Seeing everyone's curiosity, Huo Ling smiled and said, "Actually, there has always been ice in the capital in summer, but in the past it was reserved for the royal family."
"Every day in late winter, the palace will start harvesting ice and store the ice cubes in underground ice cellars for use in the summer."
"Using this method to store ice is very expensive and can only be found in the palace every year. Therefore, in summer, only the emperor and some ministers who have received rewards are lucky enough to use ice in the summer."
"But it's different now. Someone at Imperial College has invented a new method of making ice. It is said that it uses some chemical method to produce ice cubes on a large scale."
"Furthermore, this method of making ice is extremely efficient and has a huge output. The ice produced can also be eaten and is much cleaner than the ice cubes stored in the ice cellar."
"So now in Beijing you can not only see boiled water houses that sell hot water, but also some ice water shops that sell ice cubes."
"This summer, the weather is extremely hot. It will definitely feel very refreshing to have a glass of ice water with sugar in the ice water shop."
Huo Ling smiled and introduced everyone to the ice water shop in Beijing.
In fact, this ice water store is something that just appeared this year. Currently, this ice water store has only been opened in some areas in the capital.
"Can this ice still be made?"
When some people heard this, they were dumbfounded on the spot. In disbelief, they took an ice cube and looked at it carefully, and even put it in their mouths to taste it to make sure it was real.
"Of course~"
"After the ice melts, it turns into water, and you can make ice with water."
"In ancient times, there was a saying about saltpeter ice making, which refers to the use of saltpeter to make ice. As long as the temperature drops to a low enough level, water will naturally freeze. In winter, the temperature is too low, so water will freeze.
ice."
"Now there are subjects in the New School that specialize in the study of these things. It is said that they have developed several methods of making ice. This chemical ice making is a very efficient method of making ice. Now ordinary people can also taste it in the summer.
It tastes cold."
Huo Ling nodded solemnly and said.
"It's really amazing. It seems that this new learning also has merit."
After some people heard it, they couldn't help but praise it.
"Xinxue does have a lot of merits. Xinxue specializes in studying various things, such as mechanics, chemistry, physics, mathematics, astronomy, etc. It is always able to invent various new things, which also allows us to
Production and life have become more convenient and efficient.”
"With trains like this one, it will be much easier and more comfortable for my students to come to Beijing to take exams."
"And this electric light is very effective at night. The capital has become a city that never sleeps, and the lights are brightly lit at night."
"There is also this electric fan. With the electric fan, it will be much cooler in the summer."
Huo Ling smiled and nodded.
As a native of the capital, he is naturally the most deeply touched. Any new inventions or new things are basically the first to be promoted in the capital. Various new inventions are also emerging one after another.
"Brother Huo is wrong~"
"The new learning is nothing more than heretical ways and fancy tricks, not the Tao. Our Confucian learning is the true way to govern the country, the right way, and the way that can truly govern the country and bring peace to the world."
When some students heard this, they immediately said unhappy.
Isn't it appropriate to praise the new learning in front of a group of disciples of saints? The new learning and the old learning have always looked down upon each other. The old learning thinks that the new learning is a heretic and a sleaze of fancy tricks that cannot be put on the stage.
thing.
New learning feels that old learning is old and stubborn, unreliable, uncontemplative, extremely rigid, and useless. Students of the old learning know nothing except being able to chew words.
It has no effect on the development of society.
Both sides disliked each other and disliked each other, so much so that some students from Taixue went to the capital to cause trouble in Xinxue higher education institutions, and the two sides fought more than once.
Sometimes even when they see each other on the street, they inevitably get into a fight. It can be said that the quarrel between each other becomes more and more fierce, and they almost want to completely eliminate each other.
"Yes, yes~"
"The new learning is just a side doctrine, not the Tao."
"No matter how good you are at playing Qiqiao Yin skills, you still don't understand the meaning of the saint and don't understand etiquette, justice and integrity."
Some people also echoed.
"They can just come up with some weird things, but they are of no great use to our country, country, and the world, so don't worry about them."
"We are the sons of saints, and we will assist Emperor Zuo in governing the country in the future, but they are just ordinary people, so why should we be like them?"
"That's right~"
Someone said one after another.
"Yes, yes, let's not talk about the newly learned things."
"I got angry when I mentioned it. A few days ago, I and a few friends wanted to go to Imperial College to see what kind of books they were reading. However, we were kicked out by their students, and we were almost killed.
beat."
"These new students are really rude. Although they are literate, they do not understand the meaning between the lines. Although they read, they are as rude and barbaric as illiterate people in the market."
"Unlike us disciples of saints, we are not only studying, but also cultivating ourselves. How can scholars be ignorant of etiquette?"
Someone said very angry.
"Brother Li, you actually went to Imperial College for a visit. You are so bold and admirable."
When Huo Ling heard this, he couldn't help but be in awe.
Imperial College is the base of the new school, and the students there are notoriously bad-tempered. They look down on the students of the old school extremely. Of course, this is mainly because the students of the old school used to go to the capital to cause trouble.
As a result, now, as long as students from the old school dare to go there, they will basically be beaten, which can range from a black nose and a swollen face to being laid in bed for several months.
"I just heard that Imperial College is the representative of a new school, so I wanted to see if there were middle school students in our country who could be admitted to Imperial College, the scene would be similar to ours."
The man also said quickly.
"How can they compare with our old school~"
"Every day during the high school entrance examination, they will also create a ranking, saying that the first person is also the number one scholar. It is really shameless. How can the number one scholar be applied to them? It is simply an insult to the term number one scholar."
"Yes, yes, there was a joke last year. The new student who ranked first in the entire Ming Dynasty was actually a woman. Their number one scholar turned out to be a female number one scholar. Do you think it's funny or not?"
"The female champion, that's really going to make people laugh."
"Isn't that right~"
"This new theory says that men and women are equal and women can also receive education. Therefore, both male and female students attend classes in the same classroom. They don't understand the principle of not being close to each other when teaching and receiving. It is really offensive to moral standards."
"No, I've heard of it. They still talk about free love in campus, and they say that you should take control of marriage matters by yourself, and don't listen to your parents' orders or the advice of matchmakers. Isn't this chaos?"
"How can this be done? It is simply against the rules and ethics. Since ancient times, this matter of marriage has been ordered by the parents. How can it be said that the matchmaker has the final say?"
When talking about this, many students became more and more irritated. This new learning gave everyone an extremely bad feeling. What they had originally learned was some heresy, which was completely different from Confucian classics. In the eyes of these traditional scholars,
It's a dirty thing, a piece of kit-kat sex stuff.
Now it is said that male and female students study together and engage in free love on campus. This is simply unreasonable and has a serious impact on traditional Confucian ideas.
This also makes these students feel very angry and feel that the world is declining and people's hearts are not as good as before.
"Brothers, let's not talk about new things. Let's try this iced watermelon. It tastes very good."
Huo Ling saw that everyone was getting more and more angry as they talked, so he smiled and motioned for everyone to try this iced watermelon.
"Yes, yes, let's try the iced watermelon. Don't let Brother Huo's kindness go down~"
"Come, come~"
"Thank you, Brother Huo~"
"It's just a little bit of iced watermelon, nothing worth mentioning. Later I invite everyone to try the ice water in our capital. Be sure to drink it while watching the football game. It feels very good."
Huo Ling smiled and took the lead in eating the iced watermelon.
This watermelon is not expensive, but this ice is not cheap. It has just come out now, and the price of ice cubes is much more expensive than this watermelon. Ordinary people are often reluctant to consume it.
"Wow~ This iced watermelon tastes really good. After it is iced, it becomes sweeter and cooler. After one bite, all the heat in my body disappears completely."
"Yes, yes, it's really magical. It's really nice to be able to eat ice in the summer."
"I can't help but want to taste this ice water."
While everyone was eating the iced watermelon, they also marveled at its magic, completely forgetting the criticism they had just given to Xin Xue.