C3156 The origin of cowardice (2/2)

The king nodded, ”That's right, I have four large wineries of my own. They specially made the most ancient wine for me, and all the technological processes were according to the ancient books. As long as the winemaking instruments can be used, I will not use modern products!”

Xiao Letian stopped talking. He had found the root of the illness.

Xiao Letian knocked on the metal bottle in the girl's arms. ”Made of lead?” ”Hmm, it must be, this is the most common metal used by the citizens in the Ancient Rome era …”

The female servant poured a glass of wine for Xiao Letian. The leader took a small sip and his expression changed, he thought to himself, 'As expected, there's a special sweetness within the sour taste that isn't fructose …'

Xiao Letian put down his wine cup and pointed to his golden cup: ”I still prefer French champagne. I'm really sorry, I'm not a fanatical fan of Rome. Can you exchange my subordinates for champagne?”

”Sure! My cellar is full of fine wine, no problem... But did you discover anything? ”

Xiao Letian hurriedly shook his head: ”It's fine, it's fine. I'm just grateful that you put on such a big show!”

In Xiao Letian's mind, a series of research papers from the twenty-first century surfaced. There, he studied the destruction of the Ancient Rome Empire deeply.

One of the pathological research results was that during the prosperity of Ancient Rome Empire, from the aristocrats to the ordinary citizens, lead poisoning occurred in large numbers.

The empire had long since disappeared into the dust of history, but science had taught people the truth about that period. In numerous tombs and archaeology, scientists had examined the skeletons of many generations and found that many of them contained lead that exceeded their standards.

Moreover, in the archaeological findings, a large number of lead pipes, tableware, lead ores and lead blocks were unearthed in the Ancient Rome. It turned out that the Romans used lead as a very common daily metal.

Even modern man knows that lead is poisonous, but Paleogene doesn't!

In the Paleogene's eyes, lead was a type of metal that had a low melting point, was easy to manufacture, and was close to silver in brilliance!

Lead reserves on Earth were very high, and its metal extensibility was very good too. It was very convenient to make utensils, and was very popular among the citizens of the Ancient Rome era.

Of course, there must be gold and silver in the nobles' houses, but when there was no need to put on airs in daily life, the nobles also used lead containers.

There was also a fatal problem. The drinking water pipes in the city were made from lead, which would pollute clean drinking water.

Lead poisoning was everywhere, and the entire Roman society was enveloped in it!

Although the dissolving of lead particles was not fast, and human poisoning would not be as fast or fatal as that of the factories of the future, but it could not withstand the pollution of each month, year, and year!

The amount of damage accumulated over a long period of time was the most terrifying, but there was also another reason for it, and that was alcoholism!