Unparalleled Fortune in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 157 Arrival
Yinzhen comforted: "Be patient for now, the accompanying officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have already sent people to buy ice, and it will almost be better tomorrow."

It is estimated that there is still ice in the capital, but when I go back to get ice, I guess I will have arrived in Mongolia by then.

So just go buy it.

Tong Cheng'er nodded feebly: "I hope!"

The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are really capable. It is indeed their fault that the accompanying ice is not enough this time, so they asked around to buy ice.

The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are still useful, and they really bought a lot of ice.

In the last few days, there were two ice basins in Tong Cheng'er's carriage again.

Tong Cheng'er sighed, "Finally alive."

When Yinzhen heard this, he nodded and said, "You have worked hard these few days."

Tong Cheng'er didn't speak, the heat was very hot, but she really didn't think it was hard work.

Because in modern times, in order to get a part-time job when she was in college, she also did it under the sun of 35 degrees and [-] degrees to distribute leaflets.

That's really hard work.

The reason why it is called "bitterness" today is probably because the life has been too good these years, the family loves it, and there is everything you want, and it is not cold in winter or hot in summer, so it is so delicate.

Seeing that she was silent, Yinzhen asked, "What are you thinking?"

Tong Cheng'er shook her head: "It's nothing, it should be because of your hard work."

Yinzhen shook his head, it wasn't the first time he had encountered such a thing, Empress Xiao Yiren had no child back then, and she seemed to have lost her soul, and she was quite negligent towards him. Take one or two lightly.

Less silver carbon in winter and less ice in summer, Yinzhen has experienced this.

Yinzhen: "It's because I didn't think carefully this time. I should have people bring more ice. There won't be a next time."

Tong Cheng'er nodded: "Actually, it's not surprising. This summer is extremely hot, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs probably didn't expect it."

Yinzhen nodded: "That's true."

Tong Cheng'er suddenly remembered and asked him: "By the way, how do we get the ice we use now?"

Yinzhen replied: "What happened to the ones that survived the winter?"

Tong Cheng'er was curious: "Why didn't you think of using saltpeter to make ice?"

She remembered that her high school chemistry teacher said that in the Tang Dynasty, someone discovered that saltpeter could make ice.

Yinzhen smiled and said, "It is true that saltpeter can be used to make ice, but there is too little saltpeter, so it is better to store it directly in winter."

Tong Cheng'er was surprised and said, "Is there a little saltpeter?"

Yinzhen nodded: "Stop!"

This is not right. Tong Chenger remembered that there was a classmate in her university who was from Xinjiang, and his family had a mine. When he said it, he pretended to be modest and said: "Our family is nothing. The entire Turpan area is as big as hundreds of millions. Tons of…”

She wrote it down at the time, and now I heard from Yinzhen that there is very little saltpeter.

Could it be that the mine in Turpan has not been discovered yet.

The more Tong Cheng'er thought about it, the more she felt that it was true.

Tong Cheng'er said to Yinzhen: "I don't know if it's true, but I think it's necessary to send someone to investigate."

Yinzhen asked, "What's the matter?"

"There should be hundreds of millions of tons of saltpeter mines in the Turpan area of ​​Xinjiang."

At first Yinzhen heard her say that Xinjiang hadn't reacted yet, but after a while, he realized that she was talking about the Western Regions.

"I know what you said, but it's too early to say these things. Now Xinjiang is still called the Western Regions, and it has not yet been fully included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty."

Tong Cheng'er was stunned, she really didn't know this, it was beyond the knowledge of science students.

She blushed and said, "Oh, that's it, then forget it."

Yinzhen smiled and said: "How can we forget it! We still need to investigate. After all, the Western Regions will return to the territory of the Qing Dynasty sooner or later. If there is such a big saltpeter mine, it may be during Huang Ama's reign. You can take back the Western Regions."

What Xu Zhen said was true, after all, since ancient times, people in the Western Regions have always had the impression that the land is barren and profitable, so there is naturally the motivation to regain it.

Tong Cheng'er nodded: "Alright."

A few days passed and Mongolia arrived.

To be honest, there are some discrepancies between Mongolia and Tong Cheng'er's imagination.

Her impression of Mongolia comes more from tourism promotional videos. From the top to the bottom of the camera, cattle and sheep can be seen everywhere on the green prairie, as well as Mongolians wearing ethnic clothes. Looking at it makes people feel yearning.

The other is Mongolian specialties.

But it was only when Tong Cheng'er arrived in Mongolia that he discovered that the promotional film is a promotional film, and reality is reality.

The Mongolia she saw was the Mongolia 300 years after the TV series appeared, and the Mongolia she saw across time was completely different from the Mongolia under the camera.

The green grass is real, but there are no cattle and sheep that can be seen everywhere.

The place where they camped was near a stream, and there was nothing but grass in the vicinity.

And the grass doesn't look like the kind of grass that people can lie down on. The grass has traces of cleaning, but it's still not particularly clean.

It is very different from the grassland where you can lie down and watch the stars in your imagination.

Tong Cheng'er was indescribably disappointed.

Tong Cheng'er asked Yinzhen: "It's not that Mongolia lives by grazing, so why can't you see cattle and sheep?"

Yinzhen smiled and said: "Of course I can't see cattle and sheep. To put it bluntly, cattle and sheep are livestock used for food. They have been eaten and pulled everywhere. Naturally, the Prince of Mongolia will not allow such filthy things to appear in the emperor's house." before Ma."

Yinzhen looked at the traces on the grass that had been eaten by cattle and sheep, and said: "This area is suitable for grazing, and there should be cattle and sheep in the first place. It is estimated that after receiving the news that Huang Ama is coming, the cattle and sheep are driven away." elsewhere."

That's why you can't see cattle and sheep.

Tong Cheng'er was enlightened after hearing this.

In modern times, she grew up with her grandparents in the countryside when she was a child. Naturally, some people in the countryside raised pigs, cattle and sheep.

Cows and sheep are different. Tong Cheng'er remembers seeing a lot of cakes pulled by cows and sheep on the way to school when she was a child.

Huang Ama's "dragon body is noble", it is really not suitable to herd cattle and sheep, after all, those things may indeed affect and hurt the "longan".

Of course, Kangxi didn't come here for fun in the hot weather. Naturally, he had a purpose. He was busy connecting with various Mongolian ministries every day.

As the elder brother of the prince, Yinzhen naturally has entertainment.

Tong Cheng'er has less entertainment, except for necessary banquets, she usually reads scripts in the yurt.

But recently, the storybook has become a bit tired of reading.

Yinzhen saw her boredom.

So one evening, he took Tong Cheng'er out.

"Why are you free today?"

Yinzhen said, "Cheng'er thinks I've neglected you recently."

"No."

Yinzhen smiled and looked at her without speaking.

Tong Cheng'er was embarrassed by his look, and said angrily: "What are you looking at, you are not allowed to look at it."

"Orange is pretty, why not let me see it."

Tong Cheng'er blushed.

Yinzhen: "I'll take you to a place."

Tong Cheng'er asked: "Where?"

Yinzhen didn't tell her directly, just said: "You will know when you get there."

After all, he helped Tong Chenger get on the horse, and then followed him up.

Tong Cheng'er couldn't ride a horse, and Yinzhen was afraid that she wouldn't get used to it, so she rode very slowly.

After a long time, the sky darkened, and the moon hung on the branches quietly.

"arrive."

Yinzhen helped Tong Cheng'er down, and Tong Cheng'er was shocked by the sight in front of him.

"This, this is too beautiful!"

Tong Cheng'er looked at the lake surface shimmering in the moonlight, and then at the starry sky, as if there were only the two of them in the sky.

"How did you find a place like this?"

(End of this chapter)