Xing Feng was called Qi Ge by Li You... He is the seventh brother of Xue Rengui's brother. Xing Feng only had one eye, and his other eye was blinded by the enemy. The purpose was to let Xing Feng tell the place of the food and grass of the army where Xing Feng was located at that time.

However, Xing Feng's bones were very hard and he didn't say anything, so the other party took off one of Xing Feng's eyes.

Unfortunately, after losing one eye, such a tough guy was directly abandoned by the leader above and then thrown into the army.

Others don’t care about it, but Li You saw the toughness in Xing Feng’s bones. Now Xing Feng helps Li You train newcomers and manage Li You’s intelligence system. Of course, Li You has not yet improved the intelligence system, and the so-called intelligence system is just a little bit.

However, Li You believes that his intelligence system will get better and better.

"Why is Brother Qi coming..." After seeing Xing Feng, Li You stood up and walked out of the room, greeted Xing Feng out, and asked Yueying to accompany Li Mingda in the room.

After Li You and Xing Feng came outside, Li You hurriedly asked, "Brother Seven...what happened?"

Xing Feng hurriedly took out a letter, and there were three chicken feathers sticking on it. Li You was stunned. This was a chicken feather letter... an emergency information that only happened between himself and the mysterious person.

Of course, sticky feathers are not Li You's original creation. In fact, the chicken feathers are derived from the "feather edict".

"Father Edict": This is the document for recruiting troops in ancient times. Inserting bird feathers on it means emergency, and it is necessary to deliver... Li You used chicken feathers. This is what Li You thought after reading the chicken feather letter, which means that his emergency is here. At this time, three chicken feathers on the letter indicate the most urgent.

Li You immediately opened the letter of chicken feathers, and the letter reads: "Be careful of making ice, someone will investigate it, hand it over as soon as possible to avoid attacks..."

Li You understood these sixteen words after reading them. To be honest, sometimes Li You really didn't know what to say. The one bit him really bit him tightly. As long as he relaxed a little, the one immediately followed him and bit him.

This time, Li You only wanted to use ice in Dunhuafang with his Dunhuafang, but Li You ignored the fact that the entire Chang'an was experiencing high temperatures at this time. If someone could find out that Li You could use saltpeter to make ice, but it did not offer it to the court.

People die every day in Chang'an. If you do a little work, Li You will become the target of public criticism.

Fortunately, the mysterious man sent him this news, otherwise there would be absolutely troubles here. After reading the letter, Li You looked at Xing Feng next to him slightly, and then said a few words in Xing Feng's ear.

Xing Feng nodded immediately and followed him away. At this time, Li You also took a look. Li Mingda, who was flying happily in the room, smiled and said, "Shizi... You are going to enter the palace."

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"Come on, everyone...!"

This is the place where Dunhuafang is close to Furong Garden. There is a Qujiang River in Furong Garden... The water source is very rich, and the lower reaches of the pond flow into the city, which is one of the sources of water for each yard in the southeast of the city.

A large group of people stood by the Qujiang River and used large wooden barrels to collect water. After taking the water, they placed it on a wheelbarrow. Then they fainted and poured the water into the large wooden box.

Put raw saltpeter in it, and it will freeze into ice in a short while.

The chemical name of saltpeter is calcium nitrate. When dissolved in water, it will absorb heat and reduce the temperature, so the water will form ice. Just buy calcium nitrate directly. The pharmacy does not know whether the ingredients are the same, otherwise it can be done. It can be reused. It can be dried, and it can be found in chemical supplies stores, or you can buy saltpeter in the pharmacy and try it.

There is another little knowledge here, that is, in ancient times, each time saltpeter was replaced by ten days, and the royal ones could be replaced once every half month. The cost was not high, because after saltpeter was dissolved into water, saltpeter can be put forward again by cooling and crystallization or evaporation crystallization method and reused.

Again, there is saltpeter ice inside, so it is absolutely not edible. After eating, you can't stand it, and diarrhea will kill you.

Edible ice must be made without saltpeter, and it has been mentioned earlier.

Xiao Wa...is the manager who makes ice cubes... Xiao Wa and Li You have a relative relationship, what kind of relative relationship is Xiao Wa, the uncle of Li You's concubine Yueying, which is also a gift Li You gave to his bride.

Yueying was sent to the palace since she was a child. Fortunately, Yueying was chosen to be with Yin Fei because of her good-looking appearance.

The Tang Dynasty recruited girls from the people to the palace every year. All middle-aged and Bai Ding's daughters can be registered. Unlike other dynasties, the selection of palace maids to enter the palace to serve the emperor, the Tang Dynasty entered the palace more of a profession.

After entering the palace, you start as a little palace maid, and you can be promoted to an inner person, a private person, a Shanggong, or the highest Shanggong rank. (i.e. a position in Shanggong)

This is also a future.

During the Tang Dynasty, girls entered the palace as little palace maids, ranging from four to five to over teenage years old. Generally speaking, the younger the age of entering the palace, the longer they received palace upbringing and training. Because they were familiar with the court etiquette since childhood, most of them were sent to the main hall when they grew up to serve as the "Zhimi Shang Palace" beside the king.

If you only enter the palace after the age of ten, you will mostly be sent to the imperial kitchen, dining room, tread room, washing room, washing room, fruit room and other places, because these departments focus on teaching relevant positions.

For example, if you learn to cook in the imperial kitchen, you learn to cook in the needle and embroidery room, you will be a child who enters the palace and a teacher and mother, and you will live in the same room.

After learning etiquette and skills in the palace, the little palace maid can participate in the "Insider Examination" after about eight to ten years. After passing the qualification, it will officially become an insider and belong to the ninth rank. After more than ten or twenty years of training, the insider can participate in the Shanggong Examination.

Pass the exam, you will be given a certificate and a fake bun, which belongs to the fifth rank of official rank. In the future, if you have the opportunity to advance to the Supreme Palace, and if you are promoted to the Supreme Palace, the official rank will be higher.

And the Qing Dynasty we are familiar with... If the Qing Dynasty entered the palace as a palace maid, you basically wanted to become an emperor's woman. In the Qing Dynasty, there was only one way for women to enter the palace, which was to participate in the talent show. Those who have watched the Qing palace drama should know this, that the concubines in the harem were all from talent show.

However, there were actually two types of talent show system in the Qing Dynasty. The ones we know were princes, princes and other relatives and nobles to select concubines and enthrone concubines, which was called the general election. The girls who ran for the election were basically the girls of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia.

The Shunzhi Dynasty also listed the selected palace maids separately, which is a small choice.

The general election is once every three years, but the small election is held every year. Because it is mainly to go to the palace to serve noble people, the only one who participates in the small election is the Baoyi Three Banners, which belongs to the Shangsanqi. It is also called the Three Banners of the Interior Ministry. Baoyi is also the slaves of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han tribes belonging to the Eight Banners. The Three Banners of the Interior Ministry only serves the royal family.

The only one who participated in the election was to serve as a daughter of a family with a position below the position of Baoyi and Zuoleng. Ordinary people were not qualified at all.

Girls from the Three Banners of the Interior Ministry will register at the Zuoling office as soon as they are born. Therefore, the annual selection is made by Zuoling for girls with qualified conditions under his age of 13, and then send the list to the Home Ministry.

Therefore, if the girls who entered the palace in the Qing Dynasty were basically not attracted by the emperor, there would be no future. However, if the Tang Dynasty entered the palace as a palace maid, there would be an official position, which was a career. This is why many poor families in the Tang Dynasty sent their daughters to the palace.

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Chapter completed!