Hanbo

Chapter 16 Summer Ice
"Little Junhou, little Junhou..."

Sun Shang gently pushed Huo Shan who was still sleeping on the couch.

"Hmm~"

Huo Shan opened his eyes, his face was full of confusion, his eyes were dull and dull, he squinted his eyes and looked at Sun Shang whose eyes were shining brightly, and it took him a while to react.

"What's the matter?"

"Little Junhou, it's four quarters of Yin time, it's time to get up!"

"Yinshi four quarters..."

Huo Shan was stunned for a while, then lay down again:

"It's only four o'clock, it's still early, I'll sleep for a while~"

Sun Shang hurriedly grabbed Huo Shan, pulled him to the side of the couch and sat up:
"Oh, it's getting late, His Majesty didn't sleep at night, and he has been waiting for a long time!"

A group of waiters walked in from outside the door, pulled Huo Shan who was in a daze, and began to help him wash, comb his hair, and dress him. By the time all of this was completed, it was already six quarters of the hour!
Then Sun Shang dragged the dazed Huo Shan to the gate of the courtyard.

When he walked out of the courtyard, Huo Shan was still awake, and asked in a daze:

"Where are we?"

Sun Shang knew that he didn't wake up, so he wasn't surprised, not to mention Huo Shan as a child, even he, after a whole month's journey, couldn't tell the difference between east, west, and north.

Every day when I wake up, I have to be confused for a long time, I can't tell where I am!
"We are now in Hongnong, the prefecture of Hongnong County. If we walk another thirty miles to the west, we will be able to enter Sanfu, and we will reach Chang'an in ten days."

It has been a full month since everyone set off from Mount Tai, and it is now the middle of June.

In the first few days, several 10 people walked for more than 20 miles every day. After walking for three or four days, Liu Che thought it was too slow, so he ordered civil and military officials to be in charge of the brigade and arranged for these people to return to various places in Guanzhong.

And he himself took the emperor's close ministers, and drew nearly 5 northern troops from the army, plus the palace guards and Langwei, there could be [-] people in total, and the whole army rode on horseback, one step ahead.

I traveled about [-] miles this month, and arrived at Hongnong yesterday afternoon, which is about [-] miles away from Chang'an. There is no problem in reaching Chang'an before the end of June.

Sun Shang dragged the dazed Huo Shan into a heavily sealed courtyard. There were many carriages parked in the courtyard. The two walked through the middle of the courtyard, and turned straight into a big room.

As soon as he entered the room, a gust of cold air rushed towards his face, Huo Shan gave a jolt, and instantly became sober!
When he woke up, he found himself standing in the middle of the room, surrounded by Liu Che, Huo Guang, and Jin Ridun staring at him with half-smiles, but Xu Ziwei was not there, so Huo Shan was a little confused:
"Aren't I sleeping?"

Everyone was speechless, Liu Che said to everyone:

"Haha, I'm still confused!"

Everyone laughed, mainly because Huo Shan's confused look was very pleasant.

"Zihou, let's start quickly. Your Majesty has never slept peacefully, just waiting to see the method of freezing ice in summer that you have been boasting about for the past few days."

Everyone chuckled. Among these people, except for Liu Che and Sun Shang, no one believed it very much. They just thought it was a child's play. If you can really freeze ice in summer, wouldn't you become a fairy?
They also know the lack of ice, but the shortcoming is that ice can't die, and they can't use it, unless His Majesty rewards them. These days, everyone lives with Huo Shan, um, take advantage of the air-conditioning!
So everyone is ready to watch the jokes, which is one of the few funs in this boring itinerary!
Hearing this, Huo Shan reacted, but he was still a little confused about how he got here:
'Did I not sleep too?I remember I fell asleep last night! '

Huo Shan shook his head, and didn't think about it any more. Instead, he looked around and saw that there were many ice cubes in the room. Under the ice cubes, there was water flowing after melting. It turned dark brown, and there were some large and small copper basins, and dozens of large water tanks, all filled with water, sitting on top of the ice.

There are also several big sacks in the corner, which are bulging.

Seeing these things, Huo Shan finally came to his senses and slapped his head. He prepared this last night. He was going to make ice!

A few days ago, Huo Shan asked Sun Shang to get ice cubes for the little black bird. The ice cubes were brought back, but he also brought back a message that there was not enough ice stored, and it was almost gone.

Although it is this year's Fengchan, the related matters have been prepared since the year before last, and the same is true for ice. Mount Tai has stored a lot of it long ago, and this time I have brought enough for returning, and it is much more than that.

It stands to reason that it is impossible to be insufficient. Usually, these things are prepared with twice the dosage when traveling. The melting speed and daily dosage are clearly calculated, but now it is not enough!
According to Tang Guanling, the weather was too hot and the melting rate exceeded expectations. Even so, it should have been enough. Even in Chang'an, there should be some leftovers.

But he forgot to count the little black bird, which is a big user of ice, except that he didn't stay in the ice cart.

So what to do now, everyone has no ice, and it will take a few days to bear it, but the little black bird is extremely afraid of the heat in such a hot day, without ice, can't eat or drink anything, and is afraid that he will die before reaching Chang'an!
Liu Che also loves the little black bird very much. Although it ignores Liu Che, it seems to make him love it even more...

Immediately, he was about to order Chang'an to bring ice, and Huo Shan naturally thought of making ice with saltpeter, a necessary skill for a traveler.

Full of confidence, Huo Shan asked someone to find saltpeter and start making ice. When everyone heard the news, they all came over, ready to see this magical method!

Add water to two copper basins, the small one sits in the large one, and then add saltpeter to the large one. The water in the large copper basin freezes and the temperature drops, driving the water in the small copper basin to freeze, and then the energy in the small copper basin is obtained. The ice you eat, the ice in a large copper basin with saltpetre in it, causes cancer, so you can't eat it.
But unexpectedly, it was embarrassing. After putting the saltpeter in, there was no response after waiting for a long time. Huo Shan thought that there was not enough saltpeter, but no matter how much he put in, the water remained the same, but the temperature dropped a little.

Huo Shan is a little bit waxy, this is unscientific, other protagonists can make it, why can't I do it?

Huo Shan was about to think about it, the method must be wrong, he began to search for information in his mind, don't tell me, it really reminded him of an article.

It turns out that there is a limit to making ice with saltpeter. If you want to freeze, the initial water temperature must be below 11 degrees, and if you want to lower the water temperature below 10 degrees, the initial temperature cannot be higher than 27 degrees.

The higher the initial water temperature, the higher the saturation. Huo Shan didn't know much about chemistry, so it took him a long time to figure it out.

To put it simply, it means that in order to freeze, the water temperature must be below 10 degrees, and the higher the water temperature, the more saltpeter is needed?
And the temperature is too high to freeze. After cooling the small copper basin, add saltpeter to the pure water with the temperature dropped, can you get inedible ice?

After understanding, Huo Shan started to act, but he didn't want to be so troublesome. After making it twice, he could only get inedible ice. If he wanted to get edible ice, he would have to do it three or four times, which was too wasteful and too troublesome.

I find a house, put a water tank in the house, and then move the ice cubes in to cool down. After one night, when the temperature is right, I will seal the whole house with insulation materials. The water below the initial temperature of 10 degrees is not there?
There is a lot of water, and the temperature in the house is also low. I can make a lot of ice before the temperature rises. The wasted ice is just a trivial matter. When I return to Chang'an, I can make it directly in the ice cellar.

Perfect, what a genius I am!
.........

Time is running out, hurry up!

However, after seeing the half-smile expressions of the three of them, he wrinkled his nose, a little upset, and laughed at me?
"Your Majesty, please bring the copper basin here. Uncle, you are going to fetch water. Uncle Jin Ri, go and get the saltpeter bag."

After finishing speaking, Huo Shan went to the door and knocked:
"Sun Shang, let the outside get ready to put ice on the ice cart."

"promise!"

After Sun Shang answered, he directly ordered the ten people who were waiting to carry two long wooden troughs and insert them through the gap prepared under the door of the house. This end was also placed on top of the two large square wooden troughs.

"My lord, it's done."

"Ok!"

Huo Shan turned his head and prepared to start, but saw the three of them still standing there, without any movement: "Why don't you start yet? Time is running out, don't waste it!"

Huo Guang stared at Huo Shan: "You asked His Majesty to help you do coolies?"

Not only letting His Majesty do coolies, but also letting uncles do coolies is a great sin in this era!

"Then why don't you go out and bring in a few people? There can't be more people in the room, these few are already the limit!"

"Then why don't you do it?"

Huo Shan blinked his big eyes, his expression was taken for granted:

"I'm still a child!"

Huo Guang was speechless, but Liu Che and Jin Ridun next to him burst out laughing!
"Okay, just do what Zihou said."

"promise!"

Liu Che gave an order, and the two of them started to get busy. Liu Che stood still, just like what he once said, he was also giving orders, not being ordered!

It was ready in a short while, five round three-legged copper basins of about five feet, and five square copper basins of about three feet without feet.

Huo Shan first asked people to test how much water to add to the circle, wrote down the scale, and after measuring the weight, the preparations began.

"Round copper basin, [-]% water, [-]% nitrate!"

Huo Guang and Jin Rixun added saltpeter into it as instructed, and then stood still...

"Don't stand still, stir!"

Huo Guang really wanted to kick Huo Shan, but he didn't dare. Liu Che was watching, so the two of them immediately did so.

I saw a gust of cold air gradually emanating from the basin:
"Quick, put the square basin in the water and add water."

The two of them were about to do it when Jin Riyun suddenly froze and stood still, his face was full of horror, and his voice changed a little:
"Ning Ning Ning, Ning Bing!"

Several people immediately looked forward and found that the ice was really frozen. First, there was a layer of floating ice on the surface of the water, and then it slowly froze into it!

Huo Shan immediately smiled:

"Oh, what a success!"

Several people stared blankly at the copper basin, their eyes widened, their mouths opened wide unconsciously, and their worldview shattered into pieces.

Everything that is incomprehensible is classified as a miracle!
"This is a divine technique!"

Jin Ridun felt that his mouth was a little dry.

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