The archives system is a special system that was called “volumes” in ancient times and “archives” later. The names are different, but the function is the same.
If there’s such a thing as the Southern Archives, then there’s definitely going to be the Central, Eastern, Western, and Northern Archives.
The emergence of the archives system surfaced when the Zhang family was sorting out their system.
The appearance of Little Brother Zhang and the gradual development of his past deeds made the division of labor between the Southern Archives and the entire archives system gradually clear.
To give a simple example, the Western Archives was set up in Motuo, mainly to deal with matters in Nepal and Kangbaro. It was essentially the Zhang family’s monitoring and collection agency for local information.
The Central Archives was eventually rebuilt by Zhang Qishan, mainly to monitor the Mystic Nine.
The later generations named it the volume system. It was unknown how these systems were named within the Zhang family, but let’s just call it “volumes” for now. The Zhang family used this system to live on the dark side of Chinese history.
In addition, Little Brother Zhang contacted the remaining forces of the Zhang family and built the latest archives in Hangzhou. They called it the Hangzhou Archives.
They were ready to start business and wanted to build a Fei Kun Balu (1) Temple first, but this behavior was successfully banned by West Lake District Urban Management.
I actually always wondered where the Zhang family’s income came from. Although they didn’t spend much money, it was really annoying for me to raise this big family.
This may be the biggest mystery in the Southern Archives research.
——The words are written on the first page of Wu Xie’s research notebook about the Southern Archives.
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TN Notes:
(1) It’s a Poker-Face temple lol. Mentioned in Chapter 7.14 of the Potluck Case
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Tiffany’s Notes: Little Brother Zhang is acting like he is going to start a cult. Meanwhile, Wu Xie is giving them financial support lol.
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Tiffany.. YEEESSS..
I love how little brother Zhang is doing whatever he wants, like he always did, and then like “okay, pay for it” to Wu Xie
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You go Little Bro, lol, if you can get someone else to foot the bill then why not. Even if it turned out to be our sweet Wu Xie. 🤭
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