Inside Taiji Palace.
Li Shimin was dealing with official business. As the Emperor, his daily workload was extremely heavy. Fortunately, the large number of ice basins emitted cold air, so the temperature in Taiji Palace was very suitable.
"Father!" Princess Jinyang ran in excitedly. As Li Shimin's favorite daughter, Princess Jinyang had the privilege of entering the shop without reporting.
"The weather is so hot, why are you here?" Li Shimin immediately carried Princess Jinyang with a distressed expression.
"Don't worry, Father. Isn't Princess Jinyang hot?" Princess Jinyang said sweetly.
Li Shimin then realized that although Princess Jinyang came in the hot sun, she did not have any sweat at all. He could not help but be secretly amazed.
"Then eat a piece of ice to relieve the heat, in case you get a heatstroke!" Li Shimin was still worried and instructed Pande to bring a piece of ice for Princess Jinyang to relieve the heat. Princess Jinyang's body was weak and could not withstand the heat. There were precedents of heatstroke.
Princess Jinyang shook her head sensibly and said, "Father, Princess Jinyang has already eaten ice cream. If she eats more ice cream, her stomach will hurt."
"Ice cream?" Li Shimin heard this strange name that he had never heard of before and could not help but frown.
"That's what it means. It's much better than ice?" Princess Jinyang waved her hand and a eunuch immediately served the ice cream in the ice basin.
Li Shimin looked at the unique ice cream on the plate and could not help but frown. "This was made by Meton?"
Princess Jinyang immediately opened her mouth in surprise and said, "Father, how did you know?"
"Is that so? Other than that kid, who else could come up with these strange things? " Li Shimin cursed in his heart, but said with a face like that of a charlatan, "Father, you are very clever."
Li Shimin immediately received a wave of admiration from Princess Jinyang and was greatly comforted.
"Imperial Father, quickly eat! It's delicious and Tang Zi saved it especially for you, "Princess Jinyang said eagerly.
"Okay, okay!" Li Shimin said with a smile. Since it was Princess Jinyang who brought the food and the eunuch who followed behind her, it must have come from the imperial kitchen. There was no problem with her safety.
Li Shimin's eyes immediately lit up when the sweet and cold delicacy entered his mouth. He finished the entire plate of ice cream in one go. His entire body felt extremely comfortable in this hot summer.
"Servants, prepare more ice cream for the imperial concubines, princes, and princesses." Li Shimin was quickly won over by this kind of summer relief.
When the delicious ice cream spread throughout the harem, Mo Jiazi's name once again spread throughout the harem. The last time this happened was when Princess Jinyang brought back the secret cake recipe.
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Beside the Supreme Liquid Pool.
Moton, who was completely oblivious to the fact that his reputation in the palace had gone off the charts, came back feeling refreshed. Although he had neglected his duties and went to the imperial kitchen to make a special meal for himself, the craftsmen who would be supervising the work had always been cautious and conscientious.
According to Meton's blueprint and with the help of the Mo Family's machinery, the main construction of the swimming pool had been completed, which was to dig the soil.
"Marquis Merton, all the work has been completed. Please inspect it, Marquis Merton," the middle-aged craftsman reported.
Modun nodded. He picked up the Ink Ruler and measured them one by one. To his surprise, there was not the slightest difference. He could not help but look at the middle-aged master craftsman in admiration. He actually had the urge to poach him to the Mohist family. Unfortunately, the middle-aged master craftsman was also a supervisor. Naturally, he would not give up this hard-earned position.
"The floor tiles must be made of white marble and can be inlaid between the tiles. The sand must be filtered. Don't use sand that is too fine or too thick." Meton instructed one by one.
"Yes!"
The middle-aged craftsman nodded immediately and recorded it down one by one.
These things could be said to be difficult for ordinary people, but it wasn't a big problem for the royal family.
With the huge manpower and resources of the supervising craftsmen, everything was prepared in an orderly manner.
On the other hand, Meton had nothing to do all day, eating and drinking under the shade of a tree. In the past few days, under Meton's guidance, Imperial Chef Zhou's ice-cream craftsmanship had skyrocketed. Moreover, there were all kinds of ingredients in the palace. One of them had ideas, while the other had excellent craftsmanship.
"Marquis Merton, please taste this yogurt. Is it delicious?" Imperial Chef Zhou directly turned into a subordinate and handed a cup of yogurt to Meton.
"Yogurt?" Meton's eyes glinted. He just casually mentioned it a few days ago and didn't expect Imperial Chef Zhou to make it.
Looking at the jelly-like milk in the cup, Meton immediately felt as if he had found a treasure. He carefully tasted it. The sour and sweet taste overflowed in his mouth. This was indeed the taste of authentic yogurt.
"Is Imperial Chef Zhou's craftsmanship really unparalleled?" Meton praised.
"Marquis Merton is too kind. This is all thanks to Marquis Merton's guidance. I dare not take credit for it!" Imperial Chef Zhou said with a smile.
"Meton, is it delicious? Let me try it too? "Princess Jinyang at the side pleaded.
In the past few days, Princess Jinyang and Li Zhi had become Meton's little followers. Whenever Meton and Imperial Chef Zhou created a new kind of ice cream, the two of them would be the first to taste it. Especially Li Zhi, in the name of letting Meton teach arithmetic, directly moved his small desk over.
Meton signaled Imperial Chef Zhou to give Princess Jinyang a cup. The sour and sweet taste immediately conquered Princess Jinyang.
"I won't drink deer milk in the future. I'll just drink yogurt." Princess Jinyang only tasted one mouthful and betrayed her taste buds.
"Aunt, is it delicious?" Li Zhi asked curiously. He didn't like deer milk, but when he saw that Meton and Jinyang said it was delicious, he couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart.
"Yes!" Princess Jinyang nodded heavily.
"Meton, give me a cup too!" Li Zhi said impatiently.
Meton looked at Li Zhi with an evil smile and said, "There is a pool that can hold 300 tanks of water. Two tanks of water are poured in at every moment, and one tank is taken away at the same time. May I ask when the tank is full of water, when you finish, and when you eat yogurt?"
"Ah!" Li Zhi suddenly wailed. He hated this kind of pool problem that Meton was famous for.
"If you can't finish it, then you can only wait until the pool is full of water before you eat." Meton pointed at the pool in front of him that was being filled with water by a waterwheel with regret. Unknowingly, the pool had reached the end stage.
Li Zhi looked at Princess Jinyang who was eating to her heart's content, gritted his teeth and immediately buried his head in calculating.
"300 quarters!"
Under the stimulation of delicious food, Li Zhi calculated the answer in less than a quarter of an hour.
Looking at Li Zhi who was eating yogurt happily, Meton couldn't help but sigh at the power of a foodie.
At this moment, the middle-aged master came to report, "Marquis Merton, the pool has been filled with water."
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