Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 67
Shuofang, Feng Mansion

"General, a group of Taoist priests have come outside, saying that they are here at the invitation of the general," a Tiewei reported to Feng Daiwen:

"Oh, we're here so soon, please hurry up," Feng Daiwen ordered happily.

"Haha, Lord Hou! We meet again," Feng Daiwen greeted Yuan Tiangang leading a few Taoist priests all the way as soon as he walked to the front hall.

"Haha, the old god came so fast," Feng Daiwen was also very happy to see Yuan Tiangang, and greeted with a smile:
"Isn't this about Wei Guo and your story?" Yuan Tiangang said with a smile:
"Come inside, Taoist priest," Feng Daiwen invited.

"Thank you, sorry for the trouble, please!" Yuan Tiangang thanked him one by one:
After everyone was seated, Yuan Tiangang said: "The old Taoist will introduce to Lord Hou. This is Li Chunfeng, the nephew of the old Taoist master. He is proficient in astronomical counting and likes to refine some gadgets. He specially came to listen to the stories with the old Taoist so that he can help tidy up."

"I have seen Lord Hou," Li Chunfeng, who was still very young, gave a Taoist one-handed salute and said:
Li Chunfeng, this is another well-known figure, "The Daoist is polite", Feng Daiwen nodded and replied, after all Feng Daiwen is the Marquis now, it would be inappropriate to salute Li Chunfeng.

"These two are Zhongnanshan Qingyun, two Taoist priests of Qingshan, who like to refine golden elixir, and behind them are their disciples."Yuan Tiangang introduced to the two Taoist priests with rosy complexions and weak physiques: "Gold pills are made from minerals and other things. Medicines made from medicines are generally called pills and plasters. Many of them are glued together with glue made from animal bones." At the same time, put it on the dog skin, so many of them are called dog skin plasters, not the fakes that later generations said. .

"These two are Jindan masters in the middle of Sichuan. They have a lot of experience in refining mineral combinations. They heard that Lord Hou can condense water into ice with saltpeter, so they specially brought their disciples thousands of miles away to listen to Master Hou's teachings." Yuan Tiangang treated Qingyun and the two of them. After saluting, he introduced two other people:
"Poverty Taoist Xuanzhen, this is my younger brother Xuanhai, I have met Lord Hou." Two Taoist priests, one tall and one short, saluted and said:

"You don't have to be polite to the priests, you are just guests, please sit down, please sit down," Feng Daiwen said:
"Master Hou, the saltpeter ice you made is really miraculous. I heard that Master Hou still has many novel things for us to develop," Xuanzhen said first:

"That's true, but this Marquis should make it clear first. You may have heard about the golden elixir. I don't believe it can cure diseases. It may be effective, but the side effects are more serious. Therefore, it is not allowed to refine gold Dan to be given to people." Feng Daiwen said seriously: After speaking, he explained his understanding of Jin Dan.

"Master Hou, I would like to ask, is it because animals can't eat the refined golden elixir that they die? You see, my junior brother and I have taken the elixir for many years and now there is nothing wrong with it, and the face is full of red light." Qingyun Daochang asked arrive:
"Nothing at all? Do you really think so? You can find someone who is proficient in Qihuang to look at it, but why do you not believe that the two of you are weak and skinny? You have a golden pill." Feng Daiwen said:
"Yes, yes," Qingyun was also shaken by Feng Daiwen's words, and he took out a few bottles of pills and handed them to Feng Daiwen.

Feng Daiwen ordered people to bring two chickens and two sheep over. Feng Daiwen poured out the golden elixir and smelled it. It did smell like ore. After all, blacksmiths for many years had family traditions to identify ore, and there was a smell among them.

Not long after the chickens and sheep were brought in, Feng Daiwen asked people to feed half a bottle to the chickens and a bottle to the sheep in front of them, and then asked them to stand there on a lead.

"Okay, let's go on to talk about other things first. I just talked about Jindan, and I am talking about other things. I think Taoism is actually a chemist. Many things have actually been discovered but they have not been studied in depth. Now I have two options for you. I said, think about it, don't rush to answer me."Feng Daiwen said:
"First, study various minerals, their combined reactions, what are the effects of refining them, and what can they be used for? This is the largest department, and many people will join in in the future, such as saltpeter for freezing ice, sun drying It can continue to be used after drying. Why is this? This is because the saltpeter absorbs the heat in the water. You need to study whether it has other effects. However, this department is confidential and cannot be disclosed to avoid being caught by Datang. The enemy knows." Feng Daiwen continued:

Several people nodded frequently, not only seemed very interested, but also believed that it should be kept secret.

After everyone digested it for a while, Feng Daiwen continued: "The second department is a completely confidential department. If you join, you may live under surveillance for the rest of your life. Your family and you will live in isolation for a long time. Now Ben Hou has a problem that needs to be studied by people in this field."

"Dare to ask Lord Hou what is the question, but the requirements are so strict." Xuan Zhen frowned and asked:

"Well, please keep what you said today a secret, even if you don't join," Feng Daiwen thought for a while and looked at everyone seriously: After all, except for them, the rest of the room is Feng Daiwen's personal guards.

"Don't worry, Lord Hou, the veteran is the guarantee, and no one else will know what happened today." Yuan Tiangang said seriously:

"The boy believes in the old gods, but this matter is too important. If it succeeds, I will be in the invincible hands of the Tang Dynasty. It is just a trivial matter to open mountains and break cities. Everyone will be famous forever." Feng Daiwen said:
"Leave a name forever? It's not a name that will last forever. It seems that many people will die if this matter is successful," Li Chunfeng spoke for the first time except for the ceremony. His mind was flexible, and he immediately heard Feng Daiwen's words.

"Yes, if it succeeds, it will rewrite history and make the world different. Many people will die under our invention, and the enemies of the Tang Dynasty will be wiped out." Feng Daiwen looked at Li Chunfeng with deep meaning glance.

"Also ask Lord Hou to make it clear," Yuan Tiangang said solemnly:

"Old Immortal, may I ask, there is a legend in your Taoist school about thunder in the palm of your hand. I don't know if it is true or not?" Feng Daiwen asked a topic outside the body.

"This, the old Taoist is just listening to the ear. No one in the world knows it, at least the old Taoist doesn't know." Yuan Tiangang thought for a moment:

"What I'm talking about is something similar to Palm Thunder. I know the formula, but I'm not yet mature. What I need to study is how to increase the power and how to use it in other ways. I will introduce these people who join in the future." Feng Daiwen said:
"Thunder in the palm?" All the Taoist priests shouted in surprise: they all looked at Feng Daiwen with wide eyes.

"That's right, look," Feng Daiwen opened a box, took out a bamboo tube, lit it and threw it into a pottery pot, stepped back a few steps, and asked everyone to step back, only Xuanzhen took two steps forward, Feng Daiwen thought that there was no power anyway , and didn't care about it,
This is the black powder made by Feng Daiwen himself. It has no power. When Feng Daiwen was a child, he often followed a grandfather in the yard with a dog to hunt rabbits on the mountain. He used the black powder made by that grandfather himself.

There was a muffled "bang," which wasn't very loud, but the clay pot was still blown into pieces.
"Crack," Xuanzhen was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"Master Hou, join the old Tao, the old Tao has no family, join the old Tao."Xuanzhen got up from the ground after a while, pulled Feng Daiwen excitedly and said:

"Okay, okay, Taoist priest, please calm down," Feng Daiwen quickly agreed, after all, it is better to leave such a dangerous matter to others to rest assured.
"Wuliang Tianzun, it's unbelievable. Since the senior brother joined, I will also join the old way. The apprentices are all orphans adopted by us. If you want to stay, you can stay, and if you don't want to, you can go and stand with Uncle Qingyun." Xuanhai said:
Seeing that none of the apprentices moved, Xuan Hai nodded in satisfaction. . .

(End of this chapter)