Chapter 345 Beware

After saltpeter is dissolved in water, it will absorb a lot of heat and even freeze.

But this kind of ice cube is not edible, so you need to choose a small container with good heat conductivity and fill it with clear water.

When the heat in the large container continues to dissipate, the clean water in the small container also cools down and freezes.

The principle seems simple and beautiful.

But to condense water into ice on a hot summer day, a large amount of saltpeter is needed.

What's more, in order for the water in the small container to freeze, there are higher requirements for the size and temperature of the large container.

So...

"It's frozen, it's really frozen!"

The fourth prince shouted happily, dancing and happily like a child.

People around looked shocked.

Did the Second Master (the Imperial Envoy) really make ice out of thin air?

It’s amazing.

Jia Lian walked to the big wooden barrel with a normal expression.

After consuming three bags of saltpeter, ice particles could finally be seen in the water in the barrel.

But when the lid of the iron bucket was lifted, the water inside was still extremely clear.

“It’s not enough.”

Jia Lian continued to ask people to add saltpeter. When the saturation was visible to the naked eye, he asked people to bring the huge lid of the big wooden barrel and close it. .

This can reduce the loss of air conditioning.

The whole place was quiet, as if everyone was waiting for the unveiling of a sacred event.

After a cup of tea, Jia Lian asked someone to open the wooden lid.

The fourth prince was the first to rush forward.

"Really, really ice!"

Inside the barrel, in such a short time, the ice particles have condensed into ice cubes and are emerging out. Biting cold air.

Without any need for Jia Lian to do anything, the fourth prince reached out and opened the lid of the tietong embedded in the middle of the ice cubes.

“It’s also frozen!”

The fourth prince looked back at Jia Lian happily.

Jia Lian also walked over and had a look.

Sure enough, he had carefully designed the tool, and the effect was much better than expected.

Although you can see at a glance that the ice in Tietong is very light in color, it seems that if it is stirred, it will all break into ice particles and ice.Frost.

After all, it’s frozen.

Unfortunately, Jia Lian glanced at the side and saw that almost half of the saltpeter he had sent troops to collect in the past few days had been consumed.

After spending so much manpower, material and financial resources, we only got this one bucket of crushed ice, which shows the low efficiency.

It is estimated that except for the rich and powerful, no one in the world has the ability to make ice in this way in summer.

And those who are truly wealthy and want to use ice can naturally dig ice cellars. In winter, they choose ice cubes with high quality and transport and store them.

Prince Wala walked up to Jia Lian with a smile and said loudly: "The general's magical skills really amaze me.

The weather is so hot now, and I and my entourage are also deeply worried. I am suffering from the scorching heat, so I have a merciless request. I wonder if the general may give some of the ice cubes in the bucket to me?

General, don’t worry, I am not asking for it in vain. I can use it. In exchange for silver."

Prince Wala's attitude was very sincere, and Jia Lian had no intention of offending him, so he wanted to agree.

"No."

The fourth prince turned around and said seriously: "Jia Lian, you agreed that these ice cubes are all for me."< br />
Jia Lian glanced at Prince Wala in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry, Third Prince. These ices were indeed prepared by me for the Fourth Prince, for Her Highness the Princess, and I have no right to deal with them.

But the prince must have seen all the methods of making ice just now.

If the prince wants to use ice, the prince can use the remaining saltpeter here at will. Then According to this method, it is very easy to get ice cubes."

Prince Wala glanced at the fourth prince, and an imperceptible coldness flashed in his eyes.

Looking back, but still with a humble attitude: "In that case, thank you so much, General."

"Prince, you are polite."

"Yes. Sorry, I have troubled the general to escort me and the princess back to Wala to get married. I am very grateful and I am worried that I can't repay you.

It just so happens that my father, Khan, admires strange people like the general the most. When I return, King Ting, I will definitely recommend a general to my father Khan.

With the general’s talents, he will be put into great use by my father Khan.”

Prince Wala’s sudden words not only made Jia Lian After being stunned for a moment, other people around him also pointed their ears.

The fourth prince originally thought that he was being stingy by not giving Prince Wala ice cubes. In fact, the other prince didn’t get it either.Sin him.

But when he heard Prince Wala’s words, he suddenly became furious.

"Hey, are you awake? In front of this prince, you want to instigate rebellion against my father's confidant?

And, why do you think that , he left me, a dignified general in the country, to fend for themselves and serve you?"

Although the fourth prince usually does not care about political affairs, it does not mean that he will forget about his royal family in the Wei Dynasty. identity.

This bullshit prince actually wanted to poach his father in front of him!

Prince Wala smiled and said: "The fourth prince made a strong statement.

Now the Wei Dynasty and I, Wala, have formed a permanent alliance and are as close as one family. Since we are one family, how can we instigate rebellion? What's the point?

As long as our Wala can give General Jia a greater official position and a higher status, then what's wrong with General Jia staying in our Wala for a greater future?

Could it be that the fourth prince does not agree with the alliance between Wei and Wala in his heart, and still regards us Wala as a foreign enemy?"

"You...!"

The fourth prince immediately felt that he had fallen into the opponent's trap.

Even if he no longer likes the idea of ​​forming an alliance with his relatives, he also knows that opposing it here at this time will not only have no effect, but will only make the officers and soldiers wait and laugh at him for not knowing the general situation.

So he stopped paying attention to Prince Wala and looked at Jia Lian angrily.

He did not believe that Jia Lian, as a prince of the Wei Dynasty, would give up his foundation in the Wei Dynasty and become an official in the Oara foreign tribe.

Faced with the direct gaze of the fourth prince, Jia Lian said: "Thank you very much for your love, but I have received the emperor's favor and never dare to forget to serve the king for a moment. I am afraid that I will let down your prince." Of course, Jia Lian couldn’t be so stupid as to be tempted by Prince Wala’s casual promise.”



Don’t tell me that the words of Prince Wala are somewhat valuable. Even if he was sincere, Jia Lian would not consider it.

In other words, other people who had an unsatisfactory life in the Wei Dynasty might still be able to do it. It's a pity that if Wala dug out such a person, it would probably be useless.

Moreover, Jia Lian could clearly see that Prince Wala was deliberately teasing the fourth prince.

This couldn’t help but make Jia Lian feel secretly vigilant.

This Prince Wala spoke slowly, and he kept smiling when facing them.

But the fourth prince had just offended him, so he endured itHe keeps fighting back, which shows that he is not a simple and honest person!

Hearing Jia Lian’s direct statement, the fourth prince looked at Prince Wala proudly, snorted, and called for people to take away Tietong and the ice cubes.

He wanted to take such newly made clean ice cubes to the imperial sister as soon as possible

In Princess Zhaoyang’s boudoir, the fourth prince happily brought in a fruit plate and cold drinks After that, Princess Zhaoyang looked at it, and then faced the fourth prince's proud gaze and asked with a smile: "Is this the ice cube made by Jia Lian in a magical way?"

"Uh, Sister Huang, do you know everything?"

Princess Zhaoyang smiled and said nothing.

The fourth prince didn’t care, and said with a smile: “Sister, you don’t know, Jia Lian found a lot of magical stones from nowhere. Well, these ice cubes are what he used. Made of stone.

Sister, feel free to enjoy it. There is still a lot of ice. It is full of ice. I have asked people to store it in the ice collection and send it to them later. Come to Sister Huang."

"Is the stone you are talking about called saltpeter?"

"Hey, it seems that I did hear Jia Lian say it was saltpeter. Could it be that, the emperor Sister, do you also know this method?"

Princess Zhaoyang shook her head.

Jia Lian and the Fourth Prince made ice with great fanfare, and it was not kept secret, and had long been spread.

Princess Zhaoyang was the first to receive the news.

Then she learned about a method of "making ice with saltpeter" from the old nun who was accompanying her. This was what she thought.

According to the old nanny, when she was in the palace, there was not enough ice in the ice cellar in the palace every summer.

Some unpopular concubines got this method from nowhere and made ice in the palace, causing a lot of noise.

Later, it was banned by the Queen Mother. The reason was that in order to obtain enough saltpeter, the concubines frequently sent eunuchs out of the palace to collect and purchase it, which had a very bad influence.

Since there is such a method, Jia Lian knows that Princess Zhaoyang does not find it too strange.

However, according to my grandmother, this method of making ice is extremely inefficient and time-consuming. How could Jia Lian do this while marching?

Could it be that, like his younger brother, he was worried that she would be injured by the heat, so he wanted to please her...

Unable to confirm this guess, when the fourth prince left, Zhaoyang The princess then ordered her attendants to make all the ice cubes sent by the fourth prince into fresh cold drinks and fruit plates to reward the accompanying officials and generals.

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