Chapter 140: Lead Poison Demonstration

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Lin'an, Wenfu.

In a house in the backyard, all four people were wearing masks, leaving only their eyes outside, and at this moment, everyone was staring with interest at an iron cage on the table, which was not large, and there were three rats running around in it.

What's going on?

After a while, one of the rats stopped, and looked at the situation as if he were out of breath, and soon the mouse began to twitch, and after a while it twitched, and then stopped moving.

Soon after, the second mouse began to repeat the symptoms of the first mouse and soon died as well.

The third rat tossed for a long time, completely ignoring the two dead rat companions, and ran happily in the cage as if nothing had happened, but just as two of the four men lost patience and were about to leave, the rat finally began to convulse as well, and finally, without exception, died.

Wang Langzhong opened the cage, pulled the mice, and confirmed that the three rats were all dead, then turned around, pulled down the mask and said:

"The No. 1 mouse with the most dose died the fastest, followed by the No. 2 mouse with the medium dose, and the No. 3 mouse with the smallest dose died last. Its toxicity should not be underestimated. ”

The other three exchanged glances and walked out the door.

The three of them unbuttoned their masks and revealed three young faces, including Wen Yuan, the owner of the room, and the other two, one is Cai Jianwen, who often walks around the Wen Mansion, and the other is Yuan Fu, the second son of Yuan Xie.

The three mice in the cage were fed "lead hua", that is, the face makeup powder commonly used by women for makeup - Hu powder, the dosage of feeding is high and low, the three of them have personally seen the test, and they can't help but be secretly surprised in their hearts, they can't imagine that the Hu powder used by women to make up is so toxic, it is really a bit unbelievable.

Hu fen is also called Shao fen, just because it is mostly produced in Shaozhou (the other production area is Chenzhou on Jinghu South Road). The main ingredient of Hu powder is lead, a white fine powder made of lead steamed with vinegar, which can remain white for a long time. I have to say that due to the technical secrecy is good, the trick of using lead to make Hu powder is not known to outsiders, the origin is Shaozhou and Chenzhou, the price is not expensive, and the makeup is still very good, for hundreds of years, women have long been accustomed to using Hu powder - called lead in the poem - to make up.

Among the three of them, Wen Yuan knew in his heart that yesterday, after the three rats were fed lead metal powder, they died one by one, and Wen Yuan had already felt the poison of lead. A similar test had already been done by Imperial Physician Yu in Kaohsiung, and Wen Yuan had only verified it again in Lin'an. Today's test, firstly, Wen Yuan needs to be verified, and secondly, it is also for Cai Jianwen and Yuan Xie to be a witness.

After seeing the scene just now, Cai Jianwen's mood at the moment could not be calm, he gasped and sighed:

"I can't imagine that the makeup powder commonly used by women is so toxic! If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't have believed it. However, in this way, women don't know what kind of makeup powder to use for makeup. ”

Cai Jianwen has been walking in Fengyue for a long time, and he used to smell the pretty faces of beauties from time to time, but now he suddenly realized that the pretty faces were full of poison, and Cai Jianwen broke out in a cold sweat for a while. Damn! They applied grease and powder and actually applied a layer of poison, which caused them to eat a lot of lead poison in a daze, and then recalled the situation when the rat had convulsions, and felt cold for a while, and his face was unconsciously a little pale.

In the eyes of Wen Yuan and Yuan Fu, Cai Jianwen at this time was completely bitter.

Wen Yuan smiled:

"Brother Cai doesn't have to worry about the beauty having no makeup powder available, don't you think this is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If Brother Cai is interested, he might as well think of making a new makeup powder, and look at it below, if the woman's makeup powder is done well, it is also a good livelihood. ”

"Where will you make makeup powder! Brother Wen laughed. ”

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, he suddenly reacted that he wouldn't, and it didn't mean that Mao Geng, who could do everything, wouldn't either, so he hurriedly turned:

"You mean---, hehe, I know, is Mr. Mao aware of the new makeup powder again? It must be! It must be! In this case, it is better to have some shares below. ”

Cai Jianwen was just saying, and a voice outside took over the conversation:

"Hehe, what's new? But don't forget that there's still to come, what's the good thing? I wonder if there is a chance to mix it up? ”

People laughed at Yan Yan, but it was Wu Xi who Wen Yuan and Cai Jianwen both knew. Wu Xi can also be regarded as a guest in the Wen Mansion, and Wen Yuan hurriedly greeted:

"It turned out to be Brother Wu, come on, come on, please take a seat! Look at the tea! ”

Wu Xi traveled extensively in Lin'an, and when Mao Geng was in Lin'an, because of the relationship between Han Yanxuan, Mao Geng Wenyuan and Wu Xi had also met, but Mao Geng vaguely remembered that this Wu Xi was a traitor to Song and Jin in history, so he had no intention of making deep friends, and every time he met, he seemed lukewarm, and did not put Wu Xi, the son of the family, in his eyes. When Mao Geng left Lin'an, he also told Wen Yuan not to have a deep relationship with Wu Xi, but Wen Yuan had been with Wu Xi for a long time, so he took Mao Geng's words as the wind in his ears. You must know that between the government and the opposition, Wu Xi is always a generous family leader who is eager for justice and righteousness, and he is a harmless and pleasing person when he interacts with people, but Wen Yuan is also a person who likes to make friends, and after coming and going, he has further contacts with Wu Xi. It's just that Wen Yuan still remembers a little bit of Mao Geng's instructions, and he is still not unwary of Wu Xi in his heart.

Wen Yuan introduced Yuan Fu to Wu Xi, and when Wu Xi learned that Yuan Fu was Yuan Xie's son, he became extremely enthusiastic about Yuan Fu. Yuan Xie is a disciple of 6 Jiuyuan, Wu Xi is operating and leaving Lin'an to lead troops to the Special Administrative Region to train troops, 6 Jiuyuan must strive to make friends, of course this Yuan Xie has to win over. But Wu Xi was so enthusiastic, which made Yuan Fu a little flattered, after all, the ancestor of Wu Xi in front of him was the famous Wu Jue Wu Xuan.

Naturally, it was polite again, Wu Xi and Yuan Fu both felt each other's kindness, and the atmosphere of the guest and host seemed unusually harmonious for a while.

Wu Xi listened to the experiment, and while he was surprised, he was naturally optimistic about the prospects of non-toxic new makeup powder.

Originally, according to Wen Yuan's arrangement, today Cai Jianwen and Yuan Fu were asked to witness the toxicity of lead, which will provide evidence for a series of reports on lead poisoning in the future of "Xin Pao". But since Fang Cai talked about the matter of makeup powder, Wen Yuan believes that public welfare reports do not prevent taking the opportunity to make money, Mao Gengming's new makeup powder is best to have Cai Jianwen and Wu Xi involved, they are shareholders, they will naturally work hard to sell, Cai Jianwen's Qinglou in Lin'an is still quite influential, and Wu Xi's influence in Sichuan is not a second person.

It is said that Mao Geng made a non-toxic new makeup powder, mostly for the health of the Song Dynasty woman. Mao Geng believes that if they can't provide the women of the Great Song Dynasty with enough makeup powder to replace the "lead Hua", they may continue to risk using lead-containing Hu powder.

For Mao Geng, it is not too difficult to come up with a new makeup powder to replace Hu powder, with talcum powder, calcium carbonate fine powder, and glycerin, a by-product of soap making, and then mix something else, try different formulas, and a new makeup powder will become.

However, Mao Geng felt that the makeup powder was a woman's thing after all, and there was no need to let Han Yanxuan go to the general distribution, so he decided to leave everything to Wen Yuan, including finding two or three reliable shareholders, and also handed it over to Wen Yuan.

Reporting on the toxicity of lead is the focus of Mao Geng. In order to carry out his plan, Mao Geng asked Wen Yuan to report on the toxicity of lead in installments, instead of shooting out the bullets at once. However, Mao Geng did not explain why this is the case in the book of flying pigeons, which has Mao Geng's considerations, and he can only grasp the proportions himself, and Mao Geng does not plan to sue anyone in advance, including Wen Yuan.

Wen Yuan didn't know why, so he made his own assertions, and took advantage of the situation to pull Cai Wu and the others into the shareholders of makeup powder.

When shareholders have the consciousness of shareholders, Cai Jianwen and Wu Xi know that they don't have to worry about technical problems, and what Mao Geng created must be high-quality products, and they don't have to worry about non-professional shareholders. But once Wu Xi and Cai Jianwen stood in the position of the shareholders of the new makeup powder, they immediately shared the same hatred, aiming to defeat Hu Fan, who occupied the majority of the market, in one fell swoop.

"Newspaper, newspaper, not only in the "New Newspaper", but also in the "Great Song Jing Daily", "Sichuan Daily" must also be published, in short, Hu powder is poisonous, and the whole Song Dynasty must be understood." , Cai Jianwen said.

Wu Xi looked calmer, and when he said it, it was much more high-sounding:

"What Brother Cai said is very true, I am a Song woman, how can I use such poisonous powder again! For the sake of my descendants of the Great Song Dynasty, not only should the newspapers be published, but the government should also post a proclamation to prevent women from wearing makeup with powder. ”

Yuan Fuxin said that Wu Xi deserved to be a famous child, and he was really more thoughtful.

As soon as Wen Yuan heard this, the two new shareholders had just finalized the investment and shares, and immediately had the spirit of being the masters of the house, and secretly praised it in his heart. However, the propaganda thing has to be done according to Mao Geng's plan:

"Brother Wu, Brother Cai, this business has been arranged. The "Special Administrative Region New Daily" has already published an article entitled "Lead is Toxic, Please Stay Away from Lead," and as soon as this issue of the "Special Administrative Region New Daily" arrives in Lin'an, the "New District" will reprint it, and at the same time publish a report on Brother Yuan's actual observations. As for the publication in the "Great Song Jing Bao", experiments like today's have to be done again or even several times. ”

"Yes, let 6 You take a look at the demo, and the "Da Song Jing Daily" will definitely be published."

Yuan Fu and Wen Yuan are similar in age, and they are the ideal age. In Yuan Fu's heart, he felt that it was his responsibility to let the women of the Great Song Dynasty not use poisonous Hu powder as soon as possible, and it was also the responsibility of a conscientious newspaper including the "Great Song Jingbao".

Wen Yuan was confident and said with a smile:

"Don't worry! "Da Song Jing Bao" will definitely be published. Let's talk to the three brothers, today's test is just the beginning, according to the next arrangement, Wang Langzhong will have a wonderful test in the future! ”

Wu Xi missed the test today, and his mood at the moment was much more expectant than the other two, so he asked curiously:

"What a wonderful test?"

"There are two trials, in short, that are better than today's trials. One of them is a test to test the toxicity of copper coins. ”

"Are copper coins also poisonous?" , Yuan Fu said he couldn't understand.

In fact, Cai Jianwen and Wu Xi can't fully understand it.

"Copper coins contain at least 20% lead, and some are as high as 30%, of course, it is poisonous." After yesterday's test and today's test of impartiality, Wen Yuan said this with a completely natural look.

"Oh, Brother Wen, why don't you let Wang Langzhong demonstrate the two experiments while it's still early today, so that Wu can also feast his eyes, how about it?"

Wu Xi hadn't seen the previous tests, and it was reasonable that he wanted to see the rest of the tests with his own eyes.

"It's a pity that there are no rats left." , Wen Yuan didn't lie, yesterday's and today's experiments have indeed exhausted the rat resources stored in advance.

Depend on! There are no rats, can this also be used as a reason!

"Without mice, can dogs do? There are a dozen hounds in the lower area, and if it's okay, just bring two of them. Wu Xi said that he has hounds there, as long as he can try, the death of two hounds is nothing.

"No, it has to be a mouse."

According to Mao Geng's design, the test to prove the toxicity of copper coins is more exquisite, you have to barbecue copper coins, but you can't melt the copper coins, as long as there is lead vapor escaping, it is enough, at this time, of course, it is best to use mice to do the test, although there are no mice, but the mouse can also be called a competent real object, so far, the rat's table xiàn has not disappointed. If you change to a dog that is n times more resistant, maybe the experiment will not be so effective.

"Okay, wait until I catch the rats, and then I will ascend to the gate of the Zun Mansion."

Wu Xi confessed it.