Chen Xiao pounded a large amount of saltpeter into powder and put it into the water of a large wooden barrel, according to the ratio of saltpeter powder to water.

After putting it in, Chen Xiao slowly stirred it with a wooden stick, and as time passed, saltpeter powder and water melted together, and the temperature began to drop.

But it takes a little time, so Chen Xiao stirs slowly.

Qi Mo and Bai Qingqing looked at Chen Xiao suspiciously, and they didn't know what he was doing.

But after waiting for a while, the two girls were stunned.

Because they found that there was some ice slag in the big wooden bucket of water.

Ice slag is also beginning to appear in the water in the large wooden barrels and small wooden barrels.

Chen Xiao continued to stir the water in the large wooden barrel, and soon, the water inside froze.

The ice surrounded the small wooden barrels, and the water in the small wooden barrels began to freeze.

The principle is very simple, saltpeter powder is contained in the water of the large wooden barrel, and the large wooden barrel is like a refrigerator, and the water without saltpeter in the small wooden barrel in the large wooden barrel is even more frozen into ice.

In this way, the ice in the large wooden barrel has saltpeter and cannot be eaten, but the water in the small wooden barrel is clean.

This brings us to the simplest way to make ice.

Looking at the ice that appeared in the two wooden barrels, Qi Mo and Bai Qingqing looked at Chen Xiao in shock.

Chen Xiao smiled: "How is it?" ”

"That's amazing, how did you do it? This is...... Immortals? Qi Mo asked in surprise.

Chen Xiao said: "It's just a way to make ice. ”

As he spoke, he used his knife to break the ice in the small wooden bucket into small pieces for the two girls to eat.

The two girls each put one piece in their mouths, and their eyes lit up suddenly.

"Well, it's really ice...... So comfortable......"

"Wow, I didn't expect that I could still eat ice on such a hot day...... So happy......"

The two girls were excited, and Chen Xiao was also very happy.

So, he took the ice to the restaurant, and put some jars of wine in the ice, so that this morning, the guests in the most ruthless restaurant were blessed, and one by one they drank the cold wine on a hot day.

Chen Xiao even said that in the coming summer, the most ruthless restaurants will have chilled liquor......

Early the next morning, Chen Xiao, the son of the country, was able to go to the court meeting as a fourth-grade priest.

So he went.

With a lot of ice cubes made in the morning, I went to the early dynasty, ready to give these ministers to satisfy their hunger, mainly, advertising, the guys in the most ruthless restaurants will make a lot of ice in the future, and ordinary people can't afford to consume it, these dignitaries and dignitaries, that is the mainstream customer.

In the court, after the emperor and the ministers discussed business for a while, they saw that there was nothing going on, and they saw Chen Xiao.

"Chen Xiao, you don't seem to have a mansion?"

Generally speaking, if you are an official, if you have a contribution, the court will give you a mansion.

Chen Xiao heard the words and said: "There is a house, but it has not been renovated inside, and it cannot be moved in!" ”

The emperor nodded: "That's it, decorate, hand over to the Ministry of Engineering, decorate according to the specifications of the four products, and get some furnishings in place." ”

This can be regarded as a special care for Chen Xiao!

Who knows, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu is listed: "Your Majesty, recently, the Ministry of Industry has been busy, and it is necessary to repair the city wall, deliberately, I am afraid that I will not be able to take time out to decorate the mansion for Lord Chen!" ”

Chen Xiao glanced at the Ministry of Works, this guy was at odds with Chen Xiao yesterday because of the fact that the former sacrificial wine connived at the Guozi prison prisoner to visit the land of fireworks.

At that time, Chen Xiao also ridiculed, saying that people such as the Ministry of Industry Shangshu who thought that students could go to the land of fireworks also liked to go, and said a lot of things, which made the Ministry of Industry Shangshu ugly.

It seems that now this thing is revenge on himself?

Damn, the emperor asked you to decorate my home, and you find a reason why you don't want to?

It's clear that you're against Chen Xiao!

Chen Xiao's temper, can he bear it?

So he opened his mouth and said: "The Ministry of Works, you have a huge Ministry of Works, so you won't have time to decorate a house if you don't build the city wall, right?" What's the matter? The Ministry of Industry is so useless? The Ministry of Industry can't do anything like this?

In my opinion, it shouldn't be the problem of the Ministry of Industry, but the problem of your book? If you can't do the work of the Ministry of Works, Your Majesty can replace you, anyway, you are so inactive! ”

When the Ministry of Industry Shangshu heard this, the anger also came up.

He is a second-grade official, Chen Xiaocai is from the fourth grade, one is a scholar of the sixth department, and the other is the person in charge of teaching.

Chen Xiao is still here to teach him?

So, he glared at Chen Xiao and said, "What do you mean? Say that my Ministry of Engineering is not an officer? Say that I am still in the Ministry of Works, and do not act? Chen Xiao, is the decoration of your mansion very important? ”

"Then you ask Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked you to decorate me, why? What do you mean that Your Majesty shouldn't have said that? Or is it that Your Majesty is not qualified to trouble you for such a trivial matter? Chen Xiao retorted!

The Ministry of Works' face turned red: "The official didn't mean that, the official just wanted to ask you, is it important to repair the city wall, or is it important to decorate your home?" ”

"It's important to repair the walls!" Chen Xiao said.

"Isn't that all there is to it?" The Ministry of Industry snorted coldly.

Chen Xiao continued: "However, the Ministry of Industry can only do one thing at a time? A huge ministry that can only repair one city wall at a time? Your Majesty, the efficiency of the Ministry of Works is really ...... It's hard to put into words! ”

"You ......" the Ministry of Works' Shangshu's teeth itched,

Chen Xiao really said openly and secretly that his Ministry of Industry did not act!

The emperor frowned: "Okay, don't worry about it, the Ministry of Works, you can do it!" ”

The Ministry of Industry was helpless and gave his hand: "Obey!" ”

"No need!" Chen Xiao suddenly spoke.

The emperor was stunned, and the Ministry of Industry was overjoyed, and he didn't want to give Chen Xiao an officer.

Chen Xiao said: "My mansion has been renovated last night, and it only cost 10,000 taels of silver, and this morning, 20 workers have already worked in the mansion, and it will be renovated in about a few days."

After all, the Ministry of Engineering is repairing the city wall, how can they arrange such a big project as the decoration of my mansion, they can't do this job! ”

This series of ridicule really made the Ministry of Industry Shangshu angry and eager to eat Chen Xiaosheng alive!

Many ministers also discussed with each other, and the topic of discussion was naturally the uselessness of the Ministry of Industry.

After all, as a country's construction department, it is impossible to carry out the renovation project of a single mansion......

For a time, the Ministry of Industry was embarrassed.

The emperor also knew that Chen Xiao deliberately wanted to be angry with the Ministry of Works, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Chen Xiao, you also have money, you can get it yourself!" ”

When Chen Xiao heard this, he remembered his popsicle, so he spoke:

"Your Majesty, on this hot day, will you give you a little popsicle?"

"Popsicles? Do you have ice? Grab it! The Emperor immediately spoke.

He didn't think much about it, thinking that Chen Xiao had some special way to fix the ice.

Chen Xiao nodded, and after going out, he quickly moved in large boxes, which were wrapped in quilts and insulated.

When I opened it, there were palm-sized popsicles inside, more than 200 of them.

When Chen Xiao made it, it was sweetened, so it was a sweet popsicle.

When everyone saw it, their eyes lit up.

Chen Xiao first took a few for the emperor, and then distributed them to the surrounding ministers.

Soon, the two hundred popsicles were divided, and only one in Chen Xiao's hand remained.

The ministers and the emperor all got the popsicles, and their eyes lit up as they ate one by one.

The court was full of popsicle licking and lip smacking.

Only the Ministry of Industry Shangshu had a black face and twisted his head to the side, which was embarrassed and greedy.

Chen Xiao smiled with a popsicle, walked over and said, "Oh, the Ministry of Industry, how can I forget you, come and eat popsicles." ”

Gongbu Shangshu wanted to refuse, but he was too hot, everyone was eating, and he really wanted to eat.

Seeing Chen Xiao give him popsicles, he couldn't help but think, this kid gave himself popsicles, so was he a little too much just now?

Because he wanted to eat it very much, he couldn't help it, so he squeezed out a smile and said, "Lord Chen, it was a misunderstanding just now......

As he spoke, he reached for the popsicle.

Chen Xiao also smiled and handed out the popsicle.

But just as he was about to hand it over to the Ministry of Works, Chen Xiao's little hand was loosened, and the tempting popsicle fell directly to the ground.

The Ministry of Industry was stunned, and the other ministers also watched this scene.

Chen Xiao showed an embarrassed and polite smile: "Oops, I'm sorry, I didn't hold ...... steadily"

Everyone: It's too cheap~