The manager of the kitchen went to ask the second wife for instructions in fear.

He said that his son-in-law wanted to build a warm room and an ice cellar, so he asked her to invest several thousand taels of silver.

She refused coldly.

"Mrs. Is this so delicate, do you have to eat ice in summer? In the hot summer, the well is cool. Put a few bowls of mung bean soup down, which is as cool as it will relieve the heat!"

"Xiao Hunhou is extravagant and squandering, and his wife is not as bad as him. Isn't the princess rich? Let her get the money."

The second wife sneered and refused sternly.

Before, Xiao Hunhou made paper and used it to fill in a thatched cottage, which was of some use. It was also a reward for using the excess paper to make books.

But he spent a huge amount of money to build an ice cellar, just to burn silver, just to satisfy his idea of ​​eating Xia Bing.

She resisted this behavior firmly.

...

The second wife was unwilling to allocate a sum of money to eat Xia Bing, which of course did not affect Chu Tianxiu's start of construction.

Just give the money.

Li Yu heard from Zuer that his son-in-law despised the royal palace's greenhouse for being too small and there was no ice cellar.

A sum of money was needed to build a greenhouse and an ice cellar.

She couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Alas, it seems that my husband is a luxury in the Hunhou Mansion and is not used to the "frugal and simple" life of the Pingwang Mansion.

But this... the money was spilling too quickly, and she didn't know how long her private money lasted.

Fortunately, the paper workshop earned back thousands of taels of silver during this period.

Li Yu hesitated for a while and still allocated the large amount of money.

She was afraid that Chu Tianxiu would have nothing to do in Prince Ping’s Mansion these days, so she was so nervous that she ran out and if she was assassinated, it would be awful.

Chu Tianxiu got the money and started construction immediately.

The calm Prince Ping's Mansion suddenly turned into a noisy construction site overnight.

A large number of mud and tiles were coming in and out, and the workers were working hard.

Scratched a small garden in the Pingwang Mansion.

The craftsmen directly built a greenhouse with a few acres of land. The craftsmen had to complete the construction within one day, and then fill in horse manure, cow manure and ferment to heat up, plant various fruits and vegetables, and strive to eat a batch of fresh vegetables before spring.

A greenhouse is just a wall on the ground, after all, it is easier.

The underground ice cellar in Yuyuan is a huge and complex project.

Chu Tianxiu didn't dare to go out either. He was idle anyway. He sat on a chair while gnawing melon seeds while supervising the work and guiding the craftsmen to build ice cellars.

Ice cellar is a rare thing in the Great Chu Dynasty.

In the Jinling Imperial Palace, there are ice cellars in the Hunhou Mansion, and few craftsmen know how to build ice cellars.

Zuer went to find Li Yu and asked for thousands of taels of silver.

Hundreds of craftsmen and workers started work together and transported a large amount of wood from outside Jinling City.

dig!

Dig the soil desperately!

In order to prevent the courtyard floor from collapse, dozens of the strongest and thick main wooden beams must be used to push the ground and dig it while pushing it.

The four-wall walls and the top surface are all nailed with thick wooden boards to make the first layer of insulation. Then use brocade cloth to lay a thick layer to make the second layer of insulation.

In this way, the ice in the ice cellar can be kept almost until autumn.

The floor of the ice cellar is paved with large pieces of clean and neat bluestone, and then covered with wooden boards. Thick ice cubes cut from the glacier are placed on the wooden boards.

You also need to dig a drainage ditch to drain the melted water.

Building a large ice cellar is obviously not easy.

It is time to catch up with the construction period. Before New Year's Eve, the ice in the river has not melted, so a huge ice cave of several acres will be dug out to fill the ice.

Fortunately, it always snows during this period, and the ice layer will be very thick and can be preserved for longer.

"Son-in-law...How long can we eat the ice cubes in this big house?"

Joey is excited.

When she thought that she could eat ice in summer, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep at night.

"Eat? Who said to eat ice?"

Chu Tianxiu smiled softly and ate melon seeds and said, "It's the hot summer and it's about to be unbearable. Pull out the big ice cubes in the ice cellar.

There are more than a dozen pieces of large ice piled up on all sides of the room, and the room is as cool as late autumn. If you don’t put on an autumn coat, you will be too cold to bear it.

This little marquis lay in this ice room study and had a beautiful sleep. From noon to evening, you can sleep cool and comfortable. This is what it means to spend the summer!

As for Joey, if you want to eat ice, just lick the ice in the house.”

Joo was shocked.

Wow~Wow~... Did my son-in-law live such a beautiful life in the Hunhou Mansion before?

...

Upon hearing the news, General Manager Qian hurried outside Yuyuan.

There were many servants, guards, and Li’s children outside Yuyuan long ago watching the fun.

Manager Qian was carrying his hands on his back, staring at the busy construction site in Yuyuan with alert eyes, constantly wandering around and looking around.

As the chief executive, he has to take care of all the big and small things in the mansion, and he is worried!

But Yu Yuan can't control it.

He showed deep concern.

What delicious food is Xia Bing? Who would be so stupid that he spent thousands of taels of silver just to eat ice in summer?!

He heard that during the palace examination in the morning, the son-in-law was thrown out of the Jinling Palace by eunuchs. He always wondered if the son-in-law was stimulated during the palace examination and wanted to rebel in anger.

That's why I used the excuse to build an ice cellar and dig a military cave under the ground of the Pingwang Mansion, an arsenal, etc.? The ice cave with a few acres of land is enough to hide weapons of thousands of people.

Once the rebellion is exposed, it will be a serious crime for the whole family to be executed.

But Yu Yuan is the territory of the princess, and even the second wife can't control the princess and the little marquis.

Alas, what should I do?

...

After the private school was over, the young Li family members heard the bustling in the mansion and looked around curiously outside the Yuyuan Gate.

I heard from the workers that I would build a large ice cellar.

They all swallowed their saliva, showing an incomparable envy.

"My son-in-law is so amazing that he actually wants to build a big ice cave!"

"Don't we eat ice in summer?!"

"That's natural. I heard that only Xia Bing is available in the palace. That's a good thing that the emperor, queen and queen can enjoy today!

I also heard that the three dukes and nine ministers who entered the palace in summer could also receive rewards from Xia Bing, which were used to make ice bean soup and ice melon fruits to relieve the heat."

"Tsk tsk, we can also enjoy the treatment of ministers!"

Jia Sheng walked by Yuyuan with his hands behind his back and saw a huge movement inside.

He couldn't help but stop and looked around curiously outside.

I heard a group of young children in the private school discussing again, and saw their extremely envious and yearning eyes.

Jia Sheng couldn't help but feel deeply saddened.

Xiaohunhou is arrogant, extravagant and extravagant!

The unhealthy trend of the Hunhou Mansion was brought into the Pingwang Mansion by him, which was strongly eroding the young hearts of the young children of the Pingwang Mansion!

In time... Xiao Hunhou will be taken out of a large group of playboys in the palace.

This unhealthy trend must be stopped strictly!

The more Jia Sheng thought about it, the more sad and angry he became. He couldn't help but shout at the private school students and shouted: "Just digging a pit, what's the point?

When they went back, each of them wrote an article titled "Han Feizi·Yu Lao": "In the past, Zhou was an ivory chopstick, but Jizi was horrified."

Do you know what this sentence means?

King Zhou made a pair of ivory chopsticks, and Taishi Jizi felt terrified!

With ivory chopsticks, I want to give it a rhinoceros bowl and jade cup. With rhinoceros bowl and jade cup, I want to fill it with delicacies! After eating delicacies, I want to have rich clothes and food, and jade palaces... This is called, the desire for extravagance, I can't fill it!"

"Haha, I understand Mr. Jia's thoughts! Mr. Jia also wants to eat Xia Bing, but unfortunately he can't afford to build an ice cellar, so he can't eat it!"

"Let's go!"

"We ask my son-in-law for ice in summer, so that the gentleman will be greedy!"
Chapter completed!