Xie Minghuan's arrival did not bring any changes to the people in the inn. This martial arts master seemed to have a poor reputation, or maybe everyone here was relatively ignorant. In short, everyone only regarded him as a martial artist who was so destitute that he needed to sell his horse.
I didn’t even think he was a master.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Wu Jie and Tao Tu have lived in Qingniu Town for half a month.
In the past half month, they traveled all over Qingniu Town and the nearby mountains and forests, becoming familiar with the more special characters in this town, and also getting to know other immortal seekers.
It seems that Qingniu Town is indeed a bit supernatural, so there are not many people who come here to seek immortality. In addition to the eight people living in the inn, there are also some people who directly rent or buy the houses of the residents in the town.
, As for Mr. Wei Teng, who had previously said disdainfully that he did not want to be disturbed by people waiting around, although he still lives on the third floor of the inn, his craftsmen are already renovating a courtyard they bought not long ago, probably soon.
Will move out.
Seekers in the town come from all over, the farthest is Gu Yuan from the Qin Kingdom in the northwest of Kyushu. This young man, who is only 25 years old, has been on the road to seek immortality for ten years. The situation between him and Wu Jie
Similarly, he made up his mind to seek immortality after meeting an immortal by chance. However, he is not as lucky as Wu Jie and has not gained anything yet.
There are many children from wealthy families among the immortal seekers. In addition to Wei Teng and Tao Tu, there is also Liu Ming from Yuancheng, the capital of the Dayue Kingdom. The Liu family has been doing business for generations and is a famous wealthy businessman in the Yue Kingdom. Their real wealth is huge, but
Mr. Liu is a very amiable person, without Wei Teng's arrogance at all, and is easy to get along with.
Of course, Liu Ming did not go out alone to seek immortality. He had three followers by his side. One was the book boy who had served him since childhood, the other was a guide who was familiar with the local customs and customs of various places, and the third was a martial arts master.
The martial arts master was very good at martial arts. On the second day after Xie Minghuan checked in, the two of them had a fight over a disagreement, and they were fighting hard. However, Wu Jie noticed that Xie Minghuan did not use the Nine Swords Gate's treasure at that time.
Cloud-Breaking Sword, I guess with the arrogance of this master, he probably disdains using the divine sword to win in a single combat that is just a trial.
This battle was extremely fierce, and it also made those who originally looked down on Xie Minghuan, a poor warrior, change their minds. In the next few days, more than one person ran to deliberately make friends with him, but they were all defeated - Jie Minghuan Fang
If the martial arts master doesn't do it, he is determined to seek immortality and asks, how can he waste his time to make friends with these people he doesn't like?
There are also some people with eccentric personalities among the immortal seekers. For example, there is Mr. Yi who has lived in Qingniu Town for more than a year. He goes up to the mountains to cut firewood every day and lives a poor life with the little money he earns from his labor.
—But he often buys pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and the ones he buys are all high-end products. It can be seen that he is quite wealthy, but he doesn’t know why he has to live a hard life.
In addition to these immortal seekers, there are also many residents in the town worth mentioning.
The first thing worth noting is of course the innkeeper Li Huantun, who named his son "Li Xiaoyao". This uncle, who is nearly forty years old, has a kind round face, a slightly fat figure and a good fortune.
He has extensive knowledge and is the most well-informed person in the small town.
Including Wu Jie, almost every immortal seeker inquired about the traces of the immortal from this uncle whose name was quite similar to a certain snack, and they all got a lot of information that seemed quite reliable.
I just don’t know why, but the information provided by this knowledgeable uncle is almost all like “an immortal once appeared in such-and-such mountain”. Immortal seekers are running around everywhere because of hearing his news, and they suffer a lot.
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It is the end of the first lunar month, the coldest time of the year. Even the poisonous insects here in Dai Viet are probably dormant, otherwise someone would have been bitten or even poisoned to death.
But the strange thing is that no one retaliated against him. On the contrary, everyone was still working tirelessly to follow the very suspicious information he provided and went to the deep mountains and forests to endure hardships.
"...Boss Li spilled the beans after drinking yesterday, saying that there used to be a monster called the Iron-billed Eagle on the Eagle's Mouth Cliff more than ten years ago, and was later beheaded by an immortal." Tao Tu explained to Wu while packing his luggage, "I
Brother Liu and I plan to go there and take a look. Even if we can’t find the immortal, we might still be able to see some traces of the original time. Will you go, Master Wu?”
Wu Jie declined with a smile, left the inn alone, and came to the pharmacy.
Compared with Li Hutun, the drugstore owner Jiang An seems simple but much more high-profile. This name reminds Wu Jie of the old man who is the final boss in a zombie movie he has watched before time travel. He is nearly sixty years old, but his appearance
He looks like a handsome middle-aged man in his thirties, who is really good at maintaining his health and looking good!
For this reason, many seekers of immortality insisted that he was an accomplished spiritual man, and kept pestering him for advice and seeking disciples, causing him endless trouble.
But Doctor Jiang is indeed a man who has lived for sixty years. It is much more difficult to get something valuable from him than from Li Hutun!
Everyone who tries to talk to him will find that they obviously want to ask something, but after a few words, the topic is unknowingly brought to an aspect that has nothing to do with seeking immortality. Sometimes it is about maintaining the body.
, sometimes it’s about Nanman style, sometimes it’s about anecdotes about the apricot forest...
If this person's talking skills are really good and he can't speak to the other party, he will simply put down his old face and mumble a Jindao Barbarian language - the old man was born in the Jindao Barbarian tribe in the extreme south. The degree of isolation from the world is unbelievable, except for the deep mountains.
Apart from the tribesmen among him, I can probably count the number of people who understand his mother tongue on one hand.
Wu Jie is the only exception, because he never asks the doctor about seeking immortality, he only talks to him about medical skills.
Both parties are doctors. Jiang Ansheng has been practicing medicine for many years and has rich experience. Wu Jie Sheng has knowledge of earth medicine that is several levels ahead of the world. What they are good at complements each other. Every time they discuss it, they feel that they have gained a lot.
Through discussions, Wu Jie learned many tips unique to the barbarians in southern Vietnam, including some unique secret recipes with extraordinary medicinal effects that are difficult to exchange for ten thousand dollars.
But Jiang An's gains are even more precious - no matter how precious these secret recipes are, they are still spread among various tribes. As long as you spend enough money and time, you can always find them, but the knowledge in Wu Jie's heart is
A truly exclusive product, unless there are other time travelers in the world, no one will be able to understand it.
These days, the only thing that comforts Doctor Jiang, who has been harassed by the immortal seekers, is that he can learn the knowledge that will suddenly enlighten his heart and open the door to advanced medical skills.
So as soon as he saw Wu Jie coming to the door, he immediately abandoned the few entangled immortal seekers and went into the living room behind the pharmacy with Wu Jie.
"My little friend, the 'germ theory' you mentioned really opened my eyes!" He said excitedly, "I thought about it carefully all night yesterday. Combined with many past experiences, the more I think about it, the more I think what you said is true.
That makes sense!"
Wu Jie was not surprised at all by this. Since the basic physical and chemical phenomena of this world are still consistent with those of the earth, then science in a general sense is naturally consistent in this world.
Perhaps the two worlds are different in some deeper and more critical aspects, but at least things at the level of "bacterial infection" should not be wrong.
What's more, during disaster relief in Nanping County, "isolation", "disinfection", "sterilization" and other methods have been proven to be effective. Since those methods are effective, of course the germ theory should be established.
However, he had a calm expression on his face, but he was secretly muttering in his heart.
How did this general doctor... come to accept new theories so easily? Shouldn't an old man of his age be a little stubborn?
"My friend, I also have a question." Maang'an added, "Your theory is indeed very complete and can be verified with my medical experience, but theory alone is not enough, right? According to your theory,
There are some tiny bugs in this world that are invisible to the naked eye - you call them bacteria. They are the main culprits of many diseases, especially diarrhea and ulcers. So can you find a way to find them?"
"What's so difficult about this!" Wu Jie smiled slightly, asked him for the Four Treasures of the Study, and drew a rudimentary microscope on the paper.
There are roughly three keys to microscope technology. The first is the lens, the second is the backlight, and the third is the lens tube. After solving these three keys, what is left are details such as focusing. In Wu Jie's view,
Although the technological level of this world is backward, at least it will not lose to the people on earth in the Ming Dynasty in terms of technology. The earliest microscope seems to have been invented during the Ming Dynasty, so this world should be able to do it as well.
A simple optical microscope is not a very complicated instrument. Wu Jie painted it while recalling it, and he painted it in just a quarter of an hour.
"Look, Mr. Jiang, this thing can magnify the appearance of small objects twice, so that things that are unclear to the naked eye can be seen... But this thing is easier said than done. I am not a master who is proficient in this.
, I’m afraid I can’t do it.”
Jiang An took the drawing and looked at it carefully for a while, then asked questions such as "Why can it be magnified?" Wu Jie did not hide his secrets and explained the principle of the lens to him.
"It's a pity that the climate here is so hot that it doesn't freeze even in winter. Otherwise, I could use ice to grind a lens and demonstrate it on the spot..." At the end of his sentence, Jiang An still seemed to understand, and he sighed helplessly.
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This old gentleman is indeed an open-minded and studious person, but unfortunately he lacks sufficient knowledge.
"It doesn't matter if I don't understand. Of course, someone will understand." Jiang An smiled and put away the drawings and said, "What I learned today really opened my eyes! At this moment, I am so anxious that I just want to find someone to make this microscope... Today
Let’s just say goodbye, little friend, please don’t blame me.”
Of course Wu Jie wouldn't care, he could completely understand Jiang An's mood.
Jiang An explained briefly and left the town to Wu'an County to find craftsmen to make microscopes, while Wu Jie left the pharmacy and came to the blacksmith shop.
