Chapter Ninety-One: Cooking Wine in Winter and Pinching Shoulders
With the arrival of the winter solstice, even though Huangzhu Mountain is located in the southwest, it is getting colder and colder.
In the middle of summer, Li Xuan misses the air conditioner of the later generations, and when it comes to the depths of winter, he misses the air conditioner of the later generations even more, if there is a heating air conditioner or radiator on such a cold day, what a good enjoyment it should be!
It's a pity that he doesn't have air conditioning or heating, and even because he is in the south, he doesn't even have a soil kang.
As the weather was cold, those people outside brought a lot of charcoal at first, but the limited common sense of life told him that it was too dangerous to burn charcoal for heating, and if one didn't do well, he would die, so for the sake of his life, he refused without hesitation.
But it's so cold!
In order not to make himself the first traverser to freeze to death, Li Xuan started his new invention in this era when the winter solstice came, seeing that the sky was overcast and would snow at any time.
Although it is said that the winter in the south is very short, and the month will pass, Li Xuan has had enough of the temperature of only a few degrees in the past few days.
This temperature is not the temperature outside, but the temperature indoors.
Even if he is indoors, as long as he is not lying on the bed, he has to be wrapped in an extremely bloated cotton jacket.
Li Xuan, who was used to staying in an air-conditioned room like spring all year round, couldn't stand it, and when he didn't dare to use charcoal for heating, he could only use his knowledge far beyond that of his contemporaries.
Come to think of it, the only way to get an original version of the radiator is to get it!
To this end, he first spent a rudimentary version of the radiator drawings and asked the village blacksmith to build it, oh no, it should be delivered to the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty to make it.
The so-called radiator is actually several thin iron sheets connected together, and then connected to a bamboo pipe, which is connected to the outside of the house, where there is a large pot of boiling water.
The principle is quite simple, by boiling hot water 24 hours a day, and then circulating the hot water into the bamboo pipe, the hot water flows through the bamboo pipe to the radiator made of thin iron sheet in the house to emit heat, and then flows out from the bamboo pipe at the other end to the outside of the house.
The circulation of water flow is to follow nature that water flows to a lower place, and the position of the pot for boiling hot water is relatively high, and after boiling hot water, it can flow directly to the radiator until it is semi-cold.
At this time, someone has to use a bucket to carry the cooled water into the boiling water cauldron.
This is a perfect cycle!
The efficiency of its heating is not bad at all, but the only thing that is a little troublesome is that if you need this thing to work properly, you have to have someone next to you all the time to carry water and add firewood to the fire.
But who is he, Li Xuan?
He is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and it is not a trivial matter to let a few people boil water for heating.
A few days after the winter solstice, Li Xuan used the original version, pure natural artificial heating!
Taking off his thick cotton jacket and wearing clothes as thick as in late autumn, Li Xuan drank Dong Yunyun's warm rice wine quite comfortably.
There was a storm and snow outside, but Li Xuan was drinking the warm wine of everyone's beautiful women in the warm and spring-like room, occasionally eating a snack made by a pretty girl, occasionally saying a few words to these two beauties, teasing them, and watching their blushing and coquettish appearances.
These days, not to mention how chic, he won't change it when he is an emperor, alas, I'm sorry, he Li Xuan is already an emperor!
What is a winner in life?
This is the winner of life, he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he has a wife and a beautiful maid when he says he enjoys, and most importantly, he has heating, heating, heating! Say the important thing three times!
If Li Xuan was asked to choose in front of the heating and the emperor's throne, he would not hesitate to choose the heating.
If Li Xuan is asked to choose between heating and Dong Yunyun...... Well, this one is more difficult to choose, because this question is the same as who to save first when my mother and wife fall into the water, it is difficult to answer, especially now that Li Xuan is enjoying the heating while enjoying Dong Yunyun's warm wine and pouring wine.
So he let go of the messy thoughts in his heart, raised his head and patted his shoulder, and then said to Zhu'er standing next to him: "Come, pinch me!" ”
Zhu'er didn't seem to hear it, she didn't look at him, and she didn't move her steps, but her small mouth was slightly pursed, obviously she heard Li Xuan's words, but she just didn't move!
Li Xuan said: "I'm outside today, but I've been listening to them arguing all day, I'm tired!" ”
As he spoke, he also showed a tired look, but at this time, he did not look at Zhu'er, but aimed at Dong Yunyun.
Sure enough, after seeing Li Xuan's tired look, Dong Yunyun on the side showed a hint of worry: "Even if there are a lot of things outside, don't be tired!" As she spoke, she looked at her eyes: "Why are you still standing!" ”
Hearing this, Zhu'er showed a reluctant look, and then walked behind Li Xuan, put a pair of small hands up, and pressed it for a while.
At this time, the corner of Xuan's mouth showed a smile that the conspiracy had succeeded!
After staying under the same roof with Dong Yunyun's master and servant for so long, he has long figured out the temper of Dong Yunyun and Zhu'er, Dong Yunyun is the kind of quite traditional lady, this tradition not only says that she is virtuous, but also includes how to be a qualified hostess, because these things are all things that she has been exposed to since she was a child, and she doesn't need someone to teach her to know it.
But she also has a trace of fantasy in the heart of this traditional lady: unrealistic fantasies about beautiful things, such as love or something!
And Zhu'er is much more playful and even spicy, this little girl has a mouth, that is a fierce person who can spray those old mothers, and more importantly: she will bite directly when she can't scold!
But this pungent little girl has a lot of respect for Dong Yunyun, and it may be a bit inappropriate to say respect, it should be said that she is afraid!
Therefore, Li Xuan often uses Dong Yunyun to achieve his own goals, such as letting Zhu'er beat her legs and pinch her shoulders!
As a modern person, Li Xuan has never regarded Zhu'er as a subordinate, but as a beautiful little girl, Li Xuan's equal attitude Zhu'er can naturally feel it, she knows that Li Xuan will not really treat her, so she is not afraid of Li Xuan much on weekdays.
But what about Dong Yunyun, don't look at her delicate appearance, and don't look at her being very good to Zhu'er on weekdays, but in fact, Li Xuan can feel that Dong Yunyun doesn't regard Zhu'er as an equal class person at all, and Zhu'er is always a subordinate in her eyes.
Some time ago, Zhu'er lost her temper and refused to serve Li Xuan, and even threw a bowl in front of Li Xuan, at that time, Dong Yunyun said that if Zhu'er did this again, she would be rewarded directly to the soldiers outside.
Pay attention to her words: not to marry, but to reward!
Although these words are just to scare Zhu'er, being able to say this kind of thing has fully demonstrated Zhu'er's status in her heart: the subordinate, at most, is a subordinate who has been with her for a long time and has some feelings, if she really makes her unhappy, but she will really reward Zhu'er to the subordinate.
However, Li Xuan has never interfered in the relationship between their master and servant, they have been like this for more than ten years, and there seems to be no problem in continuing to get along like this.
And he can't really expect a beautiful concubine to treat a handmaid as a sister, right?
The young ladies in the Dream of Red Mansions are so good to those maids on weekdays, they all look like brothers and sisters, but in the blink of an eye, they will be driven away!
Another reason for his reluctance to interfere is that with Dong Yunyun's pressure, he can enjoy the days of having a beautiful maid to serve, if there is no pearl, who will dress him and wash him in the future, who will serve him tea and pour water?
Do you count on Dong Yunyun? If she is an eldest lady without Zhu'er, she won't even be able to wear clothes, she is even more unbearable than Li Xuan, do you dare to count on her?
As for the others?
Those yellow-toothed and foul-smelling maids?
Li Xuan said: Let's stop joking, just kidding, Lao Tzu sent the Tang Heavenly Soldiers to destroy you, let you scare me!
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