"Ah!"
Meton's scalp suddenly went numb. How should he explain it? Could he say that he was greedy for pleasure and felt that the summer was too hot, so he made some ice to cool down?
"Oh! I also want to know! " Li Shimin was also very interested. A little brother of Mo Jiazi wearing strange clothes came to a Taoist place to buy some alchemy materials. No matter how he looked at it, it was strange.
Li Shimin was fully aware that he could not help but use his brain. He also knew that this fellow was restless and would definitely stir up trouble. Rather than creating a storm in the city at that time, it would be better for him to resolve it in advance.
Li Chengqian and his two brothers couldn't help but look over. They all knew that Mo Jiazi could come up with strange things every time. The secret technique of live fish, hot air balloon, Mo Jiazi, the city's early warning system, four-wheeled carriage. They either caused a sensation in the city or were worth a lot of money. So this time, for Mo Jiazi to personally come out, it was definitely not an ordinary small matter.
"Uh!" Meton saw that this matter couldn't be hidden, so he had to reveal the truth.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Minister heard that the weather is very hot, and the ice in the palace is exhausted. It is not conducive to the recovery of the Empress' body, so he wants to make some ice to share Your Majesty's burden."
"Make ice, you plan to use this wall frost to make ice!" Li Shimin looked at the saltpeter on the table and sneered.
"Hahaha!" Li Tai very cooperatively laughed out loud. The others also had a look of disbelief.
"Yes, the Minister used this thing to make ice!" However, to everyone's surprise, Meton actually nodded solemnly.
"What?"
Everyone suddenly looked at Meton in surprise. Everyone felt that it was very absurd, but when they thought of Meton's miraculous performance, they couldn't help but feel that it was absurd. If this matter happened to other people, they would definitely be laughed at, and might even be considered crazy. But when it came from Mo Jiazi's mouth, even if it was something inconceivable, they were afraid that they would have to think twice.
"You can make ice with wall frost." Yuan Shoucheng looked at the extremely familiar wall frost in his hand. He usually used it when refining pills, so it could be said that he was very familiar with it. However, he couldn't figure out that it had the ability to create ice.
"That's impossible. Summer insects can't talk about ice. This is the order of Heaven and Earth. Other than the Art of Ice Concealment, it's impossible for ice and snow to appear in summer." Li Tai exclaimed.
"Your Highness Emperor Wei's words are incorrect. Even in the scorching summer, there are still some high mountains where snowflakes fall all year round, never to melt." Meton shook his head and said.
"I've also heard that in the Tubo region, there are mountains where the snow does not melt even after ten thousand years." Yuan Shoucheng stroked his beard and nodded.
Li Shimin also nodded. He had heard of such a strange story before.
"That's only an extremely special place." Li Tai retorted.
"Your Highness Emperor Wei's words are correct. The Mohist ancestors once did an experiment. If the temperature from freezing to boiling is divided into 100 degrees, the temperature will drop by 6 degrees for every 1000 steps. In other words, as long as it's a mountain that's two thousand feet high, there may be snow that doesn't melt all year round." Meton explained the reason behind it.
Li Shimin suddenly understood. The Ninety Percent Palace that he wanted to go to was built halfway up the mountain. Every summer, the Ninety Percent Palace's climate would be cool and pleasant. The most important reason was probably because of the high terrain!
"I didn't expect the Mohist ancestors to have reached such a stage. I'm impressed!" Yuan Shoucheng sighed. He had also traveled to countless famous mountains. Of course, he knew that the temperature on the mountain was much lower than the temperature below the mountain. He had never thought about this before, but now that he heard Meton's words, he suddenly understood.
Li Tai was also stunned. Did the Mohist ancestors have nothing better to do? They actually researched these things.
Meton seemed to have seen through Li Tai's thoughts. He said, "This is a common phenomenon in the world, but it can be understood by analogy. The reason why water freezes is because the temperature is too low. If we can find a way to continuously cool the water, it's not impossible for it to freeze in the hot summer."
"Cool the water? Could it be that this wall frost can cool the water?" Li Tai sneered and asked.
"That's right!" Meton said solemnly.
"How is that possible?" Li Tai exclaimed.
Meton picked up a piece of saltpeter and nodded. "The Mohist ancestors once accidentally dropped a large amount of wall frost into the water. In a short while, the water temperature became bone-chillingly cold. After a while, it condensed into ice."
"Really?" Li Shimin was pleasantly surprised. If he could really use the wall frost to make ice, then he didn't need to go to the Ninety Percent Palace. Not to mention the inconvenience of traveling a long distance, just the fact that he, an emperor, left the central government would involve too many problems.
"Your Majesty, please allow the Minister to try and find out." Meton said confidently.
"Good. If you can really make ice, I will record your merit. If you lie, then you know the consequences." Li Shimin stared at Meton with an unfriendly expression.
"Your Majesty, please be at ease. Taoist Yuan, I would like to borrow your place." Meton bowed to Yuan Shoucheng. He was Mo Jiazi's younger brother. In Taoist territory, he naturally had to greet the master first.
"To be able to see the secret arts of the Mohist with my own eyes, this old Taoist is very fortunate. If you need anything, this old Taoist will naturally cooperate." Yuan Shoucheng said.
"I want to borrow two basins from your temple. One pottery basin is larger, and the other copper basin is smaller. Both the pottery basin and the copper basin are half filled with freshly drawn well water." Meton nodded and said.
"It's a small matter."
In the side hall of the courtyard.
Two basins of water were quietly placed in front of a square table. Li Shimin and the others were quietly looking at Meton.
"Your Majesty, please test the water temperature." Meton said to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin did as he was told and nodded. It was indeed freshly drawn well water. It was very cool.
Meton put the copper basin into the pottery basin and sprinkled a large amount of ground saltpeter evenly into the pottery basin. After every ten breaths, he sprinkled it again. In order to pursue the effect, Meton simply didn't care about the cost of using saltpeter.
However, after a quarter of an hour, the water in the basin didn't have the slightest reaction.
"Marquis Merton shouldn't have remembered wrongly! How can you make ice in summer? "Li Tai couldn't help but ridicule when he saw that the water in the two basins didn't have the slightest reaction.
Meton didn't pay attention to Li Tai's ridicule. Instead, he reached out and touched the water temperature of the pottery basin. A trace of confidence appeared on his face as he said, "Your Majesty, please test the water temperature again to know whether it is true or not."
Li Shimin was also very curious about this kind of thing. He couldn't help but reach out and touch the pottery basin.
"Father, you can't. This wall frost enters the water. No one knows whether it is harmful or not. Why don't you let me do it for you?" Li Tai saw that Li Shimin didn't hesitate to put his hand into the water basin and quickly expressed his loyalty.
At this time, Li Chengqian suddenly understood. He quickly bowed and said, "I am willing to test the water for you."
"Slave Zhi is also willing!" Li Zhi didn't want to be left behind.
Meton suddenly felt a burst of emotion in his heart. In his previous life, these three princes were the most entangled with the throne. Today's matter could be seen in miniature. However, Li Shimin was immersed in the dream of a filial father and son and didn't notice it at all.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. The wall frost is a kind of laxative. There is no problem at all when you touch it with your hand. Moreover, the Minister didn't put any wall frost in the copper basin. It is still pure water." Meton said.
Li Tai then remembered Meton's action just now and couldn't help blushing. Li Shimin didn't care and laughed, "I have already received my son's filial piety. But don't you feel that there is something different in this side chamber?"
"Ah!" Li Tai reacted. Unknowingly, the whole room had become incomparably clear and the heat had disappeared.
"Is it really like this?" Li Chengqian said in surprise. Feeling the cool breath in the air, it was as if he had returned to the cool autumn summer.
Only then did everyone realize it. They looked at Meton in horror. Li Tai couldn't believe it. He reached out to touch the copper basin. Suddenly, a piercing cold was transmitted. Diseases in the palace were not rare. Li Tai certainly knew that this temperature was almost the temperature of ice.
Making ice in summer, perhaps this thing that people didn't dare to think of, was really born in the hands of Meton.
Everyone was silent. Only the temperature in the pot was constantly decreasing. There was even a faint white smoke curling up. Unknowingly, a thin layer of ice had appeared on the surface of the water in the copper basin.
Li Shimin ignored the piercing cold and held a thin piece of ice on his fingertips. Feeling the piercing cold, a burst of ecstasy poured into his heart.
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