"Haha..." Li Er burst into laughter, "I am very pleased that Wei Aiqing is dedicated to the people. However, my ice cubes are inexhaustible and can be used. And there is no need to buy ice cubes from the people at all."

"What your Majesty means is that your Majesty can make ice cubes yourself?" Wei Zheng said.

He felt that his intelligence had been insulted. If he could make ice by himself, why would he need to dig ice and store it in winter?

Fang Xuanling and other officials also found it incredible that this ice could be produced by themselves?

Li Er wanted to laugh when he saw his ministers all looking disbelieving. I want to surprise you.

"Wei Aiqing, don't you believe it?" Li Er said.

"I don't dare. Maybe your majesty has the blessing of heaven and you may have learned how to make ice." Wei Zheng said.

"Wei Zheng, you can say this." Xiao Yu stepped forward and pointed at Wei Zheng and scolded, "I thought you were an upright official who dared to give direct advice, but I didn't expect you to be so perfunctory. I misjudged you.

"

He took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Mo Yanqi, we are ignorant. If people can make ice, then people all over the world will have ice available, and then some people will be heated to death."

Fang Xuanling originally thought that Li Er was going to get angry, but when he saw him looking at everyone with a smile, especially Xiao Yu, he retracted his feet that he originally wanted to stand up for.

This is so abnormal, so abnormal, so there is only one possibility: His Majesty went to Taiping Village to find Li Feng.

"Haha..." Li Er laughed again, "I'm afraid everyone here thinks I'm joking."

"I don't dare." A group of ministers bowed their heads.

Xiao Yu looked at a group of ministers with their heads lowered and couldn't help but cursed angrily: "You, you are all a group of courageless bandits. I am ashamed that you are an official together."

"Master Xiao, why are you so sure that Your Majesty cannot create ice?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"I am absolutely sure. Fang Xuanling, don't think that just because you flatter His Majesty, you can always sit in a high position.

Ice making, if one can make ice cubes, I am willing to resign and return to my hometown." Xiao Yu shouted loudly, full of confidence.

"No, Master Xiao."

"Don't mention resignation, never mention it."

"Master Xiao, don't be impulsive."

…

For a time, many officials began to advise Xiao Yu not to be too impulsive.

Fang Xuanling also frowned slightly. The matter of resignation was too big to come true. Even if Li Er really made the ice cube, Xiao Yu would not be allowed to resign.

"Master Xiao, why don't we make a bet."

"What bet?" Xiao Yu asked.

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Xiao just said that because the weather was too hot, many people were killed by the heat, so I want to make a bet with Mr. Xiao.

As long as Your Majesty can make ice, Mr. Xiao will spend money to give ice cubes to the people of Chang'an.

On the contrary, I am spending money to buy ice cubes for the people of Chang'an. Please do this, Your Majesty."

"Okay, I've made a bet. Please allow your majesty." Xiao Yu also said.

Du Ruhui suddenly said: "It seems that Fang Xuanling is at a disadvantage."

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "That is, once Your Majesty makes ice cubes, it means that other people can also make ice. As long as this method is spread, the money to buy ice will not be spent.

On the other hand, Xuan Ling has to spend a lot of money to buy ice, not to mention that there is not enough ice in Chang'an to satisfy the people of Chang'an."

"That's the truth." Du Ruhui nodded.

Li Er said: "Come here, bring the things."

Soon a young eunuch brought a basin of water, placed it in the middle of the hall, and then stood aside to wait for instructions.

Li Er said: "I have brought the things, do you two still want to gamble now?"

Fang Xuanling said: "We believe in Your Majesty."

"I am willing to bet," Xiao Yu said.

"In that case, I will help you two." Li Er said solemnly, "Put the saltpeter into the water."

"Yes, Your Majesty," the eunuch said.

Then he walked to the side of the basin, took out a bag of saltpeter from his arms, threw all of it into the basin, and then stood aside.

Everyone looked at all this in confusion, is this enough?

Cui Jinhua in the crowd felt curious. This saltpeter can turn water into ice? Is it true?

If this is true, then the Cui family will be rich and the entire mountain will be filled with saltpeter. Suddenly he started to giggle.

"What are Master Cui laughing at?"

"I don't know, but he smiles so obscenely."

"Yeah, it's really obscene, it looks like I beat him up."

"I feel the same way."

The stunned Cui Jinhua had no idea that he was almost beaten by several colleagues around him. It was Li Er's voice that brought him back to his senses, and at the same time, his colleagues no longer paid attention to him.

"Yesterday, I accidentally saw someone throwing saltpeter into the water, and then the water in the basin turned into ice cubes. Today I will also try to see if it can freeze."

"A blinding trick." Xiao Yu said, "Your Majesty, you must have planted a blinding trick on the other party. If the saltpeter had such a function, it would have been discovered long ago."

"The public has actually discovered it a long time ago, and everyone just didn't talk about it. Are there many such things?" Fang Xuanling said.

"That's enough. You'll know after reading this." Li Er said solemnly, his eyes full of confidence.

This made Fang Xuanling more sure of what she was thinking.

Cheng Yaojin took the lead to walk to the water basin, put his hand into the water, and shouted: "It's cold, the water is slowly getting colder."

Niu Jinda pulled Cheng Yaojin away and said, "Your hand feels wrong. Let me try it."

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he put his hand into the water, his face changed, and he said: "What's going on? This water is so cold, as if it has been soaked in ice water."

Xiao Yu didn't believe it. He walked to the basin and put his hand into the water. Damn it, why is it so cold? It feels like it's about to freeze.

"It's foggy, the water in the basin is foggy." Fang Xuanling, who was walking over, saw the strange change in the water in the basin and shouted quickly.

Xiao Yu quickly took out his hand and stared at the water in the basin.

There were many people staring at the water in the basin, and the one with unblinking eyes was Cui Jinhua.

The changes in the basin made him feel excited. The Cui family was going to get rich. They would fill a mountain of saltpeter. Thinking about how much wealth they would get made him excited.

Li Er, who was sitting on the dragon chair, said: "That's the cold air, which means that ice skin will appear on the water soon, and then it will slowly condense into ice."

Xiao Yu swallowed his saliva and found that the water in the basin slowly condensed into ice cubes at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Tang Jian, who had never joined in the fun, suddenly said: "The Cui family seems to have a saltpeter mountain. Can you sell me some saltpeter?"

Then everyone suddenly remembered to buy saltpeter, and everyone began to look at Cui Jinhua.

Cui Jinhua, who was originally very proud, suddenly felt a chill coming over him.

"You, what do you want to do?"

Cheng Yaojin walked up to him and laughed, but his smile was very shabby.

"I said, Lao Cui, you have such a big saltpeter mountain, it's not too much to sell it to me, right?"

"This is not under my control. As you know, my son Cui Zhi has always been in charge of the family business. If you want to buy it, just go to my son."

Cheng Yaojin's face turned pale and he said, "I don't believe a word of yours. Your brat dares to be disobedient."

"Cheng Yaojin, what are you doing?" Li Er's voice suddenly came to mind.

Cheng Yaojin immediately smiled naively and said: "Your Majesty, where do you want to buy saltpeter? My house is short of ice."

"Buy just buy, don't threaten others, don't disturb the people, don't talk about this matter in the hall." Li Er directly stopped everyone so that everyone could not buy saltpeter on the spot.

Especially Xiao Yu, if he loses, he will need a lot of saltpeter to give ice cubes to the people. Now I won't give you a chance to buy saltpeter, I will make you mad.

Cui Jinhua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, there is a saltpeter mountain in the Weichen family, and everyone must want to buy saltpeter at this time.

Originally, Wei Chen had handed over the voice of the family to Quan Zi, so everyone went to look for Quan Zi, not Wei Chen, as it would be useless."

At this time, Tang Jian said again: "It's frozen. The water in the basin has completely turned into ice cubes. It's so cool and comfortable to stand next to him."

Xiao Yu's lips trembled and he murmured to himself: "I lost, I actually lost."

"I won, haha..." Fang Xuanling laughed.

Li Er smiled and was also happy for Fang Xuanling.

He continued: "I have one more thing to tell you. When I obtained the method of making ice, I also obtained a treasure called movable type printing.

Thousands of books can be printed in one day. Listen clearly, not thousands of books, but thousands of kinds. Do you know what I mean?"

"Your Majesty, is this true?" Du Ruhui stood up and asked.

"Of course, I have personally experimented. Currently, a large number of them are being produced. I will set up an office to be responsible for printing books.

This is a magical thing that benefits the country and should not be used among the people. However, the person who invented this thing told me that the people also need it, so I ordered that only one person among the people is allowed to use movable type printing." Li Er said.
To be continued...