Chapter 297 Song Combination Furniture

The next day, the county magistrate personally sent Wang and others out of Gaoyou County, and sent them ten miles out of the county in one breath. Wang thought that no matter how much this was sent, it would be to Yangzhou. The Xu county magistrate also tried his best to please Wang. Along the way, he said, "I was a regular guest of Jinxiu Tower. I saw you at that time. At that time, I knew that you must be in the future.

"Oh, we met at that time." Wang has always felt that Xu Liang is a little familiar,

"Yes! Once I took Prince Gao to your Jinxiu Building to eat the sheep washing.

Wang knew that he was talking about instant-boiled mutton, so he smiled and said endlessly, "Not to mention, your Jinxiu Building's dishes are not bad. I heard that you went south to find books not only smoothly, but also made contributions. Where on earth did you find those books?"

"Oh, in the prince's college."

The king remembered that Zhao Yu led troops into Shaozhou at that time. At that time, when he searched the college, he found the "Kou Zhongyu Gong Poems Collection", which was secretly sandwiched by the king's silver ticket, which was the evidence that the king had entered the prince's palace college.

"That's right, fortunately, I didn't listen to what Qin Min learned..." Chen Kang said proudly,

Qin Minxue, he also knew Qin Minxue, and Wang Pian suddenly thought that how Xu Liang knew that he was going south to find books. Not many people knew about this. Wang Pian took the horse: "Xu County magistrate, the Qin Minxue you just talked about, but today's prince Shaofu."

"Yes, it's him."

Wang's face darkened: "Xu County Magistrate, I went south to look for books by a secret order. How do you know?"

"This, this is what Secretary Qin said. You also know that before the emperor became the prince today, he was the doorman of Pu's residence. Maybe the emperor told him, the king of Zhennan, you can send it here. Go 30 or 40 miles further to Yangzhou." Xu Liang also realized that he had gone out of his mouth and covered it up with a smile.

Wang thought that there must be a boy surnamed Qin here, and when he was in Shaozhou, this boy made trouble again. Looking at Xu Liang's words flashing, he knew that even if he asked him again, he might not say it. He thought that I didn't have time to pester with you now. Sooner or later, he would let me know that he bid farewell to the Xu county magistrate, and Wang's party went to Yangzhou. Go,

In the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou built "Luocheng" under Shugang, which was 15 miles north and south, and seven miles east and west. It wrapped a large residential area in the southeast along the ancient canal and the residence of industrial and commercial people under Shugang into the city, forming a "ten-mile long street" connected by the market. The mountain is called "zicheng" or "yacheng", which is a concentrated place of government and government and government. In Du Mu's poem, "The street hangs thousands of willows, and the clouds reflect the two-fold city" and "the two-fold city" refers to Luocheng and Zicheng,

Yangzhou's spring is relatively short every year, only two months. At this time, the warm and humid southeast wind comes from the sea, blowing the city located at the southern end of the Jianghuai Plain. "The old man resigned from the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March." Say goodbye to the long and cold winter in the north. Every March, Yangzhou City is peach red and green, warblers sing and swallows and dance. In the spring breeze, Yangzhou's peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, pear blossoms and so on are blooming. Yangzhou City is hidden in a sea of colorful flowers, with a unique style,

The spring breeze is intoxicating. Wang's side simply let Su Xiaomei ride a horse and enjoy the beautiful scenery while walking, which makes Wang feel happy. The prosperity in Yangzhou City, where the rivers and seas meet, and the city flourishes with water. In the early Tang Dynasty, the Grand Canal dug during the Yangguang period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty has become a major artery of north-south water transportation in the country, the southern counties. Tribute and materials from the eight southeast roads must be transferred to Kyoto Chang'an through Yangzhou. The convenient transportation makes Yangzhou an important port of the Maritime Silk Road and one of the four major commercial ports in the East.

The so-called "between Jianghuai, Guangling Town, rich in the world", "wrapped with 100,000 yuan, riding a crane to Yangzhou" is a portrayal of its rich world at that time. Although Yangzhou in the late Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, after several wars, it still could not hide the prosperity brought by the Grand Canal to Yangzhou, and the interior of Yangzhou City. There is an endless stream of foreigners who come to Yangzhou to do business. There are a lot of pavilions and shops in the bustling area of the city of the state. The stores that operate high-end luxury goods such as gold, silver and treasures show the extraordinary purchasing power of Yangzhou City.

Seeing that Su Xiaomei was overwhelmed, Wang said beside her, "Look, I said it's right."

Su Xiaomei said with a smile, "You're not wrong. It's so prosperous here. I'm not worried that I can't spend money like Yongzhou. On the contrary, I'm afraid that you don't have enough money to spend here."

Wang also remembered a sentence, which was the most appropriate to use here. He said to Su Xiaomei, "You don't know about this. Let me tell you. This is called: I don't know the official Xiao when I don't go to the capital; I don't know how much money I don't go to Yangzhou."

"Ha ha, what about our Meizhou?" Su Xiaomei asked with a smile,

Wang side scratched her head: "I don't know if my little sister is good until Meizhou~" Su Xiaomei was immediately laughed and bent over by Wang's side,

Everyone passed through the bustling street and came to the gate of the government office in the center of the state city. In front of the government office, there is a short and spacious street with a north-south direction, called the government office. It is a "ceremonial square" at the gate of the government office to welcome the horses from all over the country. There are two big stone lions at the gate of the government office, and there is a "proclamation list", which is the official document posted by the government. In the place of the notice, there is a drum on the right side. It is the complaint office where the people shouted for injustice. Everyone stopped at the government office and immediately took the foundation. The yamen standing at the gate of the government office did not dare to neglect the official clothes. They took the famous post and took a look. Someone hurried in to report to report to Shen Kuo,

In a short time, in the government office, a bodyguard quickly walked out and said something to Zhe Kejun. Zhe Kejun returned to the house and said to the king, "Your Highness, Shen is in the army. He asked someone to take us to the inner house."

Wang and others got off the horse. Under the guidance of the bodyguards who led the way, when they passed through the side corridor of the government office, they faintly heard the sound of trial in the public hall of the government office. The front court of the government office is the departments, with wing rooms on both sides, one side is the punishment room of the criminal, one side is the storage of data files, and behind the public hall is the officials rest. The room, and then to the back is the inner house. As soon as you enter the inner house, it is different from the solemnity in front. In the garden of the inner house, there are lotus ponds and rockeries. On the east side of the garden is the official. In addition to the dormitory and study of the government official, there is also a family pavilion.

The bodyguard who led the way took Wang and others to a study. Immediately, a housekeeper greeted him, and another family brought tea to Wang. Wang and Su Xiaomei stayed in the study to wait for Shen Kuo. Su Xiaomei asked, "Husband, we rarely see anyone you took the initiative to see all the way. The secretary of Yangzhou joined the army is very close to you. Close."

Wang Bian smiled and said, "Of course, you don't know that I am Brother Shen. I just arrived in the Song Dynasty. No, as soon as I entered the court, I knew Shen Cunzhong. This person is very knowledgeable and versatile. He is proficient in astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, geography, agronomy and medicine..."

Su Xiaomei smiled and said, "Well, you are about to say that this person is omniscient. I think there are not many people who can make you praise. I can see it."

Wang nodded. Although he had seen many celebrities respected by later generations in the Song Dynasty, it was really not too much admiration for him to say. He looked around the study. Shen Kuo's study was always different from the study of the dignitaries he often used. Other people's study. In addition to the four treasures of the study, there are cabinets, curtains and curtains, water drop pen racks and even flower vases, famous porcelain incense burners, and ornamental ornaments everywhere to show the owner's taste and identity, while Shen Kuo is not. There are not many things that show taste in his study. Many of them are rare stones, all kinds of medicine bottles, muddy instruments, and leaking pots. Wait for things, let's put it this way. As soon as he entered this study, Wang knew that he must have gone to the wrong place,

He was looking around when he suddenly heard Su Xiaomei say, "Huh, husband, look at the decorations of your brother's study..."

"Hehe, he is like this. There is everything in the study." At this time, the king was attracted by the triple ring, the staggered Hunyi, and the leaking pot made of several water containers in the form of stairs.

This leaking pot is different from those seen by other kings: the leaking pot is an ancient instrument for measuring the time. It is in the form of a ladder composed of several containers with water. There are holes on the lower side of each container, dripping water to the next container in turn. There is no hole in the bottom container, and there is a "arrow" engraved with a time scale. The water surface of the drip rises, and the "arrow" slowly floats up, and the moment can be read from the exposed scale. Wang was surprised that Shen Kuo also reformed the leaking pot. He changed the curved copper leak pipe into a straight neck jade mouth, and moved its position to the lower part of the pot body, so that the flow of water is smoother and the spout is much stronger and more durable.

"No, look at this furniture..." Su Xiaomei said,

Alas, what women see is that men are different. What furniture is there to see? It's nothing more than wood carvings and patterns. Wang knew that the furniture in the Song Dynasty was very simple. Even so, he looked up and suddenly found that the furniture in Shen Kuo's study was indeed different. The furniture in Shen Kuo's study was slanted. The angular shape is basic, with two long oblique, two right half oblique, two left half oblique two, one boudoir, four small three oblique, two large three oblique two, six oblique desktops, a total of thirteen. "Haha, isn't this the most primitive creative combination furniture, ~" Wang Bong couldn't help laughing. This Shen Kuo is really interesting. He can see it use What he touched really changed in his hand,

"Combination furniture." Su Xiaomei asked puzzledly,

"Yes, you see, these furniture can be combined arbitrarily. Although these thirteen diagonal furniture can be put together into eight categories: square, straight, curved, hollow, empty, elephant, whole house row, and miscellaneous. There are more than a hundred kinds of transformation forms. You can decorate it as you want." The king explained patiently,

Su Xiaomei smiled happily: "My father-in-law just said that she was creative. Does that mean that the furniture is novel?"

"Add ten points." Wang found that Su Xiaomei was really smart,

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Shen Kuo, who looked like a short wax gourd, shook his head and waved his hand. As he walked, he said, "I can't use it. The specifications and sizes of this 'Yanji' are carefully made, and they can't be changed by one foot and inch. Why do you add ten points as soon as the brother arrives?"

Note: The earliest combination furniture in ancient China was called Yanji, which was invented in the Song Dynasty,