"Rush."

Li Yi explained casually.

"Rushes?"

Zhao Jinmai asked suspiciously: "Aren't you going to make medicinal incense?" Why do you want to make lamps again? ”

"I'm not making medicinal incense, I'm making candles."

Li Yi fixed the end of the rush grass on the bamboo pole, shook it at her, and signaled: "This is the candle core of the candle, and the rush grass is here to start the fire." ”

Liu Yifei glanced at the medicinal powder on the side, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Do you want to add these medicinal powders to the candle?" ”

"Clever."

Li Yi smiled slightly, nodded and explained: "In ancient times, there were no electric lights, and candles were used to light them at night, but candles will have smoke, and if they smell it for a long time, they will be easy to get dizzy."

Therefore, the office of the ancient palace would add some soothing medicinal powder to the candle to make a medicinal incense candle.

When the powder is burned by a candle, it will release medicinal incense, similar to the principle of sachets and aromatherapy.

However, the cost of this kind of medicinal incense candle is relatively high, and even if it is royal, it will only be used during the New Year's Festival.

What I'm going to do this time is a box in the [Dragon and Phoenix Banquet], that is, [Dragon and Phoenix Painting Gold Box Dragon Pan Pillar].

Some medicinal herbs will be added to calm the nerves and refresh the brain, nourish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and appetize, open up the appetite before eating, and help digestion. ”

"Is it so awesome?"

Zhao Jinmai exclaimed: "I didn't expect the ancient royal family to even pay so much attention to candles. ”

In the live broadcast room, the audience also complained in the barrage area.

"It's so corrupt! This is all people's fat and people's ointment! ”

"Should I say it or not, this is the real luxury!"

"How much does it cost? It can be exported abroad, and foreigners definitely like it, they love candlelight dinners. ”

"If you want me to say, you should add some aphrodisiac medicine, what goat weed, lock yang, golden flies and so on, all put them in, they must sell well."

“……”

"There are so many smart people on the Internet! How could I not have thought of it? ”

"I often don't fit in with you because I'm not perverted enough, private Marseille, disturbed."

When the audience complained, Li Yi brought another stack of things that looked like books.

And when he opened it, the audience realized that it was actually pages of gold leaf.

"Is this gold leaf?"

Zhao Jinmai was surprised: "It's going to be put in too?" ”

"Yes."

Li Yi picked up the gold leaf, put it into the pot, and then stirred it with chopsticks.

As he stirred, the gold leaf quickly shattered, turning into bits of gold dust, which mixed into the wax.

After stirring them well, Li Yi picked up the chopsticks.

A wisp of wax drips from the tip of the chopsticks, and the gold dust dotted in the middle is like a star, which is beautiful in an instant.

After making sure that the gold leaf had been mixed evenly, Li Yi put the chopsticks aside.

Soon, the wax on the chopsticks solidified, and a layer of wax mixed with gold dots condensed on the chopsticks.

Zhao Jinmai stretched out his hand and picked up the chopsticks, held them up in front of Liu Yifei, with a look of surprise: "Sister Yifei, look, it's really like a small candle!" ”

Li Yi on the side ignored it, picked up the medicinal powder, poured some of it into the pot, and then stirred it.

Soon, the powder and the wax merged together.

At this time, Li Yi took a soup bucket and poured the wax liquid into the soup bucket.

Then, he put a few more wax plates in the pot, continued to melt the fire, and mixed the wax liquid.

It wasn't until he had filled the bucket that he removed the pot, placed it on the stovetop, and heated it over a simmer to keep it warm so that it wouldn't melt.

And with the evaporation of the wax liquid, a fragrance of medicinal herbs gradually spread.

Smelling this smell, Wu Lei couldn't help but come over, stretching out his nose and sniffing, while exclaiming: "It's so fragrant!" ”

Zhao Jinmai couldn't help but lick his lips: "Why am I a little hungry?" ”

Li Yi re-set up a soup bucket of the same size, and explained casually: "There are hawthorn and tangerine peel in it, both of which are to eliminate food and qi, strengthen the spleen and appetize." ”

"yes!"

When he said this, Zhao Jinmai really distinguished these two tastes: "No wonder I smelled a smell of orange hawthorn rock sugar gourd." ”

Wu Lei nodded violently on the side: "Appropriate!" ”

took more than a dozen red wax plates, Li Yi chopped them up, put them in the soup bucket together, and soon burned a bucket of red wax liquid.

Now it's time to make candles.

He took the wick he had made, put it into the wax mixed with the powder, soaked it for a while, and then took it out.

The wick of the candle with a circle of corduroy was hung with a layer of wax, which was cooled by the outside air and quickly condensed into a colorful black wax layer.

It is a wax that has been blackened with powder, and it has a unique color when mixed with gold powder.

After the medicinal wax solidified, Li Yi put the wick into the red wax.

When it was pulled out again, a layer of red wax had already formed on the wick, enveloping the previous black wax layer in it.

Then, Li Yi did the same, dipping the wax in two soup buckets in turn.

And the wick began to grow thick at a speed visible to the naked eye, layer after layer.

Wu Lei watched it so funny that he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yi, can you let me try?" ”

"Yes."

Li Yichong raised his chin on the desk on the side: "There are bamboo poles and rushes there, roll the rushes on the bamboo poles, and you can take them and make them." ”

"Okay!"

Wu Lei rushed to the desk, made a candle wick after a while, ran back, learned Li Yi's operation, and made a medicinal incense candle.

He didn't master the method in the first few layers, and the thickness of the wax dipped was uneven.

After Li Yi pointed out a little, he found the trick and began to get started.

However, after dipping dozens of layers, he became more and more struggling.

The wax condensed into a thick layer of wax on the wick, and the weight of a whole candle was already seven or eight catties.

Holding this candle of seven or eight catties, constantly going up and down in the two soup buckets, and ensuring verticality, this is a big test of strength.

And the weight of this candle is still getting heavier and heavier, which makes it even more torturous.

After dipping a few more layers, Wu Lei couldn't hold it anymore.

But he glanced at the candle in Li Yi's hand, the candle was already more than a dozen catties, but Li Yi held it in his hand, it was like pinching a straw, light and fluttering, mixed with nothing.

A little embarrassed to speak, Wu Lei reluctantly dipped a few more times.

On the last dip, he took the candle out, but his hand slipped and the candle almost fell back into the soup bucket.

"Huh..."

He was halfway through his exclamation, when one hand grabbed the wick that had slipped out of the middle and lifted the candle out of the bucket.

"It's okay, it's enough."

Li Yi carried his candle and placed it on the desk beside him.

The one Li Yi made himself had been placed in the center of the desk, exuding bursts of medicinal fragrance.

Taking a slender leather knife, Li Yi put it on the stove to heat it.

Then, he took the incense candle he had made and cut into the uneven place at the top.

The hot blade easily sank into the candle body, and circled, leaving a knife mark before he pulled it out.

Then, he brought a wire saw, stuck it into the knife mark, cut the inner wick into sections, and a beautiful cross-section appeared in front of everyone.

"Wow!"

Zhao Jinmai couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so beautiful!" ”

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