With Xu Da as a shield, Zhu Yuanzhang took Xu Da and fled in the name of discussing war, facing the complaining Empress Ma.
After Lao Zhu ran away, Queen Ma and others were left in the hall.
"In this matter, Chu Ze, you did the right thing."
On Lao Zhu's side, the friendly smile once again appeared on the Queen's face as soon as she walked away.
After sitting down on the main seat with a smile on her face, Queen Ma actually praised Chu Ze directly.
However, facing Queen Ma's praise, Chu Ze seemed a little confused.
"What did I do?"
"Don't get me wrong, I'm talking about Chongba asking you about the choice of prime minister. You didn't give him a direct answer, which is a good thing."
"So this is what the Queen is talking about! If this is the case, it's not that I didn't tell him on purpose, but that I really don't know who can succeed the prime minister."
"In the late Hongwu period, those who were able to become famous were basically on His Majesty's execution list. If you want to achieve a career in a position like prime minister, what you need is not ability, but luck."
Being an official during the Hongwu period was already a very painful thing, let alone being the prime minister who was beneath that one person and above ten thousand people.
Even if that person is born in the year of cat, nine lives may not be enough.
Being able to do a great job in the position of prime minister during the Hongwu period...
Chu Ze really couldn't think of a reason.
"No matter what the situation is, you did the right thing this time. If he wants to choose another prime minister to succeed him, then that is his business. Just don't interfere in the future."
After hearing what Empress Ma said, Chu Ze and Zhu Di both nodded silently.
As the prince, Zhu Biao knew very well that his mother's words had obviously excluded him.
The position of prime minister is special enough in itself, plus people's hearts are unpredictable.
If you recommend someone to the position of prime minister, but the other person's power corrupts people's hearts.
Then it is inevitable that the other party's faults will also be jointly blamed on you.
That's why Queen Ma said that Chu Ze did a good job this time.
After dealing with the messy matter of shouting and killing, the old queen did not stay for much longer. She knew who were the people around her.
Whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, or Zhu Di.
They are both men who can stand alone, and she just needs to slightly reconcile their relationship at the critical moment.
There is no need for her to interfere too much in men's careers.
So shortly after Zhu Yuanzhang left, Queen Ma chatted with the children for a while, then quietly stood up and left.
Chu Ze and the other three followed closely behind and quickly ran away.
Queen Ma was not here, and the three of them stayed in Zhu Yuanzhang's palace like this. It was impossible to say that they were not a little panicked.
If at this time, Lao Zhu comes back to attack again, he will probably not be able to escape from the physical pain.
Because of the unpleasantness this morning, Zhu Di was not in the mood to train.
So he simply got involved with Chu Ze.
"Well, you have tricked me and Dafa today, why don't I go and bring it to the sixth man? What we did yesterday is not over yet!"
"What did you do?"
"Nothing, it's just that Yongle planned to build an ammunition production line, so he asked me to help."
After Chu Ze said this, he turned his head and looked at Zhu Biao beside him.
"By the way, what have you been busy with recently?"
Facing Chu Ze's inquiry, Zhu Biao silently shook his head.
"What else can I be busy with? There is a drought in Shandong. I have been busy with disaster relief recently, and secondly... dealing with some government affairs. As you know, the time is almost up, and some people are getting more and more arrogant now. And it’s becoming increasingly difficult to deal with.”
The so-called people in Zhu Biao's mouth are nothing more than Hu Weiyong and others.
He has been very busy with this matter recently.
After the three of them arrived at Chu Ze's testing site, Zhu Biao couldn't help sighing.
He has been busy checking these things these days, but the more he checks, the more troublesome it becomes.
More and more people are involved.
"It's a coincidence. I also received an invitation in the past two days. I didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but it turned out that he was still a little unfinished. He posted one after another."
While Chu Ze was speaking, he did not take the two brothers to sit down in his pavilion.
Instead, he led them to a separate test bench and stood there.
And on his test bench, there are many bottles and jars made of glass.
While he was talking, Chu Ze used pliers to grab a bottle with a pungent smell.
"You two, please step back. The stuff I have on my hands is called sulfuric acid. If you get this on your body, it will hurt more than burning. Step back. Hey, it's not that big of a deal, right? Are you backing so far?"
Before Chu Ze could finish his words, he discovered that the two brothers, Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, had actually stepped back more than ten steps in one breath.
And from the looks of it, it seems like it’s not quite enough.
This made Chu Ze feel a little numb.
"You said it's very dangerous yourself. Is it wrong for us to hide a little bit?"
"Uh, get out!"
After raising his middle finger to Zhu Di speechlessly, Chu Ze carefully poured the sulfuric acid in his hand into a container filled with ashes in front of him.
After the sulfuric acid was poured in, a stream of purple gas slowly rose from the place where the ashes and sulfuric acid came into contact.
Seeing this, Chu Ze quickly covered it with a glass lid.
And a log was placed on top of it.
"What are you doing?"
After Chu Ze completed everything and made sure that Chu Ze's experiment would not explode, Zhu Di and Zhu Biao came closer again.
This testing ground of his has more atmosphere all day long than during the Chinese New Year.
"Isn't it true that the war is getting closer and closer? There are many things in my mind, but at the same time it is also very confusing. I can't remember much."
"The ashes in the porcelain pot just now are the product of washing and drying kelp. Later generations called it sodium iodide. After introducing sulfuric acid, the two reacted to obtain iodine crystals. After that..."
"Can we make it simpler? What is this thing for?"
Chu Ze wanted to explain his behavior just now, but he was interrupted by Zhu Di directly before he finished speaking.
Facing the anxious Zhu Di, Chu Ze just silently extended a middle finger to him.
"Now is the time for me to let you know what's going on and why. I'm telling you these formulas so that if I'm not around in the future, or I'm not around at all, you'll be able to find them when you want to use them."
"Teaching a man to fish is worse than teaching him to fish, do you understand? Don't interrupt me. If you interrupt me again, I won't teach you anymore."
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After being lectured by Chu Ze, Zhu Di opened his mouth, but found that he seemed unable to refute his words.
"After these purple gases gradually calm down when cooled, we can get iodine crystals. After diluting it, we can get iodophor. The main effect of this thing is to clean up trauma and avoid inflammation."
"Whether it is on the battlefield or in daily life, it is a commonly used drug."
"When you don't have anti-inflammatories, if a wound becomes inflamed, you're basically waiting to die. This thing can greatly reduce the possibility of soldiers dying from injuries on the battlefield."
"Even when pregnant women are giving birth, you can use this thing to smear some wounds to avoid wound infection in pregnant women."
When hearing Chu Ze talk about the effectiveness of what he was doing, not to mention Zhu Di, even Zhu Biao became a little uneasy.
Medicines for treating wounds!
This is definitely good stuff.
On the battlefield, many soldiers did not die directly on the battlefield. Most of them died of wound inflammation after the war.
When medical and sanitation conditions are inadequate, injuries often equal death.
And if what Chu Ze is doing now is as magical as he said, then it will be good news to the entire army.
"You have such a good thing, why didn't you take it out earlier? What did you just say you were going to do with this thing? Please teach me, I'm interested in this!"
Zhu Di, who had been hiding away from Chu Ze when he saw him doing experiments, heard about what he had done, which was a good thing that could be used to save lives on the battlefield.
He suddenly seemed to have a different face. He walked directly to the condensing container and looked at the items inside with interest.
After Chu Ze saw his behavior, he did not forget to remind him.
"Be careful, undiluted pure iodine crystals are poisonous."
"I'll go! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Zhu Di, who originally wanted to reach out and touch it, quickly retracted his hand when he heard that this thing was actually poisonous.
This poisonous thing...if you can't touch it, just don't touch it.
"Let's go, we have to wait here for a while, and then I will record the method and have someone deliver it to you. You should prepare more of these things before the war."
"Especially in the cross-sea battle that follows, the air above the sea is humid, making it easier for bacteria to breed. Bacteria have been explained to you last time, and you know it."
"Well, I know, there are bugs that are invisible but actually exist. I will have people prepare them later."
After Zhu Biao heard Chu Ze's words, he once again remembered the bacteria that Chu Ze told him the first time.
An invisible yet ubiquitous insect.
Just thinking about this made him feel his scalp numb.
"Let's go to the next test stand first. After I asked the alchemists to burn and heat iron sulfide last time, although I lost one person, I got sulfuric acid unexpectedly. With this thing, I can use it to extend several things I can do. Good stuff to remember.”
"This is the alcohol I distilled. The alcohol is mixed with sulfuric acid in a one-to-one ratio. Then it is heated to about 140 degrees to get ether. You can think of this as a sweat medicine or smoke."
"After you stun someone, you can use sterilized catgut to sew up some larger wounds just like sewing clothes."
"Although I haven't tried this method myself, it's better to try it on the battlefield than not to try it at all. If you are saved, you will gain blood. If you really can't save the person, he will be stitched after being stunned anyway, so he won't do it. It would be too painful to exaggerate.”
Sewing wounds like sewing clothes?
When they heard Chu Ze's words, brothers Zhu Biao and Zhu Di couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths slightly.
At the same time, he looked at Chu Ze with a strange look, and he didn't know how this guy thought of these things.
We have seen many living Bodhisattvas, but it is rare to see living kings of hell.
"Why are you looking at me like this? This is called trauma suturing. You don't think I'm kidding, do you?"
"No, no, I definitely don't have such thoughts."
"Afterwards, I will ask the imperial doctor to come over and try to learn from it. This matter will probably be recorded in the medical classics. If it is really effective, the soldiers will be more at ease on the battlefield in the future!"
"Go in peace, right?"
Zhu Biao rolled his eyes at Chu Ze's obviously inhumane behavior.
After waiting for a while, until he got what Chu Ze called iodophor for disinfection, Zhu Biao couldn't wait to take the things to his father for inspection.
The value of something that can save the lives of soldiers on the battlefield is absolutely immeasurable.
But after Zhu Biao left, Zhu Di and Chu Ze, who stayed behind, looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes.
Today was simply thrilling and exciting for him.
Just a little bit away, the big rattan whip hit me
"Chu Ze! Can you tell me who the daughter-in-law of my wonderful grandson is? After I go back, I will also set up an ancestral precept for the family."
"Come on, you've eaten too much. You can't stand it anymore. Let's go. Seeing how you look today, you probably won't be able to train anymore. Go back to my place first, and I'll teach you how to make soap and refine mineral salt with King Chu."
"It is basically impossible to hide the mineral salt matter, so my advice to you is that after you capture the small salt mine first, take the mineral salt technology and go to your father to claim credit. After that, , while your father is happy, just bring down the salt mine and make some money."
"Don't think about eating this kind of thing by yourself, otherwise something will happen."
After listening to Chu Ze's suggestion, Zhu Di waved his hand disapprovingly, indicating that Chu Ze's worries were unnecessary.
"Don't worry. Although I don't care much about internal affairs, I have Daoyan beside me. Even if I want to do this, he won't allow it. So I won't do it just for this little profit. Bewildered."
"Okay, let's go, let's go back first."
When Chu Ze took Zhu Di back home, Chu King Zhu Zhen and the others did not wait for him. Instead, they waited for Zhou King Zhu Ju first.
But when Zhu Zhu saw Chu Ze, he put on an expression of bitterness and hatred.
It was as if they had some big feud before.
"Zhu Zhu, on the order of His Highness the Crown Prince, I came to seek advice from you."
(End of chapter)
