"A family that refines alchemy and forges swords? I've always been curious about whether the family that refines alchemy eats the elixirs they make." Chen Xi asked curiously.
"This..." Wang Li laughed, and everyone present also laughed and said nothing. Eat, why not eat? It's not just them who eat, other families also follow suit.
"Is it true that you won't die from poisoning?" Chen Xi was really shocked now. Hua Tuo had mentioned the harmful effects of heavy metal pills many times. How could there be a family that did this?
"How can I say this? In fact, each family has its own tricks. Those who really make alchemy actually have matching secrets. Dr. Hua's experiment is indeed correct, but it does not mean that everyone is like this, and it is just like the Roman citizens.
Not only is lead not dead, but it has also acquired other things, and we also have this kind of research." The old man of the Zhang family spread his hands and said seriously.
When Jian Yong went to Rome as an envoy, Zhang Zhi was among his entourage. This guy said he was a doctor, but in fact he was a zoologist and botanist of the Kanyu line. However, in this era, there was no such fine distinction. Those who ran on the ground were long.
All belong to this series.
Of course, although Zhang Zhi's medical skills are not among the top ten in the Central Plains, he is very good at studying animals and plants, and his research on medicinal properties is very good. Therefore, when Jian Yong and his group came back, the Han Dynasty actually knew about Roman citizens.
It's a little different from ordinary humans.
That is to say, the Roman citizens absorbed lead to construct a metallic cytoskeleton. Therefore, the weight of the Romans was heavier than that of the Han Dynasty on average, and their pure physical defense was slightly stronger than that of the Han Dynasty.
Little by little.
This can be regarded as some kind of adaptive evolution. Chen Xi saw this part of the report Zhang Zhi submitted to Hua Tuo, who revised and submitted it after studying it with Galen.
Of course, Chen Xi only had a rough understanding of this part. Although he was quite envious of the fact that the average Roman citizen had improved their body defense by less than 20%, it actually didn’t make much sense if he thought about it carefully. Of course, Hua Tuo said that these metals were
After the state of the cytoskeleton truly became a part of life, there was still some improvement, but after Chen Xi thought about it for a while, he still gave up.
But what it means now is that there were actually aristocratic families in the Han Dynasty who studied this kind of thing?
"Of course there is research." The old man of the Zhang family said matter-of-factly, leaning on a cane. "They were criticized by doctors at the canonization level, and the criticism was justified, making them realize that casually swallowing golden elixirs is courting death.
If a family continues to engage in alchemy under such circumstances, no matter how harshly they scold Dr. Hua, they will definitely study it carefully in private."
"Then what?" Chen Xi raised an eyebrow, "Does this mean they have researched something? No way, it's not that easy!"
"It's really that simple." Mr. Zhang said speechlessly, "They also have a cytoskeleton, well, that's the word, and they also have a tendency to metallize. Although their number is relatively small, and they often intermarry with other families,
This has caused some problems with the continuity of this bloodline, but Rome is only as old as we are."
When he said this, Mr. Zhang obviously had an air of looking down on the world. It is impossible to verify when swallowing pills appeared, but there are records starting from the Shennong clan, and the people who do these things are almost the same strain. Although
It's not as large-scale as Rome's advance, but it won't be able to hold off the Central Plains for long enough.
"..." Chen Xi was quite speechless, it was really good.
"By the way, we have much more high-end products than them in Rome." The old man Xie who had been silent stretched out his right hand, and then watched the other person's right hand begin to glow with a metallic luster, and then the other one did the same, and he knocked with both hands.
Then there was a sound of gold and stone.
"..." Chen Xi was really shocked. There is actually a family that practices alchemy among our group. By the way, you guys actually mocked me in front of the alchemy family. Aren't you afraid of being beaten? Or maybe
, you are simply making trouble.
"Isn't it amazing?" After Xie's old man moved his fingers, the luster of the metal faded, he looked at Chen Xi and asked, "It's much classier than the high-end atmosphere in Rome, and it can really be like this all over the body, isn't it very impressive?
future."
"Don't hook up with the Xie family. The Xie family is actually not a member of the Fang family. They are just hobbies, but the devil knows how they got involved, but we suspect that the Xie family's methods affect the brain." The old man of the Gan family faced Chen Xi.
More familiar, seeing Chen Xi's eyes glowing, he directly sent a message to Chen Xi.
"Forget it, are there any more mature ones? I think this defense and flexibility are both balanced. It's not worse than wearing a layer of armor. What's more important is that it's muscle defense." Chen Xi wiped it secretly.
Sweat, forget it, it affects your intelligence, although it seems really interesting.
"A mature product? I'm afraid there isn't one. In fact, most of the families who were engaged in refining elixirs and taking elixirs were speechless after being criticized by Doctor Hua. Most of them went to other industries. Although they are still refining elixirs, they eat much less.
." The old man of the Gan family thought for a while and said, "Actually, the families who were engaged in alchemy at that time were a little confused. Only after the boy from the Zhang family came back did they have other routes. In fact, these guys were all copied from Rome, at most.
It is the blue that comes from the blue and is better than the blue.”
Chen Xi had nothing to say, but it was normal to think about it. It was only a few hundred years ago that Rome began to eat lead, but these big guys in the Central Plains have been studying alchemy and swallowing golden elixirs for too long. They have been there since the end of civilization.
Start researching this thing.
[It should be said that the painting styles of the world with heaven and earth essence and the world without heaven and earth essence are very different, right?] Chen Xi silently wiped a cold sweat, and swallowed the golden elixir without heaven and earth essence.
It will appear that the body will not decay after death, and if the essence of heaven and earth swallows the golden elixir, something like super evolution will appear.
"Well, actually I've been curious about something. You all are here, could you answer it for me?" Chen Xi silently changed the topic.
However, at this time, the old man of the Gan family sent a message to Chen Xi with some thoughts, "Chen Hou, if you are really interested in this, you can go find the Zhang family in Qinghe. His family may have very detailed information."
Records, after all, Qinghe Zhang belongs to a truly ancient family, and their family may have some things that are not written down and passed down orally from the family head."
"Okay, I will ask when I have time." Chen Xi said with some doubts.
"If Mr. Chen has any doubts, you can speak up. If we know, we will tell you everything." A group of young old men looked at each other and showed no intention of hiding anything.
"It's like this. I can barely understand families like the Zhao family and the Zhou family who study mathematics, and families like the Gan and Shi families who study astronomy and calendars. But I want to ask about the study of sword making and alchemy.
What do the families of lightning and machinery think about studying those strange things?" Chen Xi asked curiously, and then whispered in a low voice, "What the hell is the chemistry involved in alchemy research?"
In this era, studying mathematics and astronomical phenomena, Feng Shui and Zhouyi are actually deceptive. On the contrary, those things that truly represent hard science are useless.
Just like Chen Xi asked Zhao Shaoqing to calculate the fluid resistance, if you really want to say it, there is absolutely no way to deceive people. However, Zhao was actually very interested and brought a group of people to calculate it. After calculating for a long time, he added some weight to the bottom of the ship.
He picked up something like a ball, and then the boat speed increased by 10%.
When Chen Xi saw that thing, he remembered that something was missing.
Therefore, Chen Xi is actually quite curious about what kind of thoughts these people hold. Although a large part of it is because they live a worry-free life. There are few entertainment projects in ancient times and they have played everything they can. They can only immerse themselves in the ocean of knowledge and rely on it.
Learning knowledge can lead to happiness through dopamine feedback in the brain, but this is not completely clear.
"Ah, you ask this, in fact, what seems strange to our families is you Yingchuan Chen family, Xun family and the like." The old man of the Shi family scratched his beard and said with a smile.
"The sword-making family studies materials, higher-strength alloys, and smelting, isn't it for the purpose of making swords? The alchemy-making family studies flames, combustion, and material mixing, isn't it just for the purpose of making elixirs? Those who study thunder and lightning save thunder and lightning.
Isn't it natural?" Wang Li rolled his eyes and said, are these problems? Not a problem!
Chen Xi was silent for a while, and now Chen Xi finally understood why many things in ancient China had actually been revealed, but they were completely lost later. It was not only a problem of being lost, but also a problem of the way of thinking.
Westerners’ thinking is generally to learn the basics first, and then after learning a bunch of things, rely on these things to see what can be combined. However, Chinese people’s thinking is, I want such a thing, and then discover the prerequisite skills of this thing.
There are so many, so I learned these prerequisite skills.
However, this method is really only for giants, because ordinary people can easily die without even using a prerequisite skill.
To put it another way, for Westerners physics is physics, but for Central Plains people, physics may be the precursor to equipment manufacturing technology, equipment enchanting technology, and equipment special effects production technology. The same is true for chemistry.
If ordinary people learn this kind of thing, they may die, but if a giant learns it, for a giant, it is probably the same as playing a game. My equipment needs enchanting. I will learn enchantment. This requires forging.
How can I not be happy if I learn blacksmithing, tailor-made, and feel the satisfaction when I finish the lesson? I'm afraid that after playing the game, the giant's liver will become cirrhosis of the whole body.
This is simply a way to greatly stimulate the interest of giants and dissuade ordinary enthusiasts!
