The happy life of a prodigal

How could this not make him angry?

Emperor Chu frowned, looked at Zhao Hao, and asked, "Hao'er, who is your master?"

"My son's master is named Fang Xiu!"

Zhao Hao said excitedly.

Fangxiu! ?

Chu Huang was slightly taken aback, and then an angry look appeared on his face.

It turned out to be this kid...

No wonder, a young man suffering from a brain disease who doesn't even have any fame, although he has shown some unusual talents, what qualifications does he have to be the prince's master?

What's more, what did he teach!

Stone and water to make ice?

I am afraid that the Taoist priests who bewitched the former emperor and claimed to be immortal masters might not dare to deceive so blatantly.

Seeing his father's angry expression, Zhao Hao asked puzzledly, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

Emperor Chu suppressed his anger, looked at Zhao Hao, and shook his head: "Father is fine..."

After a pause, he asked again, "Fang Xiu taught you the method of making ice from stones and water?"

Zhao Hao nodded seriously, and said, "Master also taught my son physics..."

"Physics... what is it?"

Emperor Chu was thinking about how to punish Fang Xiu, so he asked casually.

Zhao Hao replied with a serious face, "Physics is the principle of all things in the world, and it is also the principle of enlightenment. Master said..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the angry Chu Emperor: "The truth of everything in the world?

He is a boy suffering from brain disease, and has neither fame nor military merit. With the great achievements of his father and grandparents, how can he teach you the truth of everything in the world?

Even a sage may not know the truth of everything in the world, but he really dares..."

It was the first time Zhao Hao saw his father angry in front of him.

Although I was a little scared, when I heard my master insulting me, I still stubbornly raised my head, looked at my father, and said firmly: "Master is not what my father said, he taught me to make ice with water and stones, and taught me that stones fall to the ground at the same time. Also taught me..."

Seeing him like this, Emperor Chu shook his head helplessly.

This child is usually very smart, he only reads the Four Books and Five Classics a few times before he knows it by heart, so why was he bewitched by Fang Xiu.

Halfway through Zhao Hao's speech, he felt aggrieved to see his father showing such an expression.

After thinking for a while, he picked up an inkstone and a teacup from the case, and said loudly: "I have a question, I want to ask the godfather, if the father answers wrong, it proves that what the master said is correct, from now on, the father can't Let’s make up again to slander Master!”

The Celestial Dynasty governs the world with loyalty and filial piety. Loyalty means loyalty to the emperor, and filial piety... means honoring parents and mentors.

Seeing his son defending his master so much, Emperor Chu didn't know whether he should be happy or worried.

After a while, after all, he just sighed: "What if the answer is correct?"

Zhao Hao obviously hadn't thought about this question, thought for a while, and said, "A correct answer doesn't mean that the master is wrong, it can only mean that the minister offended the emperor and is willing to accept the punishment!"

Hearing these words, Emperor Chu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Zhao Hao with a little more appreciation.

Immediately, it became a little complicated again, with several emotions mixed together, including admiration, regret, and helplessness...

Loyalty but not pedantic, benevolence but not cowardice, this is the quality of a virtuous king.

Unfortunately......

Zhao Hao didn't know anything about his father's psychological changes, he just stood on tiptoe with great effort, lifting the teacup and inkstone in his hands above his head just like he was in the suburbs.

"Father, who do you think will land first, the teacup or the inkstone?"

Emperor Chu raised his eyes, glanced at the teacups and inkstones of different sizes, and frowned.

If two objects of different sizes fall at the same height at the same time, the heavy object must hit the ground first. This is common sense.

However, his intuition told Chu Huang that things would never be so simple.

Hao'er is an extremely intelligent child, it is impossible for him not to know such an ordinary truth.

Can......

Within such a short distance, it is impossible to make any other actions to make the teacup fall first.

After a while, Emperor Chu said: "Father, guess... the inkstone landed first."

Hearing this, Zhao Hao seemed to be relieved, with a relaxed expression on his face, and excitedly said: "Father, you are watching!"

Zhao Hao raised his arms to the same height, let go, and the teacup and inkstone fell to the ground at the same time.

boom!

Two objects of different sizes and weights fell to the ground, making only one sound.

"This......"

Seeing this scene, Liu Cheng on the side showed an extremely surprised expression on his face, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

Emperor Chu is not better than him, but he has been in a high position for many years, and he has not changed his face.

In fact, there was already a storm in my heart.

Zhao Hao was not too surprised to see his father, nor was he as excited as before, but he still raised his face and said proudly: "Father, you lost!"

Emperor Chu was still thinking about why objects of different sizes would fall to the ground at the same time, could it be... In fact, the teacup is heavier?

Hearing Zhao Hao's words, he seemed to think of something, and asked, "Fang Xiu also taught you this?"

Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Yes."

Seeing Father mentioning Master, he hastily said: "Just now Father promised this son, if Father guessed wrong, you will not be able to slander Master again..."

Chu Huang shook his head secretly, looked back, and glanced at Liu Cheng behind him.

You have no jokes, even if you are just a child, as the emperor, you can't fool around.

If this is the case, if people know it, how will the people submit to them in the future.

What's more, the word slander is too general, if that kid Fang Xiu made a mistake, it wouldn't be considered slander...

So, he nodded and said: "You are not joking."

Immediately afterwards, as if to verify something, he bent down to pick up the teacup and inkstone, and weighed them.

I found that the inkstone is indeed much heavier than the teacup.

Now, Emperor Chu was even more puzzled.

Repeated it again, but found that the result was the same as before.

Finally, he couldn't hold back the doubt in his heart, and asked, "Fang Xiuke told you why two objects of different weights fell to the ground at the same time?"

Zhao Hao shook his head, and said: "Master just told my son that even small things have hidden knowledge. Besides, not every problem in this world has an explanation."

Hearing this, Emperor Chu's face darkened instantly.

This kind of talk can only coax children.

That kid Fang Xiu probably only knows what it is, but not why.

1 Chapter Twenty

Zhao Hao thought for a while, and then said: "Master also asked my son a few questions."

Chu Huang said: "What's the problem?"

Zhao Hao hesitated for a moment, and said, "Why do the fruits fall to the ground when they are ripe, why does the water flow downhill, and..."

After asking several questions in a row, Emperor Chu felt like a thousand horses were galloping in his heart.

What are these problems.

But when you think about it carefully, it is thought-provoking.

All this...why?

After a while, Emperor Chu raised his eyes, looked at Zhao Hao, and asked, "Stone and water...can be made into ice?"

Originally, he just took this as a joke, but now after seeing the previous incident, he couldn't help but pay more attention to it.

maybe......

Can stone and water really make ice?

Zhao Hao nodded with a serious face, and said firmly, "The mung bean smoothie my father ate just now was made by my son from stone and ice."

Emperor Chu thought for a while and asked, "What's so special about this stone and water?"

Zhao Hao said: "Stone should use saltpeter, water is just water."

saltpeter?

Emperor Chu pondered for a moment, waved his hands, and said, "Go find some saltpeter."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Cheng hurriedly responded.

In less than a stick of incense, there were two basins of water and a bag of saltpeter in the Nuan Pavilion.

Seeing Zhao Hao standing in front of two basins of water, Emperor Chu thought that there would be some special movements.

I remember that when I was young, the first emperor advocated the way of immortality, and Taoists often entered the palace.

When those Taoists practiced alchemy, they would mutter words and do some strange movements.

But to my surprise, Hao'er didn't recite a mantra or use a talisman, but just poured saltpeter into the iron basin outside.

"Is this... okay?"

Emperor Chu was a little surprised and blurted out.

Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Father, wait for a while, and then you can see Bing."

Emperor Chu suppressed his astonishment, and stared intently at the small basin inside.

Sure enough, after only half a stick of incense, the inside of the basin emitted a dense cold air, and then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, it condensed into ice.

Although it was just smoothie and did not solidify, it still shocked him.

Turns out, water and stones make ice...it turns out to be true!

After the shock, there is contemplation.

Although saltpeter is not as common as firewood in the capital, compared with ice, it is only an ordinary thing.

In the past, every July, when the scorching heat was unbearable, people inside and outside the capital always suffered from heatstroke, and in severe cases, they even died of dehydration.

If the method of making ice with saltpeter can be promoted in the capital, how many people in the capital alone can benefit from it.

As the emperor of a country, no matter what happens, the first thing that comes to mind is the common people.

The Emperor Chu looked at the ice in the basin, touched Zhao Hao's head, and laughed loudly: "Hao'er, do you know how many people will benefit if the ice-making method is promoted in the capital... "

Zhao Hao shook his head and said, "I don't know..."

Emperor Chu glanced at Zhao Hao, and was about to say something when he heard his immature voice: "I have something to say."

Chu Huang was a little surprised, and nodded: "Let's talk..."

Zhao Hao raised his head, looked at his father with a pair of pure eyes, and asked, "I think that the common people don't care about the method of making ice."

Emperor Chu didn't expect that Zhao Hao, who was just a child, would have the courage to refute him. He was a little puzzled, looked at Zhao Hao, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Hao seemed to have thought of something, and said with a serious face: "I think that in the eyes of the common people, ice is not necessary, and making ice with saltpeter is certainly a great joy for the nobles in the capital.

But for the common people, it is meaningless, because even if saltpeter can make ice, they don’t have any extra money to buy saltpeter, all they need is a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chu was very surprised, looked at Zhao Hao with a pair of eyes, and said, "Continue."

Zhao Hao saw that his father did not reprimand him, so he became more courageous and continued: "I have the courage to ask my father, does my father know the meaning of these four words, the people are not living well?"

Chu Huang's face was a little dark.

I am a majestic son of heaven, when will it be a child's turn to ask questions.