Chapter 1267 Alchemist

After Bai Feng learned the name Wei Ao from Cao Jie, he arranged for his servants to find out where Wei Ao currently lived.

If you find Wei Ao's residence, go directly to his door and invite him to Hanzhong.

At the same time, Bai Feng was still looking for other alchemists in Hanzhong and Yizhou.

/Making nitrate/glycerol explosives cannot be done by Wei Ao alone.

Bai Feng still needs to find more helpers for Wei Ao.

And although Wei Ao is a master of alchemy, Bai Feng still has a question mark in his heart about Wei Ao's true level of alchemy.

In short, if you look for more alchemists, you will have a greater chance of meeting talented people.

Although the servants of the Hanzhong Marquis Mansion didn't know why their Marquis suddenly wanted to find an alchemist, they still followed Bai Feng's orders meticulously.

Soon in Hanzhong, the news that Hanzhong Hou Zhen was looking for an alchemist had spread throughout the gentry community in Hanzhong.

The nobles in Hanzhong did not have as good a chance to invest in the soap factory as the nobles in Yecheng, but Bai Feng left a batch of steam engines to them.

Therefore, the Hanzhong nobles also used steam looms after the Yizhou nobles.

After the Hanzhong nobles' workshops used steam looms, the efficiency of weaving cloth was greatly improved.

Most of the cloths were sold to Xuzhou, Qingzhou and other places.

After hearing that the Marquis of Hanzhong was looking for alchemists throughout Hanzhong, the nobles in Hanzhong also began to use their connections to find out where there were skilled alchemists.

They wanted to give Bai Feng the opportunity to find an alchemist so that they could get more of the steam engine purchase share.

The alchemists who were originally unknown in Hanzhong suddenly attracted much attention under Bai Feng's arrangement.

In just one week, the nobles from Hanzhong brought six alchemists to Bai Feng.

The servants of the Hanzhong Hou Mansion who were sent to Yizhou were still working hard to find the alchemist for Bai Fengnu.

Six alchemists from Hanzhong came to Bai Feng's house one after another under the recommendation of the nobles.

Bai Feng received every alchemist personally.

This made these alchemists feel flattered.

They knew that Hanzhong Hou himself was also familiar with Taoism. They knew very clearly whether their alchemy skills were superior or inferior to the real Taoism.

That's why these alchemists were so happy when they were received by Bai Feng personally.

First of all, there is no need to mention the benefit of having an intersection with someone like the Hanzhong Hou who made unparalleled contributions to the Wei Dynasty's unification of the world.

If you are lucky enough to be appreciated by the Hanzhong Hou, and you can learn one or two Taoist techniques from the Hanzhong Hou, you will make a lot of money.

But after they know the reason for Bai Feng's personal reception, I'm afraid some of them will not think the same way as they do now.

"The next work of these alchemists is very dangerous. We must pay them attention and improve their treatment."

This is what Bai Feng thinks when he meets every alchemist who comes to Hanzhong Hou Mansion.

Bai Feng also had to explain to them the dangers of making nitrate/glycerol explosives in the end.

Now Bai Feng meets these alchemists, mainly to understand their alchemy level.

Although Bai Feng does not know how to make alchemy, Bai Feng understands some common sense of chemistry.

In communicating with these alchemists, we can also make some rough judgments about the level of alchemy.

In addition, Bai Feng also asked these alchemists to send letters to invite their friends who were good at alchemy to come to Hanzhong.

Relying on alchemists to find other alchemists is much more efficient than sending people to find needles in a haystack.

After meeting six or seven alchemists in a row, Bai Feng had a rough understanding of the level of local alchemists in Hanzhong.

They can all explain the theory of alchemy succinctly, and all alchemists basically have certain attainments in medicine.

Not to mention that it specializes in treating difficult and complicated diseases, but it can still diagnose and treat common headaches, brain fever, colds and fevers.

One of them, an alchemist named Zhang Daoyi, made Bai Feng feel that he had gained a talent.

This Zhang Daoyi is a native of Hanzhong.

Before Bai Feng was granted the title of Hanzhong, Zhang Daoyi's father was still serving as an official in Hanzhong.

Although the family conditions are not very wealthy, it still allowed Zhang Daoyi to have money to study when he was a child.

It's just that after Zhang Daoyi read poetry and books, he didn't think about continuing to be an official. Instead, he became more and more obsessed with Taoist ideas.

This made Zhang Daoyi's father very dissatisfied. If Zhang Daoyi's younger brother was not also very smart and took over his father's class and continued to serve as an official in Hanzhong, Zhang Daoyi's father would be really angry to death.

When Zhang Daoyi was studying Taoism, he was involved in astronomy, geography and medical skills.

It's just that Zhang Daoyi is only in his early thirties and is not proficient in astronomy, geography, or medical skills.

After Zhang Daoyi came into contact with the art of alchemy, he became even more obsessed with it. He wanted to refine the legendary elixir and then drink it to ascend.

Repeated failures made Zhang Daoyi improve his alchemy level, and his medical skills also improved.

Before coming to Bai Feng's house, Zhang Daoyi relied on practicing medicine to support his expenses for alchemy.

"This Zhang Daoyi is quite talented. If he wasn't obsessed with refining elixirs, he might be able to become a great medical expert."

After Bai Feng learned about Zhang Daoyi's experience, he thought with some regret.

But now Bai Feng wants to give Zhang Daoyi a new opportunity.

The elixir only exists in legends, but the power of nitro/glycerin explosives should be no less than the power of gods in the eyes of Zhang Daoyi and others.

Bai Feng wants to give Zhang Daoyi a chance to be on par with gods.

As for other alchemists, alchemy is one of their major interests, but not all.

Bai Feng currently believes that Zhang Daoyi is the only one who truly studies the way of alchemy.

The recognition of Zhang Daoyi makes Bai Feng look forward to the alchemy master Wei Ao mentioned by Cao Jie.

His level should be much higher than Zhang Daoyi.

And Bai Feng also learned from alchemists such as Zhang Daoyi that Wei Ao's alchemy level is superb and he is also very old.

However, they don't know where Wei Ao is now refining and practicing. The places where Wei Ao refines and practices are basically deep mountains and old forests.

"It seems that we need to invite Wei Ao to Hanzhong as soon as possible. With Wei Ao in charge of the manufacture of nitro/glycerin explosives, the success rate should be much higher."

Bai Feng once again sent a group of servants to other states and counties to look for Wei Ao.

At the same time, the servants who went to Yizhou also gained a lot.

After learning that Bai Feng needed an alchemist, the Yizhou nobles also recommended the alchemists they knew or had heard of to Bai Feng.