[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

It may be because of growing up in the same cultural tradition, Chinese people always have a tacit understanding in doing things.

For example, I always like to build a moon-lanning pavilion or a star-catching pavilion on a high place. For example, almost every river has a riverside pavilion.

This point is not exempt in Fengyang.

Although they are facing the Huaihe River instead of the river, even though the location of this restaurant is actually quite a distance from the main river of the Huaihe River.

Maybe it's because it went to the Daming Capital No. 1 Restaurant when it was built. The exterior decoration of Linjiang Tower is extremely luxurious. Although it is not built with jade, there are still carved railings.

Of course, in order not to lose the important group of literati, the decoration of Linjiang Building is not all the way to the direction of nouveau riche. It is rich and noble with a bit of elegance, and the elegance also has a bit of pastoral flavor, so that people can have a literati look Elegant and noble, but also down-to-earth living under Nanshan...

Maybe it’s very vague to say so, let’s put it this way, Linjiang Building is a building with a golden exterior, and a small private room with partitions decorated with various yarn, bamboo, and wood interiors, and even a small rural courtyard with built-in small bridges. A mix-and-match style restaurant with flowing water.

Hmm...is this the restaurant style of the Han people?Really chic.

A pair of brothers from the Mu family who had never been to a restaurant after leaving Yunnan opened their mouths wide open.

After a while, Mu Wen pulled his elder brother down and said quietly: "Brother, I don't think...it's not very good-looking..."

Wood white: ==

In fact, he thinks so too.

If it was placed a few years ago, this building would definitely not give the brothers such a feeling, but if the exquisite and magnificent pavilion has not been repaired for five years, it will certainly be difficult to maintain its original appearance.

The business model of a general restaurant should be to nourish the restaurant with operating income, and maintain it regularly every year. After maintenance, the restaurant will attract more customers, such a virtuous circle.

But now it seems that the faded gauze curtains have not been replaced, the green bamboo branches have withered, and the top of the small thatched roof made of straw has decayed and collapsed...Obviously, this building is the same as this Fengyang City, only the gold and jade are left. outside.

Mu Bai made a silence gesture to his younger brother, and then took his little hand and walked up the creaking wooden stairs step by step.

Ah Chu, Ah Tu, and Harati had already arrived one step ahead of them, which can be seen from the fact that Mu Bai was escorted upstairs by the waiter as soon as he stepped into the restaurant.

If the other party didn't say hello, with Mu Bai's overly simple clothes and childlike appearance, he might not even be able to enter the restaurant.

In fact, in order to prevent this situation, Mu Bai specially brought his household registration book and meal expenses, but now it seems that Ah Tu is still very reliable.

When the reliable Atu boy saw the Mubai brothers, his first reaction was to stare wide-eyed, and the next moment he slapped the table and stood up, saying "Despicable" like a rainbow.

With trembling fingers, he pointed at the two children in Han costumes, speechless for a moment.Really, he suddenly discovered that this pair of brothers are very suitable for this dress, and he didn't know what to say, but the aura was settled, every move, every move, except for the darker skin, there was no sense of disobedience , as if they were born to wear such clothes.

The Chinese language of the two children is not bad, he can imagine what it would look like for these two people to mix in the crowd dressed like this, no one will find out that they are outsiders!They are young, so they can ask whatever they want.

Thinking of the vigilant and defensive eyes of those Han people when he inquired about the news just now, Ah Tu felt his heart was bleeding.

But what hurt more than his heart was his wallet. Before he started answering, he knew that the meal was probably a treat for him.

Just as he was beating his chest and stamping his feet, Mu Bai pulled his younger brother to look at the seat chosen by the two young people - the first row by the window, and his expression suddenly changed ==

In winter, at night, sitting by the window facing the water, aren't these two cold?

Most of the living places of the Han people are relatively cold, so their houses are made as closed as possible, but a completely sealed house will be too dark, so in order to transmit light, the Han people pasted paper on the windows to prevent ventilation. , and can increase lighting, kill two birds with one stone.

It is said that the standard window paper is a kind of yellow paper that has been soaked in tung oil and feels smooth to the touch. It has high light transmission and toughness, and is not afraid of ordinary rain.But most people don't buy paper specially. They usually cut out their own badly written paper, splice and paste it to become window paper.

Many hotels they passed along the way were like this, and because of this, Mu Bai knew that this kind of window had a huge disadvantage—complete, complete, and not insulated.

No matter how tightly the paper is pasted, it is connected with the wooden frame with paste, and there will inevitably be leaks. Besides, in order to ensure the light transmittance, it is not possible to use too thick paper, so sitting by the window in winter ... Whoever is really stupid will do it.

And it's dark in the middle of the night, what can I see by the window?

Mu Bai took his younger brother to sit at the farthest place from the window, that is, at the bottom of the dining table.

Generally speaking, the place where the wine table is far away from the closed position such as the window and the wall is the first place, because this is the place where the food is served, and it is also the place where the whole table is served when necessary.Of course, based on their relationship, there is no need to prioritize. On the one hand, Mu Bai is sitting here to avoid the cold, and on the other hand, it is also because——

The host is responsible for paying the bill =w=.

Mu Xiaobai came prepared, but I don't know if he had foreseen this result, but Atu boy didn't show off his gains from this trip, he waved at Mu Bai repeatedly to let him come over.

Unable to accept the hospitality, Mu Bai could only lean over to see what made Ah Tu so excited.

At a glance, Mu Bai couldn't help being a little surprised.

There was no paper between the window lattices that Ah Tu pointed to, and he could clearly see the scenery outside through the window lattices.

It gets dark early in winter, and it is only evening at this time, and the sky is already mostly dark.

The water of the Huaihe River in the north of the city is like a silent monster lurking in the blind spot of sight through the night, but the warm yellow lights scattered from the houses of each household are scattered in the city, like Kongming lanterns, dispelling the darkness. Come uneasy.

Although the scenery is not bad, it will not surprise Mu Bai who has just left the two big cities of Chang'an and Kaifeng.

What surprised him was that he was standing at the window, but he didn't feel the slightest chill.Even though there were no stickers on the windows, he didn't feel the chilly river wind blowing in.

"Look carefully." Ah Tu showed off his pride of success.Mu Bai changed the angle and took a closer look, only to find that there is a little metal reflection between the wood on the window lattice and the cutting of the wood.

Huh?

The child couldn't help reaching out his hand towards the reflective place, and then he encountered a hard and cold existence.

"This is Guanyu!" Ah Tu introduced to Mu Bai with a surprised look, "Some people call it Liuli, but it usually looks like a string of beads. I have a green jade string at home. I heard that The Han people used it to make treasures, but this is the first time I have seen it made into this kind of plane."

"Isn't it amazing? It looks like nothing from the inside."

Mu Bai didn't listen to what was said later, the familiar noun instantly touched Mu Bai's memory, his brain completely disregarded the owner's mood at the moment, and automatically jumped out of a series of chemical calculation formulas related to glass.

Glass engraved with hydrofluoric acid, glass plated with silver, lead-barium glass and soda-lime glass all whirled in circles in his mind.

It wasn't that Mu Xiaobai's soul of a science student suddenly erupted, but that his former friends were so capable that they forcibly stuffed this knowledge into his brain.

At the beginning, in order for him to remember those things that were more difficult to pronounce than tongue twisters, Mu Bai's little friends even joined forces to trick him into the world of zombies.

The setting of that world is that civilization is basically extinct, and all human resources are for survival, so naturally they will not pursue any taste and cooking methods.What's more, the animals are all mutated and can't be eaten. The only thing that can be eaten is the sticky and tasteless nutrient solution, which makes Mu Bai disgusted.

His companions stuffed a bunch of food in their backpacks with the same aspirations. I don’t know where they heard the fallacies-as long as he can turn his brain memory into muscle memory, he can recite the heavenly scriptures. The guy at Pupu used delicious food to lure and threaten, forcing him to memorize chemical equations every time he killed a zombie.

As a rice cook whose job has been controlled by others, Mu Xiaobai can only endorse the assignment while doing the task, and the tragedy is so tragic that the listener is sad and the hearer sheds tears.

What's more, even if he is already like that, there are still rumors in the Demon Management Bureau that the way he moved his lips when he chopped zombies was chanting a spell, saying that he is actually a martial arts professional attire.

I bother!Is it because the 40-meter broadsword in our hands is not sharp enough?If it wasn't for the fact that the demon management bureau couldn't use force, Mu Bai would show them what power with knowledge is.

And the facts also proved that the methods of the friends at that time were very effective. For example, when Mu Bai saw the glass now, the operation process of how to do it jumped out of his mind instantly.

In fact, his little friend mentioned at the beginning that if he fell into a world with nothing, how to make a fortune from scratch and earn his first gold with this technology, but Mu Bai completely forgot after entering this world This thing.

Ahem, but anyway, my situation has already been opened, so it shouldn't matter, one thing more is worse than one thing less...

Just thinking this way, Mu Bai suddenly seemed to feel a flash of light in front of his eyes, which seemed to be the reflection of his god teammate when he pushed his glasses.

Thinking of his god teammate folded his hands on his chest and said expressionlessly that he would read his mission records, Mu Bai shuddered quietly.

Well, Mu Xiaobai withdrew his hand, he wasn't afraid of God's teammate's strange method, he just made preparations in case he got old and got presbyopic and couldn't see anything in the future.

Thinking like this, Mu Bai took advantage of his age to look at the waiter who was serving tea and water for everyone: "May I ask where I can buy this jade?"

The man seemed to be accustomed to hearing such inquiries. He raised his chin slightly and said with some pride: "Our boss bought this from a big food merchant several years ago. This kind of colorless jade is very rare. A small piece of window was worth a Western Region BMW at that time, but now it may be worth a house."

"The guests arrived late. If the light came in through our glass windows when the sun was setting, the whole floor would be orange-red. The little ones are uneducated and can't find any words to describe them. Anyway, it's extremely good-looking."

"Yes!" Ah Tu, who arrived much earlier, warmly praised, "We saw a little bit when we came, and it is really beautiful. Hey, it's a pity that this thing is too expensive, otherwise I would like to put one on my window, how beautiful it is."

... Expensive is not very expensive, Mu Bai hugged his younger brother and touched the jade, then sat back in his seat, his eyes flickered a little, and two cute little copper coins appeared.

If you buy it from some big food merchant, it may be quite expensive, but if you make it yourself, the price can be said to be very cheap.

The raw materials of this kind of transparent glass are widely distributed in the Central Plains. The temperature required for firing glass is not a problem for the Chinese who have mastered ironmaking since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The only slightly troublesome thing is the manufacturing process.

Previously, because of their love for hidden fronts and subtle beauty, Chinese people were not able to appreciate the more aggressive glass and crystal materials.In order to meet the aesthetic preferences of the upper class, craftsmen used lead-barium glass powder as the raw material when making glassware. The production method was simply to heat it in a mold, and then polish it after demoulding.

The glass produced in this way has a single shape, and because the temperature is uncontrollable during heating, the reject rate is high.But because of the low transparency of this lead-barium glass and the luster of jade, and the glass can be mixed with color, the finished product can be fake.And because it needs to be boiled when making it, it also has a particularly appropriate name among the people-medicine jade.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom was very good at making glassware.At that time, Liao people were obsessed with Han culture, so they named their glassware Guanyu. This name was also passed down to the Yuan government period, and the Lijiang area where Atu was located happened to be influenced by Beiyuan culture, so he blurted out is the name.

Whether it is medicine jade or jade jade, fundamentally their production techniques and raw materials have gone astray.

Although lead-barium glass can achieve a foggy effect, it has poor heat resistance and is toxic. In addition, exquisite and warm porcelain appeared at the same time. Artisans will not try to improve the glass, and the glass has been decorated with The identity of the thing exists.

Any item that cannot enter the lives of the common people is doomed to be a niche utensil.In fact, just changing the raw material of glass and optimizing the glass manufacturing technology can open the door to a new world.

Now, the key to this gate is in Mu Bai's hands.

How to obtain the raw materials of glass is certainly not missing from the many materials I was forced to memorize before, and it just so happens that the quartz sand necessary for making glass is in one of the largest and best producing areas in the country...

It is the land under his feet, Fengyang, Anhui.

In this way, with glassware, a layer of silver is plated on the back to form a mirror, and mercury is filled in the middle to seal it to form a thermos liner. Drinking hot water in winter will no longer be a dream.And with a mirror, it can be used as a scope, and it is easy to take a head from thousands of miles away (big mistake)!

The more Mu Bai thought about it, the more excited he became.

Immediately, he suddenly realized a problem - no, glass is good, but silver is rare.

The gold and silver mines in the Ming Dynasty have been exhausted, and silver is now a precious metal that uses a little less. If he used it to paint glass, it would probably be cracked.

To solve this problem, the only way is to increase the amount of silver in Daming, to the extent that the government feels that there is no need to control it...

Silver, silver... He remembered that his little friend once told him that there was a lot of silver.

"Abai, let me tell you that when we came in the afternoon, we happened to meet the shopkeeper and a few people inspecting a box on the inside." Atu didn't notice Mu Bai's absent-mindedness, and was enthusiastically sharing with him what happened today. "I also leaned over to take a look, do you know what I saw?"

"There is a floor-to-ceiling screen in the box, on which a phoenix is ​​made out of jade in various colors. You don't know how beautiful it is. My eyes are going to be blinded."

"So I wanted to book that private room too, but it's already been booked, so we can't take advantage of others, can't we..."

Ah Tu continued to chatter: "By the way, I was wondering, have people from the Central Plains ever seen a phoenix? I don't think the bird they made is pretty at all."

"Although we have never seen a phoenix, we have peacocks. Didn't they say that a peacock is a small phoenix? They made the phoenix not as good-looking as a peacock. One day I will bring some peacocks at home to grow them Knowledge. By the way, don’t you also raise peacocks, and I will bring them to you when the time comes.”

Just as he was talking, Ah Tu saw the young man slapping the table suddenly, and said passionately, "I remembered!"

"what?"

"It's the country of Wa, there is a lot of gold and silver in the country of Wa!" Mu Bai shouted in the tone of [the big family is actually by my side], "I'll go, my country has so much gold and silver and they come to rob our coast, this country is so Dirty, I must do justice for the heavens and destroy them!"

Ah Tu:? ? ? ?

"Who do you want to eliminate?" A smiling voice came along with the creaking sound of stepping on the stairs.The one who reacted faster than everyone else was the figure of Mu Xiaowen jumping out. Mu Wen, who was the leader and firmly caught the little pig's sprint, stepped forward, and asked again as he looked at the young man who was stepping on a chair and clenched his fist with one hand. Once again: "Who are you going to destroy? Who bullied you?"