Chapter 26 Prince Yu, who gained true knowledge through practice
In a secluded small courtyard in the backyard of Prince Yu's Mansion, Zhu Zaijing was burning a stove with his face covered in mud. There was a large iron pot on top of the stove. What was placed inside was the yellow mud that Zhu Zaijing asked Meng Chong to dig out from outside.
Looking at the yellow mud that was almost dry, Zhu Zaijing felt excited. This was the beginning of his experiment, and he didn't know whether it was reliable or not.
But now the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Zhu Zaicheng took out about one kilogram of brown sugar from the brown sugar bag on the side, and then put the about one kilogram of brown sugar directly into it. In the pot, Zhu Zaijing then threw off his arms and started stirring the pot with a big wooden spatula, working very hard!
But after stir-frying like this for a long time, Zhu Zaijing didn't seem to notice any white sugar appearing just by looking at the situation in the pot, not to mention how to separate the yellow mud from the sugar.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Zaijing was also heartbroken. Could it be that the experiment failed? Or is it that yellow mud cannot turn brown sugar into white sugar at all?
Zhu Zaijing looked at the shit-like thing he had made, and his whole body became emotive.
“What’s the problem?”
Zhu Zaijing sat aside with his legs crossed and his head tilted, thinking about the reason for the failure of the experiment.
Then Zhu Zaijing was also trying hard to recall the fragments of the novel he had read. According to that novel, the protagonist learned the method from "Tiangong Kaiwu".
Today is the 28th year of Jiajing, and it is at least fifty years away from Song Yingxing's active years. This shows that during these fifty years, someone would use yellow mud to decolorize brown sugar into white sugar. Otherwise, how could Song Yingxing use this method? Is it included in "Tiangong Kaiwu"?
You must know that the scientific value of "Tiangong Kaiwu" is the same as "Mengxi Bitan". They are both immeasurable examples of ancient science and technology, and there will be no problems in generally feasible things.
So since it’s not a question of yellow mud and brown sugar, it must be a question of your own experiment.
There must be something wrong with the way or the steps you tested.
Zhu Zaijing was thinking and recalling how the process of decolorizing brown sugar with yellow mud was recorded in the scattered memory fragments.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Zaijing finally thought of an extremely important key point, that is - water!
If the memory of the memory fragment is correct, it should be brown sugar decolorized by yellow mud water.
So how do you get this yellow mud water?
Should the yellow mud be mixed directly with water?
The question got stuck again when he thought of this, and Zhu Zaijing didn't care about it at this time.
Anyway, there is a saying that "Practice brings true knowledge."
Besides, I have dozens of kilograms of brown sugar around me, and I am considered wealthy. I have tried and made dozens of mistakes, so what should I be afraid of?
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing did not stop and shouted at Meng Chong who was guarding outside the small courtyard, "Meng Daban, bring me two buckets of water!"
Guarding at Meng Chong, who was at the door of the small courtyard, heard Zhu Zaijing's call and quickly responded: "Your Majesty, wait a moment, I will go right away."
Meng Chong watched Zhu Zaijing at the door of the small courtyard all morning. Experiment, when he saw Zhu Zaijing frying yellow mud in a big iron pot, he was puzzled. But when he saw Zhu Zaijing put more than a kilogram of brown sugar directly into the big pot and mixed with yellow mud. When they were speculating together, Meng Chong was completely confused. Did the prince want me to eat dirt?
Now when he heard Zhu Zaijing shouting for two buckets of clean water, Meng Chong did not dare to neglect him at all, thinking that Zhu Zaijing was preparing to wash away the mud on his body.
After Meng Chong gritted his teeth and struggled to bring in the two buckets of water, before he could say anything, Zhu Zaijing gave another order, "Find another big water tank. "
Meng Chong didn't know what Zhu Zaijing was going to do, so he could only respond, and then quickly turned around to find the big water tank.
After the big water tank was found, Zhu Zaijing ordered again: "Bring this piece of yellow mud to the king and move it into the big water tank."
Meng Chong looked at the dirty He was resisting the urge to pull out a few pieces of yellow mud, but looking at Zhu Zaijing with a muddy face, he didn't look too good looking at his own clean appearance.
So Meng Chong gritted his teeth and directly hugged the piece of yellow mud and put it into the big water tank. This hug also covered Meng Chong's body with mud.
Those who didn’t know better thought that Prince Yu was very interested and wanted to imitate ordinary children playing in the mud.
Then before Meng Chong could take a breath, Zhu Zaijing said again: "Pour these two buckets of water in." Meng Chong said, "Won't you wash yourself, Your Majesty?"
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Zhu Zaijing said: "Why wash? Didn't you see that I have invested fifty kilograms of brown sugar? Move quickly."
Meng Chong had no choice but to carry the bucket and pour the water in the bucket into the large water tank.
After Meng Chong poured the water, Zhu Zaijing ordered again: "Use this wooden shovel to stir for me, stir vigorously, and stir up all the yellow mud for me. Stir it up. Stir it up.”
Faced with Zhu Zaijing’s confusing order, Meng Chong could only bite the bullet and carry it out.
Finally, after a lot of hard work, the yellow mud and water in the big water tank were finally mixed together and turned into a tank of mud soup.
Looking at this vat of mud soup, Zhu Zaijing couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "This should be yellow mud water, right?"
Zhu Zaijing was thinking hard and recalling the records in his memory about decolorizing brown sugar with yellow mud water, and he remembered another thing called "Wa Liu".
Zhu Zaijing asked: "Do you know what a tile is?"
Hearing Zhu Zaijing's words, Meng Chong quickly wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand, and the result was There was a lot of mud on his face. Seeing Meng Chong's clumsy and cute look, Zhu Zaijing also smiled.
Facing Zhu Zaijing's laughter, Meng Chong didn't know why. He replied: "I know."
Zhu Zaijing hummed, "Since you know, then go Find one.”
Meng Chong didn't know why Zhu Zaijing wanted Wa Liu, but he had done everything before, so it seemed inappropriate to ask again at this time.
So Meng Chong went to find Wa Liu again.
While waiting for Meng Chong to move the tile slide over, Zhu Zaijing suddenly realized that the tile slide was actually a funnel, but it was much larger than the funnels of later generations, and it was made of pottery. Like a water tank.
Seeing the appearance of Wa Liu, Zhu Zaijing took another look at the equipment in the small courtyard and felt that it was a bit lacking.
Zhu Zaijing then said: "Go and bring a few more large water tanks, and find someone to make a wooden frame, otherwise the tiles will slip away."
Originally, Zhu Zaijing wanted to do these things alone at the beginning. However, after doing so, he found that the manpower and material resources required were really not something that one person could do.
So now Meng Chong is being manipulated by Zhu Zaijing invisibly.
When Meng Chong brought the water tank and the wooden frame over again, he was already panting from exhaustion. Meng Chong gasped and asked: "What is the prince doing? I feel like I'm going to be tired." Lost weight.”
Meng Chong finally couldn’t help asking the question in his mind.
Zhu Zaijing touched his nose in embarrassment and said: "It's good to lose weight. It's healthy to lose weight. I also want to be as thin as you."
Zhu Zaijing's words immediately left Meng Chong speechless. Zhu Zaijing was very thin now. If he really wanted to be as thin as him, wouldn't he become a fat man?
Before Meng Chong could respond, Zhu Zaijing coughed twice, "Put this wooden frame on the water tank and fix the tiles on it."
Meng Chong's heart He sighed and could only do as he was told. He felt like he was going to collapse from exhaustion today, and since he entered the palace, he had never done such heavy work in one day.
This is really the first time for a big girl to get on the sedan chair!
(End of this chapter)