The tools for refining sesame oil are being made, and the work of collecting petals will naturally be carried out, Zhu Youzhen decided to hand it over to Wang Chengen to do, if Guocheng is allowed to do it, there will be no one to play with him.

Zhu Youzhen said: "Wang Banban, you go buy flowers, Brother Guocheng wants to discuss the matter of the Towel Weaving Bureau with me." ”

Wang Chengen said in his heart: "I have asked people to prepare the raw materials, as for how to do it, those tailors have already learned, what are you still discussing, you don't want to go to play with your brother Guocheng." Alas, it really comes to the fact that only the new people laugh, and who hears the old people cry. ”

Of course, Wang Chengen wouldn't buy it himself, he shouted out the door: "Cao Huachun, Cao Huachun, where did you die as a monkey cub?" ”

Guocheng was shocked, why did a big man come out again? Cao Huachun, the famous dead eunuch of later generations - nonsense, he is still alive in the 21st century, isn't he a goblin? His biggest rumor is that he opened the door for Li Zicheng and became a benchmark figure for the party leading the way. However, all kinds of evidence show that this rumor does not seem to be true, and it seems to be a fabrication written by literati. It seems that the end of offending the literati is really sad, splashing a basin of dirty water, so that you will never be able to turn over.

A young eunuch with clear eyebrows hurriedly walked in, Guocheng Xian all the eunuchs he had seen were all good-looking, and if he went to participate in beauty contests such as "Happy Boys" or "Class Boys" in later generations, he might even win a championship. But also, choose an ugly one and put it around, and look troublesome. Although I haven't seen Wei Zhongxian, it can be speculated that he must be a handsome guy. Why? Because he is very much like my country.

Cao Huachun said repeatedly: "Princess, I'm here, I'm here." ”

"You go outside right away and buy all the flowers and dried flowers."

Cao Huachun does have the potential to be a loyal servant, and he didn't even ask "why", so he went out to run errands.

That night, the capital was in chaos. Many people now have lost their blooming flowers in their homes, and some even the buds have disappeared without a trace, leaving only lonely branches and leaves swaying in the wind; The lotus flowers in the lotus ponds of many famous temples also disappeared at the same time, leaving only the lotus leaves in the pond, with crystal water droplets rolling on them, as if missing the departed hibiscus fairy; The young man showed his love to the woman he liked, but he couldn't find flowers, so he had to replace them with dog's tail grass, and as a result, there were very few children born that year, and there were many people who called what kind of grass; The little girl and daughter-in-law who love beauty can't wear flowers, so they have to pick some pumpkin flowers instead, which leads to a large reduction in pumpkin production that year; ** of the famous prostitute, now the harvest of flowers that day is very few, suspected that their flowers are discolored, that night in the mirror, the next day the street rouge gouache snapped up; There are patients who go to the pharmacy to grab medicine, and now all the flowers and herbs in the pharmacy have been snapped up, but fortunately, the patients who need flowers to make medicine are not very sick, and finally there is no major incident. The literati of good deeds called this mysterious event the "Beijing Flower Tribulation", and it was also recorded in the history books, injecting a touch of elegant charm into Yan Sù's history books.

Of course, these missing flowers entered the old mansion, and seeing these flowers that were enough to fill several warehouses really made Wang Chengen cry and laugh.

"Princess, all the flowers in the capital have been bought, I don't know if it's enough, if it's not enough, I'll go to the suburbs of Beijing to buy it." Cao Huachun said breathlessly while wiping the sweat on his head.

"Okay, little monkey cub, you're quite capable, and you've done it in one day and one night. I'll go and ask the prince to take a look. Whether the quantity is enough or not, you have to listen to him. Invisibly, Wang Chengen regarded Guocheng as the backbone. For Guocheng's creativity and way of dealing with the world, Wang Chengen can be said to admire it so much. Wang Chengen's evaluation of Guocheng is only this one sentence, wise and close to the demon, or more simply, demonic.

Wang Chengen put the demon ...... Uh, it's Guocheng, Guocheng is invited. Guocheng was stunned by this large pile of flowers, and was speechless for a long time: "This ...... So much, aren't you afraid that I won't be able to make perfume? ”

Wang Chengen smiled: "I am very confident in you, I am optimistic about you." ”

Although the perfume and soap made have nothing to do with the form of the flowers, if a musty smell or two emerges from the product from time to time, I am afraid that people will have to shy away from these things. So, Guocheng was busy asking people to put the dried flowers into the warehouse, and then put the flowers in the sun. Wang Chengsi was worried that exposure to the sun would affect the fragrance of flowers, and Guocheng told him that if it is not tight, the amount of sesame oil produced by flowers and dried flowers is still very close.

At this moment, Li Datie and his men entered the back room against the still. After retiring from the outsiders, Guocheng hurriedly beckoned Zhu Youzhen, Wang Chengen, and Cao Huachun to distill sesame oil together. Wang Chengen didn't think there was any special meaning when he was Zhu Youzhen's confidant, but this incident really moved Cao Huachun so much that he almost shed tears - what does it mean to let himself participate in this secret, it shows that from this moment on, he has become Guocheng and Zhu Youzhen's confidant! In fact, Guocheng's purpose of letting Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun participate in this real yàn is very simple, just to be lazy. Since they are involved in the real yàn, they should be handy on how to extract sesame oil, and in the future, they don't have to do the work of extracting sesame oil themselves, just hand it over to these two directly. According to historical records, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun were both loyal to Zhu Youzhen, but they were not afraid that they would leak secrets.

Everyone threw the lotus into the bucket, lit a fire to boil the water, and after a while, a drop of liquid dripped from the outlet, and Wang Chengen hurriedly caught it with a magnetic bottle.

"How's it going, isn't it fragrant?" Zhu Youzhen asked anxiously.

Wang Chengen put his nose close to the mouth of the bottle and sniffed it, "Oh, oh" took a few steps back, and said, "Okay, good nose." ”

Cao Huachun said: "Gongzi Guo, is it ...... Did it fail? ”

Guocheng clapped his hands and said happily: "Haha, I finally succeeded." ”

Zhu Youzhen, Wang Chengen, and Cao Huachun couldn't help but look at each other, can such a rushing taste be called a success?

"I've heard that a big lump of musk is very smelly, but when cut a little bit it comes out, it's very fragrant. Our sesame oil is the same, of course I can't stand it when I smell the sesame oil directly, if I rub a little on my clothes, it will be really fragrant. ”

Guocheng poured a little in his hand and asked, "Which of you will give it a try." ”

Wang Chengen looked at his clothes, the newly made scribe's robe, he was really reluctant, if it was still so rushed, this robe would have to be thrown away. Cao Huachun gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and said, "Let me give it a try." ”

Guocheng put his finger on Cao Huachun's sleeve and wiped it. Cao Huachun raised his sleeves and sniffed it, and said, "Fragrant, really fragrant, I smell the fragrance of lotus flowers." ”

Zhu Youzhen and Wang Chengen hurriedly leaned over to smell it, and sure enough, it was so. They wanted to smear a little bit on themselves, but they were afraid that if they smeared too much, they would stink, so they all stretched their sleeves in front of Guocheng. Guocheng also smeared a little sesame oil on their sleeves. Now, the room is full of incense.

Wang Chengen said: "It seems that sesame oil can't be used directly, so you have to dilute it to use it." Selling sesame oil directly, I'm afraid it will scare off customers. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Didn't Brother Guocheng say perfume, it should be to live in it and add water." ”

Guocheng shook his head and said, "Ah Jian, it's not okay to add water." You look at yesterday's stew, the oil always floats on it. If you pour sesame oil into water, it will be the same, it will only float on it, and it will not fuse together. ”

Cao Huachun said: "Then what should I do? ”

"Mix alcohol in sesame oil."

"Alcohol, what's it, is it good to find" Zhu Youzhen, Wang Chengen, and Cao Huachun asked in unison.

"The soju is distilled repeatedly, and finally the alcohol is obtained." Guocheng said, "It seems that we have to let Li Datie make a few more stills." The two of you will refine more sesame oil here, and Ah Jian and I will go out for a walk. ”

Wang Chengen seemed to be obsessed with distilled sesame oil, but as soon as he heard that Zhu Youzhen was going out, he hurriedly said: "Let's go out too, Xiao Chunzi, you are here to guard this distiller, and strive to refine a little more sesame oil." Let's be the master, wait for the perfume to come out, and give you a bottle. Guogongzi, do you think it is? ”

Speaking of the last sentence, Wang Chengen looked at Guocheng. Guocheng nodded and said to Cao Huachun: "It's June now, the weather is already very hot, you stay here and smoke and burn, if you are wronged, the emperor will remember you." However, in order to prevent leakage, this window cannot be opened, so you should prepare a few more basins of cold water in it, so as not to be centralized. ”

Hearing Guocheng's words of concern, Cao Huachun was really excited. Who is Guocheng, is Zhu Youzhen's henchman among his henchmen, and his cronies among his cronies, haven't you heard Zhu Youzhen say "Brother Guocheng". Guocheng cares about himself, which is equivalent to Zhu Youzhen cares about himself.

Zhu Youzhen also added: "Yes, yes, don't suffer from heat stroke, I'm still waiting for you to do great things for me, but 'don't die before you get out of school'"

Cao Huachun was not choked to death by saliva, and the emperor and grandson looked down on people too much, and I Cao Huachun was also a person who came from a hard life, and how hot the day was, how could I be knocked down by this small furnace.

"Your Royal Highness, don't worry, when you come back, I will let you see a bottle full of sesame oil."

Cao Huachun hid alone in the room to refine sesame oil, and Guocheng, Zhu Youzhen, and Wang Chengen were talking about it while walking out.

"Ah Jian, Wang Gonggong, I plan to set up another perfume workshop and soap manufacturing hall, do you think it will be done?"

Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Okay, okay, when the time comes, tell the imperial grandfather that I can also make money." ”

Wang Chengen was a little worried, and said: "However, the output of this sesame oil does not seem to be too high, can it support the production of perfume and soap?" ”

"So, I'm going to let Lee strike the iron and hit ten more stills. Together with the one we have now, we have a total of eleven stills, ten for sesame oil, and one for alcohol, which is fully capable of making perfume and soap at the same time. However, the people who manage and refine sesame oil must choose reliable people, this is our biggest trump card, otherwise once it leaks, we will lose a lot. ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Companion, the perfume workshop will be completely borne by the inner servants, anyway, they don't go out of the palace, the risk of leaking secrets is very small, and when we come back from shopping, you will choose a reliable inner servant to enrich the perfume workshop." The perfume workshop is in charge of Cao Huachun, what do you think? ”

Guocheng saw Wang Chengen's frustration written on his cheeks, and added: "Ah Jian originally trusted Wang Gonggong you the most, but you have to accompany Ah Jian at all times, and you can't stay in the workshop all the time." ”

"Yes, yes." Zhu Youzhen clapped his hands and said.

As soon as Wang Chengen heard that Cao Huachun was in charge of the most critical perfume workshop, his heart sank suddenly, was he no longer trusted by Zhu Youzhen? When he heard Guocheng's supplement and understood the cause and effect, the big stone in his heart disappeared and said with a smile: "Cao Huachun, this little monkey cub, can do things honestly, and he is the head of the workshop, which is very suitable." ”

The three of them walked and talked, and unconsciously walked to the place where the blacksmith worked, only to hear the sound of "clanging" iron, and the blacksmiths were all wearing their upper bodies and sweating.

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "The prince of the country is so calculating, although there is a little more moon silver, but the enthusiasm of the craftsmen is really different from that when they work in the Ministry of Industry." ”

Guocheng nodded with a smile and said: "The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are ingenious, just see if they can mobilize their enthusiasm for work." ”

They didn't find Li Datie among the craftsmen, and after inquiring, they found out that Li Datie didn't know what to do when he was hiding in the room.

Wang Chengen said: "This Li Datie can really be lazy, the prince of the country is so good to him, he dares to hide in the room to rest, really, he is not afraid of heat stroke." ”

Guocheng pushed Li Datie's room open and was almost pushed out by the heat wave. I saw Li Da Tiejing naked, and the hammer was hitting something.

Seeing Guocheng coming in, he hurriedly sealed the fire, quenched the red-hot iron sheets, put on his clothes and pants, and came out to greet Guocheng.

"Master Li, why are you still hiding in the house when you strike iron, aren't you afraid of getting sick from the heat?"

"Guo Gongzi, I'm playing the still, I think on the child's side, one may not be enough, play a few more. Wasn't I afraid that Childe's plan would be known to others, so I hid inside and fought. When I'm done playing the still and hitting something else, I'll go outside the house and hit it. ”

Wang Chengen rushed forward and said to Li Datie: "Our family blames you, I thought you were resting in the house." ”

Li Da Tiexin said, what is the great thing about you blaming me for being a broken eunuch, and I don't ask you, as long as the prince of the country is good, just blame me.

"Guogongzi is so good to our craftsmen, let us receive double monthly money, and let me do what I like, how dare I be lazy?"

Zhu Youzhen said: "We discussed it just now, we need a total of eleven stills, and you can play ten more, no problem, right?" ”

Li Datie agreed, went back to the house and continued to run naked.

Guocheng said: "Let's go for a walk on the street, Wang Gonggong, do you know where to sell glass?" ”

Wang Chengen said without thinking: "If you are looking for glass, of course you have to go to the glass factory." ”

"Brother Guocheng, are we going to buy glass?"

"Of course, our perfume should be good-looking, of course, it should be packed in a glass bottle, which is both noble and simple. Of course, if you add a wooden box outside, it will be even more expensive. ”

As soon as Guocheng's words fell, a crisp voice sounded: "Go to Liulichang, take me there, okay?" ”

The three of them turned their heads and saw that there was a smiling little girl standing in the alley, who could it be if it wasn't Ke Qingqing.

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