Chapter 1086: The process of refining medicinal pills
Chapter 1086: The process of refining the elixir
"Master Wan Guan is here, please wait a moment."
As Yaoxin led Wan Yunting to the residence of old Taoist Zhang Yansong, Tan Zhiyuan, who was wearing a Taoist robe, stopped him first and said with a polite smile: "My master is meditating inside. This is when he refines medicine every day."
Everything needs to be done, please wait here with me, Lord Wan Guan."
"OK, all right."
Wan Yunting smiled and nodded to express his understanding, then he, Tan Zhiyuan, brother and sister Yao Xin, and Xiao Chuanzi were squatting at the door of the kitchen with a bowl of noodles, looking at the snow on the ground and gesturing with a branch.
Painting and eating noodles at the same time, half-heartedly.
Wan Yunting didn't know what he was talking about with Tan Zhiyuan, so he ran over and squatted next to Xiao Chuanzi. He looked at him and drew something in the snow with a branch, which seemed to be a symbol or a word. Wan Yunting couldn't help but be surprised.
Asked: "What are you drawing?"
Only then did Xiaochuanzi realize that he was squatting next to him, and he said with an ooh, "I'm drawing a talisman."
"Character."
Wan Yunting couldn't help but look at the pattern he drew on the snow carefully. When he straightened it up, he saw that it was really a talisman. He smiled and said, "But your writing is too ugly. You need to practice your calligraphy."
Xiaochuanzi said with a tiger-like look on his face: "It's so difficult to practice calligraphy. I can't write well no matter how I write."
"I'll teach you, give it to me..."
As he spoke, Wan Yunting took the branch from his hand, smoothed the snow on the ground with his hands, and said: "This brush calligraphy is very easy to write. If you grasp it with your fingers like this, practice the gestures first..."
The older one and the younger one squatted on the ground. Xiaochuanzi looked at it carefully, and the noodles in the bowl were even cold. In order to pass the time, Wan Yunting also taught him very carefully how to write calligraphy with calligraphy. Xiaochuanzi was eager to try, and also held a branch.
Wan Yunting simply taught him how to make gestures, and the words he wrote turned out to be much better than the talisman words he had just drawn.
At this time, Zhang Yansong walked out of the room, wearing a clean gray Taoist robe. Tan Zhiyuan turned to see him and saluted quickly. Zhang Yansong looked at Wan Yunting and Xiao Chuanzi squatting in the yard and asked: "What are they doing?"
Woolen cloth?"
Tan Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Back to Master, Wan Guanzhu is teaching Xiao Chuanzi to write calligraphy."
Zhang Yansong touched his white beard on his chin a few times, nodded and smiled, and then shouted: "Master Wan Guan."
After hearing the cry, Wan Yunting stood up and turned around. Seeing that Zhang Yansong was ready, he told Xiaochuanzi to go back and study hard according to the method he taught. He quickly walked over to Zhang Yansong and cupped his fists: "Daozhang Zhang..."
Zhang Yansong smiled and said, "You've been waiting for a long time. Then come with me. Let's prepare the medicinal materials and start refining Ningxiang Pills."
"good."
Wan Yunting nodded with a smile and followed Zhang Yansong into the main hall. The fire pit of the copper medicine furnace was still burning, "Zhiyuan, you first take out the Heqi Pill from the medicine furnace, and then clean the medicine furnace. Wan and I
The master of the temple should prepare the medicinal materials first."
"Okay Master..."
Tan Zhiyuan nodded, and called his junior sister Yao Xin to come over to help. He opened the medicine stove, and the smell of the medicine made Wan Yunting next to him couldn't help but pull his neck and take a look, and asked: "Daozhang Zhang, is this suitable?"
What is the effect of Qi Dan?"
Zhang Yansong prepared the medicinal materials in his hand and said with a smile: "This Heqi Pill only needs to nourish the vitality. For example, if we are injured internally, we can take the Heqi Pill to replenish our internal energy and stabilize the injury by ourselves."
"Oh I see."
Although Wan Yunting rarely comes into contact with these elixirs and pills, when he heard the effect, he knew that the Heqi Pill was very useful and precious. Zhang Yansong smiled and said: "I will give two pills to Wan Guanzhu to carry with him later. In an emergency, I will give them to you."
It can save your life.”
Wan Yunting looked stunned, then smiled politely and said: "Thank you, Daozhang Zhang."
Zhang Yansong smiled and handed him a handful of herbs in his hand: "Here, take the herbs this time and crush them into powder."
"good."
Wan Yunting continued to dry the herbs, and there was a very old pig iron grinding trough next to it. This was a very common tool for processing traditional Chinese medicine in ancient times. Wan Yunting had never used it very much, so Tan Zhiyuan gave him some tips.
Next, I got started quickly. I crushed the vanilla, and then crushed all the medicinal materials into medicinal powder. Those that could not be crushed were directly crushed into powder with a tamping barrel. The same was done for the Ningxiang flower.
"There are not many fragrant flowers, but I hope we can succeed at once."
Zhang Yansong, Wan Yunting, and Tan Zhiyuan worked hard for more than two hours before finally getting all the medicinal materials ready. The cleaned medicine stove was put back on the fire pit, and Xiao Chuanzi was adding firewood to the fire...
"The main thing that people who refine medicine pay attention to is the temperature and state of mind..."
Zhang Yansong rolled up his sleeves and made a spatula-like tool out of bamboo in his hand, and began to scrape away the water and debris from the medicine stove...
Yaoxin grabbed two handfuls of clean snow from the ground outside and came in. Zhang Yansong asked her to put them into the medicine furnace. He smiled and said to Wan Yunting who was standing by and watching: "This medicine needs rootless water, which is rain or water."
Snow water and morning dew water, then pour in the main ingredient and start stirring into a paste..."
After saying that, he poured the powdered Ningxiang flowers into the medicine stove. Zhang Yansong immediately started stirring with a bamboo spatula. Tan Zhiyuan next to him quickly went up and pulled Xiao Chuanzi away, and began to control the fire in the fire pit under the medicine stove.
Firewood size…
Zhang Yansong also kept asking him to adjust the heat. There must be no mistakes. If the heat is too high, the medicine in the medicine furnace will be burnt. If the heat is low, the temperature will not be able to stimulate the medicinal effects of the medicinal materials to the best state...
"Lord Wan Guan, pour the two ministers' medicine into it..."
Zhang Yansong said quickly. Wan Yunting took the two powdered Herbal Herbs and Golden Black Herb powder and poured them into the medicine furnace. Zhang Yansong kept stirring, and the paste in the medicine furnace kept bubbling.
It exudes a strong medicinal fragrance...
Then Zhang Yansong asked Wan Yunting to add dozens of other medicinal materials. A total of thirty-nine medicinal materials were crushed into powder and mixed, exuding a unique medicinal fragrance...
At the same time, the medicine paste in the medicine furnace began to condense and there was resistance. Zhang Yansong kept stirring with a bamboo shovel to make the medicine powder fully soft. However, Wan Yunting seemed to be short of water and asked: "Do I still need to add water?"
"No, it's time to add honey!"
Zhang Yansong wiped the sweat from his forehead. This first step of refining the medicine is the most tiring, but not the most critical. As he said the medicine, he took out a jar of honey. Wan Yunting saw it thawed into a white image.
The honey looks like beeswax, so you know it is absolutely natural and pure honey: "This honey is produced by the bees we raise on the mountain..."
As Zhang Yansong directed how much honey to add to the medicine core, he did not dare to relax for a moment. He kept stirring to mix the medicine paste in the medicine furnace, just like kneading dough. The honey was added to let the medicine paste condense together. Zhang Yansong immediately
Use a spatula to take out the ball of medicine...
Tan Zhiyuan moved a small square table with a clean chopping board on it. Zhang Yansong placed the medicine ball on it. While it was hot, he started to mix the medicine directly without fear of burning it, and began to mix the medicine ball, allowing the thirty-nine medicinal materials to be thoroughly mixed.
Knead together and mix…
Wan Yunting stood aside and watched carefully. At this time, Ouyang Shenhe also came in. Zhang Yansong was not afraid of being seen in the process of refining medicine. After all, he just watched it, but if he wanted to follow it, it was not so easy.
Simple things.
"alright."
After kneading the pill for more than half an hour, and after it was completely solidified, Zhang Yansong asked Tan Zhiyuan to divide the medicine into pieces and put them on the scale. The weight of each pill was consistent without any deviation. The pill was as big as a girl's thumb.
It's so big that there are twenty-nine pieces divided...
"The next step is the most critical step in refining the elixir!"
Zhang Yansong turned to look at Wan Yunting and said, "Bake the medicine!"
As he spoke, Yaoxin put a special tool for placing pills into the medicine furnace, placed twenty-nine pills on it, and then closed the lid of the medicine furnace. Zhang Yansong said to Tan Zhiyuan: "Little Huo
Lasts six hours!”
"clear."
Tan Zhiyuan nodded and let him control the heat. He knew that the step of refining the medicine was the most critical. Whether the medicine could be formed, and whether it could achieve its efficacy and quality depended on this last step.
Zhang Yansong washed his hands, wiped them with a rag and came out. He looked at Wan Yunting and Ouyang Shenhe and said with a smile: "It will take six hours to generate the elixir. Master Wan Guan, Master Ouyang, why don't you go out for a walk?"
Bar."
Wan Yunting and Ouyang Shenhe nodded. They were just about to meet Kong Liancheng, the previous generation head of the Kong family.
"Xiaochuanzi, take them to Pingshoushan."
Zhang Yansong asked Xiao Chuanzi to take them there. Wan Yunting and Ouyang Shenhe nodded and left with Xiao Chuanzi. Naturally, Zhang Yansong had to stay next to the medicine stove and take care of the medicine, so nothing could go wrong...