The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 26 The Monocular

Osmanthus honey water?
Some people here may be surprised, did beekeeping begin in the Tang Dynasty?
Yes, in fact, our Chinese ancestors started keeping bees very early, which can be traced back to the late Eastern Han Dynasty. However, this beekeeping is not domesticated, but is kept wild in the mountains. As for the accurate record of domesticated bees, it is In "Natural History" written by Zhang Hua from Jin Dynasty.

The book has detailed records of the methods used by people in the mountains to attract bees, the structure of beehives, and the time for collecting honey.

Huatian Village is not domesticated, it is wild-raised. Otherwise, Li An would not be able to see the beehives when he came to Huatian Village. Now Huatian Village has begun to consciously keep bees close to nectar plants.

Thirdly, Huatian Village also has an accurate grasp of the time to harvest honey.In addition, Huatian Village has also begun to take simple protective measures when collecting bees.That is, they wear straw clothes to cover their bodies and use smoke to disperse bee swarms to prevent bees from swarming.

Since there is an osmanthus forest behind Huatian Village, whose owner is unknown, the honey collected by the bees in Huatian Village is also called osmanthus honey. It is a very expensive honey, but unfortunately, the amount is too small.

Li An is not very good at beekeeping. If Li An knew how to keep bees, he might tell the people in Huatian Village how to keep bees. Maybe the osmanthus honey would be greatly increased. At that time, selling osmanthus honey would be enough.

Haha, now is not the time to think about it, I still need to make honey sorbet first. As for beekeeping, let’s wait until Li An learns it first!
After the sweet-scented osmanthus honey water arrived, Li An told everyone to pour the sweet-scented osmanthus honey water into the sorbet mold, then place the pieces into the large wooden box one by one, pour stream water into the pool, then put the large wooden box into the pool, and then began to pour water into the pool. Pour a lot of saltpeter into it.

As the saltpeter was poured in, the water in the pool also began to change. First, a cold air slowly rose. This cold air made Li Mingda on the side shiver. Li An immediately put on his clothes. He took it off and put it on Li Mingda and said, "Sizi, stay behind me and don't be irritated by the cold air."

"Yeah!" Li Mingda wrapped up Li An's clothes and hid behind Li An.

Li Zhi shouted excitedly: "There is really air-conditioning coming out. Oh my God, saltpeter can really make ice. However, the consumption is too great. Brother Li, are you going to sell your ice cream for several hundred yuan?"

"A few hundred cents?" Li An shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm going to sell it for five cents a piece."

"Five cents a piece?" Li Zhi quickly said worriedly: "That's not possible, it's too cheap. The price of these saltpeter powder is very high." Li Zhi said that the price of saltpeter powder was high, and he was worried that Li An didn't know about saltpeter. s price.

"I know." Li An smiled slightly at this time.

"Brother Li, are you still selling it so cheaply?" Li Zhi was puzzled.

Then Li An looked at Li Zhi and replied: "Because the saltpeter powder will not disappear after use. In fact, the saltpeter powder is still in the water. As long as it is boiled over high heat, after the water is boiled dry, the saltpeter powder will still appear in the pot. The loss is very small.!"

"Oh!" Li Mingda nodded: "In other words, there is no loss of saltpeter powder, and only water and labor are lost in making ice. In this way, the price of a piece of ice cream or ice cream for five cents is quite satisfactory."

"So that's it. Five cents for an ice cream. No need to guess, this ice cream will be a big seller." Li Zhi admired as he looked at the dense air-conditioning above the wooden box.

At this time, Li An continued to pour saltpeter powder into the pool. When he saw that the water in the pool began to freeze and ice ballast appeared, Li An immediately shouted: "Get a straw mat and cover it."

Soon the pool and the large wooden box were covered with straw mats one after another. This was to keep the cold air from escaping.

Later, Li An followed the same method to finish the other two pools. Then, all that was left was waiting. While waiting, Li An looked at Li Zhi.

Then Li An took Li Zhi and Li Mingda out of the ice making area. Because it was relatively cold here, Li Mingda was not suitable for staying there for a long time. Li An asked the Liu family and his son to stay there and watch the ice making.

After Li An took Li Zhi and Li Mingda out of the ice making area and arrived at Liu's house.

I saw Li An entering the house and taking out his backpack, and then took out a monocular telescope. This monocular telescope was something Li An came up with in exchange for Li Zhi's words.

"Child slave...!" Li An shouted.Li Zhi and Li Mingda looked curiously at the monocular telescope in Li An's hand. Then Li Zhi looked at Li An with interest and asked, "Brother Li, what is this?"

"Yes, Brother Li, what is this?" Li Mingda also looked at the monocular telescope in Li An's hand curiously.

Li An explained with a smile at this time: "This is a monocular, you just need to pull the telescope away like this!" With a bang, the monocular, which was originally only the size of a mobile phone, was directly stretched to the length of three mobile phones.

"Wow!" Li Zhi and Li Mingda both showed expressions of surprise.

Li An pointed at the bird on the tree in front of him and said, "Put your eyes here and look at the bird on the tree. You can't see it clearly, but through this monocular telescope, you can see the bird on the tree." You can see it clearly.”

"Really?" Li Zhi couldn't believe it.

However, he still took the monocular telescope handed over by Li An, and followed Li An's way, and then looked at the bird on the tree in the distance through the monocular telescope. .

"Wow wow...!" Two shouts of surprise: "Brother Li, I saw it, I really saw it. I can see the bird's eyes clearly, and I can see several paws clearly. Oh my god, this is really A divine weapon?"

Before Li Zhi finished sighing, Li Mingda shouted anxiously: "Brother Ninth, it's my turn, give me a look."

Li Zhi loved his sister very much, so when he heard Li Mingda's voice, although he was a little reluctant, he still handed the monocular to Li Mingda. Li Mingda also saw it, and he quickly shouted in surprise: "I saw it." , I also saw it, my God, this is the legendary clairvoyance, it can actually see so far, hey, the bird is so cute, it is still combing its feathers."

"Child slave..." At this time, Li An looked at Li Zhi and asked: "Do you like this monocular telescope?"

"I like..." Li Zhi looked at Li Mingda eagerly without even thinking about it.

Hearing Li Zhi say that he liked it, Li An was also happy, so he felt confident. Then he heard Li An say: "Zhinu, I want to use this monocular telescope in exchange for you to write a calligraphy for me. I don't know. Is that possible?"

"Huh!" Li Zhi was surprised.

"Huh?" Li Mingda was horrified.

Li Zhi looked at Li An happily and said, "Brother Li, are you telling the truth or are you adding it?"

"It's true, I want your handwriting. If you are willing to write it for me, I will trade this monocular with you." Li An looked at Li Zhi with a smile.

"Of course, I am willing. Brother Li, whatever you want me to write, I will write it for you right away." Li Zhi was almost happy to death. He really wanted that monocular telescope, because it was really It's so amazing that you can actually see things in the distance, just like clairvoyance.

At this time, Li Mingda suddenly raised his hand and shouted: "Brother Li, I can also write, and my handwriting is much better than Brother Ninth, and I can copy my father's handwriting!"

"Pfft!" Li An was shocked, but what Li Mingda said was indeed true, because Li Mingda learned calligraphy from Li Shimin, and Li Shimin wrote in Feibai style, and Li Mingda was very smart. He copied Li Shimin's Feibai style, There will be an [-]% resemblance, and many ministers cannot see it. Only Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others can see it.

"The calligraphy treasure of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." Li An was stunned for a while.

(End of this chapter)