The winemaking technology of ancient Rome originated from ancient Greece. The winemaking of that era required making glucose syrup in advance, that is, heating and concentrating the grape juice. Vertex Novel Ｘ 23 Ｕ Ｓ． COM
Since ancient Rome used a large number of cheap lead pots, the infiltration of lead particles would be accelerated during the stir-frying and boiling process!
This kind of wine, which was mixed and fermented with glucose syrup and fresh grape juice, was an indispensable daily necessity for the Romans.
However, storage technology was not developed at that time, and wine could easily become sour in wooden barrels. In modern times, sour wine has been accepted by people, but in the ancient Roman era, wine with a fresh and sweet taste was the real high-end product!
The problem still lies in the taste of sweetness, because it is very difficult for humans to obtain sweetness in nature. In an era when sugar cane and sugar beets were not cultivated on a large scale, sweetness was the top luxury taste.
Only honey and fruits are the sources of sweetness for humans. Honey is rare and precious and only the rich can enjoy it. Fruits are very seasonal and cannot be obtained at any time.
Scarcity has become a symbol of status. Being able to eat sweets during the Roman period has always been the entry-level standard for the upper class!
Society advocates sweetness, so people naturally prefer wine with a sweeter taste, and wine stored in wooden barrels always goes sour quickly!
In the end, people chose to store wine in lead containers!
The excited Romans discovered that wine stored in lead containers not only had no sour taste, but instead became sweeter and more mellow over time!
This secret suddenly became popular in the Roman world! But later generations of chemists solved this mystery. The so-called sweetness is actually the smell of lead acetate produced by the chemical reaction between fruit acid and lead ions!
Friends who have studied chemistry know very well what lead acetate is. It is lead candy!
The longer the wine ages, the more lead acetate is produced, and the wine tastes sweeter. However, lead sugar is an industrial product and is toxic in itself!
The drunken Romans drank wine with lead sugar, drank spring water with excessive lead ions, and used lead plates to serve hot soup... The entire country quickly entered an era of collective lead poisoning.
This is a disaster that no one can escape, not even slaves can escape, because the water you drink is contaminated!
The spring water flows through lead pipes, and the spring water soaked with lead ions will be sweeter. Later experienced geological exploration teams can even guess from the taste of the mountain spring water that the mountain contains copper ore, lead ore and other mineral deposits.
Trace metals can indeed affect human taste!
During this disaster, the average life expectancy of the Romans was only 33 years, and the average life span of the nobles was even worse, only 25 years. The heavy metal lead destroyed the fertility of the Romans, deposited in their bones, and destroyed their brain cells.
Why Rome, which was so prosperous for a time, was finally conquered by the barbarians had a lot to do with the avalanche of physical fitness of their people!
The war destroyed the municipal infrastructure projects that Rome was proud of. To a certain extent, it was also the luck of later Europeans!
Amadeo is a patient with trace lead poisoning. This symptom occurs very slowly. It seems that his parents did not suffer from this kind of poisoning, so the genes given to him are healthy.
When a healthy child reaches the age where he can drink alcohol, he begins to drink poisonous wine for a long time. Even the water and food he drinks may be contaminated.
It's not obvious for a year or two, but it will be effective after ten years. This is just like smoking, which is harmful to health. It's all made up for later!
The lead element has begun to corrode Amadio's brain cells, so this person looks a bit weird to the outside world. Maybe this guy's descendants will not be healthy, and the Savoy dynasty may be exterminated!
After understanding this, Xiao Letian only felt pity for the Spanish king. He was a pitiful man. In fact, he was just a patient. It was really embarrassing to bully a patient!
but! In order for all the people of my Chinese race to enjoy a peaceful and prosperous age like the old man on the shores of Lake Geneva, then all the ugliness and sin should be shouldered by me!
After three rounds of drinking, of course all I drank was French champagne filled with gold cups. Don’t dare to touch poisonous red wine!
The food was delicious, but under Xiao Letian's warning eyes, the Chinese officials ate very little!
These smart Chinese civil and military officials knew something was going on when they saw that the head of state refused to drink the red wine of ancient Rome and ate very little vegetables, so everyone deliberately ate less.
After the pleasantries, Xiao Letian finally broke the warm diplomatic rhetoric and started to bring the topic to the Philippines!
"Your Majesty! You have accepted the invitation of the Spanish Parliament and are preparing to ascend the throne in the near future, so you should make decisions on Spain's internal and external affairs!"
"I need an explanation from Spain for the Arowana incident and this unexpected war!"
There was a hint of flinching in Amadio's eyes, but his subordinates quickly winked at him and asked him to say what he had rehearsed before.
"Ahem... Regarding the Arowana incident... I... I think this is a misunderstanding. The Spanish governor cannot be so unwise..."
"My Majesty, regardless of the possibility, my diplomats were bombarded by your side! All European envoys and business groups in Manila can testify!"
"Can a misunderstanding explain all this? A misunderstanding puts my envoys in jail and tortures them? Please don't challenge my patience!"
Xiao Letian spoke coldly, and Amadio's hand hidden under the table twitched involuntarily. He tried his best to recall the words he had rehearsed before.
"Well... the Dragon Fish incident is a conspiracy... because... because you launched a Chinese rebellion afterwards. Is this a coincidence? I think this is your Chinese... strategy, just a strategy!"
Luo Huo almost laughed out loud and thought to himself, "What the hell is this?" He is still stumbling, his eyes are full of shrinkage and cowardice, he is a coward! '
Xiao Le naively didn't want to bully such a cowardly lead poisoning patient, but he had no choice but to break through from this person.
The head of state deliberately kept his face solemn and raised his hand. Xiang Ying, who was sitting at the end of the table, jumped out like a spring and respectfully cut a cigar for the master.
Thick smoke filled the wine table, and Xiao Letian's face looked hideous and terrifying in the smoke!
"Dear Your Majesty! Why did the Chinese revolt? I can appeal to the whole of Europe. I can even invite European countries to form a notarized inspection team to take a look at it on the spot!"
"I can show them how you Spanish cruelly ruled and oppressed our Chinese people! Do you want to see a real mass grave? I will take you there in person!"
"Kill me thousands of Chinese and you are not allowed to resist? Your Majesty, please give me an answer!"
The smoke choked Amadio and he kept coughing, "I...this is not a sin I did...what does it have to do with me?"
