Rebirth and farming: the prosperous days of the eldest sister of Nongmen

Chapter 85
Although Shen She still didn't understand what Ye Xing was looking for for saltpeter, but he really wanted to know if there was saltpeter in the pill, and could it be possible to put gunpowder into people's mouths.Shen She asked Zhishu to secretly bring this elixir to a doctor Shen's acquaintance, and asked to keep it secret, so that the family members must not be alarmed, otherwise Song and Wan might think that he was sick again.

After a few days, the doctor disguised himself and entered Shen's residence to look for Shen She. When he saw Shen She, he said: "This elixir contains cinnabar, sulfur, and saltpeter. If you eat it, you will feel hot all over, as if you were drunk. You can’t eat too much, otherwise it is very likely to hurt your body.”

Shen She was taken aback. He had heard from his father that it was best not to touch the elixir sold in the Taoist temple. Even his father never took the elixir that others brought to Baiyun Temple. Too many things that are not suitable for eating.

"Wouldn't those who took the elixir be poisoned? Why would they dare to sell it?" Although it is not popular to take elixir in Xunyang Mansion, as far as he knows, there are still many people who will wait for the elders in Baiyun Temple. The Taoist temple bought some elixir, and based on the ingredients in it, someone might have had an accident.

"For highly poisonous gold and stone medicines such as sulfur and arsenic, alchemy Taoist priests already know to burn them first to reduce or lose their original toxicity. This method is called volt fire." The doctor hurriedly told Shen She He explained, "Although the toxicity has been reduced a lot by volt fire and other methods, many elixirs are not beneficial to the body. Only the Taoist priests of Baiyun Temple and other large Taoist temples will make some pills according to medical principles."

"What about saltpeter, is it as poisonous as sulfur?" Shen She made up his mind, if saltpetre is also poisonous, no matter what the reason is, Ye Xing will not let her touch it again.

The doctor smiled and said: "All medicines in this world are poisonous, but it depends on how to use them. According to the records of "Shen Nong Baicao Jing", saltpeter and sulfur were once used as important medicinal materials. swell."

The doctor's words reassured Shen She a lot, and he thought that if Ye Xing needed to be used for medicine, it would be possible for him to help her.So after the doctor left, Shen She asked Zhishu to bring Ye Xing over.When Ye Xing saw that Zhishu wanted to take him to the Shen residence to meet Shen She, he knew that Shen She had already sent someone to know the ingredients in the elixir, so he should be able to believe the matter about making ice with saltpeter later.

"You said earlier that since saltpeter can be used as a pill, it can also be used for other purposes." Holding the pill that had been broken into pieces, Shen She still found it unbelievable. He always thought that saltpeter was one of the raw materials for gunpowder. It has been under the control of the imperial court, and I didn't expect those Taoist priests to still have it.

"It can also be used to make ice."

"I can understand you saying that it was used as a elixir. After all, Taoist priests can put sulfur in it, and it's done after refining it into a elixir and eating it. But making ice is not something that can be done casually. I can see the effect." Shen She looked at Ye Xing seriously, and found that she looked confident from the beginning to the end, and she didn't look like she was talking nonsense, "Then tell me how the saltpeter makes ice?"

"The method of making ice with saltpeter is like this. Put water in a container, then place it in a large tank filled with water, and continuously add saltpeter into the large tank, and the water in the container will freeze." Ye Xing felt that if Shen She asked about the method, it meant something was going on, and it was best to demonstrate it to him in person, and if he succeeded, maybe he could clear up the matter of saltpeter from him, "Why don't we try to get some saltpeter. "

Shen She nodded and said: "That's true. Zhishu, I remember that a batch of saltpeter was confiscated in the yamen before, you take my handwriting and go get a box, when the time comes..."

"At that time, the water in the container will condense into ice, and the saltpeter will reappear. You can continue to use it by scraping it off." Ye Xing quickly answered, she knew that Shen She was only a scholar after all, even with Shen Ting as a father There is no way to take away the saltpeter easily.

"I'll return it when the time comes, so they don't have to worry about it." Shen She paused after hearing Ye Xing's words before telling Zhishu, he didn't expect this thing to be regenerated after it's used up, wouldn't it be endless.

Zhishu knew that Shen She was very angry with Ye Xing because of such a thing, so he didn't dare to delay, took Shen She's handwritten letter and rushed to the yamen immediately.Because Shen She's image outside has always been very good, and he has written in his own handwriting, he got a box of saltpeter without much effort.

"Lang Jun, I brought the saltpeter, and I told them that I will send it back tomorrow." Zhishu didn't dare to stop holding the saltpeter box for a moment. wade.

Shen She opened the box, saw white crystalline objects of different sizes inside and said, "Is this white thing that can be used to make gunpowder and ice? Well, the doctor also said that it might be used to treat diseases, what else is impossible?" of it."

After speaking, he handed the things to Ye Xing to let her start the demonstration. Ye Xing looked around in Shen She's study and found nothing suitable, so he asked Zhishu to go to the kitchen to get two bowls, one big and one small.Zhishu also wanted to see this miraculous phenomenon, so he ran to the kitchen and brought two large tanks for fish.

I saw Ye Xing put the small bowl into the big tank according to the method she said, then filled it with water, and then poured the white saltpeter into the big tank.Saltpeter dissolves very quickly in water and disappears in the water after a while.However, the water in the small bowl did not freeze as quickly as expected, and it seemed that there was no reaction.

Ye Xing only knows that saltpeter will absorb heat when it meets water and then it can make ice. She has never tried it herself. She waited for a while and saw that there was no response, so she was a little embarrassed and said: "It takes a little time to make ice. Why, why don't Mr. Shen see it first?" Book, I will guard here, and I will call you when it freezes?"

Shen She also felt that it was a bit silly for three people to stare at the bowl with six pairs of eyes, so he nodded and picked up a book from the desk to read.But for some reason, he who has always loved reading couldn't read it today, and was always distracted. In the end, Shen She had no choice but to blame it on the fact that there were outsiders in the study today.

He secretly saw Ye Xing from the back of the book sitting bored by the edge of the big tank, resting his chin on his hands and staring blankly at the water surface, wondering what he was thinking.This is the first time Shen She has seen Ye Xing like this, he is not as fierce as when confronting others, nor is he as sleek and clever as when doing business, he is not used to the quiet appearance now.

Ye Xing waited for a long time and found that it hadn't frozen yet. She was a little anxious in her heart, afraid that it would not respond when Shen She finished reading the book.

(End of this chapter)