Those days of being the fourth master's outer room

Chapter 47

After sending off several uncles, Yaru returned to Luofu. It was impossible for Yaru to hang the name of Yongbeile at the gate. After much deliberation, she decided to hang a plaque of Luofu after asking the fourth master's opinion. .

Looking at the tobacco that Sun Er asked to find, he picked up a broken leaf and twisted it on his fingers. A scent of tobacco came to his nostrils. He called Sun Er and asked, "What is the use of this tobacco leaf on weekdays?"

Sun Er watched the young master check the tobacco leaves on the table, and felt uneasy, "Master, these are ordinary tobacco leaves, and the better ones are taken away by dignitaries. But these are also difficult to buy, after all, the imperial court prohibits the common people from To grow and sell tobacco."

"The imperial court banned smoking? How can the snuff bottles be sold in the shop with great fanfare?" Yaru was shocked by Sun Er's words.

Sun Er raised his head and looked at his master strangely, the master didn't know such a common sense?Surprise was surprise, but it didn't affect Sun Er's answer, "Master, since the time of Emperor Taizong, smoking has been banned, planting, eating and selling are not allowed, but the princes and nobles can't stop eating cigarettes, and the common people risk planting. The court has no choice but to let it go. That's it, but ordinary people just eat and eat cigarette bags, not too many, and tobacco leaves are mostly used for snuff and medicine. However, Lord Kangxi disliked people eating cigarettes, but he liked snuff bottles very much, so now people who eat cigarettes Much less."

Lord Kangxi neither drank nor liked to smoke, but the ministers around him, such as Chen Yuanlong, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and Minister of Rites, and Shi Yizhi, Minister of Officials, were addicted to cigarettes.So it's not impossible.

Although the emperor is disgusted with tobacco, he loves and actively advocates snuff bottles.Tobacco by-products are easier for non-smokers to accept based on deep culture, such as snuff bottles and the like.Yaru deliberated and felt that this business is feasible, as long as the cigarettes in the tobacco processing factory are now added with filters, I believe many people will be willing to accept it, but it is not suitable for Yaru to do it.The profit of this business is too high, and the cotton needed for the filter is also an expensive thing. Without a great background and financial resources, it is impossible to eat this cake.

Think about letting go of the heartache, with fourth master's cautious temperament, he would not do such a showy and hateful thing, even if he could do Yaru, he would not ask him to do it, this ruthless guy, Yaru Cursed bitterly in my heart.

But this does not affect Yaru to get some favors.

He ordered Sun Er to find some different kinds of tobacco and bring back some thicker papyrus.

Yaru has never seen how to make cigarettes with his own eyes, but he has seen a video of the manual cigarette making process in the museum, and he still knows the general steps.

Soon, Sun Er put the boxes of tobacco leaves he bought in front of Yaru the next day.Yaru picked them up and smelled them one by one, a pungent smell hit his face, and some had a fresh fragrance, he patted the debris on his hands, these tobacco leaves were sold after simple roasting for the first time of.What Yaju has to do now is to re-cure the tobacco leaves.In this way, the color and aroma can be better maintained, and it is also easy to store.

Tobacco leaves are tied into bundles and hung on bamboo poles and sent to the barn that has been prepared before. Although this method of re-curing on poles has long been eliminated in modern times, it has to be re-used here in Yaru, which has no tools.Tell Li Shangshou to watch the fire and time.After failing many times and leaving only the last basket of tobacco leaves, Li Shang finally came with the tobacco leaves that echoed Yaru's request.

Looking at the dark brown tobacco leaves with a faint tobacco aroma placed in the basket, Yaru's heart was finally relieved, he was really afraid of failure.After writing down the correct way of curing tobacco on paper.Watching Li Shang slice the tobacco leaves, spray the tobacco leaves with a solution of essence, honey, sugar and wine for humidification. The essence Yaru here is replaced by non-toxic edible spices.It is then fermented in a wooden barrel.

When the time came and the fermentation was complete, Yaru exchanged for Siyue to shred the processed tobacco leaves. There was a reason why Li Shang was not allowed to continue the experiment.After all, if the secret of the formula is successful, it is still a problem. Now that Yaru has no reliable people around him, he can only pay more attention to it.

After a series of tedious procedures such as shredding, drying, mixing, adding ingredients, flavoring, and storing shreds, Yaru finally produced cigarettes, but this was two months later. That's it.After testing Siyue's sincerity, Yaru gave Siyue full authority to test, and she was only guiding from the sidelines.

Looking at the box of dark yellow cigarettes in front of him, Yaru lit one, took a deep breath, the mouth and lungs were full of the hot smell of tobacco, and Yaru coughed non-stop.But I still miss this smell.

In her previous life, although Yaru was not an old-fashioned smoker, she was not a rookie. The boyfriend she had was a veteran. During that time, under his leadership, Yaru also did homework on the high-end cigarettes on the market in order to promote emotions. of.Although those smells are too domineering for girls, Yaru doesn't like them very much, but he fell in love with all kinds of tobacco smells on him.

Enjoying the domineering breath in his chest with tears, Yaru's tears couldn't stop flowing down, and he didn't know whether it was stimulated by tobacco or the inexplicable feeling in his heart.It seems that all the grievances of these days have been poured out.

The fourth master came here a few times, knowing that Yaru was messing with these things restlessly, and didn't expect any results, so he didn't pay much attention.After Yaju's experiment was successful, Baba didn't tell him.Just ask Siyue to put away the batch of cigarettes made for later use.Since then, there has been no mention of a new production.Hidden like a past in my heart.

(End of this chapter)