Please don't force me to be a god.

Emperor Anyou said, "Mr. Zhang, please speak directly."

Zhang Tian said, "I need several kinds of minerals, and it is not convenient for me to search for them alone."

"If the emperor can mobilize the people to help me search, it will save a lot of effort."

Prime Minister Cai said, "Mr. Zhang, there is one thing I don't understand."

"You tell me."

Cai An said, "Mr. Zhang, you know all the gold and silver mines in the world, and you even know the reserves. Why do you need to find that mineral?"

"Wouldn't it be better to just point out the location and let the emperor send people to dig?"

Zhang Tian's heart "stomped".

I was careless and forgot about this.

At the beginning, I was only concerned with pretending to be cool, but I didn't expect that there would be sequelae.

Thinking about how many lies I have told since I half-heartedly pretended to be an "immortal", each lie is a trap.

If I step on it in the future, I'm afraid I will have to find a way to make up for it.

Seeing the emperor and the officials' puzzled expressions, Zhang Tian hesitated for a moment and said, "These ores are harmful to the harmony of heaven. The secrets of heaven have been obscured, and I don't know."

"It can only be found by mortals. Those who are destined can find it."

"Oh..." All the officials nodded in unison, "I suddenly realized it."

In his mind, he had already quickly filled in the blanks: it was nothing for an immortal who was demoted to the mortal world to calculate some gold and silver mines with immortal arts, and gold and silver were not harmful anyway.

But those ores that "harm the harmony of heaven" were not allowed to be found by heaven.

However, one question was resolved, and another question emerged.

Shangshu Shi asked, "What kind of ore is it? How does it harm the harmony of heaven? If the people find it, will they die?"

Zhang Tian said, "No one will die. But you can't come into contact with it for a long time."

"If you come into contact with it too much, you may get various terminal diseases that cannot be cured."

"Oh..." The emperor and the officials felt relieved.

Zhang Tian continued, "If you find a suitable ore, dig a pound of sample, put it in a lead box, and send it to Lin'an."

"Emperor, please find a remote and uninhabited place to store these samples."

"I will check regularly. If there is one that meets my requirements, I will decide based on the situation."

Many people think that uranium has radiation and cannot be touched. This idea is only half right.

It is true that uranium ore has radiation, but natural uranium ore has extremely low radiation.

Research shows that if a person carries about 1 kilogram of uranium ore in his pocket, the amount of radiation he receives every day is about the same as wearing a luminous watch.

As long as there is no long-term contact, there is generally no problem.

The reason why Zhang Tian asked to seal it in a lead box is mainly to protect those who transport and guard the uranium ore samples.

They will inevitably be in contact for a long time, so any protection is better.

Cai An said: "Since no one will die, then it's not a big problem."

"Please tell me what those ores look like, Master Zhang?"

Zhang Tian said: "Those ores are called: uranium phosphate lead ore, tellurium ore, silicon lead ore, copper uranium alum, calcium uranium mica, and copper uranium mica."

"Each ore has its own characteristics. Some are bright yellow, like ice flowers, and some are dark green, black, gray, etc."

"I will write down the detailed characteristics one by one later. You can copy them and divide them up."

Emperor An You was very happy and asked him to work as if he was rewarding him. He said: "Okay, I will draft an edict later and distribute it to various counties and towns to mobilize the people to search."

"Your Majesty, wait a minute." Shi Shangshu stepped out and said, "I have something to say, although it is unpleasant to the ear, I have to say it."

"But is it related to Master Zhang's search for ores?"

"That's right."

"Humph!" Emperor An You looked unhappy, thinking that the civil service group was going to make trouble again.

Minister Shi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly."

"If the court says one point, the officials below will dare to increase it to ten or one hundred."

"If the emperor issues an imperial decree to search the whole country, there will be countless officials who will increase the number of people to please the emperor."

"Maybe we only want to ask ten people to go out to search, but they will increase the number to hundreds or thousands."

"Some officials even use this as an excuse to exploit the people."

"The low-level officials are far away from the mountains. How can we supervise them one by one in the court under the emperor's will?"

"It's just the Lantern Festival, and it's almost Spring plowing is coming."

"If the whole country is mobilized, the lower-level officials will force the people to rush in, which may delay the spring plowing."

"Food is the most important thing for the people. If the spring plowing is delayed, the summer grain harvest will be poor, and the people will not have enough food to eat. At that time, there may be unrest."

"This is a matter that shakes the foundation of the country, so we must be cautious."

As he said this, Minister Shi bowed deeply to Zhang Tian and said, "Mr. Zhang, please forgive me. If it is not urgent, please give the court some time to make proper arrangements and slowly find it."

After hearing this, all the officials echoed: "Minister Shi is mature and prudent. It is indeed not appropriate to mobilize the people on a large scale when the spring plowing is approaching."Emperor Anyou looked unhappy, but did not refute.

He was not a foolish man, and he certainly understood what Minister Shi said.

However, after waiting for Zhang Tian to make some requests, he refused to do so. If he had the opportunity to become an immortal in the future, could he still expect Zhang Tian to help him become an immortal?

If the emperor likes something, the people below will also like it more.

In history, there were also some emperors who liked to collect strange stones, calligraphy and paintings.

For example, Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty.

He liked the stone composition in landscape paintings very much, and tried to reproduce the scenery in the paintings with actual stones, and personally participated in the carving and placement of stones.

He even wrote a book called "Shiqu Baoji", which recorded in detail the names, sources and peculiarities of various stones he collected.

During his reign, Jiajing vigorously collected and studied stones, and "spent huge sums" to purchase rare and strange stones.

Although in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, these stones were bought at a high price.

However, in order to cater to his hobby, the lower-level officials did not know how to do dirty things to find so many strange stones.

It was laborious and costly.

There is a folk proverb that specifically scolds him - Jiajing Jiajing, every family is clean!

In ancient times, the production capacity was not high, and a little mobilization of people's power would directly affect the cultivation of the fields.

Even in later generations, with developed information and smooth channels, ordinary people can directly log on to the national website and see official documents.

But in actual implementation, the code is still added layer by layer, which makes the people suffer a lot.

Zhang Tian has a historical perspective of later generations and knows that it is indeed not appropriate to mobilize the whole country suddenly.

Otherwise, I don’t know how much disaster it will cause to the people.

So he said: "Shi Shangshu's words make sense, there is no need to rush. Please make arrangements and look for it slowly."

As soon as this was said, all officials hurried to flatter him.

"Mr. Zhang is magnanimous and worthy of being called a god."

"That's right, that's right. If the people knew about it, they would definitely be grateful to Mr. Zhang."

Emperor Anyou looked guilty and said, "Thank you Mr. Zhang for your consideration. I am very ashamed."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. It's a good thing that you care about the people. My ore can't be rushed."

At this point, Zhang Tian sighed.

Even if uranium mines are really found, how to mine them is still a problem.

The first choice is the concentration problem.

One ton of uranium ore can't extract one kilogram of uranium, which means the content is less than 0.1%, and some are even only 0.05%, which is no different from panning for gold in the sand.

If it's just these, it can be piled up by manpower.

However, uranium often does not exist in a pure state, but in minerals such as copper-uranium-aluminum, calcium-uranium-mica, etc.

It also needs to be decomposed and refined. This difficulty is equivalent to rubbing a chemical processing plant by hand in ancient times.

Although some equipment on the supply ship can be modified and used, it is a drop in the bucket, and it is hard to say how much can be extracted.

Emperor Anyou felt relieved when he saw that Zhang Tian did not blame him.

He said to Cai An: "This matter is left to you. You must not delay the spring plowing, nor delay the search for ore."

Cai An's face did not change, and he said: "Your humble servant obeys your order."

This kind of thing has happened to him and the emperor more than once or twice.

Since it was handed over to him, it means that Zhang Tian's task is more prioritized.

It is just necessary to minimize the impact on the people, at least not to persecute the people to rebel.

Seeing this, Minister Shi sighed slightly.

He cared about the people, and just now he had said something to stop it, which was the limit. He could not expect the emperor to really consider the people.

What's more, since Zhang Tian appeared, he has repeatedly made extraordinary achievements, and even the rebellion was stopped because of him.

But there is no reward.

Not to mention the emperor, even he couldn't stand it.

Now, as long as we use some of the people's power without shaking the foundation of the country, people will turn a blind eye.