Chapter 241: Inaction and Blind Action

Sometimes, when Su You thinks about these things, he is filled with a sense of powerlessness and frustration.

He shook his head and prepared to change the topic: "Brother Xian, how is your chemistry research going lately?"

Zhang Xiangzhong said: "There hasn't been much progress recently. Isn't the medicine market about to open? This is a busy time every year. The collection of medicinal materials requires a lot of temporary labor."

Su You curled his lips and said, "It's as if he wants to do it himself."

Zhang Xiangzhong smiled and said: "Those who work hard are even more tired. If it doesn't work, you have to get another piece of fish to make up for it."

After speaking, he added: "Don't think that all medicinal materials are medicinal. Many of them are used by you literati on a daily basis."

Su You didn't believe it: "You lied again."

Zhang Xiangzhong said: "When you have time, go back and ask your uncle-in-law how much bone glue and skin glue he needs to buy from the Jade Bureau every year to make ink."

Su You sighed when talking about this: "Leather boots are popular nowadays, but I think the rubber material is leaking, so it's not up to standard. It would be nice if there was rubber material extracted from plants."

Zhang Xiangzhong burst out laughing: "Are you kidding me? Grass gum, this thing has been around for a long time..."

Su You rolled his eyes: "I'm not talking about glue, it's the kind that's elastic, anti-corrosive, and waterproof..."

Zhang Xiangzhong continued to laugh: "You must be here to tease me, right? You also want to test me, right?"

Su You continued: "If there is such a thing, it can be made into a hose, and it will be very convenient to connect the test vessels..."

Then I heard Zhang Xiangzhong say "uh", and then threw the chopsticks away: "Why didn't I think of it! My dear brother, come with me!"

The two came to a huge warehouse. A middle-aged Taoist who was looking at the warehouse opened the door. It was full of large cabinets.

The cabinets are divided into categories according to the cabinet shelves. Zhang Xiangzhong led Su You to a row of shelves and saw a large label written on the shelf.

The Taoist bowed politely to Zhang Xiangzhong, then opened the account book and read: "To the Heavenly Master, in the Jade Bureau Guanjia Zi Library, there are currently 126 kilograms of tiger bone glue, 335 kilograms of swim bladder glue, and 335 kilograms of horn glue.

Three hundred kilograms of glue, six hundred kilograms of hoof glue, four hundred and fifty kilograms of donkey glue, one thousand two hundred kilograms of cow bone glue, six hundred and twenty kilograms of bird's nest, propolis..."

Su You felt dizzy after hearing this. Are there so many types of gums used in traditional Chinese medicine? Why did the bird's nest get in so easily? He quickly raised his hand: "Stop, it's about plants!"

The Taoist looked confused: "What is a plant?"

Su You said: "Materia materia medica, it is the herbal type!"

"Oh." The Taoist turned over a few pages: "5,000 jins of rosin, 1,700 jins of peach gum, 1,850 jins of lacquer gum, 500 jins of bean gum, 800 jins of white fungus, and 1,600 jins of stone fungus.

One hundred catties..."

Zhang Xiangzhong raised his hand: "No need to read, take out some of the herbal glue."

The Taoist began to instruct the Taoist boy to climb on the shelf. Su You's face was full of envy: "Tsk tsk tsk, Tianshi Tao is really too rich. Brother, please wait for me to visit the mineral library sometime..."

Zhang Xiangzhong smiled and said: "My dear brother, don't make trouble! These are medicinal materials that can help the world and save people!"

When the medicine was brought in, Zhang Xiangzhong took two kinds of amber-colored lumps and said, "According to Brother Xian, it's probably these two kinds."

Su You didn't understand at all: "What is this?"

Zhang Xiangzhong said: "These are Xue Li root gum and Eucommia ulmoides gum. When the pharmacy was mixing colors, they found that when mixed with sulfur, they would become..."

The Taoist handed over a yellow-brown glue stick in the shape of an ink stick: "It will become like this. It cannot be used as medicine and cannot be used."

Su You felt that he was a fool: "Does Chinese medicine still need to be mixed with color?"

Zhang Xiangzhong said: "The theory of five colors comes from the "Nei Jing" and is consistent with the five elements. Green is the liver, red is the heart, white is the lungs, yellow is the spleen, and black is the kidneys. Therefore, cinnabar is red in color and can be entered into the heart meridian to calm the heart and calm the mind.

; Gypsum is white in color and can be inserted into the lung meridian to clear lung heat; Atractylodes is yellow in color and is used to nourish the spleen; Scrophulariaceae is black in color and is used to nourish kidney yin..."

Is this okay?! Is the "Nei Jing" so magical? Su You took the glue stick, pressed and pulled it, and then burst into ecstasy: "Brother! This is a treasure! Does this Eucommia gum have a large output?"

Zhang Xiangzhong didn't know this at all, so he turned to look at the middle-aged Taoist. The Taoist said: "Well, it's not bad. We are in Shuzhong, where Eucommia ulmoides is cultivated. This stuff is made from leaves, seeds, and juice. One acre

I can gain about ten kilograms a year."

Su You shook the glue stick in his hand: "How many of these are there? Show them all to me."

The Taoist took a box and said, "It's all here."

Su You took them over, one was soft and the other was hard, with a depressed look on his face: "You told me these are the same thing?"

The Taoist saluted: "How dare the Pope conceal it before? Eucommia gum is generally hard. This pot has added sulfur. Well, it is a little special. The soft and hard ones...the cooking time is different."

Zhang Xiangzhong took it and compared it: "From today on, you don't have to look at the warehouse. The jade products are divided into one box and you specialize in studying this Eucommia gum."

The Taoist was inexplicably surprised: "Thank you, Master, for the promotion. Thank you, Mr. Lang, for the promotion."

Su You rolled his eyes: "It has nothing to do with me, but I will send a team to help you, using scientific and engineering methods to slowly explore."

Zhang Xiangzhong pointed at the row of large medicine cabinets with the soft stick in his hand: "Feel me through all the ones with glue characters!"

The Taoist saluted: "I sincerely abide by the teachings of the sect."

After walking out of the reservoir area, Su You clicked his tongue and shook his head: "It seems that I will have to come here more often in the future. The Jade Bureau Temple is really full of treasures..."

Zhang Xiangzhong said: "Xian brother, you are too optimistic. Our bureau studies pharmacology and blindly combines effective prescriptions, which may take more than ten years, decades, or hundreds of years."

Su You shook his head: "With my science and engineering test methods, I believe that with this hard and soft method, we can greatly shorten this period of exploration."

Zhang Xiangzhong stopped: "Yes, pharmacological tests should be the same..."

Su You pulled his sleeve and continued to move forward: "Don't think about this method. How many troubles will it cause to the little white rabbit? It is inconsistent with your Taoist philosophy. Let's go..."

…

After the autumn ripened, Zhao Pian held his piano and an atlas produced by Meishan and began to inspect the Dujiangyan water conservancy project.

Su You was also invited, and the old man arranged another piano course.

Fortunately, it's basically all waterways, so it's not too tiring.

Get two boats, one with books and seasonings, and one with people.

This inspection angle is really tricky and weird, and it also makes it impossible to comment on the water conservancy project, which is the foundation of the Land of Abundance. How dare you say it is unimportant?!

As a result, a bunch of people were busy cleaning the streets, painting the walls facing the street, tidying up the school palace, and trying their best to replenish the depleted warehouses. The officials were in a hurry, old man, can you act according to common sense? Just once!

Su You secretly cursed that the old man must have been used to eating his own food, so he dragged him along.

But there is an advantage, that is, you don’t have to copy information every day.

The old man has a great reputation. Whenever he goes to a place, he first inquires about the local water conservancy, land, this year's output, and inspects the warehouses.

The next step is to collect local chronicles to enrich the information for future book management.

Then there is a very important thing to clear the prison.

Apart from the brothels, this was the darkest place in the entire Song Dynasty. Everywhere the old man went, he ordered people to seal the files and then interrogate each item.

There are only a handful of people who actually commit crimes.

Most of the people in the prison are those who are in arrears, rent arrears, and deserters.

These people are the most powerful targets of local subordinate officials. Of course the old man's purpose is not to be a philanthropist, but simply because it is too easy to catch the subordinate officials' problems from here.

Just kidding, I was born as a censor in the palace, and I can find any faults for you, not to mention that these guys have shit in their butts.

Then some monkeys would be found and killed in front of a large group of chickens. The chickens would look like they were sick. Often the old man would look at them and the people below would break out in cold sweat.

Qing Han Wu Xi Zhao Zhizhou, that has its own freezing effect!

When he saw that the subordinates had drained all the contents of their bladders through their sweat glands, the old man made a big stroke and let me go. Everyone must be good from now on...

Su You admired the old man's skills so much that he made him a mustard casserole with fish head and tofu in the evening, which made the old man look beautiful.

However, when Su You praised him, the old man sighed. This was the big problem of the Song Dynasty. It was either inaction or blind action. The main thing was inaction and the rest was blind action.
Chapter completed!