Ang Lee walked to a carriage that had been assembled and asked the craftsman to open the door. Then, he stepped into the carriage.
This carriage looked like a standard carriage from the outside. Its size was no different from other ordinary carriages. However, the difference inside was too big. The luxury inside was incomparable to ordinary carriages. The difference was too big.
However, what made Ang Lee feel the most was not the luxury of the carriage, but the incongruity of the interior. It seemed a little incongruous. Although everything looked luxurious, the overall incongruity made people feel very uncomfortable.
For example, the murals in the carriage were like a small art exhibition. There were portraits of Buddha, Guanyin, and other Buddhists. There were also portraits of the Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun, and other Taoists. There were also portraits of Confucius and other scholars. There were even portraits of the Sect of Flame in the Western Region. There were all kinds of paintings, which made people uncomfortable. At least, Li An felt dizzy when he looked at them. They were definitely not pleasing to the eyes. It was better to make a whole landscape painting so that he could rest his eyes and not have to look at these messy things all the way.
Especially some of the portraits of King Kong. The way he stared was really scary. People with poor psychological quality would probably be scared out of their wits. It was not pleasing to the eyes at all. If Ang Lee sat in such a carriage, he would probably have to close his eyes all the way to feel more comfortable. Otherwise, he would have to look at the beautiful scenery outside the carriage all the time.
"These murals are too messy. Is this your compromise plan? Since you've pushed this official out, why do you have to make them like this? Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? If such a mess were to be released to the market, wouldn't this official be resented to death? Although their demands are different, you can't make the murals in the carriage like this just to satisfy the demands of these people, right? These are definitely not good. Remove them all and restore the previous blue sky and white clouds. "
Ang Lee said angrily.
"Assistant Minister Li is right. However, the schedule is too tight. If we start to do it again now, I'm afraid there won't be enough time."
The official said nervously.
"If there's not enough time, then work overtime. I trust you, so I let you do it. However, what are you doing? Don't you have your own opinions? Look at these messy portraits. Do they make sense? What kind of paste is in your brain? "
Li An was very angry. He opened his mouth and scolded them. These bastards deserved to be scolded. If he didn't scold them, it wouldn't be enough to relieve Li An's anger. These guys really disappointed Li An. They were simply too stupid. Being a little more flexible could solve the different needs of different people. However, these guys specifically came up with such a rotten idea and messed up the murals in the carriage. It was impossible for him to not scold them.
"Assistant Minister Li's right. we will definitely change...."
The official was reprimanded until his forehead was sweating. He seemed very nervous. He himself also felt that these murals were messy and were really unsightly. However, different people had different needs. They also had no choice. They did not dare to offend anyone. Therefore, in the end, they made such a strange thing. These strange murals in the carriage were actually the compromise made by the official after combining the opinions of various parties. It was a helpless and very wrong action.
This kind of thing existed in many eras. In order to cater to the instructions of their superiors, the subordinates would often do some strange things that others couldn't understand. They would even do some contradictory things. This was because different leaders had different opinions. In order to cater to their superiors' wishes, the subordinates would constantly make changes to meet the needs of their superiors in order to consolidate their own positions.
For example, there were white poplar trees on both sides of the road. The leader felt that it was not good to use willow trees. Therefore, overnight, the trees on both sides of the road would be replaced with willow trees. However, another leader immediately came and felt that willow trees were not good and should be replaced with sycamore trees. Therefore, the trees were replaced overnight. Then, another leader came and naturally, the trees would continue to be replaced. As long as the leaders kept changing, then the landscape trees on both sides of the road had to be constantly replaced. It must be in line with the leader's taste.
In fact, replacing trees was not a big deal. It was just a waste of money. However, some things could not be changed casually. For example, if there were frequent interventions in learning culture, it would be more troublesome. It would affect the learning of a generation. The consequences were much greater than replacing trees.
Ang Lee firmly opposed the petty official's compromise with all the dignitaries and the design of such annoying murals in the carriage. This kind of compromise was simply unprincipled and irresponsible. If everyone did this, then the entire Tang dynasty would not be able to develop.
The most stupid thing about the petty official was that he thought that he could get everyone's approval by painting all the murals. In fact, this method would only make everyone very annoyed. No one wanted such a messy style of painting everywhere. Except for the emperor, only a few people could have their own independent carriages. Most of the nobles could only take the public carriages.
After reprimanding the petty official, Ang Lee said, "You are really stupid. Can't you make a hanging system? Put all kinds of paintings in the secret compartment in advance. If the people in the carriage like a painting, just hang this painting in the carriage. "
"Yes, this official understands. This official knows what to do."
The petty official answered submissively.
Ang Lee really did not know what to say about these stupid petty officials. These guys were stupid to a certain extent. It could be said that they were hopeless. They were a group of spineless people without any standpoint. It seemed that he had to supervise them more in the future.
After correcting the problem with the murals in the carriage, Ang Lee began to check other possible problems. Since there were problems with the murals, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no problems in other aspects.
There was no big problem with the aisle outside. It was a straight passage. On one side was the window outside the carriage, and on the other side was the private room. There were a total of three small doors in the private room, which divided a complete private room into three parts. Two of them were small and one was big. The two small ones together occupied one-third of the space, and the big one occupied two-thirds of the space.
Ang Lee gently pushed open a small door and found that there was a kitchen inside. The space was about ten square meters, more than two meters wide, and four meters long. Such a large space was enough to cook. In the future, it was good if the kitchen of a family could be five square meters. This was an ordinary 100 square meter house in a third or fourth tier city. As for the small houses in developed areas, the kitchen would definitely not reach five square meters. It would be lucky to have three or four square meters. But this kitchen had an area of nearly ten square meters. It could be said that it was really not small.
The facilities in the kitchen were quite complete. Ang Lee looked around carefully and did not find anything unreasonable. He immediately nodded with satisfaction and praised the petty officials who had just scolded. He praised them for doing a good job. At the same time, he also praised the craftsmen because they did a good job.
As for whether it was really necessary to set up a separate kitchen for the private room, Ang Lee felt that since these guys had such needs, there was nothing wrong with it. Anyway, wool comes from the sheep. When the time came, he would just count it into the ticket. This way, he could earn more.
A kitchen of ten square meters was enough to accommodate three to five people working in it, which would allow them to make meals faster and better. It could also accommodate all kinds of equipment. A large area could also store more water and ingredients. It could even squeeze out a small space to put a table to satisfy the needs of the followers.
After walking out of the kitchen, Ang Lee entered another room. This room was also only about ten square meters. It was also four meters long and more than two meters wide.
The setting of this room was relatively simple. There were three rows of two beds by the window. There were a total of six beds. Among them, each bed was two meters long and 1.2 meters wide, which was enough for two people to sleep. Six beds could accommodate twelve people to rest at the same time. The width of the room was more than two meters. After removing the 1.2 meter bed width, there was still more than one meter left. So, on the other side, there was a row of sofas. The width was at most sixty centimeters. In this way, there was still room for walking in the middle. The sofa was three meters long, and the last meter was the position of the door. Naturally, it couldn't block the small door. Otherwise, people couldn't get in or out.
There was no pressure for five adults to lie on the three-meter-long sofa. Plus the twelve people on the bed, there was a total of seventeen people to rest together. Of course, lying on the sofa was certainly not as comfortable as lying on the bed, but this small room was obviously prepared for the servants, so they couldn't care so much. Even the male servants and the female servants could only mix. The wooden partition between the two rows of beds and the drawable curtain in the aisle were prepared for the separation. The side near the door was naturally prepared for the male servant, and the inside of the curtain and wooden partition was naturally prepared for the female servants. In addition, not all the female servants lived in this room. There were some high-level ones who would serve in the big house. In this way, all aspects were considered, and it would be comfortable for the whole family to travel.
"There is a kitchen, and there is also a servant's residence. It is so close, so it is more convenient to serve. Not bad, not bad, especially there is a partition between the two groups of beds. The male servants and the female servants can be separated. As long as it is not a man and a woman, nothing out of the ordinary will happen."
Ang Lee praised with great satisfaction.
"Assistant Minister Li is right. We have considered everything that can be considered. Originally, we planned to separate the rooms of the male and female servants, but once we did, we would need one more door. In this way, the two rooms are too narrow and not easy to make. Later, we simply made one room with a wooden board and a curtain in the middle. Hehe."
After being praised twice in a row, the petty official became happy. The mood of being scolded just now was relieved at once.
This method was indeed very good. There was a wooden board with a thickness of three centimeters between the two groups of beds, which completely separated the two sides. Even the sound could be reduced a lot. In addition to the thick wooden board, there was a curtain in the middle of the aisle. This was not the end. On each layer of the bed, there was a separate small curtain, which was more than two meters long and less than one meter high. It could cover one's bed alone. There were six small curtains prepared for the six beds. The male servants could also cover their beds tightly. There was no need to worry about anything embarrassing.
Because these were only prepared for the servants, the quality of the beds was very ordinary. Moreover, they were three high beds. The space on each layer was only about one meter. Living there would definitely not be very comfortable. After all, they were all servants. It was good enough to have a place to sleep. How could they ask for a better place? Moreover, there was no toilet in such a small room. If they wanted to relieve themselves, they could only go to the toilet at the junction of the train.
After walking out of the small room prepared for the servants, Ang Lee could finally see the most luxurious part of the whole carriage, which was the part prepared for the master. This part was 40 square meters, which was a very large area. In order to make people live comfortably, the facilities in this room were very luxurious.
Gently pushing the door open, Ang Lee saw a very luxurious sofa made of precious beast skin. There was also a layer of fox skin decoration on it. The curtains were beautiful brocade. The overall space looked to be only a dozen square meters, which was not very big. After all, this 40 square meters space was not a whole piece. It was divided into many parts. The part that could be seen in front of him was only a dozen square meters, but it was luxurious and bright enough. It could be considered a luxurious pocket-sized living room.
This small living room had two rows of sofas. They were all top-notch sofas. In front of each sofa, there was a small coffee table. The sofa was placed perpendicular to the window so that it was convenient to turn one's head to look at the scenery outside. There was a space of four to five meters between the two coffee tables, which could meet the needs of people walking inside and even dancing without pressure.
The sofa was very luxurious, but it was less than two meters long. It could only sit three adults side by side. After all, there was a passage to enter the rooms on both sides.
Naturally, both sides of the living room had to be visited separately. Ang Lee first visited the left side. First, he had to go through the small passage on the side of the aisle. In order to save space, this small passage was designed as a hanging door, which could also be understood as a hanging sliding door. The advantage of this door was that it could prevent ordinary doors from occupying too much indoor space. After all, if the door could be opened and closed normally, there must be a fan-shaped area, which took up a lot of space. However, a sliding door did not have this problem. The space it occupied was only a small piece of the thickness and length of the door, which was almost negligible.
The hanging door was an upgraded version of the sliding door. The sliding door had a channel at the top and bottom, but the hanging door only had a guide rail at the top and nothing at the bottom. The advantage of this was to prevent people from being tripped by the channel at the bottom.
Gently pushing open the door, Li An felt a very heavy feeling. This door was made of expensive red sandalwood. It felt very textured in his hand. After applying tung oil, it looked even more noble. It looked very classy at first glance.
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