Seeing that Su Chen was able to condense water into ice with his gestures, this was beyond the scope of mortal means, could he still be a ...... Ancient Qi Refiner, Immortal Master?

Xu Qingwan read through the history books of various periods, and dabbled in many official histories, wild histories, forbidden books of gods and monsters, Buddhist scriptures and Taoist collections, etc., and also saw the statements of ancient qi refiners from some wild histories, which were ethereal.

But after the Wei and Jin dynasties, many metaphysical figures entered the mountain to cultivate, and some Taoist disciples went out of the mountain, etc., and there were some special means, known as immortal masters, heavenly masters, and so on.

"Su Chen, have you ever learned the Immortal Master Technique?"

Su Chen shook his head and smiled: "How can there be any immortal master, it's just a trick, but what is contained in this is the truth of things." ”

"The truth of things?" Xu Qingwan frowned and fell into thought.

Su Chen smiled and nodded, looking at the frost in the small basin, he had other ideas, if the small copper basin was replaced with a long cylinder, the heat dissipation area was small, then it would be better to condense into small pieces of ice.

Zhou Jiamin came back to his senses, and when he looked at Su Chen's eyes at this time, it was obviously different.

Because the other party's method of 'turning water into ice' really shocked her.

She thought that only such characters could write wonderful poems and drama scripts!

Suddenly, Su Chen became different and unfathomable in her eyes!

"Sister Xu, what is Gewu?" She asked Xu Cainu in a whisper.

Xu Qingwan explained: "Gewu is to explore the laws of all things, and Ge is the meaning of "law". This word comes from the sentence in the Confucian classic "The Book of Rites and the University", "To know is in the object, and then to know the object". ”

"Isn't it Taoism?" Zhou Jiamin felt that Confucian scholars did not study this kind of thing, and it seemed that Taoist priests often came out to pretend to be gods and ghosts, and they would use these methods.

Xu Qingwan shook her head and sighed: "Knowing things is an important concept of Confucianism in ancient times, and it is a discipline of Confucianism that specializes in the study of the "principle of things", which was later lost; Originally, Gewu was an important component of Confucian epistemology, but unfortunately, no one studied it in later generations, and it was excluded to the Mohists and Lumen to absorb it, but it was regarded as a prostitute and skillful skill by Confucian scholars. ”

Zhou Jiamin didn't seem to understand it, it turned out that there was still such a big knowledge here, nodded slightly, looked at Su Chen's eyes, and turned from disappointment to curiosity and admiration.

Xu Qingwan looked at Su Chen, with an indescribable admiration, and asked: "Even if it is a Gewu, what is the truth, can Su Gongzi explain a thing or two for us." ”

Su Chen nodded slightly and explained: "Okay, in fact, it's very simple to say, using the three forms of solid, liquid, and gas, the principle of heat conversion. I put in saltpeter, it melts when it encounters water, it turns from solid to liquid, and it needs to absorb the surrounding heat, so the water in the small copper basin surrounded by it will be instantly cooled down because of the heat absorption, and it will be able to condense into frost from liquid to solid. The principle is not difficult to grasp, but the size of the container, the capacity of the water, and how to match with saltpeter require trial and error. ”

Xu Qingwan's eyes lit up, and she muttered in her mouth: Solid, liquid, gas, and heat conversion ......"

Su Chen got up and said with a smile: "Don't think about it so much first, it's so hot, let's go, enter the room, and eat some chilled watermelon!" ”

According to the Ming Dynasty scientist Xu Guangqi's "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", it is recorded: "Watermelon is planted in the Western Regions, hence the name." The theory that watermelons were introduced to China from the Western Regions in the Five Dynasties seems to be a foregone conclusion.

Actually, this statement is not accurate!

Watermelon may not have been introduced from abroad, according to legend, watermelon was found when Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, the original name was thin melon, after the Qin and Han dynasties, it was called cold melon. Li Shizhen recorded such a passage in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Tao Hongjing notes that Guati said that Yongjia has a very large cold melon, which can be hidden until Chunyin, that is. The first melon seeds of the fifth generation have entered the east of Zhejiang, but there is no name of watermelon, and it is not all over China. ”

Modern archaeologists in later generations have found watermelon seeds in the tombs of the Warring States Period and the Han Dynasty, thus proving that watermelons have appeared in ancient China for a long time, but they are not called watermelons.

Su Chen instructed the servant to bring the watermelon, he took out the watermelon pulp with a spoon, put it in the porcelain bowl, and put some frost stubble in it to stir, making the watermelon suddenly cool.

He entered the room and served a bowl to the female sick to relieve the heat.

Xu Qingwan and Zhou Jiamin also followed the room and met with Qinqing.

"One bowl for one person, and Ling'er!"

Su Chen backed up the four girls, and tasted the remaining half bowl, the taste of the watermelon with ice was really much cooler, and you could get a hand-cranked juicer when you turned around, and you could drink all kinds of juices with ice.

Zhou Jiamin used to live in Runzhou and knew the prefect's daughter Peng Jingqing, but she was still a little surprised that she lived in Su Chen's house, and wondered if the girl from Qingqing could marry into Su Mansion?

Peng Jingqing saw Zhou Jiamin and asked with a smile: "Sister Jiamin, when did you return to Runzhou City?" ”

"I just came back this morning, and I went to see the Peony Pavilion drama in the afternoon, Miss Liu's performance is very exciting, and the story is also very good......" Zhou Jiamin finished speaking, and did not forget to sneak a glance at Su Chen.

"yes, it's a pity I can't go out, otherwise I'd have to go and see it. This story is indeed more bizarre and exciting than the previous West Chamber, and there are still people who love ghosts! ”

Peng Jingqing spoiled it directly.

"Ghost love?" Xu Qingwan and Zhou Jiamin were both taken aback.

Peng Jingqing said proudly: "Yes, I have already read the latest draft, that Du Liniang will soon die of illness." ”

"I'm sick and dead...... Xu and Tuesday's faces changed when they heard this. It is difficult for them to understand why they want to write such a gentle and beautiful heroine, what is wrong with her, she is just an unmarried woman who pursues romantic love, why is Su Chen so ruthless!

Su Chen suddenly felt the resentful gaze of the second daughter, and explained: "The plot needs it, don't worry, it will be resurrected later." ”

Xu Qingwan asked, "What about the manuscript?" ”

"Take it back to the study." Su Chen replied truthfully.

"I'll go check it out first." After Xu Qingwan finished speaking, she hurriedly went out with Zhou Jiamin and went to his study.

Seeing this, Peng Jingqing muttered, "Are they coming to visit me, or are they coming to see the manuscript?" ”

Su Chen picked up the fan, fanned her, and said with a smile: "It's all there!" However, who made you spoiler, causing them to be eager to read the manuscript of the conversation, how can they still bother with you. ”

Peng Jingqing smiled lightly when he heard this, and a satisfied smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth. She said it on purpose, because in the past, as the daughter of the prefect, she had been to the occasions of powerful and famous ladies, and most of them would be teased by these talented daughters, who didn't understand poetry and articles, but only knew how to dance swords and sticks.

Now that she is facing the well-known talented women in Runzhou, Qingqing is proud because she ...... with her The man who has a lot of friendship is the first talent in Jiangzuo, so how many ladies in Runzhou are greedy and come to visit, how can she not behave?