From Chief to Ball

June is the hottest time, the cicadas outside the window are screaming weakly due to the heat, and the people inside the window are dripping with sweat.

One person flipped through the things on the table, and threw a few pieces of paper aside, indicating that these were meaningless.

Until he found a small wooden box, he felt a little heavy when he picked it up. He thought it was some ore or something.

Opening the wooden box, there was a pile of sand inside, and a piece of paper was pasted on it, and some very scribbled words were written in ink on the paper.

"Sand?"

He froze for a moment, inevitably a little puzzled, wondering what idiot sent the sand here for?

Then he noticed a small bottle blown out of glass buried in the sand, and then he realized that he was worried that the bottle would break.

I picked up the bottle and pulled it out vigorously, but I didn't know what was in it.

When I got it in my hand, I found a piece of paper pasted on the glass bottle, with a simple skull drawn on it, and the word "very poisonous" written next to it.

Inside the glass bottle was a pale yellow wax-like solid. Apparently, the poison referred to the substance soaked in the bottle, not the bottle itself.

He has seen a lot of highly poisonous things, and the Department of Chemical Natural Sciences will produce several new poisons every few years. According to some rumors, the sudden death of the heirs of some small countries is also the same as that of the chemistry class in the academy. It was related, and many poisons could not be detected by other small countries at that time.

He thought it was another kind of poison, and thought that this thing might be useful, but it was the first time he saw someone clearly write the word "very poisonous" and draw such a ridiculous skull.But thinking about it again, this is pretty good, and it can be regarded as a warning, lest someone accidentally eat it.

Thinking of this, I became interested in the things inside, so I took a look at the piece of paper, and then let out a cry of surprise.

It wasn't because the content on the paper made him feel real or shocking at first glance, but the format on the paper surprised him a little.

The words written are concise and logical. It is obvious that they are from a professional background. Although the writing method is not the same as the format commonly used at this time, the internal content is very real. A bunch of difficulties in the digging process and the like.

When the people nearby heard the man's cry, they gathered around one after another, looking at the wooden box full of sand strangely.

"what happened?"

The person reading the paper didn't speak, but read every word on the paper, and then handed it to the person next to him.

Several people looked at the contents of the paper, and said in unison: "If it is true, I have to let my husband distinguish..."

Chapter 22 If it's true it matters

Two people were selected to hold the wooden box carefully, and they walked to a room. Before the door was opened, they heard a rush of coughing from inside.

The person holding the wooden box sighed, knowing that it was Mr. coughing, he was unavoidably worried.

Pushing the door open, he took a cup of tea and brought it to the gentleman. The gentleman stretched out his rough fingers with yellow-black nails and half-corroded nails to take it. He put it down and turned around.

The two disciples were already familiar with Mr.'s appearance, and they still respected him, but if they saw him for the first time, they might be shocked.

This person looked extremely old, his teeth seemed to be gone, and his voice was extremely hoarse. This was not normal aging, but the damage caused by long-term exposure to various poisonous things.

Many calluses or spots on the fingers are also damaged by some unknown things.A part of the little finger of the right hand was blown off, and it was caused by an accident during the experiment.

At the age of more than 50, but with the pain of 70 years old, the lungs injured by some toxic smoke will always cough, which sounds worrying.

The old man's surname is Mu, and he belongs to the orthodox old family of the Xia Kingdom. He is also a gentleman respected by the two disciples.

Even though the old man surnamed Mu is already so old and sick, the two students understand that their husband has a strength that they cannot match.

Knowledge is power and money.The combination of power and money is naturally powerful.

Ten years ago, when a craftsman was producing exquisite castings, he found that the castings were often stuck to the mold. The husbands of these two disciples only used a little limestone ground into powder as the inner bottom of the mold, and poured molten When the metal juice is heated, it decomposes, and when it is disassembled, it only needs to add some water castings and it will separate naturally, and even extremely fine things such as leaves and flowers can be cast.

This is money.

A long time ago, a salt lake was discovered in the desert. The old man used some methods to dry out the salt that can fertilize the field. Sprinkling it into the field can make the crops with dry yellow leaves, short plants, green and late ripening, and brown spots grow strong. , especially the output of some vegetable fields and vineyards has increased a lot.

This is power.

Now their husbands have already left their names on the Shrine of the Saints, and left their fingers in the gunpowder of the cannon, but they still have not forgotten the ambitions of the past, guiding these young people who are either admiring or really like this subject keep moving forward.

Therefore, when the two disciples came in with the wooden box in their hands, the old man had a smile on his face. He felt that there must be some new discovery and the disciples could not make a decision. This is something that has not happened for a long time.

If he was lucky, it meant that another person might be accepted as his disciple.

"Anything good?"

The voice was out of tune from the mouth with missing teeth, but the disciples could hear it clearly. They put the wooden box on the table and handed over a piece of paper.

The old man lowered his head, looked at the content above, and couldn't help but take a breath.

"It is an indivisible substance, pale yellow as wax, heavier than water. Very poisonous, with a stench of garlic."

"When exposed to the air, it will spontaneously burn and emit thick white smoke, which can be absorbed by water. The missing amount is yang."

"It reacts with hot concentrated caustic soda to produce a fishy smell gas. This gas is also highly toxic and can burn in the air. When observed at night, it will emit a faint blue flame."

"It can be extracted from bones, so graveyard will-o'-the-wisps are this fishy gas..."

"This thing can also be extracted from struvite. Cows and horses eat grass and grow bones. From this, it is speculated that this thing is an important reason why struvite can fertilize the field..."

Below is a whole set of various verification methods drawn with graphite pens. Many details made the old man feel suddenly enlightened, and he couldn't help admiring the ingenuity of some verification methods.

In particular, there are two experimental methods proposed in it, one is called control, and the other is called comparison, which is very logical. The old man understood what it meant just by looking at it.

He has also used this method of comparison, but he has not put forward a formatted theory in such a systematic way, and often ignores many things.

Thinking of the word "very poisonous" written on the paper, the old man felt a sense of understanding. He had been exposed to many highly poisonous things when he was young, and it was not easy for him to survive.

It is a simple piece of paper, but the words on it seem to the old man in exchange for his life.

After a long time, the old man carefully put away the paper, and turned to look at the wooden box on the table and the glass bottle in the box.

"Sir... do you think it's true?"

The old man shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, even if it's fake, this piece of paper alone is enough to prove that this person is ahead of you, even me!"

The two disciples were taken aback, and looked at the piece of paper put away by their husband in disbelief. They wondered what kind of magic power was on it, which could make their respected husband praise so much.

It is understandable to walk in front of themselves, but they really cannot believe that they have walked in front of their husband, let alone a piece of paper with some words written and some pictures drawn.

The old man picked up the small bottle, carefully observed the note with the words "very poisonous" on it, and couldn't help laughing. The little skull is very cute and intuitive, and it can be more effective if it is put in a glass bottle. To see directly what it is.

If what's written on that piece of paper is true, and if those designed experiments can be done, then this ridiculous vial can change a lot.

For example, the will-o’-the-wisps in cemeteries, which have been difficult to explain until now, can finally be explained by theories that are not ghosts.

For example, the struvite that has been known so far can be used to fertilize the field, but no one has found out what is in the struvite in the fertile field, but it can be found out according to the control experiment designed above.Once it is found, it is not the struvite that is fertile, but this kind of thing in the struvite, and other ores can be used to replace the struvite to cope with the decreasing number of struvite and the increasing population of the land. many cases.

Even if it can't be built now, it paves the way for future generations, like a compass, at least knowing where to go, which will save a lot of detours.