"Can't burn?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, it can't be burned, except for the fierce fire oil, the other oils, the slaves and maids have been tried." Fu Mingde replied with a slightly uneasy expression.

"Can't burn?" Yang Gai muttered and asked again, "Have you tried it with spirits?" ”

"Spirits? Your Majesty said that spirits were poured into the fierce fire oil gourd? Fu Mingde asked puzzled.

"Yes, spirits, companion, can there be spirits in the palace? The stronger, the better. Yang asked reform.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is a royal wine room in the inner court that specializes in winemaking, and Your Majesty wants to summon someone to ask." Wang Chengen replied.

It's the inner court again, Yang Reform has to praise one, if there is something difficult, find the inner court, it's absolutely right.

"Immediately call the people from the Imperial Wine Room, I want to ask for clarification." Yang Reform can't wait.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.

…… After a while, the admiral eunuch of the imperial wine room came, with a little trembling, to be honest, his imperial wine room, the power is really small, it belongs to the kind of special marginalized position, although it is nominally a governor, but, it is not necessarily more than some of the yamen in the book has the right, belongs to the kind of people who do life and death, now, hearing that the emperor is going to summon him, immediately a gust of wind came, this is really a rare opportunity.

"Slave Chen Yong knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live." Chen Yong, the admiral eunuch of the imperial wine room, knelt respectfully in front of the emperor and kowtowed.

"Chen Yong? Are you in charge of the wine room? Yang asked reform.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid is the admiral eunuch of the imperial wine room, and the slave maid's surname is Chen Mingyong." Chen Yong hurriedly introduced himself.

"Are you familiar with this brewing?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave knows a little about winemaking." Chen Yong replied very modestly, he Chen Yong can stand out from tens of thousands of eunuchs, to be this admiral eunuch who specializes in royal winemaking, he doesn't understand anything, he doesn't know anything, he doesn't know anything about winemaking, this is impossible, eunuchs are different from the bureaucrats outside, the eunuchs are the emperor's house slaves, the emperor's house slaves are the officers, a house slave who can't do things, to climb up, obviously unlikely, the eunuchs are not like the outside There is any blood relationship, teacher-student relationship, colleague relationship, in this inner court, countless eyes are staring at you, you don't have any ability, if you want to climb to the position of the admiral eunuch, it's too difficult, and the competition is too fierce.

"Okay, if you understand, so that I don't have to look everywhere." Yang Reform is really not ready, so he makes his own alcohol, which has no oil, this blowtorch can't be made, other oils are not combustible, only alcohol can be used, and the medical value of alcohol is even more coveted by Yang Reform.

"I ask you, can you make very strong wine? Preferably one that burns. Yang asked reform.

Chen Yong thought about it for a while, the emperor asked about his profession, he quickly calmed down, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, if you want to say that spirits, what can be burned is to burn a knife, it is said that the northerners will distinguish whether it is a good wine, whether it is a strong wine, will sprinkle it on the knife, and then put it into the fire to ignite it, if it can be ignited, it means that this wine is a good wine, very strong, not mixed with water, northerners, especially those outside the Guan, especially like this kind of wine, which is very in line with the drinking habits of the northerners, Your Majesty said this kind of wine?" ”

"You mean, there is wine that burns? Is that right? "Yang Reform wants this, the high degree of liquor can ignite this 21st century Chinese most people know, but in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Reform is not sure.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, this burning knife wine is as its name suggests, it can indeed be burned, slave maid is sure." Chen Yong didn't think about it, so he immediately replied in the affirmative. He brewed the royal wine for the royal family, and what the royal use meant was to use the best and most complete. All kinds of wine, they haven't seen it like that? If you want to say that you know the wine of the world, they must be the only one.

"Good!" Yang Reform shouted hello, this wine that can be burned, to say the least, there are fifty or sixty degrees, with Yang Reform's early experience, the wine that reaches fifty or sixty degrees can be ignited, according to what Chen Yong said now, burning knives can burn, then, this wine, it is estimated that it is also fifty or sixty degrees.

"Chen Yong, is it? Immediately send some of the strongest and strongest liquor, the kind that can burn, and send it immediately......" Yang Gai felt that although the burning knife was not alcohol, it also looked like fifty or sixty degrees, and it was not far from alcohol, so it should be able to be used as fuel for a blowtorch.

"The slave obeys."

…… After a while, the little eunuch came with a wine jar, Chen Yong was very serious and professional, opened them one by one, smelled them with his nose one by one, and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he let the little eunuch pass, and if he felt that there was a problem, he immediately asked someone to lift it aside.

"Your Majesty, the slave has already brought the burning liquor." Chen Yong checked the wine sent, selected a batch of wine that he thought was the strongest, and then reported it to the emperor.

Yang Gai nodded, this person is also very serious when he looks at things. He said, "Okay, Fu Mingde, you ask someone to pour some spirits into the gourd and try it." "Yang Gengai is going to do an experiment on the spot to see if this spirits blowtorch can succeed.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fu Mingde hurriedly ran over and ordered the craftsmen to start.

After a while, the craftsmen on the school floor poured the liquor into the gourd of the fierce oil, closed the mouth for filling the oil, and then, as before, piled some gunpowder into the mouth of the oil spray, and then lit it.

Yang Reform's heart was to mention that his throat was hoarse, and if this liquor still couldn't be used as fuel for the blowtorch, then he had to refine the alcohol first.

"Bang", after the gunpowder in front of the nozzle ignited, a puff of smoke was spewed, but unfortunately, only a little smoke was spewed, and then it was gone, and the results of the experiment were very disappointing to Yang Reform, this high degree of liquor was used as fuel, and the blowtorch still could not succeed.

Fu Mingde ran over in frustration and reported: "Back to Your Majesty, the oil hyacinth has not spewed fire." ”

"I see." Yang Reform was very disappointed, this experiment of high alcohol failed, it seems that alcohol has to be used, and to refine alcohol, I don't know when I can get it, Yang Reform's mood has fallen to the bottom.

However, the craftsmen on the school field did not give up, and kept pumping the gourd with a pump, and they were still busy.

Yang Gai was very frustrated and asked, "Chen Yong, is there any stronger wine?" "Yang Reform does not give up.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is already the strongest wine, and there is nothing stronger in the world." Chen Yong replied with certainty, their royal wine room has many types of wine prepared, and they can be said to know the wine in the world well, and they basically know what special surnames that wine has. The reason is also simple, there is a famous wine in that place, good wine, basically have to pay tribute, they are the royal wine-making yamen, it is difficult to know.

Just when Yang was frustrated and was about to give up, it was suddenly released, and the fierce fire oil gourd in the hands of the craftsmen who had been busy on the school field suddenly burst into flames.

Fu Mingde immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, there is fire, there is fire!" ”

Yang Gai looked at the fierce fire oil gourd filled with high liquor in surprise, and it actually came out of the flames, with a little bit of yellow, very weak.

When the craftsmen saw that the fierce fire oil gourd was on fire, they stopped and did not continue to pump the gourd into it.

The flame spewed out by the fierce fire oil gourd, with a little yellow from the beginning, the flame was not big, and it was still floating around, slowly, the flame began to spray outward, turning into a yellow flame, and when the flame began to spray outward in large quantities, the head of the flame was already blue.

Yang Reform can see that this is an alcohol blowtorch in the seventeenth century! That's a blue flame! But it can melt glass! Did you get it out yourself? Yang Gengai was a little incredulous. This alcohol blowtorch was changed with a weapon!

The blue flame spewed out by the oil gourd became more and more violent, and the sound of "...... and " was also very scary. Everyone on the school field was stunned.

"Your Majesty, what a miracle! Unexpectedly, this wine can also be burned in the fierce fire oil tank! Fu Mingde couldn't help but admire, this is really a god.

"Fu Mingde, why didn't it work just now, but now it's okay again?" Yang Gengai thought about this question.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slaves and maids don't know, I guess it's the reason why the craftsmen cheer up the inside, otherwise, the slaves and maids ask the craftsmen." Fu Mingde felt that his reasons were not sufficient, and felt that it was better to ask the craftsman for sure.

"Well, you call them, I'll ask myself." Yang Gengai saw that this alcohol blowtorch was basically usable, and he was in a good mood, and felt that he could give something to the craftsmen, so that they could go to Liulizhai to specialize in making this kind of alcohol blowtorch, this glass tube, the matter of sealing was completely solved.

"The slave and maid obey, and this is the case."

After a while, the craftsmen arrived at the emperor's side, and after kowtowing.

Yang Gengai said: "I ask you, why can't this oil hyacinth at the beginning, and after a while, it can breathe fire?" Yang was also curious about this, and almost missed an important invention.

An old craftsman at the head hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the grass people are also in accordance with the rules of the fierce fire oil tank, this fierce fire oil gourd is not like the fierce fire oil tank, the fierce fire oil tank is large, and the gunpowder in front of the nozzle is also more, when the gunpowder is ignited, the strength is great, so generally only the gunpowder can be sprayed, but this fierce fire oil gourd is small, so when the gunpowder is fired, it often cannot be sprayed out, so it is often necessary to use some oil to burn the nozzle of the fierce fire oil gourd, after burning for a period of time, the fierce fire oil gourd can be sprayed fire, The minister saw that the fierce fire oil gourd filled with spirits did not spew fire after lighting gunpowder, and also burned the nozzle with oil, but he didn't expect that it was the same as the fierce fire oil, and it also needed to be burned for a while before it could breathe fire......"

Yang Gengai nodded, understood, this is estimated to be the alcohol is impure, and it needs to be heated to quickly separate the alcohol and water in the wine, so that the alcohol concentration can reach a concentration that can be burned, so before use, it needs to be heated for a period of time.

"Yes, yes, I think you are good, there is a reward, big companion, each of you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen replied.

"Grass people, thank you, Your Majesty Longen." Several craftsmen were overjoyed and immediately thanked them.

Yang Reform beckoned to Wang Chengen again, Wang Chengen immediately bowed his head, Yang Reform said softly: "Big companion, send these craftsmen to Liulizhai quietly, and then let these craftsmen make fierce fire oil tanks, fuel This is this kind of spirit, the fire that spews out, is specially used to seal the mouth of the glass tube, you say so, Liulizhai naturally understands." Yang Reform did not hesitate to apply this "high technology".

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen listened to the emperor's words, raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood what the emperor meant.

After dealing with the matter of the alcohol blowtorch, Yang Reform can be regarded as a wish. I can count on the advent of thermometers and large-scale promotion! To improve the level of medicine, I said that I want to immigrate to the south, to immigrate to Taiwan, to immigrate to Nanyang, and I have to solve the epidemic disease, otherwise, I am afraid that the difficulty of immigration is not ordinarily large, and immigration is the only way to solve the problem at the end of the Ming Dynasty, although I now have a plan to immigrate to Dongting Lake and other places, but these lakes are also limited, this disaster at the end of the Ming Dynasty, not only in Shaanxi, but also in the future will affect the entire north, immigrating to Taiwan and Nanyang, it is a matter of time, so, this medical problem, The foundation must be laid beforehand. This is why Yang Reform must get something thermometer, alcohol lamp, magnifying glass and other things if he is obsessed with it, medicine must be developed, and it must escort immigrants, otherwise Yang Reform will not be full and have nothing to do, let the emperor not be good, and see how this fierce fire oil tank breathes fire every day.

The craftsmen thanked him and left, Yang Reform looked at the admiral eunuch in this imperial wine room, and felt that this person was okay, at least he was relatively reliable, and when he provided himself with spirits, he insisted on testing whether there was a problem with the wine, Yang Reform felt that perhaps, he could let him refine alcohol!

"Chen Yong, right?" Yang made up his mind and began to plan to employ people.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave is exact." With a hint of joy, Chen Yong replied, today he finally showed his face in front of the emperor, and he didn't do the errand for the emperor, according to past experience, this is definitely a reward, Chen Yong is looking forward to it, ready to see what the emperor gave him.

"I ask you, how did you make that spirit?" Yang asked Gengai.

Chen Yong thought for a while and said: "Back to Your Majesty, spirits, such as burning knives, are all made of retort (zeng), retorted, "Compendium of Materia Medica" has a record: Shochu is not an ancient method, since the Yuan Dynasty was founded, its method uses strong wine and dregs into the retort, steaming the gas, and using a vessel to carry dripping dew. It's about how shochu is made. In order to show his knowledge and credibility, Chen Yong deliberately quoted the words of the huge book "Compendium of Materia Medica".

"Compendium of Materia Medica"? This really surprised Yang Gai, but he didn't expect a eunuch in the inner court to know the things in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". Yang Gengai asked in surprise: "Chen Yong, I didn't expect that you also know medical skills?" ”

Chen Yong said embarrassedly: "Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid doesn't understand, but the slave and maid are more familiar and attentive to the matter of winemaking, so after listening to others talk about the origin of some wine, I also wrote it down, the slave and maid don't understand the ...... of medical skills."

"That's it! I see. Yang Reform thought about what Chen Yong described the retort, understood, and the guy who made wine after the time, basically not bad, Yang Reform can see that in some wine making workshops, the kind of steaming utensils seems to be also called retorts, it seems that in the past few hundred years, the means of making wine by hand have not changed much.

In the liquor workshop, the liquor burned out can be rice wine, or it can be a high number of liquor, this Yang reform is clear, since the current liquor can be burned to the extent of fire, then, increase the degree of liquor a little more, make alcohol, I believe it is not difficult.

"Chen Yong! I'm very interested in one thing, and I need someone to do it for me, I don't know if you're interested. "Yang Reform has begun to grasp the strong men.

"Of course the slave and maid are interested, if Your Majesty has anything, just tell the slave and maid, the slave and maid are born to serve Your Majesty." Chen Yong thought to himself, this imperial wine room, can be regarded as going to get ahead once, which dynasty and that generation, I have never seen the wine manager can manage what is famous, can leave a name in history, now he has to do things for the emperor, if he makes some merit or something, I am afraid that he will become the first eunuch to leave his name as a winemaker, his heart is extremely excited, and he can't wait to roll on the spot, in order to show his loyalty.

"I thought, this wine can become so strong and burn once, and if it is retorted twice, three times, or four times, doesn't that mean that this wine can be retorted to the point of pure wine? I suddenly wanted to see what this pure wine was like, and what could you do about it? Yang reformed.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no problem with this, the slave and maid will start to try it when they go back, use the wine that has been retorted once, and then retort for the second time, three times, or even four times, five times, and they will definitely give Your Majesty the pure wine retort out, Your Majesty can rest assured, this matter is very easy, or in a few days, Your Majesty will be able to hear the good news." With his many years of experience in winemaking, Chen Yong quickly concluded that this matter was too easy, and immediately happily assured the emperor.

Yang Reform looked at this eunuch with a little surprise, he didn't expect that making alcohol, in the eyes of this person, is so easy, Yang Reform thought that his alcohol refining plan still needs to spend a lot of energy and time, where did he think, there were also smart people in ancient times, it seems that some of his prejudices against ancient people really have to be changed, and he is wrong.

"Okay, then I'll wait for that day, do a good job, I will be rewarded." Yang reform this is not a perfunctory words of others, once alcohol is created, the use of alcohol in various fields can be described as far-reaching, the inventor left a mark in history, it is really not difficult, and he gives some money, which can be described as fame and fortune, and it is easy to get it.

Yang Reform is looking forward to the appearance of alcohol, this medicine has taken another step forward, and it is not for immigration, the only way out at the end of the Ming Dynasty is to move all the victims of the disaster in the north out, this migration out, except for the south, Taiwan, Nanyang, where else can it be? Therefore, this medical treatment must keep up, which is why Yang Reform is impatient to launch many medical-related things.

(To be continued)