"No, the Jiaodong County Sheriff is here with bad intentions!"
Just as Heifu spoke, Lu Shengbian, who was extremely vigilant, was startled and looked at Han Zhong who was standing aside.
Lu Sheng and Han Zhong were both alchemists. Although their origins can be traced back to the ancient witchcraft, most of their ideas came from Zou Yan, the Yin and Yang family a hundred years ago. The famous alchemists Song Wuji and Zheng Boqiao
, Chong Shang, a senior member of Xianmen, was the disciple Zou Yan accepted when he was giving lectures in Jieshi Palace!
But they also divided into two major schools because of their emphasis on Zou Yan's different theories. The overseas immortal-seeking sect believed in the theory of "Great Kyushu" and believed that besides Kyushu, there were three major immortal islands with Ganoderma miraculous medicine on them, waiting for people to go there.
explore.
The other school believes in "Yin Yang and Five Elements" and believes that gold, wood, water, fire and earth are the basic forms of all things, and that the five elements complement each other. Therefore, in theory, stones can also be refined into gold, and cinnabar and various rare medicinal materials can be refined into immortality.
The medicine is coming...
It seemed that they had learned the lessons of the chaos among the Confucian factions and their complete defeat in the struggle between the government and the opposition. Under Lu Sheng's plan, the three leaders of the two factions began to cooperate, allowing their theories to complement each other and often covering up for each other.
But in his heart, Lu Sheng disapproved of Han Zhong, Hou Sheng and other alchemists, thinking that this was an inferior method.
Because he felt that the authenticity of these things was too easy to verify...
"The secrets of immortality that we use to persuade the king are often insane ultimatums, made of jade and gold rope, which are locked in the Ming Ling Mansion and sealed on the Yao Altar, so that ordinary people can't even get a glimpse of them."
Take the overseas fairy mountains Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou that he advocated. He only said that they were floating on the vast sea, with misty waves, and it was difficult to believe them. Lu Sheng boasted that he had visited those fairy islands when he was young, but those fairy islands were hard to come by.
Because he ate the fairy fruit on it, he is still young at the age of seventy. Who can prove that he is lying?
In short, the alchemist must make himself appear inscrutable, make immortality elusive, and preferably never be falsified!
As long as the painting is not exposed for a day, they will be immortals walking in the world, and glory and wealth will be at their fingertips.
On the other hand, Han Zhong, Hou Sheng and others claimed to have understood the mysteries of the changes in yin and yang and the five elements, so they were able to worship the gods and obtain the elixir.
It sounds very tempting, but this also makes their theories more regular and followable! They also have to come up with real results and give them to the emperor for verification, unlike Lu Sheng, who just relies on imagination to make up random ideas.
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What surprised Lu Sheng was that the black man also discovered this flaw. He detained all the mysterious Jiaodongfang warlocks to the seaside, treated them as subordinates, and forced them to use their years of experience in cultivating things in temples to come up with the idea.
The method of drenching the brine in the filter pond was used before releasing it.
Now, in front of Qin Shihuang, Hei Fu asked Han Zhong why this was the case!
An inexplicable fear arose in Lu Sheng's heart: "Has this black man been planning to dig this big hole for our alchemists a few months ago?"
What should Han Zhong say? If Ruoyan doesn't know, his so-called "knowing the changes of yin and yang and the five elements, so he can make things happen in the temple" has become a joke. He doesn't even understand this simple truth, but he still wants to make elixir for the emperor to eat?
If you just say it clearly, it won't be much better.
"The god of alchemists lies in the hidden path and the mysterious and difficult source. Once it is explained clearly, it will no longer be a god!" This is Lu Sheng's self-knowledge!
If he exposes himself, with this precedent, who knows whether Heifu will find out the truth in the future and ask the magician to explain how to refine gold from stones, how to refine elixir from cinnabar, sand and mercury, and what to do then?
Will everything be left to the mysterious and unknown providence? Opportunity? Lu Sheng shook his head, Hei Fu's move was not easy to take!
The attack was too sudden, and even though Lu Sheng was in trouble, Han Zhong was obviously unprepared. He hesitated and hesitated.
But before Han finally considered the pros and cons, Hei Fu smiled again: "Your Majesty, it seems that Mr. Han still needs to think about it some more. In this case, let's let the local warlocks who came up with this strategy talk about it."
Qin Shihuang actually wanted to know the reason, so he asked Zhao Cheng to bring over the three magicians who came to accuse the black husband of being cunning.
The three alchemists were also tricked by the black man. They lied to them about "extraordinary magic formulas and dedicate them to His Majesty", but in the end, their skin peeled off in the sea. They also sent officials to scold and persecute them every day, and they couldn't find a way to stop them.
In the end, the three of them had no choice but to offer up their own method of purifying nitrate from brine, which was the brine drenching method in front of them...
After they were released, they finally got angry. A small official sent by a black man deliberately encouraged them by saying that His Majesty the Emperor is a good alchemist. As long as he complained, he would believe it without any doubt, so he became bold and complained.
He is like a black man.
But looking at the current situation, the Jiaodong County Sheriff was very pleased with the king, and the three of them regretted it again, muttering that it was a misunderstanding. One of them, as if offering a treasure, regarded the drenching method as his own "wonderful method".
Bragging, saying that this is the magic recipe they dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor, hoping to take credit for it.
At this time, Zhang Cang, who had already discussed it with Hei Fu, spoke.
"Your Majesty, in fact, this is not a mysterious alchemy at all, it is just an ordinary thing! It is not because the alchemist did it and got the help of the gods that it became effective. Even if a young man does it, it will be the same.
in this way!"
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Everyone was shocked. The three magicians quickly argued, but Qin Shihuang looked at Zhang Cang: "Do you understand? Then you can explain it."
Zhang Cang bowed, found a plate with fresh water, took out the salt bag he had brought with him, shook some white salt, and sprinkled it into the bag. The salt dissolved instantly.
He grabbed a handful of salt with sediment on the ground and sprinkled it into another plate. After adding water, the white crystal salt particles disappeared, and the sediment sank to the bottom of the plate, clearly visible.
Zhang Cang showed the two plates to the emperor and said: "The Jiaodong County Sheriff told me that according to what he saw, common things in the world can be simply divided into two categories, those that are soluble in water and those that are insoluble in water. I deeply think that
However! Soluble ones are salt, and insoluble ones are silt. Therefore, silt will gather when it enters water, and salt will dissolve when it enters water. However, the water already has a salty taste, so the salt is in the water!"
The concept of soluble and insoluble was what Hei Fu just told Zhang Cang. Zhang Cang is a smart man and he immediately realized that a top student is a top student.
Zhang Cang continued: "Similarly, there is salt in sea water, but when exposed to the hot sun, the water dries and the salt comes out, mixing with the mud, so there is salt in the mud."
"The salt mud at the outlet of the filter was poured with sea water. The salt in the mud dissolved when it came into contact with water, but the mud remained insoluble. Therefore, when the filter was put into water, there was already more salt in the water than before, and it turned into brine!"
After saying this in one breath, Zhang Cang only felt that the mouthful of brine he had caught was well worth the drink!
In short, the seawater flows through the filter layer, leaving behind the sediment, but the salt in the soil goes with it. This is the principle of the brine leaching method. After repeated filtration, the concentration of the outflowing brine continues to increase.
Zhang Cang couldn't help but think of what Hei Fu said to him on the top of Mount Tai.
"People don't understand the changing process of things and only see the results. Because they don't understand why, they call them 'gods'. But if we find out the changing process and let people know what it is, we can remove the mysterious gauze! This
This is the proof I mentioned, based on the facts to prove the authenticity!"
However, those things that seem to be contrary to common sense actually turn out to be just another kind of common sense.
"That's right, I proved this matter and used the facts to prove the authenticity. This is not the magical power of one or a few alchemists, but the great road of heaven and earth, the laws of nature!"
Although the words were already on his lips, Zhang Cang, after the last setback, had stopped talking and did not offend Qin Shihuang.
"That's it!" The fifth master Ziying's eyes widened when he heard this. He couldn't understand why it was so simple?
"that's all?"
Qin Shihuang still had the same look on his face, as if he was a little disappointed that the "wonderful alchemy" was so boring. With a wave of his sleeve, he had the three "false accusations" of alchemists detained first and asked the court officials to discuss their crimes.
On the other hand, Heifu interceded for the three of them, hypocritically saying that although they were talking nonsense, they promoted the implementation of the new salt production law, hoping to avoid death and allow them to continue serving the country and have a chance to atone for their sins.
From the perspective of later generations, the two factions of Yin and Yang alchemists are actually chemists and explorers, well, although they are wild.
But this group of people learned the art of yin and yang, not to explore the composition of matter, the size of the world, and the principles of historical reincarnation like Zou Yan's uncle and nephew. Instead, they felt very happy when they saw Zou Yan using "yin and yang to control the movement and manifest it among the princes."
I was so envious that I wanted to use this theory as my skin to decorate "immortality". The ultimate goal is to make money and become rich.
The liar is not scary, but the liar is educated. After changing his skin, the magician Fang boasted all the tricks. He became very prosperous in Yanqi and deceived King Zhao of Yan and others. Historically, Qin Shihuang was also deceived by them.
As long as Warlock Fang's purpose is still to deceive, Heifu will continue to dig holes for them. He is not willing that Jiaodong, which has finally developed, will use its manpower and money for useless purposes under Warlock Fang's troubles!
This episode ended quickly, and Heifu continued his work as a tour guide, introducing Qin Shihuang to the new method of making salt.
Heifu said that after the brine is prepared, the salt workers will pull off a section of a shrub called "Yellow Fish Crab" that grows on the seaside to determine the concentration of the brine. If the branches of "Yellow Fish Crab" float on the surface of the brine, it means that the brine has reached sufficient concentration.
The concentration of the brine is ready for drying. If the "yellow croaker" sinks to the bottom of the water or is suspended in the middle of the water, it means that the brine concentration is insufficient...
Qin Shihuang nodded casually and didn't take it to heart, but Zhang Cang stopped and looked at the ups and downs of Huang Yuci thoughtfully.
Heifu felt that as long as the time was right and concepts such as density and buoyancy were taught to Fatty, he would be able to accept them and carry them forward.
But today's matter can be settled simply by soluble or insoluble. Why kill a chicken with a bull's knife? Let's keep the middle and high school knowledge in Hei Fu's belly for now, and then throw it out one by one after Zhang Cang has digested the previous ones.
Well, these things are good weapons to use against Alchemists.
"This is just a reminder, a warning..."
When a group of people left the filter, Heifu glanced at the alchemists Lu Sheng and Han Zhong who were sent back to the palace by Qin Shi Huang in embarrassment after being treated coldly. After the setback, their backs did not seem so celestial.
Already.
"If they still don't learn their lesson and continue to jump up and down in Jiaodong, pretending to be gods and ghosts..."
Heifu thought to himself: "I'll let them know what "Into Science" is!"