Time Travel: The First Female Imperial Teacher of the Qin Dynasty

While the two were talking, Ying Zheng walked in from outside.

"Hey, what are you guys talking about? You look so happy."

"Nothing, just some trivial matters." Lin Anlan shook his head and asked, "Brother, how come you have time to come here today?"

"I'm in a good mood today, so I came to visit you." Ying Zheng explained, and then waved his hand. Several guards immediately carried several basins of ice cubes into the house. "This is the ice cubes I brought with me. You can keep them for use."

"Um... ahem, thank you very much, brother." Lin Anlan pretended to be grateful.

There were already some ice cubes in the room, and with these, it instantly became cooler.

"It's the hottest summer now, these ice cubes can help relieve the heat." Ying Zheng said with a smile.

Lin Anlan felt warm in his heart: "Brother is so thoughtful."

"Oh, the weather is too hot this year." Ying Zheng suddenly sighed.

"Yes, I predict it will be even hotter next." Lin Anlan nodded.

Ying Zheng was worried: "I don't know how much impact this high temperature will have on the crops."

Lin Anlan also frowned: "It will indeed cause a significant impact."

"It seems we need to find a way to store more food."

Lin Anlan comforted him: "Brother, don't worry, I'm already thinking of a solution."

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up when he heard this: "What do you think?"

"I plan to expand the area of ​​crop planting and store as much food as possible."

Ying Zheng agreed without hesitation: "Okay, go ahead and do it. Just tell me how many people you need. If I can't meet your requirements, I will ask His Majesty the First Emperor to help me."

At this moment, he suddenly noticed the other ice cubes in the house and couldn't help but become curious: "Girl, where did you get these ice cubes?"

You know, apart from the royal family, only the nobles had ice cellars. The girl was neither a royal family nor a noble, so where did she get the ice?

"I made it with saltpeter." Lin Anlan did not hide anything and told the whole story directly.

Ying Zheng and Meng Yi looked at each other, both thinking they had heard wrongly: "What? Saltpeter can also make ice?"

Lin Anlan nodded: "Of course, as long as there is enough saltpeter, it will be no problem to have as much ice as you want."

"How is this possible?" Ying Zheng and Meng Yi still couldn't believe it.

"Just watch from the side." Lin Anlan knew that it would be hard to convince them just by talking, so she decided to demonstrate it herself. She first got a large basin of water, and then threw the saltpeter into it.

When saltpeter entered the water, it reacted quickly and white smoke rose above the basin.

After a while, the water in the basin began to freeze.

Ying Zheng and Meng Yi were stunned: "This... this..."

Lin Anlan looked very proud: "How is it? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

"Isn't this too magical?" Ying Zheng couldn't help swallowing his saliva. "I didn't expect saltpeter to have such a wonderful use. In this way, the people of Qin no longer have to worry about running out of ice in the summer."

"Yes, saltpeter is cheap. With a little use, the people of Qin can afford ice."

Lin Anlan nodded. This was what she had considered initially, so she tried to make ice cubes.

At this point, she suddenly said, "By the way, I have recently planted some new crops. You can take a look at them when the time comes."

Ying Zheng looked at her curiously: "Oh? What crop is it?"

"Keep it secret for now." Lin Anlan smiled mysteriously.

Ying Zheng smiled bitterly: "Girl, you always like to keep us in suspense. Never mind, you can show it to us later! Is there anything delicious tonight? I haven't eaten the food you cooked for a long time."

"What do you want to eat?"

"Just anything."

Lin Anlan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's cook some chestnut chicken."

Ying Zheng nodded repeatedly: "Okay."

Lin Anlan then walked into the kitchen and began to prepare dinner. By the time she brought out the chestnut chicken, Ying Zheng and Meng Yi had already become impatient.

Ying Zheng sniffed gently: "It smells so good."

Meng Yi also praised it highly: "It is indeed very fragrant."

"I recently brewed some new wine, you guys try it." Lin Anlan took out a jar of wine with a smile, and was about to pour it for Ying Zheng, but she was unexpectedly stopped by Meng Yi, which made her very confused.

"Brother, why don't you drink?"

Meng Yi quickly explained: "Brother Zhao is eating..."

However, he was interrupted by Ying Zheng before he could finish his words. He only heard the latter squeeze out an awkward smile: "Ahem, um...your sister-in-law is very strict, so I won't drink during this period!"

After saying that, he glared at Meng Yi: This idiot, he almost got exposed!

"I see." Lin Anlan suddenly realized, and then looked at Meng Yi, "Then drink more."

"Thank you." Meng Yi cupped his hands, feeling a little scared.

If he exposed His Majesty's identity at this time and disrupted His Majesty's plan, I'm afraid His Majesty would peel off a layer of his skin when he returned!

After dinner, Lin Anlan took Ying Zheng and Meng Yi to visit her courtyard.

"What are these plants? Why have I never seen them before?" Meng Yi suddenly asked, pointing at the plants in the yard.

"This is one of the new species I mentioned before." Lin Anlan hesitated for a moment, but still did not reveal what the specific plant was. He just kept it a secret, "You two, you will know what you saw in the future, and I guarantee that you will be extremely surprised and will never forget it. As for now, I won't tell you, you will know when the time comes."

"However, I can tell you that I still sympathize with the food you people of Daqin eat. You people of Daqin are too pitiful. You only eat wild game and wild vegetables. Daqin's current farming technology is still very good, but it's a pity that there is a lack of edible plants, otherwise the people of Daqin would not be like this."

After having a good meal and drinking, and chatting for a while, Ying Zheng was ready to go back, and Lin Anlan also reminded Ying Zheng.

"Brother, don't forget to tell the Emperor about this method of making ice from saltpeter. Maybe this will be your chance to get a reward."

Ying Zheng nodded, but felt a little embarrassed in his heart. After all, this was the third time he had agreed, but he ended up returning empty-handed all three times, which was somewhat rude.

However, Ying Zheng became more and more impressed with Lin Anlan's strategies. If it were not for the fact that Lin Anlan would never rebel, he would definitely get rid of this girl.

"You two, I have a plan. I wonder if I should tell you about it or not?"

Lin Anlan suddenly thought of a good idea, which was to let Ying Zheng bring the planting methods of sweet potatoes and potatoes to the court.

Then, when the time is right, the solution to achieving a yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu of sweet potatoes and potatoes will be announced. In this way, the people's expectations and gratitude towards the emperor will reach a peak.

This effect is much better than announcing it now. After all, people are greedy.

If it were announced now, people might think it was nothing special.

And when some people raise doubts or do not believe it, the news of the yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu will be released, and the people's gratitude to the emperor will reach an unprecedented level.