is probably not even one-tenth of their monthly salary.

However, many people are still eager to work in the library.

For scholars, being surrounded by so many books is simply a kind of supreme happiness.You must know that even the current emperor has applied for a reading card in the library.How amazing it is to be able to be in the same frame as the empress!

Half a month after the opening of the Tianqing Library, Qi Qi came again to deliver a new issue of the genealogy/gossip magazine to Tu Hao: "Da Lang still remembers the day the library opened, the person who uttered nonsense?"

Tu Hao thought about it seriously: "Ah, the one who said our family is extravagant?"

As a local tyrant, he doesn't mind others saying that he is extravagant.What happened to spending the money he earned on his own?Does he have to spend the money he earns on others in order to know the suffering of the people?

Besides, he didn't use the Tianqing Library himself, so it would be great if he could maintain a balance of income and expenditure. What was he extravagant about?

The most expensive part of the entire library is the glass windows.Reasonably speaking, glass windows are very expensive for others, but for Tu Hao who has his own glass workshop, it is time-consuming to collect so many glasses of the same color, and the cost is not high.

"Yes." The reason why half a month has passed is that Qi Qi is doing a targeted in-depth investigation, "This person's sister married Tang Shilang, the servant of the official department, as his second wife, and this time she came with Master Tang. After he came to the capital, he spent 200 taels a month..."

200 taels is not a small amount even in the capital.Many children of aristocratic families will not exceed 50 taels a month.This is after the price has increased in the past few years. How much is Zheng Yun's monthly bill in the past?Can I have 20 taels?

Qi Qi's investigation was very detailed, and it was clear where the 200 taels went, and almost all of them were used for socializing and buying outfits.

Tu Hao nodded and said suddenly, "They want to buy glass windows?"

Qi Qi grinned: "Yes."

Since the opening of the Tianqing Library, there have been many dignitaries wanting to change the glazed windows.Jiangdan Craftsmanship has always been the birthplace of the black technology of the Han Dynasty. When a glazed cup is a rare treasure for ordinary people, it is acceptable for Jiangdan Craftsmanship to be able to use glazed glass as windows on a large scale.

They all had expectations in their hearts that Liuli Chuang would not be so cheap, but it would definitely not be an elusive treasure like before.

Of course Tu Hao wanted to do this business.It's just because of the golden cudgel earlier... Bah, because of the telescope, all the craftsmen in his glazed workshop were taken away by Uncle Zhang to do technical assistance. After returning not long ago, they participated in the library's work Under Construction.The production scale cannot be expanded, and the technology still needs to be settled, so it has been silent.

Now he is letting Liuli Workshop produce slowly, and replace the windows of all the houses in his house first.My own home has been replaced, and there are relatives' homes, take your time, don't worry.

"Tell them that the glazed workshop is still under construction, and let them wait slowly. By the way, let them talk about this extravagant thing with someone who knows the suffering of the people."

The author has something to say:

Really dizzy (>▽<): Grandpa, come out to play?

Grandpa Zheng (-ω-): No, I want to sleep!

Little Mouse (>▽<): Uncle, go out and eat delicious~

Grandpa Zheng (+ω+): Oh, then I feel hot.

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