Chapter 38: A Bloody Case Caused by a Piece of Soap
Egger tried to give Mu Feng an inquiring look, but the other party couldn't figure out the situation at all, the potatoes after splashing water and sprouting were quickly cut into pieces and sent to the test field, and their mentor looked a little stunned for the past two days.
"French fries, potato chips, mashed potatoes, shredded potatoes, potato stew, ....."
Leo muttered endlessly, even though he knew that the harvest would be a long time, and all he had to eat for two days was black bread, and the black bread that was hard in the north was almost comparable to stone, and it was possible to use it to knock two nails when the craftsman couldn't find a hammer, and it had to be soaked in soup to soften.
As for the potatoes, which are highly produced in the Northland and easy to store, Leo can even predict what kind of food revolution this will cause in the Iron Country.
……..
Leo, who fantasizes about food, smells an extremely discordant smell, and only discovers the source of this smell in private.
"Egger-san, how long has it been since you took a shower?"
"Just washed it last week?"
Smelling this smell of oil, Leo unconsciously took two steps back, it was common for people in the Middle Ages not to take a bath for more than a month, and it is said that some nobles even took pride in taking a bath once every three weeks.
"You stay away from me in the future"
Egger is a little inexplicable, he is quite diligent, only Mu Feng's face is flushed, he hasn't washed it for almost a month, and he sprayed some perfume to cover up the smell.
Leo dragged his chin and thought about it, it's not that they don't like to be clean, but it's that it's really inconvenient to take a bath in the northland, it doesn't take much time to boil a tank of water, and the fuel also costs money.
This eggplant is so dirty, it's better to .....
Two weeks later, a new building appeared near the artisan's workshop, and the tall chimney was constantly emitting white steam, attracting many onlookers, who had always maintained a high level of curiosity about the new gadgets that the lord had tossed, and in their eyes Leo was almost omnipotent.
"Zaotang?"
"It's a bathhouse! Uneducated, it looks like a bathing place? ”
"Two copper coins washed once?"
New things always have to be the first to eat crabs, and although the signage at the door of this new bathhouse makes people understand that it is a place to take a bath, no one dares to be the first to enter.
"Let's let let...."
A path quickly dispersed in the crowd, and onlookers covered their noses and did not dare to approach, shouting to get out of the way, and the smell of the hunter almost made people faint.
"It just so happens that I haven't taken a shower in a long time, isn't it just two copper plates?"
After Orion entered, everyone stood silently outside, the time was a little long, making people wait a little anxious, why don't you just take a shower, why don't you come out.
After almost an hour, the Orion finally came out of it steaming, and when the wind blew, there was still a stench, but an indescribable aroma.
"What's going on, tell me about it"
"Oh, it's refreshing! As soon as the wrench is twisted, the hot water swishs out, it's not cold at all, and what is it, soap? I bought a small piece of copper plate, and after washing it, it was more fragrant than my mother-in-law."
As he spoke, he shook the bottle in his hand, and the mouth of the bottle was steaming.
"Seeing this, you can drink a bottle with two copper plates, a limited amount of hot milk, oh, remember to send the bottle back after drinking"
Everyone was moved, this is a very convenient thing, it is very enjoyable to watch, and some women timidly spoke in the crowd.
"Can we go to our woman's house too?"
Orion scratched his head, recalling carefully.
"There seems to be a women's bathhouse inside, I almost made a mistake and was scolded"
The crowd boiled instantly, not that they didn't want to take a bath, but that the cost of taking a bath was really too high, since everyone stinked, it didn't matter, but now a few copper plates can have such a good enjoyment, the crowd exploded directly and began to pour into the bathhouse.
"Alas, alas, everyone is in line, don't crowd"
"Who's that, there's a women's bathroom over there, don't walk around, be careful I call the guards!"
"Remember to return the bottle when you're done with milk!!"
On the roof of the building in the distance, two black shadows were squatting secretly, and the guards on the sentry tower found that they could only look at the nose and nose and mind, as if they could not see.
"You really weren't a thief in your last life? , sneaky all day"
Fran pouted, wrapped the stall tightly and squatted with Leo on the roof of the building, no matter what, Leo wanted to see the effect with his own eyes and had to pull her along.
The following situation is basically in line with the expectation that Leo will laugh more and more happily, watching Fran Jelly shiver and consciously lift a corner of his blanket, and signal Fran to come over and huddle to keep warm.
Fran blushed, not knowing whether it was frozen or shy, thinking about it or not pretentious, she moved and drilled over, and the two of them leaned on each other and looked at the grand scene below, with a sense of indescribability.
Feeling the temperature and fragrance of Fran, Leo's mood became better and better, and the bathhouse was built directly near the craftsman's workshop, and the boiler of the craftsman's workshop almost did not stop working in the middle of the night, attracting snow water to melt and filter it can become a source of hot water, almost no cost, and in the long run, not only will it not lose money, but it can also recover fuel money.
In addition to the smell, there are other disadvantages of not taking a bath for a long time, and people who do not clean for a long time are very likely to get sick.
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New soaps soon opened up the market, and a steady stream of soaps was made from the artisanal workshops of Drifting Snow City and shipped to various parts of the Iron Country through the Northland caravans.
Soap is just an ordinary animal fat mixed with caustic soda handmade soap, the cost is extremely low, the manual workshop employs a lot of workers to do this, and also provides work for many women, after all, this is a small job.
There are two versions of the soap, ordinary soap and soap with plant essential oils, which are specially supplied to commoners and wealthy merchants or nobles, and Geto has no doubts about the new products developed by Leo, and directly uses nearly half of this month's purchase funds on it.
As soon as things came out, they caused a boom in the land of iron, which could easily wash off the dust and oil on the body, and could also make incense all over the body, and the new trend among the aristocracy was to buy a limited edition essential oil soap for their own women, causing many unscrupulous traders to buy and sell, and the price rose.
Even the royal capital theater also specially arranged a show, the wife of the down-and-out nobleman wanted a limited edition essential oil soap, but the down-and-out nobleman took a commoner version to fool him, and the lady secretly had a private meeting with a certain MG because of various dissatisfaction with life, which led to a series of turbulent family ethics dramas.
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"How long has the teacher been like that?"
"Who knows, it's been going to be since yesterday."
As long as Leo saw this month's financial statement, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, money! It's all money! Finally, I don't have to be so poor, and I eat that Rausch black bread every day.
Several students who put down the report and looked at it with a wicked smile on their faces all shuddered.
"Tonight.... Extra meals! Let's eat meat! ”