Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 4 Mosquito Repellent Incense

While the elder brother was still enjoying the sencha leisurely, the two little girls were already walking towards Qiu Mo's boudoir with three big bundles.

"Look, Shuanghan, the elder brother brought me the best Cangshu and Angelica dahurica. Cangshu invigorates the spleen and eliminates dampness, and Baizhi relieves heat and relieves pain. Both are suitable for use in the hot and humid season of long summer. So good Medicinal materials, I have to think about it, where is it more appropriate to put it, don’t suck the moisture and get spoiled by insects, I will feel so bad.” Qiu Mo muttered as she walked, as if she was talking to Shuanghan, but in fact it was more As if talking to himself.

What a rotten boat with a three-point nail. Shuanghan, who was walking beside her, looked up at Qiu Mo, who was talking in disbelief. If she hadn't been carrying two bags, she couldn't help but raise her hand for the third little one. The lady applauded.

Did the Xinglin family's ability to study medicine come from the mother's womb?How come she didn't see her read a lot, so she could know so much and so detailed knowledge and usage of medicinal materials for no reason!
Seeing Shuanghan's surprised look, Qiu Mo cursed secretly in her heart.You need to be low-key as a human being, and even more low-key when you are a time traveler.Otherwise, in order to complete a lie, another lie must be made up.Tell a lie to make a lie, tell a lie and lie again, and it will be endless from now on, until there is no more circle, no more make-up, and one beat and two break up.

"I've heard it! You can understand it! I used to pester my elder brother every day to eat and play, and you think I'm just a muddleheaded devil..." Qiu Mo quickly thought of a reason to send Shuanghan away. Fortunately, the little girl was innocent. , Without thinking too much, I readily accepted this statement.

It seems that in the future, I just pretend, and I have to spend some time every day to read, otherwise it's really hard to fool the girl next to me.

In the early Tang Dynasty, it is the season when mosquitoes are rampant.It wasn't until Qiu Mo came to the Tang Dynasty that he discovered that the management of public health in Chang'an City had really reached the peak of the same period.Not only was the post of Yubu doctor in charge of urban sanitation set up, but also meticulous consideration was given to garbage collection, street cleaning, and separation of sewage and well water.

But even so, the problem of mosquitoes is still a long-standing problem in Chang'an City.

Until the later Tang Dezong period, the literati Duan Chengshi would still mention in his "Youyang Miscellaneous Zu": "There are many flies in Chang'an in autumn, and Chengshi tried to read the five volumes of "Hundred Schools" every day, which was quite disturbing." Tang Dynasty Many construction craftsmen in the dynasty, in order to avoid the nuisance of flies and insects, even developed the architectural concept of "emphasizing high and thick, and disliking low and wet".

Therefore, Qiu Mo thought of a fragrant prescription recorded in "Waizhi Shoushifang" that she read when she was studying at school:
"Take duckweed from the pond and dry it in the sun, and burn it together with Cangshu and Baizhi at night. Mosquitoes feel its breath and turn it into water."

The materials of mosquito repellent incense are simple, common and easy to obtain, and its production process and process are not complicated, and can directly hit the pain points of the current market.Qiu Mo couldn't find a fragrance that could better showcase her talents than this mosquito repellent incense.

"The only problem now is the sticky powder used to make incense..."

Qiu Mo was watching Shuanghan crushing the dried duckweed with a pestle, but what she was thinking about was the third medicinal material that Qiu Shirong brought her: bletilla striata.

After the processed bletilla striata is ground into powder and then added with appropriate water, it will become a viscous colloidal liquid.This liquid can even be used as a binder for making enameled silverware.

However, when making incense, there is an upper limit to the ratio of binders and spices.If the binder is too high, it may happen that it does not burn or burns halfway.Therefore, if she just uses bletilla striata powder to bind face powder to make mosquito repellent incense, the result can only be failure.

After Shuanghan finished grinding the four materials, Qiu Mo divided them into four different pottery bottles and put them away.Seeing Shuanghan rubbing her sore wrist, Qiu Mo felt that she should show her hard work.Immediately decided to take out the monthly money he usually saved, and reward Shuanghan well.

"Come on, take this!" Qiu Mo counted three copper coins and allocated them to Shuanghan.Shuang Han stared straight at it. At this time, a stone of rice costs 15 Wen, and she lost one-fifth of it with this move.

"Third lady, this is too much, the servant girl dare not..."

"Fool!" Qiu Mo knocked Shuanghan on the head, "It's not for you to eat them all by yourself. You can go to Xishi to buy some apricots, and send them to Eminem when you come back, and say that Aye is filial. Don't forget I bought a copy for Da Fang, and I will give it to Bai Shao alone. I will also buy some twists for Aye. He has almost finished eating the ones in his library before, and I don’t know how to make up for it..."Qiu Mo Speaking of this, he blinked: "Others, you can figure it out yourself. Add whatever you like, eat whatever you like, and don't give me the extra money."

In fact, if you do the math, there will still be a lot left in the end.In this way, Shuanghan will be able to taste the cherry porridge sold by Hu merchants in the West Market that she has been longing for, and maybe add another plum blossom balm that she has always wanted.

Qiu Mo looked at Shuanghan happily running out of the courtyard like a rabbit.She chased after her and shouted to Shuanghan to pay attention to the curfew, then smiled and shook her head, walked back to the inner room, and continued to study her sticky powder.

When Qiu Mo felt a little hungry and the sky had already darkened, she realized why her maid Shuanghan hadn't come back yet.

　Xiangsheng small knowledge
　　Reference for making mosquito repellent incense:
　　1. "Health and Simple Recipe"

　　"Take duckweed on May [-]th, dry it in the shade, and burn it with smoke to get rid of mosquitoes."

　　"Use duckweed and Qianghuo as the end, burn them, and the mosquitoes will die."

　　"Use a catty each of calamus, duckweed, and green onion as the end, and sprinkle half a cup on the mat, and all will die the next day."

　　2. "Wai Zhi Shou Shi Fang"

　　"Take duckweed from the pond and dry it in the sun, and burn it together with Cangshu and Baizhi at night. Mosquitoes feel its breath and turn it into water."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)