Chapter VII Settling in the county seat

Most of the houses in the Tang Dynasty were wooden houses, and some added brick and stone as a load-bearing structure. Although this house cannot reflect all the architectural styles of the Tang Dynasty, it is definitely a microcosm. Wu Qing was very satisfied, and after the mother and son walked around, they went to the market to buy some daily necessities, and then began to clean and tidy up. Wu Qing also temporarily ignored the matter of the county school, and according to Wang Baishi's meaning, when he arrived in Wenshui County that day, he asked Wu Qing to visit Wang Fuzi.

From the afternoon to the evening, the mother and son were tired and lay down, drank water and went back to their rooms to rest.

On the second day, after Wu Qing had dinner, he went out, and after inquiring, he came to the county school. handed over Wang Baishi's letter of introduction, which was equivalent to a post, and waited outside the door. Wu Qing was very uninterested in this kind of thing, thinking that the Celestial Empire had been a state of etiquette since ancient times, and the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous country in the world at that time, with the peak of culture, education and martial arts, and the etiquette was very particular from the emperor to the people.

Among the "six arts", "etiquette" ranks first, which shows its importance. And in this era, whether it is the selection of talents by the court or making friends, it doesn't matter what talent you have, the first thing to pay attention to is whether you understand etiquette or not. Understanding etiquette can show a person's moral character from one aspect, which is very important to the scholar class in this era.

didn't wait long, Wu Qing was led to Wang Fuzi's study.

Along the way, Wu Qing couldn't help but sigh for such a quiet place, when he walked into the study, he was even more impressed by the layout of the study, all kinds of books were on the shelves, and even some bamboo slips were placed on it, there were really not many bamboo slips in this era. Seeing that almost all the books on the shelves were scrolls, I suddenly remembered an article I had read about the development of books, and knew that thread-bound books did not appear until the Song Dynasty, and at that time, it was also developed after the advent of movable type printing.

Thinking of this, Wu Qing suddenly had an idea, that is, to let movable type printing appear in advance, engraving printing in this era is really a big waste, which is also an important reason why books cannot be popularized among the common people, compared to the Song Dynasty hundreds of years later.

Sandalwood curled in the study, and behind the bookcase, an old man covered in books looked up and looked at him with a smile.

Wu Qing hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "Student Wu Qing has seen the master!" ”

Hearing this child's loud voice and his appearance is quite handsome, Master Wang laughed and said, "Well, yes, all the poems say that you are a prodigy who is rare to see in a hundred years, and it is rare to see this voice." Well, not bad, not bad. Wang Fuzi stood up and looked at Wu Qing.

Wu Qing didn't dare to be proud, and hurriedly said respectfully: "The student is ashamed. ”

Master Wang stroked his beard, nodded, and said, "Wuqing, you can come to the lecture tomorrow." ”

Wu Qing was stunned for a moment and then respectfully agreed, and after listening to Wang Fuzi's inquiry, he withdrew from the study and walked out of the county school. The teaching of the Tang Dynasty was really casual, so I entered the county school, and I didn't have to take the entrance exam or anything, it seems that Wang Baishi's letter of introduction is really good.

Walking on the depressed and dirty streets, Wu Qing felt that the economy of this era was quite underdeveloped, and almost half of the shops on the street were closed. This year seems to be the second year of the general chapter, the drought in the Guannai is severe, and the Taiyuan Mansion is no better there, although there are no people fleeing the famine, but hunger and panic always get into Wuqing's ears.

After coming to this world for three years, the harvest has not been very good for three years, and if it weren't for the help of the veteran Zhang Xing, he couldn't believe that he could survive. I might be able to survive, but I'm afraid it will be very difficult.

Wu Qing was very aware of the economic situation of this era, and the economic structure of small peasants, which was dominated by agriculture and supplemented by mulberry and hemp handicrafts, was destined to have no economic energy in this period, let alone compared with the electronic information age. The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was relative!

In any case, the first thing Wu Qing has to solve is his own nutrition problem, although he has been able to eat and dress for three years, but his nutrition has not been able to keep up, so although his face is slightly ruddy at this time, but as far as Wu Qing's cognition is concerned, it is definitely nutrition**.

If the nutrition is **, it will lead to poor intellectual development, poor physical growth, and low growth, in this era of paying attention to appearance, it is a very cup of things. Don't say that being an official, even if it is difficult to get a daughter-in-law. Just as the "dwarf and poor" in later generations have no market, and only the "rich and handsome" can soak in the "white rich and beautiful", of course, those so-called various pink fungus will also be caught. As for those black fungus, Wu Qing would not hesitate to abandon them, because he had been injured before!

When it comes to nutrition, Wu Qing's first thought is milk, and I remember a report that in Japan, the government requires every child to drink a glass of milk every day to strengthen the national physique, and its real intention is because the Japanese are too short.

Of course, Wu Qing didn't think of milk because of this news, he still knows a little about the role of milk from a chemical engineering class, and he often drank milk when he was a child, there is no doubt that the value of milk does have the effect of enhancing physical fitness, of course, if someone drinks milk, Wu Qing will not refuse, but it feels too evil.

In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the ethnic groups on the grassland drinking all kinds of milk, only the people of the Tang Dynasty living on the border drank milk. Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty is rich in products and prosperous trade, and some dignitaries like to add milk to tea or wine. Wenshui County is not far from Taiyuan City, in the fifth year of Xianqing Emperor Gaozong accompanied the empress Wu Meiniang to merge the state, Wenshui's trade also became prosperous. Cattle, horses and furs from the grasslands also appeared here, as well as jade, gold and silver from the Western Regions, and so on all appeared in Wenshui.

Wu Qing heard the specific location of Niuma Market, and soon came here, the chaotic market, stinking and full of people, formed a sharp contrast with the street, and this place may reflect the prosperity of Datang's commerce.

Wu Qing looked at those grassland merchants and traders from the Western Regions who were dressed in strange costumes and different skin colors bargaining with the Han people, spitting and fighting for a red face and thick neck, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, no matter what era, there will be such a scene.

Yazi and Shoulderer didn't find Wu Qing, which made Wu Qing very helpless, just because he was a child? Wu Qing had no choice but to take a look at it himself.

Soon, he saw a young man from the Western Regions squatting on the ground with his head down, and Wu Qing walked over.

The people of the Western Regions felt that someone was approaching him, and after seeing that it was just a Tang Dynasty boy, they sighed and lowered their heads again.

"Friend, do you have anything to sell or exchange?" Wu Qing asked very seriously.

The people of the Western Regions raised their heads again, with a black and red face, their eyes seemed to be staring at Wu Qing like a monster for a long time, and then they said in half-baked Tang Dynasty dialect: "May I ask the children of the Tang Dynasty, what do you want to buy?" ”