Many of the border soldiers were from peasant backgrounds, and they didn't feel much jerky when they wielded their hoes.

The sun had become a little hot at the beginning of June, and the soldiers who ploughed the fields had already begun to go into battle shirtless, and after a morning's work, the border troops who had been fighting regularly began to feel tired and sweat like rain.

Qin Han and Li Cunxin sat under the shed and kept fanning the folding fan in their hands.

Qin Han stroked the fine sweat on his head and smacked his lips, the weather is so hot, I want to eat ice cream a little, if I have another chilled fruit bowl and fat house happy water with ice, it will be beautiful.

Qin Han has never been stingy with appetite, since he can't eat ice cream, it's still okay to get some chilled fruit.

Qin Han knocked on Li Cunxin, who was sleeping next to him, and said. "Would you like a glass of cold wine?"

Li Cunxin rubbed his sleepy eyes, and when he heard Qin Han say wine, his eyes lit up, but after a pause, he waved his hand. "I want to drink it, but at this time, the ice cellar has not yet opened in the palace, so where can we get ice cubes."

Qin Han smiled and said. "As long as you can get wine, I'll have a way to get ice."

"Really?"

"Do you think I'm joking with you?"

Li Cunxin looked at it, although he didn't know what Qin Han could do, but he was really a little moved when he thought of the refreshing feeling of cold wine in his stomach.

"You wait, I'll go back, my dad still has some good wine hidden there."

Saying that, Li Cunxin turned around and got on the horse and left, looking at Li Cunxin, Qin Han shook his head, I don't know if Uncle Li knew that Li Cunxin was stealing wine again, and would beat him.

Qin Han shook his head and commanded at Wang Xiaoming and Da Niu. "Xiao Ming, you go buy some saltpeter, buy more, and then go buy some fruits, preferably some watermelon.

Da Niu, you go home and ask Uncle Nine to cook some mung bean soup with his subordinates. By the way, I went to the restaurant and told Lao Song that I should not receive guests at noon today, cook more dishes, and wait for me to bring people back to eat. ”

The two of them received the money and drove away.

Qin Han looked at the two people who left, shook the folding fan, and moved his gaze, only to find that Zhou Cripple, who was standing on the side, how could he forget him!

Zhou Cripple wiped the sweat from his forehead, after Qin Han called him just now, he didn't explain anything else, and without the master's instructions, Zhou Cripple didn't dare to leave at will. After such a long time, Zhou Cripple's heart also changed from hot to cool, thinking that it was just a joke between Qin Han and himself.

It wasn't until Qin Han looked at himself that Zhou Cripple felt that his life was full of light again.

"Do you think we can grow rice in Liangshan?" Qin Han looked at the large area of land in Liangshan, although there was a lot of land, but after all, this was the northwest, Qin Han really didn't have any certainty.

Zhou Cripple has been living in Liangshan for many years, and he is still very familiar with this land, so after thinking about it, he said to Qin Han. "Back to my lord, it is really difficult to grow rice in Liangshan."

Listening to Zhou Cripple's words, Qin Han frowned, he thought that he would solve the problem by finding someone who could grow rice, but he didn't expect that there was still no way to do it.

"However, a few acres of paddy fields by the river can be tried."

Zhou Cripple's words made Qin Han fly into the sky from the bottom of the valley again, really, can you not gasp when you speak.

"That's fine, you can go back first, and come here in the afternoon, and we'll discuss it."

Qin Han said to Zhou Cripple, and then took out a bunch of money from his sleeve and handed it to Zhou Cripple.

"This is this month's regular money, you take it first."

Looking at the joy in Zhou Cripple's eyes, Qin Han smiled, if you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse eat.

……

Everyone around him was busy, and the soldiers in the fields were also working hard, Qin Han was a little bored, and the warm air spread on his face, which made people sleepy. Qin Han simply took advantage of this sleepiness, put the pu fan on his head, and fell asleep.

When Qin Han was hazy, Li Cunxin and others also rushed back.

Li Cunxin shook Qin Han and said. "Why did you fall asleep, I brought the wine, and what about the ice?"

Qin Han looked at Li Cunxin, took a large jar of wine in his hand, opened the wine seal, and smelled a unique aroma of wine.

"Wait, the ice will be there soon."

Qin Han beckoned to Wang Xiaoming, and Wang Xiaoming took out a box and said. "Uncle, I found these saltpeters, all of which I asked my brother to scrape off the wall."

Qin Han checked it, the weight was not small, and said. "Go find two pots, one large and one small."

Wang Xiaoming went to find a basin, and Da Niu arched his hand and said. "Uncle, I have already told Brother Zisong to prepare the meal, and Uncle Nine also asked the people in the house to start preparing mung bean soup, and I will bring someone over after a while."

Several people waited for a while, and Wang Xiaoming walked over with two copper basins.

Li Cunxin looked at the two basins and was confused. "Aren't you making ice cubes, can you conjure them out of thin air in these two basins?"

"Just wait and see."

Qin Han took the basin, put the small basin in the big basin, poured water into the small basin, and sprinkled saltpeter in the large basin. picked up the bucket, shook it at Li Cunxin, and said. "Then came the time to witness the miracle."

Qin Han slowly poured the water into the large basin and stirred it with a wooden stick to speed up the dissolution of saltpeter.

Qin Han's words attracted everyone, and several people pouted their butts and looked around the basin.

After almost a quarter of an hour, the saltpeter continued to dissolve, and the temperature of the water began to drop.

Wang Xiaoming, who was out of the corner of his eye, saw the ice flowers forming on the edge of the spray and exclaimed. "Ice! It's frozen, the water is frozen! ”

Without Wang Xiaoming's reminder, the water in the basin began to condense into ice at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Li Cunxin's eyes widened, and his eyes were full of disbelief. "It's really freezing!"

The big cow is full of piety, his hands are folded, and he constantly recites Amitabha. "It turns out that there is really immortal art, and I knew that I would recite the scriptures in the temple at the beginning, and steal less meat to eat."

Looking at everyone's expressions, Qin Han was full of pride. "It's not some kind of magic, it's called science."

"What is science?"

"Well, this, it's not an immortal anyway, this water can turn into ice, it's all because of these saltpeters."

Qin Han picked up the remaining saltpeter, rubbed it, and said. Immediately, he taught several people the principle of saltpeter ice.

What a few people said to Qin Han was a little foggy, but they understood that it had nothing to do with immortal spells. This made Da Niu's heart feel a lot happier, and he didn't bother with the meat he ate in Luohan Hall.

Now that he understood the method of making ice, Li Cunxin couldn't hold it back, asked Qin Han for the remaining saltpeter, and asked his attendant to bring a basin of water and start to operate it himself.

Looking at Li Cunxin, who was having a lot of fun, as well as Wang Xiaoming and Da Niu, who were interested next to him, Qin Han shook his head, hey, I haven't seen the world.

Ignoring a few people, Qin Han knocked on the ice cube and took the small basin out of the big basin, the ice made of saltpeter could not be eaten directly.

Qin Han poured the wine into the glass, knocked down two more ice cubes, and put them in the glass. Shake the cup and hear the ice clinking in the cup.

When the hand holding the cup felt the coolness coming from inside, Qin Han picked up the wine glass and drank it all. The taste of the wine is sour, and after it is chilled, it has a cold and cold feeling, and the coolness goes down the throat and rushes to the limbs, instantly dissipating the original heat, which is really pleasant.

Qin Han poured himself another glass, and then put the melon fruit and the rest of the wine on the ice cubes and chilled it.

When Li Cunxin made ice out of saltpeter again and again, he no longer felt any interest in this matter. immediately threw the saltpeter to Xiao Ming and the others, and sat down side by side with Qin Han again.

Qin Han handed over a glass of wine that had been placed with ice cubes and said. "Taste it."

Li Cunxin took the wine glass, drank it all, and couldn't help but shiver.

"Cool!"

Qin Han shook his wine glass and said. "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately. We don't have glow-in-the-dark glasses, but it's nice to have a glass of cold wine on this hot day! ”

Li Cunxin smacked his lips and said. "Don't say it, this ice wine is a lot less astringent than the original."

Qin Han looked at the large piece of ice in the basin and suddenly paid attention.

"There are so many people in your family, as well as family members, do they all rely on Uncle Li's income?"

Li Cunxin shook his head and said. "How can that, my father's money is so little, and it's not enough to support our house. can maintain such a big family, most of them are rewards from His Majesty, as well as tens of thousands of acres of land in the family. ”

Qin Han puffed and spit out the wine, and sure enough, the land is capricious.

"How about you say we take out the ice cubes and sell them, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and not everyone has an ice cellar, this thing must make money."

Li Cunxin's eyes are also bright, his own house is the Guogong Mansion, but most of the ice cubes used to cool down every summer are rewarded by the palace, which is not enough, let alone ordinary people.

"I think so."

Qin Han thinks about not only selling ice cubes, but also making money by selling ice drinks, thinking about the shaved ice he ate on the street when he was a child, the raw material is just ice chips with a little juice and saccharin, and it has an excellent taste.

"That night, I took out a charter and sent it to the Guogong Mansion, and you and the porter said it."

Li Cunxin nodded and said. "Cheng, it just so happens that my family still has a few shops in the West Market, and you can use it after a little tidying up."

"That's it, even if you come out of the venue, I'll be responsible for the manpower or something, and we'll split it fifty-fifty."

"Fifty-fifty, will I take too much?"

Qin Han shook his hand and said. "Everyone is a brother, why do you care about this."

Qin Han didn't think that Li Cunxin had taken too much, just like a restaurant, after the ice drink shop became popular, he would definitely find a lot of people to covet it, and the Guogong Mansion was the best signboard to deter Xiaoxiao.

Qin Han looked at the weather, the sun had moved to the center, and it was noon, and Uncle Nine also brought two large barrels of mung bean soup with the subordinates of Chu Mansion.

Qin Han waved his hand at the many soldiers who were still sweating and said. "Let's get here first, come over and drink some mung bean soup and eat some fruit to rest."

Everyone was relieved, hurriedly put down their hoes, and walked over.

"This cold melon is ice!" A soldier held a watermelon and said in amazement.

The other soldiers were also full of joy, and the cool melons and fruits, coupled with a bowl of mung bean soup to relieve the heat, dispelled the fatigue of labor.

Qin Han looked at everyone and shouted. "Eat and drink, wait for some strength, go to the restaurant for dinner in a while, I'll have a treat!"

"Your Excellency is mighty!"