Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 206 Tables and Chairs

   Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan returned to the county office and entered the study.

  Ting He put the burnt charcoal into the basin and put it in their slumps.

  Zhao Hanzhang sat cross-legged on the couch and wrote "Thousand Characters". After reaching out and rubbing his legs, he remembered, "Didn't you say you want to be a desk and chair? Why has it disappeared?"

   Fu Tinghan said without raising his head: "The carpenter is not free."

   "But it's winter now, and there's no work outside."

  Fu Tinghan thought it was true, raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "Then let them try?"

  It is not difficult to make tables and chairs. Carpenters can make wooden couch, stools and low tables. The tables and chairs that Zhao Hanzhang and the others want are just taller and bigger. The craftsmanship is the same, the difference is the size.

  Fu Tinghan drew a picture for them, and the carpenters could make it when they got it. Moreover, because of the previous renovation of the city, there were many scattered pieces of wood left, which could still be used after a planing.

   Within three days, the carpenters delivered the finished table and chairs.

   Zhao Hanzhang was very satisfied, and let people put them in the room, even in front of the county government.

  The low table and seats in the lobby of the county government office were taken away and replaced with high tables and high chairs, and a set of tables and chairs were also placed at the bottom, so that they could receive guests and sit down for subordinate officials to record things.

   In this era, the lobby of the county government was more of a meeting room than a residence for trial cases.

   Speaking of the trial, Zhao Hanzhang just remembered, "It seems that no case has ever happened since I took over the county seat. Is our Xiping County so pure?"

Fu Tinghan didn't know any more. He stared at him, but Chang Ning, who was still here to watch the fun, couldn't see it, and explained, "If it's not a big case, it won't go to court, and some trivial matters can be solved by looking for the right thing. Only if the sentence is correct, or if the case is too serious, will it be reported to the yamen.”

After Zhao Hanzhang took over Xiping County, he has been addicted to building the county seat. Everyone in the city is busy. She even let the five-year-old children go to the fields to pick up waste. Everyone is so busy, even if there are conflicts, they are all nearby. Solve, who will make trouble to the county government?

   Zhao Hanzhang felt regretful for a while. Although it was good for the people to save their minds, he didn't feel like a county magistrate at all.

   She also thought about the addiction of going to court.

  Chang Ning didn't know what she was thinking, looked at the table and chairs she had set up, and asked with a frown, "Why do you want to replace these stools and tables?"

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "Don't the master think it is more convenient to change to a high table and a high chair? At least you don't have to change the mat frequently. The most important thing is that it is more comfortable to sit in this way."

  Chang Ning's face was solemn, he turned his head to look at Fu Tinghan, "Fu Dalang-jun sit down and try it?"

   Fu Tinghan looked puzzled, found a chair beside him and sat down.

   Chang Ning's face was even worse, and he shook his head directly, "The shape is like a squat, indecent, indecent, the girl and Fu Dalang are from aristocratic families, why should you be as indifferent as the common people?"

   Fu Tinghan looked confused, and Zhao Hanzhang opened his mouth wide.

   But Fu Tinghan really didn't understand, and Zhao Hanzhang quickly reacted, she said helplessly: "Sir, I never thought it would be rude."

   Chang Ning's face looked better, and he said earnestly: "Girl, although Hu people have some things to do, they are still far behind us Han people, especially in terms of etiquette, there is really no need for girls to learn from them."

   "Some etiquettes are too cumbersome and can be discarded. From my point of view, many things of the Hu people are more suitable for the moment, so we can improve after learning."

   "Things like sitting posture may seem like a small thing, but it can also become a big thing," Chang Ning said, "Why should a girl be dictating someone here?"

   When Zhao Hanzhang heard this, he originally planned to send this set of desks and chairs back to Wubao for his own use if it was inconvenient to change the front office, but when Chang Ning said this, she immediately decided, "Just put it in the front office!"

  Changning:  …

   He looked at Zhao Hanzhang in confusion and shock.

   In his heart, Zhao Hanzhang is not a rebellious person. On the contrary, she is very good at listening to people's suggestions. For things she is not familiar with, even if it goes against her original plan, she will listen to other people's opinions and change it.

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "Xiping County only needs one voice."

   Let’s try the sound in Xiping County with the trivial matter of changing tables and chairs.

  Chang Ning understood in an instant, glanced at the greatly changed former ya, and no longer objected.

   Fu Tinghan waited for him to leave before asking, "Is there any problem with me sitting like this?"

"There are three ways to sit down, one is the squat sitting that we often use, which is free and comfortable, just cross-legged; one is kneeling, sitting in front of high-ranking people and elders to show respect; the other is even more casual,"

  Zhao Hanzhang sat on the chair opposite Fu Tinghan, shook his legs and said, "It's almost like sitting on a chair now, sitting on a squat. Scholar thinks it's rude, but most people in the world sit like this."

  Because it compares with the common people in numbers, which class in this world can compare?

   Zhao Hanzhang glanced out and said, "We need to rely on the Zhao clan and the nobles in Xiping County now, but I don't want to rely too much on them. The same will be true after expanding our influence. We only need one voice within our sphere of influence."

  Fu Tinghan: "Yours?"

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "Yes, mine!"

  Fu Tinghan laughed, nodded and said, "Okay."

   Zhao Hanzhang did not specifically promote tables and chairs, but only gave a set to the old house and the five close uncles.

  No one takes this set of tables and chairs to heart. As the winter solstice is approaching, they just received a gift from their grandniece.

   Until the winter solstice is approaching, more and more people come to Xiping County, some people live directly in Wubao, while some people live in Xiping County.

  Since the beginning of winter, Xiping County, which has been silent for a long time, is barely lively.

   Someone brought a post to visit Zhao Hanzhang.

   The clerk of the county yali received people and invited them to the front hall. The guests did not respond when they entered the front hall, and they were a little confused when they were looking for a seat to sit down.

  This...how can I sit without a seat?

  Chang Ning has received such guests a lot in the past two days. He once again talked about Zhao Hanzhang in his heart, and then smiled and sat down for them as a demonstration.

   He sat cross-legged on the high chair.

That's right, Chang Ning is also not used to sitting directly with his legs crossed. Although he is from a commoner, he has been learning the etiquette of the nobility since he decided to study. For more than 20 years, he can't change the habit of going deep into the bone marrow. come.

   The high chair is just so wide that he can sit cross-legged directly on it.

   When the other guests saw this, they also sat down with their legs crossed, although this seat was a bit high.

   After talking for a while, a guest asked, "Is Zhao Xianjun not in the yamen?"

  Although Zhao Hanzhang was not appointed an official, because of the personal admission of He Shishi, everyone acquiesced that she was the county king.

  Chang Ning called a servant and asked, "Where is the girl now?"

   "Just in the mill."

   It wasn't far, just next to the county office. Chang Ning generously showed them.

   (end of this chapter)