An hour later, Waiter Ning hurried over with the prepared iron still.
Why is it so fast?
The blacksmith who was found by the eunuch in the palace stopped what he was doing when he heard that he was making something for the emperor. He summoned a group of disciples to work hard and spent three quarters of an hour to create what Lu Yao needed.
, and he is the one who swings the hammer most vigorously.
Lu Yao nodded after seeing the still. This is what I need.
Zhao Zhen asked: "Is Lu Erlang ready?"
"All that's left is some rock salt as raw material, some good charcoal and plain cloth."
The rock salt has been prepared long ago, and there is no shortage of charcoal and Subu palace. The next step is of course to go to the kitchen to start a pot and light the fire.
The kitchen in the palace is called the imperial kitchen. Zhao Zhen brought several people to the imperial kitchen. At this time, the literati were very reluctant to enter the kitchen, but when it came to important matters in the court, they were not so particular.
There was a whole stone of rock salt, two baskets of fine charcoal, and a whole bolt of plain cloth placed in the royal kitchen.
Lu Yao really wanted to ask Zhao Zhen, do you want to tire me to death? It's just an experiment. Why do you have so many things?
Complaints are complaints, business still needs to be done.
The water in the large pot was already boiling. Lu Yao took out ten kilograms of rock salt and melted it in the pot. He then installed the still and filled the iron pot with plain cloth and charcoal.
In order to completely filter out nitrous acid, Lu Yao went through seven layers of filtration.
Place a wooden basin under the filter device and wait.
The fire wood kept making crackling sounds, and all eyes were fixed on the wooden basin.
I saw the filtered salt water falling drop by drop into the wooden basin.
Half an hour later, the wooden basin was filled with salt water and the water in the pot had burned out.
Lu Yao quickly took the wooden basin outside the door to dry it. After the water has completely evaporated, the edible salt can be finished.
After Lu Yao shoveled away the white powder in the pot, he started filtering in a new pot.
Zhao Zhen, Fu Bi and others ran outside again and watched the water evaporate.
It was true that the winter sun was not that strong, so Lu Yao asked the eunuch to light a circle of charcoal around the barrel to increase the surrounding temperature and speed up the evaporation.
When Lu Yao brought out the fifth basin of salt water, the salt water in the first basin was almost evaporated, and white crystals gradually appeared.
The color of these salts is almost the same as the refined salt that Lu Yao brought from later generations.
Zhao Zhen felt that if he ordered people to use freshly made white salt to cook dishes, the effect would only be felt after eating the dishes.
Generally, people who have eaten rock salt will experience dizziness, which usually occurs within ten minutes. If you continue to eat rock salt, you may die within a month.
The servant Ning came to Zhao Zhen respectfully with a plate of stewed mutton. Testing poisons was certainly not for the emperor.
Then he gave the plate of stewed mutton to a young eunuch next to Ning.
The little eunuch didn't know why. He must eat the things the emperor rewarded, and he rarely ate such good things in the palace.
In order to test the effect, the waiter Ning specially asked the imperial chef to add a lot of salt. One or two ounces of white salt was added to a stew.
The little eunuch devoured it in front of everyone. He didn't feel it was salty at all and even drank the soup completely.
The next step was to see if the little eunuch's body would react. Everyone looked at the little eunuch like a guinea pig.
Apart from being a little embarrassed, the little eunuch didn't show any pain.
"Imperial doctor, please give him a diagnosis and treatment." The imperial doctor got Zhao Zhen's order, put down the medical box and took the little eunuch's pulse.
The pulse condition is stable and normal, without any problems.
The imperial doctor said respectfully: "There is nothing wrong with returning to the official house."
"Okay!" Zhao Zhen was overjoyed. He really let go of his worries, "Instruct all the servants and maids in the palace to eat this salt. If nothing happens after seven days, I will discuss the merits and reward them."
"Lu Qing, you gave birth to a good son!"
Lu Xu quickly saluted and said, "It is a blessing for my Lu family to be able to share the country's worries. Besides, my child is too stupid to deserve such praise from officials."
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "If Lu Erlang is dull, how many smart people in Bianliang are there? I like some of Lu Erlang's poems very much."
"Poetry?" Lu Xu looked confused. He had been so busy these days that he had no idea what was happening in Bianliang City.
Are poems more important than national affairs? Although he has heard that there have been several good poems recently, he has nothing to read.
Lu Xu was thinking, could it be that his son's purchase of lyrics was discovered? Lu Yao did this kind of thing in the past, but the lyrics he bought were very ordinary, not enough to be sung, and were usually sung in brothels.
After that it just fell into disrepair.
Lu Xu looked at Lu Yao with a reproachful look on his face. He specifically told Lu Yao not to cause trouble. Unexpectedly, trouble still occurred. Why did you buy such good words? Are you worried about burning too much money? Even if you have money, you can't.
Spend it like this.
Lu Yao's expression fell into Zhao Zhen's eyes, and Zhao Zhen asked: "Hasn't Lu Qing read your son's poems?"
Lu Xu could only shake his head and said truthfully: "I have always been troubled by the salt tax, and I have never read any poetry."
"That's such a pity. 'The red calyx remembers each other silently', 'It fell into mud and was crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remains the same', 'I wanted to stop talking, but said that the weather is cool and it's a good autumn', these are all good sentences for your son.
Written." Zhao Zhen looked at Lu Yao with satisfaction.
The last time he was able to write so many popular poems was Liu Sanbian, but Zhao Zhen didn't like Liu Sanbian very much. The main reason was that he wrote a song "Let's sing quietly with Qian pouring, why should we have a false reputation" to compare Zhao Zhen
I made you angry. Since you don’t want to be famous, I won’t give you the title of Jinshi. I directly crossed out Liu Yong’s name on the Jinshi list with one stroke. He also said, don’t be Liu Yong in the future.
Now that you’re done with the science test, just concentrate on writing your words.
That's why Liu Yong had the allusion to write lyrics under orders.
However, Lu Yao's lyrics are different from Liu Yong's. There is no contempt for fame, and the sentence "It has been reduced to mud and crushed into dust, only the fragrance remains the same" can better reflect the nobility of his character, so Zhao Zhen likes Lu Yao's lyrics very much.
And Lu Yao, the lieutenant of the brothel, was called "Xiao Liuyong", and everyone in each brothel was proud to get Lu Yao's lyrics. Everyone in Fan Lou was waiting for Lu Yao's "Ugly Slave" in the Han Mansion.
His reputation spread throughout Bianliang, and he had the faintest hint of becoming the leader of Bianliang.
But after that, Lu Yao never went to a brothel again.
Firstly, because Lu Yao is very busy recently, and secondly, it would be meaningless to go to a brothel if you don’t have special business. If there is special business, Lu Yao will still plan to go there. After all, it is human nature to be a rogue.
Lu Xu was stunned. Ci is a good word, but people don't know if they are serious or not.
You said it was enough for you to buy one good song, but you still bought three songs in a row. You really don’t think the matter is big enough.
Lu Xu quickly saluted and said, "It's just a child's humble work. He shouldn't be so favored by officials."
Wen Yanbo stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Since Mr. Lu said this is a humble work, I wonder if Mr. Lu has any good works for us to appreciate!"
Wen Yanbo is also a literary master. Although he is not as famous as Ouyang Xiu, he is also a model for literati. When he first read Lu Yao's three poems, he was immediately amazed. He felt that the writing style of the Song Dynasty was about to reach its peak. Such good poems
To be called a failure by Lu Xu, he must be unhappy in his heart. Even if you are talking about your son, I must retaliate against you.
"Uh..." Lu Xu was speechless. He could usually compose two poems, but compared to this kind of poem, he knew that he couldn't do it. But now he was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.
Wen Yanbo smiled again and said: "Since you, Mr. Lu, can't do it, then your second son, Mr. Lu, will come up with a song to help you out."
Lu Xu looked at Lu Yao reproachfully, "Look, it's all your fault. You should find a way to solve it yourself."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Such a happy event deserves a good poem."
Well, Wen Yanbo, an old thief, also wants to prostitute poems for nothing. What can he do if even the emperor has spoken? It just hurts the vocabulary in Lu Yao's mind.
"Guan Jia, I don't know what the title is?" Lu Yao asked.
Zhao Zhen looked up and saw thin snowflakes falling from the sky. He stretched out his palm to catch the snowflakes and let them melt. "The snow has fallen and spring will come."
Zhao Zhen had already written the topic, but what Lu Yao remembered was not a word but a poem, which suited the occasion very well. He chanted: "There is plum blossom but no snow, which is not spiritual, and there is snow but no poetry, which is vulgar. Poems at dusk are snowing all day long."
, together with the plum blossoms, it is very spring.”
Zhao Zhen nodded, "It seems that my people will usher in a new spring."
Fu Bi applauded, "Jiayou's second year will definitely be a year that people look forward to."
"Lu Erlang hasn't taken the scientific examination yet, right?" Zhao Zhen asked suddenly.
Lu Yao felt that something was wrong, why should it be related to the scientific examination?
Zhao Zhen said: "There will be a list next year, Lu Erlang might as well give it a try."
"This..." Lu Yao felt that this must be a dream. If Zhao Zhen wanted him to take the scientific examination, it would be better to kill him. He didn't know anything about the Four Books and Five Classics. How could he take the test? Besides, next year will be a thousand years.
How could I possibly pass these beasts in the unprecedented Dragon and Tiger Ranking? They were just looking for abuse.
Lu Yao was thinking about how to tactfully reject Zhao Zhen. Lu Xu was the first to salute Zhao Zhen and said, "I will definitely live up to the official's expectations."
"I..." Lu Yao really wanted to refuse, but Lu Xu pinched the back of Destiny's neck and glared at Lu Yao fiercely.
As a father, how could he not know what Lu Yao was thinking? When Lu Yao frowned, he knew that Lu Yao did not want to take part in the scientific examination. The emperor had already said so, how could you still say no?
"Officials, I will go home and urge my children to study hard." After that, Zhao Zhen let these ministers go back.
The only thing left to do is to wait for the eunuchs and maids in the palace to have any reaction to the poisoning. If not, the rock salt thing can be promoted.
When Lu Yao returned to the Lu Mansion, he began to howl, "Father, this scientific examination is really impossible. I will definitely not be on the list if I go. How about waiting for the next one."
"You still have the nerve to say that if you don't study hard, you will have to take the science test next year and be on the list. Now you can study for me."
Lu Xu had long understood what Zhao Zhen meant. As long as Lu Yao could take the imperial examination, Zhao Zhen would definitely give him a place as a Jinshi.
Lu Xu is worried that Lu Yao has no way out. The emperor will open a back door for you. If you don't study hard, it's okay.