The ten people led by Shitou entered the no-man's land in search of gold mines. In the vast Gobi, they not only had to survive in the wilderness, but also fought against the wild beasts in the Gobi. In the end, ten people went out, but only three came back.
The stone is just like his name, and his vitality is as stubborn as the stone. He finally struggled back and brought back a piece of gold nugget he found.
It suddenly became a big event in Haitou City...
Among the first batch of people from Guanzhong and Longyou who followed General Hussar to mine gold in the Western Regions, some died on the way, some died while looking for mines, and the rest found nothing, only a very small part.
With good luck, they found gold and dug their first pot of gold.
There are many minerals in the Western Region, but many of them have not been discovered or developed at all. Just like the gold mine that Shitou and others found, it is a shallow gold mine. The nugget gold is on the ground and can be picked up by bending down. The problem is,
If you bring nugget gold, you can't bring supplies, but not everyone can stay rational in front of gold. Just like one of the stone team, one person regretted on the way back and couldn't bear to part with the gold, and ran away secretly.
I couldn’t come back either…
Fortunately, Shitou and others did not carry much gold with them. It was not worth it for the soldiers in the frontline military camp to abandon their humanity and disobey military orders and secretly commit crimes. After all, there were only one or two pieces of impure nugget gold. Seeing Shitou and others on duty
There were many soldiers and the sealing money was not enough, so Shitou was able to return to Haitou City alive.
For people like Shitou, the Western Region Protectorate not only did not confiscate their gold, but instead said that Shitou could own the gold, and also rewarded an additional sum of money, which was equivalent to buying the information about the location of the gold mine from Shitou. And
Taking Shitou as an example, we vigorously promoted it and specially dispatched five guards as bodyguards of Shitou. On the one hand, it was for publicity, and on the other hand, it was to protect Shitou and save his money along the way.
The stone covered in red and colorful decorations also received a title, military merit, and wealth at the same time. It immediately stimulated the eyes of other people who came to the Western Regions to hunt for gold, and groups of people went crazy to search for the legendary gold.
place.
Everyone envies the good luck of the stone and hopes to become the next good luck stone...
After repairing it for a few days, he restored the stone and exchanged most of the gold for money. Then he asked the Western Region Bank to transfer it back to Guanzhong and give it to Yue Meizi. Then he thanked the soldiers who came to protect him, which was more or less meaningful.
After sleeping for a while, Shitou was ready to reward himself.
In the Western Region, especially the Haitou area where construction was first started, it has gradually become a large town with a large number of people and merchants. Moreover, due to the close business relationship, the bank business of "Fei Qian" was also the first to be launched in
The Western Regions and Sichuan and Shu developed into two regions, with the credibility of the Hussars General as the guarantee and the physical gold, silver and copper coins as the backing for point-to-point exchange and delivery.
Now that Feiqian is gradually being promoted, although some people still have doubts about it, it is undoubtedly a great convenience for people like Shitou. After the money on his body decreases, he seems to feel that the threats to him are also reduced.
Shitou looked up at the wine flags raised high on the cross street, smelled the aroma of food floating in the air, touched the money bag in his arms, and decided to be extravagant today...
Eat a big meal, a big meal worthy of your noble title.
People of the Han Dynasty seem to have a longing for "Ding Shi" engraved in their bones. Therefore, in Haitou, the Western Region, there is a restaurant where the Han Dynasty is the most popular and also represents the most expensive restaurant. It uses "Ding Shi" as a gimmick to attract people.
Many people covet it.
Every time Shitou passed by before, he would always stand across the street for a while, smell the fragrance, and then take a bite of the hard-roasted buns in his arms before leaving. But now...
…
The waiter at the door of the restaurant also saw Shitou and came forward with a smile on his face and greeted him hurriedly. Shitou is a celebrity in Haitou City these days. Who doesn't know that this guy has been so lucky that he also got a lot of money?
Got a huge bounty?
If you are rich, you will naturally be a master, and you will be completely different from those paupers who only deserve to stand across the street and smell the fragrance. The store clerk called Shitou brother one after another, and then led Shitou to the seat and sat down, completely forgetting about himself
It seems that he has used a contemptuous tone to drive away stones before.
Seriously speaking, ordinary people cannot enjoy "ding food", but if there are policies, there will naturally be countermeasures. The serious "ding food" requires the use of bronze tripods. This naturally cannot be overstepped, so the restaurant changed it.
A wooden tripod was used and painted with exquisite patterns, which was even more beautiful than the bronze tripod, bypassing legal restrictions.
The Han Dynasty was the golden period for the development of lacquerware. The exquisite lacquerware was even preserved to later generations, and the complex patterns on the lacquerware seemed to show the prosperity and greatness of an era...
Of course, this also made Shitou feel a little cramped after sitting down, especially when it came to the "Official Bathing" step, there were a lot of mistakes...
You need to wash your hands when you get up early, and wash your hands before and after eating. This is not a common sense of hygiene that only later generations know. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, it became a kind of etiquette observed by the upper class. This formed a set of rules for watering the water and dishes.
The combination of ritual utensils for collecting water is called "Fengchou Wozu".
When two attendants came forward, one carrying a moiré lacquer bowl and the other carrying a moiré lacquer water bowl, Shitou was stunned for a long time, not knowing what he was going to do. He just subconsciously felt that the moiré lacquer bowl was very good.
nice……
I saw that the interior of the moiré paint ring that I saw in front of me had red paint as the base color, and the rim and outside were painted with black paint. It was decorated with red and brown hook moire patterns and geometric patterns. There seemed to be three painted on the bottom of the paint ring.
The words rippled in the water waves, as if they were about to float.
"Ah?" Shitou said hesitantly, "What...is this for? Is it for drinking?"
"I'd like to invite you, sir..." the older attendant said, then hesitated and added, "It's just to wash your hands... No, not in here! Come on, reach out..."
Wo means watering from top to bottom, and Shu means washing hands and face.
"Offering the Wo wash basin" is an important etiquette before the pre-Qin sacrifices and banquets. "Book of Rites" says, "When entering the wash basin, the younger ones offer dishes, the elders bring water, invite Wo wash basins, and the soldiers in the wash basins give scarves." That is to say,
When performing the ritual of washing water, an older person and a younger person are generally required to assist. The older person is responsible for pouring water on the hands, and the younger person is responsible for receiving the discarded water in a plate or bowl.
Shi Shi washed his hands and wiped his face, feeling a little red on his face.
Who knew that such a beautiful plate could be used to collect hand water? Just like the mat that the stone sits on now, it has two layers, one big, and then a small one, with complicated patterns...
In fact, Shi Shitou didn't know that the two mats actually had different names. When dining in the Han Dynasty, the larger one was laid out first, which was called "banquet", and then the smaller one with more delicate texture was laid out, which was called "banquet".
"Seat", and then sit in a cross-legged posture on seats in different directions according to different statuses.
The lacquer table for Shi Shi's personal use was quickly placed in front of Shi Shi.
The lacquer table is red on the outside and black on the inside. It has short feet at the bottom and diamond-shaped patterns around it. There are also three characters in the middle of the lacquer table. Shi Shi still doesn't recognize it. Shi Shi guesses that it should be the name of the restaurant or something like that. On the lacquer table is
On the top, there are three lacquer plates, slightly deeper, obviously used to hold food, a lacquer bowl for wine, and a lacquer ear cup for drinking. They are all of the same style, red on the outside and black on the inside, with a circle of diamonds.
pattern.
"How much does this set cost..." Shitou touched the lacquered desk and suddenly regretted walking in, but he was embarrassed to run away like that, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Just as Shitou took a lacquer plate and was examining it, the lacquer tripod was brought up.
The wooden lacquer cauldron obviously cannot be heated by an open fire, so it is only used to hold cooked food. Such a lacquer cauldron is the feature of this restaurant, and it is also what the Han people think about, "ding food"
』.
Although Shitou has a title, it is still in the category of civil nobility. Although the restaurant circumvented the law by using wooden lacquer tripods, the quantity still complied with the restrictions of etiquette, so only one lacquer tripod was given to Shitou. "Li of Zhou"
It is stipulated that the emperor can use nine tripods, the ministers can use seven tripods, the officials can use five tripods, and the scholars can use three tripods. Therefore, using one tripod for stones does not cross the red line.
The lacquer tripod is almost similar to the ordinary bronze tripod, with a bulging belly and three legs. It is also the same as other lacquerware dishes in front of the stone. It is red on the outside and black on the inside, full of the colors unique to the Han Dynasty. There is also a cover on the tripod, which is obviously for
To prevent the heat of the dish from dissipating too quickly. There are three buttons on the lid, which seem to be some kind of animals. Anyway, the stone cannot recognize them. Similarly, the twisting patterns on the lacquered tripod are just beautiful to the stone.
, and also can’t tell whether the specific painting is an animal or a plant...
The older attendant who served before seemed to understand Shi Shi's embarrassment, and took the initiative to explain in a low voice: "This is a dagger, used to hold vegetables... like this... and then there are steamed buns and side dishes over there... over there
, did you see it? And among these plates, one is used to hold this, one is used to hold steamed buns, and one is used to hold pickles... The drinks are over there... Guests can help themselves, no limit to the portion... If there are any
If you don't understand anything, please call me..."
Shitou felt that the so-called "dagger" didn't look like a dagger at all, but rather looked like a slightly dented small shovel...
In fact, it seems to be a high-end "dining food", but in fact it is somewhat like a semi-buffet in later generations, or a set meal. The pot of mutton and radish has a fixed quantity, but the supply of staple food and side dishes is unlimited.
Until full.
Of course, this model was relatively new in the Han Dynasty, and many people came to eat here, including ordinary households like Shitou, businessmen, and descendants of the gentry...
Yes, the title of Hairpin Niao still requires service. In a sense, it is not completely separated from the concept of "people".
It has actually been some time since Qingqi Feiqian reused the title of the former Qin Dynasty, but only in the Western Regions this title seems to be particularly useful. Like Shitou, if you leave Haitou City, you will encounter difficulties.
At that time, you could even go to general checkpoints and military strongholds to apply for certain supplies, but civilians did not have such treatment. Of course, the higher the title, the more things you would enjoy, which was almost the same as in the former Qin Dynasty.
The main reason is that there are few titles in this area of the Western Regions, and the Sanfu in Guanzhong and the Shandong area are somewhat worthless due to the proliferation of civilian titles in the Han Dynasty...
Although the stewed mutton with radish was not a top-notch delicacy, Shi Shi still had his mouth watering after eating it. He even felt that the steamed buns in this restaurant were more fragrant than ordinary steamed buns. When he couldn't help but get up again to get the steamed buns and prepare them.
When he soaked some of the remaining mutton soup in the lacquered cauldron with steamed buns and ate it, he was laughed at by the two scholars who were present at the table.
There are also many gentry descendants from Guanzhong Sanfu and Longyou areas who have come to the Western Regions, but few of these people can endure hardships like Shitou and risk their lives to search for gold mines in no-man's land.
Don’t do something to save your own face, so often when you laugh at others, you have to take responsibility, and when you do things yourself, you are picky...
"It's true that you can't be polite to common people! Haha, it's true that sages don't deceive someone!"
"In the etiquette of eating, the food is left on the left and the quilt is on the right. The food is on the left of the person, and the soup is on the right of the person. The roasted meat is on the outside, the sauce is on the inside, the onion slices are on the right, and the wine pulp is on the right. Those who place preserved fruits on the left are left.
At the end of the right... Haha, look at it, there is no proper etiquette anywhere!"
"Yes! As the saying goes, don't beat the rice, don't let the rice go, don't sing, don't chew the food, don't bite the bones. Don't eat the fish meat, don't throw the dog bones. Don't catch it, don't lift the rice, don't use chopsticks, don't catch the soup, don't
The spur teeth... are now in strips and have an evil shape, just like dolphins and dogs competing for food, it is really unsightly to look at..."
"The white tiger can communicate with the clouds, etiquette represents knowledge, and punishment represents ignorance. The etiquette is called courtesy, and it is not as good as that of common people. Looking at it now, it is true knowledge and insight!"
"Haha, the rat has a body, but the man is rude; the man is rude, how can he die?"
"Huh ha ha ha!"
The two looked at the stone and laughed together.
Although Shi Shi couldn't understand what the two people were talking about, he subconsciously seemed to feel something was wrong with their emotions. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what he should say...
I wanted to continue eating, but I felt very uncomfortable in my heart. If I just stopped eating, and I couldn't bear to part with the remaining mutton soup, I felt a little at a loss for a moment. I didn't know whether I should continue eating or just give up. Seeing Shi Shi's embarrassment,
The two people sitting next to them were staggering with laughter even more, and even the dullest person could notice the problem.
Shitou gritted his teeth and stared, but the two people at the table didn't care and continued to laugh.
"Are you two insulting the hussars?"
Behind the partition screen, a man stood out. He raised his head and looked coldly at the two nobles who were swaying with laughter.
"Gao...Captain Gao..." Shitou was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and saluted Gao Wutong.
Gao Wutong waved his hand, then placed his hand on the handle of the sword at his waist, staring at the two people sitting next to Shitong sideways, "I asked you two, why don't you reply?!"
In the past, Shi Shi was mocked because he was bullying Shi Shi for not understanding, but now they met someone who understood. The two people sitting next to Shi Shi immediately felt what the four words "Extreme joy brings sorrow" were, and they were so frightened that the sweat on their foreheads rolled down.
, stammered a few words of denial, and then ran away in a hurry. He tripped on the threshold and fell far away. He screamed pitifully, but did not dare to stay for long, and limped away.
"It's okay..." Gao Wutong patted Shitou's shoulder, "If you're not full, keep eating. Don't pay attention to those crazy dogs..."
"..." Shitou looked at the remaining sheep's head soup on the table and suddenly lost his appetite, "Captain Gao... what on earth are they talking about? Did I do anything wrong?"
Gao Wutong stared at Shi Shi, then sighed slightly, and asked the waiter in the store to move his original food table over. He asked Shi Shi to sit down again, and gestured: "Eat, it's all money. If you don't feel full,
How? Want to know? Let’s talk about it after we finish eating!』
Seeing Gao Wutong's behavior, Shitou had no choice but to agree and continued to eat. Then he ate up the food on the lacquer plate like a whirlwind, drank the last bit of mutton soup, and then let out a big burp...
"Are you full?" Gao Wutong asked.
"Yeah!" Shitou nodded.
Gao Wutong stood up and said, "Let's go."
Shitou wanted to pay for the meal, but was blocked by Gao Wutong. Then he went to the street. After walking for a while, Gao Wutong asked, "Still don't understand?"
Shitou shook his head.
"Which two boys were laughing at you just now for not following the etiquette of eating..." Gao Wutong sneered, "What is etiquette? In the army, if you have food, you must eat it as soon as possible, and if you have sleep, you must lie down and sleep. What kind of etiquette can you say?"
?We all talk about etiquette, why don’t you go talk to your enemies about etiquette? What a bunch of bastards!』
"We..." Gao Wutong raised his chin, "We are not the same kind of people as them... Our military achievements, money, and status are all earned by ourselves, little by little, at the cost of our lives... And they...
…snort……"
"Have you ever seen a chicken?" Gao Wutong asked.
Shitou nodded.
"These people are just chickens. They chirp all day long, comment on this and laugh at that. They are either dissatisfied with this or have an opinion with that..." Gao Wutong said as he walked forward, "Those who are really capable are not very good.
Talk...for example...think about Li Changshi..."
Shi Shi nodded deeply, "Every time I see Chang Shi, I feel a little scared..."
Gao Wutong also nodded, "I...well, so, last time I asked you to read more books, but you were still unwilling. Don't complain about having a headache when you go back! Otherwise, you won't even know what others said when you get scolded!"
"Hehe..." Shitou laughed innocently.
"Study more, don't suffer a loss..." Gao Wutong patted Shitou's shoulder, "Study hard, do well, don't be afraid of them, let alone care about their comments... Can we rejuvenate the country just by relying on comments? Haha! We
After all, you can't pee in the same pot as them! When you make more achievements, these guys will eventually be stepped on by you!"
"Wei!" Shitou straightened his back and replied loudly, "I understand!"
Gao Wutong nodded, "As long as you understand. Then study hard when you return to the camp. You must know all three books of Cai's Montessori! I will test you next month!"
"Ah?!" Shitou swallowed, "Three, three books... do you want to learn them all? Otherwise..."
"What?" Gao Wutong glanced over, "Do you still want to be laughed at?"
"..." Shitou was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "No! I'll learn!"
"Haha, that's right!" Gao Wutong pointed to the front, where people were coming and going on the wide street, "this road, go forward, you can't go wrong!"
