Deng Zixuan said with a smile: "Brother Sheng, I mean three sets of mechanical equipment!" "Brother Zixuan, you are very shrewd! I was convinced. However, the next step is up to you, and the matter of shareholding must be undertaken as soon as possible. Sheng Huaixuan was tired of praising him in person. Deng Zixuan heuristically continued: "Brother Sheng! The machine factory is the originator of industry! "Progenitor?" Sheng Huaixuan didn't understand.

"What is the originator, once the machine factory is built, it will drive other industries to prosper. For example, we can produce steam engines, we can produce textile machines, we can build textile factories, we can produce shipbuilding equipment, in short, we can build machine factories, and more factories will appear in the future. In the future, the steelmaking plant ・・・・・・. Deng Zixuan was a little intoxicated with himself. Sheng Huaixuan seemed to be listening to the book of heaven and said: "Okay! You tell me to stop for a while, and let's go back and talk about the wine!" ”

Deng Zixuan blew the sea at the wine table, and Sheng Huaixuan was stunned when he heard it. Suddenly, Sheng Huaixuan left his seat, as if he was doing a trick, and he had to touch out three sticks of incense. When Deng Zixuan was in a daze, Sheng Huaixuan lit the incense and then knelt on the ground with the mosquito coil high and said: "Brother Zixuan, the sky is above, I Sheng Huaixuan will worship you in this life and this life, brother of life and death!" Deng Zixuan hurriedly knelt opposite and said: "Brother Sheng carries love, the younger brother is willing to become a brother in life and death with his brother, and he will not be unswerving in this life!" ”

After the three incense sticks were burned, Deng Zixuan's legs were already numb. "Brother Xian, please get up!" Sheng Huaxuan reverently helped Deng Zixuan up. "Brother, please take a seat! Let's drink again! In an instant, the roles of both men changed. After two glasses of wine in a row, Deng Zixuan said: "Brother, the foreigner's machine, it is estimated that it will arrive in the spring next year, and it is imperative to pay close attention to the preparation of factories and other facilities, and this piece cannot be delayed." ”

Sheng Huai preached: "Brother Xian, don't worry! I'm going to choose a piece of treasure land at the Songjiang Mansion Pier, but I'm going to disturb your mansion for a long time. "Brother, you can stay here, this is my temporary habitat, and it is convenient for me to come to the city to see you if you live here." Why don't you bring your sister-in-law too! "Is this inappropriate?"

Deng Zixuan laughed and said: "It is immoral and unethical for husband and wife to live apart!" "It's really a strange theory, why is it immoral to live apart?" "Brother even understands this?" Deng Zixuan smiled slyly. "I understand, Brother Xian really has you, so I can bring Mrs. according to you. Why don't you live in the city without going back to the manor, wouldn't it be nice for us to be together every day! ”

"Brother, don't hide it, a big mess in the family depends on me!" Deng Zixuan made a helpless gesture. "Brother Xian! It's all up to you! "Don't worry! It's done in two days! On the third day, Deng Zixuan directly smashed 1 million silver taels, which stunned Sheng Huaixuan. Then Deng Zixuan held a shareholding show, in fact, all the people present were trusted, nothing more than to cover up for Deng Zixuan. He knows better than anyone how important the machine shop is, so he will never let idle people get involved. He is the only one who has joined the so-called grass people, and the other shareholders seem to be just making wedding clothes for Deng Zixuan.

Before leaving, Deng Zixuan told Sheng Huaixuan that he would come back in half a month to give him a big surprise, and asked Sheng Huaixuan to find a place near Songjiang Wharf, preferably a ready-made house. Sheng Huaixuan saw the figure of Deng Zixuan and his wife leaving, a little cloudy and foggy, and he didn't understand what it meant, but he knew that it would definitely be rewarding to follow the instructions of the virtuous brother.

The next day after Deng Zixuan returned to Rose Manor, he gave a day of lessons to the children in the morning. In the afternoon, a family member returned from the city in a carriage and told him that he had bought what he needed. Deng Zixuan was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately instructed Steward Zhang to clean up a secluded ear room. An hour later, Deng Zixuan dragged Wan'er, the maid Biying, and Danxia to the ear room. "Uncle, what's on the ground?" Biying asked in surprise. "Keep it a secret now, and when I figure it out, don't get carried away!" Deng Zixuan said teasingly.

"Uncle is going to tinker with novelties again, miss, we're tired!" Danxia pouted. "Husband! What the hell are you going to do? "Wan'er is confused." I said keep it a secret, and I'll give you a big surprise when the time comes! Wan'er, do we have rose essence in our house? "What do you want the fragrance for?" "Don't ask, is there any?" Wan'er said with a smile: "There is nothing else in Rose Manor, if you want to say that there is no fragrance, who believes it." Every year, people have to make a large amount of flavor to repel mosquitoes, Danxia, you go and bring the essence. ”

"Also, I need white flour and sugar!" Deng Zixuan instructed, Wan'er asked Biying to fetch it. Then Deng Zixuan asked the family to bring the beaker, alcohol lamp, measuring tools, and scales, and after a while, the things were all purchased. Deng Zixuan said: "Wan'er, you take a pen and write down the data, Biying and Danxia listen to my orders!" First of all, Deng Zixuan weighed a certain amount of soda ash bought back for the player to write down, and then put the soda ash in a beaker and added a certain proportion of water, heated to melt the soda ash.

After the soda ash is melted, pour it into a small basin. Then he poured rapeseed oil into the beaker to heat, and then Deng Zixuan asked Bi Ying to find a piece of white silk cloth. After the rapeseed oil is boiled, it is strained with a white silk cloth and repeated twice, and the rapeseed oil becomes white and shiny. The next process is simple, pour white flour, sugar, rapeseed oil, and rose flavor into the soda ash in proportion and stir to form a porridge shape. Zuihou Deng Zixuan formed the mixture into an oval shape with his hands and put it on the alcohol lamp to bake.

Wan'er, Biying, and Danxia were turned around, and Zuihou stared at the alcohol lamp with big eyes. Along with the drying process, a smell of aroma fills the nose. "Uncle, you make pastries!" "My saliva is about to come out!" Biying and Danxia clamored. "If this thing gets into your stomach, it can burn a big hole in your stomach!" Deng Zixuan frightened. Biying and Danxia were startled when they heard this. About an hour later, something white and fat, shiny and fragrant appeared in the field of vision.

Deng Zixuan asked Danxia to fetch a basin of water, and after the water came, Deng Zixuan began to wash his hands with soap. "Husband, I understand, you are making fragrant pancreas!" Wan'er exclaimed. "That's right! It's fragrant pancreas, I officially name it rose soap, Wan'er, you try it! Then Wan'er and the maid made a mess, they washed their faces three times with soap in one go, and they were happily in a mess, seeing the three women making a mess, Deng Zixuan felt even more fulfilled.

"What does my uncle command?" Steward Zhang stood respectfully in front of him. "You clean up the warehouse on the east side, and then find a bricklayer and carpenter according to this drawing." After speaking, Deng Zixuan pointed to the drawings and explained in detail, that place built a stove to install a large pot, and that place made wooden frames, etc. Zuihou said, "Purchase the things I need in addition." He also recruited the female dependents of all the tenants of the manor to work and told them to pay for the work every month. "Although Steward Zhang is confused, his uncle's orders must be followed.

A few days later, the soap workshop was completed. "Wan'er, it's not difficult to make soap, this soap workshop will be handed over to you in the future, and I will assist you." Deng Zixuan said with a smile. "Husband, I've never done it before, I'm afraid it won't be good!" Wan'er was a little apprehensive and a little excited. "No one will do it at the beginning, everything is difficult at the beginning, just do it boldly according to the method I gave you! Feel free to ask me if you don't understand! Wan'er nodded.

Madame was a little shy on her first day of taking office, and looked extremely nervous when she looked at a group of women standing in front of her. Deng Zixuan stood aside and nodded encouragingly, and Wan'er sighed: "Fellow villagers, we are all women, but women also have a pair of hard-working hands. Today this workshop is for me to take care of, we want to show men that women can also earn money to support their families. "Obey the young lady's orders!" The women were excited. Deng Zixuan saw that Wan'er's role was played very well, so he turned around and left with confidence.

10 days later, the first batch of soap was made, Wan'er was very careful, from a woman's point of view, the soap was made into different shapes through wooden molds, and rose soap was born. On this day, Mrs. Gao specially came to watch, "Haha! My daughter actually has these two moments, it seems that the old man's ancestral grave is smoking! "If you want me to say that it's still my uncle's credit, you see how happy Wan'er is now!" "You're right, we got a golden beetle son-in-law, and the old man can rest assured that the manor will be handed over to him・・・・・・

In front of Deng Zixuan's official residence in Shanghai City, Sheng Huaixuan and his wife stood in front of the door to greet them, only to see two carriages parked in front of the door, Deng Zixuan personally helped Wan'er down, and the eyes of Sheng Huaixuan's two ladies were hot when they saw such a move. "Brother, I didn't stay in my hometown for a few more days, and I came back so soon!" Deng Zixuan said with a smile. "Brother Xian, it was you who boasted about Haikou and said that you would give me a big surprise in half a month, do you think I can stay at home? I believe it, not a joke! ”

"Brother, when did Brother Xian ever joke!" Then Sheng Huaixuan introduced his wife, and the meeting of the female relatives was particularly cordial and warm, and the atmosphere was happy. Deng Zixuan ordered the boxes on the carriage to be carried directly into the living room, and when Sheng Huaixuan was confused, Deng Zixuan's figure entered the courtyard. Entering the living room, the housekeeper opened a box, and a faint aroma penetrated his heart.

Wan'er took out a piece of soap and said, "Two sisters-in-law, this is the fragrant sister-in-law made by my husband and me, and I will give it to you to express my gratitude!" Mrs. Sheng Huaixuan and Mrs. Sheng Huaixuan took it in their hands and looked at it carefully, then put it under their noses and smelled it. Needless to say, the lady was going to try it out, and then the lady and the maid chirped and left. Sheng Huaxuan picked up a piece of incense and inspected it: "Brother Xian, this is the surprise you said!" ”

"Brother! This is a rose soap, which has strong lubrication and detergency when used, and has the effect of nourishing the skin after long-term use. This is a kind of high-grade fragrant sister-in-law, soil soap can not be compared, if this kind of soap is dedicated to the Forbidden City, get their approval, brother should know the mystery! Sheng Huaixuan's eyes lit up when he heard this. Deng Zixuan continued: "At present, my Rose Manor soap workshop has begun to produce, and my brother promises that all the soaps produced will be sold to you at a small profit, and the external distribution pricing will be determined by my brother, which is the surprise I gave to my brother."

The kung fu ladies returned, and the scene suddenly became lively. Mrs. Sheng and Mrs. Sheng were full of praise for Aunt Xiang, and the flowers trembled with joy. "Brother Xian, I know your intentions, I don't know what to say for my brother, and my brother's business will be my business in the future!" "In the future, the elder brother's business is the younger brother's business!" Interests bring two unrelated people together.

This is to reap benefits for himself, Sheng Huaixuan is impatient. He knew in his heart that the virtuous brother had almost given him the soap workshop, and he would not be wrong about what distribution and pricing were. The next day, Sheng Huaixuan carried more than ten boxes of soap to Tianjin. Before leaving, Sheng Huaixuan asked him to take care of the construction of the plant. Deng Zixuan secretly rejoiced, the layout of the machine factory can be sorted out from the new, which will be of great benefit to the secret operation in the future.

A few days later, Sheng Huaixuan arrived in Tianjin. Li Hongzhang, the governor of the Governor's Mansion in Zhili, personally greeted him in front of the door: "Huaixuan! Isn't it good news for me again! Don't be in a hurry to answer me, I'll tell you two good news first. First, the Queen Mother of the West was very satisfied with the special supply of matches and asked for a long-term supply. Second, for the preparation of the Daqing Machinery Factory, the Queen Mother of the West praised you very much, and gave you four products to wear a flower feather. "Thank you for the favor of the Queen Mother of the West, and thank you for the love of Lord Zhongtang!" Sheng Huaixuan bowed slightly.

Li Hongzhang said with a red face: "Zuo Zongtang has Hu Xueyan, and I have to do a job, God bless me!" Brother Huaixuan, please take a seat! Sheng Huaixuan didn't sit down and said: "My lord, Hu Xueyan has a strange thing sent into the palace, and his subordinates think that the Lord of Zhongtang can't be willing to be inferior and carry it up!" I saw a box on the platform, and after opening it, the house was filled with incense.

Sheng Huaixuan picked up a piece of soap and said, "This is my sister-in-law produced in my family workshop, so it is called rose soap." The soap is not only attractive in aroma, but also has the effect of nourishing the skin. At present, there is no such soap in the Qing Dynasty, please try it! Li Hongzhang took the soap and walked to the basin and began to wash. Later, Li Hongzhang stared at the soap and shouted, "Please come over and ・・・・・・ the ladies and ladies." ”！