Chapter 1396 (1/2)

Cheese didn't leave the library directly. Even if the request of consulting goblin classics was blocked, his identity as a spectator was beyond doubt. Therefore, he still had the right to find the knowledge he needed in the first level books.

This made him go back to the index area, understand the book classification principles of the library according to the words of an apprentice, and read the book catalogues of some areas.

Just as he was reading the catalogue, a batch of books had just finished sorting. Some of them were sent to the classified bookcase by the apprentice in a cart, while others were put into the basket and piled to the wall.

There are many such baskets by the wall, which should be full of books.

”What about those books?” Cheese looked at the basket and asked the passing apprentice. The latter obviously took part in the little disturbance just now and respected the grey robe who could interpret the goblin language.

”They are useless books, the contents of which have no value or can not be used as reference, so they are put aside after the first trial. After that, a special person will take them away and give them to the person who counts them, that is, the scholars who specially identify these books to make the final count. If the inventory has some value, it will be sent back to reconsider the classification. Correspondingly, if problems are found in the examination of professional scholars, the books passed the preliminary screening will also be classified as useless books. It's just that this process will be very long. Both the enumerators and the reviewers will take time to work outside their own research, and it will probably take half a year or more to come back and forth. ”

”What about the books that are still regarded as useless books after these two screening? What would you do? Do you want to sell them? ”

In this era, the paper alone is precious enough. Generally, even in the rich family, the attitude towards books is not too hasty, and the destruction and smearing of cost books is a crazy behavior that people can't understand.

If the city of Wanfa just finds those books useless, it's a good way to sell them again.

”No, we'll put them in the waste repository. Paper is a precious resource, and scholars in the Department of plastic energy have developed ways to reuse it. These useless books will be reused as materials for new books in the process of preservation. And we don't want to let these ridiculous words go out and harm others. ”

What the apprentice said was solid, and it didn't sound like a problem. But this way of thinking actually has a premise.

That is, scholars in the city of Dharma can't make mistakes. There are only a few editions of many books in this era. If one is missing, it is very likely that they will be lost completely.

Therefore, some royal families or nobles would provide special support for literate scholars to copy books for them, in order to fight against the harm caused by the aging or loss of books. In other words, the practice of Wanfa city seems to be excellent, but after all, what kind of knowledge is absurd, what kind of books can be called useless books?

This should not be decided by a group, even if it has a high level of knowledge. As long as they do not claim that they have all the knowledge, they have no such right.

But that's not what Cheese needs to consider now. In fact, even if books are precious, people who don't know their value are still destroying them day and night.

Many of the fires after the uprising were fueled by the Lord's collection of books, and the angry and hungry people would not consider the value of these incomprehensible books. Therefore, the loss of knowledge happens almost all the time. Compared with it, the practice of Wanfa city is exquisite.

After a quick look at some bibliographic categories that might help, cheese left the index area and returned to his companions. For the purpose of not stimulating keiras and Atta, he didn't tell them all what just happened.

It's just that there are reading restrictions here. They have to find relevant personnel to get permission to read the goblin classics directly. Before that, it's better for them to see what books can help.

So the team quickly dissipated in the sea of books, reading books is unable to team work, because in addition to cheese, even the cat goblin can't help much.

So instead of letting them waste their time with themselves, let them take advantage of valuable opportunities to find interesting books in the library. As for the grey robe himself, when he faced the suffocating mountain of books, he didn't worry at all, but was only excited. He hadn't been so happy for a long time.

”In the afternoon, we come back to gather and decide what to do in the afternoon. Before that, you are free to read the books you are interested in. Euni, you come with me