Good Life in Qin Dynasty

A small waiter held a glass lantern and stood in front of the tea room near the Panlong Hall with his neck curled up. There were two floor lamps and a coal stove outside the tea room, on which a pot of boiling water was burning.

The little waiter held his breath, and softly called Chao Li, "Grandpa Jiang, it's time to get up."

Manager Jiang, who was lying down and sleeping in the room, had actually woken up a long time ago. He was closing his eyes to wake up and swallowing his teeth. He counted a hundred times in his heart. According to Qin Anjun, this would be good for his health.

He wants to live well and serve His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty for a long time...

After counting to a hundred times, he just heard the voice of the little servant outside, he cleared his throat and gave an "um", which was his agreement.

Only then did the little servant come in, took off his coat and put it aside, lifted the burning kettle from the stove in the tea room, and brought it to the back room after it was ready.

Manager Jiang had lifted the quilt and sat up. The little servant put the washbasin and came over and knelt down to put on his shoes. After putting on the shoes, he couldn’t put on his clothes directly. He went out and came back, changed his clothes, and put on clean clothes again. just do.

He dressed himself, and he got dressed quickly, and then went to wash up. After packing, another waiter brought him a food box, which contained a bowl of tofu nao with some chili oil on it.

After drinking it in a hurry, my whole body was warm. After eating, using and cleaning up, Manager Jiang even ate a few pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake that was specially left in the tea room yesterday with hot tea. Qin Anjun snatched it from his mouth, the emperor Don't let him eat too many sweets.

But after leaving it overnight, the sweet-scented osmanthus cake became dry as if it had lost all moisture, and he stared at it with choking, and he swallowed a few mouthfuls of tea before he could get it down.

After eating a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, I rinsed my mouth again, took a breath and smelled it, and felt relieved when I found that there was no peculiar smell.

Serving in front of the emperor, it doesn't matter what, the emperor doesn't care about these things, but serving in front of Qin Anjun, you can't smell it, everyone knows that Qin Anjun loves cleanliness, so the emperor ordered the whole country to boil the water Let’s drink again—there is also a special health and medical team to let everyone take a bath, change clothes frequently, and pay attention to hygiene.

Not to mention, Daqin hasn't had any serious plagues or famines in so many years.

As a result, he dared not eat anything with flavor, such as stinky tofu, or fermented bean curd, for three meals a day.

I'm afraid that the smell will suffocate Qin Anjun. Of course, when Qin Anjun eats, he will reward him with some. At that time, he can eat freely.

As for this dessert, it’s sweet and floral, so it doesn’t matter if it misses a bit. Next time, I’ll ask Qin Anjun about the rose flower cake. It’s said that it’s more fragrant. Did the imperial dining room make the pumpkin porridge mentioned above?"

"I've done it. I can present it this morning." The waiter smiled and said, "I even went to see it. It is said that it has been boiled for half a night. It is thick and sweet."

"That's good." Chief Manager Jiang nodded, then stepped out of the house and walked quickly to Qin Palace.

All the waiters outside the bedroom got up, and the people in each room stood in the dark, waiting for the emperor and the emperor to get up before going up to serve.

In the past, when the emperor lived alone, they could light the lamps and work without getting up, but not long after the emperor and the emperor got together, Chief Jiang did not allow them to light the lamps before the emperor and the emperor got up, and they had to work in the dark. There can be no movement yet.

Looking at the people in front of him, Director Jiang took a deep breath. Back then, His Majesty was thin-skinned, and once he found someone around, he couldn't sleep well. Later, the Emperor's face was dark for several days, and he had no choice but to ask them not to take pictures. Liang, even with Ye Mingzhu!

Fortunately, in this palace, all the people serving in the emperor's bedroom are capable people. After this order was not long, everyone practiced a pair of night owl eyes.

Now they go outside to pick someone to serve them, and there is an additional requirement, that is, to be able to pour a cup of tea without leaking a drop of water in a dark room, and there must be no movement!

As soon as Director Jiang arrived, everyone bowed in short and half-length salutes, but no one spoke, it was as silent as performing a pantomime.

Director Jiang waved his hands casually, signaling them to stand up, and these people straightened their backs.

He walked forward, and everyone stepped back to make way for him.

A few servants retreated to the window of the bedroom, and Director Jiang stared dissatisfiedly with his eyes and pointed at him fiercely, so scared that they all fell to their knees on the ground.

Really!

"What should I do if Qin Anjun sees the shadow of a person on the window?" Director Jiang scolded a few guys who couldn't see the place in his heart.

Don't look at the group of people carrying basins and towels outside the palace, but so many people are silent.

Chief Manager Jiang stood in front of the door, heaved a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to push the door open, and then quickly closed it, and then moved to the door of the inner bedroom, separated by a door and the thick bed curtain, and spoke softly He called out loudly: "Your Majesty, it's time to get up."

In the bed, before opening his eyes, Ying Zheng felt the steady breathing of the person in his arms, touched the person in his arms lightly, pressed the corner of the quilt for him, and slowly got up.

Li Jiyang muttered for a while, looking very dissatisfied, Ying Zheng quickly stuffed his pillow into Li Jiyang's arms.

Perhaps because he felt Ying Zheng's breath in his dream, Li Jiyang continued to sleep peacefully.

"Come in!" Ying Zheng left the bed in his pajamas, and when he left, he pulled the curtains on the bed so that there was no wind or light.

Director Jiang bowed to the bed curtain only when he heard the emperor's voice, and said in a low voice: "Your servant has offended you."

Then he retreated to the door, lifted the door lightly and slowly opened it. Although the copper leaf by the door had been oiled, he was always careful not to disturb the person who was still there with the harsh sound when the door was pushed open. Your Majesty is still soundly asleep.

After Ying Zheng came out, he closed the door of the dormitory, and Director Jiang stood outside the door.

He only opened the door when he saw Ying Zheng, and the maid standing at the door sent the lighted lamps into the hall first.

From the outside to the inside, gradually illuminate the inside of the hall.

There is also a rule here, you can't turn on the lights inside first, otherwise the room will be bright, and the outside will be dark, and when people leave, there will be dark shadows outside?What happened to the centuries-old palace?How many people died in this palace alone?After the destruction of the Six Kingdoms, the kings and princesses of all countries died. Even if it was just for auspiciousness, the lamps should be lit to make everyone feel at ease, and the emperor and the emperor are comfortable.

Chief Manager Jiang came up, the cotton robe and shoes had been warmed up long ago, and he waited for the emperor to put them on and go to the ground, so he was not in a hurry to deliver things for washing his face, combing his hair, and rinsing his mouth, but to wait for the emperor to go to the "washroom" opposite for convenience.

After coming out, there is a series of activities such as washing your face and rinsing your mouth.

After everything is packed, the emperor will go to the open space in front to punch some punches, and when the sun rises, the emperor will stand facing east and breathe out, then come back and change a suit of clothes and start to wake up the person on the bed.

"Xiaoyang? Xiaoyang?" Ying Zheng came in himself, and there was no need to light the lights inside, because the sky was already bright, and the windows were all glass, so the light could come through by opening the curtains.

"Hmm..." Director Jiang watched Qin Anjun roll on the bed, avoiding His Majesty's harassment, and continued to sleep soundly.

"Get up and have breakfast." His Majesty the Emperor climbed up with a smile and picked him up.

"Sleepy..." Qin Anjun burrowed into His Majesty's embrace without even opening his eyes.

"Get up!" Ying Zheng hugged him, bowed his head and kissed him, shaking him gently, coaxing him to get up.

"Get up, get up!" Li Jiyang opened his eyes helplessly, extremely depressed: "Are you up so early?"

"I still have to go to court." Seeing that Li Jiyang opened his eyes, he quickly motioned to Director Jiang: Put on your clothes!

Pulled Li Jiyang out of the bed with his own hands, changed his clothes, and wiped his face with a hot towel to refresh himself.

In this way, Li Jiyang was very depressed: "When the world was not unified, I could still sleep in occasionally. Now it is better, the world is unified, and I can't even sleep in!" You have to get up at five o’clock, after you’ve had breakfast, it’s six or seven o’clock, and you’ll go to court at eight o’clock, and then you’ll have to do your work during the day, and you’ll be writing papers at night, and sometimes you’ll go to court again without going to bed. went.

In other words, he has something to do when he is awake 24 hours a day, so many things.

From this, Li Jiyang summed up a truth: the reason why there are few wise emperors and more stupid emperors in history, and no matter whether they are stupid emperors or wise emperors, there are few long-lived ones. It may have something to do with the hard work. Those who like to enjoy themselves and sleep late are generally not qualified to be emperors. this post.

"After breakfast, you go to bed and I'll go to court." Ying Zheng pulled him up and tied his belt.

"No!" Li Jiyang pulled Ying Zheng's sleeve coquettishly: "From now on, the nine-to-five system will be implemented!"

"Nine-to-five system?" Another new term.

"Go to work at nine o'clock in the morning, leave work at five o'clock in the evening, and take a two-hour break at noon!" Li Jiyang said viciously, "One day off every nine days!"

"Ah?" Many years later, Ying Zheng was once again stunned by Li Jiyang's words.

"Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and New Year's Eve, seven days off. Tomb-sweeping Day, Chongyang Festival for three days!"

Li Jiyang took a deep breath: "I still don't believe it, there are so many urgent matters in the world!"

"Yes, there are many things going on in the world, isn't there Fusu!" Ying Zheng gave him the clothes: "Get dressed quickly, I will receive envoys from various countries this morning."

"What kind of envoys from various countries!" Li Jiyang rolled his eyes: "They are all savages!"

"Yes, savages can also form a country. I heard that the steel production in Uzi is not very good this year. I want to ask Da Qin to ask for some Uzi steel." Ying Zheng hung a white jade pendant on Li Jiyang's waist.

"You agreed?" Li Jiyang's eyes widened.

"No, how can you agree to such an important matter casually?" Ying Zheng said: "The Sky Eye didn't tell me there is something wrong with Uzi either!"

"That's good. I'll ask Tianyan later." Li Jiyang said: "If there is nothing unusual over there, but Uzi asks to reduce the amount of Uzi steel's tribute, it means they have two minds!"

"Then what should we do?" Ying Zheng thought for a while: "Could it be sent troops to fight it down?"

"Just fight, that land should have been owned by me, Daqin, and the uzi steel that is abundant there is a good thing!" Li Jiyang had long coveted the mineral-rich place in Uzi, but he had no choice but to give it to Qin from the very beginning. The Qin State bowed its head and accepted the condition that Qin State became their suzerain state, offering two tons of pure Utz steel every year.

All these years have been conscientious and conscientious, Uzi Kingdom has changed three kings and all bowed their heads to Daqin, making people find no reason to deal with them!

Now that they have finally made a mistake, Li Jiyang will of course take the opportunity to deal with them.

"Well, that's what I thought too. Wang Ben kept jumping up and down without stopping, and Fu Su followed suit. Looking at the situation today, I really got distracted. I just want to capture Uzi, and save the president of the Mohist Academy. It's about grabbing some Utz steel from the Firearms Bureau." Ying Zheng wanted to laugh when he thought of that situation.

Mohist Academy now has another giant as the dean, one of Juziqin's direct disciples, named Juzilin.

Because his surname is Lin and he is one of the twins, he is named Juzi Lin.

Ju Ziqin retired and was also an old leader. Every time the wuz steel arrived, the two generations of giants would jump up and down and ask for more money for the Mohist Academy.

"One of them studies daily necessities, the other studies firearms, and they are both big consumers of Wootz steel!" Li Jiyang also wanted to laugh when he thought of these two places: "When they are laid down, there is no need to limit the amount of Wootz steel. .”

In addition to the Uzi steel that the Uzi people paid tribute to the suzerain country, there was still some leftovers, so they made weapons, but the weapons they made were also bought by Qin.

"That's good, save the two of them from breaking the lawsuit."

Li Jiyang was fully dressed, and after washing, he really got up.

Ying Zheng took him to the dining hall outside to have breakfast.