Chapter 170: The Bathhouse Plan
Wu Yong saw that everyone heard his words, and did not show high emotions, so he continued to speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, the bathhouse plan that the kid said is like this......" According to Wu Yong's plan, this bathhouse can be divided into three grades: high, medium and low: the low-grade is for everyone, and inside is a large public bath, plus some places to rinse.
The mid-grade is for those who must have status, and it is divided into many small bath rooms, and the privacy is better.
The high-end class is aimed at the powerful and wealthy, and they are all separate large private rooms, each of which has its own bath and resting place, and of course, the water in this bath is also hot spring water transported from outside.
"The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" cloud: "Those who have evil are stained with sweat, those who are in the skin, sweat and hair, those who are fierce, according to it, and collect it, in fact, scatter and pour it." "It is said that hot water bathing can play a role in dispelling wind and cold, dissipating heat and detoxification, and passing qi and blood.
In fact, the ancients discovered that hot springs have the function of treating diseases very early, as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was a hot spring called "Xingchen Soup".
To Qin Shi Huang to build a stone pool, named \ "Lishan Soup\", \ "Goddess Soup\". Nowadays, there is a warm pond 100 miles away from Luoyang, and it has become the emperor's bathing and hunting ground.
Of course, if you want the bathhouse to be profitable, it is not enough to just take a bath, Wu Yong will also add baths, pedicures, massage and other projects to it.
In addition, Wu Yong plans to join the Baiju entertainment project and the catering and drinking project. According to Wu Yong's series of operations, this bathhouse is a one-stop service for leisure and entertainment.
However, Wu Yong talked for a long time, and everyone was still not in a high mood, and they obviously still couldn't understand what Wu Yong said.
After listening to this, Liu He pondered for a long time before he said to Wu Yong: "You go back first, let's discuss it again, and when it is decided, we will talk to you in detail." When Wu Yong saw this, he could only reluctantly withdraw from the side hall, and at the same time said in his heart: "I don't seize such a good opportunity, if it weren't for my strength, I would like to do it alone!" After a while, Wu Yong returned to Yuan Shao's table, and everyone saw that he looked depressed, and couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "What did you adults do to you just now?" How do you look a little unhappy! Wu Yong sighed and said, "It's not a big deal...... "At that moment, he talked about the construction of the bathhouse, and at the same time told everyone about his plans.
After hearing this, everyone was shocked by Wu Yong's whimsical thoughts! In the end, Yuan Shao wiped the sweat on his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Your idea is too incredible, not to mention the elders, even I don't dare to do it at will." "Next, everyone said a word to me, and began to popularize the bathing culture of the Han Dynasty for Wu Yong.
At this time, Wu Yong realized that he had taken it for granted, it turned out that bathing and bathing were two different things! Xu Shen's "Saying Wen Interpreting Words" cloud: Mu, Mao Fa also.
Bath, sprinkle body also. I wash it and sprinkle my feet too. Take a bath and sprinkle your hands too. Only then did Wu Yong understand that Xu Shen was right
"Mu",
"Bath",
"Wash",
The interpretation of "bath" is the so-called bath in the full sense of the word. As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there are oracle bone inscriptions and Jin inscriptions
The account of "bathing". Mu, the word shape is like a two-handed basin of water to Mu hair, which means Mu and is the meaning of shampooing; The word bath is like a person in a vessel, and water droplets are added to the sand pot on both sides of the person, which will mean bath, which means bath.
The glyph "Ying" shows people the scene of the pre-Qin people bathing in a bath. By the time of the Western Zhou Dynasty, bathing etiquette gradually became customized.
Not only does bathing simply regard the body as cleansing and purifying, moisturizing and nourishing the body; It is regarded as a solemn ceremony. Before worshiping the gods and ancestors, they must bathe and purify their bodies, which is already a fixed law, indicating that the heart is clean and pious, which is called the precept, also known as fasting.
The ritual of fasting began in Yin Shang and became customized in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Fasting and bathing was already an important part of the sacrificial rites of the Western Zhou court, which was presided over by full-time officials.
This is recorded in the "Rites of the Week". "The Book of Rites: Internal Rules" contains: "Men and women are happy, bathing in clothes, and eating with sight. "Living at home, men and women should get up early, bathe and change clothes.
As a gift for husband and wife, the wife cannot share a bathroom with her husband, so-called
"There is no common well inside and outside, and there is no common bath." Because the ancients believed that bathing with women not only brings bad social atmosphere, but also gets bad luck, causing yin and yang imbalance, which is not conducive to health preservation.
In the family, there is also the etiquette of respecting the elderly,
"On the fifth day, please take a bath in the soup, and bathe in the third day. In the meantime, the surface scale, the pan please slack; Foot scale, please wash the soup".
This means that the younger generation should boil warm water once every five days, take a bath for their parents, and boil warm water once every three days to wash their parents' hair.
During this period, if the parents' faces are dirty, they should boil rice water to wash the parents; If the feet are dirty, wash the parents with warm water.
"Etiquette and Dowry" contains: "The steward is a guest, three days of bathing, five days of bathing...... Don't eat, don't worship, bathe and eat".
This means that when the official in charge of the inn receives visitors, he must meet the requirements of the guests to wash their hair once every three days and take a bath once every five days, and when the host entertains the guests with a banquet, the guests do not need to thank them, but they must eat after bathing to show respect for the host.
"The Book of Rites: Jade Bath" contains: "Two towels for bathing, upper and lower silks, out of the pestle, performing on the mat, even with soup, walking on the cloth, cloth on the body, and drinking in the body." "This is a set of procedures for bathing, when bathing, you should use two kinds of bath towels to wipe your body: wipe the upper body with a fine kudzu towel, and wipe the lower body with a coarse kudzu towel.
When you come out of the tub, you should first stand on top of the mat, rinse your feet with hot water, then step on the mat, put on a cloth to absorb the water droplets on your body, and finally put on your shoes, then drink some wine, eat something, and listen to music to recover from fatigue.
"The Book of Rites: Jade Bath" contains: "On the fifth day of the day, Mu Ji and the sorghum, the ctenophore uses the ctenophore, the hair Xi uses the elephant ctenophore, the shyness enters the shy, and the work is the song." The general meaning is: a gentleman should wash his hands five times a day, wash his hair with the water of the cherry blossoms, and wash his face with the water of the sorghum.
Comb the wet hair that has just been washed, and use a comb made of white wood; When your hair is dry, it tends to become astringent, so use an ivory comb.
After washing, drink some wine, eat something, and at the same time order the musicians to sing in the church, which is good for recovering from fatigue.
With the social development of the Qin and Han dynasties, the ritual of bathing was perfected, and gradually penetrated into all aspects of people's lives, and formed a whole-society bathing custom.
Just like the "Etiquette and Dowry".
The good custom of "three days of bathing, five days of bathing" has been officially adopted nowadays
The form of "rest" is fixed by law. so-called
"Xiu Mu" was a statutory holiday for court officials in the Han Dynasty. In the Han system, the Chinese and Korean officials rested on the fifth day.
The Son of Heaven gave the officials a day off every five days to let them go home to bathe their clothes, which was the first holiday in history to be established on the grounds of bathing.
"Ahh There's such a thing! I'm not heard of. After listening to this, Wu Yong was really a little confused, he didn't expect that the bathing custom at this time had been widely spread in the world, and many people had the habit of bathing often.
He thought that the ancients paid attention to it: "The body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and filial piety is the beginning." Standing on the road, making a name for yourself in future generations, in order to show your parents, and the end of filial piety. "As soon as I said it, I took it for granted that the ancients didn't like to take a bath, or lacked the conditions for bathing.
In fact, the ancients believed that hair and body skin refer to the hair and skin itself, not the gray dirt on the hair and body surface.
Washing away these dirt often can better reflect the meaning of gratitude to parents. Especially in the event of a major event, you must bathe and change your clothes first to show your respect for the prince of heaven and earth.
And it turns out that Wu Yong's imagination is still lacking, take the high-end bathhouse he planned to build, compared with the place where the kings and grandsons of Luoyang bathe, it is simply a comparison between the people of Xialiba and the white snow in spring and spring.
However, this kind of bathing is at least the gentry and aristocracy, or the bathing enjoyment of the powerful, and the poor people cannot enjoy it at all.
Wu Yong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: It's really poverty that limits my imagination! At this time, Yuan Shao opened his mouth and comforted: "Actually, you don't have to be depressed, I think these ideas of yours are still meritorious." I think it's a good idea to build a mid-grade bathhouse and fill the bath with hot spring water, which should attract a lot of people from other places to bathe. Yuan Shu on the side also interjected: "I think low-grade bathhouses are profitable!" ”
"Brother, why do you say that?" Wu Yong, who was already hopeless about the bathhouse, heard Yuan Shu say this, and asked eagerly.
Yuan Shu glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "Actually, you all ignore an important reason, Luoyang seems to have a lot of water systems, but for the people, they still feel water shortage." Moreover, we all know that it is best to use warm water when bathing, but the people of Luoyang are often short of fire. Therefore, many people bathe once a month or once every few months. Speaking of this, Yuan Shu's voice raised a little,
"As long as the price of the bathhouse we built is low enough, I think many people will come to patronize it. At that time, even if we don't make a profit, we can still gain great prestige, and I can't say that the court will reward us, which is a great honor! At this time, Cao Cao also spoke: "The only way to use water for the people is to use dug nullahs or wells. In recent years, there have been frequent droughts near Luoyang, and I have heard people in the government talk about the problem of water shortage among the people. If we do this, we may really be able to help the people solve some bathing problems. After speaking, he sighed and said: "Since the completion of the construction of the Dragon Garden, the Son of Heaven has the habit of purifying in March every year, and the imperial court in order to avoid polluting the water source, but prohibits the people from bathing upstream in the summer. Then, he turned to Wu Yong and asked, "What do you mean by that pedicure?" Wu Yong thought for a while and said, "Have you noticed that after taking a bath, the skin and toenails on your feet swell and become soft, and it will be much easier to repair the dead skin and toenails on your feet." Nowadays, people think that nails are stagnant things, not belonging to the category of body hair and skin, and if they are not cut, they will inhibit the turbidity and hair, thus affecting production and life, so they will also be trimmed frequently.
Everyone was stunned, and then asked some other questions about the construction of the bathhouse, and Wu Yong also responded truthfully one by one.
Everyone chatted while eating, and when the feast was over, Yuan Shaocai finally made a decision: "Starting tomorrow, I will make people build a mid-range bathhouse, and Yuan Shu will make people build a low-end bathhouse, if you want to participate in it, you can choose a place by yourself, and then let's see how the effect is, and then discuss it separately, what do you think?" ”