God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 26 Saltpeter Melting Ice
When Guan Lishi saw Li Chengqian coming out of Taiji Palace, he felt like a spring breeze.Feeling a little surprised, what's wrong?Could it be that the tea shop has taken it back?
Just as he was about to greet him, he heard Li Chengqian say: "Guan Lishi, prepare the car, I'm going to the salt mining area in the east of the city."

Without further ado, this time he moved quickly, and he had his own ideas about the nitrate mine.

"His Royal Highness, this..."

Why did he go to the mining area? He was puzzled.

"Go quickly, and bring a basin of water by the way!"

"Yes!"

Although Guan Lishi really wanted to know why he did this, seeing that Li Chengqian was in such a hurry, he didn't dare to refuse, and the two went to the East Palace at this moment.

After a while, Li Chengqian didn't even have time to eat lunch, so he went directly to the mining area in the east of the city.

They traveled all the way, and soon reached their destination.

It's a barren place, and it looks like it hasn't been mined for a long time.

"Your Highness, we are here."

Li Chengqian got out of the carriage and said: "You guys stand guard outside, Guan Lishi, carry the water and come inside with me."

"Yes……"

Guan Lishi followed in with some trepidation.

Compared with the outside, the temperature inside the mine is much lower, so it is very shady and cool inside, but the environment does not seem to be very good.

After Li Chengqian walked inside.

"Put the water down, go get me a piece of saltpeter!"

Guan Lishi did so, and took a stone from the wall with all his strength.

Li Chengqian took it and threw the saltpeter into the copper basin.

With a splash, the saltpeter fell into the water.

Then there was a chi chi chi chi sound.

Then, a burst of white water vapor rose from the basin, and there seemed to be some reaction in it.

This frightened Guan Lishi, his pupils gradually dilated, and at the same time his body trembled a little, obviously this reaction made him jump.

"Be careful……"

The next moment, Guan Lishi yelled out an instinctive reaction.

Immediately afterwards, something even more amazing happened. The water in the basin instantly froze into ice cubes and exuded a hint of coolness.

"Well, as expected, this is the salt mine."

He came here to verify his own thoughts, and it was indeed possible, then the days to come would be comfortable and he would not have to suffer from the heat.

"Too...His Royal Highness...this..."

Guan Lishi was a little incoherent.

Li Chengqian didn't take it seriously. Isn't it just the simple chemical knowledge that saltpeter dissolves in water to absorb a lot of heat, lowers the water temperature and finally freezes, and then freezes? Is it so shocking?
But think about it, now is the Tang Dynasty, or a backward feudal era, how do you know this principle.

He was justifiably shocked.

"Go and try the water in this basin."

Guan Lishi tremblingly walked over and reached out to touch it.

"This is ice..."

"That's right! It's ice."

"His Royal Highness, this..."

Li Chengqian interrupted Guan Lishi's words, some things, do more and talk less.

He said: "From now on, some saltpeter will be delivered to my East Palace every day. This thing will turn into ice when placed in water. As for the reason, don't ask, I can't explain it clearly."

As long as the result is enough, as for the process, he didn't have the tongue to explain too much, and Guan Lishi didn't dare to ask too much, even if he had thousands of questions in his mind, he could only swallow them.

He just felt that the prince became a little different after he fell into the water, and he was there at the time.

"Yes, yes... I will ask people to do it every day."

Li Chengqian thought more, he wanted to make Bing bigger, but no matter what he did, he would be monitored by Li Shimin, so he couldn't help staring at Guan Lishi, which made Guan Lishi a little dazed.

"Guan Lishi! Your Majesty knows about our sales, did you say that!"

For Li Chengqian's sudden attack, Guan Lishi was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a plop.This is a big deal, the master in front of him is not something he can mess with.

"His Royal Highness! How dare this old slave do this? I am loyal to you..."

He almost cried.

Li Chengqian believed him, because the eyes of those who talk in a panic will look up and to the right, and they dare not look into his eyes.Guan Lishi was on the contrary. Hearing what he said, he seemed to be loyal.

"Guan Lishi, I treat you as my confidant, and I will benefit from you, but if you dare to betray me, you will know what will happen to you!"

The ruthlessness Li Chengqian showed just now made Guan Lishi shudder.

"I can learn from the loyalty of this old slave. Even if you give me ten or a hundred courage, I will not dare to betray His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"I know, I was just scaring you and letting you know the seriousness of the problem. This time I have to do a big thing, and I can't let His Majesty know, otherwise all the money I earn will fall into His Majesty's pocket, and all my hard work will be wiped out." It's wasted, do you understand? My Eastern Palace is good, and your benefits are also indispensable. If it's not good, life will still be tight."

"The old slave understands!"

What Li Chengqian said was that he was being monitored. Guan Lishi was also shrewd. He said: "Maybe it has something to do with His Royal Highness's guards. You know, we only brought some guards with us that day, maybe they were them."

This is not impossible, there are too many people talking, so Li Chengqian said: "Choose a few confidantes for me, and change the guards in the East Palace who can be close to my bedroom! Let them handle other things! This matter must be done well, not Look down, because it involves our business issues in the future.”

As long as you change all the guards who can get close to you, your next actions will be safer.

To play with Li Shimin, you have to play like this, otherwise all your efforts will be cheated by Li Shimin, and all your efforts will be in vain.

"Of course, the old slave has several candidates who can replace the original guards."

"That's great! By the way, you have recruited some businessmen for me recently, and I want those with high abilities."

Li Chengqian has already begun to plan the next action, this time no matter what, Li Shimin can't let Li Shimin catch the handle.

"His Royal Highness, I know someone who is suitable!"

Guan Lishi suddenly thought of someone.

"Oh? Who?"

"Zou Fengchi from Huaide Square!"

Zou Fengchi was the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, if he could be recruited for his own use, it would definitely complement each other.

"What's so special about him?"

"It only took two years for this person to go from nothing to a fortune."

Li Chengqian thought to himself, this person can indeed be a good partner.

"Okay, call him into the East Palace immediately, I want to see him! No! Wait!"

"His Royal Highness?"

"As long as you and I go, this matter still has to be done in secret."

Li Chengqian thought about it later, and felt that it was better to keep a low profile, so he made this decision.

"Yes!"

Li Chengqian didn't say it, but Guan Lishi should have guessed that what he wants to do now will be another big event, a bigger event than tea leaves.He didn't know how Li Chengqian had so many ideas.

(End of this chapter)