Good Life in Qin Dynasty

In this era, there is no such strict filial piety system as later generations, because there is not even much food, and only vegetarians can be eaten when observing filial piety. How can there be so many vegetarians to eat?

Moreover, this era is an era of contention among a hundred schools of thought, and it is not that later generations only respect Confucianism.

So fortunately, Li Jiyang didn't need to wear sackcloth and mourning for others, let alone be a vegetarian.

However, the taste of this meat is not good!

A little soft, maybe medium rare?

Li Jiyang bared his teeth and ate his first decent dinner after arriving in Qin Dynasty. In those two days, all he drank was broth, and he didn't drink much, and he even gave Chunya a meal.

Chunya followed the butler and was serving him for dinner. In the house, Nanny Lan ate very sweet food, and now she can eat food that she could not have imagined before!

And there was a maid beside her, watching her eat, she swallowed her mouth water!

But Li Jiyang's food was a bit awkward. The key is that this roasted beef was just put a little salt, oh, maybe there are other seasonings?

He didn't eat it much, but the taste was really not very good. Although the taste of beef was not strong, it was not weak either!

After taking two bites, he couldn't take it anymore. Seeing the butler standing there, he simply pushed the food forward: "You eat!"

According to his observation, this is possible.

really!

The butler knelt down in ecstasy: "No!"

Then he came over happily, eating with relish, Li Jiyang almost rolled his eyes when he saw it. Although he yearned for Qin Chao very much, but when he really came here, he felt that he was Ye Gong.

After a meal, it was getting dark soon.

Needless to say, don't count on nightlife, with his "rejuvenated" body, all life is useless!

Electric lights and telephones have no shadow, and so do candle lights.

At that time, the common lighting material was still animal fat, which was not called fat at that time, but "ointment".

Because the purity is not high, it often smells bad when burned, so those who have the conditions will add spices to the lamp paste. This is the "blue paste bright candle" in Chu Ci.

The ointment is contained in a kind of pottery vessel "Deng", and a flint "Flint" needs to be taken out, and sparks are knocked out to ignite it.

The oil lamps in the film and television dramas have all been improved. Li Jiyang has only seen a lot of the real "deng" in the funerary objects, and this is the first time he has seen this lamp.

After lighting it up, Li Jiyang smelled a smell of mutton fat!

What the hell!

Look at the pot in the corner, which contains water... No, everyone, don't think too much, it is not a chamber pot, but a timekeeping tool at that time, called "clepsydra" or "leakage", which is an instrument that uses dripping water to measure time , They are all from good families.

Li's family obviously has a very good family background. Ordinary people "work at sunrise and rest at sunset", because they don't have timekeeping tools and don't know the time.

Also because there is no extra grease for lighting, so do not order "deng".

Its shape is roughly a pot, with a scaled pole inserted into it, and a small piece of wood is used to hold it under the pole.People fill the jug with water, open a hole at the bottom like a flower pot, and let the water flow away drop by drop; or let it catch the water drop by drop until the whole pot is full.The pole inserted in the pot will float up and down with the rise and fall of the water level, and the scales at different positions can mark different times.

This timing tool is not precise, but it has been very useful in ancient times.

秦朝已有十二时辰，名字都很好听，李季阳自己盘算了一番，得出以下结论：鸡鸣丑01∶00—02∶59平旦寅03∶00—04∶59日出卯05∶00—06∶59食时辰07∶00—08∶59莫（暮）食巳09∶00—10∶59日中午11∶00—12∶59日失（昳）未13∶00—14∶59下市申15∶00—16∶59舂日酉17∶00—18∶59牛羊入戌19∶00—20∶59黄昏亥21∶00—22∶59人定子23∶00—00∶59