This sentence was spread so much that even Liu Fang and Cui Guang had heard it, and naturally the emperor had also heard it.
Li Chengzhi expected that the emperor might be curious, but he didn't expect that Yuan Ke would ask so formally?
He stepped back, his expression and tone still so serious... Is this obviously serious?
No matter how ignorant Li Chengzhi is, he knows clearly: "Since he has a long and prosperous life, he is ordered by heaven", "In response to the fate of heaven, he is ordered by Ziming", "Haotian has a destiny, and the emperor accepts it", "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven"... and so on.
What does waiting mean?
The one given by heaven can only be the emperor...
If I were Yuan Ke, no matter what all-rounder or genius you are, no matter how many achievements you have made, even if you grow a hundred heads, it will never be enough to cut him off...
"Your Majesty is aware that this is a rumor!"
Li Chengzhi's tone was so unsteady, as if he was swearing. The sound was like a bell, making Yuan Ke's eardrums itch.
Seeing how his face changed, Yuan Ke immediately laughed out loud, "What are you afraid of? It's just a rumor. Can I kill my own ministers?
If you ask again, among the nearly a thousand Buddhist and Taoist temples in the capital, which one doesn’t keep saying: ‘Thoughts can reach the gods’ and ‘The Dharma is given by heaven’, if I took it seriously, how many of them would survive?”
Of course those monks and Taoists are lying, but the problem is, I am really...
"Don't be afraid!" Yuan Ke said with a smile, "I'm just curious, why do you know so many things and are still better than ordinary people in everything?"
"Your Majesty, I am just very curious and like to delve into novel things, so I seem to know more than ordinary people..."
Li Chengzhi was sweating, "It is also because I have been doing nothing in the past few years and want to change when I am poor, so I read a few more books..."
If you have nothing to do, you will want to change if you are poor, or will it be a few years?
Yuan Ke looked at him with a half-smile.
If you haven’t heard the rumors, you don’t know what these sentences mean.
There is a saying in Jingzhou: Li Chengzhi is not really stupid, but he is pretending to be stupid, and he has been pretending to be stupid for five years.
Whether he was pretending to be stupid or really stupid, Li Chengzhi could neither go to school nor leave the village, and he had no worries about food and clothing. Being extremely bored, he could only pass the time by reading...
It's fair to say that, but Yuan Ke is more curious.
What kind of book has he read that can make Li Chengzhi escape to this extent?
It feels like there is nothing in the world that he can’t do...
Yuan Kesha said with interest: "Tell me, from which books did you study knife forging, armor smelting, various craftsmanship, living people, medical treatment, military formations, etc.?"
Realizing that Yuan Ke was not really going to slap him, Li Chengzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
If you ask this question, he is really not afraid. Otherwise, how would he dare to make so many inventions?
"Let's talk about armor smelting and knife forging first: I was lucky enough to get meteorite iron, and then I was inspired by the "Compendium of Materia Medica" compiled by Tao Hongjing of the Southern Dynasty, so I forged white swords and white armor..."
"Read "Compendium of Materia Medica" and learn to forge swords?" Yuan Ke thought he heard wrongly.
Li Chengzhi, however, had a serious face: "It is absolutely true. It is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica·Jade", which states: Iron essence (steel) is made by mixing raw (pig iron) and wrought iron. It is strong and can be used as a knife.
Sickle... And this book, this method was not created by Tao Hongjing, it was a collection of previous works..."
Yuan Ke was a little confused.
What Li Chengzhi said is so certain, and "Compendium of Materia Medica" is also an ordinary book. You can tell by checking it, and there must be something happening.
He just couldn't figure out how the two were connected? How much time did Li Chengzhi have to have to learn how to make iron essence from a medicine book?
"Let me find a copy of "Compendium of Materia Medica"!"
After shouting to Liu Teng outside the pavilion, Yuan Ke asked extremely seriously, "If you use this method, can you refine fine armor and steel knives?"
It’s no wonder that Yuan Ke was so concerned: the stronger the armor and the sharper the sword, the more casualties the soldiers would suffer and the more likely they would win.
"Of course it can!"
Li Chengzhi thought for a moment and then whispered: "And it has been used by the people for a long time... I just don't know why the Ministry of Finance has not tried this method..."
Yuan Ke exclaimed: "How is that possible?"
How is it impossible?
This is actually the steel filling method. It is probably a technology that existed in the Eastern Han Dynasty and has been used by the people for a long time. Even the blacksmiths of the Li family used this method to make plow tips and hoe blades: the base is made of wrought iron, and the blade and tip are plated with pig iron.
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These refined farm tools have both toughness and hardness.
Not to mention the Northern and Southern Dynasties, after the founding of New China, the famous Wang Mazi Scissors still used this method to make kitchen knives and scissors. It was not until the 1980s that the most advanced hardening technology was introduced in China.
As for why the Ministry of Finance doesn’t know that such technology exists in the private sector?
Hahaha... I have to ask the court first.
Regardless of the aristocratic families, even the common people are divided into three, six or nine grades. Craftsmen, thieves, and prostitutes are all untouchables. Usually, officials will feel insulted if they say a word to such people, even if they come up with something that benefits the country and the people.
Who wants to take a look at the good technology and good stuff?
Three feet of ice did not last in a day. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was suppressed by the foreign powers. Most of the reasons were the blame of the Manchu royal family, and a small part of the reason was the dislike of science and engineering in the past dynasties...
I don't know if he was complaining about the inaction of the Ministry of Finance and local officials, but Yuan Ke's face looked a little ugly. After a while of silence, he asked again: "What about the rest?"
"I am good at studying the art of war and battle formations. If I study the art of war, I will get twice the result with half the effort... As for the medicine for wounds, I read medical books such as "Jin Gui Fang", "The Back of the Elbow" and "Compendium of Materia Medica". There is nothing surprising.
It’s just that I am willing to give up money and dare to use good medicine..."
Yuan Ke nodded frequently, thinking that what Li Chengzhi said was true. The so-called formations relied on nothing more than numeracy. In addition, Li Chengzhi spent money, whether it was soldiers, armor, food and clothing, without any discount. Soldiers
Not only is there a tent for sleeping, there is medicine for injuries, but there is also wine to warm up when the weather is cold?
How can the morale of the soldiers not be high when he treats the soldiers like this? Naturally, he has achieved the reputation of being invincible...
However, this method is difficult to promote, otherwise the court may go bankrupt before the soldiers are fully trained.
Yuan Ke pondered and then asked: "What about the art of the living dead?"
When have I ever saved a dead person... Well, the emperor is talking about Hu Baozong, right?
"Your Majesty has learned clearly that the art of living the dead is pure nonsense. So far, I have only accidentally cured the case of Hu Baozong..."
Li Chengzhi's face was full of weirdness, "The medical skills used are the methods used by herdsmen to treat livestock..."
Yuan Ke's jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.
"How dare I speak falsely in front of Your Majesty?" Li Chengzhi said while gesticulating, "It often happens that rams and bulls injure their own kind. The herdsmen first fill their intestines and then sew the skin with needles and threads... Therefore, it is not my medical skills.
It’s high, but Hu Baozong’s destiny is high...”
The Xianbei people had only been Sinicized for a few years, and Yuan Ke was not a "why not eat minced meat" emperor like the late Jin Dynasty emperor, so why did Li Chengzhi explain it so clearly?
This is really the method used by herdsmen...
The question is, if it were anyone else, who would be so bold as to treat people the same way they treat animals?