Chapter 40 New Commodities
At dawn, Shen Yue got up early, and now the Beacon Merchant has a scale of four or five hundred people, so many people need to be fed, and they can no longer be as casual as in later generations. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info promised Shen Xiangyun to make new goods last night, and he still needs to prepare in advance.
Although through the spread of new commodities, the identity of his traverser has been exposed, but since Shen Wansan can take the initiative to contact him in good faith, is there still other traversers, in a strange environment, the kind of depression that no one tells about, Shen Yue is deeply aware of it.
Maybe as more new goods appear, there will be people who will contact them, after all, it is difficult to make a big difference by one person, by gathering some traversers and referring to each other, maybe they can find a way to travel back, which is also a way out in addition to collecting the Holy Flame Order. Despite the risks, in order to be able to go home as soon as possible, Shen Yue decided to give it a try.
Walking into the courtyard, Shen Yue saw Pinglan leading a group of children in Zamabu from a distance, and Liu Ruoshui also changed into a light suit, like a little leader, walking around among them, pointing out the movements.
"Why did the little girl start practicing martial arts again?" Shen Yue Chong Ping Lan smiled.
"It's not because you bad boy, you get angry when you look lazy, and it will make you have some ghost eyes." Liu Ruoshui glanced at Shen Yue and said first. She now recognized Pinglan as sisters and lived together, so she naturally understood Pinglan's thoughts about Shen Yue.
Shen Yue smiled bitterly in his heart, Woman, it's just that she suffered a little loss when she met for the first time, why is she still haunted by it, and besides, it wasn't intentional that time, I saved your life because I lost it, this woman is really unreasonable.
Pinglan saw that Shen Yue was a little embarrassed by what she said, and hurriedly persuaded her,
"Brother Shen has to take care of so many people, and there are many things to think about, it is natural that he doesn't know martial arts, I will take these children to learn some martial arts while they are free from studying and working, and I will be able to help Brother Shen in the future, and I will not let people tie him up and cause you trouble."
Pinglan said with her mouth, her body was still in a standard horse walking posture, motionless, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on her smooth forehead, and she was still gritting her teeth and insisting.
Shen Yue was touched by this strong little girl, although she was a little unbearable for her to practice so hard, she was a man, and she should be to protect them, but it was not good for her heart and persistence.
"Then you practice hard first, I will ask the kitchen to prepare more good dishes to replenish your body, and when I come back, I will show you some new things to ensure that you like it."
Out of the house, Shen Yue walked towards the city of Fang, the people of the Ming Dynasty mostly had two meals a day, so the market opened earlier, and it was already bustling here.
This time, Shen Yue plans to make some soap, shampoo and other daily necessities, and the information of later generations is developed, and some DIY experts often share the simple methods of these things on the Internet, and some products of the Ming Dynasty can also be made.
Of course, there were similar goods in the Ming Dynasty, but the so-called soap was made of pig pancreas and plant ash, and most of the things used to wash hair were soaphorns, which were difficult to compare with later generations in terms of appearance and effect. This time, Shen Yue intends to use vegetable oil to make it, which is much better than using lard. ,
After a long time, I saw some oil sellers in the market, but they were fried and eaten, and the color and smell were not very suitable. Instead, I came to a spacious herb shop, where ancient vegetable oils were also used for medicinal purposes, and which was also in stock.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a person greeted me warmly, it was Gu Mingzhi who supported him when the business gathered two days ago.
"Shen Dong's family came to our store, it is really brilliant, I don't know what to see here?"
"Shopkeeper Gu is polite, you are a successful young man, you can support the family business alone, so I also admire it very much, this time I came to buy some tea oil and the like, and I want to make more preparations for going south." Shen Yue said with a smile.
"Shen Dongjia don't be joking, this tea oil is produced in the south, how can there be any reason to sell it back, we are all on the same boat now, don't make fun of my brother."
Gu Mingzhi shook his head and smiled bitterly, he was the third son in the family, his father took his two elder brothers to do business, and left him to study at home in order to glorify the lintel, but he didn't want to go out to run business, and he died in chaos on the road, in order to take care of his mother and sister-in-law, he had to abandon literature and engage in business and support the family business.
When he first entered the mall, Gu Mingzhi was still a little bookish, because the trade between the north and the grassland was interrupted, he wanted to bring the herbs hoarded at home to Anguo, the medicine capital, to sell, and did not want to catch up with the dumping of traditional Chinese medicine there, and almost lost everything, which was rumored to be a joke for a while. But he learned from the pain, humbly sought advice, and had some experience in business, gradually reversing the decline and becoming a well-known big pharmaceutical merchant in the county.
Shen Yue has seen his support since that day, and has inquired about him in private, and he really admires this person, people who have read books will always be a little idealistic, but at the same time, he will also have the world in his heart, he can take the risk again and choose to believe in himself, which is a friend that can be made.
"Of course it's not that simple, this is what we have to prepare." Shen Yue took out a piece of soap that was round like a moon cake and put it on the table, which he had just bought from the market, it was gray in color, mixed with a lot of impurities, and there was no fragrance.
"I also make this kind of pancreas in my shop, and I always bring it when I sell medicine to the herdsmen of the grassland, who often eat meat, and there is a great demand for these greasy things."
Shen Yue was overjoyed when he heard him, and he was short of some tools to make it, but he didn't expect it to be delivered to the door, so he asked him for tools, and purchased a few jars of tea oil and some spices.
"The Shen Dong family has a wonderful method, I don't know if you can take me, in the future, these materials and utensils will also be manually shared, how about we divide them fifty-fifty?" Gu Mingzhi was curious about Shen Yue's idea, but he also knew that he was not a nonsense person, so he wanted to seize the opportunity and intervene, even if it didn't work, it would be considered a friendship.
Shen Yue was not disgusted by his proposal, he was not good at business, and it would be difficult for Shen Xiangyun alone to take care of it in the future, so it would be a good help to bring Gu Mingzhi over, so he promised him to watch the production together.
Taking Gu Mingzhi back to the business, Shen Yue found a large amount of plant ash from the kitchen, set up a pot in the yard, and began to prepare the potassium salt needed for the saponification reaction.
Pour the plant ash into the water tank, and Shen Yue lifted the wooden stick and stirred continuously to accelerate the dissolution of potassium salts in the plant ash.
After that, the plant ash in the water tank is filtered with several layers of linen together with the immersion liquid, and then the clear filtrate is put into the iron pot and steamed, still stirring until a small amount of liquid is evaporated, and then the heating is stopped.
Cool and let sit for a while. There are potassium salt crystals of white flowers in the pot precipitated,
Shen Yue slowly breathed a sigh of relief, wiped away the sweat on his head, and smiled at Gu Mingzhi,
"That's our secret ingredient."
Gu Mingzhi saw that Shen Yue was busy with all the work, but in order to get such a little white thing, he didn't know what was wonderful.
Shen Yue ignored him, the next step is the key to making soap,
Weigh the prepared potassium salt, add water to dissolve, pour it into the pot and heat, wait for the water temperature to be slightly hot, then pour the tea oil into it, add a little spice, and stir slowly.
Gu Mingzhi saw Shen Yue solemnly on the side, as long as he held back the doubts in his heart and watched nervously,
Gradually, the clear solution turned into the color of bean paste, and a strong fragrance emanated from it, and the courtyard was filled with a refreshing aroma, attracting the three daughters of Pinglan, Liu Ruoshui and Shen Xiangyun to also rush over.
Seeing that Shen Yue was still stirring the thick soup in the pot unhurriedly, Liu Ruoshui asked eagerly,
"What are you doing here? So fragrant. ”
Shen Yue was speechless, and almost fell into the pot, this female man's brain is too big, and she can only speak politely when she mentions eating.
"Is this the soap you're going to make? It's a bit bizarre indeed. Shen Xiangyun is well-informed, but she can see it.
Half an hour passed, and the soup in the pot had a sticky feeling of maltose, but Shen Yue was too tired to stir, Gu Mingzhi hurriedly stepped forward, took the wooden stick in Shen Yue's hand, and helped stir until it turned into jelly, Shen Yue stopped it, carefully poured the slurry into the iron plate, and put it in a cool place to cool.
When the slurry in the plate was set, it had already turned into a golden transparent gelatin, Shen Yue cut off a few small pieces, and proudly handed them over to several people.
"This is the soap we are going to sell, although the production is a little complicated, but the quality is difficult to achieve in the market."
The three girls held the jade soap in their hands, like a treasure, and they didn't listen to Shen Yue's words, and ran back to the room to test it.
Shen Yue shook his head and smiled bitterly, so he had to drag Gu Mingzhi back to the living room to discuss the follow-up production. With soap, it's not difficult to remake shampoo, just add some soap and other materials to make a suspension. Gu Mingzhi is a smart person, he can understand it at one point, and after listening to Shen Yue's explanation, he went back to prepare with joy.
Shen Yue didn't hide anything from him, this time was also a test, if he couldn't even withstand this temptation and wanted to go it alone, then it would be difficult to share weal and woe in the future.