Half a moment later, in Xu Ping's Dan room. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at the slightly old alchemy vessel in front of her, Mingyue told herself that the one that archaeologists found in the tomb of the Marquis of Hailun was indeed not the original, and that the warlocks of the Warring States period had transformed the common yǎn ware in the kitchen into a distiller for refining mercury as early as the third century BC.

The whole body of this vessel is cast in bronze, and it is composed of a retort and a kettle, which are butted with the mother and son mouths, and there is a half ring on the outside that is convenient to carry.

But seeing that Xu Ping carefully put the dansha that his apprentice Lu Sheng had ground into powder into the kettle, covered the top cover, and then put the utensils on the stove and lit the fire to heat it, Xu Ping paid attention to the fire intently, while Lu Sheng held a pu fan and kept fanning it beside him, and from time to time he was choked by the smoke and coughed.

Although this is not a glass bottle, and he can't see the changes in the dansha inside, Mingyue is a person who has taken middle and high school chemistry classes, and he can still imagine the process:

With the heating of the stove, the sulfide of the mercury of Dansha begins to decompose into sulfur dioxide and mercury, and the mercury begins to turn into mercury vapor as the temperature rises, and these vapors slowly rise, through the grid-shaped grate (bì) between the retort and the kettle, enter the retort, and then meet the retort cover, condense into a liquid, and then flow to the channel to gather, through the flow hole pipe on the retort, flow out of the retort, and drop into the small clay pot for collection......

In the end, you get a small half jar of silvery-white liquid mercury......

"What is this?" Shu Qi, who was standing next to Mingyue, asked in surprise.

Everything went well, Xu Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and began to praise others, pointing to the mercury in the clay pot, and praised: "Gentleman, this thing looks like silver instead of silver, it is actually the pearl of the sun, and it is golden, and it turns into ** condensation and is strong, just like a girl on the river, the spirit is the most godly, and the fire is flying, and there is no dust......"

In the Warring States Period, the largest amount of alchemy used by the magicians was mercury, because they believed that the bright orange-red object that was refined by combining mercury with pure sulfur was the "return pill" that could prolong people's lives.

Mingyue didn't listen to Xu Ping's nonsense, but showed a smile.

"Dansha burned into mercury ......"

If I remember correctly, there seemed to be such a question in a certain chemistry exam, but the chemical reduction and oxidation reactions, which were understood by junior high school students in later generations, were strange techniques that only a few magicians could master in this era.

They often demonstrate the process to amaze the world, but never reveal the principle.

Mingyue understood, he asked Xu Ping to open the retort cover, but saw that the cover was a dome, with a groove around it, and there was a first-class groove on the groove, which could release cooling water.

From bottom to top, this is already a relatively mature still, and in addition to feeling the wisdom of the ancients, Mingyue also feels that she has picked up a treasure.

Xu Ping tried his best to promote the "return pill" and the like, but he was not interested in it at all, King Yan Zhao ate this kind of mercury sulfide every day, and it was strange if he didn't die violently! He also planned to persuade Pingyuan Jun after he went back, no matter how lustful and insatiable he was, he would not be contaminated with the "magic medicine" practiced by these magicians.

What he cares about is using the mercury extractor for other purposes, such as steaming wine......

The vessel in front of me is no more than two feet high, and only a little mercury can be steamed at a time, and if you want to roast sake, you need a large utensil that is half a foot high, and the materials have to be changed, but if you use it as a prototype, it will save a lot of time.

Thinking like this, Mingyue's gaze moved away from the mercury extractor and turned to look at the other utensils in the Dan room.

Although the place is small, it is also considered to be complete, Dan furnace, Danding, water sea, Hua Chi, pomegranate pot, crucible, grinder, silk sieve, etc., are placed in various places.

Mingyue looked around, and found that most of those utensils were made of pottery, which showed that this warlock Xu Ping was shy and couldn't make better bronzes.

And it can be seen that there are very few raw materials in this dansha room, so in order to demonstrate the distillation of dansha, Xu Ping's master and apprentice took out the clay pot containing dansha powder again and again, and only tossed it out a little.

After all, this thing is ordinary in the future, but this era is a valuable item, and a few years later, there is a widow Qing in Ba County, Qinguo, because her ancestors owned several cinnabar mines, and they have monopolized their profits for several generations, and the family property is also countless. By the time of Qin Shi Huang, as the main supplier of a large amount of mercury in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, he was treated by Zu Long as a guest and built a female Huaiqing ......

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Mingyue's guess was right, most of the money and silk that Xu Ping brought from Yanguo were smashed on the purchase of materials, in addition to dansha, lead, Zeng Qing, realgar, etc., all of which had to be purchased outside, so if you didn't have ten gold and one hundred gold at hand, you couldn't play the alchemy industry.

The reason why he invested so much was that he also hoped that one day, he could be appreciated by a certain prince and general, sponsor him, and cling to the powerful, which was the best destination for the magician, instead of making a living by selling aphrodisiacs in the alleys as he is now......

But this is the reality, in order to make a living, in addition to practicing his mouth, he also has to seize the opportunity to show himself, so that buyers feel that he is a capable magician!

Seeing that the gentleman in front of him was not interested in "returning Dan", but showed great interest in the various utensils in the Dan room, Xu Ping had another idea.

"Gentleman, the villain also has a way to show the gentleman."

Mingyue smiled: "Sir, although it opened my eyes. ”

Xu Ping asked his disciple Lu Sheng to come over, and said this and this in his ear, Lu Sheng knew it, so he immediately went to prepare the utensils and materials, and Xu Ping apologized to Mingyue and went to change clothes and bathe by himself......

Half a moment later, Lu Sheng had already prepared the utensils, which was a small pottery groove with silver plated inside, and Lu Sheng introduced that this thing was called "Huachi", which was a tool for water alchemy. Lu Sheng carefully found a clay pot in the Dan room, poured out some sky-blue crystals from it, and added water to the silver-plated clay pot to dissolve it, and it became a blue liquid......

At this time, Xu Ping also came out, but saw that he had already put on a clean deep robe, his hair had just been washed and dried, and he was tied into a capable bun.

But he saw him bow towards Mingyue and asked: I don't know if the gentleman has an iron sword, can he borrow it from the villain? ”

Mingyue nodded at Shu Qi, and Shu Qi handed the iron short sword he was carrying to Xu Ping.

After Xu Ping took the short sword, he first raised it high, his eyes were attentive, he was chanting words, as if he was casting some spell, and after going around the room a few times, and after seeking the blessing of the gods of the Three Immortal Mountains, he walked to the edge of the Hua Pond and inserted the blade of the iron sword into the azure pool......

The stove under the pond heated slowly, and the reaction took place, but I saw that the sky blue liquid in the pool was slowly dyed with a layer of green. And when Xu Ping pulled the iron sword out of the pool after a long time, the original silver-black sword body on it had been plated with a layer of red gold......

"Hey, what's wrong with my sword?"

Shu Qi had never seen such a miraculous thing, and hurriedly took his sword over, amazed.

Xu Ping didn't break the reason, just smiled faintly: "All things arise and change, all are due to the intersection of yin and yang, so that the essence is relaxed, in the hands of our magicians, iron can be turned into copper, copper can also be turned into iron, dansha can be turned into gold, gold can be immortal." The one who changes is the nature of heaven and earth, so why should gold and silver not be foreign objects? ”

After pretending to be forced, under the admiration of the little apprentice Lu Sheng, Xu Ping looked at Mingyue, expecting to see the shock and incredulity on his face, so as to prove that he was indeed very capable.

However......

The young gentleman's face was indifferent as usual, but he stared at Xu Ping with a "everything is in my expectation" look, which made his scalp tingle.

He didn't know that Mingyue had secretly cursed in his heart.

"You guy, when I was a primary school student, didn't you know the copper-iron replacement reaction?"

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Fang Cai Mingyue had already sniffed the liquid in the Hua Pond, there was an unpleasant pungent smell, and he knew in his heart that this thing should be a liquid prepared from gallium ore, that is, the copper sulfate solution in the later generations.

After seeing through Xu Ping's pretending to be a ghost at a glance, Mingyue didn't poke him on the spot, but thought: "Joseph Needham said that one of the most important roots of the whole chemistry (if not the most important and only root) is the authentic transmission from China, and it is indeed ......."

This danfang is like an ancient chemical laboratory......

These alchemy equipment, such as distillers and Huachi, are not far from modern chemical instruments, but they are different in style and texture, and there are also many decorative patterns and bases, which add a lot of mystery.

And what Xu Ping Fang Warlock did was quite similar to the chemical experiments of later generations, Dansha mercury is redox, and Zeng Qing's iron into copper is a displacement reaction, but unfortunately the purpose is different, all of the above are to create the medicine of "immortality", after all, it is the fate of the wood to seek fish.

In the process of alchemy for 2,000 years, the alchemy scholars have experienced all kinds of failures and dangers, and carried out countless explorations and experiments, which can also be described as a thousand hardships. Although he never found the "elixir of immortality", he also accumulated a lot of chemical knowledge for future generations, and even made gunpowder as a by-product.

It's a pity that during the Warring States Period, based on the "Yin and Yang Five Elements Theory", it was still more materialistic alchemy, and after the rise of Taoism in the Han and Wei dynasties, it was completely combined with gods, ghosts and ghosts, mixed with a large number of folk witchcraft, which is why it could not evolve into modern chemistry.

But now, the bright moon has come, and it has come to the era when the magicians are in the ascendant.

If he wants to, he can instill in them countless knowledge, and thus change the course of history!

He smiled and said, "Sir really has great ability, so I bought all the mercury extractors, Hua Chi, and all the utensils in this Dan room." “

Xu Ping was shocked, he sold pills, but he didn't sell these guys who ate, and hurriedly said: "Gentleman, gentleman, villain, the utensils in the Dan room are not sold." “

But Mingyue couldn't allow him to refuse, and nodded at Shu Qi, and Shu Qi threw a heavy bag of gold in his arms directly on the desk, and when he opened it, it was all cake-shaped gold, weighing a catty!

Xu Ping and Lu Sheng had never seen so much gold in their lives, so they couldn't help but grow their mouths and were almost blinded.

But I heard the gentleman say: "Not only do I want to buy all the utensils in this Dan room, but I also want my husband to be my guest, and I will fund my husband's alchemy." “

"Gentleman...... "This is simply a favor from the sky!" Swallowing his saliva, Xu Ping asked cautiously, "I don't know which noble family of Zhao State the gentleman is?" “

Shangqing's nephew? Doctor Kundi? Or maybe it's a young grandson?

Mingyue turned her head and said with a smile: "I am the son of Zhao Guo, Chang'anjun!" ”