The street market in Luoyang City is full of people coming and going.

Men and women walk from street to market, each busy making a living. Hawkers stood on both sides of the street, shouting and selling their wares; The shops are even more open, and almost every shop has some customers lingering, and no matter how bad the business is, there are also one or two groups of customers.

The Luoyang army that conquered the Xiongnu had returned, and the military families who lost their sons and husbands in this war had received very generous pensions.

The pain of losing their loved ones did not let these military families go down. The Luoyang Army not only gave them a pension that was enough for their families to live for a lifetime, but local officials also gave them a lot of care.

Liu Wei was in charge of the Luoyang Army, which had a written rule that soldiers who died in battle or were disabled on the battlefield must not shed blood and tears.

Their children will be cared for by the area where they live, and from the moment an officer or soldier is killed or seriously wounded in battle, all the clothes and rations of the children will be provided by the government. Parents and spouses who have not yet remarried are also entitled to the same treatment.

In this way, the soldiers of the Luoyang Army killed the enemy on the battlefield, and they had a lot less worries. Many rushed into battle, with no regard for their lives.

It is precisely because of the complete system of military dependents that the combat power of the Luoyang Army will be stronger than that of any princes.

The Xiongnu were pacified, and tranquility was restored to the Central Plains again. After the jubilant celebration, the people of Luoyang gradually returned to a peaceful life.

In the back garden of the Luoyang Palace, Liu Wei, who has returned to Luoyang for more than ten days, reclined on a bamboo reclining chair that he had specially asked for craftsmen to build, and closed his eyes leisurely.

The people of the Central Plains have always taken a kneeling posture when sitting, and the chair is something that has never appeared. Even the Qiang people in the northwest only sat on a low square bench, and never thought that there would be such a comfortable thing with a wide backrest that could lie down and sit.

This chair was made by Liu Wei when he returned to Luoyang, was very bored, drew drawings and found a bamboo craftsman. Since the craftsman did not understand the process of making chairs at all, the entire process of making chairs was supervised by Liu Wei.

After making the chair, Liu Wei suddenly thought that if the chair was handed over to the government and businessmen to sell, it might be a lot of income.

"Your Highness!" Lying on the chair, enjoying the cool breeze passing by, using the cool breeze to drive away the summer heat, a palace guard quickly ran to Liu Wei, hugged his fists and bowed to him and said, "Xu Junshi asks to see!" ”

Hearing that Xu Shu asked to see him, Liu Wei got up and said to the guard: "Hurry up, please!" ”

The guard answered, took two steps back, then turned and ran as fast as he could.

After a while, Liu Wei, who had already sat up on the chair, saw Xu Shu walking towards him quickly.

Seeing Xu Shu from afar, Liu Wei stood up, put on his shoes and waited until Xu Shu got closer, and then asked Xu Shu: "What's the matter with the military advisor, so in a hurry?" ”

"Your Highness!" Holding his fists and saluting Liu Bian, Xu Shu looked at the chair Liu Biao was sitting on just now, and said to him: "Your Majesty is here for two important things!" ”

"The military advisor said!" After making a gesture of invitation to Xu Shu, Liu Wei sat back on the extremely comfortable chair.

As soon as Liu Wei sat down, one of the guards brought Xu Shu another chair that was exactly the same as the one Liu Wei was sitting on.

Looking down at the chair behind him, Xu Shu was a little embarrassed and bowed to Liu Wei and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty should stand and speak." ”

"Sit down!" Seeing that Xu Shu was reluctant to sit down, Liu Wei spread his hands towards him and said to him: "The military advisor also came to try this free chair, oops, it is much more comfortable than sitting on your knees!" ”

As he spoke, a satisfied expression appeared on Liu Wei's face.

Liu Wei asked him to sit down and talk, but Xu Shu was not always good at refusing, so he followed Liu Wei's example and sat on the chair.

I have never sat in a chair, my butt is next to the chair, Xu Shu always feels uncomfortable, and I always feel that sitting on the chair is not in line with etiquette.

"Strategist lie down and try!" Leaning back, lying on the chair, Liu Wei waved his hand at Xu Shu, and said to Xu Shu: "It's refreshing to lie down and try!" ”

Liu Bian's request really made Xu Shu feel a little embarrassed, but he couldn't disobey Liu Bian's intentions, so he had to follow Liu Bian's example and lie down on his back.

"Huh?" As soon as he lay down, Xu Shu sighed in surprise, pressed the armrest of the chair, sat up, his eyes were round open, and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness, this chair is really cool and tight when lying down." ”

"I know what to do!" Hearing what Xu Shu said, Liu Wei also sat up, and said to Xu Shu with a smile on his face: "If it is not good to lie down, how can this king bother to let craftsmen do it, and how can he ask craftsmen to rush to make it in batches and hand it over to officials and businessmen to sell." ”

"Your Highness......" As soon as Liu Wei's words were finished, Xu Shu clenched his fists and said to him: "Your Highness came to inform Your Highness." None of the 10 chairs made by the craftsman were sold......"

"Ugh!" Knowing that none of the chairs were sold, Liu Wei was stunned, blinked his eyes twice, and muttered: "Could it be that these people don't know how comfortable it is to lie on the chair?" ”

"I don't think so!" Looking at Liu Wei, Xu Shu continued: "If it weren't for His Highness's insistence, His Majesty would not be willing to sit on this chair......"

"That's the matter of acceptance!" Without waiting for Xu Shu to finish speaking, Liu Wei pinched his chin with one hand, frowned slightly, and thought for a while before saying to Xu Shu: "The first batch of ten chairs are all dragged to the most prosperous place in the market. Find a few more soldiers, let them change into silk clothes, disguise themselves as foreign merchants, and try on chairs. Then ask one of them to buy the next ...... at a high price."

Listening to what Liu Wei said, Xu Shu first blinked his eyes twice, then smiled on his face, slapped his thigh, and praised Liu Wei: "Your Highness is really wise, Your Majesty will arrange someone to do it!" ”

As he spoke, Xu Shu had already sat up, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei, and then planned to leave.

"Slow down!" As soon as Xu Shu raised his foot, Liu Wei stopped him and asked him: "What the military master said, there is another thing, I don't know what it is?" ”

"Oh!" Liu Wei asked about another matter, Xu Shu, who was still full of joy just now, gradually twisted his brows, and said to Liu Wei: "Lu Wenhou has sent people to send letters in recent days, asking when they want to return to Luoyang. ”

"It's time to come back, too!" Hearing that Lu Bu sent people to deliver the letter, the corners of Liu Bi's mouth pulled slightly, and said to Xu Shu: "Let Lu Bu summon the teacher." ”

"No! Your Majesty will do it! Clenched his fists and bowed again, Xu Shu said goodbye, turned around and walked away.

Looking at Xu Shu's back, Liu Wei's eyes lowered for a moment, but then he calmed down again, lay on his back on the chair, stretched his waist, and said to himself: "Sure enough, it's still comfortable to lie like this!" ”

Soon after Xu Shu left the Luoyang Palace, a team of twenty or thirty people carried ten chairs identical to the bamboo chair where Liu Wei was lying, and under the guidance of an official and businessman, they came to the most prosperous street market in Luoyang City.

The market was full of people, men and women, and when they saw the group carrying more than a dozen oddly shaped objects, everyone craned their necks and looked at the small number of people.

When they reached the center of the market, the official and merchant turned around, raised his arms, and pressed twice against the procession behind him.

Seeing that the officials and businessmen pressed their arms, the team stopped, and the men carrying the chairs carefully lined up the ten chairs in the middle of the market.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, passers-by, don't miss it!" When the men set up the chairs, the official and businessman opened his voice and shouted: "Today, we are carrying a few free chairs built by our wise and martial King Luoyang, and I will take a look at them." I just ask everyone to sit down, and I don't ask to take out copper coins to buy them home. ”

As soon as the officials and businessmen opened their mouths to shout, they shouted out the name of the king of Luoyang.

Many onlookers saw that the things in the middle of the road were strange, and they didn't want to stay here for too long, but when they heard the officials and businessmen shouting that the king of Luoyang personally supervised the production, they all stopped their steps about to leave, wanting to see what the officials and businessmen were going to do.

Although the officials and businessmen shouted that the chairs were not sold, they just asked the big guys to try to sit on them, and the people who were used to kneeling and sitting still no one stepped forward, just clustered in one place, stretched out their heads to look at the ten chairs, waiting for the brave people to come forward and try.

"I'll sit down!" Just as everyone stretched out their heads to look at the ten chairs, waiting for someone to come forward and try to sit down, a man's voice came from the crowd.

Following the voice, everyone looked at the man who spoke.

I saw that the man's slightly dark face, wearing a dark blue silk coat, and his accent was not a native of Luoyang, but seemed to have a southern accent, and it could be seen at a glance that he should probably be a businessman who came to Luoyang from the south to do business.

Parting the crowd and walking out from behind the crowd, the man came to the officials and merchants, clasped his fists and arched towards the officials and merchants, then raised his hand and pointed to a chair, and asked the officials and merchants, "What is this thing called?" How do I get to sit? ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Luoyang named this thing a free chair, which can be reclined or sitting, especially in summer, put one in the courtyard, and the cool breeze blows, which is really pleasant!" hugged his fist and gave the man a salute back, and the official businessman also pointed to one of the chairs, made a brief introduction, and then made a gesture of invitation to the man and said, "Your Excellency may wish to give it a try!" ”

"Hmm!" The officials and businessmen nodded, and the man said to the officials and businessmen: "I believe in the king of Luoyang, since His Royal Highness the king of Luoyang personally supervised the construction, so why sit down?" ”

As he spoke, the man strode towards the chairs, and when he arrived in front of one of the chairs, he turned his head to look at the officials and businessmen standing behind him, his brows were slightly twisted, and his face was slightly unkind: "But there is an ugly saying in front of you, if you don't sit on this easy-to-go chair, you will smash all your easy-standing chairs!" ”