Chapter 118: Cactus

Hu Changan looked at everyone's expectant eyes, and also smiled slightly: "Don't panic, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, you better start with literacy." ”

"I have invited Mr. Enlightenment from outside, and he will teach you to read and write from now on."

"All the craftsmen, you go to the school in the morning and make iron in the afternoon."

With that, Hu Changan led the craftsmen towards the school.

Hu Changan specially found an empty room in the Ministry of Industry to be used as a classroom for these craftsmen in the future.

This room is not far from the Ministry of Works' ironmaking workshop, which is convenient for craftsmen to go back and forth.

After a while, Hu Changan led everyone to the new school.

Looking at the bright and clean classroom, everyone was moved.

I didn't expect that these big and rough people would be able to become cultural people one day!

At Hu Changan's signal, everyone sat down one after another.

In front of the stage was an old Confucian with gray hair.

This person was admitted to Xiucai a long time ago, but he had no choice but to fail in the township examination, so he had to accept his fate to become a teacher.

Now he has been working on the podium for many years, and he is already an experienced Mr. Enlightenment.

Looking at the tall craftsmen in the audience, the old gentleman felt slightly unwell.

The people who came to enlighten him before were all three or five-year-old Xiao Douding, and he had never taught an adult like this.

However, looking at the eyes of everyone in the audience who were eager for knowledge, the old gentleman slowly calmed down, picked up the "Three Character Classic" and began to teach it slowly.

Hu Changan looked at the serious study of everyone, nodded with satisfaction, and turned to leave.

According to the old gentleman, it will take about half a year or so for these craftsmen to master basic reading and writing.

Hu Changan had to finish compiling physics and chemistry textbooks before that.

Originally, Hu Changan planned to invite someone to teach, but then Hu Changan thought about it and gave up this idea.

After all, in Daming, except for Hu Changan himself, others simply don't have any concept of physics and chemistry.

Hu Changan was afraid that looking for a second-class dealer would distort the facts.

So after thinking about it, Hu Changan still decided to personally serve as the lecturer of these craftsmen.

Anyway, Hu Changan only needs to put this wave.

In the future, Hu Changan plans to let these first batch of educated craftsmen become teachers, and continue to teach other craftsmen with the old and the new.

Hu Changan hopes that in his lifetime, he can cultivate a group of modern engineering talents!

But for now, it's just a prospect, and the meal still has to be eaten one bite at a time.

The first step is for these craftsmen to learn to write their own names.

Hu Changan turned around and walked to Fuzhong, ready to experiment with new products.

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Today's Hu Mansion is full of a strange plant planted by Hu Chang'an.

It's strange, it's really strange, although this thing looks as green as a plant, it's covered with little thorns, and it hurts to be poked.

At first, Hu Fu's curious subordinates would touch this strange plant with their hands, but after being firmly pierced a few times, everyone dispelled this idea.

Some of them were even stabbed with blood!

Not only that, but the plant's tiny thorns can snag on clothes when people walk by.

The costumes of the Ming Dynasty were elegant, and all kinds of streamer ornaments were complex and diverse.

If you accidentally get caught by the thorns of a plant while walking, it will be miserable!

A piece of clothing, I'm afraid it will be ruined.

A maid was careless, and was pulled open by the thorn brush of this plant.

Therefore, the whole Hu Mansion is respectful of this plant.

Only Hu Changan is different.

Hu Changan loves these plants to death, and he has to get close every once in a while to see how they are growing.

These plants are naturally the cacti that will be well-known in later generations.

Hu Changan is ready to use these cacti to raise cochineal and make the first lipstick in history!

Cochineal contains carmine in its body, which can be made into pigments.

This is a rare all-natural color.

Not only is it non-toxic and pollution-free, but it also has a strong antioxidant capacity and will not fade when applied to the lips for a long time.

The raw material of many big-name lipsticks is this humble cochineal.

A better cochineal will even cost as gold in the afterlife!

Nowadays, the raw materials of Daming women's lip fat are all kinds of flower petals.

Common-class women often wear lipstick makeup made of red and blue flowers and mountain pomegranate flowers.

The wealthier aristocracy will choose the petrel fat flower.

But all in all, it's all with the juice of the petals.

These lipsticks made with petal juice are okay, but they are noticeably lighter in color than lipsticks made with cochineal and don't sit on the lips for long.

Hu Changan believes that the cochineal lipstick he launched will definitely sell well in Yingtian City!

The reason why Hu Changan wants to launch lipstick is actually to take the upper route.

After several false alarms, Hu Changan can see that only by doing a good job in the upper echelons can he be unimpeded in his future business routes and careers.

Today's Daming is similar to later generations, men love wine, women love makeup, this is an unbreakable truth.

Wine, Hu Changan has rum.

And cosmetics, isn't Hu Changan developing it?

Now, of course, you have to wait for the cactus to grow a little bit before you can transplant the cochineal.

So Hu Changan recently spent the rest of his time planting cacti in the house in addition to his normal work and work.

Cactus is a thing that originated from Mosig and the United States, and it does not exist in China for the time being.

But doesn't Hu Changan have a system, as soon as he exchanged it, a watery cactus appeared in front of him.

Fortunately, the cactus is a plant with solid skin, which is not only drought tolerant, but also hardy, and can be grown even in winter.

All Hu Changan has to do is provide some of the most basic water sources, and they can thrive on their own.

Hu Changan carefully took care of the cactus according to the textbooks provided by the system.

Of course, in the eyes of others, this is a different thing.

"Hey, why has Young Master Hu been growing these strange things recently, do you know what this thing is?"

"Of course I don't know, I grew up in Yingtianfu, and I've never seen such a weird thing, and I don't know what this thing can do."

"That's it, you see this thing is full of thorns, and it has broken my two clothes, it's really disgusting!"

"I don't know what Young Master Hu is trying to do, does he want to put it as an ornament? Otherwise, I can't figure out what this thing can do. ”

"Hey, Young Master Hu's taste is really heavy, my scalp is numb when I see so many spikes, I didn't expect Young Master Hu to even appreciate this kind of thing. If you want me to say, this is really worthy of the young master. ”