Dian Hua put down the bamboo slip in his hand and looked at the bookshelf. A wooden board with a large "historical" engraved on the side wall of the bookshelf. Under each grid on the bookshelf was a wooden sign engraved with the key information of the bamboo slip stored inside.

For example, the bamboo slips just now are stored in the "Jishui County" section of the "Shi" bookshelves.

Who said that ancient people stored books indiscriminately without logic? Aren’t they stored them very logically? They are similar to libraries in the modern world.

After discovering this rule, Dianhua first looked at the names of these bookshelfs and the partitions above. There was a large frame to make it clear.

Dianhua found bookshelfs of several types of books he was looking for. There were bookshelfs of "Wu" that store martial arts secrets, bookshelfs of "Di" that store geography-related books, bookshelfs of "Miscellaneous" that store feng shui fortune-telling, etc.

After having a rough framework, Dianhua began to look for relevant books in the order of the plan.

"The first thing I chose is the martial arts secrets."

Dianhua walked to the front of the Wu-character bookshelf.

"According to habits, first read books related to the evolutionary history of martial arts, theory-related books, and evaluation of martial arts secrets, so that you have a clear idea, and then choose specific martial arts secrets."

I knew it in my heart, didn't panic, and chose decisively, and soon found the book I wanted to read.

"Theory of Martial Arts and Laws, written by Qi Hong, the evolution of martial arts."

Dianhua discovered that the authors of the books on theoretical research in the Qi Mansion Library were all surnamed Qi, and they should be members of the Qi clan of the Jishui clan. Considering that this is a time when the book was recorded in bamboo slips, the emergence of this family-learning phenomenon is very reasonable.

Dian Hua reported the title of the book and the author to the guardian behind the desk! One of the two guardians was responsible for engraving and recording, and the other used the mechanism to open a deep secret passage, and then entered it and closed the entrance to the secret passage from it.

During the process of opening the door, the guardian who opened the door and the guardian who left a record behind the table, and even the two guardians at the door, kept paying attention to Dian Hua's reaction with their light until the entrance of the secret passage was closed from the inside.

‘The ancients’ awareness of protecting knowledge was beyond imagination!’

While waiting, the bored Dianhua paced around along the aisle between the bookshelf.

The wall is a stone wall, and the stone wall is sunken inward and leaves a groove similar to a standing shell-shaped like a bronze eagle-shaped oil lamp.

Dianhua came forward and observed carefully before he realized the benefits of this design, one was fire protection and the other was light concentration.

Following the smoke from the lights, Dianhua discovered the ventilation system of this secret room, a row of ventilation vents that were only one foot thick and thin between chopsticks.

There was a bucket in each of the four corners of the room. After Dianhua approached, he found that the water inside was very clear and had no odor. It seemed that he changed water frequently, even changed water every day.

This wooden barrel should also be for fire prevention. If the fire accidentally catches, use the water in the wooden barrel to extinguish the fire immediately.

Looking closer, there was a fish less than three inches away from the corner of the bottom of the barrel.

Why raise a small fish?

It should be just like changing water frequently to prevent insects from occurring in the water?

In addition to being afraid of fire, bamboo slips are also afraid of insects, so they have such a design.

After looking at the bookshelf carefully, he found that his material was actually metal, and there was a layer of paint similar to that of the wood on the outside.

"No wonder the labels on the bookshelf have to be specially hung with wooden signs. It turns out that the bookshelf is made of metal, so it is too difficult to engrave letters."

As for why the bookshelf is made of metal, it should be the same because it is fire-proof and insect-proof.

As for why paint is painted, one is because of rust prevention and the other is because of beauty, right?

Dianhua picked up the bamboo slip and observed it carefully. There was a clear oily layer on it, and there was a slight irritating smell when he smelled it.

‘The bamboo slips must have been processed professionally.’

Dianhua doesn’t know what the specific treatment looks like, but it can be confirmed that one of its processes is oil immersion.

Dianhua can only guess the effect of the treatment. The oil immersion should be to increase the shelf life and prevent moisture, and the irritating odor should be to prevent insects.

As for whether there are other programs and what functions are, Dianhua has not specifically studied them, so it is unknown.

‘Ancient people attached great importance to the protection and preservation of books!’

This aspect may be more important than modern people.

After all, in ancient times, there were no electric lamps or induction cookers. Life used open flames such as oil lamps and stoves. Many of the utensils used in life were wood products, and most of the houses were civil or all wooden structures, and were all flammable products.

Water and fire are ruthless. Once a fire occurs in the ancient world, it will be a very serious disaster!

Because these experiences and lessons have been learned, it is true that ancient people had such a strong sense of fire prevention?

"The weather is dry, be careful of the candle."

Even a special arrangement was made for the entire night, and during the patrol, singing loudly, reminding everyone to be more careful and pay attention to fire prevention at night.

After coming back to his senses, he found that he had been taken by the Guardian to borrow the book.

‘These guardians really seemed to be wood, without saying a word, without any extra action. The borrowed books were extracted from the library and I didn’t know how to remind me to go over and get them.’

Dianhua walked over and looked at the dozens of bamboo slips on the tray, which weighed eight or nine pounds.

A book weighs more than ten volumes of bamboo slips? It weighs eight or nine pounds. When thinking about modern thin papers and even electronic books, my heart is full of nostalgia.

When Dian Hua walked out of the inner room and came to the teahouse-like hall, he found Qi Yu sitting in front of the tea table by the window, holding bamboo slips in both hands, reading with a smile, with a happy look on his face, as if he had gained something.

Dianhua also likes the position by the window. Fortunately, the hall is spacious and bright, with four windows on the walls on both sides and four tea tables by the window.

Dian Hua had a good impression of Qi Yu, so he walked to Qi Yu, sat in front of another table beside the window, and put down the tray.

Maybe the sound of putting the tray was a little loud, which alarmed Qi Yu, who was concentrating on studying. Qi Yu saw Dian Hua sitting on the opposite table, held the teapot in the middle of the table and nodded and asked, "Master, do you need tea?"

After Qi Yu said that Dian Hua was really thirsty.

Dianhua looked at the teapot that was still steaming in the other party's hand, and lifted the empty teapot in the center of his tea table. He understood in his heart that this should have been prepared by the other party in advance, not provided by the library.

After all, Qi Yu is not like Dian Hua. He is the first time to come to the Library Pavilion. He knows that it only provides teapots and tea bowls, not tea, and he can only prepare tea by himself if he wants to drink it.

Dian Hua put down the empty teapot in his hand, and without any idea, he picked up the tray he had just put down, got up and walked towards Qi Yu, smiling and nodding thanking, "I'm working hard, Mr. Yu."

Then he sat opposite Qi Yu without hesitation, picked up the teapot filled with tea in the center of the table with his left hand, picked up an empty tea bowl on the table with his right hand, poured half a bowl of tea in, picked up the tea bowl and looked at the color of the tea, smelled it again, then frowned and took a sip, and his brows became deeper.
Chapter completed!