The emperor of the Qing Dynasty had to rinse the "Dragon Ditch" every day, so why did the palace ladies rush to serve them? Disgusting!
In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial family had a habit, which was also a privilege, what? It is what we want to talk about today, "Chong Long Gou", the reason why we say privilege is because ordinary ordinary people are not qualified to do so, why? Because the materials selected are all high-quality materials, such as high-grade spring water, high-quality tea leaves, tea sets, etc., this is something that ordinary people dare not think.
1, waiting for the "dragon ditch" can be a lot of extra money
Ordinary people rinse their mouths just with white water to simply clean up, rich merchants use salt water, and the official just adds a little wine to the mouthwash, commonly known as wine. And when the emperor rushes the "dragon ditch", it is different, the water of the dragon ditch must be the dew of the morning, and it should be known that the emperor rushes the "dragon ditch" is not once, and a cup of dew can only be used once.
The teas drunk by the emperor were all high-grade teas that paid tribute from all over the world, and the value was very high, and they would never add water to the second time after drinking tea once. Therefore, the palace maid can carefully collect these brewed tea leaves to dry, and these two teas are a huge windfall income.
Now the precious tea leaves are more than a thousand pieces a pound, and the tea drunk by the ancient emperor is even more than ten thousand yuan a pound. The palace maid collected these tea leaves, and then entrusted the eunuch to sell it at a high price outside the palace, and after deducting the money given by filial piety to the leader and colleagues, the palace maid could still accumulate a large amount of money, and there was a dowry or pension fee when she left the palace later. Even if you don't leave the palace, you can bribe the deacon eunuch with this money, you can assign an easy job, and you can even seek a foreman to be a pawn.
In the "Book of Longevity" during the Yuan Dynasty, it was recorded that all diets and diets, rollers gargled with strong tea, bored and tired, and the spleen and stomach were harmonious, and where the flesh was in the teeth, the tea was rinsed, and it was not bothered to take off without being picky. From this point of view, during the Yuan Dynasty, it was believed that gargling with strong tea not only removed the greasy feeling in the mouth, but also reconciled the spleen and stomach. Of course, because tea is more expensive, strong tea gargling is not a life that ordinary people can enjoy.
And the emperor is the richest person in the whole world, then the things used for the emperor are of course all the best things, mouthwash is no exception, "Chong Longgou" tea is all first-class good tea, and tea is also very exquisite, even after the first two times of soaking, the quality of the tea has been slightly bad,
But take it out and dry it, you can still sell it for a good price outside the palace, for this matter of course, it is also a thing that many palace women want to do very much, these tea leaves can try to take out and dry it, and taking out in the palace is also another subsidy for themselves, such subsidies are also quite tempting for these palace women, so they all want to "rush the dragon ditch" for the emperor.
And this income is very high for the palace women, even much higher than their own wages. Therefore, under so many benefits and temptations, the palace ladies naturally rushed to wash the "dragon ditch" for the emperor! In fact, it seems that even if the ancients did not have a toothpaste toothbrush, people can also achieve the purpose of cleaning the mouth, or very smart, we will not bring toothpaste toothbrush in the future, in the case of emergency, you can also learn from the methods of the ancients, gargling with green tea, you can also freshen your breath ~