I am not in the position of Zen [Three Kingdoms]

Liu Xie swept away all the preserved fruits on the three plates, so Fang felt that the bitter taste in his mouth disappeared temporarily.After eating so many sweets, in order to prevent the spread of bacteria in his mouth, he quickly ordered the maid to take peeled twigs and salt water to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth.

Brushing teeth was not popular in the Han Dynasty. Ordinary people could only wipe their teeth with their hands at most. Those with better conditions would use a small cloth wrapped around their fingers to scrub their teeth.

Only the powerful will be particular about peeling the fresh twigs to reveal the tiny fibers inside, and then use them to brush their teeth with salt water.Even so, for Liu Xie, a modern person, it was far from enough.The prescription prescribed by the doctor today gave him a little inspiration.If you think that honeysuckle powder and fine salt are made into tooth powder, it is a good substitute for modern toothpaste.

As more and more apprentices were recruited in the medical center, Zhang Zhongjing gradually had more time to study the prescriptions for typhoid fever, and he kept trying to improve the prescriptions on typhoid patients.But he didn't want to waste too much time when he received the task of developing tooth powder from Commoner Wei. Overcoming typhoid fever was the most important task that lingered on his mind.

Zhang Zhongjing thought for a while following the train of thought given by Bu Yiwei, called Sun Quan, and ordered: "The higher-ups ordered to make tooth powder that can clean teeth and is suitable for morning rinsing. Xiao Sun, go and get dried honeysuckle, dandelion, Eucommia, Huoxiang, and willow." Flour and Tianqi stems, mixed with fine salt, ground into powder, try to see what you can make."

Sun Quan raised his face and asked, "Shopkeeper, how much do you want each?"

Zhang Zhongjing pinched his juicy little face and said with a smile: "You can spend as much money as you like. I will come to see your results when the work at hand is completed tomorrow."

Sun Quan worked meticulously and worked diligently to tinker with it. Everyone tried it with twigs, and it felt pretty good.

Sun Quan was not satisfied, his small face wrinkled: "This powder is so bitter, can you add sugar to it?"

Zhang Zhongjing smiled and patted his head: "Can salt be added without bitterness? These medicines have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling and purging fire. The so-called good medicine tastes bitter. If sugar is added, how can it clean teeth?"

Sun Quan praised childishly: "The shopkeeper is really amazing, you can think of everything."

"I didn't come up with it, but it was suggested by others. I added a few more herbs." Zhang Zhongjing smiled and said, "This is a good idea. The most meticulous person I have ever met before is just gargling with salt. , It’s just scrubbing the teeth with a small cloth, let’s try it ourselves tomorrow and see if it really smells good.”

Liu Xiefenfang didn't feel it, but with the tooth powder, at least there was psychological comfort.Although there were skilled craftsmen in ancient times, how to firmly stick the tiny bristles to the handle of the tooth with glue is a technical problem.Liu Xie and Zhang Qiaoshou told their needs, but within a few days, the world's first toothbrush was presented to his case.

Liu Xie asked, "What kind of hair is this made of?"

Zhang Qiaoshou replied respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it is Ma Mao."

Liu Xie smiled and said, "It's not bad that it's moderately soft or hard, but the hair sticks to the handle, and the glue will fall off when you brush your teeth. Can't you use hot water to brush your teeth?" At this time, fish bladder glue and pigskin glue are usually used as glue. But both of these have disadvantages, that is, they are not heat-resistant.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the toothbrush didn't use glue, but made a very small hole in the handle part, tied the horse hair into bundles, and embedded it in the hole."

Liu Xie picked it up and took a closer look. Sure enough, he saw the tiny holes at the bottom of the brush. He couldn't help being amazed that such tiny holes could be made in this age: "How many people are needed to make this thing, and how long did it take you to make it?" ?”

"Reporting to Your Majesty, three skilled craftsmen are required to cooperate for a whole day to make a handle."

Liu Xie frowned slightly: In this way, if it is promoted, the cost will be too high.Turning around and thinking about it, it would be good to brush your teeth with willow twigs. Biting the bark to reveal the fibers inside is like tiny wooden comb teeth.I remember that in Dream of the Red Chamber, I used strong tea to rinse my mouth.Strong tea water also has the effect of anti-inflammatory and sterilizing, so promoting toothbrushes is not as good as promoting strong tea water.

So put this matter aside for the time being, and asked instead: "How is the improved crossbow that I drew for you last time, how is it going?"

The pre-Qin crossbow machine is already a powerful killer.What Liu Xie painted for Zhang Qiaoshou was an artifact of the Song Dynasty thousands of years later, a three-bow bed crossbow with huge lethality.The three-bow bed crossbow is an extra-large bed crossbow, equipped with three bows, the shooting range can be increased from a hundred steps to a thousand steps, and what is shot is not an ordinary arrow, but a sharp iron spear.Once the crossbow is fired, it can not only shoot through multiple people and chariots continuously, but also can be firmly nailed to the city wall for soldiers to climb and attack the city.

Liu Xie is not a professional, but he has also heard of the prestige of the three-bow bed crossbow.The three-bow bed crossbow is really well-known. The Song Dynasty relied on advanced weapons to survive for hundreds of years under the threat of Liao and Jin.In the past, when the Liao Kingdom was arrogant, a general was investigating a place 700 meters away from the city of the Song Dynasty. Unexpectedly, he was directly killed by the three-bow bed crossbow installed by the Song army on the city wall.

Ever since the fierce name of the three-bow bed crossbow has been spread, even Liu Xie, a layman, has also seen the structure diagram of this artifact on Zhihu.

Zhang Qiao said with a smile: "I have made it according to the instructions given by Your Majesty, but this thing is extremely lethal, and the guards of Miyagi did not allow it to be brought in. I placed it in the school grounds."

Ancient Craftsman does not disappoint at all.Liu Xie said comfortingly: "That's right, I'll go and have a look tomorrow. If this thing can be done, it will be able to get twice the result with half the effort to recover many counties in Bingzhou."

And state.

Yu Fuluo wanted to keep the wealth and weapons of his own people, but he refused to hand over the weapons, gold, silver, cattle and sheep as Liu Xie asked, and moved to Yanzhou, where he was not familiar with his life.However, the newly appointed Xu Bu Gudu Hou Da Shanyu came aggressively and the situation was urgent. He was willing to give up some cattle and sheep, and bribed the envoys of the Han family with gold, silver and jewels.

However, the envoys of the Han Dynasty were very tough, and they would not accept or retreat at all.The two sides had a stalemate for several days, and the Han envoy left in a huff.Yu Fuluo wanted to negotiate again, but Lu Bu couldn't hold back and directly launched an attack.In order to teach Yu Fuluo a lesson without forcing him to fight with his back, this attack was only a small group of elites, who returned to the city after abducting more than a dozen people, among them were several of Yu Fuluo's personal guards.

The next day, the Xiongnu asked to continue the negotiations. Lü Bu was very tired of the endless negotiations and wanted to make a quick decision. Regardless of Gao Shun's objection for safety, he directly brought his elite bodyguards and thunderbolts to accompany the Han envoys to negotiate.

Before the negotiations started, Lu Bu threw a wave of thunderbolts.The Han envoy still had the intention to negotiate, it was only for intimidation, so the ammunition was not thrown at the crowd.Even so, the Huns were still so frightened that they turned their backs on their backs and covered their ears and prayed loudly for the protection of the grassland gods.

In this situation, Lu Bu sneered, "Yu Fuluo, haven't you seen your situation clearly?"

Yu Fuluo clenched the steel whip in his hand, a layer of haze floated on his face, there were wolves in front and tigers in the back, the situation of these men and horses is really dangerous now.Originally thought that the Han army would eagerly welcome their surrender, just like these years, but no matter how many times the Xiongnu repeated, as long as they surrendered, the Han court would issue a conciliatory edict ordering them to choose a place with abundant water and grass to move to.Therefore, the tribes of Hu people from all sides could gradually migrate to the interior of Bingzhou.However, this time, he miscalculated... The big man was in turmoil, and the only boy sitting on the emperor's seat was actually indifferent to the surrender of so many of his troops.

Relying on this ghost thing that can blow up people, the Han army seems to be confident.Gritting his back teeth tightly, he glared at Lu Bu and asked, "What conditions do you want us to agree to?"

Lu Bu turned his nostrils to the sky: "Yu Fuluo, when you ask for protection from others, you must at least say an honorific, understand?"

Seeing Yu Fuluo's look of wanting to curse, one of the Han envoys, a gentle man surnamed Wang, took a step forward and smoothed things over: "Prince, our emperor's condition is very simple, hand over your weapons, gold Silver and cattle and sheep."

Yu Fuluo said out of breath: "How can you say that it is simple to live and live?"

"Money is something outside of the body. If life is gone, what's the point of keeping it?" Lu Bu squinted at him with a haughty look on his face, "I think the new Great Chanyu is coming soon, and when you are surrounded by their cavalry, you Don't regret it!"

Yu Fuluo said in a deep voice: "Lu Bu, don't let the villain succeed! Aren't you afraid that I will fight to the death?"

Lv Bu laughed, "If you had the courage to die, you wouldn't be here." At least when Da Shanyu died that day, he should have fought to the death with Hou Bu Gudu.

The king's envoy said: "Prince, the place where your tribe migrated is the place where my big man is rich. The place is rich in vegetation and fertile land. Why are you not satisfied with living and working in such a place? Our son of heaven promises, Since I have surrendered, I will definitely not treat you badly. If you go here with weapons, it will only increase disputes."

Yu Fuluo said in a deep voice: "We Huns have always carried machetes with us since we were young. If we don't carry them with us, we will feel uneasy. Over the years, the imperial court has respected these habits of ours. Why is it so strict now? ?”

Lv Bu laughed and said, "Why? You have the face to say it? You are only allowed to plunder and slaughter our border counties, but we are not allowed to take precautions? We are all unarmed people in the Central Plains. Who can be your opponent with a sharp knife?" He slowly raised his hand. Fang Tian painted a halberd: "The cattle and sheep behind you, and the gold and silver treasures hidden on your body are all taken from our Han family, and you have the audacity to want to take them for yourself. If you do this, at least you have to ask Pass the weapon in my hand!"