The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

The method Wei Shiyi said was innovative for ancient people, but it is commonplace for modern people, that is, to make the table into a turntable dining table.The dishes are placed on the turntable table, no matter what, you can't just eat one dish.

There were many skilled craftsmen in ancient times, and their craftsmanship was very exquisite. As long as they provided blueprints, they could manufacture them.

Turntable tables are roughly divided into three categories: manual turntable, electric automatic turntable, and non-electric automatic turntable. These three types of turntable tables can be made in modern times and are widely used.But in ancient times, they could only manufacture manual turntable tables.

Wei Shiyi probably remembered that the manufacture of the turntable dining table mainly relies on the wheel shaft to support the table rotation, but how to keep the table top stable on the wheel shaft, he does not know how to solve it. Although there are many craftsmen in this era, he does not know whether this problem can be solved. solve.

Wei Shiyi told Zhou Yun what he was thinking. After Zhou Yun listened, he lowered his eyes and thought for a long time, then said, "Draw out the blueprint and write down the problems that need to be solved. I will take it to the Construction Supervision Bureau. Go and see if they can do it."

"Building Supervision Bureau?" Wei Shiyi was slightly puzzled, "Isn't that the place where weapons are made?"

Zhou Yun glanced at Wei Shiyi, seeming to say why he doesn’t understand this, and then said: “In addition to supervising the manufacture of weapons, the Supervision Bureau also supervises the manufacture of some daily utensils. There are two different manufacturing places, but both belong to the supervisor. Bureau management."

So, Wei Shiyi asked another common sense question.

He picked up the tea on the table and drank it, pretending he didn't know anything, Wei Shiyi told Zhou Yun that he would go back to painting, got up and left eagerly.Zhou Yun looked at the back of Wei Shiyi running away, and after a long time, put his fist on his lips and smiled lowly.

The drawings are not difficult to draw. Wei Shiyi quickly drew the drawings, but unlike the hanging cabinet, he couldn't draw the details of the revolving dining table, but what is commendable is his creativity. Sometimes, being able to do it is one aspect , creativity is another aspect.

Where Zhou Yun lost face, Wei Shiyi didn't send the drawings over in person, but found a young man to send them over.Then he diverted his attention a little bit. Although he wanted to know if the Construction Supervision Bureau could do it, he couldn't ask all day long, so he continued to study and do things as before.

It wasn't until three days later that Wei Shiyi saw Zhou Pu again that he knew that the revolving dining table had been made.

Wei Shiyi was very happy. He proposed that he wanted to see the revolving dining table, and then he wanted to see the effect. At the same time, he also wanted to order a few for Li’s restaurant, but Zhou Pu told him not to go there. At that time, Wei Shiyi didn’t know what was going on. Until that afternoon when he saw Zhou Yun coming, followed by Zhou Pu who was carrying the table behind him, he immediately understood.

"This revolving dining table is for you," Zhou Yun said.

Wei Shiyi was a little dazed, and then he heard Zhou Yun continue to say that it was thanks to him for coming up with the idea of ​​the revolving dining table. The revolving dining table was made, and they tried it on the spot at the Manufacturing Supervision Bureau, and the effect was very good.The food is placed on the table, and people can pick up dishes that are far away without standing up.

And the rotating table can also adjust the speed, the stronger the strength in the hand, the faster it will turn.Wherever you want to eat, you can turn that dish in front of you.Then they moved that table to the old man's house, and had a meal with the old man, and finally the old man didn't just eat the dish in front of him.

Of course, the original intention of the rotating table design is for convenience.

"Thank you for these tables." Wei Shiyi thanked Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun couldn't deny it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked people to move several revolving tables to Li's restaurant.

The Li Family Restaurant has newly introduced a revolving table, which can be regarded as a point of publicity. Now Uncle Li does not need Wei Shiyi to come up with ideas, he can find the point of publicity by himself, so the voice of the Li Family Restaurant became louder again, unknowingly The business of Li's Restaurant is already booming.

But what surprised Wei Shiyi was that Zhou Yun didn't leave, he followed him all the way to Li's restaurant.

"I remember the first time we met, you said you wanted to treat me to dinner," Zhou Yun said.

Wei Shiyi was at a loss. Isn't this what he said a long time ago? Why didn't Zhou Yun mention it before, but now he does.

"Then the food at Li's Restaurant should taste pretty good." Zhou Yun said again.

It's really good, anyway, Wei Shiyi thinks it's delicious, and the restaurant's business is better than before.

But Zhou Yun is a high official in the imperial court, and he receives a salary, so he should be able to eat whatever he wants, why did he suddenly remember that he invited him to dinner?Wei Shiyi wasn't unwilling, but just curious.

"I'm hungry." Finally, Zhou Yun said so.

Wei Shiyi: "..."

Just say you're hungry, don't you get it?

So Zhou Yun had a meal at Wei Shiyi's place, and Wei Shiyi cooked for Zhou Yun himself.Although he himself thought that the report was over, and Zhou Yun didn't remember the kindness, Wei Shiyi still remembered what he said to Zhou Yun back then.

Soon a few dishes were fried and served on the table. For convenience, the table used for eating was also a newly acquired revolving table.The revolving dining table is a modern thing that Wei Shiyi has seen clearly, and the takeaway is also counted, and the surgical tools are also counted, but he has participated in both of them at the right time, so he doesn't feel much surprise.

However, he just provided an idea for the revolving dining table, and others made it up to how to make it. Therefore, he really felt a little moved and nostalgic for turning the table by hand to pick up vegetables.

But... Wei Shiyi was moved and nostalgic, but also a little curious.

He was very curious about who that old gentleman was, and why he still had such a strange temper, only eating the food in front of him.

He was curious now, but he didn't expect that he would meet the old gentleman in person within two days, and then he understood that the old gentleman didn't have a bad temper, but that he didn't notice what he was eating at all.

It was two days later, when he was studying in the academy, assistant professors Wang and Lin asked him to accompany an official to visit the academy.Originally, it was not the turn of an ordinary student like Wei Shiyi who had no fame and no status, but Wei Shiyi couldn't stand it because he designed surgical instruments and made a surgical case to save lives, so he won a position.

Wei Shiyi didn't know the purpose of the official's visit at first, but after he went there, he realized that it had something to do with the enrollment of students in the extension academy. The old gentleman came to inspect the academy. If it is suitable, the Imperial Medical Bureau may increase the number of students.

There were not many regular doctors in the Northern Song Dynasty. Compared with the students who took the imperial examination, there were really too few.Many students know a little bit of medical skills, so those students would rather choose to take the imperial examination than to study medicine. After all, the future of studying medicine is limited, which is also the origin of Confucian medicine.

In addition, although the Northern Song Dynasty paid more attention to medicine, the Imperial Medical Bureau only accepted 120 students every year, so the number was even smaller.

Before Wei Shiyi thought about whether the number of students accepted by the Imperial Medical Bureau was too small, after all, if there was a war in the Northern Song Dynasty and more wounded, wouldn't the supply of doctors be short of demand?Besides, if he remembered correctly, the Shenzong in history did not tend to be conservative, but wanted to take back the territory, so the war should be unstoppable, so the academy should charge more doctors.

He didn't expect that he just thought this way a few days ago, and his thoughts have come true these days.

At this time, Wei Shiyi didn't know that the official they were accompanying was the old gentleman that Zhou Yun said, and he only guessed it when they finished reading the academy together and then went out to eat.

The old gentleman didn't like to talk, and the way he spoke was quite incomprehensible.To put it bluntly, it is straightforward, but to put it badly, it is disrespectful and straightforward.Not only that, but the old gentleman was also very stubborn.

At that time, several of them were studying at the academy. Although the Imperial Medical Bureau was not too big, it took a lot of time to look carefully.On that occasion, Wei Shiyi couldn't speak, and he could only speak when it involved surgical instruments and surgical operations.

It happened at that time. They were walking around, but it was noon, and it was time to eat.The old man seemed to be in good health, but he was getting old after all, so Assistant Professor Wang and the others proposed to have a meal first, and then come back to continue watching.

In normal times, Assistant Professor Wang and the others would just order a takeaway in advance, but this is an official above, so they seemed to have a good meal with the old man.

However, the old man seemed to be unable to see the kindness of Assistant Professor Wang and the others. He stared at him, blowing his beard, and said with a serious face: "Can't we go to dinner after we finish reading this academy? You are young, why don't you eat?" Just remember to eat."

By the way, this old man is still a workaholic.

When Wei Shiyi saw him for the first time, he saw him reading a book, which was all about the Imperial Medical Bureau, because he read it so seriously that he didn't even care about his own image.

Assistant Professor Wang and Assistant Professor Lin were embarrassed for a while, and the accompanying people were also embarrassed. At this moment, Lin Tiju suddenly said, "Jiefu, this meal won't take much time. Look at your age. How can you do it if you don’t pay attention to your body.”

But the old gentleman disagreed, and said: "It's the same to eat after watching!"

So he continued to read with his hands behind his back, and the rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, so they could only continue walking with him.Then the lunch was eaten at two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

Then, Wei Shiyi guessed that the old man was the old man Zhou Yun was talking about.He really only ate the dish in front of him, but he wasn't a picky eater, nor did he like that dish very much, but he didn't even notice what was eating in front of him or what was being put into his mouth.

In the not-so-luxury but more elegant private room, about seven or eight people sat and ate together.The atmosphere should have been harmonious, but because an old gentleman was writing with his head down and only ate the dish in front of him, the atmosphere was not very relaxed.

Lin Tiju sighed and said, "Jiefu, can you write after eating?"

After reading the academy, you have to submit the report to the emperor, so the old gentleman has been writing there.

This final result is naturally impossible, I saw the old gentleman shook his head, and then continued to write.When the food in your mouth is gone, just put a little bit in front of your face and send it to your mouth. It doesn't matter whether it is good or not, the taste is delicious.

In the eyes of everyone, the old man's behavior was too unreasonable and ignorant of the world, but Wei Shiyi somehow felt that his stubbornness and indifference were a little cute.

He's just obsessed with work, too focused on the thoughts in his mind, so he ignores other things.

Seeing this, Lin Tiju sighed again, and then he got up as before, preparing to serve the old man with food.Lin Tiju and the old man seemed to have known each other before, but for some reason the old man left Beijing and only came back now, so the two seem to be strangers, but they are actually old acquaintances.

Just when Lin Tiju was about to get up to serve the old man regardless of his status, Wei Shiyi gently pulled Lin Tiju's sleeves, then smiled at him with his head up, and said a few words in a low voice.

He is quite familiar with Lin Tiju, and Wei Shiyi no longer feels the tension he used to face the leader.

After finishing speaking, under the astonished eyes of Lin Tiju and others, Wei Shiyi stretched out his hand and turned the table slightly, then changed the dish in front of the old man, and turned another dish in front of him.

Sure enough, it has to be prepared in advance. Sure enough, Zhou Yun will care so much, because according to the way the old man eats, it may be easy to have nutritional imbalances, and he eats too rough.

With the rotating table, today's meal is the end.After dinner, Wei Shiyi left with Assistant Professor Wang. He curiously asked who the old gentleman was.

Although he didn't do anything today, and maybe he won't do anything in the future, the old gentleman today made him very curious.

Assistant Professor Wang said: "His name is Wang Anshi, his name is Jiefu, and his name is Banshan. Leaving Bianliang, this time the officials recruit him back, I'm afraid there will be a big move." Assistant Professor Wang looked a little worried.

"When you see him in the future, just call him Mr. Wang. You don't need to pay too much attention to the rest. Although the old man has a weird temper, he is still easy to get along with."

Assistant Professor Wang instructed Wei Shiyi there, but when he finished speaking, he didn't hear Wei Shiyi's response. He looked sideways and saw Wei Shiyi's mouth slightly opened, with a dazed expression on his face.

Wang, Wang Anshi?Wang Anshi, one of the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties, Wang Anshi who can only be seen in textbooks, Wang Anshi who did a very major reform in the Northern Song Dynasty?

Wei Shiyi was stunned, he felt he needed a quiet space to catch his breath.

After bidding farewell to Assistant Professor Wang, Wei Shiyi went back to the medical center alone in a daze, his mind was full of what Assistant Professor Wang said, is that old gentleman Wang Anshi?This is really unbelievable. Although I knew that there were Wang Anshi and Su Shi in this era when I collected information before, it was still shocking to see it with my own eyes.

He had dinner with Wang Anshi and walked such a long way with Wang Anshi, this is really...

Wait, Wei Shiyi suddenly patted the table and stood up, he remembered something.

political reform……

Wang Anshi's Reform...

He seems to know some of the reasons for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.