Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 253 Alarmism
"You want to read the collection?" Zhao Kuo was very surprised to hear Zhang Qingfeng's words.

"Yes, the official family, I like to read all kinds of books since I was a child, but because the books at home are limited, even if I read all the books in the academy, there are not many, so..." Zhang Qingfeng said to Zhao Kuo.

"Since you are so eager to learn, I will naturally not fail to be beautiful, and I will accept your request." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.

In his opinion, letting Zhang Qingfeng see the books in the palace was not a big deal.

"Thank you, the official family." Zhang Qingfeng thanked him.

"Official, I don't know if I can talk about something." At this time, Zhang Qingfeng said to Zhao Kuo with some hesitation.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Zhao Kuo said to Zhang Qingfeng.

"That's right." Zhang Qingfeng thought for a while and said, "It's just that I discovered that the rouge powder used by the imperial concubine is poisonous."

"what?"

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, both Zhao Kuo and Yang Guizhi were shocked.

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Kuo asked Zhang Qingfeng sternly.

The royal family is very taboo about poisoning.

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Yang Guizhi turned pale with fright.

"Back to the official's house, Concubine Yang's rouge gouache contains lead, but lead is poisonous." Zhang Qingfeng said to Zhao Kuo and Yang Guizhi.

"Lead? How can lead be poisonous?" Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's painting, Zhao Kuo was a little disbelieving.

"Officials, don't believe me, this lead is a slow poison, and it cannot kill people immediately."

Zhang Qingfeng explained: "People who are poisoned by lead will not die immediately, but will accumulate slowly, affecting their health and making them short-lived."

After a pause, Zhang Qingfeng continued: "If you are in contact with things with lead for a long time, your health will deteriorate and you will get sick easily. If a woman is poisoned by lead, it will affect her fertility, and it will be difficult to give birth to a child. Even if she does, it will be easy. Deformed babies or premature babies."

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Yang Guizhi's face turned pale with fright.

Zhao Kuo, who was on the side, also had a heavy expression on his face.

"Are you saying that if a woman uses rouge and gouache, her children will die prematurely?" Zhao Kuan asked Zhang Qingfeng.

Hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Zhang Qingfeng said: "It's not rouge gouache, and rouge gouache with lead, as long as it contains lead, it will poison people if exposed to too much."

Zhang Qingfeng said: "For example, some alchemists will add lead and mercury to the alchemy. The alchemy produced in this way will be poisonous if eaten. died in a year or ten years."

"You mean, the alchemy is also poisonous?" Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Zhao Kuo's face turned pale.

Recently, he found some alchemists to prepare alchemy, and now he heard Zhang Qingfeng say that alchemy is poisonous, how could he not be afraid.

"Yang Sanlang, are what you said true?" Zhao Kuo asked Zhang Qingfeng with a very stern tone.

"Officials, what I said is true, if you don't believe it, you can find animal experiments, mice, cats and dogs, soak water with lead powder, and then let these animals drink it. These animals eat lead water directly, or else They will be poisoned in half a month." Zhang Qingfeng said to Zhao Kuo.

"Yang Sanlang, you mean, as long as there is lead in anything, it is poisonous?" Yang Guizhi asked Zhang Qingfeng from the side.

"That's right. As long as you are in contact with things containing lead for a long time, such as drinking from lead-containing utensils or eating from lead-containing bowls, you will be exposed to lead poisoning over time."

Zhang Qingfeng said: "In the west far away from our Great Song Dynasty, there is a country that is more powerful than the Great Song Dynasty, called the Roman Empire."

"In the Roman Empire, the nobles of the Roman Empire used lead to make water pipes for drinking water, and also used lead-containing metals to make various drinking and drinking utensils. Years, and many people are unable to have offspring, and the offspring they give birth to are also very unhealthy, which eventually leads to their very thin population of offspring." Zhang Qingfeng said to Zhao Kuo.

"Where did you hear this?" Zhao Kuo asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Returning to the official's house, a few years ago, I met a traveler who came back from the West. He traveled to many countries in the Western Regions. He told me these things. I have a photographic memory, so I remember clearly." Zhang Qingfeng turned to Zhao Expand said.

"Is everything you said true?" Zhao Kuo didn't believe it.

"Everything I said is true. There is absolutely no lie." Zhang Qingfeng said in a serious tone.

"Yang Sanlang, you said something that contains lead, so what kind of thing has lead?" Yang Guizhi asked Zhang Qingfeng from the side.

"Back to the imperial concubine, there are many things that contain lead, such as bronze ware, tin ware, glazed pottery and so on." Zhang Qingfeng said: "Of course, there is also the rouge gouache made from the lead powder you used, all of which contain lead. .”

"No wonder, no wonder."

At this time, Zhao Kuo seemed to have thought of something, so it's no wonder he said two things in a row.

"Officials, what's the reason?" Yang Guizhi asked Zhao Kuo.

"It's no wonder my son was weak and sick since he was a child, and he died so early. It's no wonder that Renzong and Zhezong didn't have any heirs. It's no wonder that my royal family in the Song Dynasty was weak and sick since childhood, but the rest of the clan are thriving." Zhao Kuo used a sense of relief. Said in a clear tone.

"This..." After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Yang Guizhi didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zhang Qingfeng, who was on the side, heard Zhao Kuo's words and remembered that there seemed to be five emperors in the Song Dynasty who had no heirs. They were either infertile or all the children they gave birth to died young.

In order to choose an heir, they all adopted from other people in the clan.

If the history does not change, it seems that Song Ningzong Zhao Kuo has no heirs, and then adopted an heir under the name of other members of the clan.

However, the scarcity of people in the royal family of the Song Dynasty seems to have nothing to do with lead, right?There is no record in history.

Historically, it seems that only the ancient Roman Empire was thought to have declined due to lead poisoning.

However, although there is no record in history, the royal family of the Song Dynasty was indeed underpopulated.Moreover, many emperors died at a young age, and the proportion of premature deaths is also very high. I don't know if this has something to do with lead poisoning.

But it doesn't matter whether there is any relationship now. What matters is that Zhao Kuo seems to take this matter very seriously.

"Yang Aiqing, help me check and see if there is lead in the palace." Zhao Kuo said to Zhang Qingfeng.

"Here, officials, why don't you try some animals to see if lead is poisonous?" Zhang Qingfeng said.

"I will definitely try it, but whether it is true or not, I would rather believe it than believe it." Zhao Kuo said to Zhang Qingfeng.

Zhang Qingfeng said that the consequences of lead poisoning are so terrible, even if the final test is that lead is not poisonous, he will not dare to use things with lead.

(End of this chapter)