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    Hearing Yuan Tiangang's words, not only Li Min and others behind him were stunned, but even Li Yexu immediately stopped, took a few steps back and asked hesitantly: "Old God um~ Taoist priest Yuan, are you telling the truth?  "

    "A poor Taoist never lies!" Yuan Tiangang made a Taoist salute and said seriously.

    "Taoist Yuan, can a person's appearance also change?" Before Li Yexu could speak, Li Jingye next to him rushed to ask.

    After hearing this, Yuan Tiangang smiled and explained: "The so-called face is actually the appearance of a person's luck. Therefore, if the luck changes, the person's face will also change accordingly. However, this change is very small. Most people  It¡¯s hard to see.¡±

    Hearing Yuan Tiangang¡¯s explanation, the look of hope on Li Yexu¡¯s face greatly increased, and he immediately stood up and asked the other party to help him read his fortune.  Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye also gathered around. Although Li Min didn't believe it, it was related to Li Yexu's future, so he was also very interested and stepped forward to hear what Yuan Tiangang had to say.

    I saw the other party carefully looking at Li Yexu, while the fingers of his right hand were calculating quickly.  During this period, Yuan Tiangang's expression was very solemn. It seemed that this kind of calculation consumed a lot of mental energy. In such a short moment, slight sweat appeared on his forehead.

    "As expected!" At the end of the calculation, Yuan Tiangang let out a long breath and said a little tired and helplessly, "Don't worry, Mr. Li, your appearance has indeed changed. As for Duke Wei, Pindao will naturally explain it.  !¡±

    When the uneasy Li Yexu heard what the other party said, he immediately jumped up with joy. Cheng Hualiang and Qin Hualiang were also happy for him, and they surrounded Yexu and punched him excitedly.  But just when they were happy, Li Min found that Li Jingye also walked up to Yuan Tiangang with a worried look on his face. Just when he was about to speak, Yuan Tiangang spoke again: "Don't worry, Mr. Jingye, I killed the army for you back then."  The criticism in the book, but now you are the same as Mr. Li. Your appearance has changed long ago. And in the future, you will be the general who opens up territories and expands the territory."

    Cheng Huailiang and the others were excited, and Yuan Tiangang's voice was not high, so they did not hear it. However, Li Min, who had been paying attention here, heard it clearly, especially when he heard Yuan Tiangang say that Li Jingye  When he was ordered to die in the army, he was extremely surprised, because as far as he knew, Li Jingye had indeed raised an army to rebel because he opposed Wu Meiniang.  As a result, he died in the rebellion.

    "It seems that this old magician still has some abilities, and he doesn't rely entirely on deception. Is there really such a magical physiognomy in this world?" Li Min murmured to himself.  After Li Jingye heard that his destiny had changed, he immediately transformed into the second Li Yexu. He jumped up and down with joy. However, unlike Li Yexu, Cheng Huailiang and the others did not know that Li Jingye was still alive.  There were criticisms from the Hengshi Army, so he was 'excessive' in his excitement.  I thought he was Ye Xu's brother-in-law.  I'm happy for my uncle.

    After venting his excitement, Li Yexu did not forget to thank Yuan Tiangang. After all, he still had to rely on him to convince his stubborn grandfather.  It just so happened that Li Min had the best chef and fine wine here, and Yuan Tiangang was his guest, so Li Yexu borrowed flowers to offer sacrifices to the Buddha and asked Li Min to hold a banquet. They entertained Yuan Tiangang well.

    Actually speaking, it was because of Yuan Tiangang¡¯s original comments.  Li Yexu has suffered for so many years. If it were another person, it would be difficult to forgive Yuan Tiangang on the spot.  However, Li Yexu has always been a heartless person. He doesn't hold grudges against anyone. He beat you to death just now, but the next second he may become your brother. Li Min and the others also know this.  Even everyone admires this most about him.

    Li Yexu and Li Jingye were the two drinkers among the crowd, but maybe because they were too happy, they almost drank the wine as water today, and they didn't refuse anyone who came.  Li Min and the others succeeded once. Halfway through the banquet, the two of them were lying on the table doing drunken punches.

    After the banquet, Cheng Huailiang and Qin Huaiyu took the two drunkards out and sent them back to their houses respectively. Yuan Tiangang just came back today and had something to see Li Min, so he stayed at his house that day.  After the banquet, Li Min and Yuan Tiangang came to their study room. After asking everyone to leave, they smiled and said, "Dao Zhang Yuan, why did you come to Chang'an so quietly? You didn't even bother me in advance."  Prepare, and almost let Ye Xu collide with the Taoist priest, it is really rude!"

    "Haha, your highness is serious. Pindao is just an idle cloud and wild crane. As your highness, there is no need to prepare. As for leaving Dengzhou, firstly, Pindao has a loose temper and doesn't like to stay in one place for too long. In addition,  I was also entrusted by my disciple to report the problem of the steam engine to His Highness." Yuan Tiangang felt that Li Min seemed to be a lot more polite to him today, but he had long been a character who was unfazed by favors, so he didn't express anything special and still smiled.  He said hehe.

      Upon hearing that the other party came to report to him about the steam engine, Li Min suddenly became energetic. In order to solve the problem of steam engine leakage last time, he sent people to Chang'an to take away a lot of gum. Now he doesn't know the effect.  how's it going?  At that moment, he asked with some urgency: "Daozhang Yuan, what did Yifan say? How is the steam engine doing now?"

    "Your Highness, the glue from the fig tree is indeed good, but in terms of wear resistance, it still doesn't meet the requirements." The first half of Yuan Tiangang's sentence made Li Xin happy, but the second half made him pour a basin of cold water on him.  , Fortunately, he hadn't finished speaking yet, and the following news finally made Li Min feel better.

    "However, although the rubber does not meet the requirements, it still has some effects. The steam engine improved by Yifan and sealed with rubber can reach a maximum power of about five horsepower. However, because the rubber is easy to wear, this maximum power  It can't be maintained for too long, and generally it can only be maintained at about three horsepower." Yuan Tiangang still said unhurriedly.  The horsepower and power he mentioned were all introduced by Li Min after the invention of the steam engine. Apart from the craftsmen involved in the design of the steam engine, only Li Min could understand it in the entire Tang Dynasty.

    "Although three horsepower is a little less, it is still a good achievement to triple the power in a short period of time." Although Li Min praised him, he couldn't help but frown. Now is the beginning stage of the steam engine, so increasing  Three times the power may seem like a lot, but it is actually not that difficult. The further you go to increase the power, the more difficult it becomes.

    Yuan Tiangang has seen all kinds of life in his life, and he understands what Li Min is thinking at a glance. He still said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't be anxious. In addition to telling you this matter, I have another very important thing to do when I come to Chang'an this time."  There's something important to do, and it has something to do with steam engines."

    "Oh, what's that?" Li Min asked impatiently, thinking at the same time, this Yuan Tiangang is good at everything, he just likes to talk about it, why don't he tell everything at once?

    "Your Highness, although the rubber of the fig tree is inferior in wear resistance, we have tested countless materials before and none of them are better than this kind of rubber. So I came to Chang'an this time just to find some Taoist friends.  Please help and enhance its wear resistance. I think there are countless capable people in the Tang Dynasty, so we will definitely be able to find a solution!" Yuan Tiangang said with confidence.

    In the era of the Tang Dynasty, compared with Confucianism and Buddhism, the influence of Taoism was not weak at all. Even if the power of Taoism was brought together, the influence of Buddhism and Confucianism would only be stronger than that of Taoism. However, Taoism has one of the biggest  The shortcoming is that there are many sects, and there are at least a thousand schools of large and small schools. Although each school's doctrine is derived from Laozi's Tao Te Ching, the Tao Te Ching is broad and profound, and each person has his or her own understanding, and the developed school theories  There are also many kinds of schools, and the disciples in the sect have their own strengths.

    It is precisely because of this that the Taoist sect is actually more like a gathering place of hundreds of schools of thought. There are all kinds of talents in the sect, such as those who study medicine like Sun Simiao, those who play mathematics like Li Chunfeng, and those who do fortune-telling like Yuan Tiangang.  Wait, in addition, because alchemy is popular in Taoism, gunpowder was first invented by those alchemists who were not afraid of death. Moreover, in the process of alchemy, the Taoist priests accumulated a lot of knowledge in chemistry and physics, and even created many weird and weird things.  It was something that even Li Min, a later generation, could not understand.  So when Yuan Tiangang encountered the problem of rubber wear resistance, he thought of his colleagues in the Taoist sect and asked them to find a solution.

    After Li Min heard Yuan Tiangang's idea, he also appreciated it very much. However, when he heard about the wear resistance of rubber, a light suddenly flashed in his mind. He remembered learning from the chemistry textbooks of later generations that when producing rubber,  It seems that in order to increase the wear resistance of rubber, something must be added to the rubber, but it is a pity that no matter how Li Min is, he can't remember what that additive is?

    This made Li Min very anxious. Although the additive was added to rubber, I wonder if it would be effective if added to fig tree gum?  But that's always a chance. After all, rubber is a kind of gum, so the additive is likely to work on other gums as well.

    But everyone has a problem, that is, the more anxious they are, the harder it is to remember.  Li Min almost thought about it, but in the end he still had no clue. He felt very angry at the moment. Why didn't he study hard in the first place? Now he finally realized what it feels like to hate less when the book is used.

    Seeing Li Min sweating profusely, Yuan Tiangang wanted to ask several times, but was stopped by Li Min.  When he finally saw him lowering his head in frustration, Yuan Tiangang said: "Your Highness, as soon as I entered Chang'an, I heard that Your Highness was preparing for the military academy. And while I was in the city, I also met fellow Taoist Sun Simiao.  Hearing him say that His Highness is also going to establish a Datang Medical College, specifically for the promotion of medicine. Such a move to benefit all people really makes Pindao admire him, but Pindao also has an idea from this??, I kindly ask Your Highness to help me a little bit!  "

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