Li Yanqing hurriedly ran into the store with the box in his hand, Li Daqi was puzzled, and followed behind and asked, "Yanqing, do you want to make balsam too?" ”

The balsam of the Song Dynasty is to take the juice with soaphorn, knead it with flour and spices to make it into a ball, the size of an orange, snow-white as fat, it looks very attractive, it is also called a balsamic ball, the price is not expensive, twenty yuan a piece, it can be used to bathe and wash the face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But this kind of balsam is not something that ordinary people can afford, mainly because flour is insoluble in water, a balsam can not be used a few times, and it is only used by the palace or the powerful people, or it is a high-end place such as alum building, ordinary people directly wash their faces with water, or mash the soap horns to wash their faces and take a bath, and the alkalinity is relatively heavy.

If you want to make balsam into ordinary people's homes, or make soap, Li Yanqing would make soap when he was in middle school, and then grind the soap to a little more delicate, add spices and colors, and it will become soap of various colors.

Vegetable oil and animal oil can be used to make soap, but Li Yanqing decided to use animal oil, the main reason is that he wants another by-product of soap, that is, glycerin, which is a necessary material for making good rouge.

There is oil in the formula of Zhang Gu's rouge, because they don't know how to extract glycerin, and the rouge made from glycerin is much better than using the oil directly, and their rouge will be upgraded to the next level.

"Yanqing, balsam making is relatively simple, the profit is not high, just buy ready-made, you don't have to make it yourself."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The balsam I want to make is not the same thing as the balsam sold outside, Zhang Gugu's balsam can be used twice at most, and the balsam I want to make can be used for at least ten days and half a month, or even longer, so that every household can afford it." ”

"So what to do?"

Li Yanqing smiled mysteriously, "The raw materials are basically there, tonight, I will make it for everyone." ”

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At night, in the room where perfume was made, his father Li Daqi sat on a chair, and there were magpies, shopkeepers Wu and iron pillars, and the four of them watched Li Yanqing's operation with wide eyes.

The seaweed ash bought by Li Yanqing is only coarsely burned, and it needs to be burned again and again to make it fully react with the air, and finally form some gray-white ash, which is baking soda.

Seaweed is very important, and it can be made with plant ash, but the soap is much less soluble, and you have to use sea plants to burn baking soda.

The baking soda had been dissolved in water first, and it was filtered repeatedly to filter out the dregs to form a milky white liquid, and Li Yanqing poured the soda into a large clay pot.

At this time, the fish oil was already hot and turned into a transparent liquid, Li Yanqing slowly poured the fish oil into the clay pot, and he handed a wooden stick to Tie Zhu and said with a smile: "Keep stirring, stirring for half an hour!" ”

"Little official, what will become of you?" The magpie couldn't help but whisper.

"It's going to be like milk."

Li Daqi couldn't help but say: "The cost of doing this is greater than that of ordinary balsam!" ”

"But it's also durable, and I'm sure everyone will love our balm after using it."

In less than an hour, the saponification reaction was completed, and a mass of condensed milk-like soap base appeared in the large urn, Li Yanqing filtered out the water and glycerin, added spices to the soap base and stirred well, and then poured it into a bamboo tube and sealed it with a dry towel.

"After two days, it will naturally solidify slowly, and then take it out and put it in a ventilated place to dry for a month, and the balsam will be made."

"Is it that simple?" Everyone was stunned.

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "Actually, it's that simple!" ”

He pointed to the filtered glycerin and water: "Use the method of distillation to distill the water inside, and the remaining oil will be used to replace the grease used to make rouge, the effect will be better, you can try it." ”

At this time, Li Daqi pulled his son aside and said in a low voice: "Now whether it's rouge, perfume, plus this balm, the sales are very large, I'm afraid it won't work with only two or three people, but the technology and formula can't be leaked out, I discussed it with the shopkeeper Wu, we think it can be divided into several links, each link is done by different people, so that other rouge shops can't learn, what do you think?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "This method is good, but I think the key is still in the brand of Baoyanzhai, we must save it as if it were a life, Baoyanzhai's things cannot be sold to other rouge shops, only by Baoyanzhai's own rouge shops, and the business will become bigger in the future, except for the capital, each other state can only open one at most, and it must be opened in the best place." ”

"Shopkeeper Wu has the same idea as you, if Bao Yanzhai does well this year, I am ready to give him half of his share, so that he can continue to do it with me with peace of mind."

At this time, Tie Zhu asked, "It's all done, what should I do next?" ”

Li Yanqing stepped forward and said with a smile: "It's still early, I'll do another demonstration for you, you have to remember it well, and you can also add all kinds of flower juice, wine, green tea oil, rice oil, and make various colors and flavors of balsam, and then pack it in a small Nanmu box of Baoyan Zhai, and one box can be sold for fifty yuan." ”

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Half a month has passed, Bianjing has begun to heat up day by day, it has entered June, and the red Wangjia rouge shop on Yujie is still being sealed, and there is no news about its new owner.

But many famous merchants will focus on this shop covering an area of one acre, this is the best place in the Royal Street, across the street is the famous alum building, the shops that open shops in the Royal Street, except for a very few shops, are basically the daily gold.

Bianjing's atmosphere pays attention to extravagance and pomp, the pursuit of fashion, both men and women, are proud of shopping in the Royal Street, resulting in the Royal Street becoming synonymous with the Song Dynasty.

Li Yanqing also understands this point very deeply, such as the products of the red Wang family rouge shop, whether it is rouge or perfume, whether it is foundation or perfume, the quality is medium to low.

But the rouge of this shop can be sold at a high price, and the business is booming, in just two years, it has become the second largest rouge shop in the capital after Zhang Gugu, the fundamental reason is that it is located in the Royal Street, its products are branded as produced by the Royal Street, and immediately become a high-end commodity in the eyes of people.

It is the unique commercial location of Yujie that makes a store show signs of transfer, and countless merchants and backstage begin to compete fiercely behind it.

Now that the red Wang family's rouge shop has been seized, how can you not let the Bianjing magnates keep an eye on it?

In the afternoon, Li Yanqing's dormitory came to a surprising guest, the guest was the fat man Zheng Rongtai, after Li Yanqing came back from Jiangnan, it was the first time he saw this fat brother, but to Li Yanqing's surprise, Zheng Rongtai really became thinner, although he was still a fat man, but the adjectives for him could already be used to replace obesity, and he lost at least thirty or forty pounds.

"Lao Li, what's the appearance of my new robe?"

Zheng Rongtai turned around elegantly in front of Li Yanqing, quite a bit of Zhu Bajie's demeanor of jumping off Swan Lake, Li Yanqing pouted, where is this to show off his clothes, it is clearly to show off his figure.

"Fat brother seems to have lost a lot of weight!"

Zheng Rongtai's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, "I originally had at least two hundred and twenty catties, but now I only have one hundred and eighty catties left, if I can lose another twenty catties, I can ride a horse to the battlefield." ”

"How did you lose the fat?" Li Yanqing forgot that it was he who gave Zheng Rongtai the idea.

Zheng Rongtai blinked his mung bean eyes, "Have you forgotten?" You taught me, every day in the water and beautiful women for two hours, drink chilled honey winter melon juice, I did it according to the method you taught, and the result was like this. ”

Li Yanqing was angry and funny, when did he make him and the beauty flutter, and he actually added honey to the winter melon juice, and said it seriously.

"I've already admired your figure, is there anything else?"

"Of course, I'll send you an invitation."

Zheng Rongtai handed an invitation to Li Yanqing and said: "My grandfather is 70 years old, and he invited thousands of celebrities in Bianjing, and I have three indicators, and I will invite you to one of them." ”

"Oh! When is it? ”

"In the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, the location is Alum Tower, and our family will charter Alum Tower for a day."

Li Yanqing suddenly had a realization in his heart, the Zheng family has always been low-key, so he actually invited guests in Alum Tower, wouldn't it be a sensation in the whole city, does this mean that the Zheng family is going to move from behind the scenes to the foreground.

"Well, no problem!"

Li Yanqing suddenly thought, isn't this an excellent opportunity to promote soap? He immediately said with great interest: "Don't worry! I'll be sure to be on time. ”

Zheng Rongtai smiled and said, "After the big things are over, let's talk about the small things!" The little thing is very simple, I invite you to have a drink. ”