Chapter 52: Ice Making in the Great Hall

"Haha......" Li Er laughed, "Wei Aiqing is dedicated to the people, and I am very pleased." But I can't get enough of ice. And there is no need to buy ice from the private sector at all. ”

"Your Majesty means that Your Majesty can make your own ice cubes?" Wei Zheng said.

He felt that his IQ had been insulted, if he could make ice, then why would he dig ice in the winter to preserve it?

Fang Xuanling and other officials also felt incredible, this ice can also be produced by itself?

Li Er wanted to laugh when he saw that his courtiers were all in disbelief, I want to surprise you.

"Wei Aiqing, do you believe this?" Li Erdao.

"The minister doesn't dare, maybe Your Majesty has the blessing of God, and maybe he has learned the method of making ice." Wei Zheng said.

"Wei Zheng, you can say this." Xiao Yu stepped forward and pointed at Wei Zheng and scolded, "I originally thought that you were an upright official who dared to admonish directly, but I didn't expect you to be so perfunctory, and the old man misjudged you." ”

He took a step forward and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Mo Yanqi is ignorant, people promise to make ice, then the people of the world will already have ice available, and there will be people who will be burned to death." ”

Fang Xuanling originally thought that Li Er was going to be angry, but he saw him looking at everyone with a smile, especially Xiao Yu, which made his feet that he originally wanted to stand up retract again.

This is too abnormal, so abnormal, then there is only one possibility, Your Majesty has been 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 courtiers bowed their heads one after another.

Xiao Yu looked at a group of ministers with their heads down, and couldn't help but scold angrily: "You, you are all a group of gutless bandits, and the old man is ashamed of you to be officials together." ”

"Lord Xiao, why are you so sure that Your Majesty can't make ice cubes?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"The old man is very sure. Fang Xuanling, don't think that if you pat Your Majesty's ass, you can always sit in a high position.

Ice making, if people can make ice, the old man is willing to resign and return to his hometown. Xiao Yu shouted loudly, full of confidence.

"No, Lord Xiao."

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

"Lord Xiao, don't be impulsive."

……

For a while, many officials began to persuade Xiao Yu not to be too impulsive.

Fang Xuanling also frowned slightly, the resignation was too big to come true, even if Li Er really made the ice cubes, it would not make Xiao Yu resign.

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

"What bet?" Xiao Yu asked.

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, just now Lord Xiao said that because the weather was too hot, many people were killed by the heat, so Wei Chen wanted to make a bet with Lord Xiao."

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

On the contrary, Weichen spent money to buy ice cubes for the people of Chang'an. For this reason, I also ask Your Majesty to fulfill it. ”

"Okay, the old man gambled. I beg your Majesty's permission. Xiao Yu also said.

Du Ruhui said suddenly: "This seems to be Fang Xuanling's loss." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile: "That is, once Your Majesty makes ice, it means that other people can also make ice, as long as this method is spread, the money to buy ice will not have to be spent."

On the contrary, Xuan Ling has to spend a lot of money to buy ice, not to mention that there is not so much ice in the entire Chang'an combined, which is enough for the people of the entire Chang'an. ”

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

Li Er opened his mouth and said, "Come on, bring things up." ”

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

Li Erdao: "The things have been brought, now do you two still want to gamble?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Weichen believes in Your Majesty. ”

"The old minister is willing to gamble." Xiao Yu said.

"In that case, I will fulfill you both." Li Er said in a deep voice, "Put the saltpeter into the water." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch said.

Then he walked over to the basin, took a bag of saltpeter from his bosom, threw it all into it, and then stepped back to the side and stood.

Everyone looked at all this inexplicably, and that's it?

Cui Jinhua in the crowd was curious, this saltpeter can make water ice? Wouldn't it really be put?

If this is true, then the Cui family will be rich, and the whole mountain will be saltpeter, and suddenly he smirked.

"What are you laughing at?"

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

"yes, it's really obscene, like beating him."

"I feel that way, too."

Cui Jinhua, who was stunned, didn't know that he was almost beaten by a few 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 saw someone throw saltpeter into the water, and then the water in the basin formed ice, and today I will try to see if it can freeze."

"Blindfolding." Xiao Yu said, "Your Majesty, you must have planted the other party's trick, if saltpeter had this function, it should have been discovered a long time ago." ”

"In fact, the people have already found out, and everyone doesn't say it. Is there less such a thing? Fang Xuanling said.

"That's enough, everyone will know if you watch it." Li Er said in a deep voice, his eyes full of confidence.

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

Cheng Yanjin took the lead to walk to the side of the water basin, put his hand into the water, and shouted loudly: "It's cold, this water is slowly getting cold." ”

Niu Jinda pulled Cheng Jin away and said, "Your hand feels wrong, let me give it a try." ”

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

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

"It's foggy, the water in the basin is fogging." Fang Xuanling, who came over, saw that the water in the basin had changed, and hurriedly shouted.

Xiao Yu hurriedly withdrew his hand, staring at the water in the basin with his eyes.

There are many people staring at the water basin, and the one whose eyes are unblinking is Cui Jinhua.

The changes in the basin made his mood excited, the Cui family was going to make a fortune, a whole saltpeter mountain, how much wealth he would get, he was excited to think about it.

Li Er, who was sitting on the dragon chair, said: "It's cold, which means that the water is about to appear ice skin, and then slowly condense into ice. ”

Xiao Yu swallowed his saliva, and he found that the water in the basin was slowly condensing 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 a little saltpeter?" ”

Only then did everyone suddenly remember to buy saltpeter, and everyone's eyes began to look at Cui Jinhua.

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

"You, what do you want to do?"

Cheng Yanjin walked up to him and opened his mouth and laughed, but he smiled very coldly.

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

"This is not under my control, you also know, the family business has been handed over to my son Cui Zhi, if you want to buy it, go to my son."

Cheng Biting Jin's face was dusty, and he said: "Lao Tzu doesn't believe a word of your kid, your little cub dares to be disobedient." ”

"Cheng Yanjin, what are you doing?" Li Er's voice suddenly remembered.

Cheng Yanjin immediately smiled innocently: "Your Majesty, what about the ministers buying saltpeter?" Chen's house is very short of ice. ”

"Buy it, buy it, don't threaten others, don't disturb the people, don't talk about it in the main hall." Li Er directly stopped everyone and made it impossible for everyone to buy saltpeter on the spot.

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

Cui Jinhua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and 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, Weichen had already handed over the family's voice to the dog, so everyone went to find the dog, don't look for Weichen, it's useless to look for it. ”

At this time, Tang Jian spoke up again: "It's frozen, the water in the basin is completely frozen, it's so cool and comfortable to stand next to him." ”

Xiao Yu's lips trembled, and she muttered to herself: "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 get home, when I got the method of making ice, I also obtained a treasure called movable type printing.

Thousands of books can be printed in one day, you hear clearly, not thousands of books, but thousands, do you know what I mean? ”

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

"Of course, I've experimented with it myself. At present, a large number of productions are being made, and we will set up a yamen to be responsible for printing books.

This is a miracle of the country, and it should not be used by the people, but the person who invented it told me that the people also need it, so I ordered that only one person should be allowed to print with movable type. Li Er said.

Although Li Feng didn't tell him this, he really didn't want to use it by the people, and if the people used it, the family didn't also use it, so what advantages would the court have.

Originally, he didn't even want to give it to Li Feng, and only when he was in control could he be truly in control.

However, in the end, it was given up because movable type printing needed to be promoted, so that people in Chang'an City knew that there was movable type printing.

The people couldn't find the imperial court to print books, and even if they did, only those great Confucians in the world could do it.

"Your Majesty, who is it?" Li Jing asked.

Li Er lightly spit out two words: "Li Feng." ”

"Why is it him again?" Everyone couldn't help but have doubts in their hearts, as if Li Feng was there for everything.

"Ma Zhou, the movable type printing will be handed over to your secretary and the province will be responsible."

"Weichen will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations." Ma Zhou said loudly.

After retiring from the dynasty, Ma Zhou and Cui Jinhua became the objects of flattery.

There are more people around Cui Jinhua, and everyone needs saltpeter, which can make ice cubes. -

With ice, this summer is easy.