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Chapter 104 Knowledge monopoly is a thing of the past

After Xu Shu came to Luoyang, he went around to visit famous scholars in Luoyang and studied with them.

Because of his guilt towards his mother and his persistence, Xu Shu studied and enriched himself every day when he was in Luoyang.

However, Xu Shu learned not only the traditional Four Books and Five Classics, but also the strategy of military strategy.

Xu Shu spent almost all his money on buying books.

Thanks to the appearance of books printed on paper, Xu Shu's learning cost has been greatly reduced.

Xu Shu didn't know who made those books made of paper.

But without these books, his learning efficiency will be slower now.

The price of each set of bamboo slips is very high, not something Xu Shu could afford. If he wanted to read those bamboo slips, he could only borrow them or read them at someone else's home. The time he could read them a day was very limited.

However, although Xu Shu was not rich, he could barely afford books. He could learn the knowledge in books all night at home.

Xu Shu was very grateful to the person who made the books. If he didn't have these books and papers, he didn't know how many times it would take to finish reading these books. He didn't know how many people would be able to roll his eyes when reading these books.

Although I don’t know why these books are compiled so that people can read them line by line, rather than read them vertically.

But after the initial discomfort, Xu Shu became more and more impressed by the people who used and made books.

The experience of horizontal reading is much higher than reading vertically, and the book itself has broken sentences, so Xu Shu can understand the content explained in the book very well.

For beginners, the original bamboo slips must be carried by a teacher, otherwise they will not be able to understand them at all, or the meaning they understood is completely different from the bamboo slips.

If there is a chance, Xu Shu really wants to meet this person.

Put down the record of the grandfather in his hand, and Xu Shu blew out the oil lamp on the table.

If it were the past, he would never dare to think about the Records of the Grand Historian. He could only go to other people's homes if he wanted to see it. But even so, if he had only such an identity in his life, he would never be able to read the Records of the Grand Historian in his entire life.

The Records of the Grand Historian of more than 500,000 words are engraved on bamboo slips, and many carriages are needed to be installed. A bamboo slip can only be written with more than 20 words, while a Records of the Grand Historian requires 25,000.

In the entire Han Dynasty, few people could have a complete set of bamboo slips in their families, and many families only barely included some of them.

The recording method of bamboo slips is destined to be a set of books, but it can only be an isolated book, which is expensive to produce and inconvenient to circulate.

The total number of bamboo slips in the study rooms of many aristocratic families is only tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of words. Most of them are Confucianism. Theories such as military arts, record of the grandfather, and other schools are very rare.

Now, as a commoner, he only needs to spend two hundred dollars to own a set of his own record of the grandfather, and he can even carry it with him.

This is something Xu Shu never dared to think about before.

In this era, there is no concept of being rich in literature and martial arts, because if you want to study, you will need to spend more money than practicing martial arts.

The knowledge system is completely controlled by those aristocratic families, and more than 90% of the bamboo slips are in the hands of these families. Ordinary people want to study, at most they sign up for a private school, learn a word, and learn the bamboo slips that their husband has.

The number of bamboo slips these teachers and teachers possess is pitifully small, and most of them are the simplest enlightenment readings.

Books like Spring and Autumn, Zuo Zhuan, and students need to find opportunities to study in the future, let alone masterpieces such as Records of the Grand Historian.

Ordinary people can't afford a set of bamboo slips. If they are lucky, they know a few children from aristocratic families, or are attracted by them, and they can go to the study of the aristocratic families for a while.

If you are not lucky, you will never have the chance to be with these books in your life. After recognizing a few words, you still have to work in the fields.

However, the books from Heifeng Village have lowered this threshold infinitely.

Books will no longer be a monopoly product of aristocratic families, and even ordinary people like Xu Shu can have masterpieces like Records of the Grand Historian.

Talents will no longer be exclusive to aristocratic families, and more knowledgeable talents will also appear among ordinary people.

The reason why Xu Shu was able to succeed in learning after abandoning martial arts and communicating with literature has a lot to do with his angrily killing people for his friend.

Killing people for their anger for their friends is in line with the blood of the Han people. Many people with identities are willing to make friends with Xu Shu because of this, and they will not hand Xu Shu over to the government because of this.

Even if the government gets the news and comes to get people, they will also help Xu Shu escape.

But even with these people, Xu Shu spent more than ten years studying.

But now Xu Shu has shortened this time, and all he lacks is accumulation and experience in many things.

On this day, as usual, Xu Shu first communicated with a few friends, and after that, he prepared to go home to continue his studies.

But someone stopped him on the way.

"Mr. Xu, my husband is invited."

Xu Shu: "I dare to ask who your husband is?"

Xu Shu recalled it in his mind, but did not recognize the servant in front of him who belonged to the man.

In order to study and make faster progress, Xu Shu also visited famous scholars in Luoyang and asked humbly for advice.

However, although Xu Shu killed people because of his friend, his status was still too low and he could only make friends with people of his age. As for those great scholars, they still looked down on Xu Shu.

Although Xu Shu learned a lot from someone, few of them were really good at it.

"Young Master Xu will know just after I come with me." Liao Hua said, not revealing Zhao Hui's name.

Xu Shu also learned martial arts before, and saw Liao Hua's obvious martial arts style, but Xu Shu was not afraid and nodded: "I'll lead the way if I can."

Although Liao Hua looks extraordinary, Xu Shu is not worried about danger. He is just an ordinary person. As long as he is not from the government, Xu Shu doesn't know who will target him.

Following Liao Hua, Xu Shu quickly came to a private house.

Although it was just an ordinary house, Xu Shu did not look disappointed.

If someone like Liao Hua is a servant, his master will definitely be extraordinary.

In Luoyang City, no one knows which room there is a famous scholar hidden.

"Please, Mr. Xu!" Liao Hua opened the door.

Xu Shu walked in and there was a small courtyard inside. At this moment, the three people in the courtyard looked at Xu Shu together.

Two men and one woman, three of them are extraordinary, but Xu Shu doesn't know each other.

He bowed and said, "I wonder what advice are you asking for by three of you?"

Zhao Hui said: "We heard Mr. Xu's name, so we invited him. Please don't blame him."

"What kind of names can Xu have? How many people seem to be very handsome? I wonder how many of them have the names of Gao?" Xu Shu asked.

Xu Shu himself knew very well how famous he could have. His current fame was obtained by helping his friends kill people, and because he changed his name, it was impossible for ordinary people to know.

I know that my original name is Xu Fu, but I only have a few friends.

Zhao Hui only said his name for the time being and that he was from Youzhou. As for the matter of Heifeng Village, Zhao Hui would not tell Xu Shu immediately.
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