Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Lu Xiangsheng felt overwhelmed.

The dignified Governor-General of Xuanda, oh, even if he is not the Governor-General now, he was still a Jinshi selected by Emperor Tianqi and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War of the current dynasty.

But when I think about it, there is nothing important to do during the rest period. Since the admiral wants to make trouble, it won't be harmful if I join him.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng picked up the garlic hammer and started pounding garlic.

Zhang Shikang was also pounding the rice. In the small yard, three or five of his personal soldiers were peeling garlic, and some soldiers were chopping wood. The distiller was also quickly cleaned.

After taking a nap, Wang Chengen wandered over to Zhang Shikang's place, and Sun Weifan accompanied him all the time, so the two of them were also drafted by Zhang Shikang to serve as soldiers.

Wang Chengen didn't care at all. He smiled and pounded garlic with a garlic hammer, saying:

"Speaking of which, our family hasn't done anything like this for 20 to 30 years."

Of course, Wang Chengen was not a eunuch from the beginning. He entered the palace during the Wanli period and started as a lowly servant. He also served in the Imperial Kitchen and was familiar with jobs like pounding garlic.

"Excuse me, everyone. Although my nephew likes to fool around, he rarely does anything foolish." Sun Weifan explained while pounding garlic.

He had been with Zhang Shikang the longest, so he naturally knew Zhang Shikang's personality and knew that his nephew must have had some strange ideas again.

But his explanation is worse than no explanation.

"My Lord, is there any difference between messing around and fooling around?"

After Wang Chengen finished speaking, he and Lu Xiangsheng laughed, but they did not stop the work in their hands.

Zhang Shikang didn't care about his colleagues' teasing. After pounding garlic for a while, he felt his elbows ache, so he stood aside and took charge.

With so much free labor, he saved himself a lot of trouble.

"Uncle Shi, you can't do that. You have to mash the garlic into paste. The finer the better.

By the way, have you washed your hands? Be careful of germs!"

"What are bacteria?" Sun Weifan asked.

"You won't understand even if I tell you. Uncle, can you work? If not, just stay away. Your saliva is full of bacteria."

The smell of garlic was so strong that soon the yard was filled with the charming aroma of garlic.

The mashed garlic mixture is temporarily placed in a wooden basin that has been scalded with boiling water and covered with a piece of cloth to prevent the garlic paste from excessive oxidation.

After leaving it to dry for about two quarters of an hour, Zhang Shikang lifted the cloth and took a smell. The strong garlic smell almost made him suffocate.

Thinking that the allinase and alliin should have been fully activated, he ordered people to pour all the garlic paste into the distiller, and then lit the firewood to start distillation.

The yard was suddenly filled with smoke and dust, mixed with the strong smell of garlic and smoky air, so that the soldiers on duty outside thought there was a fire.

When they ran in, they saw the Admiral, Governor Lu and the angels from the palace. They all looked like disaster victims. After being scolded, they ran out in shame.

They did see a few adults preparing something delicious, most of them secretly slaughtering a cow and stewing it, after all, the big guys could always get their hands on sick cows.

But no one expected that the adults were actually cooking garlic, so it didn’t take long for the soldiers outside to spread the rumor. At first, they said that the adults were cooking garlic, but later the rumor turned into cooking noodles with oil.

As the story spread, it became known that the adults were cooking Yuetuo, the captured leader of the Jiannu army.

I've heard for a long time that the admiral has imprisoned the Jiannu leader in solitary confinement and does not allow anyone to approach him. It turns out that the admirals just like this.

However, the Jiannu were extremely evil, and beheading them would be a good thing for them. Perhaps the adults were avenging their brothers who died in battle.

Of course, Zhang Shikang didn't know that his subordinates outside were speculating about him in this way. At this moment, his face was full of depression because the first distillation had failed.

The teacher said that the distilled allicin is a light yellow oily liquid, but what he distilled was a turbid white color. There were a few drops of yellow oil in it, but the content was too small.

"Give this bowl of drink to the soldier named Wei Dagang." Zhang Shikang handed the bowl in his hand to a personal soldier.

He thought that no matter what, there must be a lot of allicin in this bowl of soup, and it would be a pity to pour it out, so he ordered someone to let Wei Dagang, who had just fainted, drink it.

Anyway, we have to give it a try.

Antibacterial drugs in later generations are divided into very fine categories, including antibacterial and antifungal. Allicin is not only antibacterial, but also antifungal. It not only has no side effects, but also will not produce drug resistance to bacteria and fungi.

It is truly a must-have magic medicine for time travelers.

After handing out the bowl of failed creation, Zhang Shikang began to wonder what went wrong.

There should be no problem with the garlic and the distiller, after all, they are very simple things. The only problem may be the temperature control.

He had added enough firewood, causing the garlic in the distiller to boil, but no matter how much it boiled, the boiling point of water could only be 100 degrees.

In other words, the temperature must be high.

He was not discouraged and continued to let his personal soldiers peel garlic, while Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Chengen, Sun Weifan and others continued to pound garlic.

The second attempt still ended in failure, but there was obviously a lot more yellow oil in the distilled soup.

Zhang Shikang continued to lower the temperature. As he had no thermometer, the temperature was difficult to control, so he touched the bottom of the distiller with his hand every once in a while.

When he was grimacing because of the burn, he quickly ordered someone to bring out firewood. One of the personal soldiers felt sorry for the admiral for working so hard, so he took the initiative to step forward to test the temperature, and then the one who was grimacing became that personal soldier.

But practice makes perfect, and after about an hour, the soldier in charge of stoking the fire finally got the hang of it, allowing the temperature of the distiller to be roughly controlled at around 70 or 80 degrees, which felt hot to the touch but not hot to the point of making one grimace in pain.

This time, Zhang Shikang finally succeeded. The distilled soup really turned light yellow, the same color as the cooking oil consumed in later generations.

Zhang Shikang, whose face was blackened by smoke, held the bowl of yellow liquid and grinned at Wang Chengen, Lu Xiangsheng and the other two who were also blackened by smoke.

Wang Chengen accompanied Zhang Shikang for the entire afternoon. He was old and exhausted, but he still smiled to show his support for Zhang Shikang.

Lu Xiangsheng was depressed. If he had known it was going to be such a mess, he should have left in the afternoon, even though there was nothing important in the camp.

But things are like water in a linen cloth. As long as you are willing to squeeze them, there will always be some.

It was better than pounding garlic here in the smoke and fire. He was the commander of the border troops, but he spent the whole afternoon pounding garlic here. If others knew about it, they would laugh at him.

Sun Weifan was also very depressed. He wanted to escape in the afternoon, but the excuse he found was not good enough and Zhang Shikang saw through it.

"With this thing, we can save a lot of brothers from dying in the future." Zhang Shikang grinned. Except for the exposed teeth and the white in his eyes, he looked particularly funny because of his pitch black appearance.

"If this thing can really save lives, your Excellency will have made another contribution to the Ming Dynasty." Wang Chengen said with a smile.

Although he didn't quite believe it, like Emperor Chongzhen, he always showed a bit of indulgence towards Zhang Shikang.

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head away stubbornly. Even though he knew Zhang Shikang was asking for praise, he refused to do so. He never liked to say nice things against his will.

At this time, the military medical officer in charge of treating the wounded ran into the yard. He was panting and looked very anxious.

“Sir! That Wei… Wei Dagang just drank that bowl of smelly soup and he actually…actually woke up!”

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