"Lemon, this won't work. The library is so lax now. I think you have to bear at least half of the responsibility. How can the library export talents to the empire like this?"
Before entering the teacher's room, a burst of sharp and sarcastic words came out.
? ?
Eli frowned, but walked in anyway.
There were two people in the room at this time, one was Bachelor Lemon, who was already 68 years old. He was sitting on a chair, squinting his eyes, and holding a pen tightly in his hand.
Opposite him, in front of the table, a man who looked to be about twenty-eight years old stood with an arrogant face, constantly accusing Maester Lemon.
"We can't continue like this. It's too unorganized. At least I saw that the guards dared to talk to each other during working hours. Such discipline is really bad. If they were in our family, they would be severely whipped." The man looked angrily. , expressed his dissatisfaction without politeness.
"Ah, yes, yes." Bachelor Lemon nodded desperately.
"Humph, Lemon, I am also the deputy director, please have a better attitude!" The man's mouth twitched when he heard this.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. I'm going to check out other things in the library now. Let's talk!" Shaking his head, the man walked directly towards the door.
He happened to meet Eli who came in. The man didn't say anything, he just raised his head high and strode out with a haughty expression.
Eli looked at the man's back with a puzzled look on his face, "Who are you?"
"Teacher, what is this?" He walked to Maester Lemon and asked.
"He is the new deputy director!" Bachelor Lemon said helplessly when he saw Eli coming.
"Is it him? This guy doesn't seem to be easy to get along with!" Eli said strangely.
"Oh, not only is he difficult to get along with, this guy has now regarded the library as his home, but he is ready to vigorously implement many new measures." Bachelor Lemon sighed.
"For example, you have too many vacations and want to cut them in half, or you are too lax and need to arrive at 7 a.m. every day, etc."
Eli:? ? ?
This is something a human being can do.
"Then others don't object?" Eli frowned. He hadn't been here for just a day. Did such a big thing happen in the library?
"Objection, but it's of no use!" Bachelor Lemon put Bi on the table, stood up and stretched his muscles and said: "He was sent directly by the king, and the purpose must be for the position of curator. It seems that as soon as the curator leaves, , they want to turn this place into their own private land.”
"That's it!" Eli frowned even more tightly.
If the library becomes the king's private residence, it will not be a good thing for him. It will be difficult for him to be as free as he is now.
"So, get ready to go to work on time!" Bachelor Lemon looked at Eli and said with a smile.
He is already 68 and is about to retire. Actually, it's not bad. They won't do anything to him.
"Okay, I'm going to work first." Eli nodded, waiting for things to develop and then taking action depending on the situation.
After bidding farewell to the teacher, Eli went to his own office and began to process documents.
After becoming a scholar, he had his own independent office. He was responsible for a very idle position and had very little work. As long as he was finished, he could go home.
after an hour.
After Eli finished handling his work, he was ready to leave work early.
Suddenly, the sound of the door being violently pushed open sounded.
A man strode in, his head held high, and he walked up to Eli with a proud look on his face. He was the man he saw in the teacher's room just now.
Eli is a little angry, can't you knock on the door?
"You are?" But Eli still asked with a smile.
"Humph, I am the deputy director of Othello. I am currently in charge of all aspects of the library. I saw that you didn't come to work yesterday. You can tell me what happened. Forget it, let's not talk about it. You will not come to work this month. Your salary will be halved. I hope you won’t be absent from work for no reason next time!”
Othello seemed to make an announcement, without giving Eli time to react. After speaking, he left with his head held high, leaving Eli sitting on the chair.
"Trouble!" He naturally doesn't like the salary, but that doesn't mean you can deduct my money at will.
There are regulations in the library, and you can take three days off in a month, so it is legal and legal for him not to come yesterday, but Othello didn't seem to know, and he just fined half the money.
Typical aristocratic style.
"Hey, once the curator leaves, trouble will come." Only now did Eli remember Severo's kindness.
This guy spends most of his time in other countries and almost doesn't care about the library at all. He only arranges some work when he comes back, but even so, the library is always in order.
But now with his departure, everything has changed unknowably.
"I hope it's not too much!"
…
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
This half-month is also the most uncomfortable half-month for all old library employees.
In the past half month, the guards are not allowed to leave their posts for a day, and they are not even allowed to enter the library to use the toilet. The working hours have also been greatly increased, from seven hours to ten hours a day.
Of course, these are not the most intolerable things. What makes everyone most uncomfortable is that Othello has cut everyone's salary by 20% in the name of cost saving. Everyone has great opinions.
But what makes Eli most uncomfortable is not these, but the increase in working hours, which makes him have to stay in the library for a long time, which is equivalent to working overtime in disguise, and Eli is very unhappy.
And these days, Eli finally learned about Othello's background.
It turns out that he is a direct descendant of a viscount family. The family territory is very close to here, and the family is mainly engaged in finance. It seems that there are also some other dealings.
The reason why Othello can become the deputy curator is that he is actually a bachelor himself, and his sister seems to be the popular person around the king.
This may also be a temptation for the king.
…
Finally, as another five days passed.
According to time, the library should also re-elect a new director.
Logically speaking, this is a good thing, but someone seems to have interfered. The new method of selecting the curator has become voting, and the voters are some scholars in Eli who have never heard of it.
Ask again, good guys, they are all noble scholars.
Needless to say, once they participate in the election, there is almost no chance that Lemon and the other deputy director will become the director.
In fact, logically speaking, Othello broke the rules when he became the deputy director, because generally speaking, no nobles hold the post of deputy director or above of the library, but this time, it seems that the king has some ideas.
The main reason is that this time the action was very fast, and it happened to be a coincidence that many great bachelors and scholars had just left King's Landing this time, and because they were going to a seminar in a city, they were left unattended.
"No!" Thinking of this situation, Eli shook his head.
If you really let Othello become the curator, it would be really troublesome. Not only would there be one more person who could arrogantly break into your room at any time, tell you that your salary would be deducted, or even fire you directly, while pointing at your nose and scolding you. A nobleman who does a poor job may be forced to work overtime for no reason, which is really too bad.
Just thinking about it, Eli already felt his blood pressure rising and he had to do something.
He would never allow anyone to disrupt the peaceful environment of the library.
