"Greetings, Your Majesty. This person is that extraordinary youth.”
After greeting him, Li Er looked at such a young Qin Feng and could not help but say in surprise,"You are the Qin Feng who drew the horseshoe?”
Qin Feng replied in a neither servile nor overbearing manner,"Replying to Your Majesty, I am a commoner."”
"How did you come up with such a method?”
"If people don't wear shoes, they will naturally wear their feet. If the hooves are worn out, then let the horse wear shoes.”
Hearing this simple answer, Li Er laughed heartily.""Haha, what a good way to put shoes on a horse, but it solved a problem that has been plaguing us for thousands of years.”
Li Er changed the topic and asked again,""I heard that you know how to brew wine?"
"I know a little. I was lucky enough to be appreciated by Uncle Cheng and opened a winery together.”
Qin Feng still couldn't figure out Li Er's temperament and didn't know the meaning of his words, so he first mentioned the cooperation with Cheng Yaojin and pulled the tiger skin.
Li Er was like a smart person. He immediately understood Qin Feng's meaning but he didn't pay any attention to it." You came up with this method of brewing strong wine yourself?”
It was no wonder that Li Er would ask such a question. After all, putting shoes on horses could be said to be intelligent, but the method of making wine without a teacher seemed a little too much.
"It was a cold winter day. A wandering Daoist priest collapsed at my doorstep. I kindly took him in, and he taught me the method of making wine.”
Li Er did not have much doubt about this story that Qin Feng casually made up.
After leaving court yesterday, Li Er sent people to investigate and found out that Qin Feng was only the son of a landlord with a hundred acres of land. His family did not have a wine-making business.
"That Daoist priest is really a strange person. Can we still contact him?”
Li Er also had the intention to rope in such a strange person.
"Such a strange person's whereabouts are naturally erratic and he doesn't want to have too much contact with others.”
Qin Feng naturally could not tell Li Er that there was a library in his mind.
Although the war in the Sui Dynasty had ended, the Turks, Goguryeons, and other factions were still eyeing the Sui Dynasty covetously. They had only signed the alliance at the Wei River a few months ago.
All these things were like sharp swords hanging over Li Er's head. He would not be able to sleep well until he resolved them.
Hence, he valued all kinds of extraordinary people. Unfortunately, the extraordinary person Qin Feng mentioned might not be of any use to him.
"Did that extraordinary person teach you anything else?" Li Er asked.”
After all, there would be many inventions in the future. If he did not have a reasonable excuse, Qin Feng would be treated as an anomaly in the future.
This was something that Qin Feng, who had always been cautious, absolutely could not accept.
It was rare for Li Er to believe in the existence of the strange Taoist priest, so he pushed all the unreasonable things to him. He said to Li Er,
"He saw that I was clever and intelligent, so he took me in as his disciple and taught me some techniques.”
"Oh? Can you tell me what it is?"
Li Er's mood clearly increased greatly.
"This, Your Majesty, Master has taught me a lot. I don't know where to start.”
Qin Feng was a little troubled. He couldn't possibly use all the inventions and creations that could be used in the future according to the historical order, right?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been recruiting talents all these years, but you have never heard of this strange Taoist priest. If he had such ability, why would he be willing to live in the countryside?”
"It's true that you have some ability to think of the horseshoe, but perhaps it's just a coincidence? As for the method of brewing strong wine, I know it too, so it's not too magical.”
"Didn't we have less than twenty percent of the ice last year? If this kid really has the ability, then why don't we let him make ice to prove it.”
An official whose name Qin Feng couldn't name stood out and kindly "suggested" to Li Er.
This was the first time they had met, but why did this minister seem to have quite a bit of hostility towards him?
Seeing that Qin Feng was puzzled, Cheng Yaojin came over and said," This person is Sun Muyu, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works. Half of the restaurants and Sanle liquor business in Chang 'an City is controlled by his family.”
So he knew that Qin Feng was going to enter the field of brewing strong wine, which would affect his source of income. At this moment, he deliberately set up a difficult problem to make Qin Feng embarrassed.
After all, Cheng Yaojin was not someone a mere assistant minister of the Ministry of Works could afford to offend. However, Qin Feng, who had no status, could still be trampled on.
"Don't be afraid. Do you need me to teach him a lesson for you?”
Seeing that Qin Feng was silent, Cheng Yaojin thought that Qin Feng was afraid and whispered.
"Thank you, Uncle Cheng. It's just making ice. It's not difficult for me."”
When Cheng Yaojin heard Qin Feng's words, he was also a little surprised. Although horseshoes and brewing strong wine were already different from ordinary people, making ice in the hot summer was indeed a divine method.
Qin Feng agreed to make ice because he wanted to show off his abilities and Li Er didn't stop him from making ice. It was obvious that he wanted to take a look.
"Assistant Minister Sun, what if I can make ice?”
Qin Feng didn't directly agree to Bing Mo's request. Instead, he discussed the conditions with Sun Muyu.
" I won't bully you," Sun Muyu said with a smile." If you can't make it, then hand over the recipe for making strong wine."”
Sun Muyu only said that he couldn't make it, but Qin Feng asked,""What if I make ice?"
Sun Muyu acted as if he had heard the funniest thing in the world and said nonchalantly,"I'll give you ten of my restaurants in Chang 'an.”
"Your Majesty, please bear witness to this matter. I hope that Assistant Minister Sun will not go back on his word after I make the ice.”
Sun Muyu was not to be outdone.”
Even though Sun Muyu had verbally agreed, he was still an official of the imperial court. If Li Er was a witness, there was no possibility of him going back on his word.
"I agree, but can you really make ice?”
Li Er was also happy to see this, but he also questioned Qin Feng's words.
In the north, it was hot in summer and frozen in winter, so there was a custom of storing ice in an ice cellar in winter for use in the coming summer. This custom originated very early, and it was recorded in the Book of Songs, and it was mostly practiced in the palace and government.
Since ancient times, people had followed the changes of the four seasons. Spring plowing, autumn harvesting, hot summer, and cold winter.
Now that Qin Feng wanted to make ice in June, could it be that he had been praised by His Majesty and got carried away?
Even Cheng Yaojin, who was more familiar with him, tugged at the corner of his clothes, his eyes full of questions.
Qin Feng smiled and indicated that he did not need to panic. Everything was under his control.
"Your Majesty, please send a hundred Imperial Army soldiers to my house and find my servant Qin San to bring a hundred bags of ice.”
"Send someone to fetch a hundred wooden buckets and a corresponding number of copper basins from the palace.”
Before Li Er could speak, Sun Muyu reprimanded,"How dare you. You can use the wooden buckets and copper basins in the palace for bathing?”
Li Er waved his hand and smiled." It's fine. I also want to see if Qin Feng has such immortal means."”
With Li Er's approval, someone immediately went to make arrangements. A large wooden bucket filled with water was quickly moved to Ming De Hall.
After nearly two hours of waiting, the hundred Imperial Army soldiers returned to Ming De Hall.
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