Chapter 136: Toothbrush

At this time, Qingji did not know that his woman would be married to someone else.

The beginning of the day begins in the morning!

The sky was bright, and Qingji put on his robe and washed under the service of his concubine Zhu Ji.

The daily life of the princes and nobles is always so corrosive.

Whether it is dressing or washing, there is no need to do it yourself, there will naturally be a high-quality palace lady to serve.

In this day and age, brushing your teeth is very simple.

Gong E, who was in charge of serving Qingji, took a willow branch early, soaked it in a large basin full of warm water, and tore the outer skin with her teeth, so that the fibers inside could be used as a brush.

However, you have to be careful when using it, otherwise your mouth will bleed......

Is it hygienic?

This is clearly a second-hand "toothbrush"!

However, thinking that the other party is a petite and cute palace maid, Qingji doesn't mind much.

"Shhh

"Big ...... King. ”

The palace maid who served Qingji to brush her teeth suddenly turned pale.

The little hand holding the willow branch trembled, as if it had been thunderbolted from a sunny day!

Standing on the side, the older Gong E glanced at Qingji and was suddenly startled!

"King, the corners of your mouth are bleeding......"

With a "plop", the two palace ladies knelt down instantly, and begged pitifully: "Please forgive the king!" ”

Bleeding from the mouth?

Qingji was a little dazed, and immediately wiped the corners of his mouth, the fine salt grains were mixed with blood, stained on his fingers, and he was indeed red!

"Bold!"

Zhu Ji, who was originally staying by Qingji's side, rushed over when she heard the sound, and saw blood overflowing from the corner of Qingji's mouth, so she couldn't help but feel distressed and stepped forward to wipe it for him.

Then Zhu Ji turned her head again, facing the two palace ladies kneeling on the ground, and scolded with raised eyebrows: "How did you two serve the king?" Let the king see the blood! ”

"Madam, this is an unintentional mistake, please punish the king and the lady!"

Xiao Gong'e was so frightened that she couldn't do it, and she pleaded guilty in panic.

Her unintentional mistakes, the sins can be big or small!

If it is heavier, it will be executed, and if it is light, it will be punished with a cane, and then demoted to the Shangyi Bureau on duty, doing heavy work until he dies of old age......

Of course, it's okay to ignore these trivial things.

Seeing this, Zhu Ji was a little unbearable.

It's not that she is kind-hearted and can't see the poor little girl, but this palace maid is an errand in Zhu Ji's dormitory, and she has some feelings!

So, Zhu Ji could only wrap her arms around Qingji, snuggle in his arms, and said tenderly: "King, this cheap maid was careless for a while, and she hurt the king, which is an unintentional mistake." ”

"Please let the king take it lightly, scold her with a cane for twenty, and demote her to the Shangyi Bureau on duty......"

"It doesn't matter."

Qingji smiled faintly, waved his hand and said, "A little injury, it's okay." Besides, Shi Cai is a widow who moved around, and she can't be blamed on her head, so she doesn't have to be punished! ”

"Get up."

"King Xie!"

Seeing Qingji so magnanimous, Xiao Gong'e, who thought that she was about to face a catastrophe, couldn't help crying with joy, and hurriedly kowtowed to Qingji a few times, and then stood up tremblingly.

"The king is really benevolent."

Zhu Ji looked at Qingji's face and became more and more infatuated.

In this regard, Qingji just laughed it off.

The bleeding gums are not enough to let Qingji ruin a little girl's life!

Gu Xuan

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Qingji's mind.

Since the toothbrushing utensils of this era are so unbearable, there are still certain dangers, and the degree of brushing is not enough, why can't I invent the toothbrush?

It is very reasonable for modern time-travelers to make some inventions in ancient times.

In the past, Qingji was just busy with war and state affairs, but now that he has leisure time, he can naturally make some small inventions.

For example, toothbrushes!

"Go, find some horses and bamboo for the widow."

"No."

The palace lady on the side didn't know what Qingji meant, but the king's order was like this, so she could only do it!

Under the puzzled eyes of Zhu Ji and other concubines and palace maids, Qingji took a sharp dagger, cut off a small section on the bamboo pole, and then cut it into a smooth shape.

Then, he drilled 12 pores into the round toothbrush handle, divided into two rows, each with six eyelets, and then installed horsetail hairs to fix them, which looked very similar to modern toothbrushes!

In a short time, an ancient toothbrush was announced!

"What is this, King?"

Zhu Ji asked curiously.

"This thing is called a toothbrush, and the toothbrush will be used as a brushing tool in the harem."

Qingji smiled slightly, and then took the toothbrush by himself, dipped it in a little salt, rinsed his mouth, and brushed it back and forth on his teeth.

By brushing your teeth in this way, the cleaning effect is naturally greatly increased.

The only fly in the ointment is that there is no toothpaste!

But Qingji is already quite satisfied.

In this day and age, people have learned the importance of protecting their teeth!

In "Historical Records: The Biography of Canggong", it is pointed out that the cause of tooth decay is "eating without gargling".

"Book of Rites" cloud: The first song of the chicken, salty cough!

The ancients already had the habit of gargling their mouths, but they only used their fingers and willow branches to clean their mouths and teeth.

In the aristocratic house, you can use the willow branches to brush your teeth, and the fingers to brush your teeth are ordinary Li Shu.

There are also many people who don't brush their teeth at all and rinse their mouths, or simply rinse their mouths!

Why?

Because salt is already precious, not to mention the fine salt and wine that act as toothpaste!

The most outrageous thing is that in ancient Rome, they used urine for brushing their teeth, and when cleaning their teeth, they held urine in their mouths for a period of time before spitting it out, which is really incomprehensible......

However, modern medicine has proven that fluoride in urine does have a cleansing effect!

Qingji plans to promote the toothbrush, a tool for cleaning the mouth, to have an upward and downward effect.

It's just that the problem with this toothpaste has never been solved.

In this era, things such as salt water, wine, and warm water all have the effect of being toothpaste, but the effect is not great.

And there are some things that ordinary people may not be able to afford, or are willing to use!

As for the specific ingredients of toothpaste, Qingji doesn't remember very clearly, only knowing that it contains calcium carbonate, fluoride or something, specifically, salt, pine resin and poria cocos and other things can be used as raw materials for toothpaste.

When encountering this kind of problem that he doesn't understand, Qingji simply leaves it to professionals to explore.

After washing and dressing up, Qingji put on a regular dress again and went to the Zide Hall to deal with government affairs.

Now, Qing Ji has a lot of government affairs to deal with every day!

The territory of Wu is not large, and the population is not large, but during the implementation of the new law, as a monarch, no matter how big or small, you have to ask about it one by one.

Therefore, the bamboo slips placed on one side can be said to be piled up like a hill, waiting for Qingji to be approved.

Qingji sat upright on the seat, spread out the music on the case, held the "irregularity" in one hand, looked at the words on the bamboo slips, and after careful consideration, he put forward the pen to give instructions.

Permit!

Batch it word by word, it may be that the ink stained by Qingji is too thick, or it may be that Qingji's pen action is too heavy, which makes the word "quasi" not very clear.

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