After Huo Zhongru finished going to the toilet, he moved to his new home with his family and several slaves.

In the Han Dynasty, slaves were male and maids were female.

However, they are generally called slaves, and no one will worry too much about this.

It's a pity that the slaves Huo Zhongru brought back are all men. They can work, but they can't... Ahem, that's not the point. The point is that after moving to the new home, you still have to use bamboo to wipe your butt in the toilet.

piece.

no way.

That's how it is in this era.

and!

Not only in the Han Dynasty, but also in several subsequent dynasties, there are records of bamboo chips used in history books. For example, Li Yu, the later leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, once cut toilet chips by himself, and even rubbed the toilet chips on his face to use them.

Check the toilet chips for small thorns.

be honest!

Life in ancient times was not beautiful, it was very difficult.

so!

Huo Guang made up his mind that his toilet paper journey would never be interrupted just because he moved to a new home.

Late at night.

Several slaves had long been tired because of the heavy work they had done during the move, and fell asleep deeply. However, Huo Zhongru, the master, and the original owner's mother kept chatting. Apparently they were too excited to sleep because they had moved into a new home.

The two were chatting, and suddenly they started to quarrel again.

While cursing, he seemed to be mentioning something like an illegitimate child.

Many people think that women in ancient times had a low status at home, and that wives did not dare to talk back to their husbands.

actually not!

The wife the Ming matchmaker is marrying is the head wife, so she is also the master of the family, and her status is not low. The low-level ones are concubines, domestic prostitutes, etc. In ancient times, there was even a saying that concubines were not as good as prostitutes.

so.

It is impossible for a concubine to be spoiled and his wife to be destroyed in the novel.

Is this just like you would buy a pet dog for a few thousand yuan and kill your wife to get back a bride price of 300,000 yuan?

Certainly not.

After all, there was no such good thing as personal insurance in ancient times.

In addition, the head wives usually marry from the same family, so offending the wife is equivalent to offending the wife's natal family. Under normal circumstances, the wife has a great say in the matter.

Huo Guang didn't know how long the original owner's parents had been arguing at night, but he fell asleep very early anyway.

The days after.

It falls back into the ordinary, boring and quite boring.

Simply!

He immediately started his own journey of making toilet paper by hand.

People are born in this world to live a better life. So toilet paper must be produced, otherwise, every time you go to the toilet, you have to use bamboo chips, which is really fatal.

In order to have someone to help him with his work, he argued hard and got a slave from Huo Zhongru to help him, and named her "Busan". If there were still slaves in the future, he planned to name him "Busi".

",hey-hey.

With the help of slaves, Huo Guang's toilet paper production plan began to be hatched. First, Bu San was asked to cut down trees, bamboos, and grass, bundle them back and put them in the pond for soaking.

Bamboo and trees need to be soaked for at least three months, while grass should be soaked for a shorter time.

Time is enough.

Just take it out and beat it, remove the green shell and bark, and let its texture soften.

Finally, put it into a pot and cook it repeatedly, take it out and rinse it in a pond of clear water, and then continue to cook it. Repeat this until the fiber is completely decomposed.

The next step is to put it into a stone mortar and grind it into a mud dough. After pounding it, put it into water to form a fiber suspension, and pour it into the prepared tool. Use a thin bamboo curtain to filter the pulp, and the fiber will remain.

Form a paper film on the bamboo screen.

The next step is to place the paper film on a clean and flat board, squeeze it with a heavy object to drain out the moisture in the paper, and finally bake it through fire.

This is how the first generation of toilet paper was created.

certainly.

When paper was invented during the Western Han Dynasty, its significance went far beyond toilet paper. But the problem is that Huo Guang now only wants to use it to make toilet paper.

"Wow, finally I can no longer wipe my butt with bamboo pieces." Huo Guang sighed.

When he thought about the feeling of wiping his butt with bamboo slices before, he couldn't help but feel sorry for himself.

Traveling back in time to ancient times is really miserable.

certainly.

The first generation of toilet paper produced here is definitely incomparable to the softness of real toilet paper in the future. It is too rough.

But no matter what.

It was always better than bamboo chips. Without saying anything, he had people throw away the bamboo chips in the toilet and put the first generation toilet paper in.

night.

Huo Zhongru, a minor official in Pingyang County, is back.

As an adult man, the first thing you do after dinner is to go to the toilet.

soon!

Huo Zhongru's shout came from the toilet: "Guang'er, where is the toilet chip? Where did you throw it?"

"Why do you want that thing? Didn't I put toilet paper in it?" Huo Guang replied.

"Toilet paper? Is this what you said you were going to get a few days ago? What the hell, there are no bamboo pieces to use!" Huo Zhongru's complaining voice came out.

After Huo Guang heard this, he originally wanted to say, "Don't use it."

But then I thought about it.

It is better to do less than to do more, and it is better not to do too much than to do too much. Let’s not talk about it anymore.

this era.

It is natural for me to beat my son. Who cares about your family's affairs...

Soon.

Huo Zhongru walked out of the toilet happily, and then said: "This toilet paper is quite easy to use. Guang'er, please make more, and I will bring some to the Hedong Prefect tomorrow!"

Hey?

Didn’t you just complain that bamboo chips are not as useful?

Are you thinking about doing favors now?

hehe...

"No, that's all. Just this, it took me more than three months to produce." Huo Guang said directly.

Hearing this, Huo Zhongru gave up the idea of ​​giving gifts as a favor and complained: "Guang'er, this kind of strange skill is really useless. A man should learn the six arts to be the right way!"

Six Arts!

It is divided into five rituals, six music, five shootings, five royalties, six books and nine numbers.

pity.

These things gradually disappeared with the emergence of the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty.

When Huo Guang heard what the old man said, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, then when will I find someone to teach me? I also want to learn the six arts, but I can't teach myself without a teacher, right?"

Upon hearing this.

Huo Zhongru coughed quickly, and then said: "Ahem, um, there are a lot of things today, and I'm a little sleepy as a father. Let's talk tomorrow."

In the Han Dynasty, not just everyone could learn the Six Arts, but only the upper class in society had access to them.

Huo Zhongru is just a low-status Pingyang official!

In the early years, I worked in Pingyang Mansion as an errand.

So he has been exposed to things in the six arts, but that's all!

It's okay to let him talk and act pretentious!

teach?

I really don’t have that ability!

As for asking for advice, how could a small official in Pingyang be qualified to do so? The Han Dynasty had a system of three public officials and nine ministers, and the knowledge was all held by aristocratic families, and ordinary people did not have this opportunity to contact them.
To be continued...