Cracking rocks?

Yuan Luqian looked at Pei Min inexplicably. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Pei Min thought of black powder in his heart, as one of the four great inventions of China, the emergence of black powder changed the history of human warfare, from the development of cold weapons to hot weapons.

Black powder is absolutely pivotal to the promotion and development of world history and China's four major inventions.

The role of black powder is not limited to the battlefield, as a battlefield killing weapon.

Killing is only part of the role of black powder, and it is also the value of black powder to benefit the world.

In fact, it is not difficult to open mountains and build mountains, but the difficulty is that in the process of opening mountains and building roads, you will encounter all kinds of problems that are difficult to solve. For example, mountain rocks that are as hard as iron, and boulders that cannot be carried by manpower.

In ancient times, when there were no excavators and heavy lifters, when encountering such rocks and boulders, it was necessary to use manpower to chisel the rocks and boulders little by little, break them little by little, and then transport them down the mountain little by little.

Most of the time spent on digging mountain rocks and boulders is used to excavate mountain rocks and boulders, and if there is black powder, it will be forced to blast up mountain rocks and boulders, which will shorten the construction period by more than half.

As long as there is black powder, all problems can be solved!

Pei Min saw Yuan Luqian's ignorance, and explained with a smile: "I once read a recipe in an ancient book, saying that as long as sulfur, carbon, nitrate and other items are combined according to a certain proportion, they will be combined into black powder, and through combustion, it will produce great power and have the effect of opening mountains and cracking stones. If we can make black powder, use black powder as a helper, and open up mountains and build mountains, no matter how strong Longshan is, no matter how steep Wusheling Ridge is, it will not be difficult for us. As long as the imperial court supports it, one year is enough. ”

"Black powder?" Yuan Luqian said in a deep voice: "My subordinates have only heard about gunpowder, but I have never heard of black powder, and the detailed formula can be recorded in the book?" ”

Pei Min angrily patted on the case, regretting it in his heart, as a liberal arts student, he didn't know enough about black powder, he just knew what the material was, but the proportion or something, he really didn't remember it very clearly, he vaguely remembered that he had memorized a one, two, three equation, and he couldn't remember what it was for a while, so he could only shake his head in annoyance and said: "I have a little impression, but I can't remember it for a while, and the ancient book has long been gone." However, it doesn't matter, knowing the materials, there is no reason why you can't match it, my Datang has never lacked Taoist priests who cultivate immortals and refine pills......"

The Tang Dynasty was founded on Taoism, and in order to improve the status of the Li royal family in the hearts of the people, the royal family also shamelessly recognized Laozi Li Er as their ancestor and promoted Taoism.

Taoism is based on the ideas of Huang and Lao Taoism, inheriting the derivation and formation of immortal magic since the Warring States period, with "Tao" as the highest belief, and believes that "Tao" is the origin of all things.

In particular, Ge Hong, a Taoist from Maoshan, combined Taoist immortal magic with Confucianism, built a set of immortal system, and formed the Danding Taoism of the upper-class scholars.

Danding Taoism is based on alchemy, sulfur, realgar, mercury, arsenic, and saltpeter are used as raw materials to practice the elixir of longevity.

Because these materials contain highly toxic substances, Taoist priests studied various methods of detoxification, the most famous of which is the fire alchemy, which uses fire to subdue poison and thus practice to immortality or cure all diseases.

It was in this situation that black powder was discovered by accident, and it was full of serendipity.

Pei Min already has the formula in his hand, as long as this accident becomes inevitable, the black powder will definitely be born in advance. On the one hand, it can be used to benefit the people of the world, and on the other hand, it can also be used in future wars, the best of both worlds.

"In this way, Brother Xuqian, you go to find some Taoist priests who are good at alchemy, and collect some sulfur, carbon, and nitrate by the way. If we can really develop black powder, we will open Longshan Mountain, repair Wusheling Ridge, and complete a feat that has never been done before! Pei Min's eyes flashed with a few hints of excitement.

Yuan Luqian is the same, if everything is successful, open Longshan Mountain, repair Wusheling Ridge, and open up the most convenient trade route in the Western Regions.

Then they will be like Li Bing who built Dujiangyan and Zheng Guo who opened the Zhengguo Canal, seeking convenience for the development of Longyou for a thousand years and becoming an existence that will last for centuries.

"Subordinates go and do it immediately!" Yuan Luqian went in a hurry.

Pei Min thought about the gunpowder, and had no intention of dealing with official business, thinking that Chang'an was the center of the world, there were thousands of Taoist temples, and Ye Fashan, the religious leader of Taoism, was still his neighbor, so he paused and personally repaired a book, and asked people to deliver it to Chang'an and hand it over to Ye Fashan.

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Chang'an Jade True View.

As a Taoist priest, Ye Fashan won Li Longji's respect, not only gave him the identity of Yinqing Guanglu Doctor, Hongluqing and Protector of the Heavenly Master, but also named him the Duke of Yue Guo and became the grandfather of the dynasty, which shows his grace.

On this day, Ye Fashan was teaching the way of alchemy to his disciples.

Taoism is based on nature, respects nature, advocates self-control, and serves all things. Heavy immortal arts, through health regimens.

This alchemy is a knowledge that Taoists must learn.

Ye Fashan looked at the restrained students under the door, and felt a big headache, and glanced at the young girl who was listening with great interest, and was quite helpless in his heart.

The young girl is the Yuzhen princess Li Zhiying, who is already a slim princess, listening to the class with relish.

It's just that her innate princess aura makes the surrounding disciples and grandchildren dare not breathe, cowering, and peeking at a distance or two from time to time, how can they listen seriously.

"Go down, go down!" Ye Fashan waved his hand helplessly.

Most of the disciples and grandchildren breathed a sigh of relief, and left in a hurry in the face of Li Zhiying's silent gesture.

Li Zhiying laughed and said, "Why didn't the Heavenly Master teach? Zhiying is listening to it with relish! ”

Ye Fashan held his forehead with his hand and said: "This alchemy technique is a minority knowledge. The princess is gifted and intelligent, everything is clear, and she doesn't have to learn this alchemy technique. ”

Li Zhiying said in a good time: "Taoism pays attention to self-cultivation, with the principle of regulating yin and yang, harmonizing qi and blood, and preserving the spirit, and taking hope, hearing, asking and cutting as the diagnostic means, and using the use of adjusting the spirit, guiding and spitting, adjusting the four seasons, feng shui environment, Taoist calligraphy and painting, tea, food, and medicine to reconcile yin and yang, dredge qi and blood, cultivate essence, exercise muscles and bones, and nourish the internal organs. Alchemy is regarded as one of the health preservation, what is a small technique? ”

Ye Fashan had nothing to say, over the years, he knew his special disciple too well.

She is not very interested in Taoism, but she is extremely talented, she has listened to him from time to time over the years, and she knows the basic theories of Taoism well, and it is not easy to hide it from her, so she can only say: "The art of alchemy is too dangerous, and the princess has a daughter's body, how can she be in danger?" ”

Li Zhiying said with great interest: "For the alchemy of immortality, Zhiying has no great interest. I don't dare to believe it, but I don't dare to believe it, for the reasons, the palace does not speak, and the heavenly master knows it. What the palace is interested in is the fire of the Yuzhenguan back then, and the fire of the Yuzhenguan in the past, the reason is already clear. In fact, the thief intended to assassinate the prince and involved the palace. However, according to the Assassin's account, he set the fire only to lure the state prince, not to burn the entire Jade True Temple of the Palace, but the fire actually spread to the Dan Room, accidentally igniting the sulfur, cinnabar and other materials in the Dan Room. For some reason, the Dan room collapsed and was destroyed, and even the alchemy vessel was torn apart. As a result, the fire is out of control. If it weren't for the proper command of the Duke of Guo, the imperial brother's timely rescue, and the entire Jade True Temple of the palace would have been turned into ashes. ”

Ye Fashan looked embarrassed, he did know about this matter, but the world attributed the fault to the assassin, and he was happy to do so, he didn't say anything, but he didn't want Li Zhiying to know it clearly.

Li continued: "In recent years, the shrine has a vivid memory of the fire, and often wakes up from nightmares. I can't help but look through ancient books, want to understand clearly, so that I can calm my mind. It is not uncommon to accidentally find this incident in the book, and there is an essay that records: In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, Du Chunzi's people went to visit an old alchemy man, and woke up in a dream in the middle of the night to see that there was 'purple smoke passing through the house' in the alchemy furnace, and the whole house was burning. The alchemy book of "The Essentials of the True Yuan Wonderful Way" also talks about the incident of alchemy with sulfur, saltpeter, realgar and honey on fire. Zhiying was very curious, and secretly took a small amount of sulfur, saltpeter, realgar and other things, and sure enough, the flames were raised, but I don't know why? ”

Ye Fashan couldn't say why, they already knew each other's alchemy, it was very easy to catch fire, and there would even be a cracking sound, but what the reason was beyond their knowledge, and he paused: "The princess really let Poor Dao say why this matter, and Poor Dao can't say why." I only know that Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, has found that alchemy such as sulfur, cinnabar, and mercury are toxic and can also save people. In order to reduce the toxicity of Jinshi drugs, he has summed up the method of "ambushing fire", which deliberately makes the drugs easy to ignite and burn by themselves, so as to remove their toxicity. It is recorded in "Qianjin Fang" that it is made of sulfur and saltpeter two taels each, ground into powder and put into a pot; Jiang used three soaphorns to start the fire, saltpeter and sulfur started a fire and burned, after the fire was extinguished, it was stir-fried with raw and cooked charcoal until the charcoal was eliminated. As for why it burns, Poor Dao had this discussion with Doctor Sun in the past. Doctor Sun couldn't say anything, but said that this method needs to be cautious, and if it is not used well, it may even hurt people's lives. ”

Li Zhiying looked at Ye Fashan in astonishment.

Ye Fashan said solemnly: "So princess, please listen to the poor way, you have golden branches and jade leaves." It is better not to touch such dangerous things. ”

Li Zhiying saw that Ye Fashan said seriously, so he could only respond: "This palace knows!" Don't bother the Heavenly Master! ”

Ye Fashan watched Li Zhiying go away, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thought about it for a while, and then passed down the order to remove all the alchemy things of the Jade True Temple, before he was relieved.

That night, Ye Fashan received a letter from Pei Min.

For Pei Min, Ye Fashan attaches great importance to it, and the two have no contact except for the previous relationship. But it does not prevent Pei Min's deep confidant friendship in the heart of this leader of the world's Taoist sects.

There is no other reason, Ye Fashan values the Tao and ignores the Buddha, is extremely repulsive to Buddhism, and has repeatedly denounced Buddhism, and Pei Min's idea of destroying Buddhism has dealt a heavy blow to Buddhism in the world, which has won his spleen and stomach.

Seeing Pei Min asking him to ask for a monk who was good at alchemy, Ye Fashan did not hesitate to arrange for the pill warlock to go to Longyou to wait for Pei Min to send him.