It is said that the bronze mirror made by the Xue family has two special places. First, Xue's mirror is mostly antique, using antiques from the Han and Tang dynasties to turn the sand, relying on antiques to get the model, and then casting. In addition, when polishing the mirror, you must use lake water.

Or because of this impression, when Zhu Gaoxu saw Xue Niangzi again, he suddenly thought of the image of a clear lake. Although she was wearing a pink skirt and her hair was pulled up and combed into a graceful and dignified bun, she did not have the slightest pink, and her white appearance was beautiful. It's just a little plain.

When he saw the ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu made a false gesture, looked at her, and asked, "It seems that the shopkeeper of the Xue family has a reply?" ”

Xue Niangzi said in a gentle tone: "The master family agreed, and the slave family is also willing to take over this errand from the government." ”

"Very good." Zhu Gaoxu clasped his palms together and said, "Then it's done." ”

Xue Niangzi raised her head to look at Zhu Gaoxu in surprise.

Zhu Gaoxu said suddenly: "Our matter is finished, and then we will send someone to handle it." In the future, if the Xue family wants to contact the government, they can go to the South Bureau. ”

Xue Niangzi suddenly asked, "Isn't Lord Hou handling this business?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled: "I am not responsible for specific things. ”

Her eyes flowed like a lake, a faint look of loss flashed, and her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her, looked back at the screen, and said, "It's still early today, since we've met, Xue Niangzi will accompany me to a place." ”

Xue Niangzi obediently bent her knees slightly and said, "But listen to Lord Hou's arrangement." ”

So the two of them went out of the pear orchard and set off in Zhu Gaoxu's carriage. It was still the same three or four people who rode and drove the chariot with them. When they crossed the Qinhuai River and came to the street near Jubaomen in the south, the carriage was getting slower and slower, crowded and noisy outside. Leaving the north-south stretch of the main street and entering the side street, the carriage became as slow as a snail.

"When you get to the place where the shops gather here, you should probably walk." Zhu Gaoxu said casually, "There are still a lot of people on this cold day. ”

Xue Niangzi asked, "Where does Lord Hou want to take the slave family?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "A fat powder shop, I just went to do a small thing. ”

After a while, Xue Niangzi asked carefully, "What's the trivial matter?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said lightly: "One or two sentences are not clear. Xue Niangzi is not busy, right? ”

Xue Niangzi hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, not busy." ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled, thinking about it, no matter how busy she is, can she manage the huge court by herself? But then the carriage stopped again and was stuck in the street. Zhu Gaoxu opened the corner of the curtain and looked at the dense flags and the bustling scene outside.

He turned his head and said, "I suddenly remembered that someone said something that probably said that if there were no women in the world, there would be no use in chasing money. ”

Xue Niangzi said softly after hearing this: "This is really rare. ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment, came back to his senses for a moment, and said: "It may not be, but it is really interesting." There must be great business opportunities among women. ”

Xue Niangzi listened and did not respond easily.

The carriage finally arrived at the gate of a house, and on the antique door, there was a wooden sign: Tiansu.

The two got out of the carriage, and a small student greeted them. Perhaps a woman who could buy something here had to have a well-funded family, while a well-off woman generally did not go out to wander around, but let her slaves buy it. So the people who served the guests in this shop were men, and there was also an older woman, and a slave maid who brought tea and water.

Zhu Gaoxu came to this kind of place for the first time, looked at it twice, and asked, "Can you try it?" ”

Xiao Sheng, who greeted the guests, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

At this time, the middle-aged woman came over, looked at Zhu Gaoxu and the others with a smile, and said to Xue Niangzi, "Madame, please." ”

Zhu Gaoxu raised his chin: "Try it first, the pearl powder in this house is very good." ”

The middle-aged woman immediately smiled and said softly, "The guest officer is so knowledgeable." ”

Xiaosheng then greeted Zhu Gaoxu and Zhang Sheng, and went to the flower hall next to him to drink tea and wait. As soon as Zhu Gaoxu sat down, he reached out and took a small long box from Zhang Sheng, put it on a few cases and opened it, and several neat stacks of silver coins were exposed. Xiao Sheng stared at the box, and his eyes lit up.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said, "Is the shopkeeper there?" I'd like to talk to the shopkeeper about something. ”

Xiao Sheng bent down and said, "Wait a minute, guest officer." ”

After a while, a middle-aged man with a wide body and a fat body arrived, and he was also attracted by the silver coins on the table when he entered the door. He immediately bowed and said: "The contemptible person is the shopkeeper here, surnamed Su, I don't know the noble person's surname?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "My surname is Hou, a person from the government. ”

Shopkeeper Su's eyes changed slightly.

Zhu Gaoxu beckoned: "Come, sit down and say something." ”

Shopkeeper Su took his seat carefully and arched his hand: "My lord, please speak." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Your rouge gouache is made very carefully, but it is not easy to clean. ”

Su shopkeeper said: "The rouge gouache of Tiansu does not use the slightest cinnabar, lead powder and other things, most of them are ground with jasmine kernels, pearls, hosta pollen, and the rouge is made of red and blue flowers, with all kinds of pollen condiments, taking into account the color and fragrance......"

Zhu Gaoxu interrupted him a little impatiently and said, "I want to order a kind of soap for cleaning and give it to my family as a gift." There is a deposit in this box, if you are willing to take it, just give a receipt. ”

Shopkeeper Su hesitated a little and asked cautiously, "What kind of soap?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu waited for his words, and immediately took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, "Do it according to this, make it that can be used, give me a few yuan, and I will give you so much money." ”

Shopkeeper Su took the paper with both hands and looked at it carefully. After a while, he looked up and pointed to the letter symbol on the paper and said, "What does that mean?" ”

"Oh......" Zhu Gaoxu said, "The shopkeeper doesn't have to worry about that thing, just read the words." ”

There are two simple junior chemical formulas above, including lime reacting with water to make calcium hydroxide, and then reacting with plant ash to become potassium hydroxide. In Zhu Gaoxu's "Translation Collection" to the Fake Academy, there is also an incomplete periodic table, because he can't remember the latter part. Therefore, the merchant can't understand this thing, and the officials of the fake house may understand it.

The shopkeeper pondered for a long time, and then asked kindly: "Since adults know how to make it, why do you have to pay a high price for us to make it?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I am not a businessman. ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, speechless for a while.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "The money is not given in vain, just to show sincerity." After you make the soap, you sell it in various shops, and our market department has to collect taxes, and the Imperial Department has to extract the patent fee from the profits, because the process is ours. The reason is very simple, your family's craftsmanship will not be passed on to outsiders in vain if it is not beneficial, right? ”

The shopkeeper carefully asked, "What if the villains are not skilled and can't make it?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu gestured to the box on the table, "Then you can only get this deposit." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a while, he may not be able to accept it for a while, and there will be such a good thing in the world. When he came back to his senses, he put away the paper, nodded and said, "Done!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu reached out and pressed his wrist, "You can't take this thing, copy a copy." ”

The shopkeeper immediately turned his head and summoned people, putting pen and ink on paper.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The shopkeeper Su set up two notes, one of which clearly stated that he had obtained the skills of making soap from the Shouyu Sinan Bureau, and voluntarily paid the patent fee according to the 'new industrial and commercial law' of the imperial court. It's okay to write clearly, don't make trouble in the future and say that the government oppresses the people, and we will be annoyed. ”

"How dare you?" The shopkeeper laughed.

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "Once something is made, you have to provide a detailed process step and submit it to the Fake Yard of the Shou Yu Nan Department for archiving. When the time comes, we'll send someone to fetch it. ”

The shopkeeper was busy copying it, and then said: "Tonight, the villain will set up a thin banquet, and invite the adults to appreciate it, and then how about talking about it in detail?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said, "Isn't it already over?" ”

The shopkeeper thought for a while, and asked with a strange expression, "I don't know the name of the adult?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "We are not afraid of the shopkeeper defaulting on the account, just sign and seal it." ”

As he spoke, he stood up, the teacups on the table were full, and he didn't take a sip of the tea outside. The money in the small box was kept.

"By the way, take a box of those rouge gouaches and take them away." Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and glanced at Zhang Sheng. Zhang Sheng bowed.

After being busy for a while, it happened that Xue Niangzi had just dressed up the pink delicacy rouge of the Tiansu and walked into the lobby. Zhu Gaoxu looked at her, only to feel that her face was white and shiny, her eyebrows were beautiful, her lips were gorgeous, and she looked even more beautiful and delicate. He thought to himself, this thing is still useful.

The shopkeeper waited for the group to send them out, and Zhu Gaoxu and Xue Niangzi got into the carriage and took over a burden from Zhang Sheng.

The carriage was once again moving slowly out of the crowded street. After a long while, Xue Niangzi finally couldn't help it, turned over slightly, took out a bronze mirror from her arms, and looked carefully at the face in the mirror, her cheeks were slightly flushed, as if she had just drunk a few glasses of wine.

Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Do you like it?" ”

Xue Niangzi hurriedly put away the bronze mirror, and when she turned around, her eyes were a little wandering, and she bowed her head silently.

Zhu Gaoxu handed over the burden: "Let's get acquainted, I was more casual and didn't prepare anything before." Please accept this little meaning with a smile, and wish us success in public-private cooperation. ”

Xue Niangzi took it and looked up, looked up and said, "The fat powder that Lord Hou just bought?" So much? ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded lightly.

Xue Niangzi refused: "The slave family asked before, and the price they set was too expensive. The slave family is useless, how dare you ask for it? ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "A little bit of courtesy, don't pay too much attention to it." ”

The two of them pushed back and forth, Xue Niangzi looked up at Zhu Gaoxu, and the carriage suddenly fell silent. Xue Niangzi, who lowered her eyebrows in front of Zhu Gaoxu, also boldly looked him in the eyes for a while, but Zhu Gaoxu was a little uncomfortable, and felt that the atmosphere was a little weird. I didn't know what to say for a while, except for the noise outside and the "grunting" of the rickety wheels of the carriage.