Chapter 196

In the early years, Wuwei Youjia was one of the many noble families with big surnames in the Longliang area.Later, Ma Teng and Han Sui separated from Yongliang for 30 years, and there were frequent wars.Many big families have moved out of Liangzhou, but the You family stayed behind, and together with the Qu family, they became the only remaining common surnames in Longxi and Liangdong.

At present, the most representative figure of the You family is You Chu, the prefect of Longxi.

You Chu is both civil and military, and he is generous and generous. He is not only the prefect of Longxi, but also the leader of the local Youjia in Longxi. According to the advantages and disadvantages of the temples, "youjiayi temples" were built beside the roads in various places in Longxi County.

There is a large wooden box in the Yi Temple. The wooden box is divided into two parts, each with five compartments; one part stores dry food such as meatloaf, and the other part stores rice wine.Passers-by can use it according to their own needs without guards.

But if you want to take food, you need to put enough corresponding coins into the big wooden box, that is, Wei Wuzhu, to get the corresponding food.

In order to prevent passers-by from knowing how to use the wooden box, there is a mural of a person holding five baht coins and tossing coins on the wall.

According to legend, the construction principle of this wooden box was obtained by You Chu from a merchant from the Western Regions.

Seeing this novel and convenient public welfare facility for the first time, Guo Huai was very surprised.

He searched all over his body, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were actually two five baht coins in his arms, so he immediately operated as shown in the picture.

Guo Huai cast a coin on the left and right sides.After a while, a grid on the left side of the large wooden box opened automatically, revealing the plate inside and the dried meat pie on the plate; a grid on the right side also opened, revealing a small jug of wine.

After Guo Huai took out the food, the empty wooden lattice immediately closed slowly.

"Thank God, thank Taoist, thank late emperor, thank Your Majesty... for helping me escape to death!" Guo Huai put down the plate and wine pot, and bowed to the portrait of Wei Wudi Cao Cao in the middle of the ancestral hall.

At this time, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "You should thank Lord You Chu!"

Guo Huai turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw a man with the appearance of a hunter, carrying an arrow basket, carrying an iron fork on his shoulder, and walking in with a package in his hand.

He put in ten coins on his own, opened all ten grids, took out a plate of unsold meatloaf inside, and threw it to Guo Huai; then he opened the package, and put the food and wine inside into each box one by one. in a wooden lattice.

Finally, he took out the key, opened the money compartment behind the wooden box, and took back all the five baht coins. After counting the amount, he nodded, put the money in his pocket, and closed the cash drawer.

Guo Huai opened his mouth involuntarily, his whole body was in a shutdown state, and he stared at the operation of the strong man with wide eyes.

It wasn't until the strong man turned to leave that he came back to his senses and asked quickly: "Brother, how far is this place from Longxi Prefecture?"

The strong man looked at him carefully from a distance, and frowned slightly: "Are you a patient?"

Guo Huai nodded: "It's been more than 40 days now, and it's almost healed."

The strong man's expression softened slightly, and he pointed to the southeast and said, "There are still three hundred miles."

After all, he picked up the iron fork and left the ancestral hall.

Guo Huai chased him out of the door, and before he could speak, he was hit on the neck with an iron fork by an overreacting strong man. The latter raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Speak up if you have something to say, don't come near me!"

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" Guo Huai raised his hands high, threw the brand-new saber over, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother, I'm hungry and I'm short of cash, can I exchange this sword with you for some money... ..."

The strong man took the saber, weighed it, nodded, put away the iron fork, took out a small bag of five baht coins from his pocket, threw it on the ground, and walked away.

After walking for a while, the strong man seemed to think of something again, and he turned his head and warned: "Wu Nasi, be honest, don't destroy the wooden box. Master You Chu clearly stipulated that breaking the wooden box is the same as committing a crime against the country, but if you find out, Anyone can kill it on the spot!"

"I know, I know, I'm a good citizen, I can't do such evil things..." Guo Huai picked up the purse and responded repeatedly.

The strong man snorted coldly, turned and left.

Guo Huai returned to the ancestral hall, grabbed the meatloaf with his left hand and the flagon with his right. He inhaled the storm, then patted his belly in satisfaction, went out to ride a donkey, went down the hillside, and swayed slowly towards the southeast along the official road.

Soon after Guo Huai left, Ma Di and Zhang Xiu entered the ancestral hall.

Zhang Xiu stared at the big wooden box in surprise and said, "General, what is this thing? It looks so advanced."

Ma Di was even more surprised than Zhang Xiu, and muttered to himself: "No way, the big man already has this thing?"

Many people may think that this kind of vending machine, which can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of later generations, is a product of technology of later generations.But in fact, as early as the early Eastern Han Dynasty, vending machines had already come out.

The earliest vending machine appeared in the 1st century AD. It was a device for automatically selling holy water made by the Greek Hiero. Its principle is very simple:
After the customer puts in the coin, the coin will fall onto a plate connected to the lever. The plate tilts, driving the lever to open the valve, and the holy water will flow out. The plate keeps tilting until the coin slides off the plate, and the balance will turn the lever Pull back to the original position, the valve closes, and the holy water stops flowing.

Although the working mechanism of the vending machine is very simple, the principle of leverage balance.

But this thing belongs to the technology of the West. Although it has already appeared in the world, it should not be spread to the East at this time.

From this point of view, there is something about You Chu, the prefect of Longxi.

He is a ruler of the world!

Ma Su secretly admired him.

However, admiration is all admiration, since he has encountered this kind of vending machine, no matter what, he has to take advantage of it before leaving.

Otherwise, how can I be worthy of the skills I have learned in the eight years I spent in the Bronze Five.

Thinking of this, Ma Di cleared his throat: "Hugh, do you want to go whoring for nothing?"

Zhang Xiu was holding a Shu Han straight hundred dollar coin, gesticulating at the coin slot.

Because Shuzhi hundred coins are much larger than Wei Wuzhu coins, and the coin hole is designed according to the size of Wei Wuzhu coins.So he studied for a long time, but the coins still couldn't get in.

This meeting was anxiously scratching its head, and was startled when it heard this: "General, is it okay?"

After getting along with Ma Di for a long time, Zhang Xiu learned a lot of novel vocabulary, and understood that "whoring for nothing" means eating for free and not giving money.

Originally, the two disguised themselves and followed Guo Huai all the way here in order to accurately control the "drug release plan".But since I have encountered such an interesting vending machine, I have to study it before leaving.

Anyway, Guo Huai was sick, and he was riding a little donkey with extremely slow feet. Even if he was asked to run for thirty miles first, the two of them could easily catch up.

So as soon as Zhang Xiu heard the word "white whoring", he immediately put away the big money and looked eagerly at Ma Di.

Ma Di smiled slightly, took out a Wei five baht coin, threaded it through the middle hole with a thin thread, tied it up, lifted one end of the thin thread, and dropped the five baht coin through the coin hole.

pat--

The first grid on the left is opened, and the aroma of the chicken patties on the plate blows to the face.

"The general is mighty! The general is cowhide!" Zhang Xiu praised twice, and took out the plate with a whoosh.

Ma Su laughed, lightly picked up the thin thread, and the five baht coins that entered the coin box flew out from the coin slot again.

Zhang Xiu: "..."

After a while, the big wooden box was emptied.

The bell hanging under the eaves of the ancestral hall suddenly rang.

Zhang Xiu glanced at the bell in wonder, and refocused his attention on the five plates of meatloaf and five pots of wine in front of him.

"Cheers!" The two generals touched each other, and the meal was overwhelming.

In a short time, you will be full with wine and food.

Zhang Xiu rubbed his belly, hiccupped and smacked his lips with emotion: "General, this meal is the most delicious meal I have ever had!"

That is, whoring for free is the eternal happiness of human beings.

Ma Su laughed, turned around and left the ancestral hall.

Zhang Xiu hurriedly followed, looking eagerly at the five baht coins in Ma Di's hand: "General, I have a heartfelt request..."

Ma Di shook his head and laughed, and threw five baht to him.

Zhang Xiu was overjoyed, took it over and studied it, and suddenly said: "General, I have a bold idea, with this copper coin, can I eat and drink for nothing in Longxi County in the future... er, whoring for nothing? "

"It should be fine..." Ma Su nodded: "Okay, let's go!"

Zhang Xiu glanced at the bell that kept ringing above his head again, got on his horse, and chased southeast along the official road.

Not long after the two left, the strong man Orion came to the ancestral hall again carrying an iron fork.

After a while, he uttered an earth-shattering roar: "Good thief, don't go!"

"Give me back the cake!"

"Give me back my wine!"

(End of this chapter)

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