Luoyang City.

The weather is getting cooler day by day, and the people in the city have begun to add clothes.

When the emperor got up in the morning, he felt that his nose was a little blocked, and he couldn't help laughing at himself, he hadn't been in battle for a long time, and he was still negligent in exercising after all.

In the past, I would get up at dawn every day and exercise for an hour in the morning.

And now, it is difficult for the emperor to insist on getting up early every day, not that the harem beauties are in the city, but that there are too many state affairs, and various affairs often have to be dealt with late.

Although there is a share of the burden of the government and the court, Luo Cheng is not the kind of person who can really let go.

"Prepare your horse and go to Yulin Palace!"

Standing under the corridor, the emperor secretly made up his mind that he would resume exercising in the future, no matter what, the body is the capital of the revolution, and without the body, even if the emperor is good, what can he do.

He didn't want to wait until he was fifty or sixty years old, and then like other emperors, he hurriedly looked for pills everywhere to ask for medicine.

The more famous and capable emperors in history, the more they like to seek the elixir of immortality, such as Emperor Qin, such as Han Wu, and then Tang Taizong in history.

Tang Taizong died in his fifties, and even took a lot of pills before he died, which can be said to have a great impact on his body.

Luo Cheng didn't believe this.

It is better to believe in the mysterious elixirs of these Danshi's strange bottles and jars, it is better to believe that Sun Si is really a health preservation technique, not an immortal technique.

There were also many officials before, blindly paying tribute to the emperor what elixir, or recommending alchemists, although the emperor had issued an edict to prohibit those divination and astrology warlocks, but there were always people who thought that the emperor wanted to live forever.

But no matter how those people boasted, Luo Cheng didn't believe it.

In fact, he simply asked about the ingredients of these pills, and he knew how unreliable they were. All kinds of sulfur, mercury, lead, nitrate, in short, their dan, that is, all kinds of hodgepodge, and even disgusting ones with all kinds of blood and the like, among which some even added the maiden geranium.

It's disgusting and even frightening to hear.

This sulfur lead pin and other things, this is obviously a gunpowder formula material, no wonder there is always a warlock alchemy accidentally blew up the Dan furnace.

The elixir and elixir of immortality refined from these things will be severely poisoned if eaten at best, and they will be killed at worst.

Therefore, Luo Cheng's response to these people was to arrest them all and throw them into the Royal Academy set up by the royal family in the northern mountains.

Outsiders really thought that the emperor was interested in this immortal alchemy technique, but they didn't know that the emperor just asked them to study gunpowder.

Originally, gunpowder in history was indeed researched by these alchemists, not only to study gunpowder, but the emperor also asked them to study chemistry. After all, many things are still very practical, what sulfuric acid, what oil black fire, poison gas bombs, black powder, and even if you research a little fireworks, it is also good.

Don't want to go to graduate school?

No, don't think about leaving when you come, please go in directly, there are heavy guards outside, don't enter if you are idle, and don't think about the people inside.

Luo Cheng is still okay with them, as long as they study with peace of mind, take the subject given by the emperor, and study in the direction pointed out by the emperor, so that they can eat, drink, and live well, and they can have whatever materials they want, and there are special people to make records, and everyone even gave them the title of academician of a research institute, and they still regard the treatment of seven grades, although they are not seven-grade officials, but they enjoy the treatment of seven grades.

If you can research something practical and useful, there will be another reward, land money, and even direct awards.

Mining, smelting, alloys, gunpowder, ceramics, glass······ In fact, the achievements of ancient Chinese chemistry are still very high, although many people were originally only dedicated to the study of elixir, and as a result, they accidentally gained something else, but these windfall gains are sometimes very useful.

Now Luo Cheng deliberately set up a research institute, not only to send those who came to offer pills, but also to ask officials from all over the country to collect these people who know how to make alchemy tools from the people and send them to the Luoyang Research Institute.

"Your Majesty, Qin Xiang asks to see you."

"Uncle Bao came to me so early, what's the matter, won't he come to persuade me to stay away from warlocks and pills?"

Feng Lishi, the provincial eunuch in the palace, said with a smile, "Your Majesty is like a god, everything can be calculated, and recently the rumors outside about His Majesty's refining of the Immortal Pill are getting more and more serious, and Qin Xiang is very worried." ”

"There is no wind and no waves, I don't believe that no one here is deliberately fanning the flames and adding fuel to the fire. Feng Lishi, you go to Jinyiwei and the Imperial City Division to preach and preach, and let them check carefully, who is secretly fanning the yin wind and plotting against them. ”

"It must be those old warriors!"

"It's not okay to speculate without evidence, you have to have solid evidence, our Daqin pays attention to the legal system, and we must have solid evidence to refute rumors. Let them investigate, and they must find out who deliberately created rumors and who is secretly spreading rumors, and find out all about it, and we must not let go of those who have malicious intentions. The West Mountain Road had just been established, and there was still a shortage of population, so it was just sent to Tuntian over there. ”

"Slave and maid obey the order, Your Majesty, Prime Minister Qin?"

"I just happened to go to Yulin Palace to run a race, and by the way, I checked those little rabbit cubs to see if I didn't supervise recently, whether I neglected training, so let Uncle Bao go with me."

In front of the palace gate, Shubao was already waiting.

As soon as they met, Luo Cheng said with a smile, "I know what you want to say, Shubao, but you don't have to worry, in fact, I am not Emperor Qin and Han Wu, and I don't want to live forever. The life span of people is fixed, life is rare for 70 years, and there is no one in 10,000 who can live to 80 years, if you live to 9100 years old, it is really a long life. And the ancient emperors, who can live past the age of sixty, are a minority. ”

Qin Qiong immediately said, "Your Majesty, don't say that, Zhao Tuo, Emperor Wu of Southern Yue, lived for more than a hundred years, Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Southern Liang, also lived for eighty-six years, Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che also lived for seventy, and Emperor Murong Chui of Later Yan Chengwu and Murong De of Southern Yan Xianwu both lived to be seventy years old. ”

Luo Cheng smiled, "Shubao, have you noticed, these people you are talking about are all called Emperor Wu, it seems that if you want to live for a long time as an emperor, you have to be martial." ”

Qin Shubao didn't expect that the emperors he had just cited who had lived past the age of seventy were indeed Emperor Wu, so he couldn't help laughing.

"Your Majesty, the Holy Wen Shenwu Heavenly Emperor, also has martial arts, and will definitely be able to surpass them far more."

"Hahaha, people's life expectancy is determined by heaven, from Qin Shi Huang to the present, more than 800 years, there are only a few emperors who are over 70 years old, and there are not many more than 60 years old, more are still forty or fifty years old, and even many short-lived emperors who are thirty or forty years old, the life expectancy of emperors is far lower than the average life expectancy of the people, I have known these for a long time, so I never pray for any immortality."

"Then why is Your Majesty still looking for these alchemists all over the world?"

"Did you listen to those rumors? I did ask people to find these warlocks, but not to refine the elixir of immortality, but to let them use their expertise to study some other things that are useful for the country and the people's livelihood. ”

Qin Qiong was skeptical.

"Hahaha, it's normal for you not to believe it, people don't want to die early, I also want to live a few more years, but I don't believe in any elixir of longevity, I still believe that more exercise is more realistic, no, this morning I am going to go to Yulin Palace to run a horse and practice a horse lance bow and arrow, I haven't practiced for a long time, and I feel a little rusty."

Qin Qiong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, he was really afraid that the emperor would be obsessed with immortality, Qin Emperor Han Wu, those are all emperors, but in the end, aren't they all superstitious and can't extricate themselves?

"Your Majesty, those pill warlocks are mostly liars, why does Your Majesty use them?"

"They refine the Immortal Pill, this is indeed a deceptive thing, even a poison, but as long as they change the direction and study something else, it can still be useful."

The monarch rode to the Yulin Palace, and the Yulin Lang and the Yulin Cavalry trained harder.

Luo Cheng changed into a military uniform, picked up a hard bow for training, and pulled the bow to open and close, this thing is very labor-intensive, much easier to use than a tensile device.

"Uncle Bao, do you believe in ghosts and gods?"

Qin Qiong thought for a while, "Zi Bu is silent, and the power is chaotic, and the minister doesn't believe it." ”

"But what would you do if one day you really met a ghost?"

"Stay away."

"Haha, what if I meet a ghost?"

Qin Qiong said without hesitation, "If Your Majesty encounters ghosts and gods and is disturbed by ghosts and gods, the minister will kill the gods and ghosts with a spear in his hand!" ”

"Hahaha, this is domineering, worthy of a general. In fact, I don't believe that there are any ghosts and gods in the world, in the final analysis, these ghosts and gods are actually just a kind of escape and solace that people are looking for in their hearts because of their confusion and fear of the unknown. ”

"Many miracles and visions are just unknown natural phenomena, and as for ghosts, they are even more fearful in the heart. Isn't there an old saying, don't do bad things during the day, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. ”

Qin Qiong nodded, "Your Majesty said it thoroughly. ”

"As long as you are willing to study, many unintelligible phenomena will become knowledge that can be mastered. For example, the mysterious astronomy is mysterious and mysterious to ordinary people, but in fact, if you study it carefully, you will find that the sun, moon and stars all have their tracks. Even with sufficient knowledge, it is possible to predict weather changes, accurately predict wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and even calculate earthquakes. ”

Earthquake, the people called the earth dragon turned over.

Qin Qiong didn't dare to imagine what kind of power she needed to be able to calculate and predict earthquakes.

"Really?"

"Of course, having enough knowledge is the law of the workings of all things in nature. For example, by burning to produce hot steam, a balloon can be used to carry people into the sky and fly in the air. Another example is that if you have good buoyancy, you can make an iron boat sail on the water······"

Qin Qiong was dumbfounded when she heard this.

"For another example, the alchemy materials used by alchemists, lead, nitrate, and charcoal, can be mixed in a specific proportion to make explosive and burning gunpowder, and after this gunpowder is specially made, it can make powerful artillery, muskets, fire thunder, etc., destroy the city and destroy the country, and the gunpowder can also be made into brilliant and beautiful fireworks, blooming in the night sky, like fire trees and silver flowers, extremely beautiful."

Qin Qiong was stunned.

"Your Majesty, the alchemy Taoist priest's lead, nitrate, and charcoal can really make such powerful gunpowder?"

"Of course you can, but it's not easy."

Qin Qiong decided that it must be the emperor's research institute that had already researched this kind of thing, and he didn't dare to imagine how frightening this kind of thing would be, which could change the shape of the war.

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing must be taken care of, and it must not be leaked."

Luo Cheng smiled, what he said, it is still a shadow, those warlocks in the research institute, I don't know when they will be able to study the simplest black powder formula, as for the more powerful artillery muskets, etc., it is estimated that there will not be decades, and it may not be able to really be studied, as for the real inclusion and use of the army, it is estimated that it will be more distant in the future.

Instead of looking forward to firearms, it is better to look forward to the hydraulic forging machine of the research institute, after the successful research of this thing, for the manufacture of armor weapons, etc., it is able to immediately reduce the cost.

After pulling forty or fifty times, the emperor couldn't pull the strong bow anymore, so he had to stop and pant for breath, while Qin Qiong on the side pulled the same bow as the emperor, but he continued to pull it like no one else.

Luo Cheng shook his head and sighed, it seems that being an emperor is really the easiest way to destroy a god of war-level general.

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