It was simply too difficult.
Very few people could even understand the mass-energy equation and chain reactions proposed by the other side, let alone the related purification methods.
Conservatively speaking, it would take at least fifteen years of technological accumulation and infrastructure construction before there was even the slightest chance of success.
Yet after Lu Zhi received it, she immediately issued an edict and lavishly rewarded that Western physicist.
"By Heaven's Mandate, the Emperor decrees: There is now a Westerner named Alan, who has generously demonstrated great righteousness and presented the means to peace."
"...He is hereby named Marquis of Xuancheng and granted ten thousand taels of gold, one hundred thousand taels of silver, and a residence outside the Imperial Hospital."
It would take a long time.
But that did not matter. She was still here.
She transformed from an Empress Dowager into a female physicist...
Every day, she wandered through all manner of physics problems.
Yet no one could understand the formulas she wrote.
Even Marquis Ai could not understand them.
Even she herself had forgotten what her original ability was.
It was not until that Westerner proposed a solution that she finally understood.
All at once, demand for paper, blackboards, chalk, and fountain pens surged throughout the entire harem.
The princes and princesses were all astonished by the Empress Dowager.
They had not expected the Empress Dowager to be driven to such lengths.
"Old Ancestor is truly pitiful. To defeat the enemy, she has to study physics herself."
"Physics is the crown of the natural sciences. It's far too difficult. I couldn't understand anything after learning the Three Laws of Mechanics."
"I'm better than you. At least I learned that light is actually a wave."
The princes and princesses chattered away, all filled with admiration for their immortal