Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 239 The Development of Personal Care

"Mite Sulfur Soap!"

Li Qingzhao was a fashionista who led high heels in Kaifeng City, and he was also the leader of Yizhuang, with a lot of influence.

When it actively promoted sulfur soap and soap, it immediately attracted the attention of many dignitaries and ladies.

"Is this thing really able to get rid of mites?" Many ladies asked in surprise.

"Of course! This is made by my concubine by pestering my husband." Li Qingzhao said proudly.

However, the thought of Fan Zheng asking her to cooperate with those embarrassing postures for the sake of soap immediately made her face blush.

"Then I'll give it a try too!" All the ladies and high-ranking ladies said excitedly.

After all, no one wants their face to be covered with bugs, and mites can also cause acne, so they began to try sulfur soap and scented soap.

However, as soon as people use soap, they are immediately conquered by the miraculous soap. In addition, soap has many magical functions. In addition to sulfur soap to remove mites, soap can wash hands and bathe, and soap can wash clothes. Once launched, it immediately swept the entire Kaifeng city.

At the moment, Li Qingzhao took advantage of the opportunity to ask Kaifeng Yizhuang to prepare for the soap workshop, and worked overtime to start producing soap.

"How could it be such a coincidence! Just after the doctor announced the discovery of mites, Yizhuang created sulfur soap to remove mites!" Some people couldn't help but envy when they saw that Yizhuang was making money every day.

However, as a piece of news from the south came back, it immediately cleared up the grievances of the doctors. The doctors used a microscope with a power of [-] times to find out the source of the pot belly disease. It turned out to be a kind of insect invisible to the naked eye.

"Pot-bellied disease has been officially renamed as schistosomiasis! And the host of schistosomiasis has also been identified, and that is the snail that is very common in the south."

As soon as the news came out, Kaifeng City was in an uproar.The discovery of schistosomiasis in the pot-bellied disease in the south further confirmed the theory that the source of the disease is alive, and now everyone has no doubts about the mites.

In Kaifeng City, there are also many tourists from the south who know a lot about pot belly disease, and even talk about it.

Once a person is infected with pot-bellied disease, his limbs will become emaciated and his belly will become enlarged, and he will eventually suffer for a lifetime. The number of people in the south who are infected with the disease is countless, and the harm is very serious.

Oncomelania is a common thing in the south. Many times when there is a famine, many people even take the initiative to grab oncomelania and eat it. Who would have thought that it would be the culprit of the big belly disease.

"I would like to report to the officials. According to research by doctors, oncomelania is the only host of schistosomiasis. Please also ask the imperial court to ban the consumption and sale of oncomelania. As long as rivers and lakes with oncomelania are found, warnings must be set up, and it is strictly forbidden to enter the water." Su Song asked.

Zhang Dun frowned and said, "This method is certainly feasible, but I'm afraid it won't be effective. There are many paddy fields in the south, and there are snails in many paddy fields. Maybe we need to use corresponding water sources. Is it true that the folks have to abandon the fields in order to prevent and control schistosomiasis?"

Zhang Dun is also from the south, so he naturally knows the customs in the south. In addition, the labor service has already spread to the south of the Yangtze River. If it is because of schistosomiasis, it may only increase the disturbance.

Su Song frowned suddenly, one side is the safety of the people, and the other is the people's livelihood, it is indeed a dilemma.

Seeing this, Fan Zheng cupped his hands and said, "If you want to solve the schistosomiasis and keep the paddy fields, there is no other way. That is to gather a lot of manpower and material resources to eradicate the oncomelania in key waters."

"Eradicate snails!" Many southern officials exclaimed.

You must know that snails are widely distributed in the south, and their reproduction is amazing. It is very difficult to eradicate them.

Fan Zhengzheng nodded his head. In the later generations of China, there were several large-scale artificial eradication of snails, and finally the thousand-year-old schistosomiasis was curbed.

"Although this method is stupid, it is effective. Of course, even so, it is impossible to completely eradicate schistosomiasis. At the same time, doctors will also study drugs to treat schistosomiasis, so as to make it a disease for the common people." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

All the officials couldn't help sighing, I'm afraid the south will have to add another heavy corvee - removal of snails.

"allow!"

Zhao Xu waved his hand.

Pot belly disease is very harmful, and it is even getting worse. Now that doctors have found the source of pot belly disease, the sooner it can be eradicated, the better.

As the imperial court passed the plan to prevent and control schistosomiasis, it once again proved the existence of mites, which made Yizhuang's soap business explode again.

Since the fat source of soap is mainly lard, it even indirectly drives up the price of pork.

The price of pork has risen many times, which even alarmed Shen Wang Zhao Bi. When he learned the reason, he immediately found Fan Zheng.

"King Shen, don't worry! Soap is just getting started. Many people in Kaifeng City don't like fatty meat, and lard is cheap, so soap workshops give priority to pork as raw material. When the price of pork rises, soap will naturally choose other fats." Fan Zheng explained.

In Kaifeng City, the trend of pork being cheap meat has changed, but there are prejudices, resulting in the price of pork being not high. In addition, Kaifeng City is the land recovered by the Song Dynasty, and there is no shortage of fat. Fatty lard is not liked by people, and the price of fat meat is even lower.

In addition, lard is very easy to solidify, and saponified soap is easy to shape, which is why soap workshops use lard as the preferred raw material.

"Fan Taicheng's actions, the king is naturally relieved." Zhao Yan said with a sigh of relief.

The situation in the palace is turbulent recently, as a prince, he naturally doesn't want to show off at this moment.

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "Besides lard, the doctor has another project that he wants to cooperate with Shen Wang."

"Is there still cooperation?" King Shen Zhao Bi raised his brows and asked.

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "That's right, the doctor is going to buy pig hair from the pig farm after slaughter!"

"Pig hair?" Zhao Yu couldn't help but wonder, the pig hair is a waste from a pig farm, and the doctor is planning to buy it?
Fan Zheng nodded and said without hesitation: "Physicians are about to enter the field of personal care, and found that most of the folks use willow branches to keep their mouth clean, which is extremely inconvenient, and they can't be cleaned at all. After research, the doctors made it into a toothbrush and found that pig bristles are the best material."

"Brush your teeth with pig hair?" Zhao Bi couldn't help but twitch. Everyone thinks that pigs are unclean. Fan Zheng first changed Da Song's prejudice against pork, making pork widely accepted by the people all over the world.

Fan Zhengzheng nodded and said: "The pig hair is moderately soft and hard, and after being sterilized by a doctor at high temperature, it is washed and made, and it is made into a cheap and affordable toothbrush. In the future, it will surely enter thousands of households in the Song Dynasty."

Ever since he was forced to make soap, Fan Zheng accidentally discovered that Da Song was almost blank in the field of personal care, so he naturally did it.

Coupled with the urgent need for money for the recent expansion of Yijia, these personal care products will surely provide a steady stream of money for the expansion of Yijia, and become a boost to the prosperity of Yijia.

And Zhao Bi also couldn't help but smile wryly. He didn't even think about making money when raising pigs, but now he is forced to make a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)