Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Dong Xinger have followed Guo Bin into Beijing, and Huang Zhong is also a person who has been wandering the rivers and lakes for several years and is well-informed. What they saw was the luxury and grandeur of this mansion, Guo Bin knew a little bit of the inside story, but he didn't see it right. In the more than a year after the rebirth of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guo Bin became a world-famous man from a penniless mountain boy, not only suffered a lot of hardships and suffered a lot of crimes, but his vision and insight were also much higher than ordinary people.

Although he can't analyze this matter, he knows that in this era, even the gate has a lot of exquisiteness. Not only does the height of the gate and the size of the spirit beasts on both sides of the door have their own requirements, but the color of the gate and the number of door nails have strict regulations.

This door nail was first used for fire prevention. Derived from the "Zhuoyi" mentioned by Mozi, it is two inches long, and when you see one inch, it is about one inch nailed to the door board. In ancient times, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking the city with fire, the door nails were nailed, and whenever the city was defended, the door nails were smeared with mud to prevent fire.

As for the color of the door, although it was not clearly stipulated in the Han Dynasty, the vermilion door panel was not something that ordinary people could afford. Wei Hong of the Han Dynasty "Old Han Yi" said: The prime minister "listened to the Yellow Pavilion and did not dare to open the Zhu Gate, so as to distinguish himself from the master, so he painted it with Huang Tu and called it the Yellow Pavilion". The official office is not painted vermilion, in order to distinguish it from the Son of Heaven. And Zhumen, which was once a symbol of supreme dignity, was included in the list of "Nine Tin". Therefore, the vermilion gate is not just a matter of use.

Guo Bin didn't understand this allusion, but he also vaguely knew that the gate of this scholar's mansion was a bit overstepping. It's just that Jiaozhou lives in Lingnan, the transportation is inconvenient, and the imperial court is very loose.

Looking further on both sides of this magnificent gate, there is a simple shed that has just been erected, and the shed is steaming and full of smoke, but it is supporting seven or eight large iron pots, and in the pot is stewed fragrant white rice porridge. Standing behind the cauldron were men and women dressed as servants and maids, working hard to add firewood to the fire, while nearly a hundred people dressed as swords hanging from their waists were maintaining order.

In fact, there is nothing to maintain, although everyone is in a hurry to make porridge and rice to take home, but they all lined up in a long line in an orderly manner, and there is no trace of the madness and presumptuousness of Shicai in front of the grain store. In Panyu City, where food prices have soared, the Shi family's move, not to mention what they did, was undoubtedly a great move.

Guo Bin and the others stood in the distance and watched quietly, shocked that the power of the Shi family in Panyu City could make thousands of hungry and dizzy people obediently line up to receive food, which was naturally not a day's work. Just looking at the fact that none of these ordinary people in line dared to make a loud noise in front of the Shifu, you can know how high the status of the Shi family is in Lingnan.

Seeing that the rice porridge in the pot was almost cooked, a housekeeper-like person jumped onto a few stacked grain bags, stood steadily, and said: "Fellow villagers and elders of Panyu City, you are the housekeeper of this mansion, and your cheap name is not worth mentioning. Today's situation in the major grain stores I want you to understand, our Zhu Envoy Jun wants to organize and train an army to deter bandits everywhere, and also go north to the Central Plains to support the imperial army to exterminate the Yellow Turban traitors! Most of the grain in the major grain stores has been drained, and the price of grain will inevitably rise, which is a major matter of the imperial court and cannot be disobeyed. It's just that my lord took pity on the hundreds of thousands of old and young people in this Panyu city, and it was inconvenient to disobey Zhu Yuanjun's order, so he asked me to set up a shed at the gate of the mansion, cook porridge and rice for the ranks, and hope you don't dislike it! As he spoke, he took a deep seat.

As soon as the butler's voice fell, the people below shouted loudly, most of them saying that the scholars were kind and charitable, and they would be blessed.

Guan Yu struck with both palms, and suddenly realized: "This scholar is very calculating, this charity porridge and rice is not selling grain, then Zhu Fu's general order of seventy yuan per stone of grain can be avoided!" ”

Guo Bin nodded and said, "That's true!" After a while, Fang Shen groaned: "It's just that this housekeeper keeps saying that he wants to support Zhu Fu to recruit troops and form an army, but every word is also provoking everyone's anger and winning people's hearts. I didn't expect that the contradiction between Zhu Fu, the assassin of Jiaozhou, and the indigenous wealthy family of Jiaozhou, had reached such a point. ”

Dong Xing'er snorted and said, "This Zhu Fu is not a good thing, it is really hateful to force the common people into such a situation!" Brother Bin, I don't think there's any need to pity him! ”

Guo Bin's head was full of black lines: On the boundary of Jiaozhou, it is really strange to say that the history of Jiaozhou is not a good thing, and he still needs to pity him.

Everyone watched for a while, and saw that the people outside the gate were queuing up in an orderly manner to distribute the grain, not fighting or grabbing, in an orderly manner, and they couldn't help but feel very strange in their hearts. Guo Bin also muttered to himself in his heart: "Is it the high quality of the people in Lingnan, or is the prestige of the scholars in Panyu City too high?" ”

After a while, Fang said: "Since we can't see anything, shouldn't we get down to business first?" As he spoke, he took out the greeting note that had already been written in his arms, took the lead in stepping forward, and handed it to the porter and said: "Junior Yingchuan Guo Bin, please see the old man Tiannan Sword Immortal, please say a word." ”

The housekeeper-like person had already noticed Guo Bin and his party, just looking at their robes and coats, they knew that they were from the Central Plains, and these men were mighty and the women were petite and exquisite, but they all had ruddy complexions, straight backbones, extraordinary bearing, and majestic demeanor, where are the homeless people?

Moreover, several men had long swords hanging from their waists, and they all carried long strips of cloth on their backs, and by looking at their shapes, they must have been thick and long blades. It's not like a merchant from the north, but a person from the rivers and lakes who is dancing with a knife and a stick. This is not unusual, Shi Xie has a great reputation in the rivers and lakes, and the people who come to visit the rivers and lakes on weekdays are like carp crossing the river. As the Yellow Turban Rebellion was gradually pacified by the imperial court, the number of people who went south to the rivers and lakes increased even more, and now the talented people gathered in the house are mostly people in the rivers and lakes who can't get along in the Central Plains. Looking at the appearance of these people in the dust, the housekeeper naturally knows it in his heart.

The disciple who knew the guest was good at observing words and feelings, and when he saw that although the housekeeper was present, he didn't even have the time to glance here, and he knew it in his heart. There are also more people in the rivers and lakes he received, and when he saw that Guo Bin and the others were not dressed very luxuriously, they were carrying knives and swords, and they looked like servants in the dust, obviously the appearance of the people from the rivers and lakes who came to defect, and they looked down on it a little when they went down in their hearts.

However, when the man saw that Guo Bin knew how to hand over the worship post first, he was satisfied, and said secretly: "These people also know the rules, and if they want to come, they may be able to see the master in person." "Shi Xie is proficient in Confucianism, literary style, knowledgeable, modest corporal, and the most important thing is the etiquette system of literati exchanges. These hobbies, his subordinates and servants naturally know best, and the disciple feels that Guo Bin seems to be able to win Shixie's "favor", which is groundless, and may not be without a reason.

As he spoke, he casually put Guo Bin's greeting post on the table, and beckoned Guo Bin and the others to enter through the side door.

When Guan Zhang and the others saw it, they were about to have a seizure, but they gave Guo Bin a look to stop them, just snorted coldly, and followed the servants of the Shi family to the mansion.

With Guo Bin's current status, even the county guard of a place does not dare to put away his worship post casually, not to mention that today's Shixie is just a concubine who resigned from the Wuxian Command and returned to seclusion, Guo Bin came to visit, it was condescending. Moreover, the official position was not mentioned on the worship post, but he only called himself a junior with the voice on the rivers and lakes, which was because he knew how to be humble and gave Shixie enough face.

But now, this little disciple dared to casually put Guo Bin's worship post in a pile of miscellaneous posts, and called a subordinate to greet them, but it really made Guan Zhang and the others angry. It's just that since Guo Bin has a life, where do they dare to disobey, so they have to lower their heads and snort coldly and follow the next person.

Although Guo Bin also knows some about the etiquette rules of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he is only used as a tool for interpersonal communication, and he has never taken this post too seriously. In his mind, this post seems to be a business card, and in the future, any pig farmer will dare to print the name of the chairman and general manager on the business card, how can Guo Bin take it too seriously?

For these messy business cards, Guo Bin just took them, and he didn't know where to throw them away, and now he doesn't care much about his name. Besides, a good man survives in the world, relying on his true skills, how can these false names be seen in Guo Bin's eyes?

However, the attitude towards the famous card is very different from that of later generations, and although the business cards of later generations have evolved from the ancient famous cards, the way they are delivered has long been very different. In later generations, business cards are often after the two parties meet, in order to facilitate contact in the future, of course, it is not excluded that some people will hand their business cards to each other in order to show their identity. Business cards often have a long list of names printed on them, early business cards printed with pager numbers, later upgraded to email addresses, and then added phone numbers, a penguin number, and even Wei signals, and now many even have QR codes.

However, no matter how its form changes, its purpose is not only to show its identity, but also to facilitate contact between strangers. The threatening signal of directly asking for others seems to be suspicious of accosting, and if the other party does not give it, it will make him extremely embarrassed; is to give, in the interaction between the two sides, they are also at a certain psychological disadvantage. And if both parties have exchanged business cards, things are much more convenient, if the other party is convenient, you can add a friend, if it is inconvenient, both parties will not be embarrassed, it is really wonderful.

In ancient times, however, the use of name tags was much more serious.

Because handing over a name post and visiting someone is a subordinate to a superior, and a person with a low status is a person with a high status. In addition to their official position, township, and name, some of them also have a "character" and greeting to be presented to the other party, indicating respect for the person being visited. Because of this act of handing over one's own information to the other party, it creates an asymmetry of information between the two parties, and it is through this asymmetry that the interviewee occupies a dominant position in interpersonal communication. In other words, the visitor is at a disadvantage by delivering the post, thereby elevating the recipient as a sign of respect.

Of course, sometimes there will be people with high status who hand over worship posts to people with low status, and when this happens, the person receiving the post should personally take the post and return it to show that he can't afford to be so courteous to the other party, so that both sides will save face. It is this subtle difference between the ancient and later generations that makes Guo Bin, who knows little about the etiquette at this time, ignorant, and Guan and Zhang angry.

Dong Xing'er is not familiar with the world, and Huang Zhong is not Guo Bin's subordinate, this time he is just a peer, so he has never expressed any radicality. Therefore, now that Guo Bin is humiliated by the hands of his servants, in the eyes of Huang Zhong, he also said that he is a humble corporal, broad-minded, and does not care about villains, so he admires him more and more.