Infrastructure masters in the red building

After a series of firearm wounding incidents occurred in central Beijing, the third prince was in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the soldiers from the five cities searched the city wantonly, vowing to capture the murderer and find the murder weapon.

The first firearm wounding case was that of the prince.Because the prince was involved, the inside story was not leaked to the outside world, so only a few people in the huge capital knew that the prince and Rong Guogong were both injured by firearms.

But the second and third incidents happened in broad daylight and in full view of the public.At the see-off pavilion outside the capital city and in front of the big screen wall of the Beijing Prince’s Mansion, witnesses testified: when the incident happened, someone was holding a three-foot copper pipe, and the copper pipe would spray fire.

Afterwards, the Ministry of Punishment and the Military and Horse Division of Wucheng inspected and found that the two places were similar to the situation in the theater building in Dongping Wangfu that day. The legendary "three-foot copper pipe" spewed out a large amount of iron sand.It is extremely hard to imagine that anyone could survive such an attack.

According to eyewitness testimony, it was the third son of Rongguo Duke and King Beijing who attacked with firearms outside the city.The scene of the attack was then moved to the Beijing Palace.

After the attack, both the third son of the Jia family and the king of Beijing Jing disappeared.Qiqi, the coachmen of Rongguo Mansion and Beijing Prince's Mansion, reported the case to Shuntian Mansion and Wucheng Bingmasi. Both places ordered the whole city to search, but found nothing——Jia Fang and Shui Xian, no one was heard, no dead body was seen.

In the end, the third prince had no choice but to personally lead people to search the Beijing Palace, and found traces of firearms in front of a pavilion in the garden of the Beijing Palace.It is said that the beauty of the courtyard facing the water was made into a sieve by iron sand.

The third prince was deeply afraid that Shui Xian and Jia Fang would fall into the water, and also afraid that their corpses would be destroyed, so he ordered people to fish in the pond for three days, and almost let the water dry up, turning the koi in the pond into Dried fish, still nothing.

The prince, who claims to be an "agent" to supervise the country, has just taken power, but he looks like "nothing".The people in the capital are all muttering, and the third prince himself knows it well.In desperation, he made a faint move and ordered people to keep an eye on Ning Rong's second mansion, thinking that if Jia Fang could escape by chance, the first person he wanted to contact must be Rong Guo mansion.

The people of Ningrong Second Mansion were worried about Jia Fang, and at the same time found that they were being watched, they were very upset.But if there is no resentment, people from Shuntian Mansion and Wucheng Bingmasi are watching outside the mansion, and they can't do anything about him.

There was a small gardener in the Rong Mansion who went back home to pick up summer clothes and was checked for half a day. Seeing that there was nothing suspicious, he was sent to Baigong Workshop. Miss Wen.

The next day, Shuangwen went to pick up the job of purchasing. He went to the kimchi shop opened by the Sun family in the south of the city to buy a lot of pickled peppers and sour horns. After talking for a few words and seeing that it was not early, Shi Shiran came back.

The kimchi jar she brought back was carefully searched, but nothing was found, so the people from Wucheng Bingmasi had to let her into the mansion.

As soon as Shuangwen returned to Rongfu, he put down the kimchi jar and immediately thought of a way to enter Rongxi Hall to meet Jia Daishan.

But the problem is that her maid rank has not been promoted since she entered Rongfu, and although she has been working with Jia Fang for many years, she has not been able to be promoted to a "girl" anyway, and her establishment is not in Rongxi Hall, unexpectedly unable to pass the gate of the concierge, unable to enter Rongxi Hall.

Shuangwen had no choice but to go to Jia Amnesty Court and beg Zhang to go.

Who would have thought that when she went to Zhang's, the mother-in-law who came out to ask questions was the one who had a grudge against her back then, knowing that it was because of her double writing that she almost caused her master to have a miscarriage, so she went to Zhang's to add fuel and make bad things .

When Shuangwen saw this woman, he felt anxious.When Mrs. Zhang came out to see her, she didn't speak, just looked up and down, Shuangwen became even more nervous, nervous and wronged, even tears came out.

Who would have thought that Mrs. Zhang would say: "Follow me, I will take you to see your wife."

Immediately, Mrs. Zhang took Shuangwen and went to Rongxi Hall to find Mrs. Shi and gossip about the family affairs.She already has a body of six or seven months, and it is quite hard to move.

After seeing Mrs. Shi, the two sat down to talk, and saw Shuangwen slip away while talking.

Mrs. Shi sighed, and said: "I still remember that girl, it's thanks to you for not remembering her all these years..."

Mrs. Shi originally wanted to say "don't bear grudges against me", but the moment before the words came out, she was really embarrassed and changed her words temporarily.

Mrs. Zhang said: "Madam, at this moment, if I still have the heart to embarrass a girl in my uncle's room, I will be too ignorant."

First Jia Daishan, then Jia Fang... If at this time the people in the Rong Mansion still think about jumping around in the nest, then Jia's Mansion will really have nothing but a crushing defeat.

Mrs. Shi knew that after fighting with her eldest daughter-in-law for so many years, the other party had already given up, and she herself...lost in the fight, so she nodded and looked at Mrs. Zhang's belly and said, "Good boy, those who do good deeds will definitely be welcomed by the heavens." Bo, God will surely bless you and the child in your belly..."

Over there, Shuangwen has already met Jia Daishan and relayed the news she heard in Baigongfang.Jia Daishan immediately ordered someone to invite Jia Daihua, and the two cousins ​​had a secret talk for a while.Jia Daihua immediately went out of Beijing to the Li Palace in the outskirts of Beijing, where His Majesty the Emperor lived temporarily, and the emperor and his ministers had an interview for a while.

It is said that after seeing Duke Ning, His Majesty the Emperor cheered up a lot, and immediately called the Third Prince, taught him a lesson, and reprimanded him for not being as courageous and capable as the Prince.The third prince was demoted to nothing by his father. Although he was not angry, he didn't dare to argue a little bit. He could only obediently listen to the training. In the end, he had to give up the firearms case and hand it over to the professionals in the criminal department for management. .

The secret sentries outside Ningrong Second Mansion quickly withdrew.However, there was still an undercurrent in Ningrong Second Mansion - after all, the third prince had slipped his tongue that day, he knew that Rongguo Mansion had invited a genius doctor to heal Jia Daishan's injury.

There is an inner ghost in the Rong Mansion - this matter has already fallen into the eyes of Jia She, the current head of the Rong Mansion, and will not let it go easily.

Jia Fang and Shui Xian spent probably the happiest and most leisurely time in their lives in the copper mine.

For more than a month, the only thing Shui Xian has to do is to heal his injuries, and the only thing Jia Fang has to do is to take care of Shui Xian, talk with him, and relieve him of boredom.

Soon Jia Fang found out that Shui Xian was really talented. Taking chess as an example, Jia Fang and Shui Xian played semi-blind chess, that is, Shui Xian lay on the couch and played "blind chess", while Jia Fang lay beside the chessboard While listening to Shui Xian, he stared at the chessboard by himself—hence the name "semi-blind chess".

In this way, Jia Fang couldn't play against Shui Xian, and was killed every day without leaving any pieces, and was called "stinky chess basket" by Shui Xian.

Once Jia Fang finally couldn't bear it anymore, he secretly made a move, and put the key word Shui Xian said to the side, who knew that Shui Xian found out just after he made the move and did not make a few moves. . "You misplaced it just now—" Shui Xian corrected, "When playing chess, the most important thing is the quality of the game. It is very difficult for someone like you who wants to be opportunistic and want to improve his chess skills?"

Jia felt relieved: I didn't even think about going further in chess!

He had no choice but to argue: "In the past when Tang Minghuang played chess with others, Yang Yuhuan would hold a small Jingba by his side. Once he saw that Tang Minghuang's chess was not going well, he would throw that Jingba on the chessboard...I'm not There is no Jingba, so I have to manually cover it up for you!"

Shui Xian suddenly smiled, and said: "Jia Zifang, Jia Zifang, you still don't understand how I play blindfolded chess."

"You and I will start now, swap black and white pieces, and continue this round. How do you treat?"

Jia Fang had no choice but to agree, and sat across the chessboard.Soon he discovered that Shui Xian not only remembered the white moves he had made just now, but also remembered the black moves clearly - this is the only way to play blind chess, otherwise how could Shui Xian play the game in his mind?

But after the two exchanged black and white, Shui Xian's thinking was not hindered in the slightest, and he continued to play Jia Fang's bad move just now, until Jia Fang was forced to play his good move just now, and then surrendered.

"Fortunately, I chose to play blind chess with you—" Shui You can win this way Xian turned his face away, looking at Jia Fang and said happily.

"Why, can't you beat me if you sit with the other side?" Jia Fang was puzzled.

"When I'm all right, do you think we'll still have time to sit here and play chess?" Shui Xian said something.

Jia Fang sighed, sat beside his couch, stared at Shui Xian, and asked him, "Why don't we stay together then, why do we have to play chess?"

Jia Fang is indeed very impatient - all kinds of resources, minerals, and outstanding talents are waiting for him outside. Fully recovered and the two eat together.This waiting process is indeed itchy, but Jia Fang thinks that waiting is necessary and worthwhile.

Sure enough, Shui Xian looked happy again when he heard the words, as if "Shui was three years old".

"I lost, go cook some dishes." Jia Fang took the initiative to cook if he lost, and Shui Xian lost...he has never lost.

While Jia Fang and Shui Xian stayed here for several days, their biggest regret was that they didn't eat well enough.It's not that the chef's skills are bad, but there is a lack of ingredients, and there are no condiments, even if the dishes are quite bland.Jia Fang and Shui Xian didn't like it, but they both felt that there was nothing to complain about - most of the craftsmen here didn't care about eating, and it was good enough to fill their stomachs.

Today, a pig was slaughtered in the mine, and it was stewed in a big pot with some spices. The aroma was delicious, but the pure meat was also quite greasy.

Jia Fang had no choice but to ask someone for help. He chopped three fat and seven thin meat fillings, rolled out wonton wrappers to wrap small crepe wontons, borrowed the umami flavor from the broth made from big bones, and finally sprinkled a little Put dried shrimps, a few slices of seaweed, and a small handful of chopped green onions.Turned shopkeeper Ren who was waiting to ask him for instructions into a spit monster.

Jia Fang smiled immediately: "Whoever sees it has a share. I won't treat you badly."

Shopkeeper Ren's first reaction was very real, and he went directly to close the door of the kitchen, so as not to make others "seeers".

However, Jia Fang realized that local seafood such as shrimp skins and sea vegetables can be easily obtained, and occasionally pigs and sheep are available. The most lacking is actually fruits and vegetables, as well as some special condiments that are only produced in the south.While he was busy, he casually asked Shopkeeper Ren about the production around here.

Shopkeeper Ren said awkwardly: "Master Jia, there are mines in this area for several miles. The food has to be brought up from the village at the bottom of the mountain. Besides, the food in the village at the bottom of the mountain is probably not what Mr. Jia likes. .”

Jia Fang thought for a while and asked, "So there are only this group of industrial workers in the mine?"

Shopkeeper Ren had never heard of the term "industrial worker", but Jia Fang always used these strange terms in his mouth, so he probably understood the meaning, so he nodded.

Jia Fang gave a "hmm" and said, "I will mention it to Ziheng."

Shopkeeper Ren thought that Mr. Jia was not very satisfied with their place, so he had to make amends: "In the recent season, there is not much harvest, and there is really no good material-in addition to dried shrimps and dried sea vegetables, the village at the foot of the mountain is full of fish. "

Fish is salted fish, and when shopkeeper Ren mentioned it, Jia Fang could almost smell the salty sea smell of salted fish.

"It's normal to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea." Jia Fang commented.

"Actually, the shrimps in the sea are very fat and big recently, and the fishermen at the head of the village have caught a lot." Shopkeeper Ren said regretfully, "It's just that it takes at least two days and one night for the fishermen to catch them from the sea and send them to the mountains. No matter how fresh the shrimp is, it will stink."

Shrimp climbers are Pippi shrimps, which are plump for a while, and will be even better with shrimp yellow after a while.

"In the future, when the lord recovers from his injury and is able to act, you and the lord will go to the beach together to taste fresh seafood - then there will be more seafood that can be caught, in addition to shrimps, there are sea melon seeds, razor clams, Scallop clams..."

Listening to Shopkeeper Ren counting down in one breath, Jia Fang immediately understood that this person should be quite accomplished in eating.

He thought for a while and asked, "Can the seafood produced in the seaside village find a way to make ice for preservation?"

Shopkeeper Ren was taken aback, and squinting at Jia Fang, he seemed to think that Jia Fang, the third son of the Rongguo Mansion, was also a wealthy son of "why not eat minced meat". What ordinary fishermen can afford?"

This is about the same as Jia Fang expected.In this time and space, there are people who store ice cubes, that is, they dig a cellar in advance, store the solid ice that has been frozen in winter, and store it in the cellar for use in summer.

Shopkeeper Ren thought about it for a while and still felt that he had to please his superiors first: "If you and the prince want to taste the seafood around here, this subordinate will do it here."

Jia Fang shook his head and said: "If you want to taste it, you must taste it together!" He still had the attitude of "whoever sees it has a share".

Shopkeeper Ren immediately grimaced, thinking that the prince had handed over all the affairs of the mine to the third master Jia in front of him, if the other party was generous with others, what should he do if the lion asked for it?

Even if Shuixian once solemnly asked to treat the miners and craftsmen well, there is no need to buy ice at a high price, and then buy fresh seafood from the seaside and send it to the mountains with trouble—isn’t fish delicious?

Jia Fang didn't say any more, and filled the wontons he had made. There were three big bowls in total, put them together on a tray, and asked the shopkeeper Ren: "Old Ren, you open the door for me, let's go to Ziheng's room." , talking while eating."

The wontons were indeed fragrant. When Jia Fang carried the bowl into the room, Shui Xian leaned on a large pillow and looked at it eagerly.

Jia Fang naturally helped him to sit upright again, made sure that the wound on his chest was not touched, then took a bowl of wontons, including soup and goods, and carefully fed them into Shui Xian's mouth.

"Old Ren, you eat first." Jia Fang ordered without looking back.

Shopkeeper Ren didn't dare at first, but firstly, Jia Fang had already ordered it, and secondly, it was really inconvenient for him to watch these two people in front of him as they were eating and feeding each other intimately.He immediately buried his head in the big guy in front of him, and quickly enjoyed a delicious meal.

After Shui Xian finished eating, Jia Fang sat aside and picked up the bowl.Shui Xian leaned on the pillow and had nothing to do, so he asked shopkeeper Ren: "Old Ren, what do you want to ask me?"

"This..." Shopkeeper Ren turned his head to look at Jia Fang, saw Jia Fang holding a bowl, nodded slightly, and summoned up the courage to ask Shui Xian for advice, "Mr. Jia proposed to buy some ice and some fresh ice cream from the seaside. The seafood is back, reward everyone, and change the taste."

Shui Xian nodded: "Alright. After all, the food in this mountain is really not good."

Jia Fang still held the bowl and snorted while drinking the soup. When he finished drinking, he wiped his mouth and said, "Old Ren, you are not kind, that's not what I said!"

Shopkeeper Ren: ...?

Jia Fang said, "I'm talking about making ice, not buying ice!"

Shopkeeper Ren suddenly realized: What Jia Fang said earlier was indeed about making ice.But is there any difference?To freeze water, you have to wait until the winter season, right?Now that it’s almost summer, I can’t.

Who would have thought that Shui Xian, who was leaning on the couch,'s eyes lit up at this moment, and said: "Could it be that Zi Fang has a way to make ice in normal times?"

Jia Fang nodded: "And the basic principle I mentioned to you before."

Shui Xian stared at Jia Fang, and after a while, softly uttered a word: "Salt?"

Jia Fang was overjoyed and praised: "Smart!"

What he envisioned was making ice from salt water. When making ice, the temperature does not need to be below zero, but relying on the difference between the freezing point of salt water and fresh water. With enough cold salt water to continuously exchange heat, fresh water ice can be made—of course, A small amount of ice is also needed for initial pre-cooling.

"I'll write a method later - this requires a special device and enough salt." Jia Fang explained his plan.Shui Xian clapped his hands over there, and said, "That's great. If ice can be produced in normal seasons, then the catches from the sea can be transported into the mountains anytime and anywhere..."

Shopkeeper Ren was worried: It seems that his master is also a foodie.

"...Not only can it be transported to the mountains, but it can also be transported to Beijing to other places where there is no way to enjoy fresh seafood catches. Not only the caught seafood, but also other fresh ingredients, melons and fruits can be preserved with this material."

Only then was shopkeeper Ren shocked: the gap!This is the gap between him and the master.

He could only think of himself for a while, but what Shui Xian thought of immediately was the business experience of looking at the whole country.

Also, if there are fresh shrimps to eat, who would like to eat salted fish?

Shopkeeper Ren, known as the "human essence", only cared about complaining about himself here, but he didn't see Shui Xian turning his face away and looking at Jia Fang with a smile.Jia Fang nodded quietly, stretched out his thumb, and praised the other party for being right.

But the more this is the case, the more grateful Shui Xian is: without Jia Fang, it would be difficult for others to come up with the method of making ice from salt water.