Don't look at the two little girls who have a high status in the courtyard, but in the entire Zhen Mansion, many people regard these two people as little girls who warm the bed, and this kind of little girl still belongs to the kind of girl who is not outstanding in appearance, and others don't take them seriously in their hearts at all, and now let Xiaomei argue with the criminal housekeeper and question, Xiaomei was a little timid and dumbfounded.

Zhen Qian smiled and said, "If you don't dare, forget it!" ”

Xiaomei's face was a little unbearable when she heard this, she really didn't dare to be so presumptuous with Zhen Qian before, but now Zhen Qian obviously treated herself and Xiaozhu as concubines, and she already had a bad breath in her chest, "If you don't dare, I'll find a criminal housekeeper tomorrow to theorize!" ”

Please be as good as the agitation!

From the last time I had contact with the criminal housekeeper because of daily expenses, to now I and the criminal housekeeper are considered to be well water and not river water, but I didn't expect the criminal housekeeper to bully me again, if I didn't react at all, it was a little abnormal.

Of course, Xiaomei didn't know that Zhen Qian wanted to make a fuss, as long as he didn't come forward by himself, it wouldn't make a big fuss, so naturally it was not time for him to come forward in person, so letting Xiaomei come forward would make the criminal housekeeper mistakenly think that he was already poor in donkey skills, and there was nothing to worry about.

At this time, Xiaozhu had already found out the ice from the warehouse, and it turned out to be a two-foot square large wooden box, with the exception of a total of two layers, the outer layer was placed with ice cubes, and some fresh melons and fruits and drinks could be placed inside.

"So big?"

Zhen Qian was taken aback by the huge Bingjian in front of him, and saw Xiaozhu disapproving and said: "This is still the smallest Bingjian, the Bingjian in the Xing's room is twice as big as this, and it takes four strong men to lift it!" ”

Zhen Qian had seen a wooden tire ice book of the Qing Dynasty in the museum before, which was equivalent to a primitive refrigerator, and the narrator said that it was a container for storing wine and food, and wanted to get close and carefully observe the internal structure, hoping that the distance was too far to peep at all, and now he saw the ice book of the Tang Dynasty up close, and he still sighed at the whimsy of the ancients.

"Go and get a few buckets of water, and get a copper basin, and I'll do a magic trick for you?"

The two little girls didn't know what Zhen Qian wanted to do at all, they were very curious, and when they saw a mysterious evil smile on their faces, their mouths were puffing up, but they knew that even if they asked, Zhen Qian would definitely not say it, this kind of thing was more than the first time.

When saltpeter is dissolved in water, it absorbs a lot of heat, causing the water to cool down and even freeze. It is said that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when someone was studying gunpowder, they discovered this phenomenon, and in the Song Dynasty, some merchants used this phenomenon to make various ice creams for sale in the summer, or when making ice, they added fruits, milk and sugar to the ice, which was regarded as a simple version of ice cream in ancient times.

Sugar belonged to luxury goods in the Tang Dynasty, and the color was not the common crystal clear in later generations, but the color was dull and a little yellow, as for the frosting, the price of this kind of thing was even more expensive, even a wealthy family like the Zhen family rarely saw it, Zhen Qian originally wanted to make a lot of money by making a lot of money by purifying the sugar process, but as a result, Wang Qun inquired, the sugar on the entire Zhending market was only a dozen stones, and the small amount made Zhen Qian dare not believe it.

Later, Wang Qun inquired and learned that firstly, there was little demand for granulated sugar in Hebei, and secondly, the production areas of granulated sugar were in Lingnan and other places, and the transportation was extremely inconvenient, so the businessmen were willing to transport the granulated sugar to Liangjing, rather than to transport it to Hebei and other places.

The main drink in the Tang Dynasty was not tea, but dairy products, and the amount of milk, goat's milk and mare's milk was extremely large, and large families like the Zhen family could drink fresh goat's milk and mare's milk every day, and milk could also be seen by chance.

The two little girls saw a basin of cool well water, which gradually froze in Zhen Qian's hands, and they were stunned as if they had seen a ghost, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would have screamed out loud.

"It's really frozen", Xiaozhu inserted his finger into the water that had formed ice crystals, his expression was full of disbelief, "It's so cold!" It's really freezing over! ”

Xiaomei took a bowl, took half a bowl from the water full of ice crystals, tasted it, and her eyes immediately became hot, "Lang Jun, you can really make ice in summer, do you say that you learned immortal art in your dreams?" ”

"Shh Zhen Qian immediately made a silent gesture, he didn't want to be taken as a magic stick, "This is a secret that the three of us know, but we must not let outsiders know?" ”

I just don't know if the two little Nizi regard Zhen Qian as a disciple of the immortals, such nonsense will deceive the two little Nizi who have not experienced the world, Li Tangzun Taoism is the state religion, and he is very obsessed with the art of seeking immortal immortality, and the emperor who died violently because of taking the elixir of immortality in history belongs to the Tang Dynasty the most, in case it is regarded as a magic stick and reaches the ears of the emperor, although it can soar to the sky and become prominent for a while, but where does he get the art of immortality, when the time comes, not only himself, but even the entire Zhen family will be involved.

The two little girls immediately nodded like chickens pecking rice, and their hearts were already hot like magma, especially when they saw Zhen Qian make some novelties from time to time, and they added a lot of their own speculations and fabrications to Zhen Qian's so-called amnesia during that time, and they became more and more mysterious.

Seeing Xiaomei happily drinking ice water, Zhen Qian immediately thought of the cold drinks of the later generations, so he asked the two little Nizi to find sugar and milk, and let people cook some mung beans and red beans, and found a lot of fresh fruits, a few quarters of an hour later, two large basins of cold drinks were made, but because he didn't think of the cold drink mold in advance, he could only use an ice chisel to chisel a large basin of frozen cold drinks, and let the two little Nizi give them to others in the yard to taste.

Not surprisingly, after a while, Wang Qun and several old men came running, their eyes were both surprised and shocked, and they asked, "Da Lang, are you really making this cold drink?" ”

Since Zhen Qian asked the two little girls to send them to Wang Qun, he knew that they would come to ask him, so he said seriously: "Just now, when Xiaozhu and Xiaomei were looking for the ice jian, we accidentally found that saltpeter would freeze when poured into the water, so I had an idea to use saltpeter to make ice. ”

Countless eyes focused on Zhen Qian, and the atmosphere suddenly became subtle, deceitful ghosts! Said this once and twice, three times and four times, Wang Qun is a few parts of the song, but not a fool, in the end, Wang Qun coughed lightly and broke the silence, "You must not spread this kind of thing, just know it in private, Da Lang!" It's best not to let the Zhen family know about this thing, and I'll ask others not to talk nonsense! ”

Wang Qun didn't know what to say in his heart, first he suddenly learned to cook, came up with new cooking techniques, then made wine, and now made saltpeter ice, what will happen next, Wang Qun no longer dares to think about it.

Ju Niang was holding a big bowl of ice cubes in her hand, and the ice cubes were biting "creak, crunch" in her mouth, and her eyes were "dripping" on Zhen Qian's body and said: "Da Lang, you won't make this thing just for the sake of tongue, if you deny it, we won't believe you in the future."

Wang Qun didn't think that Zhen Qian suddenly made this kind of thing because it was fun, so he said: "This kind of thing is really good, Da Lang is not going to take it out and sell it!" ”

"If this kind of thing is taken out and sold, what will happen to the market?" Zhen Qian did not deny it, as Wang Qun said, it would not be a good thing for this kind of thing to spread from the Zhen Mansion, but it would be different if it appeared outside the Zhen family.

"Da Lang is going to let Drunken Immortal Mansion sell this kind of thing?"

"That's what I mean, I just don't know if it's going to be accepted?" Zhen Qian was a little uncertain.

Wang Qun said with a solemn face: "Da Lang, I don't know how much this kind of thing costs, if the price is very high, I'm afraid it will be difficult for anyone to be willing to buy it?" ”

The price of saltpeter itself is not low, and the cost of ice cubes is much higher from winter to summer.

Seeing that there were people around him who he trusted, Zhen Qian was not ready to hide anything, but it made people feel unfamiliar, so he said: "If you simply talk about making ice, it seems that the cost of saltpeter is not low, but saltpeter can be used repeatedly, and it doesn't cost much." If you add milk, sugar, fruits, etc., it seems that the cost has increased a lot, but it can be evenly shared, and the cold drink in a basin will be less than fifty or sixty yuan, and even a lot lower, so that a basin of cold drinks can be divided into fifty or sixty small bowls, even if a bowl sells for three or five yuan, it is three or five times the price, what do you think? ”

"The price is so low?" Ju Niang was a little incredulous.

"Why don't you believe it?"

Ju Niang glanced at Zhen Qian and said, "You won't lie to people, right!" ”

Zhen Qian spread his hands, and said with an extremely innocent expression: "If you don't believe it, forget it, do I need to lie to you?" ”

"You ......", Ju Niang was a little angry, rolled up her sleeves and made a threatening gesture, and said indignantly: "Of course I won't believe what you say, who believes it when saltpeter is used to make ice in summer!" Why don't you do it again and show me? ”

"Forget it! Your radical method is too low-level, I won't fall for you", Zhen Qian immediately saw through Ju Niang's careful thoughts, what didn't he believe, he just wanted to let himself do some more, turned his head and said to Wang Bo: "This kind of cold drink can not only be sold in the Drunken Immortal Building, but also packed in a bamboo tube and sold to passers-by to take home to taste, so that the reputation of the Drunken Immortal Building will be more famous." At the same time, I also thought that in the future, Zuixian Lou can also launch a food takeaway business, which can order food and deliver it to your door in Zuixian Lou to entertain guests at home, so that even if Zuixian Lou is small and can't sit down many people, it doesn't matter, I don't know if this will work? ”