It's also a shame that they don't have any neighbors except for the mass grave next to them, otherwise they would definitely be disturbing the people.

If you look closely, you can see that they are basically two people in groups, one in front of the other, one behind the other, carrying something similar to a stretcher, but two thick bamboo poles, with a cloth bag in the middle, and on the cloth bag, there is a very large piece of ice.

In the season of heavy snow and cold wind, the people of the ice factory take ice in the pond, use special tools to cut the ice surface that has been frozen very thick into one meter square of ice, use the chute to lift the ice to the shore and transport it to the ice factory, and then use the chute to put the ice in the ice storage pit and put it well, each ice is paved with straw between them, and then use the insulation material such as straw to cover all the ice cubes thickly, and when the climate is hot, then the ice will be taken out and sold in the city. Ordinary people may buy a foot square, weighing three or five pounds, and large families will directly ask for a car, which is specially sent by the ice factory.

It is already the tail of winter, the temperature is gradually rising, and the ice has not been so solid during the day, if there are more people going up, it will not be dangerous.

The people in the ice factory are all taking advantage of the fact that they are freezing hard at night, and they hurry up to collect ice for storage, which can be regarded as a race against time.

From the edge of the pond to the gate of the ice factory, a very smooth dirt road passes, and people come and go. And the figure in satin, who was in charge of things, stood by and shouted loudly.

From a distance, I saw a group of people coming over with their shoulders, and the people in the ice factory saw it. At a glance, you can see that this must be the big boss coming, apart from him, which one has such a big battle? Such a great power?

The details of the big proprietor's family, except for those henchmen in charge, not many people only know, they only know that this proprietor must be a noble person, and he is very concerned about the business of the ice factory, so they come to take a look every once in a while. They are all helpers recruited from other places after Xie Sheng built the ice factory, and they need to spend less wages, and they are also hard-working. They have not been in Beijing for a long time, and if they are like Zhang Fengshi, they can guess who this owner is.

Someone quickly went to report, and soon, a few people in charge of the affairs hurried to meet them.

There were still more than ten steps away from his shoulder, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said in unison: "I've seen the master." ”

But it's a Shandong Dezhou accent.

Xie Sheng had been squinting and dozing off on his shoulders, as if he was about to fall asleep, but at this time, he was in good spirits, smiling and waving his hand very kindly: "Get up, get up, your own family, why are you doing so many courtesies?" ”

Several people thanked them before they dared to get up.

They are all from Xie Sheng's family, but they are not considered to be born in a family.

Xie Sheng's family was originally a gentry in Texas, but it had already declined in his father's life, his father died early, and his mother worked hard to bring up his brothers, which was also hard. In fact, although Xie Sheng is now Xuanhe, in the first half of his life, before the age of thirty, almost before the middle lifter, he was still quite down. At that time, after winning the show, he tried and failed, but he just led the Lu rice issued by the imperial court every month to live, and he was at the level of ordinary people, so he couldn't starve to death. At that time, he was waiting for him, which is now the Liang manager.

However, after it was developed, it was also deeply felt that there was no one at hand and it was inconvenient to do things, so it was accepted back by many old family members. Anyway, there is no deep hatred between the master family and the servant family, but the Xie family really couldn't afford to support them at the beginning, so they were dismissed.

The love is still there, and it can be trusted.

The person at the head is named Zhao Dongxuan, in his fifties, wearing a green satin gown, quite handsome, and is the chief manager of this ice factory.

Speaking of which, this background is also extraordinary, but he was born in a gentry family in the tomb of King Sulu outside the city of Dezhou, and his ancestors were also promoted during the Zhengde period, and he was very developed for a while, but in his lifetime, it has declined. When he was young, he was also a showman, and he was once considered by the villagers to be a great talent, but from the age of twenty to the age of fifty, he was still a showman.

There are too many examples like him in the Ming Dynasty, and there are simply too many to count. When he was young, he was quite talented, he was very young and became famous in the local area, and he was regarded as a prodigy, thinking that he would definitely soar in the future - as a result, he fell to Sun Shan again and again, and the envy at the beginning became cynicism. In this case, the mood of the person who has repeatedly failed will become worse and worse, more and more concerned, more and more impatient, and the level of the exam will not be mentioned but fall, and it will be more difficult to pass. And I have to admit that as I get older, my memory, reflexes, etc., will regress.

If you can't go to high school between the ages of 15 and 40, the chances of being able to succeed in the future are relatively small.

But this old man gave birth to a good girl, who was very beautiful and dignified, and was very famous in that area. You must know that most of the women in this era are not out of the door, and no matter how beautiful they are, few people can see them. Since it can be so famous, it means that it is not ordinarily beautiful.

So he showed Xie Sheng's second brother Xie Majesty.

Xie Majesty also has a reputation for showing talent, but he has also tried and failed, and he is very unwilling. Before Xie Shengzhong was the best among the people, his second brother was also down-and-out, and his life was tight. But Xie was promoted to Jinshi, and after becoming a Beijing official, this status was immediately different, and His Majesty Xie also rose with it.

So although he was thirty-seven at the time, and there was a wife and a concubine in the family, when he proposed to Zhao Dongxuan, Zhao Dongxuan agreed immediately without much thought. Although it is undesirable to marry a daughter to someone else, it depends on who the object is.

can climb up to the Xie family, a relative, I don't know how much benefit I can get in the future! Besides, the old husband and the young wife, the wife and concubine of His Majesty Xie are not very good-looking, and their own daughters have to be pampered if they marry in the past.

It's also a good place to be.

Zhao Dongxuan's investment is very good, and since he got into a relationship with the Xie family, life has immediately improved. Xie Majesty is very fond of his wife, never stingy with money, and often takes his wife back to his parents' house, every time he goes back, he brings a big box and a small cage to his home, and he doesn't know how much property.

Not to mention anything else, this alone can make the Zhao family's life easier.

Later, Xie Shengguan became bigger and bigger, and he also had his own business in and outside Beijing, and he always needed someone to take care of it, so he found Zhao Dongxuan, at first he was just a shopkeeper in a pawnshop, and then slowly accumulated experience and his ability was also exercised. Because Zhao Dongxuan was his own family and trustworthy, he was transferred to take charge of himself.

Originally, there was a bit of favor in it, but I didn't expect that after a year, Zhao Dongxuan turned out to be doing very well, and the income of the ice factory was very considerable, which exceeded Xie Sheng's expectations.

Therefore, in the letter to his hometown, he also praised this person a few words, so that Mrs. Ru of the Zhao family also had a lot of face in His Majesty Xie's house.

Zhao Dongxuan led Xie Sheng and his party into the gate of the ice factory, this gate is also magnificent, very wide, two zhang wide, two zhang high, above is a brick high gate building, the door hole is as big as the hall of a large family. And there is a strange place, that is, there is no threshold at all, and there are no steps in front of the door, this gate is higher, so there is a small gentle slope inside and outside the door.

Even when he arrived here, Xie Sheng didn't get out of the sedan chair, but just asked people to lift the curtain on his shoulders, and the thick fur was covered on his body, only one head was exposed, and he was wearing a windproof soft hat on his head.

The structure of this ice factory is also quite simple.

After entering, there is a large courtyard, and then on the north side of the courtyard there are some living houses, against the east wall of the three wings, which are used to stack miscellaneous tools.

And then it's gone.

It's that simple.

But there is one characteristic, and that is: big! It's very big, it's very big, and it covers a very large area.

The south side of the ice factory was against the pond of water, and the north side was almost under the base of the city wall, taking up a large part of the wasteland. In the entire ice factory, I am afraid that ninety percent of the area is occupied by this large courtyard.

For in this great courtyard is the place where the ice is stored.

I saw that three extremely huge pits were dug side by side in the courtyard, each pit was more than 100 meters long, 20 or 30 meters wide, and more than two zhang deep.

This is the ice cellar where the ice is stored.

After picking the ice, the base is neatly placed in it, and then a thick quilt is spread on it, and the middle is divided and filled with straw and other materials, and then various protective and temperature insulation measures are added to the outside. In this way, the ice will remain in its original state and will not melt in the summer.

At this time, two of the three big pits have been filled, and the surface has been covered with many things to be sealed, and on the top of the big pit, a shed has been built, don't underestimate this shed, although there is a grass roof after that, there is not even a wall around it, but it can play a great role, it is such a grass roof, it can be able to block the scorching sun in summer, avoid the scorching sun directly on the ground, so as to achieve the purpose of cooling.

The ice cellar at the far west has not slowed down.

Xie Sheng raised his finger: "Let's go, go there and have a look." "Yes." The group hurried over to the edge of the pit. This ice cellar is built elegantly, the bottom is very smooth, and it is paved with a thick layer of large bluestone, and the large bluestone is tightly seamed, and there is no gap at all. Moreover, the four walls of the ice cellar are also made of large stones with a one-foot-thick layer. This is done to insulate the temperature and to be clean.

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