"Brother Zhongyuan, brother Shugui, now that Qingzhou's politics and law are separated, the academy students have shouldered the important responsibilities of judges in various local counties. In the future, local county magistrates and county guards will no longer be able to interfere with the law and trample on the dignity of laws and orders."
Chen Mu, Ying Shao, and Guo Lu, who was also the vice-president of the state court, slowly walked on the lawn and walked out of the court: "As college teachers and as role models for many students, you should shoulder the responsibility of teaching students. Qingzhou and even
In the future, the laws and regulations of the entire Han Dynasty will be entrusted to you."
The two of them stood in awe, with solemn expressions, bowed their hands and said, "I respect the instructions of the palace chief."
Like the students, they use the word teaching.
For nothing else, just because Chen Mu established the court to separate politics and law and allow the dignity of legal science to be recognized, it is enough to leave a name in history.
"Um."
Chen Mu walked through the courtyard and slowly walked out of the courtyard.
After coming out of the Law School, about two blocks away from the School of Physics, you can see another temple complex.
That's the School of Chemistry.
The School of Chemistry is a stand-alone palace, and the surrounding colleges are just a street away from it and are not connected to it.
Because the School of Chemistry is quite dangerous, in the entire Qingzhou Taishan Academy, only the School of Chemistry has experienced the death of a student. Therefore, many parents’ faces turn green when they hear that their children will apply for the School of Chemistry.
Even though the academy is famous all over the world and countless dignitaries want to send their children to study in it, as soon as they hear that their children have been admitted to the School of Chemistry, they all become frightened and would rather not come to study than let their children go astray and end up on a dead end.
In fact, many people know that the School of Chemistry is the school with the highest salary and the best welfare in the entire academy. However, no matter how good the welfare is, it has to be determined by fate.
Therefore, there are not many students in the School of Chemistry today. There are more than 30,000 students in the entire Taishan Academy, and the School of Chemistry has less than 2,000 students, which is only a little higher than the School of Heaven and Earth in the School of Law and Medicine.
When Chen Mu entered the Evolution Academy, he suddenly heard a violent explosion before entering the courtyard.
"boom!"
It was as if the sky was shaking and the earth was shaking. The beams in the roof made a rustling sound. Several tiles fell down and broke into several pieces.
"No, Master Wei's alchemy furnace exploded again. Everyone, go and have a look."
"This is the third time this month. That means our School of Chemistry has money, otherwise the gold and silver houses wouldn't be enough for Master Wei to build."
"Keep your voice down. The palace chief has warned Master Wei several times not to let him make elixirs. If he secretly makes elixirs, he will be punished by the palace chief."
A group of students walked out of the teaching palace and headed toward the backyard.
They were still discussing as they walked, but when they talked about the palace chief, they passed by the courtyard and suddenly saw a few people standing in the courtyard.
Accompanied by several attendants, Chen Mu stood in the courtyard with a livid face and a murderous look in his eyes.
"Palace Chief"
The students showed smiles that were uglier than crying, and they all stood in place, neither moving nor moving.
"Lead the way!"
Chen Mu snorted coldly, Wei Ao really refused to change despite repeated admonitions.
I told him tens of thousands of times that the so-called golden elixirs made from copper, lead, mercury, silver and cinnabar are all heavy metal poisons. If you eat them, you will die early. But this guy is obsessed with alchemy and will not listen to it.
The School of Chemistry has a lot of funds, and I'm afraid many of them have been affected by this.
If this continues, it will be time to mention the reduction of research funding for the School of Chemistry at the next leadership meeting of the School.
The students looked at each other in confusion, but the palace chief had his own majesty. Although he was reluctant in every possible way, he had no choice but to say "Wei" and then led the way with his head hanging down.
At this time, the first morning class of the School of Chemistry has just ended. Today’s lecturer is Zhou Xie, one of Wei Ao’s disciples. He is talking about various types of ores and the types of derivative products attached to them.
In history, Wei Ao took his three disciples, Zhou Xie, Feng Liang, and Yu Xun, to refine elixirs and take medicine at Shangyu Fengming Mountain. Although he lived a relatively long life, he lived to be seventy years old, but his work "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Qi"
"" is filled with a large amount of mercury, lead and mercury to refine the so-called inner elixir.
After modern chemical analysis, the thing he refined was called mercury oxide, which is highly toxic.
Taoism itself is good at health-preserving techniques. If Wei Ao had not taken those elixirs containing excessive heavy metals, he might have been able to live longer.
Therefore, Chen Mu has always forbidden alchemy, and just concentrates on studying chemical elements, with less bells and whistles.
Zhou Xie knew that Master had been tinkering in the alchemy room for a long time today, but he didn't know what Master was doing in the alchemy room. But no matter what he did, it was obviously a big deal that the alchemy room exploded again.
In the past, everyone just covered the lid and passed by, but today I just happened to meet Chen Mu for inspection. Is this okay?
You must know that they used to make alchemy in Fengming Mountain. Not only was it extremely hard for them to eat and sleep in the open, but they also often lacked various raw materials, and sometimes it was even difficult to maintain their lives.
Now we finally have a stable place, and we have enough raw materials. Both the master and the disciples cherish it very much.
If you lose your job, there will be no better place in the world than Taishan Academy.
Therefore, Zhou Xie, who was collecting minerals in the hall, ignored the table full of minerals for teaching and hurriedly ran from the side door to the backyard.
But when Zhou Xie ran to the backyard, he saw a middle-aged man with an afro in the alchemy room in the backyard. He ran out crazily and shouted excitedly: "Successful, I succeeded."
Already."
Success?
Zhou Xie was shocked. Could it be that his master had really developed the elixir of immortality?
"Dean Wei Wei, what have you succeeded in?"
At this time, Chen Mu had also arrived in the backyard. Among the palace complex, the Alchemy Room was located at the deepest part of the Chemistry Academy.
Since Zhou Xie came by a small road, he was a step ahead, but Chen Mu was not slow and arrived just in time.
When Wei Ao saw Chen Mu, he couldn't help dancing and happily took out a large piece of gold: "Look, Palace Chief, what is this?"
"oh?"
Chen Mu came over and looked at the gold ingot carefully. He saw that it was in the shape of an irregular mineral, and its appearance was a bit ugly, but it was almost the same as a gold nugget. He couldn't help but wonder: "Dean Wei, when did you get such a big piece?"
Gold?”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The palace chief also thinks this is gold?"
Wei Ao laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, I made this out of copper. The color and appearance are the same as red gold. I have found the rumored alchemy technique!"
When Chen Mu heard this, he was speechless and said, "Dean Wei must have made it out of copper and hot pot."
"Does the palace chief know?"
Wei Ao was puzzled. He refined it from copper and tungsten powder with a certain proportion of sulfur and cinnabar and other ingredients. He had been doing it secretly, planning to secretly make gold and then surprise everyone.
Unexpectedly, Chen Mu actually knew.
Chen Mu rolled his eyes and said: "This is just an alloy, not the same thing as gold. How many times have I told you that immortality elixirs and alchemy do not exist at all. They are elements that exist in nature. Through
Studying these elements and refining substances that are more meaningful to people's lives is the essence of chemistry."
"ah?"
Wei Ao was dumbfounded. The gold he had worked so hard to refine was not the same thing as real gold.
Wouldn't it mean that all the efforts of the past year have been in vain? I couldn't help but feel disappointed immediately, threw away the gold nugget in my hand, and said bitterly: "I have spent countless dollars to develop this gold over the past year, but it turned out that it was just a waste of money."
Chen Mu bent down to pick up the piece of gold, touched it and said with a smile: "Dean Wei, don't be discouraged. There are some special alloys that are harder than steel. If they can be forged into weapons, they will be able to defeat the enemy."
It has great advantages. Being able to create alloys is already amazing. Dean can try more in the future."
"real?"
Wei Ao opened his eyes wide, filled with new hope.
"nature."
Chen Mu nodded. Wei Ao was an outstanding chemist. Perhaps the man's chemical enlightenment started with him. Naturally, his self-confidence should not be affected too much.
Hearing Chen Mu's words, Wei Ao became excited again and murmured to himself: "I knew that my efforts would not be in vain, and I knew that I could refine something better."
Seeing that their dean was so convinced by the palace chief, all the students present were full of surprise.
The students in this class are all junior students, otherwise they would not be still identifying ores. Therefore, none of them fully understand why Wei Ao believes in Gongzhang Chen so much. Is it possible that Gongzhang's chemistry skills are inferior to those of Dean Wei?
Still stronger?
Zhou Xie, who was on the side, saw the disbelief in the students' eyes and immediately smiled.
The students will never understand the shock they felt when they met the palace chief for the first time.
If it was the first time Wei Ao met Chen Mu, he would definitely not be convinced and would not believe anything just because Chen Mu said it.
But over the years, he had already been impressed by Chen Mu.
The results of various experiments were placed in front of them. For example, by using plant ash to make some alkali, and then continuously blowing air into the alkali water, you can make invisible ink. It can be used to transmit information without any disadvantage.
There are also hot ice, soap, colored glaze, and gunpowder. Even the alchemy technique that Wei Ao is proud of, Chen Mu pointed out exactly what his ingredients are.
Originally, this was nothing, just some small tricks. If Wei Ao was given some time, it wouldn't be impossible to do it.
But what made Wei Ao collapse the most was that Chen Mu had never learned alchemy from him. He even claimed that he had never learned alchemy at all, but he was able to refine elixirs exactly like his.
Moreover, experiments with various animals, plants, and even death row inmates have proven that the elixir he refined has no effect of immortality. Some death row inmates who died after taking the elixir were also found to have died of highly toxic poisons after autopsy at the medical school. This shows that he
What is being refined is not the longevity pill at all, but the life-saving pill.
Especially when Chen Mu instantly pointed out that the gold refined this time was made of copper and gold, Wei Ao was even more embarrassed.
What is 釨?
It is zinc, which was called Zinc in ancient times.
If you have a little knowledge of chemistry or gold jewelry, you will know that the most similar thing to gold is copper-zinc alloy.
The perfect proportion of copper-zinc alloy is almost identical in appearance to gold, and requires instruments to distinguish it.
Before the Han Dynasty, some people had already made alloys that were similar to gold, but they were copper-tin alloys, which were very different from real gold.
It was not until the Ming Dynasty that copper-zinc alloy officially entered the stage of history. Because the color was very close to gold, it was called brass at the time. This brass began to be used to cast coins after Jiajing.
So when Chen Mu pointed out that what he refined was not gold at all, Wei Ao naturally felt guilty, feeling that he had wasted countless money but created something useless.
At this time, another person walked out of the alchemy room, another disciple of Wei Ao, Feng Liang.
Feng Liang was cleaning up the house just now, and he heard the noise outside. After walking out of the house, he saw Chen Mu looking at the "gold nugget" in his hand, and said: "Palace Chief, in fact, Master Wei also saw our transformation."
The academy wastes countless money every year. I thought that if I could make gold, I might be able to save a lot of money, so I kept researching it, but it was not for my own selfish desires."
"I know."
Chen Mu carefully looked at the gold nugget in his hand and suddenly laughed: "This is a good thing."
"ah?"
Wei Ao was shocked just now. He heard that it was a good thing first, so he couldn't help but wonder: "What is the use of this thing?"
"hehe."
Chen Mu did not explain, but suddenly heard the tinkling sound of a bell ringing, and said to the students with a straight face: "The bell rang, why don't you go to class?"
"only!"
The students were afraid of Chen Mu's majesty and dispersed one after another. Even Feng Liang and Zhou Xie got up to go to class, leaving only Wei Ao.
There are nearly two thousand students in the School of Chemistry, and there are quite a few teachers. In addition to Wei Ao and three disciples, there are also some graduates who have stayed in the school before. In addition, the research directions are different, some students go in the direction of ore, and some students go in the direction of ore.
Some students go in the direction of refining, and some students go in the direction of elemental gases and liquids, so the class time is different, and the teacher's teaching time is also different, so there is no need to worry about not enough teachers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wei Ao waited until everyone got up for class before asking again: "May I ask the palace chief, is this thing suitable for forging weapons?"
"no."
Chen Mu shook his head.
"If you can't make weapons, how can you make armor?"
Wei Ao asked again.
"You can't make armor either."
"What can be done?"
"It's very useful."
Chen Mu smiled mysteriously: "This thing can be used to make coins."
"coin?"
Wei Ao was a little puzzled. He focused on studying chemistry and didn't really know much about politics and finance.
Chen Mu didn't explain, and said with a smile: "Let's go and see the laboratory."
"Forehead."
Wei Ao and Chen Mu walked towards the laboratory together.
While Chen Mu was chatting casually with Wei Ao, he was doing two things at once, thinking about the role of copper-zinc alloy.
Wei Ao was really helpful. After the research just now, he was surprised to find that the copper-zinc alloy produced by Wei Ao was not only indistinguishable from gold in appearance, but also had almost the same hardness and feel.
Needless to say, the copper-tin alloys before the Ming Dynasty were very different from each other, and the difference can be seen with the naked eye.
Although the copper-zinc alloys produced in the Ming Dynasty are very close to gold in appearance, one is slightly darker and the other is brighter. However, the texture is still not as good as modern copper-zinc alloys, and there are still ways to distinguish them.
But Wei Ao has obviously figured out the perfect proportions and smelting methods, and the copper-zinc alloy he produced is quite perfect, with an extremely bright appearance and color, better than those of the Ming Dynasty, and infinitely close to modern craft products.
In the popular words of later generations, they are high-end imitations of modern craftsmanship.
Even Chen Mu didn't recognize it at first glance, which shows how good its quality is.
It can almost look fake!
And there is one more important thing.
That means it was the Han Dynasty at this time.
The copper-zinc alloys of the Ming Dynasty had different qualities and textures. Secondly, they were well known and difficult to deceive experts.
The copper-zinc alloy of the Han Dynasty had never been known to anyone before, and it would definitely work to pass it off as gold.
When no one can tell whether this is real gold or fake gold, this thing is definitely a killer weapon.
Maybe some people don’t understand how terrible it is. For example, if it is used economically, using fake copper-zinc alloy to go to the enemy’s territory to purchase it, the lethality is no less than that of the beautiful country at the end of the twentieth century.
The classic economic tactic "shock therapy" is used.
With just one operation, the enemy's territory will be filled with "gold" and their economy will collapse.
It’s just that this kind of operation is too destructive to the people. Inflation and price soaring will lead to starvation and death everywhere, even worse than biological and chemical weapons. Therefore, this method can be regarded as a hidden nuclear bomb in the late Han Dynasty, so it can be used without it.
, or try not to use it.
At least the Han people in this era are already living a very hard life. There is no need to be so cruel. It can only be used as a last resort and not as a conventional tactic.
Then copper-zinc alloy has another use, making money.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was a serious shortage of bronze, which led to the proliferation of iron coins and the collapse of the economy. Even Liu Bei made hundreds of coins, which shows how serious the disadvantages of metal coins are.
Some people may say, can't copper mines always be mined? Why is there a serious shortage of bronze?
However, copper is oxidized and easily corroded. Bronze coins will become less and less as they circulate. At that time, many wealthy people had the habit of burying money or storing copper coins. Coupled with the limitation of technology, mining was extremely difficult.
, once the speed of copper mining cannot keep up with the speed of consumption, it will easily lead to a shortage of copper coins, and then the economy will collapse. In the end, it will often become a barter-for-barter situation.
Not only in other places in the Han Dynasty, but also in Qingzhou, prices are sometimes unstable, which is caused by the lack of bronze.
The copper-zinc alloy is different. As an alloy, it has extremely strong corrosion resistance and is not easy to oxidize. If the bronze coins retained by later generations are dug out from the ground, they will often corrode badly. The brass coins cast after Jiajing
, even if it has been buried underground for hundreds of years, it will still be well preserved after being dug out, and even the texture on it will be very clear.
This is the benefit of alloys.
Moreover, copper-zinc alloy requires much less copper than bronze coins. Zinc mines are almost unexploited in this era. Open-pit mines are all over the country and the reserves are extremely rich, allowing more coins to be minted.
In addition, as an advanced product of the times, as long as the technology is kept secret, it will be difficult for anyone to crack it. If used to cast coins, they will not only be more durable than ordinary bronze coins, but also anti-counterfeiting, which can eliminate many counterfeit products in the current market.
coin.
Where can I find such a good thing?
Therefore, it can be said that the "gold" that Wei Ao spent more than a year producing is not useless at all.
If used properly, it is much more useful than its real gold value!