After several days, the secret letter written by Ouyang Mingxuan was finally delivered to the emperor.
The emperor was surprised when he saw the contents of Ouyang Mingxuan's letter.
A little village woman can actually make ice.
Everyone in Beijing knows how precious ice is.
Every year, only nobles and merchants could afford to dig ice cellars. In winter, they would have people put ice cubes into the ice cellars to be used in the summer to cool down.
No matter how much ice you put in, once summer comes, a lot of the ice in the ice cellar will melt, and only a few of them can actually be used.
The imperial palace also dug a large ice cellar and put a lot of ice into it in winter. But in summer, very little ice could be taken out. Only he, his mother, the queen, Shufei, and Fei'er could afford to use the ice. The other princes and concubines were not allowed to use the ice.
Every summer, my mother suffered from severe heat and could not eat anything. As her son, I felt heartbroken and anxious every time I saw this.
When I was reviewing memorials, I was sweating profusely and felt restless.
If the village woman could make ice to solve this problem and let the queen mother live comfortably every day, in addition to the above conditions, he would also give her many rewards.
Ouyang Mingxuan also said in the letter that she could make iced drinks. What are iced drinks? I don't know. It should be related to ice, just like the iced sour plum soup that the Queen Mother likes to drink.
The emperor called out the secret guard and ordered him to take the imperial edict to Qingshan County to find Ouyang Mingxuan.
"Cheng Shan, secretly take the imperial edict to Prince Ouyang and tell him that I agree to ice making and that I agree to the village woman's request. I also want an ice factory to be opened in the capital, and I will help her find a yard in the suburbs for ice making.
Let Prince Ouyang bring that village woman and the person who knows how to make ice to the capital, and I will give her a courtyard with five entrances.
I don't want her ice-making recipe, and I won't interfere with the people in the ice factory or the ice-making process.
I just want the quantity of ice and the right to sell it to whomever I want.
I don't want her iced drinks either. She just needs to deliver iced drinks to me in the palace every day. The Empress Dowager and the Queen can use them. As for the concubines and princes in the palace, they can just buy them with their own money.
I will also warn those concubines and princes not to embarrass that village woman. ”The emperor said to Cheng Shan.
Cheng Shan is the emperor's personal secret guard and also the commander of the secret guard camp, in charge of the secret guards.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will live up to your trust, arrive safely in Qingshan County, and bring everyone back to Beijing safely." Cheng Shan knelt down quickly, took the imperial edict, and assured the emperor.
The emperor was happy to think that his own treasury would continue to expand in the near future.
His ministers are very wealthy, and every time there is a disaster, they are unwilling to donate some. This time, he is going to make a fortune from them.
Thinking of something happy, the emperor began to write down what the price of the ice should be, where it should be sold, and who should be asked to look after it.
It was agreed to be a private library, so we definitely can’t let too many people know about it.
To ensure safety, let Cheng Shan go there personally to protect, transport and sell the goods, and let the queen's family and uncle's family get involved.
The emperor asked Eunuch Shen to secretly bring the queen's brother Zheng Jiantie and uncle Jiang Zhongtian into the palace.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the emperor!" Zheng Jiantie and Jiang Zhongtian knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor when they saw him.
"Please get up quickly, uncle-in-law." The emperor hurried down to help Jiang Zhongtian.
Zheng Jiantie is the queen's brother and currently serves as the Imperial Censor, a third-rank official.
Jiang Zhongtian, the Empress Dowager's younger brother and the Emperor's uncle, is currently the Grand Secretary and holds the first-rank official position.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Censor Zheng and Grand Secretary Jiang expressed their gratitude.
"This time, I secretly summoned my uncle and uncle to the palace, mainly to discuss the matter of ice making." The emperor said to Censor Zheng and Grand Secretary Jiang.
“Ice making?
Is the emperor talking about ice in winter?
Doesn’t it freeze in winter?
Ice can be made?" said Jiang Daxueshi, puzzled.
He had read many sacred books, but had never heard that ice could be made.
"Uncle, you will understand everything after reading this secret letter." The emperor did not answer Jiang Daxueshi's words, but handed him a secret letter sent by Prince Ouyang.
Jiang Daxue Tu was completely bewildered. He took the secret letter handed to him by the emperor, opened it, and was shocked by the contents. The more he read, the more exaggerated his expression became, and the more excited he became.
"Ah! Your Majesty, is there really such a magical woman in the world?" Academician Jiang has been reading books for half his life, but he has never seen anything about ice making in any book, nor has he ever heard of any topic related to ice making.
How did the village woman named Li Yun come up with the idea of making ice, and how was ice made?
He was very interested in the extraordinary woman named Li Yun and wished he could meet her in person and see for himself how she made ice.
“What’s going on?
Sir Jiang, why do you have that expression?
What exactly is written on it? "Zheng Yushi was frightened by Jiang Daxueshi. When he saw this expression on his face after reading the letter, he thought that Jiang Daxue was the only one who could have such a look on his face.
He didn't know and was soon slapped in the face.
If he saw the secret letter written by Ouyang Mingxuan, he would have the same expression as Jiang Daxueshi, or even more exaggerated than Jiang Daxueshi.
"Sir Zheng, after you read it, you will feel the same as I do." Scholar Jiang handed the secret letter to Censor Zheng.
As a result, when Censor Zheng read the content written above, he was shocked, just like Academician Jiang, and could not believe that there was such a wonderful woman in the world.
If ice making is really successful, the profits from ice will really drive people crazy.
"Uncle and uncle-in-law have understood the meaning of the above. I would like to hear your opinions." Seeing that both of them understood, the emperor wanted to hear their opinions.
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