Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Queen Elizabeth still couldn't believe it. "Are you really willing to give up these rights?"

Yannick smiled. "If I could live for thousands of years and become immortal, I would definitely hold on to it." Now he finally understood why the ancient emperors were so keen on searching for the method of immortality, and would even spend their entire lives pursuing the elixir.

The most famous among them is Qin Shihuang. In the later years of Qin Shi Huang's life, his pursuit of immortality reached a somewhat crazy level. Therefore, countless alchemists at that time heard the news and went to Qin Shi Huang's favor to refine the elixir of immortality in order to defraud Qin's official position and wealth. There was a particularly famous alchemist named Xu Fu. He claimed to be a Taoist priest who was capable of cultivating immortality. He could move Qi and breathe out, and could refine elixirs. He said that as long as he took the elixirs he refined, he could become an immortal and become immortal.

Xu Fu told Qin Shihuang that there were three fairy mountains in the vast East China Sea, namely Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang. There were gods living on the mountains and the elixir of immortality was hidden there. Qin Shihuang was very excited after hearing this. He prepared a large number of ships, fresh water and food for Xu Fu. He also gave Xu Fu 3,000 boys and girls, and then sent Xu Fu to take several of these boys and girls into the sea to find the elixir of immortality. As a result, Xu Fu had no choice but to go to the sea. Everyone knew that there was no elixir of life, and Xu Fu disappeared.

According to "Historical Records", after Xu Fu arrived in Pingyuan Guangze, there was no news again. On the other hand, there are various cultural relics where Xu Fu landed in Morofuku Town, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu Island, a later island country.

It is said that there were some aborigines in the island country at that time, but their production technology level was very backward. Xu Fu was accompanied by Da Qin warriors at that time, as well as doctors, craftsmen and others, who were equivalent to bringing advanced technology from the Central Plains. In the eyes of the local aborigines, Xu Fu was almost like a god. Xu Fu was warmly welcomed by the islanders. And he took 3,000 boys and girls to settle in the island country and multiply.

Since then, all kings of all dynasties and generations have been interested in immortality. There were even some emperors who did not do their job properly and spent all day refining elixir behind closed doors just to obtain the elixir of immortality. Although there are always many levels of panacea, almost without exception, most emperors ended up "died quickly". You must know that these so-called "panacea" contain some heavy gold, such as mercury, chromium, etc. These substances can treat some diseases when used lightly, but if taken for a long time, they will accumulate in the body and be harmful to the body.

Westerners also cannot escape the temptation of immortality. For example, the goddess of youth in Nordic mythology is in charge of the golden apples that can keep the gods young. There is also the Holy Grail that Jesus used at the Last Supper. It is said that anyone who touches the Holy Grail can gain eternal life.

During the period when religion flourished, people pursued going to heaven even more after death. After all, heaven is much more enjoyable than living on earth. You can have whatever you want, and you can be whoever you want. What’s interesting is that Chinese Taoism and Buddhism also have similar concepts of going to heaven after death (Taoism is about heaven, Buddhism is about becoming a Buddha), but the ancients still pursued immortality tirelessly. It seems that the Chinese nation does not believe in death in their bones. What can I do after I believe it? At least I don’t really believe it, I just want to trick myself into believing it.

In the Middle Ages, Westerners developed the famous "alchemy". Since gold does not rot or change color, people want to obtain immortality by taking gold.

Chinese ancestors began to study the relationship between gold and immortality very early. "The Book of Changes Can Tongqi" written by Wei Boyang of the Eastern Han Dynasty once recorded: "The nature of gold is incorruptible, so it is a treasure of all things. Warlocks who take it can live a long life." This shows that ancient Chinese Taoists and alchemists worshiped gold. "Compendium of Materia Medica" also records the method of "frequently gargling with juice boiled in gold utensils", which means that gargling with food cooked in gold utensils can make people healthy and live longer.

Relatively speaking, these attempts are relatively safe. At least gold is not soluble in water, and people will not actually swallow gold. But in the West, the painting style is different. With the rise of alchemy craze, people began to work hard to find gold that could be drank. However, because gold is too stable, people have never found a solution that can dissolve gold. It wasn't until around 1300 that an alchemist discovered aqua regia (aqua regia is a mixture of concentrated nitric acid and concentrated hydrochloric acid. The solution appears bright orange-red and is fatally corrosive).

Relying on this super oxidizing property, aqua regia can dissolve gold and turn gold into a chloride salt - gold chloride (AuCl3).

Gold finally turned into a liquid state as people wished, but it was still not drinkable - this gold chloride was highly corrosive. If you swallowed it in one gulp, it would be a question of whether you would live forever, let alone immortality.

But people at the time didn't know this. The discovery of this golden solution inspired them, as if immortality was right in front of them.

In the sixteenth century, a sorcerer named Paracelsus began to vigorously promote this solution. He believed that this was a good medicine that would make the body incorruptible, and even began to preach that it could cure all diseases and even resurrect the dead. In fact, it does not resurrect the dead and may burn their bones. For living people, this solution not only does not bring health, but can also cause severe kidney damage and cause a disease called "gold fever".

As time goes by, people gradually discover that immortality is an impossible thing. If you cannot live as long as heaven and earth, then at least you must live in good health.

If this were the 21st century, Yannick would probably devote all his energy to promoting genetic technology research; unfortunately, biological science at this time has just opened the door to the genetic world, and there is still a long way to go before reaching the technological level of gene therapy. There is still a long way to go, maybe thirty to fifty years, maybe one or two hundred years.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing him suddenly sighing, Queen Elizabeth asked curiously. "If you don't want to give up these rights, you don't have to delegate them. No one dares to force you."

"It's nothing, I just want to live longer." As she said that, she reached out and gently touched her cheek. Although she was over forty years old, her skin was still smooth and elastic because she had taken good care of her. She only looked thirty years old. The appearance of getting ahead. "Do you, the British royal family, have any secret recipe for longevity?"

The British royal family is famous for its longevity. Later Queen Elizabeth of England is still in good health even in her 90s; and her husband, Prince Philip, also celebrated his 99th birthday. Her Royal Highness the Queen in front of her can live for more than 60 years, and she doesn't even know if she can live for another 40 years.

"Secret recipe for longevity?" Queen Elizabeth couldn't help but laugh. "How could there be such a thing? It's just that our royal family members eat better and live better than ordinary people."

"..." Is the dark British cuisine considered good?