after being kidnapped by the general

As an iron-blooded general, Chu Hechao has always been invincible.

He has a lot of life, he can escape from death many times, his personality has always been strong, and he has always been strong and brave to the impression of his subordinates.Chu Hechao himself also felt that as a gentleman, he didn't need to tell others about his pain and injury, he just survived alone.After saying this sentence by accident, Chu Hechao immediately regretted it. He was irritable and blushed, with a stern face, wishing to take back the sentence just now.

Hearing this, Yuan Li still turned his back to Chu Hechao, and his voice was soft, almost inaudible in the current, "Isn't the general painless?"

Chu Hechao's temples groaned twice.

The veins on his arm burst out, and he seemed to want to leave, but finally he endured it forcefully, swallowing his anger and saying: "I lied."

Only then did Yuan Li stand up and turn around to face him, watching Chu Hechao for a long time.

Although there is no sun exposure in the camp, it is still extremely hot and humid.Yuan Li's temple hair was sticky with sweat, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his face was flushed with heat.Compared with Chu Hechao's handsome and majestic appearance, his red lips and white teeth are like a deer and a tiger.However, Tiger was seen with a stiff expression, not daring to say a word.

Yuan Li smiled slowly again, "That's right, the general should not shy away from medical treatment."

Seeing his smiling face, Chu Hechao loosened the finger that kept tapping his thigh.He kept telling himself in his heart that Yuanli was his parents, so he couldn't offend her.

The person who gives the food is the father, and this rounding up is a "father".

After repeating it a few times, his heart calmed down. Chu Hechao turned around and continued to let Yuanli watch his back.

Yuan Li approached and whispered behind him: "It stands to reason that I don't have the right to manage the general, but the injury must be taken seriously. If the minor injury turns into a serious injury, it may be too late for the general to regret it. Besides, this injury is for What I have suffered, I can be regarded as the general's family, so I ask the general to cooperate with me."

Saying that, Yuan Li began to press the muscles on Chu Hechao's back again.

His hands were soaked in cold water for a while, and they were as cold as ice cubes.As soon as he touched Chu Hechao's body, Chu Hechao's muscles tensed instantly.

After checking everything, Yuanli relaxed.

Fortunately, no bones or lungs were injured, just some subcutaneous congestion.The scars have already started to turn purple at this moment, and it is estimated that they will be even scarier tomorrow.

"The general can ask the doctor to rub the bruises tomorrow." Yuan Li washed his hands, and asked the soldiers outside to bring Chu Hechao a new suit, "If the doctor is not strong enough, the general can come to me. "

Chu Hechao got up and stretched his shoulders and neck, his tall figure felt oppressive.Hearing this, he pulled his lips and smiled, "You don't seem to be very strong."

Yuan Li didn't hear clearly, he turned his head and looked at Chu Hechao suspiciously, "What?"

Chu Hechao didn't change his face, "I mean thank you sister-in-law."

Yuan Li smiled, "The general is too polite."

A soldier ran over outside the door, saying that the captain who was in charge of building the sentry tower had been found, but the captain didn't want to be tortured in public and wanted to see the general.

Being tortured in public is tantamount to humiliation. A school lieutenant, who ranks second only to the general in the army, is of course unwilling to be beaten in front of his subordinates and soldiers.

Chu Hechao sneered, walked out quickly, and met the soldier who brought him the clothes head-on. He took the clothes and put them on, and strode away.

Yuan Li didn't follow. In the afternoon, he took people to Zhuolu County to look around, and after checking the situation of the people and the porridge distribution, he took many subordinates to soak in a spring.

The spring water is clear, and it has been warmed by the sun for a day, just at the level of lukewarm.Several people chatted and laughed, and Yuanli took a comfortable bath.But not long after leaving the spring, everyone was sweating again, Yuan Li raised his hand to wipe the sweat, and murmured: "It would be nice if there were ice cubes to cool off..."

His eyes suddenly lit up, thinking of making ice with saltpeter.

Yes, saltpeter to make ice!How did he remember it!

At this time, saltpeter was called "elimination stone", and it was a blind medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine.Yuan Li couldn't sit still after thinking about it, and immediately ordered someone to ask the disease doctor for some saltpeter. He brought a few basins of water and locked himself in the tent, not allowing anyone to disturb him, and he didn't come out until dinner.

Liu Jixin didn't know what he was going to do, he was very curious and didn't bother him too much.

Wu Kai has been guarding in front of the camp, obeying Yuan Li's order and not letting anyone get close.Even the dinner brought by the soldiers, he personally took it and put it in front of the tent.

After hearing this, Chu Hechao frowned and asked, "How long has he locked himself in the room?"

The confidant replied: "It has been two hours."

"Didn't come out once in two hours?"

The confidant should be, "Young Master Yuan has never been out, and outsiders are not allowed to enter."

Yang Zhong, who was eating with a bowl on the side, put down the bowl guiltily, and said to Chu Hechao with a sad face, "General, did we ask Mr. Yuan for half a month's rations this morning? Mr. Yuan was embarrassed? Does Mr. Yuan think that the army rations It’s not enough, so you don’t want to eat it?”

Chu Hechao glanced at him, but there was no need to.He didn't think that something would happen to Yuanli, but he was afraid that something might happen, so he simply got up and said, "I'll go and have a look."

When he got to the front of Yuanli's camp, he saw Wu Kai guarding him every step of the way.Seeing Chu Hechao approaching, Wu Kai saluted Chu Hechao, and said in a muffled voice: "General, my lord ordered that no one is allowed to enter the tent."

Chu Hechao glanced at the food placed in front of the tent from the corner of his eye, frowned, and raised his voice directly: "Sister-in-law?"

Soon Yuanli's voice came from inside the tent, "Is that the general? General, please come in."

Without hesitation, Chu Hechao strode forward and opened the tent door. As soon as he opened it, a refreshing coolness hit him.Chu Hechao instantly refreshed, and the heat on his body dissipated a lot in an instant.Surprised in his heart, he fixed his eyes and saw that Yuan Li was standing in the middle of a pile of water basins with a smile on his face. There was a trace of cold air visible to the naked eye in these water basins, some of which were mixed with ice and water, and some of them were solid. A whole plate of ice cubes.

Chu Hechao's expression flashed in astonishment, "Where did the ice come from?"

Yuan Li smiled without saying a word, beckoning Chu Hechao to come closer, "General, come over and have a look."

Chu Hechao cautiously approached the ice basin, the closer he got, the more comfortable he felt the coolness.It is really rare to be so cool in the hot summer, Chu Hechao couldn't help but squinted his eyes, and the sweat on his forehead had disappeared.

After getting closer, Chu Hechao could clearly see the ice cubes in these basins.In addition to these water basins, there are also some off-white stones placed on the dry ground aside.

Chu Hechao looked at the stone and said, "Xiaoshi?"

"It's saltpeter." Yuan Li spread out his palms, holding two pieces of saltpeter in his palms, and raised the corner of his mouth, "add enough saltpeter to water, and it will quickly turn into ice cubes."

Surprise flashed in Chu Hechao's eyes. He took a good look at the saltpeter, and he really didn't expect that such an ugly thing could have such an effect.Immediately, Chu Hechao looked at Yuanli with burning eyes, "Can you make a lot of ice?"

Yuan Li said: "As long as there is enough saltpeter, a large amount of ice can be produced."

There was a flash of light in Chu Hechao's eyes, and he looked down at the ice cubes in the basin again, then suddenly squatted down and picked one of them up to his lips, as if he wanted to taste it.

Yuan Li quickly stretched out his hand to block the ice, and Chu Hechao's lips were directly attached to Yuan Li's hand.

Both of them were somewhat unexpected, Chu Hechao glanced down with his long and narrow eyes, and then looked at Yuanli again.

Yuan Li withdrew his hand indifferently, and said dumbfoundedly: "General, the water is dirty, and the ice is not clean, so you can't eat it!"

Chu Hechao frowned, a little disappointed, "You can't even enter the ice made of hydrating stones?"

"Ice made from saltpeter is non-toxic and harmless to the body if eaten." Yuan Li patiently told him, "It's just that the edible ice needs to be placed in a container, such as a large basin and a small one filled with water. Put saltpeter in a large basin and add water to freeze, then wait for the water in the small basin to freeze. If the general wants to eat ice, I can put another bowl of ice water in the basin, and it will freeze after a while It's ice."

"No need," Chu Hechao threw the ice cubes back into the basin, "you can eat them."

He smiled silently, "If you only need hydrating stones, there are many hydrating stones in the northern border of Youzhou."

There are many saltpeter mines in the Central Plains. In the late Tang Dynasty, some people used saltpeter to make gunpowder and ice cubes.Yuanli guessed that there would be a lot of mining areas in Youzhou, and saltpeter mines were naturally indispensable.But he thought that the saltpeter mine hadn't been mined yet, and when he heard what Chu Hechao said, his eyes lit up, "Is there a saltpeter mine in Youzhou?"

Chu Hechao nodded, with a faint smile, "I'll have someone dig out a small stone and send it to you tomorrow."

Yuan Li said happily, "Okay. What is the general going to use these ice for?"

Chu Hechao said: "Some are rewarded to subordinates and those with military merits, and some are sold to powerful landlords. What does my sister-in-law think?"

Yuan Li and him smiled tacitly, "The general's words are exactly what I want."

The method of making ice with saltpeter is not easy to popularize among the people.One is that Youzhou has not yet settled down, and it is not a piece of iron bucket.The second is that the common people have suffered so much from the war, not to mention using ice, they may not even have enough to eat.It is the most appropriate and profitable way to give ice cubes to the army instead of expensive spoils and use them to do business with local tyrants.

Before ice cubes are produced in large quantities, the fact that saltpeter can make ice needs to be kept secret.Although Yuanli had asked the doctor to ask for saltpeter before, although he had told him not to say anything, but those who wanted to know would be able to find out after a little inquiring.If people know that Yuanli spent two hours in the camp to make ice, I'm afraid it will be easy to think of saltpeter.

Chu Hechao asked Yuanli and the pots of ice water to stay in the tent, and went out to let the people outside go out, saying: "Sister-in-law is tired today, has been exposed to the heat, and feels dizzy after bathing. Not very well. I'm here to take care of him, you guys go back."

Liu Jixin turned pale with shock, and hurriedly said: "General, please allow Liu to visit the lord!"

"Sister-in-law is just suffering from heat stroke," Chu Hechao said indifferently, "I'm already asleep now, and I'll ask the disease doctor to take care of her, so you guys step back."

The rest can only retreat.Chu Hechao made people guard the four sides of the tent, lifted the curtain and bent down to walk into the tent.

Yuan Li heard his every word clearly inside, and when Chu Hechao came in, he said considerately: "The general doesn't have to stay with me all night, just go back later."

Chu Hechao looked up at him, walked in slowly, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down very naturally, took off his boots and lay on the bed, "Sister-in-law, you are welcome, naturally you have to do a full set of acting, I will stay here tonight You slept through the night."

The corner of Yuanli's mouth twitched.

Do you think I can't see that you are here to rub the ice?

Chu Hechao was tall, so he was really rude. When he stretched his body and lay on the bed, he directly occupied the whole bed, and completely lost Yuanli's place.

Yuan Li walked to the bed with a smile on his face and said, "General, you sleep on my bed, so where should I sleep?"

Chu Hechao didn't open his eyes, the cool air in the tent made him fall asleep deeply.Hearing this, the corners of his mouth twitched jokingly, "If sister-in-law doesn't mind, she will naturally sleep on the same bed as me."

Yuan Li said coolly: "Shall I sleep on your body?"

Just as Chu Hechao was about to say that it was okay to sit on him, he suddenly remembered Yuanli's identity.He moved his jaw, swallowed the nasty words that came to his lips, opened his eyes and got up neatly, pulled his boots to get out of the bed, and put together the two chairs beside the table. His tall figure was extremely crowded and wronged lying on the chair.

The chair wasn't enough for him to lie down on. Chu Hechao frowned and put his legs up on the side of the table.