Chapter 344: Making Ice

The fourth prince was taught a lesson by Princess Zhaoyang.

Although he knew that Sister Huang was right, his previous proposal was indeed an out-of-control suggestion.

He knew it wouldn’t work.

However, he couldn't help but ask: "Mission? Sister Huang, you only know the mission, but what about your own happiness?"

Princess Zhaoyang narrowed her eyes. , a rare look of panic appeared.

She fell silent.

After a while, he said: "As a member of the royal family, when are you qualified to talk about your own happiness.

Okay, you can go out.
< br />I know that you have grown up, and my sister has no other hope. I just hope that after I leave, you can learn to think more, think twice before doing anything, and protect yourself.

Also, Take good care of the imperial grandmother."

Princess Zhaoyang, who was always witty and eloquent, was actually speechless by the fourth prince's question.

She once thought she was awake in the world, but when she experienced the most important change in her life, she became confused.

What is happiness?

Is the imperial grandmother happy?

As the most noble woman in the world, she should have been the happiest woman in the world after being favored by the emperor.

But she may not think so.

Rumor has it that when she married Grandpa Huang, he was already in his sixties.

Because she had no heirs, she could only tolerate her grandmother and concubine again and again.

Could this be considered happiness?

Let’s talk about the grandmother and concubine, although she gave birth to the father.

But since she was born, Grandpa Huang has never seen her have a good attitude towards her, not even a smile.

Two people are almost strangers.

Could this be considered happiness? There is also the father, although he ascended to the throne from among many uncles through many obstacles.

But he was suppressed by the Emperor's grandfather earlier. Although he is now in charge, he still crawls between the papers every day. In order to get rid of the pressure of the Emperor's grandfather, he does not dare to slack off for a moment.

Can this be considered happiness?

After all, everyone has their own mission and helplessness. There is only relative happiness, but there is no absolute happiness at all.

　"Sister Huang?"

　"You should go back first."

The fourth prince regretted a little.

I obviously wanted to make Sister Huang happy, but why did she look even more unhappy?

There was no good solution in my heart, so I could only sigh and leave dejectedly.

　……

That night, Muni Courtyard.

Miaoyu received Jia Lian’s response to her.

Under the dim light, Miaoyu was almost obsessed with looking at the picture of a beautiful woman unfolded on the case.

Although according to the evaluation criteria of painting attainments, it is really difficult for such an ink painting that looks extremely real to receive her superb evaluation.

But, except this one.

As someone who must look in front of the mirror many times a day, at first glance, she could tell that the woman in the painting was her.

In addition to the beauty, the painting only has a pavilion decorated with several strokes at the back, and a guqin in the pavilion.

That was when I saw Jia Lian for the first time, I was slightly angry.

Miaoyu was shocked.

One of the paintings she gave Jia Lian told Jia Lian that she was going to see him off. The second one told Jia Lian her worries.

As a disciple of Buddhism, but falling in love with the young master of the public family, it is unacceptable in the world.

Now Jia Lian leads his army on an expedition, with thousands of cavalry, how majestic is it?

It’s a pity that even though she knew he was in front of her, she could not find him.

And Jia Lian replied to her immediately.

Your beauty has always been in my heart, so don’t worry, wait for me to come back.

This is what Miaoyu meant at a glance from Jia Lian's words.

"If love lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night."

Muttering Jia Lian's inscription, Miaoyu suddenly felt much at ease. .

With such a close friend, even if the road ahead is difficult and bumpy, I will no longer be afraid.

…

A few days later, we were far away from the capital.

In such a hot weather, even if you store the ice cubes in the best ice cubes and ride horses from the capital, they will have melted long ago.

Therefore, the fourth prince could no longer rely on this method. He took ice cubes from the capital and made iced fruits and iced sour plum soup to relieve Princess Zhaoyang's heat.

Originally I thought I could go to the prefectures and counties along the way to find ice cubes to use.

But he really overestimated the strength of the local squire.

There are only a few wealthy families who can use ice cellars to store ice. In addition, those who have one will not publicize it, but will keep it for themselves and use it secretly.

So much so that his guards almost broke their horses’ legs and could not find a new source of ice supply.

When things went wrong and the weather was hot, the fourth prince was really upset and annoyed, and he felt unpleasant to everyone he saw.

"Jia Lian, let's go, let's have a fight."

It's really no fun to bully the servants.

In the entire team, apart from him and the imperial sister, the most important ones were naturally Prince Navarre and Jia Lian.

Of course Prince Wala would not pay any attention to him. Otherwise, he would blame Jia Lian.

Although he had not had a drinking contest with Jia Lian since the last time, he was embarrassed to break his promise and cause trouble for Jia Lian again, but he did not accept Jia Lian as his eldest brother as promised.

Seeing that Yanmen Pass was getting closer and closer, and the day when he and his imperial sister were to part ways was getting closer and closer. When he was upset and angry, he inevitably thought about Jia Lian's "abandonment" of his imperial sister.

Picking a fight with Jia Lian was the best way for him to vent his anger on Jia Lian without breaking his promise.

Although he knew that he could not beat Jia Lian, he also knew that Jia Lian was very smart and would never beat him to death. When the time comes, I will definitely be able to succeed if I help him.

Jia Lian sat in front of the case, and when he saw the unkind look on the face of the fourth prince, he knew that he had no good intentions.

How can you follow his wishes?

"Where did the Fourth Highness get his anger from and come to vent his anger on me?"

"Oh, who dares to get offended by me? I'm just here to discuss matters with you. "

Having seen through his thoughts at a glance, the fourth prince looked a little unnatural and twisted his buttocks while sitting on the stool.

Jia Lian smiled and said, "I heard that His Highness sent people out to look for ice these past two days, but failed to find any, so he was very angry. Is this true?"
< br />It’s okay not to mention this, but the mention made the fourth prince more and more angry.

For several days in a row, the ice cubes that I worked so hard to get were always cheaper than Jia Lian!

He couldn’t understand why the imperial sister was so nice to him even if she didn’t hate Jia Lian.

"No, it's just a trivial matter, is it worthy of my anger?

"Hurry up, are you afraid that I will do something dirty, so you don't dare to fight me? ”

Jia Lian ignored the fourth prince’s words again, smiled and said: "If so, I said there is a way to let the fourth prince get ice cubes. I wonder if the fourth prince can calm down?" Can you find ice? Where is it?"

The fourth prince suddenly stood up, walked to Jia Lian, and asked.

Jia Lian did not answer, so he called Zhaoer in and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Second Master, everything is ready according to your instructions."

Jia Lian nodded and said to the fourth prince: "Your Highness, please."

The fourth prince frowned and said to himself, I want to see what tricks you can do.

Behind the big tent, there is an open space.

Jia Lian’s personal guards have already surrounded this place.

In the middle of the venue, there is a huge new wooden barrel, and there are a bunch of things in linen bags piled next to it. I don’t know what they are for.

The fourth prince glanced at Jia Lian and asked: "These are the ice cubes you are talking about?"

The fourth prince knew how precious ice cubes were at this time of year, how could he use linen cloth? Pocket to carry.

Jia Lian shook his head: "This is used to make ice."

"Ice? Ice can be made, how can it be made?"

"Your Highness, wait for a moment and you will know."

With that said, Jia Lian ordered the guards to get clean river water.

……

I heard that Jia Lian and the Fourth Prince were going to make ice on site, and many people came to see the excitement.

Including the third prince of Wala.

"General Jia, what are you doing?"

As soon as the fourth prince heard the poor Chinese of the third prince of Wala, he felt very uncomfortable.

So he pretended not to hear what he said and asked Jia Lian: "Are you ready? What should we do now?"

Jia Lian nodded to the third prince of Wala. After a while, he ordered Zhaoer and others to pour river water into large wooden barrels, while he filled Tietong with water from the accompanying water tanker.

Put Tietong in the wooden barrel, close the lid, and then order Zhaoer, Zhang Yong and others to pour the saltpeter in the sack into the wooden barrel and stir it.

Saltpeter makes ice.

A method that almost all readers of later generations who have read online novels will know.

Jia Lian also tried it that summer when he first came to this world.

Then he knewDao, why is it clearly recorded in ancient books, but people at that time did not use this method to make ice.

“Can you make ice in this way?”

The fourth prince expressed doubts about this.

He ran to the barrel and observed it repeatedly.

“Increase the amount.”

Following Jia Lian’s instructions, the guards cut open the bags of saltpeter and poured them into large wooden barrels.

"Eh..."

The fourth prince suddenly felt a coldness coming from his face, and he was stunned.

He wanted to reach out and touch it, but he took it back and turned around and asked Jia Lian, "Can I touch it?"

He was afraid it was poisonous because the smell was not very pleasant.

When he saw Jia Lian nodding, he reached into the water with confidence.

Then he was surprised to find that the river water, which should have been warm, had become extremely cold in just a short moment, and even felt faintly bitingly cool.

This...

The fourth prince felt it was an eye-opener.

Upon seeing this, Prince Wala also stepped forward to investigate, and then he also showed a strange look.

Jia Lian did not despise their short-sightedness.

Although this method has been passed down for a long time, no one uses it because it is useless.

It is useless and will naturally not be spread.

Except for those who have learned a lot, it is really difficult for others to know this thing.

The method of making ice was learned from the Internet, and its authenticity needs to be verified.

In short, if you want to use ice in summer in ancient times, the most reliable way is to dig deep ice cellars for storage.

Other methods generally have some problems.