Chapter 8 The upper part of the documentary of the Shihu (Stone(31)

In November of the second year of Xiankang (336), Shi Hu built the Taiwu Hall in Xiangguo, and the two eastern and western palaces in Ye. In December, the whole building was completed. The base of Taiwu Hall is twenty feet high, sixty-five paces long and seventy-five paces wide and is made of textured stones. An underground chamber was dug under the base to house five hundred guards. The tiles of the house were decorated with lacquer, the tiles with gold, the jacaranda columns with silver, the pearl curtains and the jade walls. In the palace, a bed of white jade was placed, and fringed curtains were hung, and golden lotus flowers were made to cover the tops. He built nine palaces behind the Xiyang Hall. He selected the daughters of the nobles and placed them in these palaces. More than ten thousand of them were dressed in pearls and jade, silks, silks, silks and satins. He also set up female taishi with the same miscellaneous skills and techniques as the men outside. Shi Hu also had a thousand female cavalrymen serve as attendants to his chariot. They all wore purple nylon turbans, trousers made of well-worn brocade, gold and silver carving belts and colorful woven boots. They carried feather instruments and played military music to accompany them on their tour. At this time, a severe drought later occurred in Zhao. Gold can only buy two buckets of millet. The people were hungry for food, but Shi Hu was more than a soldier, he did all kinds of heavy labor. Shi Hu asked Yamen Zhang Mi to transport Luoyang's Zhong, Jiulong, Weng Zhong, Tongtuo and Feilian to Ye, which were carried by four-wheel rims with ruts spaced four feet apart and two feet deep.