Chapter 85: The Workshop
Looking at these vigorous soldiers, Zhu Yuanzhang's hands trembled with excitement.
He has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, and he knows the situation of the soldiers well.
Generally, only a small number of soldiers die on the spot on the battlefield, and more often die from the infection and pain in the back.
As long as a soldier is slashed or shot on the battlefield, the soldier's death is basically pronounced.
Compared with modern times, the level of medical care in ancient times is simply more than one grade lower.
After being slashed on the battlefield, he can only rely on his own resistance to stand up.
Those with larger wounds will soon die from heavy bleeding.
And the smaller wounds will not escape the doom of being infected.
It can be said that wound infection is the root cause of the death of a large number of soldiers.
But as soon as Hu Changan's alcohol came out, wouldn't that mean that these soldiers who died of infection could be saved in the future?
That's a great achievement!
Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly waved his sleeves and drove back to the palace, ready to ask Hu Changan in detail about the production method of alcohol.
After a while, Hu Changan was led by the guards to the Heart Cultivation Palace.
This time, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Hu Changan, and he was obviously much eager.
Hu Changan had just entered the hall, and before he had time to kneel, Zhu Yuanzhang enthusiastically helped Hu Changan up: "Hu Aiqing, please get up!" The alcohol you experimented with in the barracks had a great effect! ”
"Those wounded soldiers have basically been cured!"
"Hu Aiqing, tell these military doctors about the production method of alcohol!"
"If this alcohol can be successfully made, I will have a great reward!"
Hu Changan couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's anxious expression.
Hu Changan cleared his throat and explained the process of making alcohol to the military doctor on the side.
After hearing this, the military doctor hurriedly moved his pen and wrote down every word Hu Changan said on paper.
But the military doctor was confused.
Every word that this Young Master Hu said was obviously Chinese, how could he not understand the combination?
What stills, porcelain, why can't he understand anything?
Hu Changan looked at the military doctor with a confused look, and he knew it in his heart.
As an ancient person who has no basic knowledge at all, no matter how detailed he talks about these things, the military doctor will not understand them.
It is better to hear than to see.
Thinking of this, Hu Changan saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty, you may not understand what I said, why don't you follow me to the workshop under my name?" ”
"I've trained a group of good people at making alcohol in the workshop, and I'm sure you'll understand it when you look at it."
"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed to this proposal.
Although he is an emperor, he is also a human being, and he also has knowledge blind spots.
Hu Changan's words just now, not only did the military doctor not understand, but Zhu Yuanzhang also did not understand.
Zhu Yuanzhang is very curious, how can ordinary soju become a good medicine to save people's lives?
So Zhu Yuanzhang changed into civilian clothes, and the group ran towards Hu Changan's soap workshop under the arch guard of the disguised brocade guard.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who changed into civilian clothes, looked like an ordinary aristocratic old man.
No one would have thought that he was the decisive Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
The group rode their horses and galloped, and soon arrived at Hu Changan's soap workshop.
This trip made Hu Changan panting again.
On the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang is obviously a middle-aged man in his fifties, but he still doesn't breathe at all when he gets off the horse, as if he just went out for a walk this time, instead of running on a horse for more than an hour.
is worthy of being the emperor who fights the world on horseback, but it's different!
Hu Changan rubbed his sore waist and sighed secretly.
Seeing that the young master was coming, Monday hurriedly greeted him.
In the days of being a steward in the workshop, Monday was gradually tempered.
The honest smile that had always been on his face was gradually replaced by seriousness, and he looked like a manager.
But in the face of Hu Changan, Monday will always be that Monday.
Seeing Hu Changan's group of people walking into the door of the workshop, Monday hurriedly greeted him and warmly entertained Hu Changan and his party.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this soap workshop, although his face was not obvious, but he also sighed secretly in his heart.
After going south and north for so long, Zhu Yuanzhang has never seen such a good workshop.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's impression, the workshops are small and dirty.
More than a dozen people were crammed into a small room, and even the air smelled of unpleasant sweat.
Hu Changan's workshop is obviously an upgraded version.
In the bright and spacious interior, workers wear uniform clothes and produce soap in an orderly manner.
The movements of the workers, skilful and sophisticated, hardly a single superfluous movement.
Pieces of soap were quickly poured into molds by the workers, and then neatly placed outside to dry.
Everything is so well organized.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh.
This discipline is comparable to that in the barracks!
No wonder Hu Changan can sell so much soap in one day!
Zhu Yuanzhang saw such a standardized production process for the first time, and he was naturally amazed.
However, for Hu Changan, this kind of scene is not new for a long time.
Hu Changan took Monday to give instructions, and Monday took Hu Changan and his party to a place specializing in the production of alcohol, and called a few workers to come over for demonstration.
In a few moments, the workers and equipment were in place.
Hu Chang'an's equipment for producing alcohol was customized by a special person in Yingtian City.
In order to obtain distilled alcohol, Hu Changan specially ordered someone to make a porcelain bottle with an elongated neck and a downward facing mouth.
The porcelain bottle is designed with upper and lower lids to make it easy to pour undistilled rum into it.
The workers poured rum into the porcelain bottle, placed a ceramic jar under the mouth of the porcelain bottle, and finally lit a fire in the earthen stove under the porcelain bottle, waiting for the alcohol to evaporate.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this strange-looking porcelain vase and couldn't help but be shocked.
Can this thing really turn fine wine into medicine?
After a while, the distilled concentrated liquor fell down the long neck of the porcelain bottle and fell into the ceramic jar below.
And Hu Changan also explained the principle for Zhu Yuanzhang in a timely manner.
"There's something in wine called alcohol."
"The alcohol content of the wine we usually drink is relatively low, so drinking good wine can only make people drunk, but it cannot kill germs."
"In medical alcohol, the alcohol content is higher, so it can play a role in sterilization."
"When the alcohol concentration in the wine reaches a certain critical value, the fine wine drunk becomes medical alcohol."
"What I'm doing now is just volatilizing the water in the drinking wine and letting the alcohol concentration in the wine rise, so as to turn the drinking alcohol into medical alcohol."