Qin Hu

Chapter 108 Alchemist's Advanced Path, Chemist!
Xu Fu was stunned for a moment, and then the little resentment left in his heart dissipated in an instant, replaced by uncontrollable surprise.

Is this stubborn tiger begging for saltpeter because he wants to refine elixir?

If this stubborn tiger has the intention of seeking longevity, whether it is going out of the sea to seek immortality, or to practice self-cultivation and refining medicine, then they can be regarded as copying.

Still the same sentence, it's better than directly serving Emperor Shihuang!

If there is any need to refine the elixir, you don't need to spend any effort to persuade the first emperor to ask for it, and let this favored naughty boy directly go to it, it will definitely try everything.

"Young master wants saltpeter, but do you want to try to refine the immortal medicine?"

Xu Fu suppressed the excitement in his heart, hesitantly asked tentatively.

The corner of Zhao Zihu's mouth twitched slightly, and he said in his heart: 【I make your melon rind elixir, do you really think that everyone is like you, and you even lie to yourself when you go crazy? 】

However, thinking so, he didn't want to hit the self-confidence of these old gods.

After all, Li You led the fleet to go to sea to find new vegetables and grains, and he still had to rely on their sailing experience.

If these words wake them up and stop them from seeking immortality and medicine, they will probably not want to go to sea, how dangerous it is!

Therefore, not only could Zhao Zihu fail to dampen their self-confidence, but he had to find ways to strengthen their belief in seeking immortality and medicine, so that they could be used by Li You's fleet.

"Well, I want to try."

Zhao Zihu nodded noncommittally.

Xu Fu was even more delighted, and asked: "I don't know how the young master will try it? Why don't you just wait with me..."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to his companions and said, "All the gentlemen are experts in this way, maybe they can help you clear up your doubts, so you don't have to take some detours!"

Zhao Zihu resisted the urge to roll his eyes, but a bold thought floated up in his mind. After pondering for a while, he said, "I heard that Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs, so there are today's five grains and herbs."

"I don't know if it's true or not, but the edibility of five grains and the medicinal properties of herbs must have been discovered by the ancient sages after tasting..."

Xu Fu and a group of old gods all nodded their heads, expressing their agreement with Zhao Zihu's statement.

Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs and determined the five grains and many herbal medicines by himself. The mysterious color of this statement is too strong.

What is certain is that it is definitely not the work of Shennong alone!
It's just that people are used to worshiping heroes, so they put all the credit on Shennong's head intentionally or unconsciously, or Shennong took all the credit on himself in order to consolidate his dominance.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with these, and no one except historians will delve into it, and it is not the point...

The point is what Zhao Zihu said later: "In my opinion, the same is true for refining elixir. Before refining, you need to find out the characteristics of various natural materials and earthly treasures."

"Otherwise, all kinds of natural materials and earthly treasures will be put into the pill furnace and refined indiscriminately. I am afraid that no one will be able to refine the immortal medicine in ten thousand years."

"It is absolutely unacceptable for those who do things to know what they are doing but not know why they are doing it."

"If you want to successfully refine the immortal medicine that will make people live longer, you need to carefully understand the characteristics of various medicine refining materials, and it is best to record them in the book..."

"Then, combine the characteristics of heaven, material and earth treasures, and carry out reasonable matching and refining, so that we can make progress, even if we fail, we can sum up experience..."

"So, I want to start with saltpeter first, burn it with fire, soak it in water, expose it to the sun and wind, use various methods to figure out its characteristics... and then continue to think about the next kind of treasure..."

Xu Fu and all the old gods were dumbfounded, and each of them was stunned by their beards.

This kind of scientific method of refining medicine really opened their eyes, and they felt enlightened when they heard it.

One word, absolutely!
"cough……"

Zhao Zihu coughed lightly, waking Xu Fu and others out of their stupor.

Then, he suddenly turned his face back, bowed his hands and saluted solemnly: "Zihu is alone, and after all, he can catch it. I don't know, gentlemen, are you willing to help Zihu explore the characteristics of the world's natural materials and earth treasures, and work together to refine that clothes?" Can I get the elixir of longevity?"

Xu Fu and a group of old masters looked at each other for a moment, they were all excited, and they all raised their hands together and said: "Thank you, my lord, for not giving up, I will stick to my wish~!"

Zhao Zihu nodded, and said with emotion: "Good! Great kindness! I will thank you gentlemen from now on!"

"This is a huge project. If you gentlemen have friends who are proficient in this way, you might as well recommend them too. I will make offerings to them!"

Xu Fu and the others were even more delighted when they heard the words, they all raised their hands together again and said: "We will write a letter later, and strongly invite those who are proficient in this way to join you, Young Master."

This is a good opportunity for those drug lovers to arrange advanced stages, only fools will miss it.

Zhao Zihu nodded in satisfaction, then dragged the words back and said, "Misters, do you have saltpeter in your hands, prepare some more for me, I will take it back to the tent and test it slowly."

Xu Fu hesitantly said, "We will do all these experiments for us, so why do you need your master to do it yourself?"

Zhao Zihu was more amused than him, and said solemnly: "If I don't participate in it myself, and don't understand the hardships and dangers in it, how can I strengthen my heart of refining medicine for longevity!"

Xu Fu was speechless immediately, and bowed his hands in admiration.

Then, he took out a wooden box the size of a volleyball from his luggage, opened it to Zhao Zihu and said, "Please look, my lord, the powder in this box is refined nitrate powder extracted from saltpeter."

"How much the young master needs, the old man will give it to the young master..."

Snapped--
Zhao Zihu didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he directly closed the wooden box and took it from his hand: "Give it all to me."

Xu Fu: "..."

This is refined nitrate powder, what do you want so much for?

Even if it's eaten as a meal, it won't take so much for a meal, right?

"Gentlemen, please be busy, I will return the account first."

Zhao Zihu ignored Xu Fu's speechlessness, and after saying goodbye, Shi Shiran left with the wooden box in his arms.

Xu Fu had no choice but to send them off with a group of old gods, until the sound of Zhao Zihu's footsteps disappeared completely, then he gave a wry smile and muttered softly, "You really are not a gentleman~!"

The old god stick standing beside heard someone, frowned at him and said: "Brother Xu, Mr. Zihu has such a heart to refine medicine to seek longevity, we can be like ducks in water under his tent, I should be happy , how can you... how can you speak rudely?"

Hearing the words, the rest of the old gods also looked at Xu Fu with reproaches, as if they were dissatisfied with him for slandering Zhao Zihu, the big benefactor.

Xu Fu smiled wryly again, curled his lips and said in a low voice: "Brothers, do you really think that this Qin clan's stubborn tiger has any desire to refine medicine to seek longevity?"

"Although I don't know what his plan is, but...he definitely has no intention of refining medicine to seek longevity. Ninety-nine percent of the time he has another purpose, so he just made up a set of excuses to fool us!"

All the old gods were stunned, and they were all speechless.

Now they all know that Zhao Zihu sent the fleet to sea, saying that he was looking for immortals and medicines, but his purpose was not pure.

Zhao Zihu already has a criminal record of lying and deceiving others.

So when Xu Fu said this at this time, they couldn't help but not believe it.

"Then... the method of testing the characteristics of heaven, material and earth treasures, summarizing them, and then using them in a reasonable combination to refine immortal medicines, is it also a way to fool us?"

An old god stick frowned and asked helplessly.

Xu Fu shook his head: "No, this method is very useful, we should practice it... One day, this method may be used to refine the elixir of longevity!"

Hearing the words, all the old gods immediately lost their gloom, and their faces showed excitement again.

They didn't bother to find out what the purpose of that rotten naughty tiger was.

They just want to live forever!
As long as they can live forever, they are willing to go to sea to be used, or to be used in refining medicine.

Everything is for longevity!

……

……

What purpose could Zhao Zihu have?
It's actually simple to say.

It's actually quite complicated.

Chemical!

This is a useful knowledge!

Those old gods who are crazy enough to deceive themselves may not be able to do other things, but they are definitely good at chemistry.

Isn't there a legend!
It is said that it is gunpowder, which was unintentionally fiddled with by these alchemists when they were refining alchemy.

All the strange things were stuffed into the alchemy furnace to be smelted and turned into a big bomb...

This legend, Zhao Zihu really listened to it as a legend before.

But today, he believed it!
Feel the credibility, at least ninety-nine percent above!

If you don't believe it, it won't work.

Xu Fu, the old magician, got out all the purified nitrate.

Isn't this thing a must-have for making gunpowder?

If you add some sulfur and stuff it into the pill furnace, then set it on fire, it will be a hell if it doesn't explode...

It would be a waste if such a group of talented people are not well utilized, mobilized their subjective initiative, and summed up the knowledge of chemistry thousands of years in advance.

A waste of violent genius!
"I've seen you son..."

While Zhao Zihu was thinking wildly, he walked back to his felt tent with crabbed steps, and someone saluted him.

Zhao Zihu restrained his mind, looked at the person who was saluting, and saw that Gao Guanbo was broad and fat, obviously he was also a courtier, so he bowed his hands in return and asked, "May I ask you, sir?"

The man bowed his hand again and replied: "I am Zhang Cang, who is an official in charge of history, and is ordered by His Majesty to come to the son's tent to listen to him."

Zhao Zihu suddenly nodded, but then he said strangely: "When the emperor gave the order last night, I was also at the side, saying that Zhang Yushi would come to my tent this morning to listen to him, why did he arrive now?"

Hearing this, Zhang Cang's serious attitude immediately failed, and he bared his teeth and said with a wretched smile: "Cang Cang came in the morning, but I heard that the young master is having a good business, and Cang really couldn't bear to disturb him, so he changed to come at night."

This guy is also a wonderful person with knowledge and interest.

Zhao Zihu laughed, nodded and said, "Good! I heard that you are a disciple of Xun Sheng, Master Han Fei and Li Xiang's junior. Is it true or not?"

Zhang Cang raised his hand and said: "It is true that Master Xun is a disciple, but he is not a high-ranking disciple. It is also true that Mr. Han Fei and Li Xiang are the disciples, but because they have different apprenticeships, they have never met and do not know each other. .”

But he is honest and doesn't cling to anything.

Zhao Zihu nodded and praised: "Very kind! Your achievements will not be weaker than Master Han Fei and Li Xiang in the future!"

"Go back to rest tonight. What I want you to do, you need to cooperate with something. After that thing is built, I will ask people to find you..."

"only."

Without another word, Zhang Cang bowed his hands in response, then turned and left.

However, after walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "I heard that you have good wine here, can you give Cang a bottle?"

Zhao Zihu smiled, no wonder this guy is wide and fat, he is also a foodie.

"Wait, I brought back half a can from my father last night, and I will give it to you, it's not too little."

Zhao Zihu put down a word, and carried the wooden box into the felt tent.

Leaning slightly, he came out with another clay pot in his arms, stuffed it to Zhang Cang and said, "I've given you this wine, so I'll treat you well, right?"

Zhang Cang held the wine jar with both hands, smelling the mellow wine fragrance that wafted out, he couldn't help nodding his head: "Young master is so grand!"

Zhao Zihu smiled and said: "Stop blowing rainbow farts, drink half of my can of fine wine, you have to be mentally prepared for your hard work in the future."

Zhang Cang raised his eyebrows, and didn't ask what kind of hard work it was, just asked: "Do you get any credit for it?"

Zhao Zihu nodded: "Of course you can get the credit, it's a great credit, if it is done, you can at least be a big man, or even a noble."

Zhang Cang hesitantly said, "Then I am willing to die."

Zhao Zihu smiled: "Okay, it's better to be prepared to die willingly, because I want you to go to the sea with the fleet that goes out to seek immortality and medicine."

The arrogance on Zhang Cang's face suddenly stagnated: "..."

I'm just showing my loyalty and saying polite words.

Can we not play so big?
Seeing him in a daze, Zhao Zihu bared his teeth in joy, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Man, fame and fortune are not about fighting for your life, so don't back down... I like you~!"

After all, he ignored Zhang Cang's constipated expression, turned around and went straight back into the felt tent.

Zhang Cang watched him disappear into the tent, looked down at the wine jar in his arms, and suddenly felt the vaguely mellow aroma of wine...it didn't smell good anymore!
We are not the head of the common people who are illiterate, and we need to fight for wealth with our lives.

We are full of talents and skills, why do we not earn credit for what we do, so why risk our lives?
Not worth it!
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In the felt tent, the bath water was still there, but Xiang Liyue fell asleep on the mat after washing.

Perhaps because of the sweltering heat in the tent, there seemed to be faint sweat on the forehead of the familiar sister Qiongbi.

Zhao Zihu took Xiangliyue's bath water and took off his armor to wash himself.

Then, pour the box of fine nitrate powder that Xu Fu gave into the big bathtub, and slowly stir it with the scabbard.

The refined nitrate powder gradually dissolved in the already cool bath water, and as Zhao Zihu continued to stir, it seemed that a cold air rose slowly.

"Well, I didn't expect the method of making ice with saltpeter circulating on the Internet to be so effective~!"

Zhao Zihu saw ice lings appearing in the bath water, and couldn't help muttering.

And at this moment, Xiang Liyue's exclamation suddenly sounded from behind him: "Young master, do you... actually know the magic trick? Can you freeze the bath water into ice on a sweltering summer day?!"

Zhao Zihu bared his teeth and turned his head, "Of course, you received countless blood from me today, and in time I'm afraid you can become a fairy!"

(End of this chapter)