Chapter 65: Information Obtained
On the second day, after checking in, Ren Lian Lingyi found that there was not much work in the Fifth Secretariat. There were no official documents assigned to the Fifth Secretariat today, so Ren Lian Lingyi left work early and visited Tianling Bugyo and Kande Bugyo in turn.
The Lord of Tianling Bugxing was very enthusiastic towards him, but the Lord of Kanding Bugxing was rather cold towards him.
But at least I have visited the pier.
Ren Lian Lingyi returned to his own small courtyard.
After returning to the small courtyard, Ren Lian Lingyi received some feedback. It seemed that his two new subordinates were not lazy.
These two people followed Ren Lian Lingyi. When Ren Lian Lingyi got off work, they naturally had to follow him.
But Ren Lian Lingyi was going to pay his respects privately, so the two of them naturally could not follow him. So Ren Lian Lingyi asked the two of them to try out [One Series of Divine Machine] first and then go to pay his respects himself.
Then the two of them naturally did not disappoint Ren Lian Lingyi and trained very seriously for the entire afternoon.
Ren Lian Lingyi nodded with satisfaction and prepared to go to the shogunate's library to check some information.
But he suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, I want to ask you something. How long have you two been working here at the Book House?"
"Your Excellency, I have been working for three years."
“I’ve been here for five years.”
"Generally speaking, how often does the Secretariat distribute documents, and who distributes them?" Ren Lian Lingyi asked.
"Your Excellency, under normal circumstances, the First Secretariat sends out documents once a month, and each time it sends out documents, it will carry a month's worth of work. Under normal circumstances, the First Secretariat sends warriors to deliver the documents to each Secretariat."
"We've both done this job before."
"Well, well you two keep busy, I'm going to go check out the library."
Ren Lian Lingyi nodded and left.
"If I remember correctly, the First Library is under the jurisdiction of Tianling Fengxing, no wonder... wait, what am I wondering about?" Ren Lian Lingyi was a little confused and didn't know why he was crazy.
Shaking his head to get rid of the uneasy thoughts, Ren Lian Lingyi walked into the library.
Of course, the name "library" is just the name given by Ren Lian Lingyi. The official name used by Inazuma is "Shu Liao".
It was managed by people directly sent by the shogunate, and the Okujishu were responsible for guarding it.
It contains almost all of Inazuma's knowledge, from large-scale spells that can sink islands to farmers' strategies for farming, fishing and hunting, all can be found here.
Not only that, the local chronicles followed by each town and the festival forms of each shrine were also preserved by the shogunate.
In total, the number of books in the library at Narukami Taisha Shrine is only two-thirds of the number here, but there is very little overlap between the two. Only some of the essences of spells and biographies of characters are repeated. Ren Lian Lingyi once again began his book-reading journey.
Ren Lian Lingyi soon became a frequent visitor here, and after a few days he became familiar with the Okujie people who were guarding this place. Naturally, being familiar with the Okujie people also has its corresponding benefits. For example, he knew that the books in this [Book Room] were not all the books in the entire shogunate.
This "Shu Liao" for storing books is just a base of the "Shu Liao" organization. The entire "Shu Liao" organization is composed of three such places for storing books and one place responsible for book management.
Generally, people call these four places "Shu Liao", but in fact only the Library Administration Office is the real "Shu Liao", and the other three places are just libraries with a plaque of "Shu Liao".
The real library is responsible for book collection, book procurement, book checking, damaged book repair, book transcription, book preservation and book list making.
The library book room is generally responsible for borrowing books for public servants such as Inazuma samurai and shrine maidens. It also has the function of storing books and lending books.
The most commonly used function here is the book borrowing function, but Ren Lian Lingyi usually does not use the book borrowing function because he reads too fast and has a photographic memory. If he borrows books, he may have finished reading all the books he wants to borrow.
Just like that, time went by, spring went by, autumn came by, winter came by, summer went by, Ren Lian Lingyi handled official business once a month, and spent the rest of the time in the [Study Room], and this kind of life went on for several years.
Apart from occasionally returning to Renlian Island to receive new information, Renlian Lingyi now basically resides on Minggami Island.
Nothing happened during this period. The biggest thing was that Mingshen's attendant recorder was gone. The old man was over eighty years old and not a monster, so he naturally couldn't do the job. Then someone else took his place, but what was related to Ren Lian Lingyi was that he was selected as the third substitute.
He is so confused. The ranking seems far away, but it will be his turn no matter what.
After all, if this guy is gone now, he will become the second pick. If he is gone again, he will be the first pick. If he is gone again, then it will be his turn.
And maybe it wouldn't be necessary to change so many times, because the first few clerks were the second and third clerks, and the one who moved up was the former first clerk.
As for why Ren Lian Lingyi was not the fourth in line, it was because the previous attendant recorder worked part-time as the fourth clerk in the fourth secretarial office.
The promotion of this group of people is as follows: clerk → clerk → xth clerk → attendant recorder.
Clerks are the lowest level. Document keepers are promoted from the clerks and are used to manage the clerks. They are equivalent to team leaders and only receive a few thousand moras more in subsidies than the clerks every month.
However, most people in this system will end up being the xth clerk or the xth alternate attendant recorder until they die.
Because the attendant recorder is a lifelong position, he will only be allowed to retire if he is dismissed by Ming Shen or is really unable to do the job like the one mentioned above.
On this day, Ren Lian Lingyi went into the study to read books as usual.
The books in the library have not been cleared by Ren Lian Lingyi in the past few years. The storage capacity of this book is indeed a bit exaggerated, but this is also related to the fact that Ren Lian Lingyi did not put his full effort into it .
He was still reading the book while seeking to verify the truth.
Especially for some things in local chronicles and biographies, he now needs detailed and objective verification before moving on to the next one .
As soon as Ren Lian Lingyi entered the study today, he was stopped by the gatekeepers.
"Master Fifth Clerk, we have found the 72nd issue of Kanreya Bioalchemy that you asked us to help find last time." Aojie Zhong said.
"Okay, just leave it over there with the alchemy books. I'll finish reading the one I read yesterday and then go over. Also, say hello to the head of your library for me." Ren Lian Lingyi said.
"yes."
