The time unconsciously came to September, and the two small poems written by Chen Kan on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet were spontaneously propagated by the news that the ministers and the imperial court were preparing to revise the Yongle ceremony.

So, Chen Kan was so inexplicably mixed with the title of the second generation of reading seeds in Shilin.

The ministers did this, which was somewhat of a reciprocation, after all, Chen Kan proposed to revise the Yongle Canon, and the most direct beneficiaries were them.

At the same time, Chen Kan's upcoming wedding to Princess Changning is also known to the world.

Now, the Ministry of Industry is stepping up the construction of the princess's mansion.

The location of the princess's mansion is on the edge of the Qinhuai River, not far from Chen Kan's house.

Fame and fortune are no different.

The first five of the six rituals of the Zhou ceremony, Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, and inviting dates, are extremely complicated things in Chen Kan's view.

was taken over by Fang Xiaoru, his only elder in the world.

These matters will be discussed by Fang Xiaoru and the master Zheng to His Majesty, Empress Xu and the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, in the face of the upcoming marriage, Chen Kan can be said to have no sense of participation.

But this doesn't mean that Chen Kan is idle and has nothing to do these days, on the contrary, he is almost busy like a dog.

Because he not only has to go to school in Guozijian, but also has to inquire about the affairs of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division at any time.

Especially in the infiltration of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, as well as the investigation of the White Lotus Sect, the Buddha is even more hand-held.

At the same time, he finds time to develop soaps and perfumes.

Just these trivial matters almost made Chen Kan dizzy.

The south of the Yangtze River in early autumn was shrouded in hazy smoke and rain, but this cool autumn rain could not affect the hot scene in the backyard of the old mansion of the Marquis of Puding.

Chen Kan sat on a lazy Taishi chair, with a huge umbrella on his head, and hot air on his forehead, obviously just finished.

In front of Chen Kan, hundreds of subordinates were busy in an orderly manner.

A huge stove is held on the edge of a small lake in the backyard.

On the stovetop, a large cauldron is boiling a pot of unpleasant-smelling liquid.

The liquid in the pot was already bubbling hot, and the people who were so hot that they didn't know if it was rain or sweat.

Two shirtless men withstood the mist-like drizzle, holding wooden sticks and constantly stirring the cauldron with lard with grass and wood gray water.

When the liquid in the cauldron gradually solidifies, a layer of white foam is resolved on the edge of the pot. Chen Kan hurriedly shouted: "Okay, stop the fire and start filtering." ”

Hearing Chen Kan's shout, the two subordinates put down their sticks, wrapped the edge of the iron pot with a thick rag, and poured the mixture in the pot into the wooden basin wrapped in gauze.

In this way, the remaining liquid in the mixture will be filtered out by the gauze.

That's right, Chen Kan is making soap for his subordinates in the command mansion.

The original soap making method was very simple, it was boiled with lard and alkaline water.

In this era, alkali is not easy to find, so Chen Kan uses grass and wood gray water instead.

And in the open space next to the courtyard, a pile of sealed wooden barrels was neatly stacked on the ground. It was a perfume that was fermenting Titian.

As for the glaze, that thing doesn't have any technical content, but the process is too troublesome, and you have to build a furnace and coke, and Chen Kan is really too lazy to get it.

Perfume and soap are the two sharp weapons that Chen Kan is going to use to dominate the voyage.

At the same time, it is also a generous gift that Chen Kan used to ease relations with Jiangmen.

These two things are simple and the cost is outrageously low.

But in Daming, these two things are definitely luxuries, and once they are sold, they are proper profiteering products.

Like perfume, Chen Kan also uses lard with sun exposure to extract the fragrance in osmanthus, and the lard filtered out after the incense is extracted, Chen Kan can also be used to make soap.

It's a win-win-win-win

It's no wonder that these two things are known as essential artifacts for the traverser, and even gunpowder is ranked after perfume and soap.

The solids filtered out with gauze are the prototype of soap.

Next, you only need to pour the soap that has not fully solidified into the mold made in advance, and when the soap is completely solidified, the effect is far better than that of bath beans, but the soap is much cheaper.

The liquid that comes out of the analysis is glycerin, which can also be purified again and used to make smokeless gunpowder by adding nitric acid.

But the procedure was too cumbersome and the tools were not complete, so Chen Kan planned to make a beautiful box and sell it to the ladies of Jingshi, so that they could feel how wonderful it was to have smooth skin even in winter.

Not a single raw material is wasted.

All of them can be sold for money!

Perfume and soap were already filled with the house's treasury.

Chen Kan looked at the light rain in the sky and didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, so he instructed Yun Cheng: "It's okay, that's all for today's work, let the kitchen cook some ginger syrup for everyone to drink, don't get caught in the cold." ”

Yun Cheng looked at the raw materials in the courtyard, and his pupils had completely changed into the appearance of Brother Kong Fang.

It turned out that he was still worried about Chen Kan's ruined behavior, but he was afraid that the money in the house would not last long.

But after using soap and perfume himself, he has become a big fan of both products.

Chen's fortune is just around the corner!

Although it wasn't him Yuncheng who made a fortune, would Chen Kan make a fortune and lose the benefits of his Yuncheng?

Therefore, he happily rushed to the kitchen and personally instructed the cook to cook ginger syrup.

"What are you rubbing, put more sugar, we don't miss that amount of sugar money in our house!"

Yun Cheng's words were arrogant, but no one was dissatisfied.

Whether it is making perfume or soap, it is a lot of physical work, and the sugar and salt must be adequately replenished.

With a bowl of steaming ginger soup in his stomach, Chen Kan finally felt his soul come back to his soul.

When making soap, the subordinates always couldn't control the ratio of plant ash to water and lard, so Chen Kan had to go on the field himself, but he was tired.

It is also strange to say that with the same weight, Chen can compare it to the soap made by him, and the color made is more beautiful than that made by his subordinates.

In Yun Cheng's words, that is, Gongzi is a Wenqu star, and he is naturally different from you mortals.

But Chen Kan knew that they were just not skilled yet.

Wiping the corners of his mouth, Chen Kan ordered: "Go to the market and buy a few pigs to kill, and add food to everyone tonight." ”

Yun Cheng was unmoved, and his face was a little embarrassed.

Chen Kan was curious: "What's wrong?" ”

Yun Cheng shook his head and responded: "Childe, it's not that villains don't want to eat meat for everyone, the main thing is that if our family does this, it will break the rules, and when other families want to use people, this food will not be easy to arrange." ”