Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty: Five ice making

Spring goes and winter comes, and the cold dissipates the heat, time just slips away bit by bit. Not contaminated with dust, but mingled with the imprints of memory and the traces of the years, turning and moving in the long river of time, the blossoming waves are like beings rising with the wind and flowing with the waves, and will eventually be submerged in the river of history.

The Spring Plowing Ceremony is a major agricultural event that has remained unchanged throughout the Tang Dynasty. The emperor and empress still need to cultivate themselves like the first emperor. At this time, the main crops in Datang Guanzhong were corn and wheat. In the past few years, the weather has been smooth and the country is peaceful, and the entire Guanzhong area has basically achieved self-sufficiency in grain.

In addition to the convenient transportation capacity of the Sui Canal in the previous dynasty, a large amount of grain transported from the south of the Yangtze River to Luoyang via the waterway was stored in the three large granaries in Luoyang. The economic prosperity of the waterway also made Luoyang extremely prosperous. Status even has a faint tendency to catch up with Chang'an.

As the saying goes, there is surplus food at home and everything is calm. This also gives Li Zhi the confidence and confidence to conquer the Western Turkic Sabara. Now Datang's national strength is strong, although it has not reached its peak, it is enough to form a deterrent in the surrounding areas, making all countries feel cold and timid.

Like the American emperor of the previous life, when attacking a certain country, the strategic mobilization and the use of national strategic reserves are completely easy for it, and it takes a very short time. It is possible to start a war without having to spend the entire nation to pay for it.

In this era, the current Datang is a behemoth that exists just like the American emperor of the previous world. It wants to launch a war, and it has enough ability and strength in any strategic reserve.

The use of the first emperor and the old ministers not only reflects Datang’s self-confidence in this war, but also reflects the importance of Datang’s attention to this battle. The battle-tested veterans, and they are also familiar with the terrain of the Western Turks. Su Dingfang, a famous general on board, was assisting, which was enough to show that Li Zhi attached great importance to this battle.

If the conquest of the Western Turks is an external trouble, then internal worries are not non-existent. The surging wind and dark clouds in the palace harem are no less intriguing than external troubles, and even more thrilling than foreign troubles.

But in the midst of these two torrents, a weird flower gave the intriguing and weird atmosphere of the harem a little fresh air. This strange little freshness even slowly tore a crack in the dark cloud sky above the harem, revealing the long-lost blue sky and white clouds.

After the Spring Plowing Ceremony, the five princes who had reached the age of three also began their nine-to-five school life. Accompanied by the emperor's brother and sister, the six royal heirs began to receive school together.

Among the few gentlemen who were educated for them, the one that made Li Hong most interested in was Shangguanyi, not because of how Shangguanyi was, but the unborn granddaughter of Shangguanyi: Shangguan Wan'er !

But that's the case. Less than two months after Li Hong became interested in Shangguanyi, he started absenteeism, skipping classes, pretending to be sick, and so on.

Because Wu Mei just gave birth to Li Xian, and was named the king by Li Zhi in the year he was born, Li Hong was named the acting king by Li Zhi, and Li Xian, who was still drinking, was named Lu king. Wu Mei, who was in confinement, could not fully focus on his eldest son Li Hong.

The weather is extremely hot. The sun has just risen from the ground level. The whole land seems to be framed on a steamer. The trees in the palace are drooping their leaves listlessly, as if expressing dissatisfaction with the heat.

A small figure sneaked out from the back door of Hongwen Hall again. Li Sujie stared at the figure in a daze, staring at that figure in a daze? Wasn't it just punished by his mother and concubine yesterday? How dare he slip away!

Li Hong has long been tired of the study of Shangguanyi, Guo Yu and others. These ancient texts have been learned for him for several lifetimes, and he is already impatient and can no longer be impatient. He also regarded Kong Yingdaxiu's "Five Classics of Justice" as a compulsory study, which made him even more unbearable, because he was not interested in these at all.

After being punished by the concubine yesterday, he himself knew that if he didn't do anything to please the concubine today, he would have to be punished, but fortunately, he already had a perfect solution.

After passing through the gate, I turned to a secluded corner and looked around. At this time, it was when the courtiers were going to court. Naturally, the front of the palace seemed quieter.

The court lady Xiaoxue and the **** Mang Chung obviously had been waiting for a long time, when they saw Dai Wang running over, they waved quickly.

"Are you all ready?" Dai Wang Lihong picked up the two soft cloth cushions in Xiaoxue's hand and pinched the thickness, then nodded in satisfaction.

"Ready, Jingzhe and they are already waiting for the courtiers to go down. They can go in when they are facing you." The **** Mangzhong opened the package in his hand and showed it to Li Hong.

Li Hong picked up a white and transparent thing and smelled it. It didn't taste much, and he thought it was true. After reading the goods, he motioned to Mangzhong and Xiaoxue to turn around.

Xiaoxue and Hua Meng also understand that, similarly, they are also used to Dai Wang doing his own things. Although these things are their duty as slaves, Dai Wang never let them do these things.

Li Hong looked around and looked up at the hot sun. After a long period of thought, he decided not to use these. It would be better to let Xiaoxue and the others sew them on their knees later.

After trying to understand the matter, Li Hong patted the mang seed and signaled that it was okay, then handed the two cloth cushions to Xiaoxue and said: "Look back, you help me sew on my knees, so wait for the mother and concubine to punish me. The knee doesn’t hurt when you kneel, so remember not to tell anyone."

Xiaoxue and Mang Chung nodded hurriedly. Their masters have had their own opinions since they were young. As a three-year-old child, his daily performance is simply an adult, much smarter than the other princes.

Although he was always absent from school after enrolling in spring ploughing this year, his Majesty passed the exam every time. This also made his Majesty Long Xin very relieved that he did not pursue Zhaoyi every day for skipping classes, and then punished him every three times. .

Each time the punishment was obviously not effective. After the Daiwang was punished, they left the matter behind, and then they continued to do their own way. Every day, I did not make big mistakes and kept small mistakes. I was angry during the confinement period. Wu Zhaoyi also had no way.

Li Hong secretly hid in the corner of the Taiji Hall, watching the ministers sweating, complaining about the sultry weather, and then slowly leaving.

I rushed behind and beckoned: "Prepare to go, courtiers are going down."

Li Hong came out from the corner, followed by Xiaoxue and Mangzhong behind him, holding a tub full of water in his hand, and walking closely behind him towards the Tai Chi Hall.

"Dai Wang? You should be studying in Hongwenguan right now?" Li Zhi's personal **** Yangwu held his head out the door and asked in surprise when he looked at the sun hanging in the sky.

"Mr. Shangguan had diarrhea today, so we don't have to teach." Li Hong pushed Yangwu's body back to make room for the Mang and Xiaoxue behind him.

Yang Wu looked at him with a smile, and then saw Xiaoxue and Manchong walking in with two tubs, one large and one small, and hurriedly stopped and asked, "Daiwang, what do you mean by this? Your majesty has just come down to the court, you...what do you mean by sending two basins of water? Are you going to wash your face for your majesty...?"

"Wash your head, the weather is so hot, my father is reluctant to use ice to escape the heat, most of them are put in the mother concubine, I naturally brought ice to my father." Li Hong couldn't move and blocked the door. Yang Wu who entered, obviously if Li Hong couldn't explain clearly, it would be impossible for him to bring in these two basins of water.

"Is this ice?" Yang Wu asked in surprise as he looked at the two basins of clear water, his eyes were about to fall into the basin.

"Why don't you care, it will turn into ice in a while, you quickly get out, it's very hot outside, OK?" Li Hong said impatiently.

Before Yang Wu had time to speak, Li Zhi's voice came from inside: "Let him come in. This is a rare visitor. He actually ran to my Tai Chi Hall during the school time."

Yang Wu hurried to the side when he heard Li Zhi’s words, Li Hong passed by and glared at him, and kicked Yang Wu’s calf with his short leg. I don’t know how Yang Wu felt. Li Hong felt that his toes were almost numb anyway.

"Yangwu, you made a secret move." Li Hong lowered his leg and glared.

Yang Wu hurriedly smiled and apologized: "The servant girl deserves to die, how dare the servant girl..."

"The little thing comes in quickly. You kick him and do what you do. If he hasn't completely restrained, your calf will not be able to keep." Li Zhi smiled and stood in the hall, watching Li Hong look up and stare at Yang Wu with an angry face. .

As he walked in, he still stepped back unwillingly and stepped on Yangwu's feet. He didn't know whether Yangwu had reacted or not. He only felt pain in the soles of his feet, which was no different from stepping on a rock.

"Little things, what are you doing here if you don't go to teach? Are you afraid that your mother and concubine will punish you?" Li Zhi leaned over and looked at him with a smile.

"Hong'er has seen his father." Li Hong saluted.

Then I looked up and looked at wearing a thin court uniform, but his chest was already drenched with sweat, so he said: "Father, you have no ice here, right?"

After finishing talking, I started to look around the Tai Chi Hall and look around, and muttered: "My concubine asked me to come and have a look~ IndoMTL.com~ said that you have been very fortunate to deal with government affairs. The weather has been extremely hot recently. , I’m afraid you can’t bear to use ice to escape the summer heat, so I sent a minister to take a look and see if you have used a lot of ice here like you told your mother and concubine."

Li Zhi smiled after hearing Li Hong's words, he couldn't help but raised his head and laughed happily. These words sounded cooler than chunks of ice.

"It's rare that you mother and son have a heart, don't worry, this bit of heat is not hard for your father, and your father can bear it, not to mention the courtiers can bear it." Li Zhi said after Li Hong.

Li Hong turned his body and looked up at Li Zhi, giggling and said: "Father, my son is here today to bring you ice. Take a look."

"Is this ice?" Li Zhi pointed to a large tub and a small tub, and asked in surprise.

"It will become ice in a while, look at it." After Li Hong finished speaking, he motioned to Mango Seed to take out a small piece of saltpeter, which he bought, and threw it into the big wooden basin.

Then Li Zhi, Yang Wu, and other court ladies and eunuchs were dumbfounded, and saw that the water in the small tub turned into ice with little effort.

Looking at the water in the small tub turning into ice, the maids and eunuchs in the palace could not help but breathe and make surprised sounds.

"This...how is this done?" The expression on Li Zhi's face changed from surprise to surprise, and asked, pointing to the ice in the small tub.

Li Hong raised his head and giggled, "The secret is not to be revealed. Okay, I have retired. You can use ice to escape the heat in the future, don't be afraid of running out of ice. By the way, Yang Wu, remember to send a few moments later. An **** brought a big bucket and I will make ice for you."

The little lord finished speaking, before Li Zhi could react, he first climbed over the tall threshold of the Taiji Hall and ran out. Xiaoxue and Mangzhong from behind hurriedly saluted Li Zhi, and then hurriedly chased them out.