Infrastructure masters in the red building

"It's really good!" The emperor affirmed Jia Fang's performance, "It reminded me of my youth—"

When the emperor looked back, everyone was afraid to speak.

When Sheng Jia was young?Counting forward 15 years, Shengjia was imprisoned in the garden in front of him for more than a year.If you say that this garden is a peach blossom garden, if people think it is a small black house, how embarrassing it is!

But the Ninth Five-Year Lord in front of him looked peaceful, he didn't seem to remember the days when he was imprisoned and guarded, and he had no freedom at all. Instead, there was some longing and sadness between his brows.

"Your Majesty, the snow is falling just right outside." Dai Quan, the chief servant in the palace, reminded in a low voice, "Didn't you come here today just for the snow?"

The emperor nodded and said with a smile: "Exactly, what Jia Fang said was so wonderful that I even forgot about the snow scene outside."

The guest of honor has already said so, what are you waiting for?

At this time, the chief stewards of Rongning and Ningfu were waiting side by side under the Rongxi Hall, and reported to Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua, saying that everything in the Grand View Garden was ready, and everyone was invited to enter the garden to enjoy the snow.

Snowflakes are still flying in the sky, fluttering like flying catkins, dancing in the air when the wind blows.

Jia's mansion took out the golden rattan hat and jade needle coir raincoat that had been prepared in advance.

The crown prince and the third prince both expressed their refusal at first sight, thinking that wearing such a dress would look like the fisherman in the painting?

But at a glance, they saw their father, His Majesty the Emperor, with the help of Dai Quan, wearing a golden rattan hat and a jade needle hat, and at the same time he said with a smile: "It has been many years since I have worn these two things." , now recalling the past, really..."

When the emperor put on his coir raincoat and recalled the past, he refused to tell you how he felt.

So the prince and the third prince had nowhere to figure out what their father wanted, so they could only obediently put on the coir raincoat, the bamboo hat, and the resplendent brocade clothes on their bodies, turning into an ordinary "fisherman" just like everyone else.

For a while, Jianyu was carried to the front of Rongxi Hall, and the person who carried Jianyu was the eunuch who carried Longyu earlier.They put down the shoulder pads, helped the emperor sit on the shoulder pads, and then lifted the shoulder pads steadily.

At this time, Jia Daishan said "Wait a minute", and hurried forward, and spread a thick stack of wool felt on the emperor's knees, covering him tightly from knees to calves.

The emperor sighed: "After all, you still remember my old wounds."

Jia Daishan didn't dare to talk indiscriminately, he just said: "This is the duty of the minister." Then he stepped aside.

So, Yu Jia's shoulders got up, and he was going to go from Rong Mansion to Ning Mansion, where he would enter the Grand View Garden located in Ning Mansion.

Before leaving, the emperor said, "If you are like me and have bad legs and feet, you can sit on the shoulders as much as you want."

Now the crown prince and the third prince looked at each other, and no one could keep their faces from sitting on the shoulders, and they all walked behind Ning Rong.

Jia Fang, as an entourage, was going to follow after the princes left.

Unexpectedly, the fourth prince came to his side quickly at this time, and said in a low voice: "Zi Fang, Zi Fang..." There was excitement in his voice, "That's great!"

The two were relatively close, and the Fourth Prince didn't appear to be stuttering when speaking in front of him.

"I'll come in, I've been in your garden, I believe, I believe what you said...it's very good!" The fourth prince finished speaking with a little difficulty, then turned and pointed to a young man beside him, "Zi Fang, this is the fifth brother. Forget it He's as old as you."

It was only then that Jia Fang discovered that there was a young man who was following the fourth prince, and standing in front of him at the moment, he was also very personable and extraordinary, but it was a pity that he had no sense of presence.

Just now, Jia Fang counted all the emperor's entourage one by one. He even recognized Dongping King and Xining King, but he didn't find the existence of the Fifth Prince.

At this moment, when I was meeting with the fifth prince, the gossip that Jia She had talked about before flooded my mind.

The fifth prince in front of him is not the real brother of the prince and others, but a cousin.He was the son of Prince Yizhong who ascended the throne without his elder brother's death and almost killed his brother for power.

After the abolished emperor was restored, Prince Yizhong was under strict surveillance. There has been no news of this prince for many years. Many people think that he has died. That's why there were those who "killed teachers and brothers" during the drought last year. Rumors come out.

But the "little transparent" in front of me is the son of Prince Yizhong. During the "Change of Seizing the Gate" ①, this fifth prince should have just been born, and both his biological parents were under strict surveillance. But this child was raised at the knee of the emperor.

When you think about it, your life experience is quite pitiful.

The fourth prince introduced the "little transparent" fifth prince to Jia Fang. The two talked about their ages.The fifth prince was a little shy and called out "Zi Fang".

Jia Fang could only address him: "Your Highness Fifth!"

Several young people left the Rongxi Hall together, and Jia Fang found Shui Xian waiting for him outside with his hands behind his back.

It wasn't that Jia Fang didn't want to see the fourth prince, but he seemed a little uncomfortable getting along with the fifth prince who was meeting him for the first time, so he quickly confessed his crime and slipped away to look for Shui Xian.

Shui Xian rubbed the ground with his toes, and asked, "What is this?"

During the emperor's stay in Rongxi Hall, the snow kept falling, and a large open space was swept out by the servants of the Rongfu earlier in front of the Rongxi Hall. The ground piled up, and there was no ice on the ground.

Shui Xian probably discovered this, and carefully found a little particle on the ground. He stretched out his feet and rubbed it, feeling curious, so he came to ask Jia Fang.

As a result, Jia Fang said, "It's salt."

Shui Xian: "Salt?"

Jia Fang: "Yes, it's just coarse salt, the kind that costs five cents a big bag."

Coarse salt is unprocessed large-grained salt, which is mixed with many impurities. In addition to being salty, it also has a strong bitter taste, so it is not suitable for consumption.Many people only use this kind of salt when pickling pickles and bacon.

But the Jia family just sprinkled it on the ground.

Jia Fang smiled shyly and said, "Sprinkling salt can prevent the ground from freezing."

"Is there such a reason?" Shui Xian raised his eyebrows.

Jia Fang nodded: "Yes, the freezing point of salt water is lower than that of fresh water. The purpose of spreading salt is to lower the freezing point so as to prevent the ground from freezing."

This is also one of the various preparatory tasks he proposed for the Jia family to do.After all, the snow keeps falling, and the ground in the garden is wet and slippery. If it freezes and turns the Grand View Garden into an ice rink, and the park visitors fall down a lot, it will be boring.

Originally, the Jia family had already made preparations and planned to send dozens of loyal servants to sweep the snow in the garden all the time. As long as there was snow falling, it would be swept away immediately-but this could not prevent the ground from freezing.

Jia Fang proposed this "little trick" last night. Both Jia Daishan and Mrs. Shi felt dubious, but they got up early and sprinkled salt in the Grand View Garden for a try. They really saw that the road that was swept out was not icy or slippery. rest assured.

Jia Fang also specially drew a tour route map of the Grand View Garden, and ordered the servants to sprinkle salt along the road, and do not sprinkle too much, otherwise the salinity of the soil in the Grand View Garden will be damaged, and in addition, it will not destroy today's good snow in the Grand View Garden Created scenery.

After hearing his explanation, Shui Xian immediately smiled and said: "People in Jin say it's snowing, so what's the imagining of the white snow, the difference is nothing compared to spreading salt in the air. But your mansion really sprinkled salt on the ground, so as to echo the ancients."

Jia Fang also laughed: "Isn't it?"

The two laughed in unison, and their hearts were connected. The fourth and fifth princes who were walking in front stopped and waited for them.

"Ziheng, Zifang, follow up quickly. When the time comes...the father asked again, about Zifang...you can't find anyone, yes, you need to be in a hurry." The fourth prince urged, Jia Fang hurriedly talked to Shui Xian Keep up together.

Along the way, Jia Fang noticed that the fifth prince had been secretly looking at him.He tried his best to turn a blind eye, and only talked with Shui Xian and the fourth prince along the way.

A group of people left the Rong Mansion, re-entered the garden from the Ning Mansion, entered through the main entrance of the Grand View Garden, once they entered the garden, there was no second color between heaven and earth.

Just as Jia Fang expected, the whole garden was covered by heavy snow, and all unsatisfactory and imperfect things were covered by this piece of pure white.As far as Jia Fang could see, he could only see the outlines of houses in various mountains and rivers, as well as the mirror-like calm water surface of Qinfang River in the Grand View Garden.

The whole field is like a pure canvas with clean lines, a road in front of you, and a few light gray figures in the distance.Jia Fang knew that it was a servant of Ning Rong's Second Mansion. Mrs. Shi ordered today that there must be a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps to guide the direction, lest people stray into Qinfang River by mistake, that's not for fun.

Jia Fang, Shui Xian, and the two princes approached, and the servants of the Ning Mansion respectfully guided the direction of Sheng Jia. At the same time, he mentioned that Sheng Jia was accompanied by Ning Rong, and Jia Fang was not too worried that the emperor would find him.

The four of them wandered slowly in the garden. First, they arrived at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. In front of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the thousand-pole green bamboos were still tall and straight in the snow, and the green bamboo leaves looked even more verdant against the white snow.

There is no kang in the Xiaoxiang Hall, but for today's pick-up, it has already been covered with smoked cages, so that no one can be frozen.Even when people are tired from walking, it is good to rest here.Unexpectedly, the guards in front of the hall only said that the emperor had already been here, had a look outside, but had never entered, and pointed out the whereabouts of Yujia to Jia Fang and others.

Even if Jia Fang wanted to entertain, it was inconvenient to stay longer, so he hurriedly took the guests away, and the next stop was Hengwu Garden.Surprisingly, Shengjia did not stop here either.

Instead, Jia Fang led Shui Xian through the blue and exquisite mountain rocks covered with white snow, Shui Xian laughed from behind: "It's really like being in a fairyland."

A few people passed by Hengwu Garden, and then went down the Yunbu stone ladder, and in front of them was a vermilion slab bridge with folded belts and vermilion railings.Shui Xian immediately praised: "In this pure white glazed world, I suddenly saw a bit of enchantment. How did you expect it?"

Jia Fang: I didn't think so either?Originally I thought about green willows and red bridges, which was arranged by God.

A group of people came to the bridge, and not far away was Daoxiang Village.At this time, some vague fragrance can be smelled faintly.

Shui Xian took a deep breath of the damp air, and asked Jia Fang, "Where are the plum blossoms planted?"

plum bossom?

This - Jia Fang is not sure.

He knew that there were patches of apricot blossoms growing beside Daoxiang Village, but he never paid attention to where plum blossoms were planted.

When I came out of Hengwu Garden just now, it was full of all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, and the fragrance of Hengwu Duruo, even the fourth prince kept praising it.Shui Xian didn't respond.

Unexpectedly, when he got here, this guy's dog nose smelled plum blossoms.

"There—" Shui Xian pointed to Daoxiang Village.

Jia Fang looked over as he pointed, and saw several red plums in the wall of Daoxiang Village, blooming like rouge, reflecting the color of snow, extraordinarily energetic.

Suddenly, Jia Xin felt a little strange.If he remembered correctly, these red plums should have been planted in Miaoyu's Quicui Temple, but he hasn't built the Quicui Temple yet, so these red plums bloomed in the courtyard wall of Daoxiang Village.

It is said that he often goes to Daoxiang Village, that is to say, these few red plums, he passes by twice a day on average, and he has never noticed that these few red plums are red plums...

This time it was Shui Xian who led the way, and the group followed him to the clump of red plums.Jia Fang wasn't worried either, because there were servants from Ningrong Second Mansion guarding both sides of the road anyway, guiding the direction and preventing people from getting into the water by mistake.

A group of people arrived at Daoxiang Village, but they heard that the emperor sent a message, ordering all the people to go to Luxueguang, and everyone gathered in Luxueguang.

According to the servants who stayed here in Jia's house, the emperor's wife stayed here for a long time, but finally did not go in, which made the prince and third prince behind him look disappointed...

Jia Fang thinks this is very good. Daoxiang Village is very important to him, so he doesn't want to bring so many people in for a visit—he can take others through the "shrinking ground whip". Lao Shao is an example, and he is not here. At the time, even if someone breaks in, it should not be of much use. Anyway, there has never been a precedent for someone to pass the "shrinking whip".But when he is present, it is hard to say whether others may "mistakenly enter" the ground whip, or have other accidents.

After walking in the garden for half a day, the Fourth Prince's complexion was ruddy, his head was slightly sweating, and he seemed to be in a good mood.The fifth prince shrank a little, probably because he had walked outside for too long and felt it was too cold.

Jia Fang was kind and comforted him: "Don't worry, Lu Xueguang will never let you down."

When a group of people came to Lu Xueguang, they saw that there were holes in the bamboo traps everywhere.Even so, the people inside all took off the big woolen clothes outside and hung them at the door, and people from Jia's mansion specially helped them look after them.

"Huh?" The Fifth Prince blurted out, "Is it so warm?"

Jia Fang smiled: "The kang was born here this morning, and it has been three hours now. At this time, there will be no smoke on the kang bed, and it will not feel too dry."

This Luxueguang will be an extremely comfortable place.

Shui Xian twitched his nostrils, and asked, "Why does it seem that there is still charcoal gas? Isn't it a kang? Is there a charcoal basin?"

Jia Fang explained with a smile: "This has something to do with the food at noon today."

"Really?" Several people became interested.

The fourth prince asked: "Could it be that... brought raw meat and roasted it here?"

Shui Xian: "Freshly roasted meat? This is quite interesting for winter hunting!"

The fifth prince had a bitter face: "Roasting raw meat? I don't know if it can be melted..."

Jia Fang: ...Are you all foodies?All so many opinions?

But as soon as the group entered Lu Xueguang, the answer to the mystery was revealed.

"It's really roasted raw meat!"

"Wait, what is that utensil?" Shui Xian was most concerned about utensils, and immediately grabbed Jia Fang's sleeve.

Jia Fang thought for a moment: It's over, this is the copper grate that elder brother Jia She found someone to make. He never mentioned it to Baigongfang, so naturally he didn't have the chance to tell Shui Xian.He had no choice but to make excuses: "This is what my elder brother... elder brother tossed about."

Unexpectedly, Jia She ran over at this moment and said, "Third brother, your idea is really good. Use a copper grate to roast the meat, the meat will not burn easily, and the oil will drip down."

Shui Xian nodded and smiled at Jia Amnesty, "Enhou."

Jia Amnesty was slightly taken aback, but he reacted immediately and said, "Please come inside, this charcoal basin can be moved freely, just now Sheng Jia spoke, you can eat wherever you want. By the window The best place is, if you are interested, you can also go fishing..."

As he spoke, he turned to Shui Xian, and said in a low voice: "The eating guy my third child taught me doesn't dare to trouble him to run back and forth for me like before."

Jia Amnesty is also a man of the world.He only listened to Jia Fang and Shui Xian's two sentences, but he thought about it in his heart, thinking about the copper pot before, he knew it, and he explained it casually without any trace.

Jia Fang was secretly amused, thinking that this big brother is really like a restaurant manager of later generations, he is thoughtful and able to read words and demeanor.

Shui Xian nodded and smiled at Jia Amnesty, and his eyes slipped towards the emperor.

I saw that His Majesty the Emperor was sitting with the two Dukes Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua.The prince wanted to join him there several times, but was chased out by his father on the pretext that the seat was too crowded. He had no choice but to sit at the table with King Dongping. When he saw the fourth prince coming, he quickly waved: "Fourth!"

The fourth prince pleaded a crime with Jia Fang and went to the prince.

And the third prince sat at the table with the king of Xining, seeing Jia Fang's eyes sweeping over, he was a little embarrassed, showing a look of wanting to solicit him, but also thinking about the past, not sure how to solicit him, and didn't know what to do for a while It's a good look.

Jia Fang didn't move - although he likes sauerkraut and sour soup pot, sitting with a sour person is destined not to have a good appetite.

Unexpectedly, the fifth prince, who had been "invisible" behind Jia Fang and the others, quietly approached the third prince, called "third brother", and sat down naturally, covering up the embarrassment of the third prince.

The third prince let out a breath, and showed a warm smile to his cousin.

And Shui Xian tugged Jia Fang's sleeve, and the two turned to the other side of Lu Xueguang, and sat down in front of a window facing the water.Immediately, servants of Jia's mansion and people from the imperial dining room brought charcoal pots and grates.

Shui Xian looked at the exquisite and unique charcoal pot and the neatly meshed copper grate in front of him, and finally realized: "So you baked it yourself?!"

Jia Fang: ——That’s right?