I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 239 This old slave only has one life, Your Highness, please do as you see fit...

Although allicin is easy to extract, the amount required for extraction is not small due to the limitation of the allicin content in garlic.

Liu Ju watched a popular science video in later life, which seemed to say that if an adult wanted to cure diseases and save lives by eating only mashed garlic, he would need to eat at least 20 kilograms a day. Who could eat that?

Therefore, even though Liu Hong is only a twelve-year-old child now.

The garlic Han Ling sent...

Liu Ju turned over all the baskets and found that there seemed to be only a few dozen kilograms, which was definitely not enough for Liu Hong's preoperative and postoperative rehabilitation.

"Guo Zhen, go to Longyi Hou's mansion right away and thank Han Ling for me. And by the way, ask how many garlics are left in the mansion. No matter how much, take all of them."

After Liu Ju finished laughing, he immediately ordered Guo Zhen:
"Also send a few more people out to find out where else to find garlic near Chang'an, just in case we need it."

As long as there is enough garlic, manpower is not a problem.

Whether it was his Bowang Garden or Liu Hong's Zhumu Garden, he could easily meet the requirements by mobilizing the slaves to peel and crush garlic together.

There is one more thing worth noting.

That is, allicin cannot be stored for a long time. After a while, chemical reactions will occur again, thus losing its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects.

Therefore, this refining process is best carried out in Zhumuyuan.

A sufficient amount was extracted every day and immediately given to Liu Hong to take, to prevent any problems from occurring during the process.

……

While Guo Zhen was running to do things.

Liu Ju had already entered the study and began trying to extract ether again.

He first took a large amount of gallstone powder, put it into a porcelain jar, sealed it and distilled it for a long time, this time it took longer than before, and finally he got a bowl of concentrated sulfuric acid liquid that was more viscous than before.

Then an equal amount of alcohol was taken.

The alcohol this time was also different. He distilled the medical alcohol that Yi Shuo had extracted previously multiple times, and finally extracted an alcohol with a higher concentration.

He only knew that ether could be obtained by heating alcohol and sulfuric acid.

However, there was no clear idea about the specific concentrations of the alcohol and sulfuric acid used, so after several failures before, I decided to try a miracle this time.

Whether it is alcohol or sulfuric acid, make the concentration as high as you can.

The rest can only be left to metaphysics.

"Hu-hu-"

After mixing the alcohol and sulfuric acid, Liu Ju personally operated the bellows to heat them.

At the same time, in order to have a relatively precise control over the temperature, Liu Ju also put a pot of water on the fire... Although he didn't know much about other things, he still had common sense that the boiling point of water was 100 degrees.

As far as I remember, the temperature used to heat alcohol and sulfuric acid to extract ether seemed to be over 100 degrees, only slightly higher than the boiling point of water.

Therefore, as long as the pot of water is boiled, it can be basically determined that the temperature required to extract ether is about to be reached.

In this case, you only need to burn it for a while, then you can temporarily cover the fire and stop heating to prevent the temperature from rising further. Repeat this cycle, and the temperature will definitely be much more constant than before when burning from the beginning to the end.

The only thing to blame is Liu Ju’s lack of knowledge.

I was not sure whether the temperature could be raised continuously, and whether too high a temperature would affect the formation of ether, so I simply chose to control the temperature this time...

"Hu-hu-"

This process took about an hour.

When Liu Ju was already sweating profusely and his face was covered with carbon ash, a transparent liquid of that size finally condensed in the final condensation porcelain jar.

"Will it work this time?"

Liu Ju carefully opened the sealing stopper on the porcelain jar a little and immediately smelled a faint sweet scent.

In my impression, ether seems to be a colorless liquid, and the smell it emits is indeed sweet.

But this does not necessarily mean that the experiment was successful.

Liu Ju immediately put the stopper back on, because ether is also a volatile substance, and smelling this gas too much is not good for the human body.

"Ji Ping! Ji Ping! Bring me a dog!"

Liu Ju immediately opened the door of the study and shouted outside.

"promise."

Ji Ping responded and went to do it quickly, but when he came back, he not only brought a dog, but also a person following him.

The leader is not someone else.

It was Liu Che's closest attendant, Su Wen, the Yellow Gate Minister.

At this moment, he was leading some envoys to wait in Bowang Garden to assist Liu Ju with all his strength.

Those envoys also had Liu Che's handwritten orders on them, which ensured that they could go to various departments smoothly. Even the three dukes and nine ministers had to fully cooperate with their requests.

"I have already sent the five bodies of executed prisoners that Your Highness requested to the backyard. I wonder if Your Highness needs anything else? I will go get it right away."

When he saw Liu Ju, Su Wen bowed slightly.

When they were at Zhumu Garden, Su Wen was also present. Not only did he know what Liu Ju was doing, he was also clear about Liu Che's current attitude towards this matter. How could he dare to be negligent in the slightest?

Of course, since we have done something.

It is right for you to come and report to let Liu Ju know that you have indeed contributed. Otherwise, how can the leader remember your contribution? Is he left to guess?

"There is no more for now. You should take a break." Liu Ju didn't have time to pay attention to him now. He simply nodded, then picked up a sweat towel, held his breath, unplugged the condensation porcelain jar, reached in and took a little ether, not knowing whether it was successfully refined.

Then, without caring whether Su Wen and others were present, he went straight to the Han Lu that Ji Ping was leading.

There is naturally no shortage of rare dog breeds in the Prince's Mansion, and this Han Lu is actually a kind of beagle that is deeply loved by the princes and nobles of Chang'an. It is tall and thin and looks quite like a Chinese hound. It can be taken hunting or kept as a pet.

"Woof woof! Woof woof!"

When Han Lu saw Liu Ju, especially when he saw that Liu Ju was holding something that didn't look like a stick, he immediately wagged his tail enthusiastically.

Then Liu Que said, "Come on," and covered Han Lu's mouth and nose with the towel.

Han Lu didn't know what was going on, or maybe he liked the smell of the sweat towel, he kept licking the towel with his tongue, and his tail wagged even more happily.

"..."

Ji Ping and Su Wen naturally had no idea what Liu Ju was doing, and they couldn't help but look puzzled.

Only two seconds passed.

"grumble……"

Even Han Lu himself didn't know what was happening. He suddenly rolled his eyes and looked like a puddle of mud. If it weren't for his chest still heaving, he would have been no different from dead.

"this?!"

Ji Ping and Su Wen were shocked.

When had the two of them ever seen such a scene? If Han Lu was a human being, they might have suspected that the fainting was a pretense to cooperate with Liu Ju.

But no matter how smart a dog is, it probably needs a long period of training before it learns to cooperate in this way, right?

"It worked? Did it really work this time?!"

When Liu Ju saw this, he jumped up excitedly. This was the effect that ether should have!
But we may not be able to jump to a conclusion right now. It would be better to find another volunteer to conduct the experiment. After all, humans and dogs have different body structures, so the effects produced and the amounts required are also different.

After calming down a little, Liu Ju looked around, skipping the already old Ji Ping, and finally fixed his gaze on Su Wen, then grinned:
"Minister Su, could you please do me a small favor..."

"?"

Su Wen felt that Liu Ju's smile was dangerous, and he subconsciously took a step back.
"Your Highness, I have the Emperor's order. I dare not refuse to do something for you, but for unrelated matters, I am afraid..."

"Sixth Uncle, are you still so distant with me?"

Liu Ju's eyes immediately curved into crescents.

Uncle Six?

Hearing this name, Ji Ping looked sideways at Su Wen, his face full of surprise.

Su Wenze was so frightened that his cheeks trembled instantly. He quickly took the step back and showed a sad expression as if he had lost his parents:
"I only have one life left. I have a 70-year-old mother and a 6-year-old child to take care of. Your Highness, please take care of it..."

"Come on, just do it!"

……

Su Wen and Han Lu, who had completely lost consciousness, were carried away together and waited to wake up.

Liu Ju had already arrived at the backyard where Yi Shuo was.

He was in a very good mood at the moment. Ever since he had a head-on confrontation with Liu Che in Zhumuyuan, everything seemed to be going more smoothly than he had imagined.

Now that ether has worked wonders in Dali's surgery, the success rate of the operation can be increased by at least 20%.

The garlic that Han Ling sent by coincidence gave him natural antibiotics, which could also increase the success rate by at least 20%.

Next, it all depends on Yi Shuo's actual operation when she uses the knife, and Liu Hong's own resistance...

In short, everything was moving in a good direction, which greatly increased Liu Ju's confidence in the operation!

then.

Only a brief moment passed.

"Whoa-!"

Liu Ju rushed out of the dissection room specially approved for Yi Shuo, and vomited violently while leaning against the wall outside the door.

It's really not that he can't endure psychologically. He has seen dead bodies and broken limbs when he conquered Western Qiang before. Not only did he not react so strongly at that time, he was even a little excited.

But at this moment, observing the anatomy at such a close distance, coupled with the unique stench emanating from the corpse and the abdominal cavity.

In the end, it caused quite a shock to his stomach and intestines, and he tried to hold it in for most of the day but still couldn't.

On the contrary, Yishuo, the seemingly quiet and weak sister, didn't even blink when she was cutting up the corpse. She cut it one by one like a butcher cutting up an ox, without any pressure at all.

"Your Highness, the appendix you are referring to is the little thing at the end of the intestine?"

But Yishuo was quite considerate and chased after him, pulling out a bloody and sticky intestine.

While talking.

"Pfft!"

Maybe Yishuo pinched the intestines with a little too much force, or pulled them too tightly, the cecum, which was closely connected to the appendix, suddenly split open, and a mass of reincarnation creature that had not yet fully formed squeezed out from it.

“Yes, that’s it…”

Liu Ju was just trying to make himself look stronger when his stomach started to twitch again.

"Wow----!"

(End of this chapter)