Li Liang looked at the government leader Park Dajing and said: "However, all my North Korean soldiers and horses have been dismissed by Li Zhi. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Even if the world changes, we don't have the strength to compete with Li Zhi. ”

Park Dajing said: "The king is mistaken, can't the king see the family members of the two classes of nobles? ”

Li Qi touched his beard and asked, "You mean to say that those family members can be used by us?" ”

Pu Da nodded and said: "Naturally, Your Highness, you see, these family members are dead soldiers raised by two classes of nobles, and they are all loyal. Now that the two classes of nobles have been plundered by Li Zhi, and the two classes that have not been looted have also distributed all the silver to the peasants, the good life of these families has shrunk greatly, and these people hate Li Zhi very much. ”

"In addition, Li Zhi said that he would cancel the two classes of nobles in the future, so what should these family members do? What to eat and drink? O king, what would you do if you were one of these families? Will you hate Lee for implanting bones? ”

"In North Korea, there are at least hundreds of thousands of these families. These people all practice martial arts, and everyone has weapons. At that time, if the situation changes and the king raises the banner of counterattack against Li Zhi, I am afraid that these family members will rush to the king's command like a tide and act as the vanguard of the revival of Korea. ”

When Li Qi heard Park Dajing's words, he thought for a while and nodded happily.

Li Yun's eldest son, Zhaoxian's son, Li Wei, was very nervous when he heard Park Dajing's words. He arched his hand at Li Liang and said, "Father, Li Zhi is too strong, and the original Great Qing Kingdom was so powerful that he slaughtered it. If we peacefully relinquish the throne, I am afraid that we can still rely on our previous wealth to become a rich man. If you go against Li Zhi, I'm afraid you will be killed! ”

When Li Qi heard his son's words, he was very dissatisfied and snorted coldly.

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In the Guogong Mansion, Li Zhi was talking to Li Xing, and suddenly smelled a foul smell from Li Xing's mouth.

Li Zhi thought for a while and asked lightly, "Li Xing, have you brushed your teeth and rinsed your mouth?" ”

Li Xing laughed and said, "Big brother, I brush my teeth and rinse my mouth every morning, and I also use the spices I bought in the spice store to make tooth powder." But brushing your teeth with salt water is not as clean as bathing with soap, and some odors are inevitable. ”

"Big brother, why are you so smart today, those farmers in the countryside can't afford tooth powder, they only use salt water to rinse coarsely every day, and the smell in their mouths is far bigger than mine!"

Li Zhi looked at Li Xing and felt that he should make a toothpaste that ordinary people could afford.

In fact, the people of the Ming Dynasty knew the importance of oral hygiene. Poor people would clean their mouths with well water and fingers, well-fed people would rinse their mouths with salt water, and slightly wealthier families would buy toothbrushes.

Feng Menglong's collection of folk songs in the Ming Dynasty "Two Alleys of Childhood Idiot" contains a southern love song: "Eat a mirror to make eyes, weave a basket with a dusty hair, toothbrush just waiting for you to speak, stumbling to bring tendons, eyebrow brush to sweep around, scraping the tongue and lifting the lips." "Not only is the toothbrush mentioned, but the action of brushing your teeth is also very graphic.

However, there was no toothpaste in the Ming Dynasty.

The richest of the Akito, brushed their teeth with spices on their toothbrushes. The "Incense Spectrum" compiled by Hong Shu in the Ming Dynasty introduced more than a dozen kinds of tooth powder, all of which are spices. For example, one of them: "one or two halves of agarwood, five taels of white sandalwood, one or two of Suhexiang, one or two of nail incense, half a tael of dipterocarp, half a tael of musk, and the above spices are pounded into powder and mixed into a paste with cooked honey." ”

Brushing your teeth with these spices made into tooth powder will naturally make your mouth smell fragrant. Li Xing uses this kind of tooth powder.

However, even though you cover your mouth with spices, you still occasionally get a stench because you don't clean the dirt in your mouth. It's like the best perfume can't completely hide the smell of a fox. What Li Zhi accidentally smelled just now was the rancid stench in Li Xing's mouth.

If the toothbrush is not clean, it will not only stink, but also rot the teeth. In this era, there are no dentists, and once the teeth are rotten, they will not be able to eat, and their life will be greatly affected.

Li Xing saw that Li Zhi was entangled in the problem of bad breath, and said with a smile: "Big brother, the box of toothpaste you gave me last time was very useful." If you think I've bad breath, give me another box? ”

Li Zhi shook his head and said: "It is made of potassium carbonate extracted from plant ash, and the yield is extremely limited. If you want every household to use toothpaste, you can't rely on it. ”

Li Xing asked, "What do you use to make miles?" ”

"We tried to make toothpaste with soap and glycerin. Use soap as an active agent, lime powder as a friction agent, glycerin as a humectant, and gum as a thickener. ”

Li Xing didn't understand what Li Zhi said, but just echoed and said: "That's good, it will definitely sell well if it is made." ”

Li Zhi nodded and began to dry. However, this time Li Zhi was not ready to do it himself, he took Li Xing into the soap factory, found a few craftsmen from the soap workshop, told these craftsmen the production process and raw material dosage he designed, and stood aside and watched.

The craftsmen were smart, and they only glanced at Li Zhi's list and said, "Grandpa Guo, this is to produce gelatinous soap?" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Make it and reward each person with five taels of silver." ”

The craftsmen thought it was easy, sang loudly, and went out to buy raw materials. After a while, the craftsmen returned with the gums.

The first is the production of soap and glycerin, which is a familiar step, which can be produced by the ordinary saponification reaction. Oils and fats react with caustic soda to form higher fatty acid salts and glycerol, and as long as salting out and alkaline precipitation are not undertaken, these viscous liquids are mixed together.

The craftsmen fished out some of the reaction products and added powdered lime powder and viscous gum to them, and sure enough, they got a paste containing soap and lime powder. You don't need to put a lot of gum, just put two spoonfuls in each box of toothpaste to have a good effect.

The craftsmen were very pleased to make the toothpaste, dipped some of it in the box with their own toothbrushes, and brushed their teeth with clean water.

Sure enough, the craftsmen brushed out a mouthful of foam. After brushing his teeth, the craftsman washed off the foam with well water, grinned and said, "Grandpa Guo, it's done!" ”

Li Xing was eager to try, picked up a new toothbrush and brushed it with this toothpaste, which was also foamy. After brushing his teeth, he licked his teeth with his tongue and said, "Clean, really clean, it's the first time I've felt my teeth brushed so clean." ”

Li Xing said happily: "Big brother, you can make a lot of money by selling this toothpaste to dignitaries and nobles in the world." If a box of toothpaste sells for one or two silver, and there are 100,000 rich people in the world using it, it will be a big business of millions a year. ”

Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "Selling to dignitaries, sales depend on the support of the gentry." Now we have a tense relationship with the southern gentry, and maybe one day the market will be cut off, and it is too unsafe. If I sell this toothpaste to the people, if a box is sold cheaply for 30 yuan, more than 10 million people in four provinces and one town will also use one or two million taels of silver toothpaste a year, which is also a big deal. ”

Li Xing smiled: "Then it's okay, now the people can clean their teeth." ”