Chapter 11 The Advent of Soap
When Ying'er went out, Xu Hui continued to soak in the water and recalled the method of making handmade soap from Du Niang in his previous life. The handmade soap process is simple, and the raw materials only need oil, plant ash, and water, which are all ready-made materials.
When I thought of it, I dried my body, put on my clothes, called Liu Er, and came to the warehouse together, found two wooden basins of the same size and a large iron bucket, and asked Liu Er to take lard and plant ash, and put the lard and who into the two wooden basins respectively, and the amount of grease was about one-third of water.
Put the plant ash into the water again, stir it again until the water becomes clear, pour the alkaline water into the iron basin, and then slowly pour the grease into the alkaline water, stirring while also pouring, and then instruct Liu Er to set up a fire and barbecue the iron bucket until the saponification reaction is completed, and then pour the soap into the two wooden basins respectively.
A day later, Xu Hui instructed Liu Er and Wang San to take out the soap from the wooden basin, cut it evenly with a knife, and took out two pieces and gave them to the two.
"I don't know if this kind of fire can remove the alkali, don't burn the skin. If you don't try the wine with fine skin and tender meat in this ya, you two should not be afraid of burning it if you have rough skin and thick meat. It turned out that Xu Hui wanted to use the two of them as guinea pigs.
"Contempt." The two thought to themselves, but replied, "Yes." "There's no way, who makes the family the master.
The two of them washed a soap with soap, and after a long time, there were no adverse reactions, and it seems that the laboratory was successful.
If you want to mass production, you naturally need start-up capital, and Qian Xuhui naturally doesn't have it, so he has to find Xu Chong to invest. He gave Xu Zhong and his mother Xu Li two pieces of each as if he were offering a treasure. After the two tried it, Xu re-made the board and gave five hundred taels of silver, which was more than enough.
The training of the militia is on the right track, and there is no need for Xu Hui to supervise the training every day, Wang Er assists Xu Jian in charge of the training of the militia, and Xu Hui takes Liu Er to devote himself to the production of soap. During this period, Xu Hui continued to develop the soap process, adding flavors, goat milk, medicinal materials and other materials to support, floral, fruity, milky soap and medicinal soap, in addition, soap was also developed for washing and decontamination.
He taught the technique to Wang An, the second housekeeper, and asked him to supervise the production at home, and specially invited Dr. Fang from the village to prepare herbal medicines for the medicinal soap. Xu Hui took Liu Er and came to Zhending Mansion with the various flavors of soap that had just been produced.
First of all, in the most prosperous street of Zhending Mansion rented a huge store, up and down three floors, the rent in this era is not high, nor low, like this kind of store house is owned by the noble official mansion, in Xu Hui Liang famous, by honoring the competent official ten taels of silver, Xu Hui with a monthly rent of 800 Wen, rented the original 1251 month store.
arranged for Liu Er to organize people to paint the walls and decorate them, and Xu Hui brought soap to visit the Li Mansion and the Yan Mansion respectively. In Yan's mansion, Yan Ru was overjoyed in the face of her lover who she hadn't seen for nearly a month, and promised Xu Hui that she would definitely promote it among her sisters. The other sweetness of the two who haven't seen each other for a long time will not be repeated.
It was already evening when he came out of Yan's mansion, and Xu Hui decided to do a big thing and sell the soap thoroughly. That is, go to the kiln.
In this era, the Qinglou Chu Pavilion is a place for dignitaries, literary giants, wealthy businessmen, down to down-and-out literati, three religions and nine streams, containing the popular elements of this era, and the general women are hindered by the etiquette and religion, even if they sell products, it is difficult to get out of a certain circle, with the help of ** promotion, you can make the name of soap be spread to the greatest extent.
Xu Hui walked into Chunxiangyuan, the largest green building in Zhending Mansion, and the inside was not as noisy as the brothel in the previous life, even the people who were drinking in the lobby were all whispering softly, not a few "giggles" of the girl.
Looking up, the center of the first floor is a stage for geisha to perform, and the second floor is a separate cubicle, and the doorway is covered with light veil. Many rooms were built in the backyard of this brothel, which was a happy place for the ** fellow prostitutes who sold themselves, and there were several independent courtyards in the back, which were the residences of popular girls.
Xu Hui sat down on the chair, and immediately the old bustard of the Qinglou greeted him: "Yo, Nujia Chunhua, this little official's eyes are tight, come to us for the first time, come and show tea to the little official." ”
The big teapot served Xu Hui tea, and the mother said: "The little official came for the first time, and if you don't want to come to a girl who is familiar with you, the slave family will introduce you to a few, one is better than the other." As he spoke, the old bustard came up to pull Xu Hui's arm, and a pair of full breasts couldn't stop rubbing against Xu Hui's arm.
Speaking of Xu Hui's past life and present life, this is the first time he has come to this kind of place, although he has read countless A movies in his previous life, and he has reached the uncensored situation in his heart, but after all, he has not actually operated it, and he is still quite nervous in his heart.
"Well, Chunhua's mother, this is not in a hurry for the time being, I still have to wait for a friend." Xu Hui said embarrassedly.
Hearing what Xu Hui said, the old bustard didn't pull too much, and said with a smile: "Didn't the little official learn that my Chunxiang Courtyard's new top Su Nuan little lady is going to fight for a son-in-law today, and she came to see her face today?" The Su Nuan little lady, who is twenty-eight years old, is the color of a sinking fish and a wild goose, and she is from a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and her body and skin are so tender that she can pinch out the water. ”
"Well, it was seen by Chunhua's mother." Xu Hui had no choice but to echo.
"Giggles, the little official will wait, Su Nuan's little lady will come out immediately, and the slave family will retire first." The old bustard ordered some snacks and snacks on the big teapot, and then withdrew.
After waiting for about half an hour, I could only hear the sound of the gong of my life, and a graceful posture slowly walked towards the stage. Suddenly, the guests on both the first and second floors widened their eyes and stared intently at the shadow. Xu Hui is no exception, although no matter the beauties on the screen seen in the previous life, or Yan Ru, the fiancée in this life, they are all first-class beauties, but the beauty of this woman also deeply shocked Xu Hui. The beauty of this Su Nuan is different from Yan Ru, Yan Ru is the kind of beauty with a fairy spirit, and Su Nuan is a kind of charm in her bones. Slowly walked to the center of the stage, saluted to the four directions, raised his head and smiled slightly, "It's really a look back and a smile, the six palaces have no color." Xu Hui thought in his heart.
"I am tired of all the guest officials coming in person, the slave family came from the south of the Yangtze River, and has been here for more than a month, but has never met with the guest officials, and the slave family feels deeply guilty. Today, a treasure hunt is held to recruit sons-in-law, take a guest officer who knows each other, as a guest to enter the curtain, and hope that all the guest officials will pity the slave family. "The sound is like the chirping of larks in the mountains, crisp and beautiful.
"Okay, the treasure tournament is about to begin, my little lady will take five pleasant treasures, and then send a link for the five guest officers, the fastest and best person is my little lady's guest tonight." The maid next to him whispered.
"Little lady, let's start quickly, I can't wait." I don't know who in the audience shouted, and suddenly laughter came from everywhere, "Yes, yes." The sound is endless.
"Okay, Doubao recruits a son-in-law, start now." As Su Nuan's crisp voice sounded, everyone in the audience lined up and stepped forward one by one to show off their treasures.
It's not that someone quits halfway, it's because they can't get their hands on their treasures, and they don't want to be smiling and generous.
Xu Hui's eyes were sharp, and he saw that Li Du and Feng Hong were in the team, and Li Du also looked at him and couldn't help nodding in greeting.
About half an hour later, there are only a few people left in the team of Doubao, Li Du and Feng Hong have finished displaying, Li Du took a wild grass of Mi Fu, and Feng Hong took a gold pen, which was inlaid with a few agate, which is a foreign product. The two sat next to Xu Hui, originally Feng Hong was reluctant to come, so he couldn't stand Li Du's pull, so he reluctantly sat over.
"Brother Xu Huixian, why don't you also give out a treasure and show it." Li Du looked at Xu Hui with a smile.
"Hmph, isn't Brother Ji Chang embarrassed Xu Hui, he can't come up with any decent treasures." Feng Hong said contemptuously.
"Brother Yongcai, how can you talk like this." Li Du frowned.
"Ha, Brother Ji Chang, if the dog bites you, you can't bite back, just say what you want." Xu Hui smiled.
"You!" Feng Hongden stood up, and Li Du hurriedly pulled him to his seat.
"Brother Ji Chang, the younger brother made a self-made thing by chance, and now he takes it out to fight with Chongbao." Xu Hui said to Li Du.
"Isn't it the kind of artifact you gave to your father?"
At this time, the treasure of the last person in the team was also displayed, Xu Hui nodded, got up, and came to the front of the stage.