Chapter 15: A Time to Witness a Miracle
Zhao Shou's words are indeed not good, but they may not be unreasonable.
Filial piety comes out from under the stick.
Chen Shiyou has thought about it, he must beat his son violently today, and come out as a filial son.
"Master, master, don't fight, if you want to fight, just beat Rou'er."
When Rou'er saw that the young master was about to be beaten, she immediately rushed forward and used her thin little body to block in front of Chen Ping, and Chen Ping was moved by this.
It's still my own little daughter-in-law who knows that it hurts!
"Master, master is angry, even if you kill the young master at this time, it won't help, I think the reason why the young master can do such a ridiculous thing is because he hurt his brain after being beaten by a poplar tree."
The housekeeper Chen Si stopped Chen Shiyou.
"Master, you think, if the young master hadn't been broken in his brain, how could he have thought of mortgaging the old mansion to buy saltpeter and make ice."
"You mean, my son was beaten with hysteria!"
Chen Shiyou was stunned for a moment, then dropped the stick, squatted on the ground and cried.
"What did I, Chen Shiyou, do, my wife died early, and now my son has been beaten into a fool, what kind of face does he have to face his ancestors and ancestors under the nine springs...... Don't stop me, let me die! ”
As he spoke, Chen Shiyou fell to the ground.
I'm going to die on the spot!
Chen Ping was shocked, and hurriedly rushed up to stop his father, and at the same time sighed in his heart, this is really terrible to be uneducated!
"Dad, listen to me, saltpeter can really make ice."
"Shut up for me, come on, come on, Chen Si, Rou'er, you quickly take your young master to the medical hall, find a better Lang Zhong to see his brain, if he really becomes a fool, my Chen family will really be finished!"
Chen Shiyou didn't listen at all, and beckoned Chen Si and Rou'er to tie up Chen Ping and go to the hospital.
Chen Ping pushed Chen Si away.
"Okay, don't you believe it, I'll open your eyes today." Chen Ping kicked open the door, rushed into the house, and then brought out the copper basin and shouted at everyone:
"Cam'ang North Nose, the time has come to witness the miracle!"
When several people heard the sound, their eyes invariably fell on the copper basin in Chen Ping's hand, and then, in the next second, they collectively lost their voices.
One by one, Kazlan's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief!
That's right, it's frozen!
Then a thick layer of ice was formed in the big copper basin, and a thin layer of ice was formed in the small copper basin.
This is mainly due to the small amount of saltpeter, if the amount is larger, there should be a thick layer of ice in the small pot!
"Not surprised, not surprised!"
Chen Ping was proud.
The corners of Chen Shiyou's mouth twitched wildly, and his eyes almost fell out.
Xiao Dongzi slapped himself hard, and said with an incredible face: "Really, it's really frozen, I'm not dreaming, right?" ”
Rou'er's big watery eyes had a tear in them, looking at her young master, her face full of admiration.
Since the young master was beaten, it is really different.
Get smart.
Will be a fairy means!
"This, this saltpeter can really make ice?" The housekeeper Chen Si muttered to himself: "Young master, young master, this is not an immortal!" ”
In ancient times, when the level of science and technology was not developed enough, people's minds had already been solidified, thinking that the four seasons changed, and the clouds and sunshine were the way of heaven, and manpower was irreversible, and Chen Ping's anti-seasonal ice-making method was, in their eyes, a miracle!
"Yes, yes, young master, I have become an immortal, and I am the God of Wealth! Hahaha......"
Chen Ping laughed, then pulled up his father and said with a smile: "Father, saltpeter can be used to make ice, and this matter cannot be said to anyone except the four of us...... Now listen to me, what we need is to buy saltpeter to make ice. ”
"You think, it's dog days, what would it be like if we could make ice? Our ice, once put on the market, will definitely suffer from crazy robbing. ”
"Dad, we're going to get rich!"
Chen Shiyou is not a fool, and when he heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
"The weather is hot in the dog days, and those dignitaries in the capital are trying their best to cool off, if we can really make ice, then those dignitaries will definitely rob it and buy it back to cool off......"
"Not only that, but there are also merchants who need a lot of ice to stock up on goods, and our ice can be sold to them as well."
Chen Ping said with a smile.
"Go, go buy saltpeter, listen to the young master's words, the whole family will go out to buy saltpeter for me."
Chen Shiyou trembled with excitement.
He was still worried about the silver before, but at this moment, Chen Shiyou had faintly seen the moving gold and silver treasure mountains beckoning to him.
……
On this day, the saltpeter miners in the entire capital were crazy.
Because someone actually swept saltpeter in the market.
Saltpeter is not allowed to be sold, but the amount is very small, most of it is provided to pharmacies or Taoist temples, a year down, this saltpeter can be sold for 100 catties is good, but on this day, there are people in the market crazy sweeping, and it is not the kind of price.
Not only have all the old goods in stock been swept away, but even the saltpeter for the next few months has been ordered in advance.
The saltpeter merchants were as happy as the New Year.
Of course, there are also people who are puzzled.
"Hey, who do you think this is? What to do with so much saltpeter? It's not going to be gunpowder! ”
"I think too much, saltpeter can be used to make gunpowder, but to make gunpowder, not to say that the state prohibits it, private manufacturing is to kill the head, only to make gunpowder also needs charcoal and lime, and this person only needs saltpeter, but he is deaf to charcoal and lime, obviously isn't it?"
"Hehe, let me tell you, I just found out that the one who bought saltpeter in large quantities turned out to be the loser son of the Yin family of Chen Mansion, and the reason why he bought saltpeter was because his brain was broken and he had a whim!"
"Oh, it turned out to be that waste two hundred and five, if that's the case, then we have to sell it quickly, in case this kid's head is normal, if he doesn't buy it, we will lose money!"
“……”
Three days later, all the saltpeter inside and outside the capital was all bought out, and not only that, but in the next few months, all the saltpeter inside and outside the capital was also booked.
That is to say, in the next few months, except for Chen Ping, who has saltpeter in his hand, no one in the entire capital will have such a thing as saltpeter in his hand.
On Chen Ping's side, after the saltpeter was in hand, he began to dig the cellar and secretly make ice.
Because the process is simple, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, the process of making ice is very fast, and in less than a few days, Chen Ping has made a large number of ice cubes.
Looking at the ice cubes piled up in the cellar, Chen Shiyou was so happy that he was about to burst into tears.
Where is this ice, this is all gold!