Chapter 18: Xu Rui's Small Workshop
"Xu Fang, Xu Fang!"
As soon as Su Gang returned to the guard camp, he opened his throat and shouted, his voice was very urgent.
"Young Master, what's wrong?"
Xu Fang got out of the tent, trotted all the way, and followed Su to his tent.
"Go and help me prepare, I want oranges from the firehead army, as long as they are moldy, as well as small clay pots, porcelain bowls, clean water, iron pots, charcoal, gauze, vegetable oil, vinegar, cowhide, rice, mills, yams, cotton balls, the more the better, quickly! If someone asks, you say that General Liu Yi needs it, and there must be no delay, understand? ”
After thinking about it, Sue patted her head.
"Hey, forget it, I'll write you a list, I know that you can't read, there are literate people in the camp, if you forget it, ask it, remember that everything I said is indispensable, especially moldy oranges, do you hear it?"
Xu Fang nodded, he didn't know what his young master was suddenly crazy, but he understood that the young master was so solemn, it must be a very important thing, and he suddenly had a sense of solemnity.
Su didn't have time to pay attention to his thoughts for a while, pulled a piece of paper, picked up the pen, and wrote what he had just said crookedly.
There is no way, with a computer that is accustomed to brainwave input, it is ugly to write calligraphy, but fortunately, Xu Rui has not read for a few years, so it will not attract suspicion.
After a while, Su wrote the list and solemnly handed it to Xu Fang, who nodded and immediately turned around and got out of the camp.
Su let out a long breath and carefully recalled what he had learned while rubbing his hands.
Su dared to boast of Haikou, naturally he had his confidence, and the so-called confidence came from the era he lived in and the knowledge he had learned.
In order to win that interstellar war, the United Nations parliament was eager to stuff all the knowledge related to the war into the heads of the fifteen young commanders, including battlefield medicine.
Of course, subjects such as battlefield medicine, history, psychology, and engineering, except for the content directly related to the fleet and war, are all electives.
Most students like Mo are dismissive, and only a guy like Su, who is used to being lazy and unprofessional, will waste his precious time reading idle books.
But it is precisely because of this that Su has an advantage that others do not have after coming to this world.
He remembered very well that there was a watershed in the history of human warfare, when the army's casualty ratio was very low, because most of the wounded died because they could not be treated, but after that watershed, a large number of wounded survived and continued to fight.
That watershed was the invention and application of penicillin during World War II.
Penicillin was first discovered in 1928 by British bacteriologist Fleming, but it was produced in large quantities by American pharmaceutical companies in 1942.
Although the improvement in the survival rate of the wounded is due to the overall improvement of medical and hygienic conditions, it is undeniable that penicillin is effective in controlling wound infections and saving countless lives.
When Su was studying, he learned about a very simple method of making penicillin, and cultivated real penicillin in the laboratory, which was the key to treating Xiao Jinwu.
Now there is only one problem, the cultivation and manufacture of penicillin will take at least seven to ten days, Su does not know if Xiao Jinwu's situation can last until that time, or by that time, his injuries will still not be able to be treated by penicillin.
Saving people is like fighting fire, especially when Zhang Zuofeng is also involved, so Su is so anxious.
Su kept recalling in his mind the steps of making penicillin, over and over again, never letting go of any detail, and before he knew it, time flew by.
After more than half an hour, Xu Fang dragged a large basket and ran back breathlessly.
"Young master, I got oranges, water and crockpots, and some things are being prepared, you use them first, and I'll find them!"
Putting down the basket, Xu Fang turned around and walked out of the camp tent without stopping, and disappeared as soon as he slipped away.
Su didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly set up a cauldron, poured water into it and boiled, and then put the crockpot and other utensils into the pot to steam and sterilize.
After finally finishing all this, he poured the rice and potatoes into a small sterilized grinding disc, mixed it with water, and grinded out a small jar of solution.
After that, pour the solution into a porcelain bowl, divide it into several portions, and use it as a culture liquid, and then scrape the green plums on the oranges into the bowl one by one, carefully cover them, and the first step is completed.
The next step is to wait a few days for the green plums to grow in the culture medium, then replace the plastic film with the sterilized and sun-dried skin film, cut a small hole, cover it on a small crockpot, put gauze and cotton in the middle, and pour the culture liquid into the crockpot to filter.
Then pour in a small amount of vegetable oil and stir, there will be three layers of liquid in the jar, scrape off the top layer of grease, add carbon shavings and stir, and wait for the carbon shavings to fully absorb the green plum, then take it out and wash and filter it with distilled water, vinegar and alkaline water.
This step is repeated several times to obtain a new culture medium, and finally a cotton ball is dipped in urine (in fact, the staphylococci in the urine is taken) and dropped into the center of the culture medium for experiments.
After about seven days, if there is no green plum in the middle of the culture medium (where the urine is dropped), only the edge of the ring, even if it is successful, it is the real penicillin.
Now Su can only complete the first step, and the next steps need to wait quietly, whether Xiao Jinwu can survive depends on whether these bottles and cans can be separated and made into real antibiotics.
Su was busy, and suddenly heard footsteps behind him, thinking that Xu Fang was back, so he said without looking back: "Hand me the crockpot on the table, be careful, don't spill it." ”
The crockpot was not handed over, but there was a light cough, Su turned around, and saw Liu Yi standing behind him, leaning on the old man and saying: "Boy, tell my old man to do something, please say a word!" ”
Su was slightly stunned, nodded and said, "Okay, please bring up the crockpot on the table, be careful, don't spill it." ”
Liu Yi twitched his cheeks and slapped him the back of the head.
"Ouch, what are you doing?"
Su let out a cry of pain, clutching his head and howling angrily.
Liu Yi completely ignored Su's protests, looked at the bottles and cans of the camp tent, shook his head and said, "You plan to use these rags to save Xiao Jinwu?" ”
Su carefully protected a row of jars and jars, and said angrily: "Believe it or not, it's just right to believe it, I'm still happy and relaxed, but you have to explain it to General Xiao's subordinates yourself." ”
Seeing that Su was so careful, Liu Yi probably understood that these rags were Xiao Jinwu's life, although he didn't know how Xu Rui was going to turn decay into magic, he couldn't help but relax his hands and feet, for fear of overturning Xiao Jinwu's life.
"General Liu, there is nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, I'm busy, what do you have to say."
Su put down the work at hand and said impatiently.
Liu Yi glared at him: "Nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace?" You have a lot of golden sentences, and I don't know who to learn from...... I came to you today and I have to tell me the truth, understand? ”
He put on the stinky shelf of the elders again, but this time Su was a little drumming in his heart, seeing Liu Yi's solemn expression, his eyes flickering, his mouth opening and closing, and he looked hesitant, clearly having something difficult to say to ask himself.
What will it be?
Su Neng thought of nothing more than two points, either related to the secret chess that Yang Weiyuan desperately concealed, or related to himself, both of which were very troublesome.
Sure enough, before Su could say anything, he heard Liu Yi say: "Xu Rui, as far as I know, your father entrusted you to Yang Weiyuan before he died in battle.
Yang Weiyuan is very busy with military affairs, and he doesn't have time to discipline you well, plus you are stubborn by nature and don't like to study, since you were nine years old, except for the three years when you ran away from home, you have never studied with your master, what have you learned, yes or no? ”
Xu Rui, a bad boy, actually ran away from home? It's not easy to have a home, it's really a blessing and I don't know how blessed I am......
Su secretly slandered himself, nodded obediently, Xu Rui left very few memories, and they were fragmented, there was almost no coherent picture, Su could only follow Liu Yi's words, and did not dare to refute.
Seeing him nodding, Liu Yi's eyes froze, and he continued: "But since the army entered Jingyang, you not only gained insight into the sinister intentions of the Southern Dynasty in advance through clues, but then took advantage of the situation and turned the situation back little by little.
Your clever strategy and strange use of troops are breathtaking, and you have the style of a general.
Let's put it this way, Lao Tzu, I have led soldiers all my life, and I have seen countless generals, except for the godlike soldier Saint Wuling King opposite, I have never met a general who is as light as you and comes at your fingertips.
Xu Rui, you are only sixteen years old, and you haven't been to school for a few days, where does this ability come from? Don't tell me anything about talent, Lao Tzu never believed in that.
You look at the bottles and cans in this camp, even the little doctor saint has concluded that there is no salvation, but you dare to say that there is salvation, and everyone believes it, this is not a sentence of talent that can explain it! ”
Facing Liu Yi's compelling gaze, Su sighed secretly in his heart, he was really afraid of something, he just wanted to get out of danger as soon as possible, and he didn't plan to stay in the Wei army for a long time, so he would be so unscrupulous and show off.
Now that things are done too desperately, doubts will naturally follow, and if you can't explain it clearly, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble in the future......
Fortunately, Xu Rui has received brutal professional training, and even the so-called "truth potion" and the most cutting-edge lie detector may not be able to tell the truth, let alone an old man with no professional background?
Su's reflexive second into the play, although the mind in his head was spinning, there was no discoloration on his face, even the heartbeat, pulse and every muscle were as usual.
"I'm going to say you're self-taught, and you don't believe it, but if I tell the truth, can you keep it a secret from me?"
Su looked at Liu Yi and said earnestly, with a bit of divine meaning on his face.
Liu Yi looked at him with a solemn expression, not at all pretentious, an inexplicable sense of mission arose, and he nodded heavily.
"A gentleman, life and death are not worth it, you say, as long as it is not a treason, what if Lao Tzu carries it for you?"
Su waved his hand and said: "The general's words are serious, but the family teacher explained that if it is not necessary, try not to mention it to others, his old man has already seen through the red dust, and he does not want to be too involved in the world, so as not to be contaminated with cause and effect." ”
"Tutor? Did you worship Master? ”
Liu Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was shocked.
Su nodded calmly: "Exactly, in the three years I ran away from home, I was fortunate to see my family teacher, who was indifferent to fame and fortune, not stained with red dust, took me to travel overseas, and passed on my art of war and miscellaneous skills, so that I have today's Xu Rui."
His old man is an outsider, and when he parted, he told me to mention this past less, so that Xu Rui would have concealed it until now. ”
Liu Yi's eyes rolled slightly, carefully watching Su's every move, and did not let go of any details, but he didn't find anything suspicious when he looked at it, so he asked suspiciously: "How old is your master, where does his family live, and has he ever left a name?" ”
Su Sha bowed to the sky and said solemnly: "Master is very secretive about the past, never mentions it, has been together for three years, and has not told him his name, I only know that he has a nickname, called Guiguzi!" ”
Su was also forced to be helpless, saying that it is definitely illogical to be self-taught, only to grasp the flaw that Xu Rui once ran away from home and try to make up a reasonable story, and the key to this story is the unwarranted master.
Thinking of Master, a legendary name appeared in his mind, that is, the Great Sage of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, who commanded the entire Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and once cultivated Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Su Qin, Zhang Yi and many other Guiguzi.
Some people say that Guiguzi is a person, and some people say that Guiguzi is the honorific title of the head of a genre (each generation of heads is called Guiguzi), judging from his all-encompassing doctrine and hundreds of years of influence, Su believes in the latter more.
But no matter how you understand it, Guiguzi is a legendary, mysterious and wise character, which is why Su did not hesitate to choose him as his teacher.
Su originally thought that Liu Yi would be very curious about this Guiguzi, and even asked the bottom of it, but who knew that he immediately jumped up when he heard these three words.
"What, you said your master is...... Is it Guiguzi?! ”
Su had a long mouth and looked at Liu Yi with a ghostly look, even more surprised than him.
"Yes...... Oh, yes...... What's wrong? ”
"What does he look like, Gui Geng? Also, do you know where his old man is now? ”
Liu Yi hugged Su's shoulders and shook them for a while, throwing out a lot of questions in one go.
The sudden accident made Su unconsciously broken, and he didn't know what to say, but he kept shaking his head.
"Yes, yes, how can a master like him reveal his whereabouts at will, I didn't expect your master to be Guiguzi, it's no wonder, no wonder......"
Liu Yi muttered to himself, but Su was inexplicable for a while, there would be such a coincidence, could there really be a Guiguzi in this world?
As if seeing through Su's doubts, Liu Yi said hatefully: "I think your master shouldn't have told you about his origin, right?" Otherwise, how can you be lazy? must be stubborn and refuse to leave, how can you run out and be embarrassed when you learn to be half-hanging? ”
Am I half-sassed? Am I embarrassed? So why don't you talk about yourself?
Su was full of confidants, but he was still waiting for Liu Yi's next words with a blank face.
Seeing that there was finally something that Su didn't know, Liu Yi suddenly became old and proud: "Your master is not simple, everyone who knows him is a high-ranking official, do you know who your master's disciples, that is, your senior brothers?" ”
Sue shook her head.
Liu Yi said in a deep voice: "His first disciple, that is, your senior brother, is named Zhu Zhen!" ”
"Zhu Zhen?!"
Su was suddenly shocked: "Are you talking about Zhu Zhen, the founding emperor of the Great Han Kingdom?" That's a character from nearly a thousand years ago! ”
In fact, there was still half a sentence that he didn't say, "That traverser Zhu Zhen is actually also a student of Guiguzi?" Isn't that? ”
Liu Yi didn't know what he was thinking, and said with contempt: "You know a fart, your master is not so much a character, but an immortal, starting from Zhu Zhen, he has taught countless emperors and generals, Hongru everyone, before you, the most recent one is the King of Soldier Saint Wuling!" ”
"What!"
This time Su was completely dumbfounded, originally thought that Zhu Zhen was just like him and made up a false master, but he didn't expect Guiguzi to really teach so many students.
One or two are just repaid, it is very likely to be a coincidence when the word was opened, but once so many people appear, it shows that Guiguzi will never be a false legend.
He doesn't think that Guiguzi is some kind of immortal, it can survive for more than a thousand years, and it is very likely that it is the same as Guiguzi on the earth, these three words are simply the honorific title of the head of a certain genre.
I didn't expect to blow up the cow in one go, this time it's a big trouble, if this lie spreads out, it will be known by King Wuling, or other disciples and grandchildren of Guiguzi, and won't you come to find trouble with yourself as an impostor?
What's more, the words have already been spoken, once the lie is exposed, the legitimacy of his existence in this world will become a problem, and how will he explain Xu Rui's ability and the lie he has laid?
As if seeing Su's concerns, Liu Yi patted Su's shoulder lightly, and said solemnly: "Don't be nervous, the old man knows how much trouble Guiguzi will bring you in this life, once this news leaks, I'm afraid that countless people will come to you immediately, just to find out the whereabouts of Guiguzi, so that you can go to learn art."
You can rest assured, since you trust the old man and tell this secret and discernment, the old man will never break his word and get fat, today's matter comes from your mouth, into my ears, and no third person will know! ”
Su breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, fortunately he had an eye just now, and he had taken a preventive shot in advance, with Liu Yi's stubborn temper, he should be able to distinguish the severity, but this is a flaw after all, and he has to think carefully about how to lie once the East Window incident happens......
However, Sue didn't know that his idea was too simple.
While the two were talking secretly, a figure outside the tent had been hiding in the dark, listening quietly, and putting the secrets of the two into his ears word for word.
When the two of them finished speaking, the figure jumped back slightly, like a fallen leaf fluttering in the wind, and swept out of the guard camp like a ghost, and disappeared into the vast night, without making a sound from beginning to end.
If there is a martial arts master who sees this scene, he will definitely praise this person's light skills as first-class in the world.