Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

The Spring Festival of the Han calendar, stepping on the footsteps of severe winter, finally came to the world.

Strictly speaking, the term "Spring Festival" is not known in which corner.The Kitchen God is considered to be Zhu Rong's doppelgänger, an unpopular deity handed down from ancient times, and not the object of the Cao family's sacrifice.In the era when Buddhism in the Central Plains had not yet taken shape, there was no way to talk about Laba porridge.

Only "yuan day" is a concept that has existed for a long time.The old year ends and the new year begins.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the emperor held a court meeting in the palace, and then had a holiday.Until the emperor went to a place called "Mingtang" outside the city to sacrifice to heaven and earth to sacrifice to all kinds of ghosts and snake gods, officials could go home to celebrate the New Year with their parents and wives, and friends visited each other to eat and drink.

Most importantly, sacrifice to one's own ancestors.

This is an embarrassing thing in the Cao family.Cao Teng's father and eldest brother died early, and when the family was poor, they couldn't open the pot, so they couldn't take care of the ancestor worship.When Cao Teng prospered in the palace, he helped his second and third elder brothers to become a rich man. The three brothers looked at each other in blank dismay: No one knew what their great-grandfather was called.

I still heard the names of my grandparents from the old people in the same village, so I don’t know if they are accurate.

That is to say, compared with the glorious family history of other families that started from the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, the Marquis Fei Ting's Mansion can only go up two generations at most: Cao Teng's father and Cao Teng's grandfather (doubtful).If you go any higher, you won't be able to take the exam.A complete nouveau riche.

No matter how shabby the ancestors are, they have to worship them.

There are no incense sticks and candles.Pigs, cattle, and sheep are so-called too strong, and only the emperor can use them. If officials dare to use them, the whole family will be left alone.Therefore, the Cao family used grains, chickens, fish and dogs to worship their ancestors.Set up an altar in the main hall, put offerings on it, and open the main door to let ghosts in.The male masters of the family salute to the void one by one, read the prayers, and then burn the silk with the blessings in the copper basin, pretending that the souls of the ancestors can hear these words.

The Cao family has a simple population.The first was Cao Teng, then Cao Song, and finally the twins.

At this time last year, Ah Sheng and his brother were still in their infancy. This year is the first time they participated in the ancestor worship in the first month.Unlike other children who are held by adults and whose father reads the congratulations for them, the Cao family's twins are strong and witty, and they salute and recite the words smoothly.

That's right, the girl's Asheng has to be like her elder brother, wearing a miniature top and bottom, sticking out her little butt, learning the five-body throwing ceremony, and then talking to her ancestors in a crisp voice.Ah Sheng was very satisfied with this situation of equality between men and women, and automatically ignored Ding's hesitant appearance, and read the congratulations loudly and fluently.

Grandpa just kept looking at her and smiling.

Cao Song's face was stiff, as if he was afraid that some supernatural event of ancestors' wrath would happen during the sacrifice.It wasn't until the ancestor worship was successfully concluded that he calmed down and said to Ah Sheng: "Your lords have treated you well, and when you grow up, you will also do your best for the Cao family."

This ancestor worship is of extraordinary significance to Cao Sheng.It means that she was formally accepted by the ancestors as one of the heirs of the Cao family, rather than a daughter with only marriage value.

Ah Sheng is not as sensitive as the ancients to the breakthrough of gender restrictions.All her mind was occupied by the information revealed in this sacrifice.Their family name is Cao, and their dynasty is Han.She vaguely remembered that one of Liu Bang's founding heroes was named Cao, but she probably had nothing to do with her family.

My family is nouveau riche.

But Ah Sheng searched through his memory and couldn't find a famous person named Fei Tinghou from the Han Dynasty. Forgive her for her poor reserve of historical knowledge.After thinking about it for a long time, she was not sure about the dynasty. Although the words "Han Tianzi" appeared in the congratulatory speech, there may be special cases in which the Central Plains claimed to be Han people and the Han emperors called "Han Tianzi" after the Han Dynasty.Another one, it may be overhead.

The problem of the times made Ah Sheng scratch his heart and lungs, and she couldn't wait to take her brother to find his grandfather. "I want to hear my grandfather tell history."

"Yo, this is difficult. Many great Confucian scholars spend their entire lives studying a single history book. If you want to become a great Confucianist, you can't be greedy and aggressive. First, you should learn words and arithmetic, and then read "Chapter", "Book of Filial Piety", and "The Analects of Confucius". The "Five Classics" can only be learned after becoming a child. The "Spring and Autumn" in the "Five Classics" can be regarded as studying history, and the Confucianism "Spring and Autumn" is divided into three schools: Gongyang, Guliang, and Zuo. I only served the late emperor when I was young When reading, I am fortunate enough to hear a few words, but I dare not tell people about history."

The history of feelings at this time is still a noble thing.

Ji Li was still a little confused when she was pulled over by her sister, but now she understood.The younger sister wanted to hear the history, but the grandfather thought they were too young to tell.Now Geely is unhappy, children hate adults when they treat him as a child. "Studying the Five Classics after growing up is a mediocrity. Ruyi and I are smart, and we learned the "Book of Songs" as soon as we talked. Why can't we study history now?"

Cao Teng couldn't laugh or cry, and he could only open his voice by reciting two sentences "Peach Zhiyaoyao" and "Jianjia Cangcang".This is called studying the "Book of Songs", and it would be too contemptuous of the "Book of Songs".

Asheng hurriedly chimed in: "Grandfather is not a doctor of poetry, so he can read poems to us? He is not a great Confucianist, but he also taught us a lot of Analects? Grandfather was the first to hear Taoism, even a few words are better than me and brother's ignorance How about just telling the story of the dynasty?"

Cao Teng was amused by the twins' chorus: "I dare not criticize the current dynasty. The "Hanshu" written by Ban Mengjian decades ago was only for Wang Mang."

Ah Sheng's eyes lit up, and he finally heard a familiar name: Wang Mang.She knew that Wang Mang's New Deal ended the Western Han Dynasty.Now...

"Is it also called Han today?"

"The ancestors restored the great man, and the merits will last for thousands of years."

All right, it's the Eastern Han Dynasty now.The name Shizu is too common, and Ah Sheng doesn't know who he is. If Cao Teng is talking about "Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu", then she can be more sure.But the information given so far is enough for Ah Sheng to make a preliminary judgment.

She accepted it as soon as she saw it, and didn't ask her grandfather any more treasonous questions like what the current emperor's name is. Even if Cao Teng said a name with "Liu", her eyes were darkened.Forgive her poor historical knowledge reserve, apart from Liu Bang, Liu Che, and Liu Xiu, the only ones she can remember clearly are Liu Bei and Liu Adou.However, that is already a character from the Three Kingdoms period.

It’s better if it’s not empty, at least you don’t have to worry about a magician suddenly running out of the streets and alleys, let’s earnestly engage in science and live a small life.

Having figured this out, Ah Sheng began to enjoy the New Year happily.

New Year ceremonies from all over the world are coming to Beijing one after another.Marquis Feiting's mansion received gifts from afar every day, from his hometown of Qiao County in Peiguo, from his friends at the northern border, as well as rare goods from all over the world that were rewarded by the palace.

Asheng discovered cheese and rice in it, and since then she has been full of enthusiasm for New Year gifts, and she takes Geely to the treasury to search for treasures every day.Although most of them are meaningless jewels and silks and satins, as long as they are scoured, there will always be a harvest, which is greater than the harvest of staying in the Hou's mansion for a year.

Rice, glutinous rice, yam, barley, mung bean, red bean... are not widely used, but a small amount of them still appear in the treasury of Cao's family as special products of tribute from various places and foreign countries.In previous years, these things were either boiled to taste the fresh ones or left to rot, but this year, A Sheng carefully put away all those that had the hope of breeding.

Years later is spring.Spring, the season of hope, the season of sowing.

Compared with wheat flour, which requires grinding technology, rice is more realistic, and rice flour is much easier to grind than wheat flour, so she can make glutinous rice cakes.Thinking of achieving such a future after hard work, she was so happy that she wanted to hum a song: "I am a hardworking little bee, la la la la la ~"

Ji Li has no way to understand Ah Sheng's lofty ambitions.He likes the little dagger from the Northland, but at the same time despises Ah Sheng's taste: "Ruyi, gluttonous, shy."

Ah Sheng was in a good mood, made a funny face for his brother, and continued to search for her treasures in the corners.Zeng followed behind, timidly tidying up Ah Sheng's messy items.

"Hey, this thing looks like bamboo, but it's not bamboo." Asheng found two long, withered plants from behind a box of Shu brocade. She stared at them for 2 seconds, and then her brain exploded. up. "My God! I actually found sugar cane! Were the people of the Han Dynasty so powerful?"

What does it mean to have sugar cane but no white sugar?It means a food revolution, and, untold amounts of money!

Ah Sheng jumped up.I want to go to the southern enclosure, sugar cane, rice and red beans ah ah ah ah ah ah ah I want to go to the northern enclosure ah ah ah ah ah ah ah I want to go to the Xinjiang enclosure to grow fruits with temperature difference in sunshine and brought by the Silk Road of new varieties.

She made no less than twenty plans for her life in an instant, holding her head and laughing like a little fool.It's good to be alive!

Ji Li: It's over, my sister is greedy.

Another advantage of the new year is that mother's mood is more sunny.Whenever Cao Song wanted to have a banquet or visit a friend's house, he could only bring his wife to support the occasion.So Ding, who was not popular at home on weekdays, suddenly had a high sense of presence.The advantage of the so-called first wife is here!

And whenever married women get together, they all envy Ding's luck. "The eldest son, the second son, was born only two years ago, and there is another one in his belly. He has the status, favor, and heirs, so why not make people envious?"

Although the fact is not the case at all, Ding still has a bright face, and even his complexion looks a lot better.Although it is a bit embarrassing when others say "second son", it is still his own child after all. "My family's Erlang looks like Mr. Lang, he is fair and handsome, but his frailty in the womb makes people worry."

Immediately someone nearby persuaded: "The twins have survived, and they look different. It is already the blessing of the ancestors."

Ding pursed her lips and smiled: "I just count on Dalang to take care of him. Erlang doesn't need to take on the family business, and it would be nice to be a suave young gentleman in the future."

You see, after some practice, wouldn't Mrs. Ding be able to tell nonsense?