The Revolution in the Lavatory
Ever since Qin Mo " invented " the iron pot, the Qin Manor and the Cheng Manor had already begun to eat stir-fried vegetables. Only then did Qin Mo feel that there was some hope in his life.
The aftereffects were that those old fellows often came to freeload food and drink, while Qin Mo was often forced to work. The reason was, of course, that Qin Mo did not teach them the true secret of cooking.
Although those old fellows shamelessly sent chefs to observe, they had not truly grasped the essence of cooking, and the dishes they made could not compare to Qin Mo.
Eat, drink, and poop.
The problem of eating was solved, but the problem of pooping was very awkward. It was very awkward to wipe his butt because there was no toilet paper at this time.
The Qin Manor used bamboo chips, so Qin Mo was naturally not used to it.
Paper making was a great invention in the Han Dynasty, but it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that this technology was applied to people's most practical life: Go to the toilet. Later generations speculated that the Yuan Dynasty was established by the Mongolians, and its culture was relatively backward. There was no awareness of the Han people's respect for paper, so toilet paper entered people's lives.
In 105 A.D., Cai Lun summed up the experience of his predecessors in Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and improved the art of making paper. He used bark, hemp, rags, old fishing nets, and so on as raw materials to make paper. It greatly improved the quality and production efficiency of paper, expanded the source of paper raw materials, reduced the cost of paper, opened up a prospect for paper to replace bamboo and silk, and created favorable conditions for the spread of culture.
As for the ancient records of Cai Lun's invention of paper making, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Cai Lun Biography, said: "Since ancient times, most of the books and deeds were made of bamboo tubes. Those who use silk are called paper. It is expensive and simple, not convenient for people. Wang Lun then made up his mind to use tree skin, hemp head, worn-out cloth and fish net as paper.”Later generations respected him as the inventor of our country's paper-making technology.
However, the Tang Dynasty's paper-making techniques were not much improved compared to the Han Dynasty. Using paper to wipe one's butt could only be said to be an extravagant hope.
In TV dramas, ancient times were always portrayed as beautiful, but that was not the case. Taking the toilet as an example, it was a very troublesome thing in ancient times. In ancient times, going to the toilet was not as simple as wiping with paper. The paper in ancient times was very expensive, and only nobles could use it. Ordinary scholars would have to weigh their wallets before buying paper to write.
So, how did they survive without paper in ancient times? The earliest aristocratic children used toilet chips, which were a very smooth bamboo piece, commonly known as a sh * t stirring stick.
Although many people felt that bamboo chips were hard and disgusting, only nobles could use them in ancient times. Ordinary people couldn't afford them. Because the production requirements of toilet chips were quite high.
Moreover, the toilet bowl was not a one-time use. After using it, wash it clean and soak it in salt water. The next time he went to the toilet, he would use it. Thinking of this, Qin Mo felt like vomiting.
Of course, those super rich nobles would use silk cloth to wipe their asses.
Because of productivity, silk could sometimes be used as currency. Unless one was very rich, they would not do so.
For example, Li Er's concubines couldn't use bamboo chips to scrape their buttocks. They used silk or cloth.
In ancient times, if one needed to travel far away, coupled with the fact that their family was not very rich, they would probably bring their own toilet token with them. This way, they could wipe their asses wherever they went. Although it was a little disgusting, it was better than nothing.
The productivity of the Tang Dynasty was very low, and paper was very limited. Only nobles could use paper, and it was mainly used for writing. It was also very difficult for ordinary literati to buy paper. Firstly, paper was difficult to buy, and secondly, it was very expensive. Ordinary families could not afford paper, let alone wipe their butts with paper every day.
It was precisely because of the high price of paper that the aristocrats in Shandong were able to monopolize education. This was the reason why they were able to stand tall.
Qin Mo even maliciously speculated that Li Er was also using bamboo chips to scrape his butt. After all, the national treasury was so poor that rats were starving to death.
The toilet tools in ancient times were also very awkward. Even going to the toilet was risky. The toilets in ancient times were not as well built as they were now. It was easy to fall into the pit of the toilet in ancient times. Once you fell, you would die. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Jing of Jin fell into the toilet accidentally. The people outside could not save her even if they wanted to. They would faint from the smell when they saw a pile of sticks.
The poor commoners did not even have a toilet. They settled their problems in the wild, using leaves or stones to wipe their butts. It was commonly known as pooping in the wild.
Therefore, in ancient times, going to the toilet was a very uncomfortable thing. It was a very torturous thing to go to the toilet, called bathing and changing clothes.
Qin Mo decided that it was time for a toilet revolution in the Tang Dynasty to let the people live a happy life.
The toilet revolution began with wiping the buttocks, and the improvement of paper making had to be put on the agenda.
If in the future, the art of making paper made great progress, and the history books wrote that Qin Mo, the Marquis of Lantian, improved the art of making paper so that it was easier to wipe his butt, would future generations cry themselves blind and think that the historian was spouting nonsense?
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