Lian'er, who was outside the door, couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly left a few steps, but her heart was stunned.

She was Miss's personal maid, and she originally thought that during Miss's pregnancy, she could be a bedmaid, but Fan Zheng didn't have any idea at all, which made her doubly disappointed.

At that moment, Lian'er suddenly felt a burst of heat, and immediately picked up the method of making ice that Fan Zheng said, came to the ice cellar that was already empty, and began to make ice cubes according to the method of saltpeter ice.

Soon, when the entire ice cellar was filled with cool air, Lian'er shivered, and then the heat in her heart was swept away.

Immediately, Lian'er continued to follow Fan Zheng's method, adding saltpeter to the large water tank, and found a quilt to cover it with saltwater.

Two hours later, Lian'er opened the quilt and saw that the water in the copper basin had turned into ice.

"It's really frozen!"

Lian'er couldn't help but exclaim, she didn't expect to realize summer ice making in her own hands.

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"Whew!"

In the evening, Fan Chunli returned to Fan's mansion with a sweaty face, and now Kaifeng is very hot, even the ice stored by the imperial court is exhausted, even if he is the prime minister of the court, he needs to endure this hot weather.

However, as soon as he entered the lobby, he felt a cool breath rushing over his face.

"Didn't you run out of ice in the house, how could you still have it? Qingzhao is pregnant, so it's better to leave it to her to use, don't waste it. Fan Chunli was surprised, now Li Qingzhao is the top priority of the Fan Mansion, even if he is one of the prime ministers of the dynasty, he must consider the child in Li Qingzhao's womb.

"Thank you father-in-law for your understanding, but father-in-law rest assured, from now on, there will be no shortage of ice cubes in Fan's mansion, and you can use it with confidence." When Li Qingzhao heard this, he was not only moved.

"Feel free to use it!" Fan Chunli couldn't believe it.

You must know that now it is not only the Fan Mansion, even if there is not much ice left in the palace, how can the Fan Mansion use ice on a large scale, and the hotter the weather, the faster the ice will melt, and it will not last long at all.

Li Qingzhao said proudly: "My father-in-law doesn't know, Xianggong has found a way to make ice in summer, which is enough to make ice cubes in large quantities, not to mention Fanfu, it will be Kaifeng City in the future, and there will be no shortage of ice in summer." ”

"Summer ice making?" Fan Chunli closed his mouth in shock.

Ma Shi couldn't help but smile, she also had the same expression when she heard the news, but when she saw the ice cubes made by Lian'er in the ice cellar, she believed it.

"Not bad!"

At that moment, Li Qingzhao brought the news of Fan Zheng's discovery of saltpeter ice making one by one.

At that moment, Fan Chunli immediately went to the ice cellar to witness the ice-making technique, and only then did he believe that it was true.

"Great, with the right ice-making method, Kaifeng City will no longer be afraid of the scorching heat in the future." Ma said proudly.

Now the entire Kaifeng City and even the entire Great Song Dynasty are subject to the scorching heat, and Fan Zheng has a method of making ice, which is enough to benefit the people of the world.

Fan Chunli was not too optimistic, but shook his head and said: "Even if there is a method of ice making, I am afraid it will be difficult to promote, do you know what the main thing in ice making is, it is saltpeter, and saltpeter is a thing controlled by the imperial court, the quantity is quite small, and it is the main raw material for making gunpowder, and it is impossible to supply a large number of private ice-making." ”

"Ahh Is there such a thing? Ma couldn't help but be stunned.

Fan Zhenglang said: "My father's concern is indeed reasonable, but what my father doesn't know is that saltpeter ice making is not a one-time thing, but can be recycled. ”

"Recycled?" Fan Chunli couldn't help but widen his eyes, if it could really be reused, then naturally there would be almost no loss of saltpeter, so there was the possibility of promotion.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "After saltpeter ice is made, the remaining nitrate water only needs to use the method of boiling salt to boil the water, and you can get saltpeter again." Of course, if time permits, you can get saltpeter by exposing it to the sun and doing it without spending a penny. ”

"In this way, it can also be promoted to the world, and it will definitely benefit hundreds of people." Fan Chunli said excitedly.

Fan Zheng suddenly shook his head and said: "The child is not ready to promote the world, and is ready to set up a state-owned ice workshop under the Ordnance Supervisor." ”

"Forming a state-run ice workshop?" Fan Chunli couldn't help frowning, he tried his best to offend countless people, and then he changed the state-run workshop.

And Fan Zheng actually did the opposite, and also built a state-owned workshop on a large scale, and their father and son were right.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "First, saltpeter is a thing controlled by the Great Song Dynasty, and it is the main component of gunpowder, so it is natural to control it more. Second, it is a new thing to make ice, and it is a necessary thing for the people in summer, so it can be said that it is a safe profit, and saltpeter ice is a new thing, and it will not compete with the people for profit, and it is the money of the rich. ”

The corners of Fan Chunli's mouth twitched, indeed, ice cubes do make rich people's money. Even more provocative than wine, the poor have a time to drink, and there is rarely a time to use ice cubes in the summer.

"Third, now the military expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty mainly relies on the liquor tax, which has long been stretched, and now there is a method of making ice, which is enough to increase a large amount of military spending for the imperial court!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Military spending!"

Fan Chunli's heart sank, huge military expenditure has always been the biggest heart disease of the imperial court, if ice production can be state-run, and it is a unique business, it will definitely earn a lot of money for the imperial court and reduce the imperial court expenses.

"Maybe you can give it a try!"

Fan Chunli finally nodded.

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In the vertical arch hall, the monarchs and ministers are sweating like rain and are dealing with government affairs.

There are many government affairs in the Great Song Dynasty, even if it is a hot day, but there is still no slackness.

"Come on, give ice!"

Zhao Xu wiped his sweat and waved his hand.

Yang Jian's face on the side changed, and he said in a low voice: "Qi Qi official's family, there is no ice in the palace anymore." ”

This year, the weather is exceptional, and the demand for ice in the palace is so great that it has been depleted.

"What, these dog days haven't arrived yet, and there is no ice?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but be stunned and said, it is not yet the hottest dog days, and the ice in the palace has been used up, so how to spend the rest of the summer.

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty also sighed helplessly, not to mention the palace, even the ice stored in their mansion has been exhausted, and the rest of the days can only be hard.

Cai Jing immediately said righteously: "The official family can rest assured, although the weather is hot, our courtiers share worries for the country, and they have no complaints!" ”

The hundreds of officials couldn't help but roll their eyes, Cai Jing actually took them to show their loyalty, but in the face of Cai Jing's arrogance, they couldn't refute it in the slightest.

At this moment, Fan Chunli suddenly said: "Don't worry, the ordnance supervisor Fan Zheng has just played and is preparing to build a state-run ice workshop, I believe that from now on, the Great Song Dynasty will no longer lack ice cubes." ”

"State-run ice workshop?"

The ministers were stunned for a moment, and looked at Fan Chunli in puzzlement, everyone knew that Fan Zheng was his son, and now Fan Chunli has become a French workshop, and he has just made some achievements, Fan Zheng actually openly contradicted and set up a state-owned ice workshop under the banner of the Ordnance Supervisor.

Cai Jing snorted coldly and said: "Fan Taicheng knows that there is a shortage of ice in the palace, and he is ready to set up an ice-making workshop at this time, but he is a good hand at flattery." ”

Cai Jing was very dissatisfied, he said a word of loyalty with white teeth, and the evil doctor Fan Zheng had already started directly to build an ice-making workshop in order to show his loyalty.

Other officials also chimed in, despising Fan Zheng's behavior of currying favor with the officials, and if it weren't for Fan Chunli's presence, he would definitely be angry at the court and denounce him as a villain.

Fan Chunli looked at all this coldly, and said sarcastically: "If you think so, then the heart of a villain is the belly of a gentleman, although the dog is stubborn, it is definitely not a traitorous minister in your mouth." ”

Cai Jing said in a strange manner: "It's already a hot summer, even if Fan Taicheng wants to build an ice cellar, I'm afraid it will have to wait until winter, and I won't need it!" Besides, we don't know what the weather will be like next summer! ”

Fan Chunli sneered: "There is no need to wait until next year, the dog has already mastered the summer ice making technique, which is enough to make ice in the hot summer." ”

"Summer ice making?"

As soon as Fan Chunli said this, there was almost an uproar.

As we all know, ice only exists in winter, and how can there be ice in such a hot summer.

"Is what Fan Xianggong said true?" Zhao Xu was also quite surprised.

Fan Chunli arched his hand and said: "Weichen doesn't dare to bully the king, this is what Weichen said with his own eyes, his daughter-in-law Li Qingzhao is pregnant, she is not resistant to high temperatures, the ice in Fan's mansion has been used up, and the dog is in a hurry, and he has created a summer ice-making technique. ”

Fan Chunli personally testified for Fan Zheng, and explained the reasons why he made ice for Li Qingzhao, if ordinary people would definitely not let go of the opportunity to show loyalty to the official family, but the Fan family did not need it, and Fan Zheng did not need it either.

Attributing the reason for making ice to his love for Li Qingzhao will become a good story.

"Fan Mansion has already used ice cubes?" The ministers couldn't help but be stunned and couldn't believe it.

Yang Wei said in his heart: "It is not impossible to make ice in summer, according to secret history, the ancients were able to make ice with boiling water. It's just that this method has been lost, and the ice created is quite small, so I'm afraid it's a drop in the bucket. ”

"Boiling water to make ice?"

Baiguan nodded slightly, they are all well-educated people, naturally they have heard the strange news of boiling water to make ice, Fan Zheng led the doctor to repeatedly crack Hua Tuo's surgical mastery, presumably also cracked the stunt of boiling water to make ice in ancient books.

Fan Chunli shook his head and said: "No, there is only a small amount of ice made from boiling water, and it cannot be preserved, while the method of making ice from dogs is enough to make a large amount of ice, and the ice cubes are no different from the thick ice cubes in winter." ”

"How is this possible?"

The entire vertical arch hall was in an uproar, if it was really possible to make ice in summer, this was no longer an evil art but a divine art, so that the people of Kaifeng would no longer be afraid of the hot summer.

"Qiqi official's family, Fan Taicheng came to offer ice!"

Suddenly, a guard hurriedly came to report.

"It's coming!"

The hundred officials couldn't help but be shocked, what the Fan family father and son said was true or false, and they would soon be able to argue whether it was true or false.

"Xuan!"

Zhao Xu waved his hand.

Soon, Fan Zheng's figure appeared in the vertical arch hall.

"Where's the ice?"

Baiguan couldn't help but be stunned, only to see Fan Zheng's hands empty.

Behind him, a group of guards worked together to carry a large chest, covered with a thick quilt.

"Don't panic, the ice is inside this quilt."

"Quilt?"

Seeing this situation, the corners of their mouths twitched, and like ordinary people, it was difficult for them to associate quilts and ice together.

"Don't be verbose, show the ice to the officials."

Fan Zheng wanted to do it again, but was directly interrupted by Fan Chunli.

Fan Zheng had no choice but to step forward and open the quilt, and suddenly a large transparent ice cube appeared in front of everyone, and at the same time, a cold air rushed to his face.

"Is it really ice?"

Hundreds of officials were in an uproar, and no one thought that Fan Zheng would actually make ice.

"Fan Taicheng, your ice shouldn't be winter!" Cai Jing was skeptical.

Fan Zheng sneered: "If Lord Cai is suspicious, you can see it with your own eyes, in order to prove that this was made recently, Fan also froze a begonia flower in the ice. ”

Cai Jing couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward to check, only to see that among the huge ice blocks, there was indeed a delicate begonia frozen in the ice.

“……………… Try the questionnaire curtain people, but the begonias are still the same, do you know whether you know it or not, it should be green, fat, red and thin. ”

Begonia flowers are summer flowers, and they are the flowers in Li Qingzhao's first ancient famous chapter, and they are unique to summer.

"It's really summer ice!"

Zhao Xu was surprised and said, there will definitely be no begonia flowers in winter, it is obvious that this ice cube is what Fan Zheng just created.

Only then did the hundred officials exclaim, who would have thought that Fan Zheng would really be able to find the evil recipe for making ice in summer.

"How much can this ice make?" Su Song was greatly moved, the summer heat has made countless people unbearable, if it can really make ice in summer, it will be the gospel of the world.

"As long as there is enough saltpeter, you can make as much ice as you want, and saltpeter can be reused." Fan Zhenglang said.

"Good!" Su Song said excitedly.

Although the Great Song Dynasty now controls saltpeter, saltpeter is not a rare thing, enough to mass-produce ice cubes, not to mention that saltpeter can be reused.

Fan Zheng continued: "Wechen is going to set up a state-run ice workshop under the banner of the Ordnance Supervisor, firstly, to supply the ice needs of the people of the world to relieve the scorching heat, and secondly, to raise military funds for the imperial court!" ”

"This law is great!"

Zhao Xu was overjoyed when he heard this.

The other officials also nodded, if Fan Zheng really used the saltpeter method to make ice for his own benefit, it would definitely cause the government and the opposition to boil, but now Fan Zheng took the initiative to set up a state-owned workshop, so that the hundred officials had nothing to say.

With the promise of the imperial court! The Kaifeng state-run ice workshop started operating in the shortest possible time.

As the huge ice blocks were transported to Kaifeng City, they immediately caused the people to exclaim.

"Evil Doctor Fan Zheng, make ice in summer!"

The people were amazed one by one, and they hurriedly robbed, the people of Kaifeng were quite rich, and the ice produced by the ice workshop was far cheaper than the ice cubes stored in the present from winter, and it was full of praise from the people of Kaifeng.

With the supply of a large amount of ice to Kaifeng City, in the scorching summer, the people finally had a chance to breathe.

There are also many small traders and hawkers who have begun to use the ice produced by the ice-making workshop to make it into smoothies, and then mix them with fruits and vegetables to make cool ice water that relieves the heat, and has become the favorite product in the mouth of the people of Kaifeng. (End of chapter)