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Volume 4: A glass of drunken cold wine 3, retrospective 3

Qi Bing? From where? In the river?

She is also a person who has read history, and she is no stranger to the source of ancient ice, isn't it that the water of rivers and lakes is frozen and cut down in winter, piled up in an ice cellar, and then used in summer. The first thing she thought of was the famous ice cellar in "Dragon Babu".

What time of year is this? It's mid-spring in February! The sting that has passed on the fifth day of the first month, and now the ice is starting to start?! This day, it's all turned into water......

"Now Qibing? From the river? Xia Xiaoman took a special look at the river, there was not a single piece of ice floe, where did the one-foot-square piece of ice that the man carried just now come from?

"Ice is picked from the river. Nian forged and said, "Now it's the ice - the ice is picked in the wax moon and sacrificed to Si Han, which is to be cellared, and it can only be used when Si Han is sacrificed in February." ”

Xia Xiaoman smacked his lips, it's really troublesome, doesn't it take two times, and then look at the other side of the river, many porters are carrying ice cubes wrapped in the same material, and they are constantly transported to the boat, so they asked, "Is this to be transported away?" Won't it melt now? How not to ship in winter? ”

"One is also a rule handed down from previous dynasties, to ask the priest to be cold. Nian Liang said: "Furthermore, the land transportation in the winter is just a convenient place, if it is a long way, the carriage and horses are weak, it is not as good as the boat, it is more labor-saving and cheap, and after the water and the Dingwu River are frozen, the waterway to Fuze and to the south are extremely fast. ”

Xia Xiaomanqi said: "Jingzhong also uses the ice here?" Isn't Ding Wuhe not far from Fuze City? Isn't it possible to get ice from the river? ”

If the river water in the south does not freeze in winter, she can understand it. But the temperature in Fuze is not high in winter, and it will freeze after putting a bowl of water outside for a while, and the Fuze section of the Ding Wu River must be frozen, why are you still willing to go far?

Nian Liang said: "If you talk about this ice, the river is the thickest and most solid, but it is unclean, don't say the Dingwu River." The water is much cleaner than the Dingwu River, but the ice quality is not good. This kind of ice can only be used in an ice basin in the summer to cool off. You can't drink ice to relieve the heat. ”

Xia Xiaoman nodded, yes, there is also a health problem, she remembered the Qing Chuanwen she had read, saying that the ice used in the Forbidden City was brushed in winter, and the moat was brushed in winter, and the water was released, frozen, harvested, stored, and then used in the summer. He asked: "There are no clean cisterns in Fuze. Is it used for frozen ice? ”

Nian forged and said: "Yes." If not, there will be a shortage of ice in Beijing in midsummer. However, although the ice is clean, it tastes bad. On the taste and cleanliness, the first class still belongs to the stream, but the stream water is shallow, and the ice is not thick, all of which are 'broken jade'. The water of the lake is slightly inferior to the water of the stream, but it is better than the water of the river. There is a Shen Lake in this Shenzhou border, the lake surface is not big, its water entrance is slightly sweet, and it is the cleanest, Shen Ice becomes the top grade in the ice, and it is also 'Tribute Ice' - the ice used in the forbidden is transported by Shenzhou. The surrounding state capitals and the ice-free state capitals in the south also love to use Shen Bing. ”

Xia Xiaoman suddenly remembered Miaoyu's talk about water. What is the rain in the old years, plum blossoms and snow water, and now it is said that the stream water is ice and the river water is ice, although she also admits that the water quality and taste are different in different regions - otherwise there would be no such sentence "Nongfu Spring is a little sweet", but she still thinks that this is a rich family's poverty.

Let's talk about this sanitation problem, but I know that the river is not clean, but where is the lake clean, no straw sticks and no garbage is clean? And even if the raw materials are clean, if the transportation process is not clean, the final product will not be clean. Look at the porter's shoulders with ice on their shoulders, it really looks like a dirty rag for plastering and dusting. But thinking about it is carrying ice. When it comes to waterproofing, it's only leather. But don't be so dirty with leather. These ices are eaten directly in the mouth in the summer without any processing - it's not that the temperature is low and there are no bacteria, many cold-resistant bacteria survive below zero, and there are also spores......

She smoothed out goosebumps, well, you can't be too Taoist, but ...... There are too many places to use ice in summer, Meizhou is located in the south, if the river does not freeze in winter, I am afraid that it will be hot in summer, where can I do without ice. And she knew that the Song Dynasty had the ancestor of ice cream-snow bubble plum wine, presumably the Great Qin Dynasty also had countless freezing points in the summer, so she didn't eat ice...... It's really tangled......

Hey, if possible, make your own ice in the summer. The water is boiled, then thrown into an ice cellar and frozen into ice......

Xia Xiaoman began to seriously consider the feasibility of this item, and became slightly excited, in fact, he could make his own ice cube mold, and then fill the entire shelf in the ice cellar, and the mold was filled with water, and it froze, oops, it was perfect. In fact, if this is the case, you can also make your own freezing point, such as ice watermelon juice ice strawberry, but ice cream is impossible - don't look at this and that wear the text to make ice cream for people to eat, this is okay to make a cake, but there is no yeast powder, there is no old noodle starter, if there is no emulsifier in this ice cream, just add milk...... Hey, that's ice milk, thanks, it's not ice cream.

"Let's have an ice cellar in Meizhou. Xia Xiaoman asked, "Shall we buy ice?" ”

Nian Liang said with a smile: "Naturally, there is an ice cellar, and the summer in Meizhou is afraid of the scorching heat, that is, I should not eat more ice than I avoid the cold, but there are two ice basins in the house." Not to mention, don't you use ice? I just don't know that I'm going to start ice today, I'm afraid that there is no one in Meizhou to prepare it. The left and right are also catching up, and we will also order two boats. ”

"Although I was in time to buy ice, it was late. He said with regret: "The priest of the previous dynasty is still a grand ceremony, but the ancestor of this dynasty is afraid of red tape, not very particular, the court is no longer sacrificed, only a few states of folk sacrifice, not very common." It's a pity that there is no time to worship the gods, although it is the beginning of February, but if the witch divination counts the day and time, we didn't think about it before and didn't send anyone to ask, but now it's late but missed. The festival in Shenzhou is very exquisite, but it can be seen ......"

Xia Xiaoman was not interested in these sacrifices, and the first month of the lunar month continued to be sacrificed, she felt fresh at first and actively participated, but later she only felt irritable. If the Taizu of this dynasty hates red tape, why not take all of them? Is this priest still open to the public, then it is estimated that it is the foolish people's set, a little bit of "God-given emperor and my emperor, the country and the people" or something, burn some paper. A group of good men and women burn incense and kowtow......

However, this sacrifice was completely different from what she thought, and Nian Liang pointed to the "dirty skin" on the porter's shoulder with interest, and said to Xia Xiaoman: "Manniang, look at it, it's a black lambskin." Si Han is the god of the northern Xuanshen, everything is black, and the ceremony says: 'Black oysters, in order to enjoy Si Han'. It is to use this black animal and black millet as an offering to sacrifice Si Han......"

Xia Xiaoman couldn't help but be stunned. What, no, is this an Eastern God or a Western God...... Is the Black Lamb for the land of God or for Satan's ......? Xuan Ming ......, cough cough, she only knows the second elder Xuan Ming. =_=|||

However, the subsequent sacrifice was very oriental, and Nian Liang continued: "When the ice is opened, the 'peach arc thorn arrow' - peach wood is used as the bow and thorn as the arrow, which is located on the right side of the ice room. Ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters in order to seek good luck. ”

The East is the East, but Xia Xiaoman really doesn't know what to do with a peachwood sword to sacrifice a Xuanying Ice God. Ward off evil? Hmm, is this really a sacrifice to the gods......

"Later, Dawei Butler will go ashore to buy a stove and buy ice by the way?" Xia Xiaoman said, "There is still an empty ...... on the cargo ship behind her" She said a few words and she paused, and then looked at the small boats waiting to transport ice outside the window, it didn't seem to be anything special, but she still asked Nian Liang: "Can our ship be loaded with ice?" What's so important......"

I guess it's exquisite. There was no refrigeration, the ice melted and froze again, it was a glacier that was connected, hey, ice age; If it turns into water, it's doomed – the ship sinks.

Nian Liang shook his head. said: "I don't know this...... It was all a whole ship......

Xia Xiaoman rolled his eyes, Bai treats you as an encyclopedia of life, in the end, he is everyone's son, he only knows those things about "wind and snow", and he doesn't understand practice at all.

It's okay if you don't understand, there are people under you, and you can find someone to ask. Wei Di was called.

Wei Di was having a headache because he didn't know where to go ashore because he had nowhere to dock, thinking that the master was looking for him or urging him, so he apologized first when he came in and said, "Master forgive me, the little one hasn't found a place to moor the boat yet." Only after inquiring with people did I know that today's Chou Ren Mansion had sacrificed Si Han. Now Qi Bing. It's all ...... waiting to transport ice."

Nian Liang smiled: "I just saw that there was ice moving to the boat, and I thought it was also Qibing." This time it's not urging you. But today coincides with Qibing, and if you want to come to Meizhou, you haven't come to buy ice, you go to buy some, and then go to the post station to bring a letter to Meizhou, just say that we brought ice to go, but it's cheap, and they don't need to come again. ”

Wei Di nodded and said, "I'll go in a while." It's just that, master, the ice in Chouren Mansion comes from Dashen Lake, and there are also those prepared by the Dou family, although it is also a first-class good ice, but it is worse than Shen Bing in the end, and the Lord wants all Shen Bing or both. I also want to ask my grandfather to show me that my aunt and grandmother and Hufu are going to do it together? ”

Nian forged and said: "Arrange some with the eldest sister's house." The Hu family doesn't have to, although they are relatives, but there are many side branches, it is not appropriate to favor one over the other, and it is necessary to take some common courtesy. He paused, and said strangely: "The Dou family has its own?" This is......? ”

Wei Di said with a smile: "I don't know, when Xiaodi was on an errand two years ago, he went to Shenzhou twice, although he didn't buy ice, he also heard that the ice selling business in this Chou Renfu belonged to the Dou family. The Dou family also has its own ice pool, saying that it is to take the best purple jade barrel to transport the water of Shenhu Lake to the ice pond in the winter - this is more expensive than Shen Bing, Hou Gong and Forbidden, the Queen Mother is not as good as Shen Bing, this is the next class, but it also sells very well, and there are also people in the south who recognize this ice and do not like Shen Bing. ”

Xia Xiaoman pouted secretly, whether it's good or not, it's not all based on the words of the Queen Mother!

Nian Liang was interested when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "I really haven't heard of this." Before, only the second aunt was very particular about water, and only told me some ways to discern, but I can't drink ice, but I haven't tasted it,—— you will buy some later, and taste it with your cousin, she also carries water when she drinks tea, you must know. ”

Wei Di bowed down, looked at the sky outside and said: "Master, these boats are not scattered for a while, and when the boat is stopped, the small ones will come back, I'm afraid it's time to take the lights." Catch up on the next pier further on...... Look, sir, aren't you going to rest here tonight......

Nian Liang nodded and said, "Let's go forward and find a place to anchor the boat, and we will rest here tonight." You go and buy charcoal for the stove, and buy ice tomorrow - even if you buy ice today, I'm afraid you won't be able to hire someone to load it on the ship. ”

Wei Di smiled: "But I don't know, ice is the cheapest." Later, the small people will buy some of the two kinds of ice, and the master will taste the same amount of purchase, and the small one will go to the Dou family shop to exchange half of the silver, and it will be convenient to explain the place, and the Dou family will find someone to find a ship to load the goods to Meizhou, and then receive the goods with half of the silver. If you don't feel at ease, you can send someone to supervise the goods, but in fact, the Dou family has a very good reputation, and they will send a housekeeper to follow the ship, which will not be relied upon. Besides, we're all ......."

"Not on our ship?" Nian Liang asked, "I also said that I would take it with us on the ship." That's cheap. ”

Wei Di said with a smile: "Master, there are some doorways in those ice carriers, but our ships can't be loaded." ”

Nian Liang turned his head and raised his eyebrows at Xia Xiaoman, Xia Xiaoman nodded slightly, she guessed that it was also a special ice carrier, but she didn't know whether it could be refrigerated or how, I was afraid that it was still heat preservation as the main means.

The passenger boat stopped in the middle of the river facing the pier, first let the boat down, and carried Wei Di and the four male servants to the opposite bank, and then the six boats drove forward for a long way before finding a place to anchor.

After a while, Wei Di first sent a manservant to send two kinds of ice back, both of which were broken into small pieces with a chisel, and Nian Liang called Ji Lingshu to taste it. Because of the cold weather, I didn't dare to let her eat more, the same was just a small piece, and I made hot tea to warm her stomach after tasting it.

Although Xia Xiaoman was thinking about hygiene, he couldn't help but be curious, and he also tasted it, it was all pure water and ice, and he didn't feel any smell, and after a while, he only felt that his tongue was frozen and numb, and he couldn't taste any taste, and there was no tea fragrance when he drank tea.

Ji Lingshu tasted two pieces, then pointed to Shen Bing and said: "This ice is better, crispy, slightly sweet, but soft when turned into water, which is in response to the sentence 'a clear and refreshing poetry spleen'; ”

Xia Xiaoman remembered the sentence "real water has no fragrance", and couldn't help but tug at the corners of her mouth, maybe she really wronged the queen mother, this water really has a great way, and I want to lose my own illiterate clothes, it is not easy to be an elegant person, it is not possible to pretend to be elegant, you must also grow an authentic taster's tongue, and be able to do professional appraisal and identification.

Nian Liang smiled and praised: "My cousin is really good! ”

Ji Lingshu had a little smugness on his face, but he said humbly: "My cousin is falsely praised, there are not many Lingshu Bing, and he still talks about the ground from the water, and he is only afraid to laugh and be generous." ”

Nian Liang waved his hand and said: "'Ice, water is for it, cold for water ears', it is the same thing, and it should be the same." Saying that, he said to the manservant who sent the ice: "You go and tell Wei Di, sure enough, it is better to buy Shen Bing, this kind of ice is more, and the Dou family's ice is less." Although there is also ice in Yaozhou, it is not as good as Shenzhou, and it is better to send someone to buy it now. I don't use ice, we have limited ice in our yard, but Beijing is not as hot as Meizhou, and I can't prepare for it, and I don't have a theory - Wei Di is buying it, so let him take the idea. Compared with our thicker, it is more with my aunt's house and the eldest sister's house. ”

The servant answered.

About an hour, Wei Di led a group of porters carrying copper stoves and charcoal to this big ship. After loading the ship, dividing the stove, and it was also the time to hold the lamp, Wei Di reported the situation of buying things to Nian Liang, and said: "The little one also inquired about the Dou family, but I heard that the current wife of the prefect of Meizhou is the daughter of the Dou family." See, let's see if we're ......."

Nian Liang shook his head and said, "No need." It is inconvenient to deal with officialdom when I go to Meizhou. After all, the eldest brother-in-law's official position is over there, so I don't have to trouble him. ”

Wei Di hurriedly said: "It's a small lack of thought." ”

Nian Liang smiled and comforted him, and told him to go down to eat. Here is also a meal in his cabin, is sitting down with Xia Xiaoman, lifting chopsticks to eat, the little maid outside came to report, saying that someone brought a few boxes of wine and food to send, only said that he did not dare to disturb the sixth master tonight, only with the master to add food, the master of the house will come to visit the sixth master tomorrow. Then he handed over a carved sandalwood prayer box.

Nian Liang frowned, and said to himself: "There are no acquaintances in the Chou Ren Mansion......"

I opened the box, took the greeting post and came out, and skipped the polite words, only to see that the payment was - Dou Xuyuan of the Chou Ren Mansion.

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ps: Note, "Si Han" is not apocryphal. "Zhou Li. Ling Ren", "Left Pass. Zhao Gong is recorded. When the ice is hidden, the ice is opened, and it is necessary to sacrifice to Si Han.

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