Tang Dynasty good man

Due to the severe cold, the Tang army's offensive on Baekje was suspended, but Chang'an City in the rear was revived again because of the approach of the Spring Festival.Several rare heavy snowfalls after the winter solstice delayed the polo match held by the palace. Seeing that the Spring Festival was approaching, the polo match had to be canceled temporarily, and the game would start on another day after the Spring Festival.This is a wise decision, at least I think so. Standing on a desolate field in cold weather to train players is inhumane to coaches and players, especially to coaches who are already weak.

The heavy snowfall of goose feathers has aroused the interest of Chang'an people to enjoy the snow.Chang'an in this era is very warm, and the snow that can bury ankles is even rare for many old people, let alone young people with hairy heads.

Ying was summoned by a friend of a certain princess early in the morning, while Lan Ling went to the villa in Nanshan to watch the snow scene a few days ago.Only my second daughter and I were left staring at each other, sitting on the threshold of the back house boredly watching the snow fall and falling asleep.

I have to find something to do for myself, or I can suffocate people to death if I stay in the house.

Build a snowman?childish!

Have a snowball fight with the second daughter?She can be beaten to death by me, it's not a level.

eat snow?Thinking of this, I want to beat myself up. I feel ashamed of this thought. I thought of such a mentally retarded thing, but I couldn't suppress the impulse in my heart. I finally pretended to take a stroll and grabbed the snow plug behind my back. After chewing a few times in my mouth, it was a little cold.

"Husband is eating snow?" The second daughter leaned against the door and asked curiously, "What's the smell?"

"Ah? No, I didn't eat it, I smelled it." It's embarrassing, why did the girl see it?Didn't she doze against the door?unwise.

"Husband, take me to see the slaughter of pigs?" The two girls stood up and jumped onto the thick snow, wiped a handful into their mouths, and shrunk their necks hard, "Cool, cool! I want to take a nap in the snow." roll."

I noticed the shrill screams of pigs coming from a distance. Today, on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, farmers started to kill pigs, chickens and sheep.What Guanzhong pays attention to is that no killing is allowed after the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and all the meat needed for the New Year must be prepared before the 23rd.

"What's the point of killing a pig? It's poor, you just eat it." Seeing the disappointed look of the second daughter, I couldn't bear it, "Put on the leather jacket and take you there! There is no mercy at all." , One more day to pray to Buddha." After speaking, I realized that it was Ying who worshiped Buddha, not the second daughter.

The second daughter didn't care what I said, and happily went into the house to change clothes.

The second girl put on a fox fur cloak (probably) and ran out with a white furry cloak on top. She also brought me a fur coat with the fur turned out, and she wore it like a white fur coat. 』Savages are more similar.I am a person who loves animals, and I don't like fur clothes. I once had the idea of ​​joining the Greenpeace organization, but my old lady gave up the idea.

When leading the second daughter out, I met Steward Qian coming in with a bundle of thin bamboo poles. If it was someone else, it would be fine. Steward Qian would never do this kind of physical work. The sun came out from the west when it was snowing?The behavior of the old man aroused my curiosity.

"Young Master," the butler put down his bamboo pole and ran over, "Are you planning to go out after it's snowing so much? Wait a minute, I'll call some people to follow, the road outside is slippery."

"No, just take the second lady to watch the pig slaughter outside the village, a few steps away." I declined the housekeeper's kindness.It is not an honorable thing to watch pig slaughtering. If you take a few more people there, you will feel embarrassed even if the pigs die.I pointed to the bamboo pole on the ground, "What is this for?"

"Explosive poles, burnt during the Chinese New Year, for auspiciousness, and a blessing for the coming year." Steward Qian proudly introduced, pointing to the bamboo poles, "In the past 20 years, all the explosive poles burned during the Chinese New Year in our house were prepared by the old man myself. No, it works, our house is much more nourished. I have prepared nine bundles, and there are more outside."

Of course it is nourishing, yesterday I asked Ying to give out happy fortune to all the servants in the mansion, a total of more than 100 taels was released, it made my heart ache, and when the housekeeper mentioned it, it was as if he had burned it out of a firearm. (If you think my year-end bonus is a bit small, I have a reference here: During the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, a bucket of rice was only sold for 5 Wen, and one tael of silver was converted into 1000 Wen copper coins (also known as Yiguan), so that you can buy 200 Dou of rice , 10 buckets are one stone, which is 20 stones. One stone in Tang Dynasty was about 59 kilograms, and 20 stones equals 1180 kilograms today. Today’s rice price is about 1 yuan, and if calculated at 1 yuan per catty, it will cost 2360 yuan! That is to say, during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, one tael of silver was equivalent to the purchasing power of RMB 2360)

"Uncle Qian, you go ahead, I'm taking the second wife out." I pulled the second daughter to go out, but found the second daughter was heavy and pulled me back, "What's the matter? Don't you want to watch the slaughter of pigs?"

The second daughter carried the butler on her back, and secretly pointed out the bamboo pole to me, her big eyes rolled around, and a naive smile appeared on her face.

After all, she is still a little girl, and she has no resistance to these things. When she sees a bamboo pole, she wants to have the butler burn it for her.I stopped the housekeeper, "Uncle Qian, I haven't seen this before, let me burn it and see if it works?"

Steward Qian showed embarrassment, "This, the young master will see it as a matter of course, but I haven't finished it yet, and it will take a while. How about you watch the pig slaughter first, and I will make a few first?"

In the Tang Dynasty, there were no fireworks and firecrackers. There was a custom of burning bamboo poles to ward off evil spirits during Chinese New Year.As for the burning of bamboo poles, which still needs to be processed, I am also curious and want to see it.Seeing that the second daughter had already focused on the explosive pole, and the thought of killing pigs had been thrown out of the sky, she just dragged her to watch the housekeeper process the bamboo pole.

Steward Qian had a crazy temperament, and when he heard that I wanted to observe, his energy was raised by at least three levels, and he yelled at his servants to bring him tools and a charcoal basin, and directly performed in the porter's room.

The process is really simple. Use a bamboo knife to dig out the interlayer between the bamboo nodes, fill it with saltpeter, and then plug it up a little bit. A bamboo is filled with three to four nodes at the head and tail of the bamboo. There is no technical content. Look at it. I dozed off.The second daughter watched with gusto, giving the housekeeper adoring looks from time to time, watching the old man move his knife like flying, splashing bamboo pieces everywhere.

It’s really exciting to do this during the Chinese New Year, but it’s perfect to replace saltpeter with gunpowder. Isn’t there no black gunpowder in China during this period?I remember it existed in the Han Dynasty. I remember reading a book before, Cao Cao fired rockets to bomb the enemy army, and the bombing was accurate. My blood boiled when I read it.

"Uncle Qian, why don't you get some kindling to go in?" I asked puzzled.

Steward Qian smiled chicly: "This is fire medicine. Light it up for a while and it will catch fire. It's very hot."

illiteracy!despise him!He lied to me, a cultural person, with saltpeter, "It's not this, I remember there is a kind of black powder, which burns at a single touch, and it is stronger than saltpeter. Is there such a thing?" I held on to the last ray of hope.

Steward Qian pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "I can't remember the black one. If there is, it is definitely not as useful as saltpeter. Otherwise, why don't they sell black ones outside, and only sell saltpeter? Young Master, don't let others deceive you." In the future, we will not buy black ones, saltpeter has been used for more than 20 years, and it is reliable!"

Did I remember it wrongly?Lanling is not in front of me, so there is no way to obtain evidence, but since there is no black fire medicine, we have something on hand, and we can make it ourselves, it is not difficult.Regardless of whether there are or not, let’s get some firecrackers to celebrate the New Year. After all, it’s my first time to celebrate the New Year in ancient times.

The proportions of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal are controlled at about 75%, 10% and 15% respectively. Anyone who has attended junior high school can report this formula in one bite.Immediately ordered the servants to prepare the raw materials, got two big men to crush the charcoal, and asked the cashier for a silver scorpion (a balance-type small scale with high precision, which I saw in the museum), and everything was ready.

As soon as the concierge started working, a small bowl was prepared within an hour or so, which was easy.

"Uncle Qian, you fill this in and burn it for a while to try." Handing a bowl of fresh yao to the housekeeper, he didn't know if it would work or not.If it's okay, it can be used to show Ying Xian at night, for celebrating the new year, let's be lively first.

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