Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

After further improving the technology of distilling liquor, Qingji was finally able to extract ethanol, and then proceeded to the invention of perfume, soap, and scented soap.

"Hey, my lord, what is this? It smells so good."

At this time, in the imperial garden of King Wu's harem, Qingji was busy with work when a surprised and inexplicable female voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Qingji turned his head and saw that Xi Shi and Zheng Dan were walking together, admiring the flowers in the garden, but they accidentally saw something that Qingji was tinkering with.

Therefore, Zheng Dan couldn't help picking up a piece of freshly baked soap, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it.

Xi Shi beside her also picked up the soap and soap that was put on the slate aside, smelled it, and felt refreshed.

Seeing this, Qingji just chuckled and said, "Adan, what you hold in your hand is soap, which is specially used for bathing. Yiguang, what you hold is soap, which is used for washing clothes."

"Ah? Aren't these two things the same?"

Both Xi Shi and Zheng Dan were puzzled.

"Not the same, not the same. At least the bar soap is silkier than soap and smells better, right?"

"That's right."

Generally speaking, there is no difference between toilet soap and soap. They are both alkaline and alkaline decontamination products, and they can wash hands.

The difference is that soap will add ingredients that are beneficial to the skin, such as antibacterial, deep cleansing, protection, moisturizing, etc., and some can also lubricate after cleaning.

This is what ordinary soap does not have.

And soap is all used for washing clothes, and it pays attention to the decontamination of clothes, but does not have the osmotic absorption of active ingredients of soap.

When the ancients took a bath, they often liked to sprinkle some flower petals in the bathtub to enhance the fragrance...

With bar soap, the effect is quite different.

At this time, Zheng Dan couldn't help blinking his big eyes curiously, and asked, "My lord, have you been tinkering with these two things called soap and soap these days?"

"good."

As the king of a country, Qingji studies how to make soap, soap and perfume all day long, which is really not doing his job properly...

Fortunately, Qingji did not waste state affairs.

Qingji only came to research and develop this kind of thing when he had free time. The real hands-on was not necessarily Qingji, but the eunuchs and palace maids who could be trusted around him.

"Still not done yet."

Qing Ji tried the soap and couldn't help shaking his head, dissatisfied.

"My lord, aren't there spices in the palace that are tributed by small countries in the Western Regions? Why does your lord bother to develop these things?"

Zheng Dan asked very puzzled.

"Spices are spices."

Qingji smiled slightly and said, "Ah Dan, those spices that foreigners pay tribute to are natural products, while the soaps and soaps that I developed are man-made products. It's not the same..."

"This is perfume, try it, how does it work?"

Qingji took out two bottles of exquisitely packaged perfume and wiped them for Xi Shi and Zheng Dan.

The two women looked at each other, and immediately opened the bottle cap, only to smell a burst of refreshing fragrance.

"It's so fragrant, it smells like gardenias!"

Yi Guang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

They immediately rubbed the perfume on their hands and sniffed it on the tip of their noses, feeling refreshed.

Perfume originated in France in the West, and the reason why it was developed also benefited from the fact that Westerners do not pay attention to hygiene!
Until the sixteenth century, France's perfume technology was still very backward.

The use of perfume was far from becoming a fashion, and the French at that time even refused to take a bath.

Because most people do not have bathroom facilities at home, and because of the prevalence of gonorrhea, many people think that taking a bath in a public bathroom will cause xing disease, so they stay away from taking a bath.

Henry IV didn't take perfume seriously, and the people of the country laughed at him as the smelly king.Louis XIII is also a smelly king...

It is said that in order to cover up the large scar on his head, he invented wearing a wig.

Louis XIII's queen couldn't bear his stench, but she didn't tell her maids until she was dying.

So the maids swore to her that after she died, she would be buried with clean linen, perfume, and the 340 pairs of scented gloves she had collected.

The famous Louis XIV was not at all like his ancestors. He was extremely sensitive to odors. He ordered the court perfumer to make a perfume he liked every day, otherwise he would be in danger of going to the guillotine.

Therefore, later generations called him "Xianghuang".

When it came to Louis XVI, he used all the power of the country to poach Italian masters in the perfume and soap industry...

"Ah! This thing is so slippery!"

The soap in Zheng Dan's hand suddenly slipped out, and she couldn't help but let out a depressed cry, then squatted down, pouted her buttocks to pick up the soap.

Standing behind Zheng Dan, Qingji couldn't help but feel distracted when he saw this scene, and his index finger twitched.

He is not interested in picking up soap, but the object is his concubine, who is also a delicate young woman.

How could Qingji hold on to this?
Qingji hooked Zheng Dan's shoulder and Xi Shi's back, and said in a low voice nonchalantly: "Adan, Yiguang, go to the room with me to try the effect of this perfume."

"Your Majesty... this is not very good, is it?"

Xi Shi couldn't help but blushed for a while, as if she was drunk, it was really alluring.

"It's still daytime, Your Majesty... all the courtiers and concubines listen to you."

Zheng Dan's personality is more aggressive and bold, so after glancing at Qingji with all kinds of flair, he snuggled into Qingji's arms like a ball of mud.

"cough."

Qing Ji coughed lightly, and said to Jiao Hua who was mixing perfume, "Jiang Hua, you continue to mix perfume."

"promise……"

Jiao Hua quickly agreed.

Since Your Majesty has such interest, how can Jiao Hua dare to disturb him?
……

After many days of unremitting efforts, perfume, soap, and scented soap were finally developed by Qingji.

Wu Guo's original distilling technology has also been further improved.

In this next step, Qingji plans to vigorously produce perfume, soap and scented soap, so as to make a lot of money.

At this time, in the Zide Hall, Qingji summoned Fan Li, the official censor, Zeng Dian, the governor of Zhisu Neishi, and the generals of Da Gongling into the palace, and took their seats.

It seemed that Qingji was going to entertain the three of them. On the low tables of the three ministers, there was a grand wine.

It is a great honor for ministers to receive wine from the monarch.

"Cough cough!"

However, Fan Li, Zeng Dian and Gan Jiang couldn't help coughing after drinking the good wine given by Qingji, and their faces were flushed.

Fan Li asked curiously: "Your Majesty, how can this be rescued? It's pungent, bitter, and tastes like it's on fire. This..."

Fan Li is not good at commenting.

Qing Ji smiled, and said: "Fan Li, this wine is for shochu, it is the wine that I ordered several master winemakers to refine just now."

"Its raw materials are still rice, millet, corn and other crops, but the degree is different. If you drink this wine in winter, it will keep you warm, which is great!"