Chapter 122: Ice Making
"What Brother Chu said makes sense." Jiang Zhixia nodded, "The Chengenhou Mansion also stopped because of your identity. Immediately dissolve the marriage contract, maybe, it will really be done secretly. At that time, I don't think I will even have the opportunity to find a complaint against Yushi. ”
It seems that this marriage contract will have to last for a while.
"However, does Brother Chu know why Liu Wenli forced me to be a concubine?" Jiang Zhixia asked suspiciously.
Although, the matter of being forcibly accepted as a concubine by Liu Wenli is over. However, I don't know the reason, Jiang Zhixia is still a little unsteady. I always feel that things need to be solved fundamentally.
"This, at the moment... I don't know yet. ”
Chu Tiankuo said hesitantly. Indeed, no clear reason has been given yet.
However, Chu Tiankuo deduced from the news gathered by his subordinates that it might be related to Zhixia's painting of jewelry patterns.
However, without a clear verification, saying it will only make Zhixia more troubled.
He has secretly arranged for someone to investigate, and after finding out the reason, he can always solve it.
Seeing that Chu Tiankuo also said that he didn't know the reason, Jiang Zhixia just stopped. Anyway, the problem is solved for the time being, and we will talk about it later.
The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. Jiang Zhixia thought so.
Then, she wanted to give Chu Tiankuo a thank you gift that she had been thinking about for a long time. So, he tugged on Chu Tiankuo's sleeve and whispered, "Brother Chu, you come with me." ”
Chu Tiankuo didn't know why, but he still obediently followed Jiang Zhixia out of the reception hall.
However, Jiang Zhixia's footsteps did not stop, and he was pulled through the corner gate and walked towards the backyard. She also stopped Xiao Man, who was about to follow. Because Jiang Zhixia and Chu Tiankuo had already made a marriage, although Xiao Man was surprised, he still stopped obediently.
Chu Tiankuo followed her more and more surprised, and when he walked to the stone table in the middle of the courtyard, he directly stopped his steps.
"Zhixia, what is this?" He asked, unabashedly surprised.
Walking over again, it's Zhixia's boudoir. Last time, he went in once, and that's it. However, after he came out last time, he regretted himself Meng Lang.
This time, there is nothing urgent to do.
"I have a very important recipe for you." Jiang Zhixia smiled and whispered to Chu Tiankuo.
"Then it's your boudoir, right?" Chu Tiankuo asked hesitantly.
He naturally wanted to go in in his heart, but if he really went in, wouldn't it be bad for Zhixia's reputation?
“?” Jiang Zhixia had a question mark on his face.
I saw Chu Tiankuo looking up at the main room, and then at her.
Jiang Zhixia's gaze followed him and understood what he meant.
"Not my boudoir. I won't let you into my bedroom. We went to the little study next to it. Besides, didn't you come here last time? ”
In Jiang Zhixia's understanding, the bedroom is considered a boudoir. In previous lives, there were cases where men and women shared a house, but they had different bedrooms.
Of course, when you come to this dynasty, you still have to abide by the rules of this dynasty.
However, the stakes are so high that she doesn't feel safe enough to say anything.
Chu Tiankuo listened, lowered his head and smiled secretly.
Zhixia, this is unconsciously accepting himself, right? Last time, when she came to tell Zhixia because she inquired about the shop, she regretted letting herself into her backyard. Now, they have taken the initiative to let him enter the main house.
If Jiang Zhixia knew Chu Tiankuo's brain supplement, he would sneer and say, You think too much.
Chu Tiankuo, who got a bargain, naturally would not refuse. So, he followed Jiang Zhixia into the small study.
Jiang Zhixia looked at the wide open window of the small study, then went to put down the bracket, closed the main room and tied it, and put down the curtain of the partition.
In this way, as if she was still not at ease, she stood on tiptoe and approached Chu Tiankuo.
Chu Tiankuo was blushed and heartbeat by Jiang Zhixia's series of actions, and his mind was cranky.
He was afraid that Jiang Zhixia would see it, so he had to keep his head down desperately.
Jiang Zhixia attached himself to Chu Tiankuo's ear and whispered: "Brother Chu, let me tell you a recipe for all profits. You now have the backing of the prince of Zhongwang, you can see how to do this business. ”
Chu Tiankuo was dazed by the aroma that lingered around him, and he didn't notice what she said at all, so he only nodded instinctively.
"With saltpeter dissolved in water, ice can be made." Jiang Zhixia said softly, in a voice like a mosquito.
Chu Tiankuo was just intoxicated by Jiang Zhixia's initiative to approach at first, and when he reacted to her words, he immediately turned his head to look at her. His pupils dilated involuntarily in shock.
Jiang Zhixia saw the look of shock on Chu Tiankuo's face, and nodded quietly.
Chu Tiankuo slowly reacted to Jiang Zhixia's words.
Jiang Zhixia took out a small bag, which contained a small piece of saltpeter that she had secretly gone to the shop before.
She pulled Chu Tiankuo to squat down, and then put saltpeter into a basin of water on the ground. Then, visible to the naked eye, the basin of water turned into a cold block of ice.
Chu Tiankuo's eyes widened, looking at all this in disbelief.
Nowadays, ice is still very expensive in the Great Calendar Dynasty. Moreover, the only official sales office is the government.
In the winter, the government arranged for the officials to collect thick blocks of ice and store them in an ice cellar inlaid with blue bricks deep underground. In the summer, it will be put up for sale.
Of course, noble ministers or wealthy families of large families can also build ice cellars in their homes. Naturally, there is no need to go to the government to buy it.
And those ordinary people who can't afford to build an ice cellar, or those who don't have time to build an ice cellar, as well as those who are highly mobile like merchants, naturally need to go to the government to buy them.
However, the storage capacity of the government ice cellar is also limited after all, so the price of ice is relatively expensive.
And saltpeter has been many since ancient times. Saltpeter is not used much, mainly used by Taoist priests to practice pills, therefore, the price of saltpeter is extremely low.
When Jiang Zhixia went to buy this piece of saltpeter this time, the guy in the grocery store actually took a long time to turn it over, and finally gave it to her as a partner.
Using cheap saltpeter and water to make expensive ice is naturally a huge profit.
Chu Tiankuo finally understood why Zhixia would break everyone apart and pull him to the backyard.
I understand even more why Zhixia closed the window, tied the door, lowered the curtain, and squatted on the ground, so that people couldn't see or hear at all.
Who can not be crazy about such a profitable recipe?
"Where did you get this recipe?" Chu Tiankuo asked solemnly.
Jiang Zhixia was a little frightened.
Chu Tiankuo's coldness and seriousness, when she first got acquainted, she naturally understood it.
However, I don't know when it started, Chu Tiankuo in front of her was just like an ordinary person. Can speak, can laugh, can speak softly, will be considerate.
Now, seeing Chu Tiankuo like this, she was inevitably surprised.
"This is... Jiang Zhixia was hesitant and didn't know how to say it.
The fact that saltpeter can freeze when dissolved in water is almost well known in previous lives. Therefore, she really didn't think to make up a source for this recipe.
Chu Tiankuo looked at Jiang Zhixia's reluctance to say it clearly, thinking that Zhixia still didn't trust him enough, his eyes dimmed, but he didn't ask anymore.
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