Chapter 679: Bathing Together
Lu Chengqi's words are not untargeted, in this era, many people do not realize the preciousness of knowledge and the preciousness of talents. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoYou must know that nine out of ten of the population of Dashun are illiterate. If education is universalized, won't there be many more talents? The Department of Supervision has estimated that it will take three generations for an ordinary yeoman farmer to train a scholar. That is to say, the money and silver of three generations must be spent on one person to be successful. If the Mongolian education is popularized, the burden on these people will be much lighter.
It's a good idea, but it's a big problem. The state treasury will certainly not be able to come out, and if it were not for the issuance of 5 million tax coupons (treasury bonds) this year, I am afraid that it would not have lasted until September. Don't look at Huangzhuang now that he is rich enough to rival the country, but if he wants to popularize Mengxue, it is estimated that it will be enough. Do you want money to build a school? Would you like your money, please? Do you want money for books? Even if you don't care about the food, this miscellaneous money and silver doesn't seem to be much, but it's actually very durable to calculate.
Lu Chengqi is not afraid of spending money, Lu Chengqi is afraid that after the school building is built, people will die and the government will rest. If the Huangzhuang is not well managed in the future, will there still be money allocated to these Mengxue? Definitely not. The emperor can't make any money, can he still count on the treasury? It can't be either.
"It seems that there is a long way to go in educating my son!" Lu Chengqi was quite emotional for a while, and couldn't help but aim at Zhou Zhiruo, and said in his heart: "It seems that there must be a child, calculate the date, and it shouldn't be difficult to get pregnant." At this time, people were very convinced that if a woman could not conceive a child, it was "difficult for a woman to give birth". In fact, they made a mistake and didn't meet the date. In addition, the sanitary conditions at this time were poor, and there were many miscarriages and so on. There are not a few people who divorce their wives and take concubines because of their sons.
Zhou Zhiruo didn't know that Lu Chengqi was "calculating" himself and was concentrating on eating. Her tutor has always been that she doesn't eat or sleep.
It is said that when you look at the beauty under the lamp, the more you look at it, the more you like it. Zhou Zhiruo under the swaying candlelight became more and more charming in Lu Chengqi's eyes. It's like a cat that has been tickling in his heart, Lu Chengqi knows that this is a hormonal attack of puberty. After thinking about it, I should go to Zhou Zhiruo today, my heart was wide, and an imperceptible smile appeared on my face.
Zhou Zhiruo was very puzzled when she saw it, but she couldn't bear it and didn't ask. Lu Chengqi said in his heart: "Hehe, I'll know how powerful I am later!" ”
After dinner, Lu Chengqi and Zhou Zhiruo returned to Kunning Hall hand in hand. Zhou Zhiruo changed from a queen to a good wife and mother, waiting for Lu Chengqi to take a bath and change clothes. Behind the main hall of Kunning Hall is a large pool. The water here has to be changed every day, and all that is put down is hot water. Needless to say, this is the Queen's Bath. After being abandoned for so many years, the Kunning Hall was opened again, and this bath was also opened. Mo said that Kunning Hall is like this, even Renming Hall is also general, as long as it is the courtyard in the back and palace, most of them have such a bath. The extravagance of the emperor can be seen from this. It's just that without the emperor's consent, this bath is not available to ordinary people. Even the concubine must also be approved by the emperor.
Seeing Lu Chengqi stripped naked, he jumped into the pool suddenly, and Zhou Zhiruo's face was flushed with shame. She also only wore obscene clothes, and her arms and thighs like white lotus roots were exposed, making Lu Chengqi's eyes eat tofu.
Lu Chengqi deliberately grabbed and said: "Zitong, this water is very comfortable, do you want to wash it together?" ”
Zhou Zhiruo blushed shyly: "Your Majesty, this is not a bathhouse......"
It turns out that in addition to restaurants, there is another industry that is very popular in Dashun, and that is the bathhouse. There are 3,000 bathhouses in Chang'an City, the water is supplied by the springs, the people often bathe in it, sometimes enough to accommodate more than 100 people to bathe together. There are many of these bathhouses in the downtown streets of Chang'an City, and there are also many cold baths in some streets, and there are male and female servants in the fields to assist the male and female bathers in bathing. When the people of Dashun were young, they used to take cold baths regardless of the season, and there were also hot baths in the baths for foreigners who were not accustomed to cold baths. And the people of Dashun have a habit that if they don't take a bath or bathe in the morning, they won't eat breakfast. What's more, the official also has a ten-day holiday, called Mu Xiu. It's specially for you to take a bath and rest.
There is an alley that is famous for its many public baths, and is called "Yudo Alley" by the citizens. The people of Dashun also call the bathhouse "perfume shop", if you go to Chang'an City, see the place where the pot is hung at the door of some shops, it is the perfume shop. Hanging pots are the hallmark of Dashun public baths, and these public baths usually have a teahouse in front for people to drink tea and rest, and a bathhouse for people to bathe in the back. Take a bath in the bathhouse, the cost is not high, about ten cents per person. These bathhouses usually open early in the morning, after all, if you want to make money, you have to catch up with the habits of the people of Dashun.
Dashun's bathhouse also has a back-rubbing service, and Su Shi, who loves to take a bath, once composed a song "Like a Dream Order" in Chang'an City, and wrote wittily: "How can scale ever suffer from each other, look at both of them carefully." Sending a message to rub people's backs, and waving elbows all day long. Light hands, light hands, lay people are innocent. "In Dashun, the scholar doctor who has not bathed for many years is to be made fun of, there was a Dou Yuanbin in the Renzong Dynasty, who was born in a famous family and had a very good talent, but because he did not often take a bath, his colleagues called him "Dou Stink", and this allusion has become a laughing joke for Dashun officials.
And what Lu Chengqi didn't expect was that soap for personal hygiene had also appeared on the market in Dashun, mainly made of soap horns, spices, and medicinal materials, called "soap balls". He also thought that the word soap appeared very late in later generations, and he never thought that it was already in existence now. The formula of this "soap ball" is approximately: Angelica dahurica, white aconite, white zombie silkworm, white rhizous, pig tooth soap, tribulus terrestris, white cumulberry, grass black, hawthorn, sweet pine, white cloves, rhubarb, rhizome, crane white, almond, soybean flour one tael, pig fat (film) three taels, light powder, honey monk, camphor half a tael, children's tea three money, soap (a kind of pod) to the inside and outside of the skin and tendons, as long as the net meat is a tea cup, first mash the net soap meat, with chicken Qinghe, dry the breath, the medicine is the end, with soap, pig fat, chicken Qinghe and pills. Even the palace has to purchase the "soap balls" that are manufactured, so you can imagine what kind of business is booming.
Lu Chengqi smiled evilly, as if he was deceiving a three-year-old girl: "That's right, I didn't let Zitong come down in the bathhouse." Or, Zitong will help me rub my back, right? ”
Zhou Zhiruo's face turned red again, and she said in a low voice: "The concubine obeys the order, ...... said, blushing, holding a linen towel, and gently moving on Lu Chengqi's back. Lu Chengqi hummed a little song comfortably. Zhou Zhiruo's mind was chaotic at the moment, and her hands and feet were a little uncoordinated. Lu Chengqi noticed that she was getting smaller and smaller, held down her soft hand, and said, "What is Zitong thinking?" ”
Zhou Zhiruo turned her head in shame: "Your Majesty ......"
Lu Chengqi laughed, suddenly stood up, hugged Zhou Zhiruo, and frightened Zhou Zhiruo exclaimed: "Your Majesty, let go of my ......"
Lu Chengqi is like a big bad wolf, he caught a little sheep, where is he willing to let go? put his face next to Zhou Zhiruo's ear and whispered: "I want to take a bath with Zitong ......" (to be continued.) )