Zhu Zhanji has always liked to contact different industries and different types of people, on the one hand, he can increase his experience, and on the other hand, he wants to use the integration of different circles to throw out some "shocking" theories.

The difference between the superior and the subordinate is not only the size of the power, but also the asymmetry of this information.

And this kind of information asymmetry gives Zhu Zhanji room to play freely.

For example, if Zhu Zhanji directly came up with the theory that the world is infinitely big and infinitely small, it will be very abrupt. But when he came into contact with Zhonghezi, it can be said that he was influenced by Zhonghezi and had this idea.

There is also information like Jiangyou has saltpeter mines, if he is just a subordinate, even if he knows that Jiangyou has saltpeter mines, he will not dare to say it casually.

But he is now in the center of society, everyone revolves around him, and they may have no contact with each other, but it is impossible to miss Zhu Zhanji.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji can tell others with various reasons and excuses that Jiangyou has saltpeter mines, but others will not suspect it, but will only think that he has other information channels.

The theory that the world is infinitely big and infinitely small is a theory that he wanted to throw out a long time ago. After the microscope was made, he wanted to take it out, but then he felt that the time was not yet ripe.

With the arrival of Zhonghezi this time, he felt that the time was ripe, and he thought that he was inspired by Zhonghezi to have this idea.

Daoist Yuanzhen excitedly questioned Zhu Zhanji's words, and when he heard Zhu Zhanji's rhetorical question, he remembered that the person sitting above was not an ordinary person, but the future heir of an empire.

At this time, he was a little frightened, but when he saw Zhu Zhanji's smiling face, he boldly said: "Poor Dao is not questioning His Highness, but how can this world be infinitely big and infinitely small?" ”

Zhu Zhanji stretched out a finger and smiled: "One, if this world is limited, then what is outside the boundary?" ”

Everyone froze, and then groaned. No one has seriously thought about this question, but when they really think about this direction, everyone feels that what Zhu Zhanji said makes sense.

Yes, how can there be boundaries in this world? If there really is a wall in this world, what is behind it?

Zhu Zhanji continued: "Second, if we decompose something all the time, will this thing not exist? No, it still exists, it's just that we don't have the ability to decompose it right now.

These two different directions also represent different research directions in the future. If you want to get the answer, you need to have countless people in my Ming Dynasty to study carefully, and I look forward to getting a sure answer one day in the future. ”

Zhu Zhanji's two questions made everyone groan, Zhonghezi looked at the street scene outside the window, but there was no focus, his left hand was brushing his beard, but his right hand was constantly pinching his fingers and calculating something.

After a while, he spoke: "The old Taoist has lived for more than seventy years, but he has never seriously thought about these problems. His Royal Highness's words were like drinking Daigo, which made the old Taoist suddenly. If you can't see it, it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, and if you don't know it, it's not necessarily not the truth. Lao Dao has been practicing medicine all his life, that is, in recent years, he has only touched the threshold of the existence of small insects, but he did not expect that His Royal Highness had already entered the door at a young age. ”

Although the horse was a little stiff, it was comforting to hear from his mouth.

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "The old Taoist is too famous, and Lone only felt it because he saw the existence of those little insects from the microscope." However, those little insects are too small, and they do not have the instinct and nature to learn like animals, and they are also a little different from plants, so Lone named them bacteria.

Bacteria are everywhere. In the air, in the water, including the fruits we eat, the meals. Some bacteria should be good for people, and some are bad for people, so the bacteria that will cause people to get sick and poisoned are called germs. ”

Zhonghezi asked, "Can bacteria still be good for people?" ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Since bacteria are everywhere in our lives, but we can live well, it means that we are used to the existence of bacteria, and if there are no bacteria, people may not be able to bear it."

"For example, if we eat a meal at noon, it will turn bad in the evening, what is the reason? Why doesn't the food go bad for two or three days in winter? Why is it left for two or three days in summer, and the food will rot and even grow maggots? Where do maggots come from? Before it turned into maggots, did the food we ate into our stomachs already have bacteria? That's for sure. Then we can continue to eat and eat enough, which shows that bacteria are good for people. But when the bacteria become germs, if you eat these meals again, you will have abdominal pain and even dysentery......"

Zhonghezi said excitedly: "There is more miasma in the south, but less miasma in the north, and the miasma occurs more in spring and summer, which is also related to temperature!" This shows that the survival and reproduction of bacteria are closely related to temperature. ”

Zhonghezi was on the road like this, which also made Zhu Zhanji very happy.

He can understand many truths, but they are all superficial, and he doesn't know how to continue if he talks about it. The real research still needs to be carried out by professionals like them.

He smiled and said, "Alone in the microscope, I saw that the small bacteria are not exactly the same, there are spherical, long-rod, and spiral-shaped. What are the specific functions of these bacteria and how they should be classified still need to be carefully summarized by the Taoist chief and the imperial doctors. Only by understanding their habits can we use them. ”

Zhonghezi said excitedly: "The old man dares to disobey his fate!" ”

He came to the capital to see the microscope, and he was still thinking about how to mention it to his grandson, but now he listened to the meaning of his words, so he directly arranged for himself to use the microscope. And he can also study with the imperial doctors from all over the country, how can he not be excited!

Zhu Zhanji introduced to him the taboos of the research institute in Xiamaqiao, which stopped the topic and asked Liu Chenghui to talk about friendship with Lao Dao. Lao Dao also brought Liu Chenghui letters from her parents and brothers, which made her very happy.

The boat traveled to the vicinity of the Temple of Heaven and Earth on the Qinhuai River, which is located in the south of the Xiamaqiao Farm, and from here they went ashore, and everyone changed to the carriage of the farm.

Today's Xiamaqiao Farm can be said to be the best planned community in the whole Ming Dynasty, the whole area is neat and tidy, green trees, concrete roads extend in all directions, and the ground is clean without even a trace of dust.

In particular, the presence of sewers and indoor toilets, together with a fixed fertilizer pool, gives the entire farm the appearance of a villa area of later generations.

When they saw such an environment, they couldn't help but sigh: "This is really heaven on earth!" ”

Ichikiyoko is also quite close to this old way, and he introduced him with a smile to some things that he can't see on the surface, which makes him admire the planning here.

Even Liu Chenghui listened to it with relish, although she knew about this place, it was the first time she came here, and she seemed very curious.

"If everyone in the Ming Dynasty can live in such a house, it will be a prosperous age!"

Zhu Zhanji smiled: "There will be such a day." ”

The convoy entered the Medical Research Institute, where some doctors who were rich in theoretical knowledge and good at research, but were clumsy in communication, were arranged here.

At first, all the imperial physicians regarded this place as an "exile", and only a few elderly imperial physicians took a fancy to the beautiful environment of Xiamaqiao Farm, and wanted to come here to recuperate for a long time, so they came over willingly.

But after a long time, the gap between the two sides came out. The hospital is a place to serve people, no matter how good their medical skills are, in front of the royal family or ministers, they are still small people.

The envoys of the Tai Hospital are only five grades, and there are only thirteen people above the eighth grade, and the rest are all nine grades, from the ninth grade and not into the stream, so the low status is pitiful.

Although the research institute does not have those extra money for outpatient treatment, it does not have to wait for people and does not have to take risks.

On the side of the research institute, I can continue to study medicine and live in such a beautiful environment, so in a year, the position of the research institute has become more sought-after than the hospital.

Zhu Zhanji asked the Tai Hospital to first scientifically classify the disciplines of buddies, and then to write a "Compendium of Materia Medica".

The conditions of these people are much better than Li Shizhen's, no matter what medicinal materials they want, they can get medicinal materials from all over the country.

As for the medicinal property test, there are also various patients to test, all of which are covered by Zhu Zhanji, and the research funds are very abundant.

What they didn't expect was that because there was no money for treatment here, although it was only for incurable diseases, it still caused a huge sensation in Daming.

The common people now regard these imperial doctors of the institute as Buddhas of all families, and Zhu Zhanji has become a god-like existence.

Even if their illness was not cured, there was no medical trouble, but they were grateful.

More and more patients are receiving various incurable diseases, and the reputation of the Institute of Medicine is growing. Under the guidance of Zhu Zhanji, the imperial doctors are also preparing to open the first real traditional Chinese medicine hospital in the Ming Dynasty for ordinary diseases.

The hospital is divided into different departments for different patients. However, the current customers are mainly aimed at officials and nobles, after all, ordinary people get sick, unless it is an incurable disease, at most they are to see a doctor and get medicine in the local area, and they cannot afford the high cost of treatment.

Moreover, prescriptions and drug supply are still separated, and Zhu Zhanji never wanted hospitals to sell drugs as well.

Although this cannot completely eliminate high drug prices, it can at least prevent hospitals from increasing drug prices so frantically.

They were ushered into the courtyard of the research institute, and everyone went to the room where the microscope was placed.

Nakazu Lao Dao saw the world composed of bacteria from the lens of the microscope, and he was completely fascinated, and even Zhu Zhanji beside him forgot about it.

Zhu Zhanji didn't bother him anymore, threw him to a group of doctors in the Tai Hospital, and took Liu Chenghui, who didn't want to leave, to the Gewu Research Institute.

Zhu Zhanji can't plug in medical research at all, but Gewu Research Institute is different, because he is very aware of the laws and processes of scientific and technological development.

Today's Gewu Research Institute is also the place with the most weirdos and the most achievements among all the research institutes.

However, due to the relatively early development, many studies have not yet reached the level of application.

For example, the steam engine in front of them is burning with a raging fire.

This steam engine is also very sketchy, like a large teapot with a base, except that there is one more inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, an air tank, and an outlet pipe than the teapot.

In front of the outlet pipe, a linkage gear combination is connected to drive a cylindrical grinder.

The current steam engine is too sketchy, and there are many problems that remain unsolved. For example, stable power output, stable pressure test, stable air-tight spare parts.

One of the most difficult is the design of the power take-off device, in which Zhu Zhanji is a complete layman.

The generation of steam depends on the air pressure of boiling water, but how to concentrate these air pressures to generate huge power is a problem that everyone is currently studying.

Today's steam engines are only connected to the crankshaft and can do physical movement, and it is still early to add cylinders and pistons.

If the problem of cylinder pistons can be solved, Zhu Zhanji even wants to skip the stage of the steam engine and go directly to the internal combustion engine.

The advantages of the internal combustion engine over the steam engine are enormous. But at present, it seems that it is impossible to achieve it at least in the short term, because even the most basic material process cannot be solved.

Now that the prototype of the steam engine has been developed, inspired craftsmen are working to solve the problem of air pressure control and power output.

In Zhu Zhanji's view, it will not be too long before it is applied.

Of course, it is still very early to make it able to drive trains, and now it can only be used as a pumping machine at most.

It will then be tested on the ship to drive the boat to sail.

The steam engine, a monster in the eyes of everyone, is the focus of the Institute's current research, but it is not the most important thing for Zhu Zhanji.

What he paid more attention to was the generator that was now conducting secret research in a small courtyard in the middle of nowhere.

The age of the steam engine, the age of electricity, and the age of electronics are three important stages in the history of human industrial development.

The application of thunder and lightning is shocking in this era. But for Zhu Zhanji, it was just a toy when he was a child.

Almost every boy has all kinds of whimsical ideas when he is young, and some of them will put them into action.

When Zhu Zhanji was a child, he bypassed the coil and used a small electric motor to make toys such as drills.

For him, if he wants to have electricity, it is enough to have only copper wires and magnets.

However, in this day and age, magnets are easy to find, and they can also be polished into the desired shape by craftsmen.

However, enameled wire is difficult to find, last year, Zhu Zhanji spent a lot of effort to let the craftsman help him draw about 50 meters of copper wire with a diameter of about one millimeter, just for this copper wire, it cost a lot of labor costs.

Then, the copper wire was burned red, and the enameled wire was finally made through the vegetable lacquer.

Zhu Zhanji first simply wrapped a coil around the magnet and fixed it around the magnet, leaving two heads. Then use a hand-cranked disc to drive the gear device and turn the magnet to generate electricity.

Although he knows a lot of things, at present, he can only do it to this extent by himself.

These things were not all done until this spring, and Zhu Zhanji moved back to the palace and performed in front of Zhu Di.

Seeing the lightning flashing between the two copper wires, Zhu Di's surprised eyes almost popped out.

At that time, Yun Xiang, the great eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, was also there, this Mongolian man was super powerful, but when he saw this scene, he knelt down and bowed down.

Zhu Di arranged for a little eunuch to put his hand in and test it, although this current does not kill people, but it also directly makes him tremble and incontinent.

Zhu Di immediately blocked the news, and then sent several craftsmen to study how to make it.

Of course, they didn't understand the principle here, and they didn't even dare to think about it at all, so they only dared to improve it according to Zhu Zhanji's design.

This led to a consequence, that is, they made it for a few months, the coil got bigger and bigger, the magnet used bigger and bigger, and even made a super coil that could directly electrocute people.

But the other features have not been developed.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know how to continue, because the production of light bulbs was much more difficult than this.

Even if Ma Zhide can make a pear-shaped glass bulb, the problem of filament is difficult to solve, and he is not able to extract the oxygen in the bulb.

Therefore, although Zhu Zhanji knew how to generate electricity, he could not make motors, nor could he use electricity to serve the industry, so he could only be temporarily blocked.

After building a giant power generation coil, Zhu Di also has a plan, preparing to demonstrate it to the people at the Chengtianmen Tower at next year's Lantern Festival and other meetings.

Zhu Zhanji strongly supported this plan, and today's people are too easy to fool. Move this set of devices to the city tower, and perform a "thunder and lightning borrowed from the sky" at night, not to mention the common people, I am afraid that those ministers will also be frightened one by one.

After walking around, Zhonghezi was already familiar with a large group of imperial doctors at this time. Many imperial physicians surrounded him and were discussing with him about the formation and treatment of miasma.

Last year's plague in Cochin, nearly a million people died at once, and even Guangxi, which is connected to Cochin, also died tens of thousands.

Everyone communicates with each other, inspires each other, and researches together. If we can really solve the great plague of miasma and plague, it will be a great joy for the people.

If he was an ordinary person, he would naturally not be recognized by the imperial doctors so quickly. They are all the most top-notch people in medicine in this era, and ordinary people may be taken into their eyes.

But Zhonghezi is old, seventy-two years old, and he still looks alive. And he is really proficient in medicine, and in order to solve the problem of miasma, he has been studying it carefully for decades.

Such an elder with real talent and learning, no doctor dares to really despise him.

At noon, Zhu Zhan basically came to invite Zhonghezi to dinner, and arranged a residence for him at Xiamaqiao.

But just when he was about to give orders to set the meal, the chamberlain came to the palace, and Zhu Zhanji and Zhonghezi returned to the palace.

Zhu Di is the queen of the next dynasty knew that Zhu Zhanji actually put down his affairs today and went to the dock to greet an old immortal from Lingnan.

He originally thought he was a charlatan, but when he heard that the other party was proficient in medicine and health preservation, and that he was still old and strong at the age of seventy-two, and he was still walking like a fly after running around Lingnan for half a month, he was moved.

As an emperor, of course, he does not pursue immortality now, and no one can do it.

But he is now fifty-seven years old, and of course he has a few more years to live.

Since his scheming grandson can recognize him, he is still the elder of his grandson Chenghui, and a Taoist master, it is understandable for him to see him, so he made a decree.

If he is really a master, it is of course best to help him recuperate.

If he is a liar, he can also help his grandson to check the gates.

Others were naturally envious when they knew that Zhonghezi was going to enter the palace, and even his apprentice Yuan Zhen was a little out of shape.

However, Zhonghezi was still light and light, and he didn't seem to care at all, so he arranged for Yuan Zhen to decorate the room and follow Zhu Zhanji back to the palace.

After entering Donghua Gate, Liu Chenghui was not qualified to see Zhu Di, so he could only return to the palace first.

When he came to the center of the empire, even if Zhonghezi was light and light, he was a little curious at this time, and looked around.

Zhu Zhanji thought to himself, no matter how advanced he is, he is just a person, and he has not yet become a god!

It's not that he looks down on Zhonghezi, but he just thinks that his mastery is a bit too pretending, and he is even more pretending to be coercive than his own grandson.

For the first time in this era, an old man took away his attention, and he was a little unconvinced.

After the two met, Zhu Di also directly inquired about the details of Zhonghezi, and at this time, Zhu Zhanji also knew that this old Taoist priest actually had a common name, surnamed Xu, and the word Jingzhi.

Huizhou Tianbao Temple is also a great avenue temple built in the Tang Dynasty, and he is also registered in the Daolu Division, but it is not indicated that the old Taoist is proficient in medical skills.

Lao Dao pushed it but couldn't, but also gave Zhu Di a pulse, pointed out some minor problems in his body, and prescribed him two health prescriptions.

In the ensuing chat, the two talked about the rise and fall of Taoism and the rise of Buddhism.

After lunch, Zhu Zhanji was kicked out by Zhu Di, which made Zhu Zhanji feel that his grandfather seemed to be unkind again.

The use of Taoism to suppress Buddhism has been the basic national policy since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Zhanji believes that Taoism cannot simply be used to suppress Buddhism, which has proven useless in history.

This is because Buddhism is good at learning, good at integrating, good at lowering one's stature, and even better at demagoguery.

And Taoism is either those who pretend to be gods and ghosts, or they are like outsiders who disdain to get along with the laity.

In terms of doctrine, Buddhism pays attention to entering the WTO, paying attention to forbearance, and pursuing the next life. These are all ethereal, but they can also make people look forward to it.

However, Taoism pays attention to cultivating one's own body and paying attention to birth, so naturally it is not competitive to win Buddhism.

If you want to suppress Buddhism, you can only rely on administrative means, government control, and both soft and hard.

Relying too much on Taoism will only raise Taoism again.

However, at this time, he can't interfere in these things, so he can only let Zhu Di do it.

He only hopes that Zhonghezi will not forget the purpose of his coming to the capital and come up with effective measures to prevent and control miasma as soon as possible.

At the end of the year, he will go to sea, and he is still waiting for a better prescription!

Now that miasma is raging all over the world, there is no good medicine, and he does not dare to go to many places!

Unconsciously returned to Xingqing Palace, Zhu Zhanji was also a little interested in Xingqing Palace for a while, and decided to give himself a vacation and accompany a few children in the palace.