Chapter 640: Zi Sai: A Journey to the Snow Mountain
"Why aren't you wearing clothes?" Zi Sai couldn't help but frowned when he saw Zi Tong wearing it.
Zi Tong raised the package in his hand and said, "It's not cold here. We'll wear it when we get to the snowy mountains!" Otherwise, I would suffer from heatstroke.
"Okay, let's get in the car first!" Zi Sai took the package from Zi Tong and carried her into the carriage.
Zi Tong enjoyed his different tenderness.
Along the way, Zisai didn't say much, only Zitong was chattering.
"The temperature is getting colder and colder. Put on your coat first!" As he spoke, Zisai started to unpack the package.
Zi Tong took it, put it on with his hands, tied the belt, and turned around in front of Zi Sai: "How do you think? Does it look like a village girl?"
Zisai's lips twitched and he pulled her to his side and sat down.
"Tell me! Does it look like it?" Zi Tong acted coquettishly and lightly bumped Zi Sai's arm.
"It's not like that!"
"Doesn't that look good?" Zi Tong looked like he was trying to push his limits.
Zisai decisively put her head on his shoulder: "It will take more than an hour to reach the destination; you should rest for a while first!"
"Tch!" Zi Tong playfully stuck out the tip of his tongue, without further entanglement. He closed his eyes in enjoyment, smelled his unique scent, and slowly fell asleep.
It wasn't until he heard the sound of even breathing in his ears that Zisai looked sideways at the person on his shoulder, pulled up a blanket and gently covered him.
After running all the way, I finally arrived at the foot of the snow-capped mountains before it was too late.
"Wake up! We're here!" Zisai shook the man on his shoulder lightly.
Zi Tong opened his eyes in a daze and muttered: "Are we here?"
"Well!" Zisai straightened her body up: "Let's get out of the car!"
"Oh!" Zi Tong rubbed his sleepy eyes, pulled off the blanket on his body, and suddenly shivered: "It's so cold!"
With quick eyesight and quick hands, Zisai wrapped the blanket around her again: "Just put it on your body to avoid catching a cold!"
"Okay!" Zi Tong responded obediently and stood up wrapped in a blanket.
Seeing how difficult it was for her to move, Zi Sai directly picked her up and jumped down.
At this time, Mr. Yuan and others were waiting not far from the car.
Zi Sai gently put Zi Tong on the ground: "Walk slowly, don't trip on the blanket!"
"Don't worry! I'm not that stupid!" Zitong Routi held up both sides of the blanket and followed Zisai carefully.
"Master Zisai! The two rivers in front of you are exactly the rivers that Xianguan mentioned to you!" Master Yuan pointed directly in front of him and spoke.
"Let's go over and take a look!" Zisai ordered at the same time, taking a step forward.
"Yes!" Mr. Yuan and others hurriedly followed.
The two rivers are about fifty meters apart, neither is very deep, and there is still a thick layer of ice on them.
Seeing this scene, Zisai frowned in disappointment: "Judging from the situation in the river, I'm afraid the water won't be able to flow out normally!"
"This is what Xiaguan is worried about!" Mr. Yuan frowned: "Although Xiaguan can try to melt the snow, he is afraid that the temperature here is too low and the snow that has finally melted will freeze again. By then, we will
All efforts are in vain!”
"Yeah!" Zisai naturally knew that if the river water could not flow out normally, no matter how hard he tried, it would all be in vain.
Master Yuan seemed to have thought of something, and turned to Zi Tong with hopeful eyes: "Princess! I wonder if you have a way to make the water flow smoothly through this cold place?"
"Yes, yes, it's just..." Zi Tong frowned. He had a solution in mind, but he was afraid of polluting the environment.
"If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly!" Zisai said, his eyes also turned to Zitong.
Zi Tong struggled for a moment and then slowly said: "A large amount of salt can melt the ice, but in this case, the water quality will be polluted!"
"Salt can melt water?" This is the first time Mr. Yuan has heard this.
"Yes!" Zi Tong nodded, indicating that he heard correctly.
Zisai's eyes turned back to the frozen river: "If a large amount of salt is put in, the water reaching the county seat will no longer be edible. In this case, even if the water reaches the river normally, it will be meaningless!"
"This is exactly what I'm worried about!" Zi Tong smacked his lips without raising his eyebrows: "However, it's not completely impossible. It's just that water with salt added is more troublesome to consume!"
"Do you have a way to make the salt water available for normal consumption?" Zi Sai asked, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Zi Tong.
"Hmm!" Zi Tong thought for a moment; knowing that ancient technology was backward, he finally decided to tell them the simplest and most practical distillation method.
Zi Tong explained his method in detail and explained each of their doubts in detail.
"Princess! How did you come up with these ideas?" Mr. Yuan finally couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked again.
Zi Tong smiled, blinking his eyelids playfully: "Don't let the secrets of heaven be revealed!"
Zi Sai rubbed Zi Tong's hair lovingly, feeling that she was so cute at this moment.
Zi Tong enjoyed his inadvertent tenderness and raised his pretty face: "How is it? You don't regret taking me out, do you?"
Zisai laughed: "Are you asking for credit?"
Zi Tong tilted his head and thought for a while: "If you think so, it's not impossible; but..." Zi Tong smiled and rolled his eyes: "... Since you are asking for credit, can you add a reward?"
Zisai decisively gave her a jujube: "Take the extra mile!"
"I hate it!" Zi Tong jumped to protest as he touched his painful forehead.
Everyone laughs.
"Master Zisai! Since the princess's method is feasible, which of the two rivers do you think is better?" Master Yuan returned to the topic.
He once again looked at the distance between the two rivers and said for a long time: "...We can dig through the two rivers and merge them into one; in this way, the water flow will definitely increase, which will help the impact of the waterwheel to some extent!"
Master Yuan slapped his head and suddenly realized: "What Master Zisai said is absolutely true!"
"By the way! How are you going to melt the snow on the snow-capped mountains?" Zi Tong was a little curious about the method they came up with.
"Use fire!" Mr. Yuan replied simply and concisely.
"Uh~~" How much fire is needed to keep the snow melting?
As soon as he saw Zi Tong's expression, Master Yuan knew that she had a better way: "I wonder if the princess can give me some advice on a simpler and faster way!"
"There are two ways, one is to use salt, and the other is to sprinkle some black materials such as gray carbon on the snow!" Zi Tong looked like he was sending Buddha to the West.
"Can black items melt snow quickly?" Mr. Yuan said, unable to understand.
"Black stuff can help absorb heat and reduce the refraction of snow; therefore, it can speed up the melting of snow!" Zi Tong opened his mouth to answer his doubts.
"That's it!" Mr. Yuan looked at Zi Tong with eyes full of endless admiration; it was as if she existed like a god at this moment.
Zi Tong felt slightly uncomfortable being stared at: "Um...can you stop looking at me like that?" People who don't know, would think you want an old cow to eat its innards!