Zhu Yuanzhang observed Zhang Yi, and when he saw him, his face showed no expression of displeasure at all because of what happened last time.
He sighed in his heart that this child's character was indeed different from ordinary people.
Lao Zhu pretended to be calm and said:
"Why, I haven't seen you for more than a month, so I can't come to you?"
"Uncle is joking, you are my meal ticket in Yingtian Mansion. If you don't come to me, I will starve to death!"
Meal tickets?
Although he didn't know what it was, Lao Zhu could feel that Zhang Yi really didn't take what happened that day to heart. He felt better and asked the guards outside to move in the boxes one by one.
This time, Zhu Yuanzhang brought in fifty large boxes for Zhang Yi and placed them in the Taoist temple.
Fifty large boxes still look very impressive.
Zhang Yi took a breath as he watched these boxes being opened one by one.
"We even got the quartz sand. Uncle Huang, you can do it!"
Zhang Yi originally made a list for Huang He, but he actually had no hope for many things.
The flow of goods and people in the Ming Dynasty are controlled. It is very difficult to get some rare materials. It is not that he has not tried hard in Longhu Mountain before, but he just can't get it.
Although there are few things in the box in front of me, it is enough.
Zhang Yi's eyes were shining, he was really excited!
This scene fell in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and Lao Zhu was slightly proud. If Zhang Yi acted calmly about anything, he would have to be careful about this child. Since he wants something, he can be exploited.
Lao Zhu said:
"Feel free to ask for these things if you need them. I still have some connections with your uncle!"
"Thank you uncle for that Zhang Yi, I need more garlic!"
“What do you want garlic for?”
Zhu Yuanzhang was very curious. He knew that Zhang Yi had many strange abilities. Could garlic also be used to make elixirs?
Zhang Yi smiled but didn't answer, and Lao Zhu didn't ask any more questions.
"Senior brother, come in and make me a pot of tea!"
Zhang Yi asked Deng Zhongxiu to direct the guards to put these materials away, and took Zhu Biao and his son to the backyard.
Deng Zhongxiu made tea and served it to the two of them, while Zhang Yi drank his boiled water.
There was something in the secret memorial, and Lao Zhu had already noticed Zhang Yi's little move.
"Why don't you drink tea?"
Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to ask Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi replied: "I'm still young and don't drink tea!"
"The mountain spring water is obviously very sweet, but you drink boiled water. Do you have any explanation?"
This was the question Lao Zhu really wanted to ask. Zhang Yi didn't think much and answered directly:
"Because there are insects in the water..."
There was no need to hide what he had said to Chang from Zhu Yuanzhang, and with his relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang, he could say more.
"The water is crystal clear, but I can't see the insects. Could it be that you saw something in your dream again?"
Zhang Yi nodded and said:
"I saw in the Book of Heaven that there will be two countries at war in the future world. One of them uses invisible insects to destroy the country, and the other country uses the method of boiling water to resolve it. This method is not metaphysics, but can be verified by later generations. thing!"
Zhang Yi talked about something in the future time and space in detail. That period of history is familiar to most people who lived in Zhang Yi's previous life, because it really changed their lives.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao felt ridiculous when listening to Zhang Yi's story about what happened in China in later generations.
If it weren't for Zhang Yi's previous experience, Lao Zhu wouldn't believe a word of his words.
Although Zhang Yi only said a few words, they were impressive.
"Although soldiers are not afraid of deceit, this is still the behavior of a villain! I... really make people look down on such methods!"
Lao Zhu despised this kind of behavior. Although the soldiers were cunning and using water attacks, fire attacks, seduction and other methods were common, even if they killed prisoners and massacred the city, Lao Zhu could understand it.
Many methods are actually meant to frighten the enemy. The ultimate goal is to reduce the cost of attack and rule.
But what Zhang Yi said has definitely exceeded the bottom line.
There was no way for the people to survive at all. Lao Zhu, who had been a victim of the disaster, quickly put himself into it and became even more angry.
Zhu Biao also nodded on the side. This way of using troops is definitely not a royal way.
The future war between the two countries is, after all, a distant thing for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, but from Zhang Yi's story, Zhu Yuanzhang feels more and more that drinking boiled water is not simple.
It turns out that the means of destroying the country were solved by simply boiling water?
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that this incident was more and more magical.
"Is it that powerful to boil water?"
The emperor couldn't help but ask, Zhang Yi smiled and said:
"You can see the big picture in small ways. High-end ingredients often only require the purest cooking methods, while many methods with miraculous effects are mediocre...Uncle Huang, I'm not bragging. If everyone in the world drank boiled water, we would be able to do this every year." The number of people who survived must be tens of thousands!"
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were moved. If this was really the case, how much would it be?
Zhang Yi knew that Lao Zhu didn't believe it, so he briefly popularized the knowledge about microorganisms, bacteria and viruses, and also told how many diseases would be prevented if he drank boiled water.
Diseases at least related to polluted water sources include cholera, dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis and polio, etc. Some of these diseases were called plagues in ancient times...
"It is said that after a major disaster, there will be a major epidemic, which is largely caused by the pollution of water sources..."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhang Yi this matter, originally it was just a casual question, but after Zhang Yi told the truth, the father and son could not sit still.
Plague has always been a difficult problem for successive rulers.
Once a plague occurs in a place, it will take away the lives of a large number of people. In fact, the plague has basically never stopped in this era.
It's just that because there is little population movement, most of them only maintain a relatively small intensity.
When there is a disaster and people can no longer survive and start to move around, a great plague will begin sweeping across a province.
No one knows better than Lao Zhu how many people will die from the plague every year. These people are all people who can contribute to the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty.
The emperor was jealous.
"The greatest truth comes from simplicity. It turns out that sometimes the solution to a problem is so simple?"
Zhu Biao lamented on the side. He had already begun to think about the happy situation of the Ming Dynasty after the boil water order was implemented.
However, when he came to his senses, he found Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Yi staring at him with strange expressions.
"Did I say something wrong?"
"Zhang Yi, you said..."
Lao Zhu shook his head. The fact that Zhu Biao could say this meant that he still had a lot to learn.
Zhang Yi heard this and said:
"The common people are suffering! Brother Huang was born in a wealthy family, but he has forgotten that ordinary people, how easy is it to burn firewood?"
Zhu Biao blushed instantly. Even if he was taught a lesson by his father, he was not as good as a seven-year-old?
PS: The original 40 chapters have been blocked and will be reposted after the author has made changes! If the original chapter is released, I will delete this chapter!
