Poet Du Fu wrote in "Recalling the Past":
"Recalling the past when the Kaiyuan Dynasty was prosperous, the small town still had thousands of households. The rice was dripping with fat, the corn was white, and both public and private barns were abundant."
This sentence means that in the prosperous Kaiyuan era, small cities had a population of tens of thousands, agricultural harvests were good, and grain reserves were sufficient, whether it was official warehouses for storing rice or common people's private grain reserves. , all very rich and substantial.
As far as historical facts are concerned, there is absolutely no exaggeration in Du Fu's description.
Historical records show that it was not until the 1980s that my country's per capita grain output officially exceeded that of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.
Although there are demographic factors, we have to admit that as one of the heydays of China's feudal dynasty, , the prosperity of Kaiyuan is indeed far beyond people's imagination.
And in many costume TV dramas nowadays, we can often see that ordinary people in thousands of households almost do not worry about food. But is this really the case?
We can still understand the rich, but do the poor also have a well-off life ?
If you really traveled back in time to a poor family in ancient times, you might not be able to endure it even for a day.
Prosperity and Troubled Times
Before returning to ancient times, we can first see whether we are going back to prosperous times or troubled times. It would be okay if it was a prosperous age like Kaiyuan, as Du Fu said, we would not worry about food.
If nothing else, the white rice at home is definitely enough for .
but what else?
You must know that the premise of our time travel is that we are in a poor family. Even with the help of neighbors and the government, we can eat white rice, but we don't even think about dishes such as meat.
After all, Du Fu also wrote in another " From Beijing to Fengxian County to Ode to Huai Five Hundred Words " : "The wine and meat of Zhumen smell stinky, and there are frozen bones on the road" .
Although in the prosperous times, people would not freeze to death, why would you want a rich family to treat you to meat and wine?
In modern society, except for vegetarians, people will eat meat every time, but they will never worry about meat.
Faced with such a huge gap, who can endure it? The only scalper in the
family that can farm fields, even if you want to use it to supplement nutrition , the government will not agree.
This is true in prosperous times, let alone in troubled times.
When the war is in chaos , men are often directly captured to serve as young men . Faced with the cruel ancient war, how many people can survive?
Some people may think that under the influence of modern thinking, it is completely possible to "instruct" the ancients on how to train and fight.
But the real situation is that it is impossible for history books to record all the specific war situations in specific eras.
There are many unexpected situations that people cannot predict at all. Therefore, if you are not a true military genius, you will most likely be just and on paper after returning to troubled times.
In such a situation, even life may not be saved, and it is even more unrealistic to have a good meal. Although basic food can be guaranteed after the army is exiled, the food of the ancient army will also be unbearable for ordinary people.
The reality of ancient times
Secondly, no matter in prosperous times or troubled times, when you travel to a poor family, firewood, rice, oil and salt, the first two are the basic guarantees for survival, and maybe your family can make adequate preparations for you.
But it is simply unrealistic for poor families to enjoy these two things, oil and salt.
People often say "Noodles without salt are difficult to swallow; hungry people devour them", can be used for modern people who are accustomed to the presence of salt.
If every grain of salt in ancient times was precious, how could be able to endure it?
Under the double blow of hunger and tasteless food , I believe that no one will be willing to continue to experience ancient life.
If you live in a poor family, working with and should be a required course for you.
Without any handy tools digging wasteland or plowing farmland , even just one day is enough to make people exhausted.
Someone once joked that if someone really wanted to lose weight, he only needed to live in ancient times for a month. Coming back a month later, it must be very different from before.
In addition, after the food problem and labor problem are solved, modern people still need to face another problem, and that is the problem of entertainment.
People have to admit that in modern society, various electronic products have filled our lives.
Judging from the frequency and time that most people use mobile phones, it has exceeded the time people spend on other things.
When we go back to ancient times when there were no mobile phones and no entertainment facilities , the only entertainment method for poor families may be to make various chess and cards to kill time. How can it withstand the time of poor people? Start with a little and splurge on .
It can be seen that for the scenes in TV dramas where people often eat meat and drink alcohol, it is best for us to look at it rationally.
After all, at that time, it was really not that easy for ordinary people to eat meat and drink alcohol. It was not just talk that could stump heroes for a penny.
If you live in a poor family, working with and should be a required course for you.
Without any handy tools digging wasteland or plowing farmland , even just one day is enough to make people exhausted.
Someone once joked that if someone really wanted to lose weight, he only needed to live in ancient times for a month. Coming back a month later, it must be very different from before.
In addition, after the food problem and labor problem are solved, modern people still need to face another problem, and that is the problem of entertainment.
People have to admit that in modern society, various electronic products have filled our lives.
Judging from the frequency and time that most people use mobile phones, it has exceeded the time people spend on other things.
When we go back to ancient times when there were no mobile phones and no entertainment facilities , the only entertainment method for poor families may be to make various chess and cards to kill time. How can it withstand the time of poor people? Start with a little and splurge on .
It can be seen that for the scenes in TV dramas where people often eat meat and drink alcohol, it is best for us to look at it rationally.
After all, at that time, it was really not that easy for ordinary people to eat meat and drink alcohol. It was not just talk that could stump heroes for a penny.
