was blown by Heifu and Gongao in a row, and Zhang Bo was so broad-minded that he ended up talking about himself......

He had to clap his hands, uncover this scene, and let the next person serve the dishes quickly!

The green-clothed maidservants in white socks entered one after another, although these women were not very beautiful in the eyes of Heifu, but in the eyes of several knighted Qin pawns who came with him, these maids were pretty women who had not been seen for a long time, and they immediately swallowed.

The maidservants looked at the wide-eyed Qin soldiers, either frowned, or covered their mouths and smiled, put the dishes and drinks on the table in front of everyone one by one, and then bowed down and went backwards to the hall.

Heifu took a look at it and said secretly: "The Zhang family is really bloody today. ”

But I saw that in addition to Liang Rice, there was a lot of meat on the case, the meat with bones was placed on the left, the cut large pieces of meat were placed on the right, the rice was placed on the left hand side of the person, the soup was placed on the right hand side of the person, and there was a brine on the outside, and spices such as green onion dipping sauce were included, which was for the convenience of eating. The syrup was placed in a pot beside it, and a spoon, a dagger, a fork, and a knife were served.

When Heifu was the pavilion chief, he went to the homes of several county officials and participated in several banquets. Therefore, he knew that during the Warring States period, the Chinese ate, especially the banquet of the Central Plains scholars, and there were all kinds of rules, and not only chopsticks were used on the table, spoons, knives, and forks were also common tools.

That was only the Qin State, the Wei State was located in the Central Plains, not only had a long history, but also the Confucian style prevailed, and the culture of ritual music was more heavily influenced. This family of Zhang's family also boasted of being a doctor in the Spring and Autumn Period, with poems and books in his home, and many children followed the Confucian scholars to learn, so although he was only a local tyrant in the township, he also regarded himself as a family of etiquette and music, and he had to pay attention to it everywhere.

As the saying goes, at the beginning of the husband's ceremony, the beginning of the diet. In the culture of etiquette, eating is not only a meal, but also a ritual.

Confucianism has also specifically debated with people, which is more important, etiquette or food?

The answer to the Confucian is yes: "Of course, it is courtesy!" ”

Because they knew the rules of the Zhang family, the village sages and elders on the east banquet paid more attention: before entering the banquet, they should be calm and calm, their faces should not change, their hands should be carried on their clothes, so that they are one foot off the ground, do not lift their shirts, and do not pause to make a sound. When serving, the dishes should be arranged in an orderly manner, and the food should be eaten with consideration for others......

In addition to polite manners, the skillful use of various tableware is also part of the "food etiquette".

Let's just say that the wooden spoon in front of me was called "dagger" or "spoon" in this era. The spoon and the chopstick are usually used together, and they generally appear on the table at the same time, but the division of labor of the dagger is quite clear, and the two cannot be mixed.

On the east seat, everyone first lifted the chopstick, picked up the vegetables from the plate, put them in their mouths, chewed them in small bites, swallowed them, and then put down the chopsticks, picked up the spoon, and put the hot porridge and rice into their mouths......

This is exactly what the "Book of Rites: Qu Lishang" says, "rice and millet do not use the basket", and "those who have vegetables in the soup use the soup, and those who have no vegetables do not use the soup." ”

On the Xixi side, except for Heifu and Gongao, who also know a little bit about food etiquette, the rest of the Qin soldiers don't understand it at all, or use chopsticks or spoons throughout the whole process, and even some directly use their hands to grab rice! They have worked hard in the camp for too long, and they are happy to eat at the moment, so they don't care so much.

The same is true when eating meat, with a bone fork with a thin handle with two teeth and a short, thin copper knife, wrapped in silk fabric. Therefore, the village sages and elders of Dongxi are like eating Western food in later generations, cutting large pieces of white meat with knives, which is what Confucius paid attention to back then, "If you don't cut it properly, you won't eat it", and then put the meat into your mouth with a fork, close your eyes and have an endless aftertaste......

The Qin soldiers in Xixi were very different, they all ate very recklessly, or directly held the meat and bones in their hands and gnawed them, swallowed them in large gulps, and wiped them with their cuffs when their mouths were full of oil. There was a loud noise during the soup time, and when he was done, he laughed and threw the bones out to the dogs in the yard, and then picked his teeth in public, and commented loudly on the food as he picked it back......

This is all forbidden behavior in the food ceremony, this scene, I saw that a few village sages and elders on the east seat who chewed slowly were dumbfounded, and the maids serving in the hall snickered one after another, and Zhang Bo, who was slightly shocked by Heifu's words, once again showed contempt on his face.

"Sure enough, it's a group of Qin people who are the same as Rong Di! I don't know what etiquette is! ”

Heifu, on the other hand, looked as usual, and ate as he usually did, and did not feel any shame in it.

Originally, I was eating separately, and I had to lift the chopsticks and wooden spoon and put it down, which was really tiring and panicked. As for the two tools, the fork and the knife, they are the exclusive products of the upper class and the patent of the "meat eater", and they cannot be very popular. As "Huo eaters", the Qin soldiers did not need to prepare forks and knives for special carnivorous food in their daily life, because there was no meat in their daily lives, so they naturally did not know how to use them.

So, to blame them for their low backgrounds, they don't have the opportunity to learn aristocratic etiquette while working hard all day long?

Shang Jun said well, salute, so it's convenient!

The so-called etiquette is to make it convenient for the people. The knives and forks dedicated to the upper class society in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were slowly eliminated from the table when they arrived in the Han Dynasty, because the former Qianshou mud legs had overturned the blood nobles, sat in a high position, and created a situation of cloth and clothing. They also simplified and simplified their cumbersome ritual system, and only some old Confucians clinged to the inadequacies of maintaining customs that had been out of touch with society and culture, in a vain attempt to restore the Zhou rites that had long since died.

After putting aside the red tape, the essence is not to eat, drink, and sleep!

confined to a small circle, let a few well-known elites show off the courtesy, and the courtesy; A gift that can popularize the world and benefit most people is a true gift!

Of course, Hefu is not making excuses for the "lack of culture" of himself and his colleagues, but he just thinks that he is ......

"If the Wei State ruled for a day, it would be absolutely impossible for the Qianshou and the village sages, the untouchables and the nobles, these two kinds of people would never eat in the same hall."

Besides, if you really want to talk about the noble and low, the people in the east seat must be more noble than the Qin soldiers in the west seat?

If you want to count the bloodline, the family lineage, and the mastery of etiquette and music, of course, this is the case.

But now that this place has been surrendered to the Qin State, the way the Qin State calculates the nobility and the low can be very different from the Six Kingdoms.

Our Qin State is a knighthood, and the dozen or so people brought by Heifu, without exception, were all beheaded and promoted to knighthood in the last Waihuang War, either for Shangzai or for Gongshi. On the other hand, everyone in Dongxi, except for Zhang Bo and Zhang Ying, everyone else can only be regarded as soldiers!

Which is more expensive? Who's cheap?

East and West, Shandong and Qin, two understandings of etiquette and customs, two ways of thinking that distinguish between the noble and the low. Between the two sides, there is a huge chasm, there is almost no common language, and there are countless conflicts just at this small table.

The victor has his own set of rules, and he will not easily believe in the etiquette of the loser, and the loser will not easily give up what he has held for hundreds of years.

Heifu secretly thought: "This is just the beginning of the conflict between Qin and the Six Kingdoms of etiquette, and the days to come will be long......"

The integration of different countries and the exchanges between different classes cannot be achieved simply by killing all those who are different from oneself with the sword, nor is it far from being solved by a decree of "the same car and the same track, the same book, and the same text".

From the head of the Qian, to the title, the Qin people who were sent to the hometown of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong to serve as officials need to carefully learn the etiquette of the East and integrate into the new cultural circle, so that they will laugh at themselves less and less.

And the nobles and sages of the Six Kingdoms also need to learn, under the oppression of power, learn the laws and rules of the Qin State, learn to no longer pay so much attention to the old etiquette and customs, and pinch their noses to live in peace with the Qin officials they despise, after all, the family still has to survive.

If there is not enough time left for integration, and the power of power suddenly ceases, then the next step is rebellion and collapse.

Fortunately, on the side of Dongxi, not everyone despised the rudeness of the Qin people, and the third elder of the township, Zhang Ying, saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he stood up to play a round.

He raised the wine cup and said with a smile: "Don't be busy patronizing food, today you are here to take up the post, especially with this wine, to show our welcome, for you to live ......"

Zhang Cheng looked at the Qin soldiers who stopped eating and stared at him, and said stubbornly: "For all of you, the strong men live." ”

With the three elders starting up, Zhang Bo reluctantly raised the wine cup, and everyone in Dongxi also got up and raised their glasses.

After changing to the usual drinking feast, the guests of the western banquet should immediately avoid the banquet, saying that they do not dare, and then respectfully drink the wine dry.

However, today's Qin people were unmoved, and none of them raised their wines, but looked at Heifu in unison.

First, they couldn't understand what this group of Wei people was saying, and second, the Qin army was forbidden, and even wine was not allowed to drink.

"Today's exception, drink a little, it's okay."

As soon as Heifu said this, the Qin soldiers' eyes lit up, and they immediately picked up the wine cup, did not stand, let alone avoid the humbity, and sat down and drank the little wine buffalo!

The guests at the east table were embarrassed, feeling that they had been insulted, and they were all scolded in their hearts, and just as they were about to sit down angrily, they heard the black man say to the maid in the court: "Pour wine!" ”

The maidservants were stunned for a moment, looked at the master, and after getting Zhang Bo's consent, they hurriedly came over and filled the empty wine cup again.

Heifu looked at the robes who hadn't drunk enough and smiled, and ordered: "Second and third sons, get up, and pay homage to the master!" ”

As soon as the words ended, the ten Qin armor soldiers got up in unison! At the same time, he raised the cup that had just been poured up!

On the east side, everyone who was about to touch their heels understood what was going on, so they had to get up again to avoid the seat.

"Thank you for your hospitality, and for the king's birthday! I also wish General Wang an early victory over Daliang! Destroy Wei Sheji! Lift white! ”

"For the king's birthday! I also wish General Wang an early victory over Daliang! Destroy Wei Sheji! ”

Following Heifu's words, after shouting this slogan with all his strength, more than ten people picked up the wine cup in unison and drank it all! Then he showed the bottom of the cup to the people in the east seat, which is lifting white.

I did it, what about you?

Zhong Ming translated as usual, and the Wei people in Dongxi looked at each other after hearing this, so they had to shout "for the great king's life" under the leadership of Zhang Bo and Zhang Cheng. But when they thought that they had changed kings in a blink of an eye, they were still weird in their hearts, and as for the sentence "Destroy Wei Sheji", it made them a little distracted, and the more they read it, the quieter their voices became......