Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 588;

Chapter 560;

Li Yu complained and took a big bite of the watermelon while talking, Empress Changsun kept a straight face on purpose;

"If you stay in the study every day like your eldest brother of the Cheng family, can His Majesty trouble you? It's not you, huh? Wait! My son, what did you just say? Make some use of it?"

"That's right! Isn't it just to get some ice cubes! You are not a big lady."

Empress Changsun was supported by several maids to move her big belly up;
"Didn't you have a fever, my son? Only in winter can there be ice, which is made by God. Don't talk nonsense. How can you make ice cubes to use in this hot summer?"

While eating the watermelon, Li Yu casually chatted;

"It's not difficult, ma'am, when I was building in my village, I often mined mountain stones to burn cement. There is a kind of stone powder that freezes when it meets water. I asked someone to pull a cart for me the day before yesterday. , make some ice cubes to eat yourself, sweet lady, I’m going back to the General’s Mansion with my things today, the chariots and horses are all at the gate of the palace, if you want to eat, ask someone to bring some of that kind of stone powder and sugar, I’ll just make some for you.”

Empress Changsun and Ye Qingzhi looked at each other and found that each other's eyes were full of incredulity. Ye Qingzhi saw His Highness the Empress nodded, so she came to order the two servants next to her;

"You go to the gate of the palace and ask Lord Hou's men to get some of those things over here."

"It's the steward."

Not long after, Li Yu gnawed clean of the watermelon on the table, and the waiter came back with a clean cloth bag.

"Go and bring a basin of clean water."

"It's Lord Hou."

Empress Changsun asked several maids to help her get off the couch, and sat directly in the middle of the main hall, and asked the servant who brought in the water to put the basin in front of her feet to watch with her own eyes. Grandpa juggles.

To be honest, almost no one believes that water can turn into ice cubes in summer, Li Yu opened the bag and said to the queen;

"Empress, look after me, I'll make an ice sword for you right now."

Empress Changsun nodded and looked more carefully. Li Yu grabbed a large handful of saltpeter and sprinkled it evenly into the water basin. There was not much movement at first, but after a while, the water in the wooden basin began to change, which was visible to the naked eye. The speed quickly formed a basin of ice.

Ye Qingzhi watched in amazement;
"It's really over, Your Highness, look at Your Highness!"

"Let me see, quickly pick up the wooden basin and ask Bengong to find out if it's real or not!"

"It's Your Highness."

Seeing the two servants carrying the basin in front of her, Empress Changsun touched it with her hands and sighed endlessly;
"God, it really turned into ice, this... my son, where did you learn this skill?"

Empress Changsun looked at Li Yu with some fear, but Li Yu still acted foolishly;

"When the servants pulled the stones, some of these stones fell into the ditch, and as a result, the ditch froze, so they came to report to me, we can get some food, and I will get it for you Try some."

Empress Changsun looked at Li Yu foolishly;

"Can you still eat it?"

"Of course it can be eaten. Ma'am, just wait. Soon, you can see that these wooden grids are made by people. After a while, put a small wooden stick in each of them. After freezing, you can eat the ice with the small wooden stick."

Regardless of other people's eyes, Li Yu ordered the maids to do the work, and poured clean edible well water into it, put in the high-priced white sugar bought in the east and west markets, and inserted many small wooden sticks.

Not long after lighting the saltpeter, the water in the wooden box froze, and then Li Yu put the wooden box with many grids into a large bucket, let it cool down a few times, took it out, and put it on the Eight Immortals table for a bang. , Popsicles are separated.

Li Yu took out one and put it in his room first, and kept licking it to prove that it is not poisonous and can be used with confidence. I only saw that many maids' throats kept moving up and down, and they must be able to eat ice cubes in the hot summer. Comfortable, a fool can guess it.

Li Yu took out one of the popsicles and handed it to Empress Changsun;

"Young lady, come and taste it, it's delicious."

Empress Changsun took a popsicle, took two tentative bites, and her eyes lit up;
"Qingzhi, you have one too, the popsicles my son made are really delicious."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Hmm, Your Highness...Don't say it's really delicious, sweet, and cool. It's really refreshing in this hot weather, Your Highness!"

Ye Qingzhi ate popsicles and praised her endlessly, and Li Yu explained to Empress Changsun after eating a popsicle;

"Qi Empress, these must be eaten quickly, or they will melt in such a hot day."

Empress Zhangsun, who was happily eating popsicles, nodded;
"You know it even if you don't tell me, come here, give these to His Majesty and the Supreme Emperor."

"promise."

"I want to report to the empress, one person can't eat too much, just one or two at a time, otherwise you will have stomach problems, two or three times a day at most is better."

Empress Changsun thought for a while and added;
"Then give the rest to each of the princes. Don't eat too much. If you share a share, no one will have a stomachache."

"promise."

Empress Changsun just ordered the maid to take away the popsicles, and Li Yu made two new boxes of popsicles. This time, everyone stopped staring. Empress Changsun was not a stingy person to direct Ye Qing on the spot. Zhi sent one to everyone serving in the main hall.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."

"Eat it, eat it, you guys still have to serve me on a hot day, my son can make this, it's not easy to eat!"

After Li Yu finished his work, he came over and kneaded Empress Changsun's shoulders;

"Empress, do you think if these popsicles are sold, will common people come to buy them for three cents a popsicle?"

Empress Changsun finished eating the popsicle in her hand, and put the small wooden stick and bamboo stick on the table without thinking about it;

"Of course the common people will buy it. In your rascally words, this is something only emperors and empresses can eat. Isn't it very cost-effective for common people to spend a few dollars to enjoy it?"

Seeing the aloof Queen come to chat and laugh easily, Li Yu covered his mouth and laughed tremblingly;
"Empress, so you can joke too."

"That's natural. As long as you don't get mad at me, I will naturally talk and laugh."

"The Empress would like to ask for a retreat and go back to the General's Mansion, please allow the Empress."

"Mmm. Remember to sit in the study more often, don't make His Majesty dislike you."

"Oh, I see, empress, I'm back."

"Go, go, your body is also tired, and you have to rest before you can get up for lunch."

"This generation of saltpeter is filial to your mother. You use it to make ice, so you won't be afraid of the heat this summer. I also keep the wooden box for making popsicles for you. You can eat it once a day at most, my lady. Don't dare to eat too much. After all, your mother has a belly." There is also a little brother."

Empress Changsun looked at Li Yu in surprise;

"Huh? How do you know it's a little brother and not a little sister?"

Li Yu laughed out loud, it would be strange if he didn't know, the future emperor, the husband who will become Wu Zetian, will be born this year;

"Hahaha, I don't know. I just said it casually. Since it may be a good sign, maybe he is really a little brother."

"Well, Your Majesty asked the three masters from the Imperial Physician Shu to check the pulse, and they all said it was a Ding. I guess it must be wrong."

After Li Yu saluted, he was about to turn around and leave when he was stopped by Empress Changsun;

"Wait my son."

Li Yu turned around and asked in surprise;
"What else is there, ma'am?"

Empress Changsun rolled her eyes at Li Yu;
"It's not a good thing you did. You asked me to use those toilet papers, and even made your mother sell them to you. You haven't delivered any goods for half a month now. Many family members of ministers have come to the palace to pay their respects many times. In the past, I didn't greet you so diligently, and the paper at home is about to run out these days, so I used the name of An to inquire if there is any stock?"

When Li Yu heard about his business, he immediately came over with a smile;

"Hee hee! Your Majesty and the others also know the benefits of using paper?"

"What's more, the empress knows that you are deliberately out of stock, right? You want to raise the price of paper, don't you know it? You are a slicker!"

"Hahaha, please calm down, empress, we two earn their money together, hee hee, and asked them to take the initiative to send money, don't worry, empress, through continuous improvement recently, the paper made is softer and easier to use, Now there are two kinds, not like before, when there is no choice, now one is specially used for going to the toilet, and the other is specially used for wiping the mouth, and I am only busy with experiments, so the recently produced paper is not enough.”

"It's okay to make money, as long as you don't break your conscience and the rules of the court, I will let you go, but it's not the empress who poured cold water on you. You set the price of this paper so low, how much money can you make? Silk? I am still worried that you will lose money!"

"Don't be afraid, ma'am, I'm sure you won't be able to make enough money at the beginning, but it looks like a long-term business. In the future, people all over the world will use our paper. If that's the case, our ma'am's business will be booming!"

Empress Changsun nodded after hearing this;

"Well! If you plan this way, the price you set is very reasonable, and even the poor people can accept it. If it is sold to the people of the world, the business will of course flourish. I am afraid it will take a long time. "

"Anyway, I'm still young, and we don't need money to use it. It doesn't matter if it takes longer."

Empress Changsun was supported by several court ladies and stood up;

"Okay, okay, you can do whatever you want. The family members of the ministers have yelled several times. Some of the papers at home are used up, some are left, and there is not much left. You hurry up and ask someone to bring it. Damn! My lady is going to take a rest so I won’t talk to you, a rascal.”

"Come on! Congratulations to the empress."

Empress Changsun smiled and gave Li Yu another look when she entered the room;
"Little Slicker!"

Watching the queen go in, Li Yu covered his mouth and left Her Highness's bedroom. After leaving the palace gate, he didn't ride a car or ride a horse. He wandered all the way and asked his servants to bring out the popsicles that had been prepared in the palace. Distribute some yelling and selling.

As soon as the common people heard about the ice cubes that His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Empress could only enjoy, many people rushed to buy them. Unfortunately, Li Yu took two boxes and couldn't let them go and sell them. By the time they got back to the General's Mansion, Chang'an City had already spread wildly about the fairy deeds of Master Li's family!

"Oh, I said Wang Sanlang, have you heard? Something big happened today!"

"What made you so surprised?"

"Hi! It's a shocking event that day, do you know that the head of the second household of the Li family in Lantian, the Marquis of the Li family is actually a god!"

"What? An immortal descending to earth? What an immortal?"

"You are ignorant, you! Then Master Hou of the Li family can freeze clear water in broad daylight! How about it? Is it powerful enough? Is this a trick of the gods?"

The man who heard this was stunned;
"Really or not? Why does it sound a little mysterious to me? The ice used in summer is stored in the ice cellar in the winter in the palace, and the big families have storage. I believe you when you say this, but you in this hot day That someone can make clear water freeze... I can't believe it."

Those who are not believed are in a hurry and explain with blushing faces;
"Really, don't you believe it, just now that Lord Hou was still selling popsicles on the street, I bought one for three big bucks, it's really fucking delicious."

"Ice lollies?"

"Ah, yes, Popsicle, with a small bamboo inserted, holding ice cubes to eat, the name given by the living God of Wealth is Popsicle, and it's still sweet."

"Needless to say, it must be the ice cubes stored by the Marquis of the Li family in winter, and they will be sold in the summer, for fun!"

"Isn't it?"

"Why not? The Marquis of the Li family is just a child. Isn't it normal to make some weird things? After all, he is still a child."

At the same time, the entire city of Chang'an is arguing over whether the clear water freezes in summer is real or not!
Li Yu didn't have time to take care of these things, so he went back to the General's Mansion. It just so happened that General Qin was at home today. Stop it, the Cheng family children are so lively.

The Cheng family originally had six children, plus the fourth nephew of Mrs. Cheng's mother's Qinghe Cui family, and now with Li Yu's arrival, the whole Cheng manor seemed to be bustling with reverse...

Among them, Qinghe Cui's eldest son Cui Shun, and his concubine's eldest son, sixth and seventh, are all about the same age as Li Yu, plus Cheng Chubi, the few talking and laughing are the most speculative.

Cui Shun came in from the outside with three concubine brothers, and asked friends carelessly;
"Da Lang, is your saltpeter ice-making method real or fake? A certain family just came back from the street, and everyone outside said that it has a nose and an eye."

Li Yu raised her thigh and placed it on her second leg, shaking triumphantly;

"When did I tell a lie? Youngest Cui, do you recall carefully? Or was there a time when you were bragging?"

"Uh, this one really doesn't exist!"

Hello everyone, I didn’t update yesterday, I’m sorry, today’s chapter is still on the hospital bed, with the infusion in the left hand and a finger in the right hand.
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