Chen Mo followed Jing Zhe to his room.
Jing Zhe remembered that when he lived here, he never made his bed or tidied his room. He didn't expect that after a few days away, the room would be clean and tidy, which showed that someone usually cleaned the place.
"I never expected Young Master Kun to be so particular."
Chen Mo walked around the room and sighed.
"Hehe, hehe..."
Jing Zhe smiled awkwardly, already guessing who had cleaned it.
Who else could it be but Lu Li?
As soon as Chen Mo sat down, Hanhan brought over a pot of tea.
"Oh my, I didn't expect Hanhan to be so perceptive? Did he learn my good qualities from running around with me?"
Jing Zhe patted Hanhan on the shoulder, quite satisfied.
"No, the chieftain sent me to deliver it."
He said it honestly and simply.
"..."
Jing Zhe wanted nothing more than to slap him to death, but waved his hand, telling him to get out of there so he wouldn't have to see him anymore.
Hanhan walked to the door, closed it, and stood obediently by the door.
"???"
Seeing this, Jing Zhe was furious: "Why are you locked in here again? Get out!"
"The chieftain told me to stay here and keep an eye on you two."
He shook his head sheepishly.
Jing Zhe: "..."
Chen Mo: "..."
This is... like they sent a human surveillance camera?
Are you afraid we'll get gay?
If it weren't for the fear that Chen Mo would overthink things, Jing Zhe would have rushed out to confront Lu Li.
Chen Mo seemed to have thought of something, lowered his head, and blushed slightly.
...
"Hanhan, go find someone to bring over the saltpeter and wine, and while you're at it, find two large vats—just like the two down the mountain."
"oh."
Just as Hanhan was about to lift his leg, he suddenly remembered something: "But the chieftain said I have to stay here and not leave for a moment!"
"Alright, then you can stay here. There's no need to make ice wine, and the brothers up the mountain don't need to drink it either!"
Jing Zhe shrugged, indicating that he didn't care.
"..."
After hesitating for a long time, Hanhan finally whispered, "Young Chief, if I sneak out, you won't tell the Chief, will you?"
"I'm the one who told you to leave. Do you think I'd tell anyone?"
Jing Zhe looked at him as if he were an idiot.
"Okay, I'll go right now!"
As someone who has enjoyed popsicles, Hanhan naturally knows how refreshing it is to drink a bowl of iced wine in this sweltering heat. Sharing joys and sorrows has always been the motto of the Mangshan people, so how could they forget their brothers for such a good thing?
So, the simpleton decided to give it a shot!
However, before leaving, he still glanced at Jing Zhe and Chen Mo with some unease, "Young Chieftain...you two..."
If you can't go, then don't go!
Jing Zhe glared at him, clearly displeased.
"Go, I'm going right now!"
After saying that, Hanhan quickly ran out.
"..."
Perhaps afraid of being discovered by Lu Li, Hanhan moved quickly, and in no time, all the things were delivered.
After everyone left, Chen Mo asked curiously, "Is Young Master Akun preparing to make ice wine?"
"Um."
Jing Zhe nodded.
Chen Mo opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
"Brother Chen, please feel free to ask whatever you wish to ask."
"Even in the royal family, this ice that cools you in the height of summer is a rare commodity, and the method of making it is even more precious. Would you dare to let me see it, young master?"
"What is there to be afraid of?"
Jing Zhe smiled.
"You...trust me that much?"
Jing Zhe shook his head, "It's not that I trust you, it's that I trust money!"
"Trust money?"
Chen Mo asked, puzzled.
"Well, why would someone who carries thousands of taels of silver notes covet such a paltry sum?"
Making ice is simply a way to make money. Why would a rich young master like Chen Mo care about that?
Upon hearing this, Chen Mo smiled and said, "Young Master's insight is truly admirable!"
...
After Hanhan had someone deliver the items, he naturally stayed behind.
Jing Zhe was just worried about not being able to find enough labor, and this was just the right opportunity, so he immediately gave the orders.
"Come on, put the small tank inside the big tank."
"You haven't even cleaned it properly, why are you in such a hurry to put it in?"
"Do I even need to tell you? This is common sense, okay?"
"Add water—I told you to add it to the small tank, why are you pouring it into the big tank? Have you lost your mind?"
"..."
Hanhan was already simple-minded, and after being scolded by Jing Zhe, he was dumbfounded. He was panting heavily after finally finishing his work.
"Young Chieftain, is this alright?"
"Okay, just put the lid on."
Jing Zhe sipped his tea and said leisurely.
"Young master, can this make ice?"
Chen Mo was curious.
"The method works, but not this time."
Jing Zhe explained, "If we want to turn all the water in such a large vat into ice, we need to keep adding saltpeter. However, the amount of saltpeter we brought back this time is limited, which is one reason. Also, the wine won't freeze."
Chen Mo was taken aback, thinking that this made sense; in the dead of winter, no matter how cold it was, the wine never froze.
"Then what is this?"
"The principle of making ice with saltpeter is that saltpeter reacts with water to produce an endothermic physical reaction, which lowers the water temperature below the freezing point of water, causing it to freeze. However, the freezing point of wine is too low, and the cooling produced by the endothermic reaction of saltpeter cannot reach its freezing point. But if we only want to chill the wine, the cooling is sufficient."
"..."
Jing Zhe spoke eloquently, but the others were somewhat bewildered.
What "physical reaction"? What "freezing point"? I've never heard of such a thing!
After a moment, Chen Mo asked, "Young Master, where did you learn all that you know?"
"Hehe, everyone in my hometown knows about it."
"Isn't your hometown, young master, Mangshan?"
Chen Mo asked curiously.
"No, I was knocked unconscious and kidnapped—"
He stopped halfway through his sentence, coughed twice, and then changed his words, saying, "My hometown is Pengzhou. I came to the mountain to visit my eldest sister."
“Pengzhou…”
Chen Mo muttered to himself, racking his brains, and finally found a clue about Pengzhou in his memory: Wasn't that a small city located in the far north of Anguo?
Is such an unremarkable little town really that unique?
They also knew how to make ice, and it was common for men to wear makeup. Unique terms like "little fresh meat" and "fans" originated from there, which is truly fascinating.
Chen Mo glanced at Jing Zhe and said, "If I have the chance, I really should go to Pengzhou to see what kind of land and water could nurture such an outstanding person as you, young master!"
"Hehe, hehe..."
Jing Zhe smiled, his old face blushing with embarrassment.
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