I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

Cheng Jingwei and Wei Siwen looked at each other, coughed lightly, and touched the bottle again.

The bottle is indeed cold to the touch, even if there is no ice in it, the saltpeter can indeed reduce the temperature of the bottle.

Cheng Jing was slightly surprised: "Really?"

Wei Siwen couldn't help touching the whole bottle with his hand, and then asked, "Why is it only the bottom is cooler?"

Luo Shixing said: "Because those saltpeter can make some ice, if the bottle is filled with water, it may not freeze."

He hesitated while talking: "Unfortunately, this bottle is a thin-mouthed pot-bellied bottle. It's not easy to see from the bottle mouth, otherwise you can still see the ice inside."

Cheng Jingwei said directly: "Then smash the bottle."

Luo Shixing immediately hugged the bottle and said, "How can it be done? You fired it with great difficulty. How can you break it?"

Cheng Jingwei didn't know what kind of expression to put on, so he laughed and said: "This is a product that failed to be fired, not to mention that it is useless if it is broken, don't you want an oven? It can be used at that time Let alone it, how do you know how it is frozen if you don’t open it? If you want an ice cellar, you must freeze it hard enough.”

Luo Shixing thought for a second that it seemed to be the same reason, so he touched the bottle reluctantly and said, "Although it's broken, I still like it."

If you don't like it, it won't be useless to keep it next to it. After all, the bottle mouth is broken. They have few utensils now, so this bottle can come in handy.

Cheng Jingwei coaxed him and said, "If you like it, I'll make you a better one next time."

Luo Shixing nodded seriously, and raised the bottle to break it to get ice, but was stopped by Cheng Jingwei before he could do it.

"Here I am, the ice inside is also shattered when I fall like this, so I can't see anything at all."

Luo Shixing thought for a second that it seemed to be the same reasoning and said, "Then I'll smash it into pieces."

Cheng Jingwei quickly took it from his hand and said, "Give it to me."

Broken pottery fragments are relatively sharp, and if the force is not right, the pottery fragments will be easily scratched if they splash out.

Luo Shixing already had a lot of injuries on his body, so there was no need to add two more.

Luo Shixing didn't expect this. Although he found it strange, he obediently handed the bottle to Cheng Jingwei, thinking that the other party had some special skills.

As a result, Cheng Jingwei just took a bamboo tube and knocked it hard on the bottle. With his strength, the pottery bottle began to appear thin cracks. As the cracks gradually expanded, the broken pottery pieces fell with the rotation of the bottle body. .

Luo Shixing squatted beside him and watched him knock with his face in his hands, without turning his head, he said, "Weng Wei, I think we still need a hammer."

Wei Siwen said casually, "Write down everything you need."

Luo Shixing half turned his body and looked up at Wei Siwen: "Where are you writing?"

Nothing written on paper and pen?

Wei Siwen paused for a moment, feeling a little dazed.

When did a scholar of his background ever lack pen and paper, so he didn't expect it for a while, and he was also a little worried for a while, Luo Shixing wanted too many and complicated things, and his memory is indeed good, but what if he misses it? manage?

Doesn't that make him even more unreliable?He can't go on being so unreliable anymore, his image will be ruined!

Cheng Jing said without raising his head, "Wait until I carve it on the bamboo board."

Luo Shixing immediately nodded when he heard it: "Okay, okay."

Wei Siwen said with a smile: "It's also a bit imitating the sages."

After all, before the writing brush was invented and Cai Lun improved papermaking, carving knives and bamboo slips were also used as text carriers.

After he finished speaking, Cheng Jingwei had already knocked the vase almost to pieces, and with the last blow, all the fragments fell down, revealing the translucent ice inside.

The ice cubes reflect beautiful colorful light under the sunlight. Such a piece of ice appears in a place surrounded by green grass and green trees. The strong contrast makes people feel unbelievable.

Even though the piece of ice is not that big, it doesn't stop Cheng Jingwei and Wei Siwen from thinking it's too beautiful.

Wei Siwen almost wanted to compose a poem on the spot.

Even Cheng Jingwei didn't dare to get started, but squatted there admiring the hard-won piece of ice. He had never studied poetry, but he had read a lot of books, and many poems flashed in his mind.

Among the three, probably only Luo Shixing was not possessed by the literary attribute at this time.

He directly stretched out his paws and picked up the ice cubes, looked at the sun with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, it's quite strong, hiss, it's really cool."

He took it for a while and threw the ice on the ground. It's not summer, the temperature is not high, and it even feels cold at night. Holding ice in this weather is not enjoyment but suffering.

But he is still very happy, after all, this is very successful!

After being thrown down by him, the piece of ice rolled to the ground, and because the surface had begun to melt a little, it was stained with a lot of mud, and the beauty of the ice was completely destroyed in an instant.

Cheng Jingwei and Wei Siwen looked at Luo Shixing quite speechlessly, Luo Shixing turned his neck to look at this and then at that with a blank expression: "What's the matter?"

Wei Siwen sighed: "Sightseeing only teaches you to read books, right? That's too wrong."

Reading is important, but elegance is also indispensable.

It was rare for Cheng Jingwei to agree with Wei Siwen.

Luo Shixing didn't understand what he meant, and he looked puzzled: "Then why not? Are you going to let my father teach me how to rebel?"

Wei Siwen and Cheng Jingwei twitched the corner of his mouth, this brat's speech was too unrestrained.

The two of them looked at each other and comforted themselves, forget it, this child is still young, and he will cultivate it slowly in the future.

Although their current status is inferior to that of ordinary people, they must not lose the character of scholars!

Luo Shixing didn't understand what they were thinking at all, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, it's quite successful, the next step is to make a mold like a brick for the ice cellar."

If you want an ice cellar, you must build all four walls of the cellar with ice bricks, so that you can't make it in a strange shape when it is frozen, otherwise there is no way to place it and it will waste space.

Cheng Jingwei immediately said, "I'll burn a batch."

Luo Shixing shook his head and said, "It's better not to use pottery, pottery is too fragile, and it's easy to break when taking ice out. It's better to use bamboo. Hey, it's best to make bronze."

Metal conducts heat quickly, but unfortunately they have no money.

Wei Siwen said hesitantly: "It's not that there are no bronze wares, but they don't have the appearance you want."

Then there is no need to force it, and Luo Shixing just said it casually.

Cheng Jingwei stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go and write what we need first."

As he spoke, he brought a bunch of bamboo strips that hadn't been cut. These strips hadn't been cut into the thinnest shape, and they were just used as bamboo slips.

When Luo Shixing saw the bamboo slices he brought, he suddenly realized a problem. Once the bamboo was available, what did they use to engrave it?

Just as he was about to ask, he saw Cheng Jingwei picked up the sickle and began to use the sickle to carve characters.

Luo Shixing Maomao looked in shock at how smooth he tried it twice, and couldn't help thinking of a word: anti-aircraft guns hit mosquitoes.

He doesn't know if using a sickle as a carving knife is an anti-aircraft gun to shoot mosquitoes, but he knows what they need.

Salt, saltpeter, grain, and grain seeds are all necessary, as well as clothes and flax seeds. The chickens and ducks mentioned by Luo Shixing before, it is best to have two ducks, and geese are also good.

These are relatively basic daily necessities, and Cheng Jingwei also needs bedding.

Both his and Luo Shixing's bedding couldn't be more simple, and it was also very thin. Such bedding must not be used in winter.

Luo Shixing slapped his head and almost forgot about it.

Wei Siwen looked at what they were looking for and said it wasn't particularly difficult to get, and then he saw Cheng Jingwei hesitated and wrote two things: daggers and bows and arrows.

When he saw these two things, he immediately shook his head frantically: "Impossible, impossible, this is a sharp weapon, and it will not be given to you."

Datang's control over weapons is still very strict. For example, in some places where the folk customs are tough, the kitchen knives at home can't wait to be registered, so that the people will not have the possibility of getting weapons.

Cheng Jingwei said calmly: "I know Wei Weng's concerns, but this is not the Central Plains, and the control is not so strict. The lynx cat and I need to protect ourselves."

Wei Siwen said with a wry smile: "But the so-called lax control is aimed at the local people, and we... are still very strict."

Cheng Jing smiled and said: "We can only ask Wei Weng to intercede with the county magistrate as much as possible. Anyway, the lynx cat and I will probably settle down in this mountain, and we won't have any contact with others and won't have any conflicts again. We only need these to deal with those dangerous things in the mountains."

Wei Siwen thought that these two children seemed to be quite dangerous. If the lynx cat had a dagger in his hand, he might not be so passive when encountering a wild boar.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Okay, you wait, I'll try."

Luo Shixing saluted him and said, "Please, Weng Wei."

Wei Siwen was in a daze for a while watching him perform the rituals of a scholar. Since he was exiled, how long has it been since he saw such thoughtful etiquette?

This is the etiquette that they inherited in the Central Plains. For this inheritance, Wei Siwen decided to work hard.

Wei Siwen left with a list of needs, and Luo Shixing suddenly laughed when he looked at his back.

Cheng Jingwei was a little surprised and asked him, "What's wrong?"

Luo Shixing shook his head, he just suddenly felt that Wei Siwen seemed to be their purchasing agent.

After Wei Siwen left, Luo Shixing and Cheng Jingwei's main tasks were to dig the ice cellar and tidy up the fence in the yard.

Among them, the ice cellar was in the front row. When Cheng Jingwei was about to throw the saltpeter solution away, Luo Shixing quickly stopped him: "Don't, don't, this can be reused."

Cheng Jingwei was surprised: "Reuse?"

Luo Shixing said with a smile: "Dry the water, and the saltpeter will turn back."

Cheng Jing raised his eyebrows slightly: "In this way, we don't need to change saltpeter."

Luo Shixing shook his head: "Let's prepare a little more, this thing is prepared for any danger, and the ice-making is quicker if there is too much saltpeter. Look at the piece of ice that was frozen just now and it has been crossed out. If you can't keep up, you can melt it while freezing. , and it will still not be able to be stored.”

Cheng Jingwei didn't say much after thinking about it, now he just hoped that Wei Siwen would be useful and bring them good news.

Wei Siwen lived up to their trust, and came over the next day and said, "The county magistrate agrees to exchange things with you, so I can bring the pork from before."

Luo Shixing jumped up happily on the spot: "Great, how much does he want?"

Wei Siwen said: "Three catties is enough."

Luo Shixing was surprised: "Three catties is enough?"

He originally thought that he would exchange all the rib meat for something, but could three catties of meat be exchanged for so many things?

There are still daggers and bows and arrows. Although in this era, 16 taels a catty is close to five catties, but that is too cheap.

After hearing this, Wei Siwen expressed a little satisfaction and said, "This is what I discussed with the county magistrate."

Of course the county magistrate hoped to exchange for more meat, but the question was who Wei Siwen was, he was the royal doctor of the imperial court before he was demoted to Liuzhou!

As a career censor, he has no other skills. His quarrels are top-notch, and his eloquence must also be top-notch. The county magistrate really couldn't speak against him. In the end, he was so embarrassed by what he said, so he had to agree to the price aggrieved.

Sure enough, Luo Shixing said with a look of admiration, "Weng Wei is so powerful."

Wei Siwen felt better, and handed him a sack of saltpeter by the way, "I know you're in a hurry, so I'll give you this first."

Cheng Jingwei immediately asked vigilantly: "Wei Weng, there is no rumor about the saltpeter making ice?"

Wei Siwen immediately said: "Of course not, don't worry, I won't say it, this is the secret recipe of the lynx cat."

Luo Shixing was at a loss: "Huh?"

This is an ordinary chemical reaction, so it becomes a secret recipe here?

Cheng Jingwei heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Thank you Wei Weng, after the ice cellar is completed, please invite Wei Weng to have iced drinks in summer."

Wei Siwen readily agreed: "Then I'll just wait."

While talking, he took the pork from Cheng Jingwei, and before leaving, he turned around and said, "By the way, now you can go to the county or village as you like, don't worry about it."

Luo Shixing asked in amazement: "Why? Did that family not pursue it?"

Wei Siwen said with some regret: "That family died suddenly from top to bottom overnight."

A smile flashed across Cheng Jingwei's eyes after hearing this, and then he lowered his eyes and said in a tone of no warmth, "Oh? That's really... such a pity."