Great Martial Arts Auxiliary System

Chapter 818 Saltpeter Ice Making
Soon, the whole Yucheng set off a drink innovation.

In the past, various teahouses and restaurants did not have so-called iced herbal tea for customers to cool off because of the high price of ice cubes in summer.

In the summer, when the guests come to the door, it is still a pot of cooled herbal tea.

However, the weather in midsummer is too hot, even if the herbal tea in the pot has cooled, it still makes people feel puzzled.

Today, Yucheng Dingjia has launched a large number of low-priced ice cubes with unlimited supply. At the same time, it also provides a variety of novel drinks for many teahouses and restaurants.

This made Yucheng once again cause a sensation in the whole Yucheng indirectly because of a seemingly inconspicuous incident.

In Yucheng, the originally hot weather showed signs of downturn due to the large amount of ice produced by the Ding family.

Originally Shangguan Qiuyu produced perfume, soap and other luxuries, although they are loved by everyone.

However, due to the price of these things, it is difficult for ordinary people at the bottom to accept them for a while.

Now that the ice cube came out, it made him earn enough money from all the people in Yucheng.

Saltpeter is used to make ice. Not many people know the use of saltpeter, and it doesn't cost much for something that is completely ignored by people.

Therefore, when Dingjia launched ice cubes, many merchants were attracted by its low price.

In the beginning, people were all in the spirit of taking advantage of it, and wanted to make a lot of money by buying it.

However, people later discovered that Ding's ice cubes seemed to be inexhaustible, no matter how many merchants bought them, it was of no avail, they just didn't see them out of stock.

In the end, it caused the people to panic buying throughout the whole process.

For this reason, the Ding family had to cooperate with a group of small vendors in Yucheng to sell ice cubes instead.

After all, there are nearly [-] million people in Yucheng, and even if the Ding family has a big business in Yucheng, they don't have so many people to sell them.

But even so, after a day, two or three days, the sales of Ding's ice cubes only increased, and there was still no sign of out of stock.

This made everyone dumbfounded, so some people from the government wanted to search the ice cellar of Ding's family.

After all, with such a large amount of ice cubes sold, how big should the ice cellar be to hold them.

However, the people who searched the Ding family were just thinking about it at most.

You must know that the current Ding family is no longer the original Ding family. Now that the Ding family is backed by the Duke of Zhenguo, how would ordinary people from the government dare to come to trouble the Ding family.

Therefore, it was a trivial matter, but in the end even the emperor knew about it, so he sent Prince Xuanyuan Jing over for it.

The living room was empty, looking at Xuanyuan Jing who was jealous of her at this moment, Shangguan Qiuyu rolled her eyes, took a sip of the iced juice in the glass, and remained silent.

After calming down, Shangguan Qiuyu couldn't help thinking about what Xuanyuan Jing said just now.

As for the Ding family's ice making, it is obvious that His Majesty the emperor above is not an idiot. Naturally, he would not be an idiot to think that the Ding family built some huge ice cellar underground.

After all, in order to supply the ice cellars needed by hundreds of millions of people in the city, how much area would be required, and at the same time, how much manpower and material resources would be required to store these ice cubes.

Therefore, some smart people have already guessed that behind the Ding's sale of a large number of ice cubes, there must be some kind of ice-making method that they don't know.

This caused the jealousy of many people. After all, everyone is not a fool. No one is not greedy for the huge benefits behind this ice cube.

However, to this day, the reason why no one dares to reach out to the Ding family is the Shangguan family behind the Ding family.

It was precisely because of this that Xuanyuan Jing came directly to Shangguan Qiuyu instead of going directly to the Ding family to ask the Ding family to hand over the ice-making method.

Although Xuanyuan Jing said that the royal family was not greedy for the little money Shangguan Qiuyu got from making ice.

The most important thing is that the purpose behind the ice cubes is valued by the royal family.

Dayu had a vast territory, and in midsummer, many places were extremely hot, and the number of people who died due to the heat every day was incalculable.

That's why the royal family wanted to obtain the Ding family's ice-making method from Shangguan Qiuyu, and then to see if it was possible to apply this method to the hot and scorching northern regions to alleviate the hardships of the people.

Of course, there is also the military use.

After all, in the hot summer, not only the people can hardly bear the summer heat, but also the troops who receive a lot of training every day.

Shangguan Qiuyu also thought of this at the same time, so he sent someone to send the method of making ice with saltpeter to his cheap grandfather as quickly as possible.

Just imagine, with millions of troops marching and fighting in the scorching summer, the scorching heat is absolutely unimaginable.

And at this time, if the soldiers could drink a sip of cold water, what effect would it have?

Needless to say, it must be able to instantly cheer up people's spirits, and invisibly improve the morale of the soldiers.

Regarding the method of making ice with saltpeter, Shangguan Qiuyu never thought of keeping it a secret from the very beginning.

After all, this thing is too easy to learn. As long as the royal family really wants to know, it only takes a little effort to understand the principle.

And Shangguan Qiuyu didn't have much hope for making money from ice making.

To put it bluntly, this thing is a one-shot business, and what you earn is the previous profit.

Furthermore, the sale period of this ice cube is also short, only two or three months of business, ordinary people who would be bored to buy a large amount of ice cubes in spring, autumn and winter.

Ordinary people don't buy it, and most of the big families have their own small ice cellars.

Therefore, this thing is obviously not a business worthy of long-term investment.

To Xuanyuanjing's surprise, Shangguan Qiuyu told him how to make ice with saltpeter without saying a word.

This made Xuanyuan Jing stunned for a long time, and then regretted it.

Because he was afraid that Shangguan Qiuyu would not tell him how to make ice just now, so he deliberately agreed to Shangguan Qiuyu to use five hundred God-destroying Bows in exchange.

There are five hundred God Extinguishing Bows, each of which costs no less than one million taels of silver. You must know that this is only the cost, not the selling price.

Furthermore, the Extinguishing Bow belongs to the forbidden weapon of the Dayu Dynasty. It has a price but no market, and most people can't buy it if they want to.

But today's forces that can manufacture the Extinguishing Bow can be counted on one hand.

Therefore, under Shangguan Qiuyu's face, Xuanyuan Jing left the Duke's mansion with a look of regret.

However, what Xuanyuanjing didn't see was that the moment he left the Duke's Mansion, Shangguan Qiuyu's expression immediately darkened.

Since returning to Yucheng, Shangguan Qiuyu seldom went out, except for an occasional trip to the North Camp outside the city, the rest of the time basically stayed in the Duke's Mansion.

Now, except for the original [-] iron guards in the entire Duke's Mansion, all the armored soldiers stationed in the mansion were sent by Shangguan Qiuyu to the North Camp outside the city to train with a group of Northern Armored Knights.

As for the expansion of Tiewei, because the requirements for the selection of Tiewei are too strict, there is still a distance from the number of Shangguan Qiuyu's ten thousand people.

However, under Shangguan Qiuyu's strict order, I believe it will not be long before they can get it all together.

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(End of this chapter)