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In a daze, Chen Xu woke up from his sleep, stretched out his hand and found that the water was no longer around, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the sky was already bright, the sun shone in through the bright tiles on the roof, the room was extremely bright, and there was a faint dust floating and churning in the pillar of light, with a long-lost familiarity and warmth.

Chen Xu lay on the bed for a long time, faintly listening to the laughter of Xing'er Yu Ji Chen Xi and a group of little maids outside the courtyard, and felt that he couldn't sleep peacefully, so he got up lazily, got dressed and pushed open the door, and he quickly squinted his eyes when the red sun shone on him.

"Husband is up!" Shui Qingrou, who was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, quickly stopped and saluted.

Chen Xu looked at the rosy cheeks and sweat on his forehead after the exercise with some embarrassment, and smiled and took Shui's gentle hand and said, "I don't know why you get up!" ”

"My husband worked hard for a long time last night, and he naturally slept peacefully in the morning!" The water bowed his cheeks softly and blushed.

Chen Xu's mind swelled up in an instant, and he gently wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and said, "Are you complimenting me?" ”

Shui Qingrou's face was even more blushing, and after putting the long sword in her hand into the scabbard, she said, "I'll go and call the maid to prepare washing and breakfast for my husband!" ”

After the water said softly, it drifted away, leaving only a faint fragrant breeze wafting in the yard, Chen Xu also rubbed the eye feces from the corners of his eyes, took off his coat and began to ...... Fight military physical boxing.

Ho ho hahe, more than ten minutes passed, Chen Xu finished a set of specious military body punches, not only tired and sweaty, but also provoked a group of maids who came to serve to cheer in surprise, only praising the martial arts of the Hou Ye of the family.

Chen Xutian shamelessly performed another set of radio gymnastics, and then he felt comfortable and satisfied, brushed his teeth and washed his face, changed his clothes and went to the restaurant.

Steaming steamed buns and porridge were already on the table, as well as two boiled eggs, a plate of tofu, a plate of pickled garlic sprouts, a head of sweet and sour garlic and a plate of spiced dried radish.

Although they are all ordinary foods and side dishes, everything is exquisitely made and clean, and it is definitely a natural and pollution-free green food.

Chen Xu also felt really hungry, the steamed buns and porridge eggs did not refuse, a few little maids stood next to them and hurriedly served, feeding water, feeding porridge, feeding vegetables, anyway, the scene is as luxurious as it is, it is really a meal to open his mouth to stretch out his hand, originally this kind of bourgeois decadent lifestyle Chen Xu has always resisted, but then slowly got used to it, he went to Feng Qujian Mengyi and other princes and princes to visit the mansion, and saw more corrupt scenes than this kind of life, sometimes the scene of eating is simply unbearable, Therefore, according to Chen Xu's current status, his lifestyle is already very conservative.

After breakfast, Chen Xu went to the living room with a full burp, and found that the living room was more lively than yesterday, four wives and a large group of maids packed the living room, and Chen Xi was also there in the apricot Yu Ji, everyone was making their own bags, and on the ground in the center of the living room, there were several large baskets of flowers and plants picked back yesterday, and the whole living room was filled with a strong aroma.

"Brother, look at the sachet I made!" Xing'er came over with a sachet to show off, looking a little embarrassed.

"It's beautiful, hey, what kind of petals are in it, so fragrant?" Chen Xu took it and sniffed it, and asked with a surprised face.

"I know, I know, Sister Xing'er picked the roses in the greenhouse last night!" Yu Ji also ran over with a bag and shouted.

"Just talk to you!" Xing'er glared at Yu Ji very dissatisfied.

Chen Xu didn't care, picked up Yu Ji's sachet and sniffed it and asked: "This is also very fragrant, there is a smell of medicine, what is in it?" ”

"It's a peony flower inside!" Yu Ji said happily and loudly.

Next, Meilan Zhuju and several other personal maids also brought the sachets they made to Chen Xu to see, Chen Xu also praised them one by one, only the cheeks of a group of maids were red with excitement, the situation was very lively, Chen Xu was also very happy, the family seemed to have not been so lively for a long time.

"Husband, there were too many flowers picked yesterday, and we can't make so many sachets, it's a pity that the remaining petals are discarded!" Looking at the room full of flowers and plants, Ying Shiyan's face was full of reluctance.

"It's a bit wilting!" Chen Xu grabbed a handful of osmanthus flowers and looked at it, and felt a little pity, the osmanthus cakes at home had been made a lot, and these petals were no longer needed.

"Why don't you let the housekeeper arrange someone to take it to dry, and when it dries, put it away and keep it to soak in water and bathe slowly, this osmanthus will be gone after the season!" Meng Wan also felt a little reluctant.

"Well, it seems that this is the only way!" Chen Xu nodded.

"It would be nice if you could refine the fragrance of the flowers and keep them, and the fragrance will dissipate when the flowers dry up......," Shui said softly.

"Refining?!"

A word woke up the dreamer, Chen Xu said a sentence in his mouth, and then excitedly hugged the water and kissed it softly and said, "Gentle is really smart, I have thought of a way to refine and retain the fragrance in the flowers, and in the future, you don't need to soak in the flower bath to fill the body with fragrance, haha, a few ladies are waiting for me at home with good news!" ”

Chen Xu laughed excitedly and went out, and quickly arranged for someone to take a few baskets of flowers and plants and ride a horse straight to Xianyang City.

And a group of women sent Chen Xu outside the door and watched the carriage gallop away, and then they looked at each other together.

"Sister Shui, can you really refine the fragrance of flowers?" Meng Wan's pretty face was shocked.

"The husband is naturally not wrong, but the aroma is an invisible substance, I don't know how the husband will use to keep it?" Although Shui Qingrou believed that Chen Xu would not open his mouth, his heart was also full of doubts.

"If the husband can really succeed, I'm afraid it's another amazing invention!"

"That's nature, I'm looking forward to it!"

A group of women chatted and turned around, leaving only a faint fragrant breeze at the door of the Houhou Mansion.

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Perfume is not a new thing, in fact, it has been used by human beings earlier than the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the earliest historical record is ancient Egypt, and it is rumored that the famous Cleopatra used fifteen kinds of perfume every time he bathed, and in that era, it was illegal for nobles not to wear perfume when interacting in public places.

However, to be precise, the perfume of ancient Egypt is actually a kind of sesame oil or balm, which is estimated to be similar to Chen Xu's small grinding sesame oil, after the death of the pharaoh and the nobles, they had to use sesame oil to keep the body immortal, so this so-called perfume is still very different from the perfume of later generations.

The history of Chinese perfume making is very short, the world's famous perfume brands are basically from the West, and Westerners use perfume for a long time, and the diffusion area is also very large, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Persia have been inherited, to the Middle Ages, perfume is more and more diverse and popular, has become a very representative luxury item in the West.

The reason why perfume was widely spread in the West in later generations, and the ultimate reason why perfume, as the oldest Chinese nation, did not appear is because Westerners have fox odor, but Chinese do not, so Chinese do not need perfume to cover the disgusting body odor.

And the Chinese civilization advocates nature, is not used to smearing messy things on the body, heavy makeup and glamorous makeup has always been a makeup technique that Chinese despise, thin powder, light sweeping moth eyebrows is the standard of Chinese women's makeup, and even many people admire the original appearance of clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving.

The four words of clear, quiet, light and elegant are the principles of the supremacy of Chinese makeup.

And the ghost makeup technique of eye shadow with deep eyebrows and scarlet blood lips in the West is an anti-human existence in Chen Xu's opinion, and when you go out after makeup, you must be killed by lightning to feel comfortable.

But whether Chinese need perfume or not, as a woman who loves beauty, she is naturally full of desire to have a charming body fragrance, and Chen Xu's four wives are so keen that they can also have a charming body fragrance, and Chen Xu is naturally unwilling to discourage their enthusiasm and enthusiasm.

If it was before, he really couldn't make a perfume, but now making a real perfume is almost a matter of course for him.

The perfume making process is not complicated, that is, the oily substances in the roots, stems, leaves and fruits of plants are extracted by means of distillation or pressing, extraction, etc., including Chen Xu's small grinding sesame oil and squeezing the means of tea tree fruit are considered to be making a natural fragrance.

Of course, it is not difficult to make the simplest perfume, but if you want to make those top perfumes such as Chanel, Dior, Gucci and Estee Lauder in the future, it is too demanding, Mo said that Chen Xu will not, even if he will, he can't afford to spend that price, but now that the chemical laboratory has a distiller, it should be no problem to make some osmanthus and chrysanthemum essential oils, and at the moment there is high-purity alcohol that has been distilled to the fuel stage, and there is no problem in making several different fragrances as a solvent. The only thing that isn't quite certain is what the effect of the perfume is made.

But at the moment, Chen Xu's purpose is very simple and clear, that is, he just wants to retain the fragrance of flowers, so that a few wives can have their favorite fragrance.

"Yu~~"

After several horse-drawn carriages entered the city, they came all the way to the engineering college, and then stopped in front of the chemistry laboratory.

There were two guards with big shoulders and round waists, wearing uniforms and hanging long knives at the door, like two wooden stakes and pestles under the eaves, but when they saw Chen Xu's carriage coming, the two burly and majestic men instantly changed into a flattering smile and ran up to help pull the reins of the horse.

"Master Hou, you're here!" The two guards nodded in greeting.

"Come down and move all the petals into the lab!" Chen Xu smiled and nodded before getting out of the car, and after giving an order, the accompanying coachmen and guards rolled up their sleeves and started moving, and soon moved more than ten baskets of flowers into the laboratory.