Short video: Shocking the world

【“Pork existed in the Qin Dynasty. It is recorded that people in the Qin Dynasty ate pork, mainly by boiling and roasting.”】

【“But pigs in the Qin Dynasty were not castrated, and there were not many seasonings. The meat had a smell, and people with a little status would not eat pork.”】

【“That smell was unbearable even for the ancients, and you, as a modern time traveler, can’t stand it even more.”】

“Pork without smell is really delicious!”

“I remember that there was pig castration technology in the late Han Dynasty.”

“No, there is a record in the Book of Changes, and it existed in the Zhou Dynasty before that.”

“Why didn’t the dynasties before that castrate pigs in large quantities and eat pork?”

“I don’t know.”

“It may be due to technical limitations. Castrating pigs cannot stop bleeding, and the pigs will die, and it’s a waste of time. Do you eat pork with smell? ”

【“There was dog meat in ancient times. The famous general Fan Kuai in the late Qin and early Han dynasties was a dog killer.”

【“You can eat dog meat when you travel back to the Qin Dynasty.”

【“As for the taste…don’t think about it, as long as it’s edible.”

【“There were vegetarian dishes in the Qin Dynasty, but not many kinds.”

【“The most common home-cooked dish in later generations, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, was not available in the Qin Dynasty.”

【“Because tomatoes were introduced into my country during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The people of the Qin Dynasty said, what are tomatoes? They have never heard of them.”

【“Rice is the staple food we eat now. In the Qin Dynasty at that time, it could only be eaten in the south of the Qinling Mountains.”

【“Another staple food, steamed buns, is said to have been invented by Zhuge Liang. There was no such thing in the Qin Dynasty, unless you make it yourself.”

【“ Not only were there no steamed buns, there were no watermelons, pumpkins, or cucumbers."]

["So what was there to eat in the first unified dynasty, the Qin Dynasty?"]

["You can drink millet porridge, eat boiled cabbage and boiled radish."]

["There was no stir-fry in the Qin Dynasty, that only appeared during the Southern and Northern Dynasties."]

["As the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang's food must have been better than that of ordinary people."]

["He could eat game, such as bear paws, and maybe he even ate black and white dumplings."]

"What are black and white dumplings? They don't sound like meat!"

"Bear paws... black and white dumplings, black and white, could they be bamboo bears?"

"Bamboo bear? Legend has it that Chi You's mount, an iron-eating beast?"

"Yes!"

["It's too exaggerated to say that Qin Shihuang ate worse than a beggar . ”]

[“Can beggars eat bear paws?”]

[“In the Qin Dynasty, in ancient times, the common people may not have eaten well, but the emperor, as the ruler, can definitely eat the best.”]

“Dad, what does bear paw taste like?”

“Bear paws, it’s good enough to have food!”

“The emperor is different from us. If he wants to eat bear paws, he doesn’t have to go up the mountain to find bears himself. He can send a large group of people to round up and catch them! ”

“The monarch who likes to eat bear paws the most is none other than King Cheng of Chu. He was still thinking about it before he died.”

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[If beggars can eat bear paws, I also want to be a beggar 乛◡乛]

[In the Qin Dynasty, there was no stir-fried or fried food, only steamed, boiled and grilled meat, and there were no seasonings. Modern people’s tastes have long been spoiled. If you really go to the Qin Dynasty, even if your food standards are the same as Qin Shihuang, you won’t be able to eat it after a few meals.]

[The salt in the Qin Dynasty had a lot of impurities and a bitter taste. ]

[If you want to travel back to ancient times, you have to be like the protagonists of those novels, knowing everything, so that you can live a good life with three wives and four concubines. It would be best if you have a golden finger to provide you with modern food. If you don’t know anything and don’t have a golden finger, don’t expect to travel back. ]

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[Why do eunuchs live longer than emperors? #History#Cold Knowledge]

“Is it because eunuchs are not considered men?”

“Whether a person can live long depends on his spirit. The emperor consumes too much of his spirit, but eunuchs are different.”

“If you are a dead eunuch, what is the point of living? It would be great if you could give me your life span!”

[“Logically speaking, the emperor is powerful, lives a life of luxury, and has the best medical conditions when he is sick. Why can’t he live longer than eunuchs?”

Seeing the sentence “the best medical conditions”, many emperors twitched their eyes.

If they hadn’t watched the previous video, they would have really believed it.

【“According to statistics, from Qin Shi Huang to Pu Yi, the average life expectancy of ancient emperors was 38.8 years old.”】

“The average life expectancy of emperors is less than 40 years old?”

“On average, emperors who died of natural causes should also be counted.”

“If we don’t count those emperors who died of natural causes, and only count those who died of normal illness and old age, the average life expectancy of emperors is not that low!”

【“Compared with emperors, the average life expectancy of ancient people was even lower. The average life expectancy of people in the Xia and Shang dynasties was less than 18 years old, and the average life expectancy of people in the Qing Dynasty was 33 years old.”】

【“Then how long was the life expectancy of eunuchs? The average life expectancy of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty was 65.4 years old, and the average life expectancy of eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty was even higher, at 72.3 years old.”】

“How much?”

"Can eunuchs live to be sixty or seventy years old?!"

"Impossible!"

【"Why do eunuchs live so long?"】

【"I think many people have guessed it!"】

【"Yes, it's just as you think."】

【"Eunuchs lack the most important thing. Their bodies are free of that kind of thoughts, and they are stronger than ordinary men."】

【"Science shows that abstaining from sex can slow down aging."】

【"The emperor is just the opposite. He has three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines. There are too many women to count."】

【"Over time, the body will collapse."】

【 "Besides, eunuchs don't have to worry about state affairs, and no one specifically assassinates a eunuch."]

["In the palace, you don't have to be like refugees, without clothes and wandering around, and you eat better than ordinary people outside."]

"You're making me want to be a eunuch!"

"Then go ahead. I'd rather die at 30 than become a eunuch in the palace."

["They just have to do what they're supposed to do."]

["People who can become eunuchs in the palace are either from poor families or their families have all died."]

["You don't have to raise children or a wife. You just need to send some money home. There's no family. You don't even need to send money, just save money for your retirement."]

"What a hateful thing to say!"

"If possible, who doesn't want to have a family? Who doesn't want a wife and children?"

A young eunuch in a certain dimension said, "I want to chop this person from the future to death!"

["On the other hand, the emperor has to review memorials during the day, discuss state affairs with ministers, and even engage in intrigue. He eats some delicious food at noon, and has to deal with women in the harem at night. It is natural that he will die young."]

"The more I see, the more I envy the emperor!"

"I'm used to a hard life, so I want to live like the emperor. Eunuch Although they live long, I don't envy them at all! Because eunuchs have no sons and no descendants, and they will be sorry for their ancestors after they die. "

"Not everyone can become an eunuch! If it were that simple, those disaster victims who couldn't eat would have entered the palace long ago."

"For the disaster victims, if they don't enter the palace, they will starve to death immediately, which is no different from having no descendants. Although they become eunuchs in the palace, at least they can survive."

["Speaking of which, although eunuchs live long, they are the emperor's slaves after all, and their lives are in the hands of others."]

["If you were given a choice, would you rather be a short-lived emperor? Or a long-lived eunuch?"]