After finishing the noodles, the emperor looked at the lacquer box curiously and asked Zou Tong: "What is in the lacquer box, and why does it have to be eaten in the hot afternoon? Isn't it said that you can't eat until noon?"
Mrs. Cao came over and opened the lacquer box. She was also curious as to why Mrs. Lin could rely on some poor food to obtain the Sacred Heart. If the emperor had not touched Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Cao would not have been too worried. But the emperor came last night.
He married the Lin family and ordered someone to solemnly record the chastity veil in the jade certificate. This shows that the emperor valued Lin very seriously this time.
The Song Dynasty did not attach much importance to the chastity of women. The queen of the previous emperor was a remarried woman and she also brought an oil bottle. Therefore, the emperor rarely recorded the chastity of his concubine after he met her. Now, now
, everything is different.
Cao was stunned when she opened the lacquer box, and the emperor turned his head curiously. He saw white mist slowly coming out of the lacquer box, and in the middle was a bowl of cheese. This was nothing unusual, but the porcelain that stored the cheese
The bowl was surrounded by ice chips, and the cold mist was caused by the ice encountering the heat.
"Zou Tong! I asked you a few days ago whether there was any ice in the ice cellar in the palace. I remember your answer at that time, saying that there would be no ice left at the end of July, right?" Ms. Cao's voice was louder than in the lacquer box.
The ice is even colder.
Zou Tong hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, if you ask me now, I will tell you that there is no ice in the ice cellar. Even if I have eighteen courages, I will not dare to deceive you."
Cao's face softened. She also thought that Zou Tong did not dare to lie to her about this matter. After all, she was the master of the harem. Since there was not a single piece of ice in the palace, there was only one source of ice here. Then
Even outside the palace, a concubine secretly communicated and delivered items to the outside world. This was a serious crime. The emperor could kill Lin by himself without the emperor taking action.
The emperor also frowned and asked: "Zou Tong, tell me where the ice comes from." Zhao Zhen also felt that Lin was very ignorant and that this matter was done inappropriately, but he did not plan to hand over Lin to
The Queen's decision is up to you, but you still have room for change.
Zou Tong looked at the emperor, then at the empress and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, Empress Zhaorong naturally made these ices by herself at Zizhuxuan, or she was helped by a servant. Empress Zhaorong does not allow others to interfere with your majesty's food and drink."
"Did you make it yourself? Zou Tong, the sun is scorching now, how can you make ice even in the cold winter months? How dare you deceive me!" When Cao saw that the emperor was determined to protect Lin, the anger in her chest continued to rise.
Zou Tong is the emperor's personal eunuch, his status is second only to his ancestor Chen Lin. Now his ancestor is old, but the emperor remembers the kindness of old Chen Lin to his life. As long as he is alive, he will be the general manager of the palace.
, no one can shake his status, the emperor now calls Chen Lin "big companion" when he sees her.
Zou Tong was trained by Chen Lin to take over. As the emperor's personal eunuch, his position naturally followed the emperor's. When the emperor said such obvious protective words, he didn't know how to speak.
Pointing to the sky, he swore: "The lives of the officials and slaves are yours. How dare I deceive you? When you received the Xixia envoy in the morning, Empress Zhaorong sent someone to ask the slave for ice. Naturally, the slave didn't have any in her hand. So,
She politely declined Empress Zhaorong's request. Empress Zhaorong said strangely, the royal family is the richest place in the world, how could there be no ice? Ordinary people in Sichuan know how to make some ice to cool down during the hard summer.
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After hearing this, the slave is naturally dissatisfied. The ice in the ice cellar can be stored until July. Only the ice cellar in our Yuquan Mountain can do this. The climate in Sichuan is hotter than Tokyo, so it is simply impossible to do this. Besides, it can be stored in winter.
To make ice, you need to dig a large water storage pit in the drinking water river in advance. When the water turns completely into ice on the 39th day, the craftsmen will cut the large piece of ice into three feet square ice bricks, and finally transport it to the Yuquan Mountain ice cellar for storage.
The ice cellar needs to be sealed thoroughly so that there will be ice in the palace to cool off in the summer.
There is no ice at all in winter in the middle of Shu, and even if it does freeze, it won't form big ice bricks. If you want ice, you can only get it from the mountains, which is more expensive than Tokyo, so I don't believe Empress Zhaorong's words, so I plan to go there
See how Empress Zhaorong makes ice. As a result, under the eyes of the slave, Empress Zhaorong cooks for Your Majesty and casually puts a large copper basin into the rain urn. After a while, the rain urn is caught.
It froze, and after a while the water in the copper basin also started to form ice.
Empress Zhaorong took off the ice skin and chilled the cheese for Your Majesty. The slave also took a small piece and ate it and found that it was really ice! Please be clear to Your Majesty, even if the slave tells a lie, the dog will not eat it."
Cao's eyes were as wide as copper bells. The blue sky and the bright sun can make ice. This is a monster. She trembled and pointed in the direction of Zizhuxuan and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is a monster. You must make a decision early."
, you must not be deceived by him and do things that bring disaster to the country."
Zhao Zhen scratched his forehead with his fingers and asked Zou Tong: "You said the ice came out of thin air?"
Zou Tong shook his head and said: "Empress Zhaorong said that as long as you throw clean saltpeter into the water, the water will freeze, and then the saltpeter water will freeze the clean water in the copper basin into ice, so that there will be ice for use, Shu
This is how everyone in China collects ice. Only a fool would go to the mountains to collect ice and then transport it down. That is something only a prodigal would do.
Empress Zhaorong also said that the slave was stupid and worked hard to store ice. She said that she had taught the slave a craft, and jokingly asked the slave for payment for the secret recipe."
Zhao Zhen laughed heartily, patted the table and said: "Everyone has become accustomed to being aloof and treating ice hiding as an elegant thing. Little does he know that the common people have already had a way to solve this kind of trouble. I'm afraid this kind of method is the only one.
People like Lin who have seen the suffering of the people will know that the nobles in the palace probably only know how to use ice in summer, but they don't care where and how the ice comes from. They are really despicable carnivores!
"
Cao didn't believe it, so he ordered people to find saltpeter and make ice according to Zou Tong's method. Sure enough, within an hour after the saltpeter was put in, ice skin appeared in the rain urn. After a while, ice skin appeared in the copper basin.
The water also began to freeze. Mrs. Cao let out a long sigh and went back to her palace gloomily. After reviewing the memorial, Zhao Zhen came out with iced cheese and took a look. While eating the cheese, he said to Zou Tong: "Sure enough,
In this way, the son is not talking about the strange power and the gods, and the queen is a little less ambitious. However, there are many skilled craftsmen in the world, and there are countless incredible methods. You cannot attribute everything to ghosts and gods. By the way, the royal family will not store ice this year. Decree
, I will reward you with a pair of Ruyi Lin’s jade, and Zou Tong, which is the secret recipe money I gave to you on your behalf.”
Just when Zhao Zhen was lamenting all the whimsical ideas in the world, Lao Bao stayed in Jiaziying to personally supervise the making of wine. The fact that alcohol can clean the affected area and reduce wound suppuration was confirmed by him through experiments. He felt that he was very powerful.
It is necessary to purchase a batch and bring it back to Bianliang City in Tokyo. Some things are more convincing if the emperor sees them with his own eyes.
I picked up a glass of residual wine from the bamboo tube of the wine steamer. According to the veteran who steamed the wine, the leftovers could not be made into alcohol and could only be drank as wine. It was still a very good wine, very strong in nature but extremely mellow in flavor.
After drinking a glass of wine, Lao Bao resisted the overwhelming dizziness and said to Zhang Fangping, who was sitting at the table drinking new wine and eating side dishes: "Such residues can make you and me two court officials enjoy it endlessly. There is no joy in the world."
It’s too much.”
Zhang Fangping shook his head and said: "You don't know how to drink. New wine needs to be mixed with old wine to taste better. It's better to bury the wine in the ground for a while to remove the fire. I even heard Yun Zheng say that after the sorghum wine is brewed, it will taste better.
Fortunately, if you put some boy urine in the wine, the wine will taste better. I believe this is true, but I don’t have the guts to drink urine. You can give it a try when you return to Kaifeng Bianliang."
Bao Zheng said angrily: "You have a big heart, you have a big heart. You, Zhang Fangping, can be considered a very knowledgeable person. The idea of letting the civil and military officials of the dynasty drink their urine is really not a brilliant idea."
Zhang Fangping put down the chopsticks in his hand and said: "I'm not kidding, that guy Yun Zheng really said that. Maybe he had dirty intentions of asking me to drink urine, but this method is absolutely right. If you don't believe me, just try it.
I understand, although what the boy said was angry, he did not lie, so this method will definitely work."
Bao Zheng sat back in his seat, took a deep breath of the strong alcohol smell in the wine shop and said with a smile: "You trust him so much!"
Zhang Fangping nodded and said: "I haven't done anything else since I came to Chengdu. I have been busy fighting with Yun Zheng. Although I won and drove Yun Zheng to benefit the people of Shu, do you know that just a piece of silk can
I added 30% of taxes to Shuzhong, and during this period I just gave him an order, and he completed the order perfectly.
So I believe him, but I won’t relax supervision. This guy is just a monkey. He keeps having fantastic ideas all day long. The most terrifying thing is that he has a way to predict the future. As long as he sees the beginning of things
, you can see the future more or less clearly. He said it is not some magical thing, but the application of arithmetic in real life.
Just like war games, everything in the world has its own unique development rules. As long as you find the rules, you can sum up one, two, three. First, if you want to control the gods and predict impermanence, you must first learn arithmetic well. Everyone in the Song Dynasty focused on it.
Poems, songs, and articles by saints, but they disdain arithmetic, a subject that is very important to the national economy and people's livelihood. Just like we value literature over martial arts, we have discarded the most important and essential parts as dross. This is the biggest problem in the world.
tragedy.
I am currently working hard to pick up flowers in the morning and evening, and I am studying arithmetic with the second boy of the Yun family. I have learned some skills recently, but the second boy of the Su family is too naughty and has teased me several times.
Lao Bao, don't you plan to learn more about this knowledge? Confucius said, if three people are walking together, there must be one teacher from me. You have solved countless cases in Kaifeng Mansion, and sooner or later you will need arithmetic. There is no harm in lowering your posture and learning arithmetic. In the face of knowledge,
There is nothing shameful about bowing your head." (To be continued)