Chapter 24: Magical Substances

Jiang Guantong recognized the bed, and fell asleep when it was almost dark, and this was the time to sleep, so only Ji Fan, Ji Zheng, and the two brothers and sisters had breakfast together.

Ji Zheng asked Ji Fan while eating snacks, "Brother Huang, tomorrow I will go to Tian'anju to see my mother in Youxiangge, you can think of a countermeasure." ”

Ji Fan raised his head and glanced at Ji Zheng, "Don't go tomorrow, I'll go alone"

"That's not good, we're all together," Ji Zheng said dissatisfied. Seeing that Ji Fan didn't speak, Ji Zheng continued to speak

"Brother Huang, don't forget, that day, the mother of Youxiang Pavilion said that the three of us are going to go together, in case we don't let us go to provoke the mother's suspicion, this plan will be in vain."

Ji Fan still didn't speak, took out the salt that Jin Ran gave last night, and handed it to Ji Zheng

"You go to the city and find a few reputable doctors to see what is wrong with this salt."

Ji Fan said puzzledly, "Such a trivial matter, you can let any person do it, why do you have to let me go"

Seeing that Ji Zheng didn't want to go, Ji Fanshou was just about to get back the salt, but Ji Zheng snatched the salt from the table and said, "Wait, Brother Huang, you want to find a doctor, right, there is one by our side"

"You mean Jiang Guantong," Ji Fan asked.

"That's right, I'm no worse than those doctors, maybe she can see it," Ji Zheng said.

"Then when she wakes up, you go find her and show her"

"Yes, but you'll have to take us with you tomorrow," Ji Zheng threatened.

Ji Fan was too lazy to talk nonsense, and casually said perfunctorily, "Let's talk about it"

So he got up and left.

Ji Zheng watched Ji Fan walk away, pinching the salt in his hand and smiling evilly, "This is unbearable for you, Brother Huang"

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When Jiang Guantong woke up, it was already noon, and Ji Zheng took the salt to find Jiang Guantong and asked her to take a look.

Jiang Guantong asked, "Where did you get this salt?"

"Brother Huang gave it, I don't know where he came from, by the way, let's go find him together, if you really have a problem after you see it, you can use it to blackmail him, otherwise he won't take us to Tian'anju tomorrow" Ji Zheng said.

"What, he wants to leave us alone again, no, go, find him" Jiang Guantong got up after speaking, and immediately stepped forward to support her with a smile, for fear that she would fall.

When Ji Fan was found, Ji Fan was reading a book in the pavilion in the courtyard, and seeing the menacing posture of the two, Ji Fan opened his mouth lightly

"Why, is there really a problem with this salt?"

Jiang Guantong said, "I haven't seen it yet, I'll talk about it after I see it."

Then Jiang Guantong asked Ji Zheng to hand her the salt, just like Imperial Doctor Zhao, Jiang Guantong first sniffed it, and then dipped a small amount of it with his hand and tasted it.

Jiang Guantong frowned after tasting it, and said in his heart

"The taste is no different from ordinary salt, and it is not poisonous, at least from now on, there is no problem with this salt."

Seeing Jiang Guantong frowned. Seeing this, Ji Zheng asked eagerly, "Guan Tong, are you okay?"

Jiang Guantong came back to his senses, "Oh, it's okay, this salt is not poisonous, how can I be fine?"

"Then why are you frowning?"

"I frown because, in fact, from ancient times to the present, there has been no special method that can be used to identify the quality of salt, so in fact, I really don't know if there is a problem with this salt."

"Oh, you mean it's hard to judge whether the salt is real or not," Ji Zheng asked.

"Yes, this is indeed a bit difficult, you have to let me think about it," Jiang Guantong replied.

After speaking, Jiang Guantong fell into deep thought.

The air seemed to fall silent, and for a while, even Ji Fan's voice flipping through the book seemed so harsh.

Then I saw Jiang Guantong raise his head suddenly and speak

"I don't know if you've ever heard of 'gall'"

Ji Zheng shook his head.

Ji Fan thought for a moment and spoke

"You're talking about the gall disease in the 'Light Water Institute, Baldness and Gall People' recorded in "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period"

"Yes, that's it, I didn't expect Ji Fan that you also like to study these, no wonder you are always the first in Xiuyuan's section exam" Jiang Guantong spoke.

Ji Fan smiled and continued to read the book in his hand.

"This, what do you mean by this, what light water and heavy water"

Ji Zheng asked inexplicably.

"Alas, don't say that there is really heavy water, "Lu's Spring and Autumn" has clouds, and there are many bald and gall people in light water; Heavy water is so much and so much"

"Guan Tong, what does this mean, I don't understand it at all" Ji Zheng was puzzled.

"It means that where there is too little salt and certain substances in the water, there are many people who are bald and have tumors on their necks, and where there is too much salt and other substances in the water, there are many swollen feet and impotences.

"Oh, I know, I seem to have heard my husband say that people eat salt not only for seasoning, but also because if you don't eat salt for a long time, some people will lose their strength and become soft, and some people will get big neck disease, the gall disease you just talked about should be what the folk often call big neck disease," Ji Zhengdai said with empowerment.

"That's right, that's what it means, Zheng'er, you're so smart, you'll understand as soon as I say that" Jiang Guantong gave a thumbs up in the direction of Ji Zheng and praised.

Ji Zheng laughed and said, "It's still easy to understand."

Then Ji Fan said, "Could it be that if you eat this salt, you will get gall disease?"

"I don't know about this, but I think there should be some kind of connection, just like why like Xishi, there are few people over there who get gall, and we don't have the sea in the north, so there are many people who get gall" Jiang Guantong lowered his head slightly and thought for a while, and then spoke

"In "Behind the Elbow", it is said that seaweed and kelp can be eaten for the treatment of gall, and "Confucian Affairs" also mentions that "kelp, seaweed, and kelp are all things in the sea, but they have two flavors and are thrown into the water urn. Regular food can also be eliminated', so I dare to conclude that the salt we eat comes from seawater, but the treatment of gall comes from the kelp, kelp, etc., so kelp, kelp, kelp should have some kind of unique substance in the kelp to treat gall, but because there are a lot of these kelp kelp kelp in the seawater, the salt produced should also contain kelp, and the mysterious substance contained in kelp can ensure that everyone will not suffer from gall."

"This, this is a bit difficult to understand," Ji Zheng wondered.

Jiang Guantong smiled and said, "That is to say, the salt we eat is not only simple salt, but also mixed with the miraculous substances contained in plants in the seawater such as kelp and kelp, so that even if they are not born by the sea, people who can't eat kelp and kelp will not suffer from gall disease as long as they put salt in the stir-fry every day, but if there is no magic substance in the algae in the salt, it is okay for people who often live by the sea, because they can supplement it by eating algae in the sea, but for places far from the sea, For example, it is absolutely impossible to tilt northward, because they can't eat kelp, kelp, etc., and there are no miraculous substances in the salt they eat, so they will definitely get sick" Then he paused, looked in the direction of Ji Zheng and asked

"Zheng'er, I said this, you understand."

Ji Zheng nodded like pounding garlic, "I understand now, but how do we know if there is a magical substance in algae in this salt?"

"I don't know about this now, so we have to find a way to check if there is any ancient book that records the Tao and is there any way to check whether there is any substance in algae in the salt," Jiang Guantong said.

Jiang Guantong said to Ji Fan, "Your Highness, I can't see it, you go and check the ancient medical books to see if there are any clues"

"Good" Ji Fan should be.

"Zheng'er, you go to the West Market to buy some fresh algae and come back, try to buy as much as possible, let's study it"

"Okay, I'll go now, I'll be back right away" Ji Zheng immediately stood up and set off after speaking.

Then Ji Fan asked someone to move out the ancient medical books and start to consult them, Jiang Guantong sat quietly on the side, listening to the sound of Ji Fan flipping the book. I only heard that the books were changed one after another, and Ji Fan still found nothing, but he still worked tirelessly to check it.

Jiang Guantong said, "There is no record, then this is difficult"

"Although it is not recorded in the book, it is also said in the book that the gall disease is indeed treated by algae, and what you said may be reasonable, algae must contain some special unknown substance, and since there is, it must be able to be found."

Hearing Ji Fan say this, Jiang Guantong also cheered himself up

"Ji Fan, you're right, I must find out this magical substance, we will definitely be able to"

It just so happened that Ji Zheng also came back, carrying a lot of seaweed and kelp in his hand.

I saw Ji Zheng put the seaweed and kelp he bought on Jiang Guantong, and on the stone table in front of Ji Fan, he said, "I bought so much, even if I don't use it up, I can eat it."

Jiang Guantong moved his nose and sniffed, "Sure enough, it is the salty smell of seawater", and then raised his hand and fanned the side of his nose.

Then he said, "Let's boil it in water first, the book says so, let's cook it first"

Then Jiang Guantong and Ji Zheng went to the dining room and began to cook seaweed kelp, Jiang Guantong couldn't see it, so during the cooking process, Ji Zheng stared at the whole process, and soon after, Ji Zheng took out a bowl of kelp soup in a bowl and put it in front of Jiang Guantong and opened his mouth to Jiang Guantong

"Guan Tong tasted it, it was the first time to cook when he was so big"

Then he scooped up the soup with a spoon and blew it and handed it to Jiang Guantong's mouth, Jiang Guantong sniffed and opened his mouth to taste it

"It's not bad, you can see what changes the soup has, like the color or something."

Ji Zheng scooped up the soup and looked at it, "No, it's a normal color."

"Oh, it seems that you can't see any way to cook it, so let's try all the cooking methods, you tell Mama, we will eat fried kelp at night, well, steamed kelp, fried kelp, but what other way to eat"

"This, why don't we try these ways to eat today, one day at a time, don't worry," Ji Zheng said.

"It's okay, anyway, we're not in a hurry at this time," Jiang Guantong nodded.

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At dinner, as soon as Ji Fan arrived in the front hall, he saw that the main dishes on the table were all kelp, kelp, and seaweed. Stunned, he walked to the main seat and sat down before speaking.

"You guys are a seaweed feast"

Ji Zheng made an aggrieved expression towards Ji Fan and did not speak.

Jiang Guantong smiled slightly and spoke

"Isn't this a special period, it's a special time to eat, maybe one day you will make a new discovery while eating" Ji Fan looked at the seaweed on the table and didn't speak.

"One day," Ji Zheng said with his chopsticks shaking hands

"Guan Tong, what do you mean, we have to eat these toys these days?"

"Of course, you bought so much, it's a pity if you don't eat it," Jiang Guantong responded.

Ji Zheng looked at Ji Fan with a pout, and Ji Fan also paused and did not speak.

Then pick up the chopsticks and start eating.

Because it was the first meal, everyone was still normal, and they ate quite a lot.

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