Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Is there another theory?" Concubine Yan nodded, "But it makes sense."

"Then what do you need now?" When Li Zhen heard this voice, she was in a bad mood. Was it fun to sneak in and eavesdrop on other people's conversations?You are the emperor, father, if Wei Zheng catches you, aren't you afraid that he will spit at you?

"I've seen the emperor (father)." Although full of resentment, the proper etiquette is still indispensable.

Li Shimin waved them up, then stared at Li Zhen and said, "Tell me, what do you need now?"

"I need ice cubes most now." Li Zhen told her needs honestly. It was so hot that she could fry eggs on the rocks.

"I also need ice, but there are not many ice cubes stored in winter, and the day to give ice has not yet arrived, so you can bear with it." Li Shimin twisted Li Zhen's face hard while speaking.

Li Zhen struggled to break free, and she didn't know when she learned from it. She always liked to pinch people's cheeks: "If the child can provide enough ice, what kind of reward will the father give?"

"What kind of reward do you want?"

"Thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king." Li Zhen didn't say anything, he didn't know the value of ice in this era, with such a tone, it's better to ask Li Shimin to ask for a price.

"How about making you king?" Li Shimin asked seductively.

Concubine Yan said worriedly: "The emperor" wants to circle but dare not do it all.

But Li Zhen looked at Li Shimin with eyes like an idiot.

Li Shimin was looked at with a guilty conscience: "What are you doing looking at me like that?"

Li Zhen said quietly: "I will become king sooner or later, I'm not in a hurry."

"Hahahaha" Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen, a three-year-old child put on such an appearance, no matter how he looked at it, he felt happy, and couldn't help laughing, even Concubine Yan couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Be serious and talk about business." Who would have thought that Li Shimin and Concubine Yan laughed even harder as soon as Li Zhen said this, and even the maids and eunuchs who were serving beside them covered their mouths and laughed.

"Do you still want ice?"

Li Shimin stopped smiling immediately, his eyes widened: "You really have a way?"

"Yes, there is a delicacy called shaved ice in the "Gourmet Encyclopedia", which mentions the method of making ice." Li Zhen is very proud, I put the ice-making method on "Gourmet Encyclopedia", let me see if you dare to underestimate the skill of the cook up?

"Really? What can I do?" Li Shimin asked immediately. He really needs ice now. Chang'an is so hot, and the south is even more annoying. Yesterday's memorial from Jiannan Road mentioned that someone had already died of heat. , Li Shimin was also very worried. If Li Zhen really had a way, it would really help him a lot.

Guan Yang stretched out his palm, Li Shimin knew what it meant, and handed the fan in his hand to Li Zhen: "Is that enough?"

Li Zhen still stretched out her hand: "If father only wants the method of making shaved ice, this fan is enough, but the method of making ice is more than that price."

"Then what do you want?"

"Father, look at it."

"In this way, when you become king, can I give you a larger fief?" Li Shimin promised.

"How much?"

Li Shimin stretched out a finger, Li Zhen shook his head in disappointment, Li Shimin thought for a while, and added a finger painfully, it seemed that he had reached his bottom line.

Li Zhen also knows what is good and what is bad, and it seems that there is not much to be squeezed out, so she nodded quickly: "Okay, although it is a little less, but for the sake of your father, I will help you. Don't change it. ?”

"" Li Shimin almost vomited blood, this is already a lot, okay?

"No change. Let's high-five as an oath." Swallowing a breath, the father and son, one big and one small, struck three consecutive palms, and the oath was fulfilled.

Rubbing her numb palms, it was definitely on purpose, Li Zhen turned to Xiao Fuzi and said, "Go find some saltpeter, and bring a basin of water by the way."

Xiao Fuzi responded and ran to the Imperial Medical Office. He knew that saltpeter was a kind of medicinal material, and the Imperial Medical Office would definitely have it.

Turning his head and pleading guilty: "This is the order of the old man, father, don't blame me."

As he spoke, he sat on Li Shimin's lap—if he didn't act coquettish and cute at this moment, when would he wait?

Li Shimin said: "Father knows the meaning of the old god, and Father also understands that the Tao should not be passed on lightly. Don't worry, Father didn't blame you."

"Thank you, Father."

"Is saltpeter used to make ice?"

Li Zhen grabbed Li Shimin's beard and said coquettishly, "Yes."

Although she felt disgusted in her heart, Li Zhen could only bear it. Looking at Li Shimin again, she seemed to be enjoying it.Unable to stand his expression, he exerted a sudden force on his hand, and a few beards were pulled off.

"Oh!" Li Shimin cried out in pain.

"The emperor atones." Concubine Yan hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing Li Shimin's pain, Li Zhen felt much more comfortable.

Chapter 5 Saltpeter Ice Making

Chapter 5 saltpeter making ice

Xiao Fuzi quickly retrieved a large bag of saltpeter, and Li Zhen asked for another basin of clean water.

"In order to prevent the child from cheating, please put the saltpeter in the water." Li Zhen handed a part of the saltpeter to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin put the ground saltpeter into the basin suspiciously.Looking at Li Shimin and Concubine Yan, they covered the basin with a cloth, and seeing Li Shimin looking over suspiciously, Li Zhen smiled mysteriously: "In just a quarter of an hour, this basin of water will turn into solid ice. Mystery."

"Zhen'er, is it okay?" Concubine Yan asked worriedly.

"Of course." Just to be on the safe side, the portion of saltpeter that Li Zhen gave out was a pound, and with so much saltpeter, even a bucket of water could freeze it.

After a quarter of an hour passed, Li Zhen said, "The time to witness a miracle has come. Please give me strength, I am Li Zhen!!! Ha!!!"

Li Zhen was yelling, and pulled the white cloth off the basin, only to see that the basin of clear water that was originally well turned into cold ice.

"Ah!!!" Li Shimin and Concubine Yan immediately widened their eyes, and yelled in surprise. They didn't expect Li Zhen to actually turn water into ice, and it changed right under their eyelids. It was impossible to do it. Fake.

"Zhenzhen'er, what's the reason?" Concubine Yan's ability to accept it was relatively weak, and she was at a loss for words at this moment, as if she had seen a magic skill.

Li Shimin was very calm: "Could it be related to the saltpeter?"

"exactly."

Li Shimin was overjoyed: "Great, people in the world finally have a way to avoid the summer heat."

"No." Li Zhen shook her head directly, pouring cold water on Li Shimin.

"Why, I've already given you something." Li Shimin thought that Li Zhen was asking for a price, and said slightly dissatisfied.

"Eating too much saltpeter will cause diarrhea, Father, you don't know about it?" Li Zhen asked back, rolling her eyes.

When Li Zhen said this, Li Shimin also remembered, and became worried: "Yes, what should I do?"