New Story of Lv Bu

On October 18th, at the beginning of the day, outside the city of Xiangping, Liaodong, inside the old castle where Zheng Xuan lived.

Zheng Xuan's age is getting older, and his energy is a little weak. He must take a half-hour lunch break every day to be full of energy in the afternoon. He had just finished his lunch break that day, and washed again, feeling very energetic, and then he came to the study to deal with correspondence. His case is large and thick, with carved flowers around it, which Gongsun Du deliberately selected hardwood, and it is very conspicuous in the study.

Zheng Xuan sat down slowly a few days before the case, coughed slightly, and focused on the pile of letters. He stretched out his hand and took a closer look. They were all invitations for socializing and shook his head happily. Suddenly, his gaze was attracted by a letter that came from Luoyang City, the capital of Dahan, and was personally sealed by Wang Lie and Bing Yuan.

The two of them have gone through untold hardships, and finally reached Luoyang City, the capital of Dahan? Zheng Xuan's heart immediately beat violently, and the magnificent and magnificent city of Luoyang, the capital of the Great Han Dynasty after the new construction, he had always wanted to see with his own eyes. Now that the letter from Wang Lie and Bing Yuan is in sight, how can it not make him excited? Zheng Xuan held his breath and opened the letter with trembling hands.

As usual, the beginning of the letter was polite, and it said nonsense like Old Master Kang Cheng sees. Zheng Xuan's gaze jumped over those nonsense and jumped directly to the body of the letter. This letter is very long, almost a hundred pieces of eloquent writing, all of which are engraved with "Baijun Di Qingwan" inscribed on the Chinese raft. The handwriting is the most popular Han Li. The hand is white and thick, and it is also engraved vertically. Grid. Ugh! Wang Yanfang and Bing Genju have reached the blessed ground, and this piece of Chinese raft paper is enough to make the old man fall in love with it!

"The magnificence of Luoyang City is absolutely beyond my imagination. The street can accommodate eight vehicles in parallel. All vehicles must travel on the left side. There are parking spaces on both sides of the street, and the vehicles are parked neatly. People with red armbands were patrolling around. I asked the households in Luoyang City. They said that this was an official hired by the government. There were ten people in each workshop. They were as small as taking out the trash and as big as a murder case. They are the first to appear first. In the countryside, they are called district teams. After proper training, the young and strong in the workshop take turns to serve. In addition to fifty cents and five baht a day, they also take care of the meals."

"The duty of the district team is very simple. It is to urge the people to take out garbage, park cars, resolve disputes, and arrest thieves in accordance with Da Sima's method. Those who have meritorious service can be directly selected as small officials. This is a larger town than the original Luoyang City. Bei’s New City is actually under the jurisdiction of these district teams. These people are all young and strong, and everyone has a smile on their faces. Not only them, but in my opinion, the people in Luoyang City have all their faces. With a smile on them, they walked in a hurry and greeted each other with a grin. It can be seen that they are very satisfied with their current lives and hope that this kind of life will last for a long time."

"I suffered from insomnia last night and I woke up early in the morning. The maid heard the movement and came in gently to serve me dressing, and then asked me whether I should go to change clothes or take a bath first. I said I should change clothes first, so I went to the toilet. In front of me is a place hidden by flowers and trees. The sound of water is rippling, and there is no smell at all. Is this a toilet? I looked at the maid questioningly. Although the maid is only sixteen or seventeen, she is already young and mature. Looks like."

"She led me into a small cubicle, four feet square. There was a wooden toilet on the floor. There was an iron pipe on the toilet that was connected to the wall. Next to it was a string with a beautiful wooden pendant. The maid exited. I sat on the toilet and tried hard. The toilet is made of wood, with a backrest, and wooden beams on the left and right that can be held by your hands -. Later I learned that this is a new thing from the Yan family’s old store, called The flush toilet can flush the feces directly into the feces tank. It is just that the water needs to be introduced into a high place, which costs a lot. The rich and noble homes in Luoyang City have installed such odorless toilets early."

"On my left hand is a small wooden box. I opened it and saw it was a roll of soft paper. It was so pure and white. Compared with it, Caihou paper is the lowest-grade rubbish. I don’t know why it appeared. In the toilet. On my right is a small round table made of rattan with a pot of flowers on it. It exudes a fresh smell and smells great."

"In front of the pottery pot is a large sheet of paper full of words. I picked it up and saw that the paper was thick and slippery. I couldn't help being a little surprised. When did the Han Dynasty make such a good paper? Open it. Look, it is full of characters. I have never seen this kind of characters. The strokes are uniform in thickness, sharp in peaks, rigid and soft, rigorous in structure, and quite charming. The horizontal and vertical, the font is square, and the size is consistent."

"Looking through it is a two-fold paper. The upper right corner contains the words "Dahan Di Bao". On it, it says that the Hetao Water Conservancy Project has been completed, and the construction of Meiji City has been completed. Engineer Cao Zhuan Lumo is here. Articles such as ribbon-cutting. There are even business promotions such as'Zhangjia old store, 10% off cloth and silk, huge benefits and profits','Strike the iron Guo's family, specializes in four-wheeled carriages, and Gaoxuan is spacious.' I was stunned to see it. I think this is probably news for officials at all levels."

"However, the most stunned one is still behind. It is a piece of news,'Let’s see who owns the world today?' To the effect is that the people are the most valuable, the society is the second, and the king is the light. In this way, the king and the officials have the same kind of ordinary people. For the contractual relationship, if you don’t do a good job with the official, you must get out and let the capable and good people do it. To me, this is nothing short of apostasy."

"Therefore, officials must have a term of office. They must be evaluated every year. Good grades are rewarded. Dismissal of bad grades. Losses caused by blind command or inaction must be compensated. This daily report is divided into pros and cons. Both sides are written in vernacular. A hundred characters can be understood, and there are sentences to read, and there are some unrecognized symbols. I carefully read this diary twice, and my heart is terrified."

"At this moment, I'm out of luck and don't know how to clean my hands. The maid walked in, pointed to the soft paper, and made a gesture. I looked at her suspiciously, and she smiled and nodded. I had no choice but to use the soft The paper cleans your hands, it’s a violent thing! This is the maid stepping up and pulling the thread with the wooden pendant. Wow! The **** in the toilet is gone, and there is another white splash."

"The maid led me outside. There was a wooden basin. The maid poured hot water to test the water temperature and put my hands in it. Then she took out a square slippery thing and placed it in the water for a while, Then I rubbed it against my hand, and a scent came immediately. My hands were soon washed clean. The maid said it was soap, which she had been using for more than ten years."

"Next is the bath, but it is not a common wooden barrel, but it is a nine-foot-square room with an iron pipe on it, and there is something like a shower head. As soon as the maid pulls the rope, hot water will flow out immediately. When I pull it, the hot water stops, and there are two buttons. The maid said that it can adjust the water temperature. I took the fastest bath in my life, and I also added soap, which is the square and scented thing. I also used a toothbrush. , And tooth powder, the tooth powder here is not a powder, it is a paste-like thing, it is much more convenient to use than tooth powder. Some mechanism may be installed on the ground, and the water flows out as soon as it hits the ground. After the shower, the maid is on my body After spraying a little bit of something, the faint fragrance spread out immediately, and the maid said, this is the perfume."

"Everyone Cai and Lu Zigan have finally come. They haven’t seen each other for many years. We all have something to say. Let’s eat and talk. Let’s have breakfast together. I have a question to ask them. Breakfast is here, millet porridge, A kind of round noodles, and a kind of flat noodles stuffed with meat. Cai said one is called steamed bread, and the other is called Hubing. There are also a few side dishes and a few hard-boiled eggs. There is not much food. , But it tastes good, I have a very full breakfast."

"Lu Zhi said that these breakfasts were made by Lu Fengxian himself and eaten them slowly. They are convenient and fast and have enough nutrition. I asked what is nutrition? Lu Zhi's eyes look at me like looking at the barbarians outside of Huahua. People, he explained, nutrition is what you need every day in your body. Then we talked for almost an hour, and I finally understood what toilet, soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, perfume, punctuation, etc. are."

"I said that this kind of life is what everyone dreams of. The two old men laughed so hard that they couldn't stand up. If it weren't for the sake of old friends for many years, I would definitely go up with old punches. They laughed enough. Cai Yong explained that 90% of the people in Luoyang have lived such a life, even our breakfast today is ordinary people’s breakfast, because Lu Feng is not used to luxury. The family lives in a big place, he has In the bathroom, you can just connect it to the drain pipe. You can go to the public bathroom if you don’t need it. You can soak comfortably for a whole day without boiling water. I don’t believe it, Cai Bohe actually I was angry and threatened me that if I said anything like this, the people in Luoyang City would come and clean me up."

Seeing this, Zheng Xuan couldn't help but feel fascinated. He is a master of ancient and modern classics, but he is not a pedantic person. He vaguely remembered that the utensils that Wang Lie said in his heart were just a piece of cake in the eyes of the children of the Mo family during the Warring States Period! It was only later that Dong Zhongshu said that the Mo family was a "strange skill and ingenuity", and these stunts were gradually lost.

In this way, Lu Fengxian's subordinates must have countless skilled craftsmen, so there are so many "wonderful skills". Zheng Xuan read the books and never forgot. He closed his eyes and recalled some of the records in "Mozi", and finally took part in the case. "Woohoo, Lu Fengxian's plan is very big, and his ambition is far too far! This monarch is thirty years old, but he has the ambition of the world! I yearn for it!