The mountains are as quiet as ancient times, and the days are as long as a small year.
The remaining flowers can still be drunk, but the good birds cannot sleep.
Fang Jun, who was confined at home, had no idea that Li Tai had asked Princess Gaoyang to complain to Li Er.
Of course, if you know it, you may give it a big thumbs up.
After all, he wished that Li Er could cancel the engagement!
However, Fang Jun has been feeling really uncomfortable during these few days of confinement at home!
It stands to reason that although the emperor confined him to his home, it was actually just a formality.
As long as Fang Jun doesn't continue to go out and cause trouble, no one will complain when he goes out to play.
It's a pity that Mrs. Lu is afraid that Fang Jun will go out to cause trouble again, so she has people guarding her every day. It's really like a man who can open his mouth and stretch out his hands.
Although Fang Jun enjoys the corrupt life of a wealthy landlord.
But there were too few entertainment activities in ancient times, and I couldn't stay there for a few days.
Of course, what makes him unable to stay the most is the inconsistency in many living habits, which leads to a lot of inconvenience.
For example, he is very afraid of tea made with onions, ginger, salt, and garlic.
For example, the weather is too hot and there is no air conditioning, which is very uncomfortable.
Generally speaking, traveling to the Tang Dynasty seems to be pretty good except for less entertainment activities and inconvenient life.
Of course, what makes Fang Jun most regretful is that this time he beat Li Er's favorite son, but the other party did not cancel the marriage, which made him a little disappointed.
It seems that the road to breaking off the engagement is still long.
On this day, it was noon again, and the hot weather made Fang Jun still too hot even when he opened his arms.
After thinking about it, Fang Jun felt that he still had to find a way to cool down.
If I remember correctly, saltpeter can make ice, right?
Thinking of this, Fang Jun's eyes lit up.
With ice cubes, you should be able to spend this hot summer refreshingly.
Soon, the little girl Xiang'er was called in.
"Xiang'er, go buy some saltpeter.
"Why do you want saltpeter, sir? Are you sick?"
The little maid asked a little strangely.
Indeed, saltpeter was a type of medicinal material in ancient times.
Apart from a small amount of it being used to treat illnesses, it really has no other uses.
"Why are you asking so much? Hurry up and buy a few kilograms. I will use the magic of turning water into ice for you later?"
"Really?"
The little girl Xiang'er looked excited.
Ever since Fang Jun's fame as a marshal of wind and rain spread, everyone in the Fang family believed that their second son was the reincarnation of a god, and the little girl Xiang'er was no exception.
She firmly believed in Fang Jun's words.
Looking at the little girl looking at him with admiration, Fang Jun couldn't help but pinch her fair face.
"Go quickly!"
"oh!"
Since the young master gave the order, Xiang'er immediately went to the warehouse to collect the money and went out.
But as soon as he got the money and walked out of the yard, he happened to meet Fang Yizhi walking towards him.
Xiang'er quickly bowed slightly and said, "I've met the eldest son."
Fang Yizhi was a very humble person and had no airs about his servants, so he asked, "Is your young master here? Hey, what do you do with so much money?"
At this time, the coins were all a bunch of copper coins. The little girl only received two coins, which was a lot in her hand.
Although Fangfu seems to be a wealthy family, he is not wealthy.
Xiang'er quickly said: "Young Master asked me to buy saltpeter..."
Fang Yizhi said: "Does it cost so much to buy saltpeter?"
Xing'er hurriedly replied: "The second young master needs several kilograms, so I only received two kilos of money..."
Fang Yi asked curiously: "Why does he need so much saltpeter?"
"I heard that the second young master used it to transform water into an ice fairy!" Xiang'er answered truthfully.
Water turns to ice?
Fang Yi was dumbfounded.
In his opinion, in such hot weather, the water will be dried out, and it is impossible to turn the water into ice.
Obviously, his brother has begun to spend money again.
Thinking of this, Fang Yi cursed: "Absurd!"
Hearing this, Xiang'er was a little overwhelmed and asked cautiously: "Do you still need to buy it?"
After thinking about it, Fang Yizhi waved his hand and said: "Go buy it!"
Fang Yizhi felt that it was time to teach this brother who was not doing his job a lesson.
After all, Fang Jun has caused a lot of trouble during this time.
Even though Fang Jun created artificial rainfall, Fang Yizhi did not agree with it.
In his opinion, it happened to be raining in Guanzhong, which was just Fang Jun's blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
After the little girl left, Fang Yizhi went straight to the yard where Fang Jun was.
He is several years older than Fang Jun. He is a sincere gentleman who follows the rules and never does anything out of the ordinary.
This time Fang Jun was punished. As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father, so he should come to comfort and discipline him.
In his opinion, as a member of the Fang family, one should behave like a gentleman.
People like Fang Jun who cause trouble every now and then need to be warned.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the room, Fang Yizhi gave Fang Jun a slap in the face, making Fang Jun confused and confused.
Seeing this, Fang Yizhi could only lament that rotten wood cannot be carved.
Finally, he asked: "Erlang, you asked Xiang'er to buy saltpeter. I heard that you want to do some trick of turning water into ice? Isn't this fooling people?"
"Besides, our father's salary is not high. If you are so wasteful, aren't you afraid that your father will scold you for not doing your job properly?"
Hearing this, Fang Jun was a little surprised: "Uh, brother, is it so difficult for our family?"
Fang Yizhi resented the lack of steel: "Our father's monthly salary is only a dozen guan. Even if the emperor rewards us from time to time, this income is still a drop in the bucket for our house."
"If mother hadn't often received some subsidies from her parents' family, our house wouldn't be able to support so many servants..."
Fang Jun was stunned.
Is the prime minister's family so miserable?
Isn't it said that "Ten years of clearing the prefecture, and a million snowflakes of silver"?
Obviously, Fang Xuanling has not learned the tricks of being an official!
Originally, Fang Jun thought that he would become a rich man after acquiring a few coal mines!
It seems that I still don’t understand the current situation of Fangfu.
If I want to build a factory to make tea and smelt iron, it seems I have to find another way to spend the money.
What can you do to make quick money?
correct.
The weather is so hot, you can sell ice by yourself!
There are too many rich people in Chang'an City. In order to cool down, these people probably won't save their money.
After thinking about this, Fang Jun made a decision.
Seeing that his brother was silent, Fang Yi thought that the other party had listened to his words, and continued to educate him: "Erlang, no one is a saint, and no one can do anything wrong."
"Although your behavior was a little ridiculous before, being grounded by His Majesty this time is not a bad thing."
"As long as I can change my past mistakes in the future, I will definitely be able to accomplish something."
Looking at Fang Yizhi who was reciting sutras, Fang Jun had a headache.
It is undeniable that this brother still cares about him.
It's a pity that Fang Jun is really afraid of this kind of brother who looks like Tang Monk!
Fortunately, Xiang'er bought the saltpeter at this time, interrupting Fang Yizhi's nagging.
But Fang Yizhi refused to give in. He waved his hand to Xiang'er and said, "Erlang no longer needs these saltpeters. You go back and take them back!"
"ah?"
Xiang'er looked at Fang Jun with a bitter face.
Fang Jun took the saltpeter from Xiang'er's hand and asked, "Brother still doesn't believe that I can turn water into ice."
"Of course it's impossible, it's hot summer now!" Fang Yi said bluntly.
Fang Jun smiled half-heartedly: "What if I can?"
"Well, if you can really turn water into ice, I won't talk about you anymore..." Fang Yizhi was stunned for a moment.
"It's true!"
"It's hard to chase a horse!"
Fang Jun smiled and told Xiang'er, "Go get a basin of water!"
"Oh!" Xiang'er nodded.
Soon, a basin of water was brought to several people.
Fang Jun pretended to read a few words, and then poured the saltpeter in his hand into the basin.
After a while, the cold air in the basin boiled, and ice slag gradually appeared.
Seeing this scene, Fang Yi was dumbfounded.
What's happening here?
He reached into the basin and touched it. The icy cold air made him shiver, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Is the water really turning into ice?"
Fang Yizhi's eyes widened, and his jaw almost dropped when he looked at Fang Jun.
If it weren't for Fang Jun's familiar face, he would have thought he had seen a ghost!
This is incredible!
