Chapter 1071 The role of the spectacle
Today is the second day of Autumn City, and the inner and outer cities of Xianyang City are more lively than yesterday.
Chen Xu did not go to Cuju Square to watch the fun, but went back to Qinghe Villa directly.
Meng Wan and Ying Shiman went to Qinghe Shopping Mall to promote their perfume again. Although Fan Caiying had just produced it, she was able to walk on the ground. At this time, she was instructing Xiaoping and Xiaoyun to make some commonly used clothes for babies in the room. Chen Xu went in and visited her, held her second daughter and then went to the study room, instructed the maid to make tea, then spread out the paper and pen, picked up the ruler and triangle board, etc. to start drawing.
When Zhao Gao died, Chen Yong and other groups of teenagers returned safely, Chen Xu's heart was completely relaxed.
A sudden fire last night burned a huge open space of six or seven hundred acres in the south of the city where every inch of land was valuable. This made him think about a project for a long time and finally had a suitable place to build.
Five years have passed since the establishment of the School of Literature. Whether it is the bookstore or the history museum, a large number of sub-collections of Hundred Schools and the compilation and revision of historical books and classics have been completed. Dozens of sets of sub-collections of Hundred Schools have been printed and published, and hundreds of various poetry and classics have been published. In addition, the textbooks of colleges, middle schools and primary schools compiled, involving farming, planting, mathematics, medicine, physics, astronomical phenomena, law, commerce, music, text painting, novels and stories, etc. have been continuously published. Now the literary field of Daqin has been quite prosperous. In addition, the endless distribution and publication of Daqin Metropolitan Daily and Baijia Forum, cultural and entertainment has become an indispensable lifestyle for the people of Daqin, and reading books and newspapers has become a living habit of the literate class.
Squatting in the toilet and reading books and newspapers is a must-have activity every morning.
If there was still a pack of cigarettes, Chen Xu felt that he could squat for half an hour without moving.
As the capital of the Great Qin Dynasty, Xianyang is now too strong in business, and business prosperity is a good thing. However, when everyone meets and chats, they say that when social morality is beginning to decline.
In ancient times, people emphasized etiquette and morality, and believed that businessmen were lowly and not unreasonable. Because merchants were born to profit, all their activities were for making money, or to prepare for making money. Benevolence and etiquette were also discussed, but when comparing with making money, they generally unconsciously give up their moral demands.
Whether it was Fan Li or Lu Buwei, they all invested in a huge project with an advanced perspective and finally achieved success, but the outcomes of the two were similar.
When business and politics get mixed up, businessmen will become impure and politics will become messy.
Two ordinary people may just be sympathetic to each other, but if one of them is replaced by a businessman, the taste will inevitably change. A businessman suddenly becomes more enthusiastic about you, then he just wants to make your money, definitely not because you are good friends, but because the money of acquaintances is the best. If he is very generous to you, then he may be a micro-businessman. If he cheats his parents, he may be a pyramid scheme. You'd better stay away from him.
In Chen Xu's view, Xianyang's current business atmosphere is already very strong, and Cuju Commercial Plaza has gathered great popularity. A low-level market model like Qiushi can no longer enhance the image of Xianyang. Although it looks extremely lively, it does not have much significance. A higher-level business model is needed to meet Xianyang's current image. This is the purpose of Chen Xu's request to change Chunshi into a commodity wholesale trade fair and Qiushi into a Wanguo Trade Expo.
However, while developing business, the cultural field also needs to continuously improve its level, so that moral etiquette always surpasses the law, so that people will not fall into a slave to money.
It is not shameful to talk about money, but it is always money that keeps talking, so that is definitely not the result Chen Xu wants.
Therefore, in order to more prosperous the cultural field, make reading a noble need, discussing poetry and etiquette into a cultural fashion, and drive the healthy development of the Qin Dynasty on the cultural and moral level, Chen Xu wanted to build a library in Xianyang very early.
This library not only allows people to go in and read, but also needs to organize the millions of ancient books, such as gold, stone, bone shells, bamboo, wood, bamboo, and bamboo slips collected by Daqin, and store them in and preserve them for future generations. It also needs to collect all the compiled and published books and newspapers in it for people to read and learn.
Therefore, this is not only a library, but also a history museum for the development of Chinese civilization.
The Qin Dynasty must advance in politics, military, culture, economy and other aspects, so as to achieve a truly prosperous dynasty.
This library is a symbol of enhancing the cultural image of Daqin. Just like the commercial prosperity brought by Cuju Commercial Plaza, the library will surely inspire the great confidence of the disciples of the hundreds of Daqin families. The reading and literacy classes across the country will worship this unprecedented building with a pilgrimage mentality. Whenever you step into this magnificent building, you will feel a kind of pride and ambition to look down on the world, which will also make those merchants covered in the smell of copper feel a kind of humility and pressure in front of this building that stands in the most precious area of Xianyang, the capital, and try to restrain their vulgarity.
The role of wonder is not just an image, it is also a symbol of national strength. A Great Wall. Although it seems useless in later generations, it is enough for the Chinese to be proud of for thousands of years. Therefore, wonder is also a very important means to unite people's hearts.
In order to play, you can beat a Cuju Square, and in order to make a hundred schools of thought and bloom, you can beat a library to hit a library, Chen Xu felt that it was his unshirkable responsibility and obligation.
Now that I have already found the library, I designed it, and the rest... is naturally to raise money.
It would be a waste to build such a large area just for one library. After all, it is a place where every inch of land is valuable, so it is not easy to build such a large area. Therefore, we naturally have to build the Beijing University that we have already planned to prepare, and then build a royal auditorium...
Chen Xu sat alone in the study, holding a ruler and triangle board, constantly gestured, occasionally pinching his chin and frowned, thinking hard. The cup of hot tea brought by the maid also changed from fragrance to warm water, from warm water to cold water, until a gentle body leaned gently on his back, Chen Xu woke up from the concentration design.
"Hey, my wife is back!" Chen Xu turned around and saw Shui Qingrou, who was wearing a graceful black dress, standing behind her, immediately hugging her in her arms with a smile.
"Husband, what are you painting?" Shui Qingrou asked in surprise as she looked at the draft paper on the table.
"Didn't Zhao Gao's house be burned last night? I want to use it?"
"Do you want to buy it and build a house?"
"No, I want to build a library that is about the size of Cuju Square..."
"What is a library?" The new term Chen Xu said made Shui Qingrou confused.
"The library is a place where people can collect ancient and modern books in the world for people to read and learn. Nowadays, the School of Literature has compiled and published more and more books. Moreover, because it is necessary to organize a hundred classics and collections of poetry and history, the School of Literature has accumulated millions of bamboo, wood, bamboo slips and tortoise shell and stone pieces collected from the people. These historical materials must be kept properly. Many of them are fragments of the lonely book, and once they are damaged, they will never be restored. Therefore, I plan to borrow Zhao Gao's house to build this library, and by the way, these ancient books are also included in it for proper storage..."
"My husband's idea is very wonderful. In this way, the disciples of the hundreds of families must be very grateful for their husband's actions!" Shui Qingrou looked at Chen Xu with beautiful eyes and gentle eyes.
"That's it!" Chen Xu nodded proudly, and at the same time, his hands were unknowingly stroking a pair of plump and gently kneading it.
Shui Qingrou has long been accustomed to the daily teasing of her husband. She blushed on her cheeks and breathed slightly in Chen Xu's arms and said, "Husband, yesterday, is it related to your arrangement for Chen Yong and others to assassinate Zhao Gao? What's the situation now?"
"Don't worry, madam, Chen Yong and others have returned, and Zhao Gao has also been killed, but it was not Chen Yong and others who killed Zhao Gao, but the hunter Li Gui!"
"Li Gui? Haven't he been missing in Dongting Miao Village for several years?" Shui Qingrou sat up in surprise.
"Well, this matter is indeed a bit confusing, but according to Chen Yong, it is indeed Li Gui. Li Gui has been captured by the Lieutenant's Mansion. I want to contact him and see what happened at the beginning!"
"Why do you have to take risks? Since he killed Zhao Gao and was now captured by the Lieutenant's Mansion, this matter has nothing to do with your husband!"
"It's not the case. Li Gui knew that Doctor Miao was Zhao Gao, and he also knew many inside stories about the Five Poisons Shuhun Water. These secrets would cause great trouble if they were revealed. Therefore, this person would either die or be used by me. He would never lose control. Now his family is still in my hands. If he knew the truth, he would definitely not talk nonsense. However, I have already advised Lu Xiao, and I think he would handle it carefully. I will go to the censor tomorrow and let him come forward to suppress this matter!"
"Sir Meng... can you... help?" Shui Qingrou was sore all over her body, and she murmured softly with her eyes slightly closed.
"I think I will agree with my feelings and reason. I think I will agree with this. Let's talk about this tomorrow. My wife will help me understand how this library should be built..." Chen Xu hugged Shui Rou and kissed her for a long time before sitting down.
"I can't understand the drawings drawn by my husband, it's so complicated!" Shui Qingrou looked at the drawings with red cheeks and eyes as water.
"Look, this round one is the library, this one is the Peking University, this one is the auditorium, this one is going to build a sculpture area of hundreds of schools and philosophers..." Chen Xu pointed at the drawings and pointed to the water gently.
After reading it one by one, Shui Qingrou frowned for a while and said, "Husband, the Zhao Gao's house is only about a hundred acres. How can you complete all the houses you painted? It takes at least hundreds of acres of a Beijing University alone..."
"Haha, madam, don't worry, I've done this last night..." Chen Xu laughed happily and told Lu Xiao about the fire last night. He only opened Shui Qingrou's little mouth for a long time and couldn't close it. Finally, he said with a lot of laughter, "Husband is really, so...so..."
"Hehe, my wife wants to say that my husband can think of such a shameless method, right?"
"Hehe, my husband is quite self-aware!" Shui Qingrou covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Hehe, my wife actually dares to arrange her husband, so she must be punished..." Chen Xu smiled dryly and gently pulled the ribbon of Shui Qingrou's dress, and put his hands into the dress.
"Husband, it's still daytime now!" Shui Qingrou gasped and begged.
"I like it the daytime the most. When the lights are blown at night, you can't see anything. Just leave your husband, hahaha..."
An exaggerated lewd laughter came from the study room, accompanied by the sound of falling clothes peeling off, and soon the sound of a low singing voice sounded in the room. Several maids outside the door blushed and their eyes were as red as water, and they held their skirts tightly and listened.
Chapter completed!