The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 23 Li Zhi and saltpeter powder
Early the next morning, Li An called Liu Xiatian and Liu Fangzi to his room and said, "Uncle Liu, Fangzi, I found a way out for Huatian Village."

"Is it true, Mr. Li? If you can find a way out of Huatian Village, then you will be the biggest benefactor of our Huatian Village. The 350 people in our Huatian Village will always remember your kindness, Mr. Li." Liu Xiatian showed excitement. He looked at Li An with an expression.

Here, Li An said to Liu Xiatian: "I am actually responsible for the burning of Huatian Village. After all, I am the boss of the Qingniu Mountain horse bandit that I killed, so I need to do something.

I have a way to turn water into ice. Now that the weather is hot, we can turn the stream water directly into ice, and then sell the ice cubes into Chang'an City. Of course, in the early days, we couldn't sell such big ice cubes. , so we need to sell an edible ice cube, obtain funds, and then sell large ice cubes. "

Liu Xiatian and Liu Fangzi were confused when they heard Li An's words. Their father and son looked at Li An in disbelief.

Finally, Liu Xiatian even asked in horror: "Mr. Li, are you an immortal?"

"Huh?" Li An smiled and shook his head: "I'm no fairy, Uncle Liu, I'm a human being, just like you."

"Impossible. If you are not an immortal, how can you turn water into ice?" Liu Fangzi looked at Li An in disbelief.

At this time, Li An laughed again: "Haha. I'm really not an immortal. In fact, the method of turning water into ice is very simple, just add something called saltpeter to the stream.

You just don't know. "

"Saltpeter...?" Liu Xiatian asked, "What is that?"

Li An replied: "Saltpeter should be sold in medicine shops in Chang'an City now, but the quantity should not be large. If we want to make ice, we will need a lot of saltpeter, so we may still have to ask His Highness King Jin.

Because only he can help us get a lot of saltpeter. "

"Okay. I'll hitch the carriage right away, and then I'll go with you, Mr. Li, to ask for His Highness the King of Jin." Liu Fangzi said happily.

However, Li An shook his head and said: "I can't go because the court has already investigated me. I don't know whether the investigation is good or bad. If I go and get arrested directly, it will be troublesome.

So this time I can only let Fang Zi go alone. I will give you the jade pendant that His Highness King Jin gave me. You should try your best to invite His Highness King Jin to Huatian Village and tell King Jin that I have brought the things I promised him. I hope he can come to pick it up. If he agrees to come, then it shouldn't be a big problem. If he doesn't agree to come, then you can come back immediately. At that time, I may have to run away immediately. "

"Okay, I'll go." Liu Fangzi looked at Li An firmly.

Liu Xiatian also followed: "I will send Liu Yi and his horse to follow Fang Zi again. If Fang Zi does not invite His Highness King Jin, I will send a message to Liu Yi in the distance. Liu Yi will ride back, so that Mr. Li will have more information." More time to leave.”

"Thank you." Li An was very grateful when he saw how thoughtful the other party was.

However, Liu Xiatian shook his head and smiled: "It is us, Mr. Li, who should say thank you!"

Just like that, as soon as the sun rose, Liu Fangzi and Liu Yi headed to Chang'an City with the Nine Dragon Jade Pendant given by Li Zhi. At this time, Li An also started to get busy with the villagers of Huatian Village.

Li An thought very simply. It was not cost-effective to make ice cubes at the beginning. Huatian Village did not have that much money, and making ice cubes cost too much saltpeter. Therefore, instead of making large ice cubes, Li An thought he could make some first. Ice cubes to cool off the heat are just like the sorbets we ate when we were kids. They cost only a dime. Of course, Ang Lee’s sorbets can’t be that cheap and cost at least [-] cents a pop.Let Huatian Village make some money first.

To make edible sorbet, you must prepare some tools. Because sorbet is eaten in the mouth, saltpeter powder cannot be added directly. As mentioned above, ice cubes made directly from saltpeter powder cannot be eaten. Yes, I will have diarrhea after eating it.

Li An led everyone to dig some ponds, which were one meter in size and one meter deep. Then they made large sealed wooden boxes and molds for making ice cream.

Li An's idea was to put a large amount of water into the pool, then put a large wooden box filled with ice cream molds into the pool, then press it with stones, and then put a large amount of saltpeter powder into the pool to start making ice. After the water in the ice cream is frozen into ice, I believe that all the water in the ice cream molds in the big wooden box will also turn into ice cream. In this way, ice cream can be frozen without any saltpeter powder, and it will be very safe to eat.

Of course, you can't eat too much. If you eat too much ice cubes, your stomach will still not be able to bear it.

Li An didn't have much time, so he could only do it in advance. At the same time, Liu Fangzi and Liu Yi went to the palace gate of Chang'an City together. Liu Yi was far away, and Liu Fangzi held the The Nine-Dragon Jade Pendant was only allowed to arrive in front of the palace gate and was received by the palace guards. Otherwise, if you came to the palace without any credentials, you would be shot with random arrows, which would turn you into a hornet's nest.

"Ah, you want to see His Highness Prince Jin...!" The palace guard looked at the Nine Dragon Jade Pendant in Liu Fangzi's hand, and then Liu Fangzi stuffed a golden melon seed to the palace guard. However, the palace guard looked at Jin Guazi did not answer, but looked at Liu Fangzi and asked with some surprise: "Have you participated in the Battle of Hulao Pass?"

Liu Fangzi looked at the young guard in front of him with some surprise: "How do you know?"

Seeing Liu Fangzi's admission, the young palace guard here also laughed: "My father also has one of your golden melon seeds, but after the Hulao Pass was conquered, His Majesty rewarded it to his brothers.

Only those who have defeated Hulao Pass can do it! "

"Ah, it turns out that we are really close friends after we were once colleagues." Liu Fangzi was pleasantly surprised.

The young palace guard smiled and said: "Uncle, please wait here for a moment. I will go and send a message. As long as His Highness is willing to see you, he should be summoned soon."

"Thank you, thank you so much." Liu Fangzi thanked him repeatedly.

Then the young palace guard went in to report. When Li Zhi knew that it was Li An's people, he quickly summoned Liu Fangzi to the palace. Li Zhi quickly met with Liu Fangzi.

Liu Fangzi said that Li An wanted to meet Li Zhi in Huatian Village and said that Li An had brought what Li Zhi needed, but he hoped that Li Zhi could help Li An get some saltpeter powder.

Originally, Liu Fangzi was worried that Li Zhi would refuse, but Li Zhi agreed without even thinking about it, without refusing at all. This surprised Liu Fangzi, because it showed that the court's investigations were not deliberately targeted, but just routine. .

Then Li An will be out of danger, he doesn't have to escape, and he can help his village get some water-to-ice business with peace of mind.

Just when Li Zhi and Liu Fangzi were about to leave the palace together, an uninvited guest blocked their way.

(End of this chapter)