Looking at these lively soldiers, Zhu Yuanzhang's hands were shaking with excitement.
He has been on the battlefield for more than ten years and knows the conditions of the soldiers very well.
Generally, only a few soldiers die on the battlefield, and most of them die from infection and pain later.
As long as a soldier is slashed or hit by an arrow on the battlefield, the soldier is basically pronounced dead.
Compared with modern times, the level of medical care in ancient times was simply lower by more than one level.
After being wounded on the battlefield, I could only rely on my own resistance to hold on.
If the wound is larger, he will die soon due to massive bleeding.
Even those with smaller wounds cannot escape the fate of infection.
It can be said that wound infection is the root cause of the death of a large number of soldiers.
But once Hu Changan's alcohol comes out, doesn't it mean that these soldiers who died of infection can be saved in the future?
This is a truly great achievement!
Zhu Yuanzhang quickly waved his sleeves and drove back to the palace, preparing to ask Hu Changan in detail how to make alcohol.
After a while, Hu Changan was led by the guards to the Yangxin Hall.
This time, Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously much more enthusiastic when he saw Hu Changan.
Hu Changan had just entered the hall, and before he could kneel down, Zhu Yuanzhang enthusiastically helped Hu Changan up: "Hu Aiqing, please get up! The alcohol you experimented with in the military camp before is very effective!"
"Those wounded soldiers have basically been cured!"
"Hu Aiqing, please tell these military doctors who are accompanying the army how to make alcohol!"
"If this alcohol can be made successfully, I will reward you heavily!"
Hu Changan couldn't help laughing 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 in an easy-going manner.
After hearing this, the military doctor quickly wrote down every word Hu Changan said on the paper.
But the military doctor was confused.
Every word Mr. Hu said was clearly in Chinese, but why could he not understand it when combined?
What about stills and porcelain? Why can’t he understand anything?
Hu Changan looked at the confused look on the military doctor's face and understood.
As an ancient person with no basic knowledge at all, the military doctor would not be able to understand these things no matter how detailed he explained them.
Hearing with the ears is not as true as seeing with the eyes.
Thinking of this, Hu Changan saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty, you may not understand what I am saying. Why don't you follow me to the workshop under my name?"
"I have trained a group of experts in making alcohol in the workshop. I believe you will understand after you go and see them."
"Okay." Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed to the proposal.
Although he is an emperor, he is also a human being and has blind spots in knowledge.
Not only did the military doctor not understand what Hu Changan said just now, but Zhu Yuanzhang also didn't understand it.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very curious, how could ordinary shochu become a life-saving medicine?
So Zhu Yuanzhang changed into casual clothes, and the group, protected by the disguised imperial guards, ran towards Hu Changan's soap workshop.
Putting on his casual clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang looked like an ordinary aristocratic old man.
No one could have imagined that he was the decisive and decisive Ming Emperor!
The group of people galloped on their horses and soon arrived at Hu Changan's soap workshop.
This trip made Hu Changan gasp for breath again.
On the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously a middle-aged man in his fifties, but he still didn't breathe at all when he dismounted his horse, as if he just went for a walk instead of riding a horse for more than an hour.
He is indeed an emperor who conquers the world on horseback, but he is different!
Hu Changan sighed to himself while rubbing his sore waist.
Seeing the young master coming, Zhou Yi quickly greeted him.
During the days when he was working as a steward in the workshop, Zhou Yi 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 facing Hu Changan, Monday will always be that Monday.
Seeing Hu Changan's group of people walk through the workshop door in a mighty manner, Zhou Yi quickly came up to welcome Hu Changan and his group warmly.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the soap workshop, and although he didn't show it on his face, he secretly sighed in his heart.
After traveling all over the country for so long, Zhu Yuanzhang had never seen such a good workshop.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's impression, workshops were small and dirty.
More than a dozen people were crowded into a small room, and even the air was filled with the unpleasant smell of 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 workers' movements were skillful and sophisticated, with almost no unnecessary movements.
Pieces of soap are quickly poured into molds by workers, and then neatly placed outside to dry.
Everything is so orderly.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh.
This discipline is comparable to that in a military camp!
No wonder Hu Changan can sell so much soap in one day!
Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally amazed when he saw such a standardized production process for the first time.
However, for Hu Changan, this scene is no longer new.
Hu Chang'an asked Yi Yi to give some instructions, and Yi Yi took Hu Chang'an and his group to a place specializing in alcohol production and called a few workers over to give a demonstration.
Soon, the workers and equipment were in place.
Hu Changan'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 a slender neck and a downward-facing mouth.
The porcelain bottle has an upper and lower lid design, making it easy to pour undistilled rum into it.
The workers first poured the rum into the porcelain bottle, then placed a ceramic jar under the mouth of the porcelain bottle. Finally, they lit a fire on the earth stove under the porcelain bottle and waited for the alcohol to evaporate.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help being shocked when he looked at this strange-looking porcelain vase.
This thing can really turn wine into medicine?
After a while, the distilled concentrated wine followed the long neck of the porcelain bottle and fell drop by drop into the ceramic jar below.
Hu Changan also explained the principles to Zhu Yuanzhang in due course.
"Wine contains something called alcohol."
"The alcohol content in the wine we usually drink is relatively low, so drinking fine wine can only make people drunk, but it cannot eliminate germs."
"Medical alcohol has a higher alcohol content, so it can have a sterilizing effect."
"When the alcohol concentration in the wine reaches a certain critical value, the wine you drink becomes medical alcohol."
"What I am doing now is just to evaporate the water in the drinking wine and increase the alcohol concentration in the wine, thus turning the drinking wine into medical alcohol."