Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 201 Glass Mirror
Zhang Sui saw Zuo Ci greeting him, so he stopped what he was doing, bowed to Zuo Ci and said, "I haven't met you, but I have heard of your great name."

"Originally, I needed help from you, sir."

“I didn’t expect to meet you here this time.”

"so--"

Zhang Sui smiled and didn't continue.

Zuo Ci asked, "I wonder what you want to do with me?"

Zhang Sui asked, "Sir, do you know how to extract silver from mercury?"

Zuo Ci was a little surprised and asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you still interested in alchemy?"

Zhang Sui scratched his face and said, "Not bad. I will use the method of refining silver from mercury to make a mirror."

"But I lack the materials to extract silver with mercury."

"The alchemist should have the materials for making elixirs."

"And I have heard of your name."

Zuo Ci: "Does the mirror need to be so complicated?"

Zhang Sui said: "My mirror is different from a bronze mirror. It is made of colored glass."

Zuo Ci: “.”

After a slight hesitation, Zuo Ci said, "I will leave Yecheng in the next few days and rush to Wudi to discuss Taoism with a fellow Taoist."

"Otherwise, I want to see it for myself."

"As for the materials you need, I will return to the Taoist temple outside the city later."

"When the time comes, I will ask the boy to deliver it?"

Zhang Sui hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

Thinking of what Zuo Ci said about going to Wu to discuss Taoism with fellow Taoists, Zhang Sui suddenly thought of someone in his mind.

Could it be that the alchemist Zuo Ci was going to meet was Yu Ji?
Thinking of Yu Ji's ending, Zhang Sui felt a little sad.

In history, Yu Ji died a miserable death.

He went to Jiangdong to preach and attracted a group of people.

From the noble families to the aristocratic families.

Down to ordinary people.

Even Sun Ce's mother was attracted.

Then, he was chopped to death in the street by Sun Ce.

However, in a sense, Yu Ji's murder was his own fault.

Sun Ce was not highly respected by many people in Jiangdong and was often assassinated.

You are a Taoist priest, but you can make so many people listen to you.

If I don't kill you, who will I kill?
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain.

Not to mention, how long did it take for Zhang Jiao’s Yellow Turban Rebellion to be suppressed?
In comparison, Zuo Ci is much smarter than Yu Ji.

He doesn't deal with ordinary people at all.

The people he dealt with were all dominant figures: Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others.

It will not endanger the rule of others.

Naturally, others will not try to kill you.

Zhang Sui waited for a while, and Yan Liang had already put on his coat and came out, calling Zhang Sui in.

Zhang Sui took a seat and looked at Zuo Ci still practicing swordplay. He asked Yan Liang curiously, "Should we invite Mr. Wu Jiao in?"

Yan Liang smiled and said, "Mr. Wujiao does not act like you or me. Even when he is with the lord, he is still so casual and free."

"If you go out of your way to ask him to come in, he'll get annoyed with you."

"Mr. Wu Jiao is a person from the outside world."

Seeing Yan Liang said so, Zhang Sui ignored him.

Yan Liang asked, "You, are you looking for me?"

Zhang Sui told Yan Liang the news that Tian Feng had revealed yesterday, and said, "Gongsun Zan has occupied Yijing in Youzhou and built a high city wall. It will be difficult to defeat him in a short time."

"In that case, why don't we first wipe out the remnants of the Black Mountain Army near Changshan."

"Firstly, we can use fighting to support our own warfare and train the cavalry's capabilities."

"Secondly, after we wipe out the remnants of the Black Mountain Army, we will have enough energy to follow the general to encircle and suppress Gongsun Zan."

"In this way, we can achieve two military merits."

After hearing what Zhang Sui said, Yan Liang pondered for a moment and said, "That makes sense."

"Well, you go back first, I will go to the lord later and tell him about this."

Zhang Sui rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "When the time comes, I want to go to Wuji County and Zhending County to take a look. I'll give the governor a heads up in advance." Yan Liang looked at Zhang Sui and scolded with a smile: "Do you have women in Wuji County and Zhending County?"

"I was wondering why you were so anxious."

“So, the wait is here!”

"Fine!"

"I remember."

"Don't forget, the animation you promised to give me before, get it ready for me as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, if you break your promise, I'll get mad. Once we get to Changshan, don't even think about leaving!"

Zhang Sui smiled and said, "I'll give it to you in a few days."

After bidding farewell to Yan Liang, Zhang Sui left.

But he didn't go far away.

Zhang Sui was waiting near Yan Liang's house.

After a while, Zuo Ci came out slowly.

Zuo Ci simply nodded at him and rode away on his horse.

Zhang Sui waited at the gate of Yan Liang's house until noon when he saw a boy wearing a Taoist robe and who looked to be about eleven or twelve years old riding a mule towards him.

Zhang Sui hurried forward.

The young man handed the two porcelain bottles to Zhang Sui and rode away on his horse.

Two porcelain bottles, one with a label: Mercury.

One had a label on it: Silver Water.

Zhang Sui took the two porcelain bottles back.

He found some sheep intestines, drew drawings of gloves and masks, and asked a maid in the house to sew a pair of gloves and a simple mask using the sheep intestines.

Afterwards, Zhang Suicai found two earthenware jars to break into the cave.

After moving the clay jar to an open area, Zhang placed two round pieces of colored glass that he had polished in Wuji County on the bottom of the jar, and placed the other side against the jar. He surrounded it with cloth to prevent the solution from penetrating to the other side.

After doing all this, Zhang Suicai put on a mask and broke off a branch.

Pour one of the bottles of silver solution onto the glass sheets placed in the two earthenware jars.

Open the porcelain bottle containing mercury, pour the mercury carefully onto the glass slide, and then use a branch to mix the two solutions evenly.

After stuffing the lid of the porcelain bottle in place, Zhang Sui quickly left and told others not to get close.

After nearly an hour, Zhang Sui went over wearing a mask and gloves.

The back of the glass lens has been covered with a thin layer of silver.

Zhang Sui repeated his previous action.

After dark and after dinner, he went there again.

He took out the two pieces of glass with chopsticks, wiped them clean with a dry cloth, and threw the dry cloth, gloves, and mask into the earthen jar. Zhang then sealed the two jars and buried them in the ground in an open space outside his home.

After doing all this, I returned to my residence and rinsed the two pieces of glass with clean water for the final time.

To be precise, it is already a glass mirror.

Although the bronze mirror is polished and shiny, it can still reflect a person's image clearly.

However, compared with the manufactured glass mirror, it is obviously far inferior.

Zhang then hid the two glass mirrors.

These two glass mirrors originally belonged to the second young lady Zhen Mi and Hongyu respectively.

Now that a Dayuan horse has been given to the second lady Zhen Mi, it is natural that she cannot be given any more for the time being.

After all, the second lady Zhen Mi is not his woman.

Nor will it be in the future.

But a daughter.

Still a stepdaughter.

You can't treat her better than you treat your own woman.

This still requires good boundaries.

Otherwise, it would cause misunderstanding and make the Second Miss Zhen Mi think that he liked her, which would be a big trouble.

The lady will go crazy!

There are two mirrors, one can only be given to Hongyu and the other to the lady.

The three-day holiday is almost over.

Next time when I have time, I will use the colored glaze pieces to make glass mirrors, one for each of the third lady Yuan Mi, Cai Wenji, the second lady Zhen Mi, and Zhao Yu.

That evening, a clerk from the government office brought a message: Ask Zhang Sui to attend the morning meeting tomorrow to discuss sending troops to Changshan and Youzhou!
(End of this chapter)