klisemfg Chapter 447 Return to the city
Chapter 447 Return to the city
Because the weather was hot and in order to make the journey more comfortable, the village became bustling as soon as day broke.
All the things have been packed and loaded onto the car, and Chef Ding from Zhuangzi has also been packed and loaded onto the car.
As for this farm, Fu Zhiyi had already bought it from Yu Wenlong.
Although Yu Wenlong wanted to hand it over to Fu Zhiyi with both hands, he was not willing to accept it. He didn't need the money, so why would he bother to get into trouble?
The silver note was directly given according to the market price.
Although Yu Wenlong felt a little regretful, he could barely accept it, perhaps because he had become familiar to the county magistrate.
In order to express his admiration for the county magistrate, he even brought some ice to see him off early.
I have to say that this trip back to the city was made possible thanks to the ice that Yu Wenlong sent me.
Otherwise the carriage would be as hot as a steamer and could steam you to death.
Daman, Jingzhe and others also asked around and found out that there was only one store selling ice cream in the whole of South Vietnam.
It is said that this family is from the north of the Lingnan Mountains. In winter, they hire people to collect ice from the river. Then, during the dry season in winter, when the river is not so turbulent, they transport the ice to South Vietnam by boat.
On the edge of Nanyue City, a large and deep cellar was dug to store ice.
It will be sold in summer.
Because it requires huge manpower and material resources, this ice is sold at a very high price in South Vietnam.
In other words, only the wealthy people in Nanyue County would buy ice to take home in the summer.
The two buckets of crushed ice that Yu Wenlong sent today are probably worth dozens of taels of silver.
When Lu Zhenzhen heard the price, she couldn't help but be shocked. This was really a huge profit.
People in the capital use ice, either because they have their own ice cellars and store enough ice in the winter for the next year.
Even if you don't have an ice cellar at home, buying ice won't be that expensive next summer.
Lu Zhenzhen couldn't help but ask a soul-searching question: "Doesn't anyone use saltpeter to make ice?"
As far as she knew, people in the Tang Dynasty knew how to use saltpeter to make ice to cool down.
But then I thought, she was traveling through a book, which is a fictional story. It should be normal that no one knows how to make ice with saltpeter, right?
Fu Zhiyi originally thought that the summer in South Vietnam was indeed extremely hot, and that the temperature in May was already comparable to June and July in the capital.
The county government should prepare some ice cubes, but they are so expensive that ordinary people cannot afford them.
Then I heard Lu Zhenzhen's question.
He couldn't help but move his eyes. It seemed that he had never heard of it before Lu Zhenzhen asked this question.
But after Lu Zhenzhen asked, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have read the story of making ice from saltpeter in a book before, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time and it passed by in a flash.
Is it really possible?
"Is it really possible to make ice from saltpeter?" Fu Zhiyi asked.
Saltpeter is not expensive, and if it can be used to make ice, the cost can be reduced a lot.
Moreover, it would be even better if ice could be produced in large quantities.
Lu Zhenzhen thought about it and nodded affirmatively: "I remember reading something like this in a book. At worst, we can go back and give it a try."
Fu Zhiyi nodded, and understood what was going on.
I knocked on the car wall and Dama came over immediately.
"Send someone back first to buy some ice, and then a few pounds of saltpeter."
Daman took the order and left.
Lu Zhenzhen had already started thinking in her mind, if people in this dynasty didn’t know how to make ice with saltpeter, could she open an ice shop?
Let’s lower the price of ice so that ordinary people can have access to ice in the summer?
When I think about it this way, I can’t help but get ready to try it out.
Because of this, the two of them discussed ice making along the way and felt that it was not so difficult.
I finally got back to the county town.
The county lieutenant, the chief clerk, and other officials from the county government were all waiting at the gate to greet them.
Lu Zhenzhen was too lazy to get off the carriage. It was hot at noon and her face would be scorched and greasy as soon as she went out. It was really unnecessary.
She kicked Fu Zhiyi away without mercy to deal with the officials, and she ordered the carriage to go to the side door.
Although she had only lived in the backyard of the county government office for a few days, after getting off the carriage, Lu Zhenzhen still felt like she was finally home.
As soon as I entered the house, the mail had already been delivered and the room had been cleaned.
There were two buckets of ice next to the inner room door, emitting a faint cool air.
The windows were covered with emerald green gauze, and the front and back windows were open. The wind blew through, carrying the scent of unknown grass and trees.
Lu Zhenzhen's heart suddenly calmed down.
Because I had been sitting in the car for half a day, even though there was ice on the car, I was still sweating and uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the kitchen knew Lu Zhenzhen's past habits and had already prepared hot water.
After taking a shower and changing clothes, Lu Zhenzhen leaned on the soft couch by the window, letting Haitang wring her hair dry bit by bit with a handkerchief, and then gently combed her hair five hundred times.
I was enjoying it so much that I almost fell asleep.
Fu Zhiyi didn't even have time to go back to the backyard for lunch. It was said that the county lieutenant and the chief clerk in front had a lot of things to report and were really busy.
Lu Zhenzhen was not the kind of person who would be pretentious, so she asked the kitchen to send a few food boxes to the front as their working lunch.
I had a happy and satisfying meal.
After taking a nap, it was already afternoon.
As soon as she woke up, Nanny Ye came over and said that Fu Zhiyi asked her to go to the study in the front.
At home, Lu Zhenzhen just casually tied her hair into a bun, wore casual clothes, walked through the garden to the study in front.
Fu Zhiyi also put ice in his study, took a shower and changed into casual clothes.
He was behind the desk, fiddling with a pile of boxes on the table.
When he saw Lu Zhenzhen, he waved to her to come over.
When Lu Zhenzhen arrived, he immediately pulled her onto his lap and sat her down. Then he pointed at the boxes lined up on the table and said, "Pick one. Which one do you like best?"
Lu Zhenzhen looked carefully and found that each box was opened, and a pair of gold rings were placed side by side inside.
There are vegan gold ones and gem-encrusted ones, and every pair is different.
I couldn't help but lean forward, pick up the nearest pair, and examine them in my palms.
This pair has square patterns, one is small and the other is wide. The ring faces have square patterns, with three pigeon blood rubies, one large and two small, inlaid in the middle, and eight emeralds inlaid around them.
Except for the pigeon blood red gem in the middle which is slightly larger, the other gems are not big, but their color and brilliance are excellent.
There are also patterns with happy encounters, with two fish intertwined in the middle, and their eyes are inlaid with red and green gems.
The shapes of intertwined branches, phoenixes wearing peonies, and butterflies in love with flowers are more complex, exquisite and intricate.
Lu Zhenzhen couldn't take her eyes off them. "Is this our wedding ring? Why are there so many pairs?"
Fu Zhiyi kissed Lu Zhenzhen on the cheek and said proudly, "I've designed so many designs, and each one looks beautiful and has a good meaning, so I'm just going to keep them all. You pick a pair first, and we can wear the others together later."
Lu Zhenzhen didn't expect that Fu Zhiyi had already decided to wear couple rings so early.
After carefully selecting, she finally picked the one with the best pattern. She compared them in her hands, then pinched the men's ring and smiled at Fu Zhiyi: "Stretch out your left hand——"