Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

Everyone looked at each other and saw firm looks in each other's eyes.

Although they knew that the road ahead would be difficult, they were all determined to struggle with Chu Ze.

"Promise." Zhao Si and Li Xing bowed and agreed at the same time.

In this way, under the afterglow of family celebrations, an unprecedented research quietly kicked off.

In the following days and nights, Li Xing and Zhao Si assisted Chu Ze in wandering and busy in the south study.

A corner of the room was temporarily isolated and used as a simple medicine refining workshop.

Although there were only a few desks and a few small boilers, it was enough for Chu Ze to start experimenting with various recipes.

"Zhao Si, mix these two doses of hardware powder and nitre and sulfur first; Li Xing, boil the pot of alum, and we will try to see if it can be mixed with the hardware powder later." Chu Ze gave the order, While tinkering with the iron bowl on the alchemy table, he kept pounding and grinding several ingredients.

"No." The two of them moved quickly and processed the medicinal materials one by one according to Chu Ze's instructions.

After a long time, a pungent smell emanated from the shop, making people frown.

From the early trials and groping, to the subsequent endless attempts at combination, countless failures and a few successes finally accumulated a little experience.

In this way, the three of them continued to fight in the gradually getting stronger smell.

Occasionally, Chu Ze would feel guilty and ask the two of them to go back and rest for the night, but they would often politely refuse: "Just do it to the end, just follow Yi!"

Day after day, day and night cycle.

In this way, he slowly explored and researched, and modern knowledge and ancient methods of refining medicine collided with each other, and finally produced some results.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xing immediately found some pieces of dark cotton and handed them to the two of them to cover their mouths and noses.

One night a week later, Chu Ze suddenly burst out with an ecstatic cry: "We are done, we are truly done!"

"That's fine, but we'd better take some protective measures. Li Xing, do you have any cloth or something like that? We can use it to cover our mouth and nose for now."

Especially Zhao Si and Li Xing, they almost had to work hard to support Chu Ze.

Chu Ze and his two assistants spent all day and night in this simple and mysterious alchemy.

"Ahem...Chu Ze, this smell is really choking, aren't you afraid of being poisoned?" Zhao Si covered his nose and coughed repeatedly, feeling a little worried.

As time passed by, the clothes of the three of them became filthy, and a layer of fatigue settled between their brows and eyes.

Zhao Si and Li Xing hurriedly came forward and saw Chu Ze holding a small jar of crystal clear powder in his hand. The delicate pink color was like a shy rose petal, so beautiful.

Chu Ze didn't look back, and continued to stir the medicine pot with the iron cone attentively: "This is just the early smell of the test product. If the pesticide is really prepared, the smell will be even more pungent. Since we have to fight against locusts, Naturally, some toxicity is inevitable.”

"Is this it?" Zhao Si said incoherently with excitement: "In other words, in the future, we only need to sprinkle this powder on locusts to kill them all?"

Ze held the jar of pink powder carefully, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

He knew this was a major breakthrough, but he also realized that such a highly effective insecticide might have some negative consequences. "Zhao Si, Li Xing, look." Chu Ze said softly, with a hint of worry in his tone: "The insecticidal effect of this powder pesticide is indeed very powerful, but I am worried that it may cause lasting damage to the land. "

Zhao Si and Li Xing looked at each other in confusion. Although they didn't quite understand the reason, they felt the seriousness of the matter from Chu Ze's expression.

"Your Majesty, what you mean is that although this kind of powder can quickly kill locusts, it may make the land barren of grass?" Li Xing asked with a frown.

"That's right." Chu Ze nodded and said with a heavy look on his brows: "As far as I know, this highly toxic pesticide will remain in the soil for a long time after being sprayed, causing crops to fail to grow and farmers may lose their ability to cultivate. soil of."

"What should we do?" Zhao Si asked anxiously: "The locust plague is raging now and the people are miserable. If we don't use this medicine, I'm afraid more crops will be devoured."

Chu Ze fell into deep thought.

He searched his mind for agricultural knowledge from the future, trying to find a compromise.

"Perhaps, we can try to reduce the toxicity of the medicinal powder." After a moment, Chu Ze slowly said: "It can effectively kill insects without causing irreversible damage to the soil."

"Reducing the toxicity? Wouldn't the efficacy of the medicine be greatly reduced?" Li Xing couldn't help but ask.

"Not necessarily." Chu Ze shook his head and said, "The key is to find a balance point. We can try to adjust the formula of the medicinal powder, appropriately reduce the amount of highly toxic ingredients, or add some excipients that can neutralize the toxicity."

Zhao Si and Li Xing looked at each other. Although they didn't understand the knowledge involved, they firmly believed in Chu Ze's judgment.

"Another point is that the amount of powder produced this time is too small, and we cannot refine it alone." Chu Ze added: "We have to seize the time to recruit reliable manpower and find ways to expand the scale of production."

"No!" Li Xing responded: "My subordinates will arrange manpower now, make a larger room in the mansion as a medicine refining workshop, and recruit a group of smart and reliable people to help with the refining."

"Very good." Chu Ze nodded with satisfaction and said, "You go and do your work. I will think about improving the prescription."

Li Xing and Zhao Si took the order and started to discuss the expansion of the medicine refinery.

Chu Ze, on the other hand, was sitting alone at the table, staring at the jar of pink powder, lost in thought.

"This pesticide matter must not be known to outsiders." He thought to himself: "Especially the imperial court, if it is used by someone with ulterior motives, it will cause a catastrophe. I have to think of a perfect strategy that can provide disaster relief without leaving any traces behind." Hidden danger..."

Chu Ze closed his eyes and searched for bits and pieces of the future world in his mind.

He knew that this battle with the locust plague would test not only his wisdom, but also his conscience.

"No matter what, the safety of the people comes first." Chu Ze secretly made up his mind: "Even if we take some risks, we must develop safe and effective pesticides as soon as possible so that the victims can rebuild their homes and restore their livelihoods."

Thinking of this, Chu Ze felt a surge of power in his heart.

He stood up and strode towards the alchemy shop, ready to dive into a new round of research.

At the same time, Zhao Si and Li Xing were also busy in the house.

They chose a spacious hall, ordered people to move in various equipment, and began to set up a more professional medicine refining workshop. (End of chapter)