After not taking a bath for many days, Zhu Youzhen decided to take a bath and then sleep, turned his head to the little eunuch standing outside the study and said, "Come on, bring the bathtub and soap cream, I want to wash my body." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Wang Chengen saw that the Son of Heaven was going to take a bath, so he hurriedly went up to offer the treasure and said: "Emperor, the slave recently got a few pieces of soap, which are used to wash clothes and bodies, and they are extremely clean. The minion has tried it a few times, and the effect is excellent, do you want to try it. ”

"Oh? Give it a try! ”

Wang Chengen took out a brand new piece of soap from his arms and sent it to Zhu Youzhen's hand.

"How does this work?"

"It's the same as soaphorn cream, rub it with water and wipe it a few times to lather, and it's fine."

Zhu Youzhen looked at the brown-yellow cuboid in his hand and nodded.

It didn't take long for the little eunuch outside the door to bring a bathtub and a screen, and set up a bathhouse in the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Youzhen didn't like to be served by others when he took a bath, so he jumped into the bathtub alone and began to wash his body with the soap.

Wang Chengen stood behind the screen a little nervously, waiting for the trial evaluation of the Son of Heaven. In the middle of the ring, Wang Chengen heard the emperor's exclamation behind the screen: "There is a lot of foam, this soap is more powerful than soap cream!" ”

The emperor really liked this soap, Wang Chengen was overjoyed, and hurriedly replied: "When the slave uses it, it also washes out a lot of foam, which is indeed better than soap cream." ”

Not long after, Wang Chengen heard the emperor's exclamation again: "It's clean, it's all washed at once!" ”

Hearing the voice of the Son of Heaven, Wang Chengen knew that he had succeeded in offering the treasure, and he couldn't help but smile behind the screen.

After a while, much faster than the usual bathing time, Zhu Youzhen had already dried himself and walked out in his middle coat.

"Wang Chengen, your soap is good, not to mention clean, it can also save time in the bath. Where did you get that? ”

Wang Chengen smiled flatteringly: "It was bought by the eunuch who went out of the palace to buy it from a spice shop, it is said that the benefits of this soap have spread in the city, and everyone is rushing to buy it, and tens of thousands of yuan a month are not enough for the people in the city to rob." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and asked, "Where is this soap made?" ”

Wang Chengen replied: "The minions don't know the place of origin, but I heard that the soap in the capital was shipped from Tianjin. ”

Zhu Youzhen groaned: "This is a good thing. ”

When Wang Chengen heard this, he asked: "Emperor, this soap is not easy to buy, and a batch of goods will be bought quickly." Do you want Tianjin to pay tribute for the royal use? ”

Zhu Youzhen stood in front of the screen, pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's a pity that the people are strong, the things used by the imperial court should be bought at the market price, and they should not be forcibly requisitioned." Since it is not easy to buy on weekdays, I sent someone to contact the owner of the spice shop and purchase a batch from him. ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Within a few days, the purchasing eunuchs sent by Emperor Chongzhen found Cui Wending and wanted to purchase with him. Cui Wending didn't dare to slack off, and sold two thousand yuan to the royal family.

Soon, news of the royal purchase of soap spread everywhere. What the emperor uses, can it be bad? There are even more people who come to buy soap.

After handing over Cui Wending's goods, the relatives who helped Li Zhi do things have been working for a month, and Li Zhi sent two taels of monthly money.

For those singles, Li Zhiguan also helped make new clothes, and the whole family was not hungry when they fed each other, but they were not in a hurry to use money. But for those relatives who have families, the money in these two or two months is a big deal!

got the monthly money, Li Zhi's uncle Zheng Yuan was full of joy. After "getting off work", he bought two catties of bacon at the market and then went home.

When he got home, it was getting late, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw his daughter-in-law spinning yarn in the house with a tung oil lamp. Zheng Yuan's family was poor and married late, and his daughter-in-law Qu was four years younger than Zheng Yuan, but now she is twenty-eight years old. Zheng Yuan's family is very poor, even the house is rented, and he is very frugal in food and clothing on weekdays. The long-term poverty made Qu a little malnourished, and he looked even older, looking like he was in his thirties.

Zheng Yuan carried the bacon, quietly walked behind his daughter-in-law, and gently patted his daughter-in-law's shoulder.

Qu was concentrating on spinning, and didn't notice Zheng Yuan walking in. Suddenly being slapped on the shoulder, she was startled, shrunk her body and turned her head, only then did she see Zheng Yuan.

"Dead! What the hell are you pretending to be? You're going to scare me to death! ”

Zheng Yuan smiled, raised the bacon in his hand, and said, "What do you see here?" ”

In the dim light, Qu Shi took a closer look, and then he saw the thing in Zheng Yuan's hand, and said happily: "It's meat!" Where did you get bacon? ”

"I bought it!"

Qu didn't know how long it had been since she had eaten meat, she swallowed a mouthful of saliva, didn't talk nonsense with Zheng Yuan, took Zheng Yuan's bacon and ran to the kitchen. In a hurry to eat meat, Qu Shi lit the firewood with his head and turned on the stove, cut a piece of bacon, and put the bacon into the pot and steamed it.

Zheng Yuan knew that his family was having a hard time, so he rubbed his hands and stood aside, watching Qu's fire and steamed meat.

After a quarter of an hour, the bacon was steamed, and Qu didn't care about the hot meat, he tore off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. The smell of meat came from his tongue, and Qu chewed vigorously and closed his eyes in satisfaction.

Zheng Yuan's family is too poor, and the money they earn every month is only enough to buy some dough to live on chaff, where is there meat to eat? Even for the Chinese New Year this year, Zheng Yuan didn't dare to cut a pound of meat. Qu has been lacking protein for a long time, and his body is very weak. At this time, when I saw bacon, I was anxious to eat.

The Zheng family is such a hard life, what can be done? Qu hated, and he could only hate himself for marrying a useless husband. After being poor for ten years, the two of them didn't even dare to have children, for fear that they would not be able to afford to starve to death!

Zheng Yuan said last time that he would get two months of money to help his nephew, but Qu didn't believe it.

After being poor for so many years, can Zheng Yuan be able to change his breath all of a sudden? That Li Zhi is also a poor relative, and it is said that he still owes money and can't afford to pay it back, how can he turn over and become the master all of a sudden, and give Zheng Yuan so much monthly money? Most of the time the children thought about something and pulled their uncle crazy.

Most of the rhetoric of the money in the past two or two months is to coax me!

At this time, with bacon, Qu's secret channel is so much that you can eat a few bites first! She's broken. After a few pieces of meat, she only felt full of enjoyment, and her whole body was comfortable, and she was not in a hurry to ask Zheng Yuan where she got the money.

I don't know how long I haven't eaten meat, but as I ate it, my heart was sour, and two tears flowed from Qu's face.

Seeing his daughter-in-law crying, Zheng Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to help her wipe away her tears, and said hurriedly: "If your daughter-in-law doesn't cry, don't cry, she won't have such a hard life in the future?" ”

Qu wiped away his tears, chewed the meat in his mouth and was reluctant to swallow it, and said vaguely: "Why is it just a hard life?" Did you find silver on the way? ”

Zheng Yuan took out the two copper coins from his arms and spread them in his hands: "Look, the monthly money sent by my nephew!" ”

One tael of silver was worth the same copper coin, and Li Zhi gave Zheng Yuan two copper coins.

The stove flickered, illuminating the two copper coins shining.