Anhydrous alcohol is toxic and can cause some harm to the body. Since Physician Ren was not comfortable handing it over to the doctors directly, he asked Lu Qiqi to help demonstrate.
"This is the first time I've encountered this stuff. Why don't you demonstrate it for us, Your Excellency? That way, the doctors at the pharmacy won't make a mistake and waste such a good thing."
These words were exactly what Lu Qiqi wanted, giving her the perfect opportunity to dilute the spiritual spring water into the alcohol.
Lu Qiqi thought for a moment and said, "Of course, I have a vat of distilled water in my tent, which can come in handy."
“Excellent,” said Physician Ren happily. “I will send someone to fetch it right away.”
We can't let Physician Ren go and get it directly, otherwise there will be no chance for him to switch it out.
Lu Qiqi quickly said, "Distilled water is most susceptible to contamination. Whether it's in a vat or a bucket, if it's not disinfected with alcohol, it might have the opposite effect."
Anhydrous alcohol and diluting with distilled water were both methods devised by Lu Qiqi, and the first alcohol extracted was very effective.
Therefore, he trusted her completely and never considered whether she was making things up. He let the imperial physician show his face and hurriedly ordered people to move the anhydrous alcohol to Lu Qiqi's tent.
Two attacks by the Tatars occurred overnight, resulting in a large number of wounded soldiers. This batch of anhydrous alcohol was just what was needed to alleviate the immediate crisis.
While Physician Ren was directing people to move the wine jars, Lu Qiqi took the lead and returned to her own tent.
There was indeed a large vat in her tent, which she had specially asked Nineteen to bring to store water, so that she wouldn't have to go into her space to bathe and make people think she never bathed or cleansed herself.
This also makes it convenient for her to get up early every day and wash up around 7 AM.
After all, there were guards patrolling and standing watch outside the tent day and night. When you left the tent and when you entered it were all under the guards' watchful eyes.
When she returned to her tent, she could see a large vat when she lifted the curtain.
There was a wooden lid on the large vat. Lu Qiqi lifted the lid, and the still water surface inside the vat immediately became like a mirror reflecting one's image.
So, Lu Qiqi snapped her fingers and collected all the water in the vat into the stream in her space.
With another snap of the fingers, the jar was instantly filled.
Looking at the spiritual spring water that was about to overflow the water tank, Lu Qiqi was very satisfied with her masterpiece.
Now all we have to do is wait for Physician Ren to arrive with the wine jar.
"Come on, be careful!"
Just as Lu Qiqi was leaning back in her chair, bored and almost falling asleep, the voice of Imperial Physician Ren came from outside the tent.
So she braced her hands on the back of the chair to support her waist, stood up, and lifted the curtain to go outside.
"Put them all here, and then move another table over there."
As soon as the tent flap was lifted, Lu Qiqi saw a large number of people outside, some carrying wine jars, some moving tables, and others directing the work.
After shouting, Physician Ren quickly spotted Lu Qiqi and strode over to her.
"Is the distilled water that the village chief mentioned in the camp?"
Lu Qiqi nodded, "Yes."
In the eyes of Imperial Physician Ren, a woman's tent was equivalent to her boudoir, and it was inappropriate to let anyone into the tent.
But we can't let Lu Qiqi do it alone, distilling water and mixing it with alcohol. So much alcohol, not only would she not be able to handle it, but even he might not be able to handle it.
After thinking for a moment, Physician Ren said, "I wonder if the village head would allow a few people to enter the camp and move the water vat out?"
Lu Qiqi had the same idea. When mixing anhydrous alcohol with spiritual spring water, she needed to wear a mask to prevent accidentally inhaling the smell of excessive anhydrous alcohol.
Moving the water tank outside the tent allows the natural wind to disperse the odor and reduce its concentration in the enclosed space.
But not yet, she said. "The water in the tank is about to overflow. Let's take some out before moving it."
Seeing that she readily agreed, Physician Ren nodded gently, "Very good, very good."
The table outside the tent was quickly set up, and a soldier carried a jar of alcohol onto the table, with two empty jars placed next to it as instructed.
The two empty wine jars were filled, and the water level in the vat dropped slightly.
Just as the soldiers were about to move the water vat full of heavy objects out of the tent by hand, Lu Qiqi stopped them.
“If you move it like this, you’ll spill the water out. Go find a long rope and two sturdy poles.”
The imperial physician, Ren, didn't know how to tie the slippery water vat with a rope, but he still sent someone to find one quickly.
The rope and lever were found. Lu Qiqi wrapped them around the water tank a few times, like braiding a rope, and then picked up the lever and passed it into the rope hole.
Lu Qiqi threaded the lever and said, "Alright, this vat of water weighs at least 300 jin. Let's get four strong people to carry it out."
Physician Ren swallowed the nonsense about how he could just carry it out, glanced indifferently at the water vat that was bound hand and foot, walked out of the tent and called four soldiers into the tent.
These four soldiers were very discreet, knowing what they should and shouldn't look at. As soon as they entered the tent, they lowered their heads and did not make any frivolous moves of looking around.
Two soldiers in front and two behind, the four soldiers shouted in unison and lifted the water vat with all their might.
The weight of the 300-pound water, plus the weight of the water vat, made the four men's faces turn red. Fortunately, they only had to carry it outside the tent, which was a short distance, just a few big steps.
The four men quickly carried the water vat out.
After setting the water vat down, Lu Qiqi simply loosened the rope a little, since she would have to carry the vat back after using up the spiritual spring water.
Imperial Physician Ren couldn't wait to lift the lid of the water vat and subtly sniffed the contents. As an imperial physician, this subconscious action was ingrained in his bones and couldn't be changed overnight.
However, Physician Ren couldn't understand how this colorless and odorless 'distilled water' differed from ordinary water, or whether some colorless and odorless magic medicine had been added to it.
While he was making wild guesses, Lu Qiqi had already ordered people to open the wine jars that had been sealed with yellow mud.
At this moment, she was wearing a black mask and gloves, and holding a wooden spoon in her right hand.
When Physician Ren realized what was happening, he saw her like this. If he didn't know she was making medicine, he would have thought she was performing a ritual.
He just had never seen a fortune teller who was so beautiful.
If Lu Qiqi knew what he was thinking, she would be furious.
She wears a mask to block out odors and prevent alcohol from getting on her skin.
Once the wine jar was opened, Lu Qiqi mixed spiritual spring water and anhydrous alcohol together in a 3:7 ratio.
When the spring water is poured into the jar of anhydrous alcohol, you can see tiny bubbles rising to the surface. Before long, the two liquids will blend together without any external stirring.
Lu Qiqi mixed a jar of alcohol and turned to look at Physician Ren, saying, "It's ready now."
As long as you dilute the water according to the ratio I described, the process is very simple.
Imperial Physician Ren nodded unconsciously. It was indeed simple; even a six-year-old child could handle it.
Lu Qiqi thought for a moment and then said, "However, the proportion must be carefully controlled, otherwise it will not be an anti-inflammatory drug but arsenic when used on wounded soldiers!"
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