Daqin: White porridge and pickled mustard tuber, I became the national teacher

Chapter 172 Qi Pan and Ying Zheng briefly discuss modern smog.

"By the way, your old... no, what did your Majesty do?"

Eleven: "Sir, His Majesty went to the main hall to handle state affairs."

"Before he left, he told me that he would come over later to have dinner with the gentleman."

Qi Pan said as he wringed out the handkerchief to wipe his face.

"Okay, got it."

"Then don't pass on the food for now. Wait until Brother Zheng comes back."

Eleven: "Yes, sir."

After Qi Pan finished washing, the palace maid came forward and took away the washbasin and towel.

Just as she was about to go out for a walk, Qi Pan saw Ying Zheng, Fusu and Wang Wan walking in from outside.

"elder brother!"

"Xiao Su, Lord Wang."

Wang Wan: "Oh, sir, you are embarrassing me."

Qi Pan: "I didn't know Lord Wang's identity before, so my address to him was a little inappropriate. I hope Lord Wang won't blame me."

Wang Wan quickly said, "I dare not, I dare not."

"Sir, please stop making fun of me."

Ying Zheng looked at Qi Pan and said, "Sir, you haven't eaten yet, right?"

"Come on, let's go in and talk. We will have dinner with the gentleman today."

Pray: "Okay."

"It just so happens that I just arrived at Xianyang Palace and I'm unfamiliar with the place. It will be more lively to have you guys accompany me to eat together."

After sitting down, Qi Pan gave instructions to the palace servant Xiao Fugui.

"Pass the meal around."

Xiao Fugui: "Yes."

Fusu has always been curious about Qi Pan's identity and origin.

Before, because of Ying Zheng, I couldn’t ask, and I didn’t dare to ask.

Now that we have confessed our identities to each other, there is naturally nothing to worry about.

He immediately moved closer to Qi Pan and asked.

"Hey, sir, I heard that you traveled through time. Can you tell me what it felt like when you traveled through time?"

Qi Pan: “I don’t feel anything.”

"When I came here, everything seemed normal."

"As we walked, we got further and further away, and the road became more and more desolate."

"If there's anything different, the air is fresher and the sky is bluer."

Ok?

Fresh air?

The sky is bluer?

Fusu asked: "Sir, isn't the air fresh and the sky blue?"

Qi Pan: "Well, the air quality is quite poor, there is smog, and it is rare to see the blue sky."

Hearing this, Fusu was a little surprised.

"Ah? Is that so?"

"What is that smog?"

“It’s smog.”

Qi Pan thought for a moment and said, "Smog is a combination of fog and haze."

"It is mainly composed of a large number of tiny particles or water droplets and ice crystals suspended in the air."

"Fog is mainly formed by condensation of water vapor."

"Fog forms when water vapor in the air condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals."

"Haze is composed of particles such as dust, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and organic hydrocarbons in the air."

"These particles hang in the air, making the atmosphere cloudy and reducing visibility."

"Smog is a kind of air pollution phenomenon, which is extremely harmful to human health."

"It mainly occurs in industrialized and more urbanized areas, especially in winter and spring."

"To put it simply, it is something that is highly polluting and extremely harmful to the human body."

what?

Tiny particles?

sulfuric acid?

Nitric acid?

What is organic hydrocarbon?

Fusu, Ying Zheng and Wang Wan still didn't quite understand these professional terms.

But they understood that the pollution is serious, extremely harmful to the human body, and a threat to health.

Wang Wan: "Then people living in your world, don't they have to endure the harm caused by the smog all the time?"

"The spring and winter are exceptionally long. For more than half of the year, can't we even go out?"

Qi Pan said, "Even if you don't go out, you can't escape the smog."

"Besides, how can people not go out? Children need to go to school and young people need to go to work."

"Middle-aged people also have to go to work to earn money, and the elderly have to buy groceries and do odd jobs to earn money."

"There's also cleaning, running a small business, farming, and so on."

"You have to go out to make a living, and when you go out you have to breathe in the smog, even if you stay at home."

"Smog can also get into the house through the gaps in doors and windows. As long as people breathe, they will still inhale the smog."

After hearing this, Wang Wan said, "That's too bitter."

Fusu: "Yes, we have to breathe smog every day, and it is harmful to our health."

“This is too hard.”

Ying Zheng: "Is there no solution to this problem?"

Qi Pan: "Yes, there is, but it's too difficult."

Ying Zheng: "What method? How difficult is it?"

Qi Pan said, "This smog is caused by chemical pollution from factories."

"If you want to reduce pollution, you have to control factory emissions."

"But the factory's production and processing are all arranged based on orders and sales volume."

"Who doesn't want to make more money? There is money to be made, but if you don't let me work and make money, who will listen to you?"

“Even if you assign special people to monitor and supervise the exhaust emissions of these factories.”

"The factory can also find ways to discharge the pollutants secretly, or spend some money and use connections to smooth things over."

"When it comes to emissions, we turn a blind eye..."

"Factory and enterprises are related to the tax revenue of the town. If production is forced to stop, what will happen to the tax revenue?"

"What will happen to the factory workers? If they lose their jobs and income, how will their children go to school? How will they support their elderly parents?"

"There are too many problems, one after another, and it is difficult to solve them."

Wang Wan: “That’s true…”

It is indeed difficult to solve the problem from the source.

Ying Zheng asked, "Then what are the hazards of this smog to the human body?"

Qi Pan, "It's okay, I'm used to it."

"Wear a mask more often, exercise less on smoggy days, and drink more water."

"If you feel uncomfortable, go to the hospital and see a doctor."

Ying Zheng: "The people in that world of yours must have had a hard life."

Qi Pan: "It's not that bad. Everyone has their own hardships and difficulties."

She looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Life is not easy for people in your world either."

"There was little food, we couldn't get enough to eat, living conditions were difficult, and there were wars everywhere."

Fusu asked, "Sir, don't people in your world fight wars?"

"There will be no war?"

"Our world?"

Qi Pan said, "In our world, there are wars, too."

"However, our country is relatively peaceful, there is no war, and people live and work in peace and contentment."

"Overseas...there are still many countries at war."

"There are many reports on the international news."

It turns out that there will also be war in the world two thousand years from now.

Fusu: "What about you? Won't other countries come to attack you?"

Qi Pan: "No, I can't. Or rather, I don't dare."

"Don't you dare?"

Fusu looked curious.

Ying Zheng and Wang Wan were also looking at Qi Pan.