104. Perfume
In the blacksmith shop, Zhang Li shared a room with a bearded dwarf.
This dwarf is the best blacksmith in Night Town, the treasure of the town, the kind that ordinary people can't see, if it weren't for Zhang Li's permission from the duke, he wouldn't have been able to enter this forge room and let the family help him build something.
"This thing I want may not be easy to build, it's a funnel, you know what a funnel is, and then you have to build a few pipes to connect with this funnel......" Zhang Li took the abstract drawing he had drawn and tried his best to describe the shape he wanted in front of the dwarf.
But if you think about it, it seems that it would not be easy to make an iron pipe with only a hammer, and the iron pipe he asked for was still bent.
At this time, Zhang Li began to struggle to turn his brain, trying to recall his dusty memory, he remembered that there seemed to be a way to pour copper water on a pre-made mold, and then cool it to form, that seemed to be called the steel filling method?
No, it doesn't seem to be called this name, forget it, it doesn't matter what his name is, when Zhang Li didn't learn this aspect before he woke up, he didn't even know what the mold was made of, was it clay?
Zhang Li shook his head, he didn't want to think about it if he couldn't think of it, he was going to talk about this idea to this blacksmith, maybe people could understand it a little?
"Anyway, it's just a recipe for yours, right?" The bearded blacksmith saw Zhang Li thinking in place for a long time, his face kept changing, as if he was very entangled, so he opened his mouth impatiently.
"Ah, that's right, but you don't think it's easy to build, so I'm going to introduce you to a ...... Irrigate...... !" As he spoke, Zhang Li suddenly grew the biggest, and his eyes were about to bulge.
The dwarf didn't wait for Zhang Li to finish speaking, especially when Zhang Li said that it was not easy for him to create this kind of thing, he directly turned his head quietly, picked up a piece of burnt red copper with a clip, and then directly pinched it.
"Oh buy ga...... This...... This ...... "This is really a dumbfounded operation!" This dwarf directly turned on his racial talent, the stone form, and his body directly became one size larger, and then he rubbed it against the copper bar like pinching plasticine, and in this way, what Zhang Li wanted was already ready, and then he threw it directly into the cold water.
"Boom !!" a burst of white smoke, and after the water vapor dissipated, a curved copper pipe that meets Zhang Li's standards is made.
Zhang Li looked stunned for a while, and then said for a long time: "Eh...... You're really ...... good."
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Indeed, Niu Bi, this blacksmith master has been fighting iron all his life, and his own fire pit is already too high, plus the elemental resistance bonus of the stone form, pinching an iron block is like playing.
This also reminded Zhang Li once again that this is a fantasy world, where he can't think about things with the thinking of the earth, in short, in the end, he got what he wanted.
A humble still.
He wants to extract alcohol as well as plant flavors.
The previous communication with the representatives of those profiteers made him understand one thing, the women of Azeroth love stinky beauty as much as the women on earth, especially those noble ladies with financial conditions, if there is something that can improve their appearance, then they will definitely buy like crazy.
So Zhang Li started to think, when it comes to improving his appearance, cosmetics must be the first choice, but he is a big man who doesn't know how to make cosmetics at all, so he can only retreat to the next best thing and use perfume to please the hearts of those young ladies and ladies.
Isn't the second reason why they buy soap because of the aroma on the soap? Well, he will come to a more fragrant one, mixing alcohol and essence is the simplest perfume, and then packaging it, making it look a little better, and I believe that a bottle and a gold bottle are not a problem.
The raw materials are just worthless spirits and all kinds of flowers and fruits, compared to the 150% pure profit of soap, the profit of this thing is not sky-high?
It's just that after Zhang Li's investigation, it was found that Azeroth does not have too high degree of spirits, even if it is a dwarf who claims to be a thousand cups and is not drunk, the alcohol they drink is not high, otherwise who will not get drunk after drinking a barrel in one go?
Besides, high-purity alcohol is not good.
In short, Zhang Li was busy in the basement and used the steam method to purify alcohol, mainly by using the different boiling points of alcohol and water, the alcohol began to evaporate at 80 degrees, and the water had to be 100 degrees, so controlling the temperature was the key.
Zhang Li didn't have a thermometer, he could only be careful, if the purity of the first batch was not enough, then steam it again, in short, the higher the degree, the better.
Then he began to extract plant flavors, also using the distillation method.
Since most vegetable oils have volatile properties, and most of the essential oils are insoluble or less soluble in water, natural fragrance workers use steam distillation according to the characteristics of essential oils, and extract them from various tissue cells and secretions of plant raw materials (the above passage is from Tieba).
It's just that the time consumed is too long, but because the soap Zhang Li wants to make also needs a lot of plant essential oils, this is also the time that has to be wasted.
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Three days later, representatives of various chambers of commerce arrived as scheduled, and they were all very curious about Zhang Li's sale, but some people were dismissive.
In their opinion, soap is indeed better than honey locusts, but for ordinary people, honey locusts are easy to obtain, and they don't cost any money at all, on the other hand, soap is a real meal of meat, if it is really a very poor family, they will definitely choose honey locusts as cleaning supplies, how good is the rest of the money to eat a meal of meat?
Even if Zhang Li really took out the soap for the aristocracy, the aristocracy was a minority after all, and if it didn't improve the appearance, just washing clothes and bathing, the sales would not be very high.
They are now looking forward to the thing that Zhang Li said about removing blackheads, and that is what really attracts them.
Finally, almost ten minutes after the people arrived, Zhang Li, the protagonist of this meeting, was late.
"I'm sorry for the traffic jam on the road, so I was a little late. Zhang Li apologized with a smile, and then sat down on the main seat.
What is that? Everyone looked confused, but they could also hear that this was Zhang Li's excuse, and they smiled one by one, indicating that they didn't care, and some did not speak to express their dissatisfaction.
"Anyway, since everyone is here, then don't talk nonsense, let's get down to business. As he spoke, Zhang Li took out two items from the space backpack, one wrapped in paper and the other a delicate glass bottle.
"This is the protagonist of today, this little square is what I said before about the high-end soap for the aristocracy, it can also be called soap, but of course, I won't really only sell to the nobility, if the commoners are willing to buy it, of course, it can't be sold, but its main consumer group is the nobility. Zhang Li opened the package, and a soap that looked much more delicate than soap appeared in front of everyone.
"Yes, it's a high-end product that only nobles deserve, so what is it?" a representative casually complimented the soap, and then turned his head to look at the bottle: "This is what can clean blackheads?"
Everyone stared at the bottle carefully, and the small bottle had a very brightly colored liquid in it, and it looked very good.
"No, that's not, but I'm sure it's no less popular with women than it is to get rid of blackheads, and I call it perfume. ”
Zhang Li gently unscrewed the small bottle, and suddenly, a fragrance much richer than soap came to his face.