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The folk story about the legend that the Marquis of Qinghe was going to give birth to seven daughters is still fermenting in the folk, whether it is the Quyuan miscellaneous house or the field, everyone is talking about it, and the wind direction has completely changed.

used to feel incredible and regretful for Qinghe Hou to give birth to four daughters.

But now, it's all excitement and emotion.

The gods blessed the seven fairies to be reincarnated in the mortal world Qinghe Hou Mansion, and in the future, they will inevitably bless the wind and rain of Daqin, and all the people will be fed and clothed, so many embroidered girls and weavers even offered the tablets of the seven fairies at home and began to burn incense and worship.

And soon the legend was upgraded, the first emperor actually gave the four daughters of the Marquis of Qinghe 300 households each, which completely confirmed the legend of the seven fairies, that is to say, the emperor admitted the fact that the Marquis of Qinghe wanted to give birth to seven fairies, so the people were more pious, and some people began to raise money to build the temple of the goddess of the seven immortals inside and outside the city.

As this matter fermented more and more, Ying Shiyan's mother Concubine Yun and a group of concubines in the palace couldn't hold back, seven or eight ladies and concubines went out of the city with Feng to visit the four little fairies in Qinghe Courtyard, especially Ying Shiyan's two daughters, who were kissed by a group of emperor's wives, and everyone rewarded a lot of luxurious pearls, jade, agate and other precious jewelry.

"Alas, it's a mess!" After a few days in a row, Chen Xu was so depressed that he couldn't eat.

But the sin of his own creation has to be swallowed with tears in his eyes, and he can only wait for this matter to slowly subside.

"Master Hou, all the soaps from the Jingyang Daily Chemical Factory have been delivered, three hundred pieces of high-grade soap, eight hundred pieces of ordinary soap, and all the three hundred soap boxes you ordered the glass factory and the wood factory to customize have also been delivered, see when they will be sent to the palace!" The old butler came to report.

"Command all the cars to be loaded, and Ben Hou will personally send them to the palace!" After Chen Xu finished instructing, he went to the backyard to wash and change clothes, and at the same time let Shui Qingrou, Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan, Fan Caiying, and Fan Caiwei all pack up and tidy up, and prepare to go to the palace together to thank the emperor.

The emperor's four daughters regardless of their concubines were rewarded with 300 households, which made Chen Xu both confused and moved, and the emperor also invited him to take his family to the palace to enjoy the flowers and spring, this matter could not be delayed for too long, but if you want to return the gift, you naturally can't go empty-handed, Chen Xu prepared these soaps and soap boxes.

Now it is the mid-spring season of February, all kinds of fruit trees and flowers all over the mountains have already bloomed, Jingyang Daily Chemical Factory advertises in the newspaper to collect a large number of flowers and mint herbs, so in the last half a month, the Huayu Princess Mansion in Jingyang County is full of people every day, carrying baskets and carrying horses and riding horses to drive donkeys in groups, men, women and children have, all go to sell flowers, plus the fragrance of essential oils refined in Huayu Palace, this Jingyang County is filled with a kind of intoxicating floral atmosphere.

There are too many flowers and plants, and it is too late to refine them, so they can only be spread out and dried, but fortunately, Huayu Palace is large enough, and Chen Xu also arranged for more than 100 palace maids who were purchased after being dismissed from the palace to help, so he roughly arranged this matter.

With the refining of new essential oils, Chen Xu's soap industry can finally start large-scale production, and the daily chemical plant that has been prepared in winter has purchased a large amount of animal fat for refining and storage in winter, and Chen Xu has also prepared two hundred catties of sesame oil.

Now the raw materials are ready, after saponification, add some essential oils, stir evenly, and then put them into the mold to solidify.

At present, the soap has entered the normal production stage, with an output of about 300 pieces a day.

Among them, the soap made of sesame oil is colorless and transparent, and the soap made of animal fat is translucent milky yellow or milky white, so Chen Xu divided the two kinds of soap into two grades, pure transparent soap adds more essential oils, and will also add some carmine, gardenia, blue grass juice and other common pure natural pigments to make colorful high-grade soap, while ordinary soap adds relatively less essential oils and pigments, and because it is not fully transparent, Therefore, in terms of appearance and sensory, the two types of soap can be very clearly distinguished at a glance.

After these colorful transparent soaps are produced, everyone who sees them will be conquered by its beauty and fragrance, including the always tranquil and indisputable water softness can not withstand this extreme temptation, each color has to be hidden in the bedroom, Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan and several other women are even more crazy, Meng Wan even asked Chen Xu not to buy these good-looking transparent soaps, all for his own family, for this family to discuss and decide, in the future, this elegant transparent soap will be placed in Qinghe shopping mall monopoly, It has become another exclusive commodity in Qinghe shopping mall.

For the decision-making of several wives, Chen Xu naturally supported it with both hands.

Because although sesame seeds have begun to be planted throughout the country, the extremely low yield is destined to be the yield of this transparent soap will not be too high, and it is mainly used to meet the daily needs of ordinary people.

Although the effect of tea tree oil is better than that of rapeseed oil, Chen Xu did not plan to use tea tree oil to make it at all, because the yield of tea tree fruit is lower, it is more troublesome to collect, it is not enough to eat, and it is even more impossible to make soap.

Although these soaps have been made for half a month, Chen Xu still has people hoarding in the warehouse of Huayu Palace, he plans to hoard more, and wait until the bulk commodity fair in March to release it, and completely start the cheap and high-quality toiletries of soap, and then continue to accumulate essential oils, and wait until the autumn to purchase a large number of black tree seeds, you can start to promote cheaper soaps on a large scale, and maybe alabaster.

Because alabaster is now basically successfully studied, that is, the excess alkaline water in the mixture after the saponification reaction with potassium hydroxide is filtered clean, and then distilled water, glycerin, and flower essential oil are added and stirred while hot to become a milkshake-like paste, this kind of paste Chen Xu has tried, and it does have the effect of moisturizing and moisturizing the skin when applied on the hands and face, and it also has the fragrance of flowers and plants, which is not much different from the pechoin that was applied when I was a child, but if there is no strict reaction ratio and control of the reaction time, If the saponification reaction is not sufficient, the effect of the alabaster made is somewhat different, especially if the alkaline water content is too high, it is not good to apply it to the skin for a long time, so Chen Xu asked a group of alchemists in the chemical laboratory to continue the experiment, striving to find the best reaction ratio and reaction time.

Half an hour later, Chen Xu took his three wives, two concubines and four daughters to the east gate of Xianyang Palace by car, behind him in addition to a group of guards and servants who followed him all the year round, there were also three four-wheeled trucks, which were stacked with boxes of soap and soap boxes, as well as a batch of newly prepared perfumes.

If these things are worth no less than 200,000 yuan according to the market price, but in fact, for Chen Xu, most of the costs are labor costs and packaging costs, and the real material cost is simply negligible, and it is estimated that it adds up to 20,000 yuan.

But the emperor won't know, because high-value items are not calculated in this way, and there are production technologies that no one knows about, and even if Chen Xu's production methods of these things are spread, without the guidance and cooperation of the group of monks in the chemical laboratory, it is even more difficult to make a piece of soap than to ascend to the sky.

Today's wind and sunshine are very good, and it is a mid-year holiday, Qin Shi Huang is also a little bored, and he is drinking tea and enjoying spring chess with Hou Zhaohai in the pond of the imperial garden.

Hu Hai, dressed in a brocade robe, stood by with his hands down and watched.

The palace attendants all stood ten zhang away, and the entire imperial garden was full of hidden Xuanwu guards, and the guardian of the first emperor with the sword unsheathed.

A leader of the forbidden army guarding the gate of the palace came in a hurry, tall and strong, it was Zhou Bo, the commander of the Qianniu Guard.

"What?" Looking at Zhou Bo, Hu Hai's face instantly became much more serious, and he ordered Xuanwuwei to step forward and stop Zhou Bo.

"Prince Bing, Zuo Xiang came to visit with his family, and asked Gongzi to inform His Majesty!" Zhou Bo hurriedly surrendered his hand.

The corners of Hu Hai's eyes twitched slightly, and he nodded expressionlessly and said Wait a minute, then turned around and walked to the side of Qin Shi Huang, who was playing chess: "Father, the commander of Qianniuwei is here to report, and Zuo Xiang and his family are coming to visit!" ”

"Oh, the young master is here, just right, please!" Qin Shi Huang stood up excitedly, and with a wave of his big sleeves, he ordered the palace people to hurry up and prepare to greet him.

"Hehe, today's wind and sun are beautiful, and it seems that Zuo Xiang also wants to accompany His Majesty to enjoy the spring flowers, this time it is lively!" Zhao Hai also stood up with a smile and said.

"Of course, the young master got four daughters in a row, and I was very puzzled, but I found out the reason for this afterwards, and rewarded some items, and by the way, I invited the young master to bring a few little fairies to take a look, and the young master must have come for this today!" Qin Shi Huang smiled heartily.

"The story of the Seven Fairies is now spreading, it is really incredible, but Zuo Xiang knows the heavenly machine, there must be no mistake, the loom minister has also been to see, it is simply a ghostly workmanship, the structure and its exquisite complexity, I heard that the craftsman said that if you continue to improve, you will be able to weave a cloud-like brocade, this is God bless my Daqin, Your Majesty has to be assisted by the left, and my Daqin will be inherited forever and prosperous......" Zhao Hai sighed with emotion.

"Father, Zuo Xiangde Taiyi Immortal Zun taught three volumes of heavenly books, and he has been able to make incredible things many times, and he made a special trip to visit his father today, I don't know if there are novel items as gifts!" Hu Hai stood next to him and said with a smile.

"Well, you're right, the young master won't come empty-handed, and I'm curious about what it will be? Maybe...... It's a delicacy! The First Emperor said with a smile.

"I guess it's food, this is Zuo Xiang's specialty!" Zhao Hai agreed, and licked his mouth by the way.

"Haha, it seems that we haven't eaten the young master's food for a long time!" Qin Shi Huang laughed, waved his hand and walked to the garden gate and said, "Let's go, go and greet the young master, and take a look at the gifts by the way!" ”()

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