In the Song Dynasty, early take-away forms appeared. How did you order takeout in ancient times when communication was underdeveloped?

In the Song Dynasty, both Tokyo residents in the Northern Song Dynasty and Hangzhou residents in the Southern Song Dynasty were not used to cooking at home, but preferred to eat out or order takeout. Many emperors in the Song Dynasty liked to order takeout. Let's share with you how to order takeout in the case of underdeveloped communication in ancient times.

Method 1: Takeaway and Self-introduction "Tokyo Dream" records the life of Tokyo (now Kaifeng), the imperial capital of the Song Dynasty. The book says, "A street broker's family often only buys food and drink at the city store, not at home." The meaning of this sentence is that people who do business in the Song Dynasty usually buy food in restaurants in the market and take it home to eat, instead of buying food and cooking in person. This is a method, in fact, it is not a takeaway in the strict sense, but it is carried as it is now.

Method 2: Ask the emperor who runs errands to order takeout, and an internal waiter can get it; Noble families and official families in Beijing also have servants and servants at home. If you can't find a servant to run errands at the moment, there are ways to order food. The guy who ran errands in the Song Dynasty was called "Idle Han". Their job is to call customers at any time, help them "take money to send things", including food delivery, and get a little reward from them. In addition, the owners of hotels and inns can also provide errands for their guests. In Shi Naian's "Water Margin", a detail goes like this: Yang Zhi, a "green-faced beast", came to Tokyo, found an inn to rest, put down his luggage, untied his broadsword and ju, took out some broken money and asked the bartender to buy some wine and meat to eat. This method is also very similar to running errands now. For example, some stores are beyond the scope of delivery or do not provide takeout, so you can ask the errand boy to help you buy it.

Mode 3: Even if the mobile vendors can't find a job for a while, people in Song Dynasty can order food, because in Beijing, at every meal, there are many mobile food vendors selling cooked food along the street, such as meat, roast duck, goose, cooked sheep, chicken and duck, sheep blood, lung irrigation and other fast food. "Selling at the door can solve the urgent need." Suzhou people in the Song Dynasty had such a habit: "Women are too lazy to go to the kitchen. If they are hungry, they will scream through the window, the market is full of food, and they will never go downstairs. " When you are hungry, you stand by the window, shout at the food store and food stall downstairs, order the food you want, and then tie a small bamboo basket with a rope and hang it from the window, which contains food money. Merchants collect the money, put the rice in the basket, and then let the diners pull up the bamboo basket-a meal will be solved. This method has been used in modern times, but it is suitable for mobile vendors who walk around the streets. However, if there are no vendors passing by, it will be a bit embarrassing. However, in ancient times without communication equipment, there were many ways to order takeout. As long as you are willing to pay, there is always a way to eat your favorite takeaway.