I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 245 Thank Your Majesty for taking the burden off the women of the world
Although these words came from the queen, his beloved wife, it was very useful to Li Tian's ears.

"Linger's reputation is too high, I just came up with an idea, what good is that."

The queen knew that Li Tian was not a person who was very happy, so she smiled and didn't worry about it anymore.

He turned his head to look at the soap in another brocade box.

She gently pinched the brown opaque thing with two fingers, and looked at it curiously, but she couldn't tell what it was for.

It looks square and square, and it smells a peculiar aroma of oil and plant ash.

So he asked Li Tian curiously,
"Your Majesty, what is this thing? Could it be a strange thing that benefits the country and the people?"

Before Li Tian could speak.

Zhou Zhen, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, cupped his hands,

"Empress, you guessed right. Although this item is not as amazing as running fire, it is still a rare treasure. This item was also invented by His Majesty."

With the lessons learned from the match, and this thing was sent by Zhou Zhen himself, it is normal for the queen to guess that it is also a good thing.

It's just that this thing doesn't look edible, and it doesn't emit flames, so she really couldn't guess its use for a while.

"Then what is the function of it!"

Zhou Zhen may have been too excited today, and he became more courageous.

Like Li Tian arching his hands,

"If Your Majesty doesn't dislike it, let the humble minister explain the usage of this thing to the empress!"

Li Tian was also happy and leisurely, and nodded his head in agreement.

After Zhou Zhen saluted again, he said to the surrounding female officers, "Please help me prepare a basin of clean water and a piece of dirty clothes."

Because of Li Tian's presence, those female officials stood like logs one by one, not daring to move their eyes.

In fact, I am also curious about matches and soap. At this time, I finally have the opportunity to participate in it, so I still hesitate.

One by one, they ran outside at a trot, and within 2 minutes, a large basin of clean water was brought in.

It's just hard to find dirty clothes.

How could there be any dirty things in the queen's bedroom, the place where the emperor often came.

Even if it has only been used once and there is no sign of dirt, it will be taken to the laundry bureau for cleaning.

Seeing that he couldn't find any dirty clothes, Zhou Zhen felt excited. He took out a square handkerchief from his sleeve, threw it on the ground casually, and rubbed it vigorously with his feet several times.

Not long after, the square handkerchief that was not white became pitch black.

Just when people don't understand.

He put the soap and the square handkerchief into the water.

After gently wiping the square handkerchief with soap a few times, I began to rub it vigorously.

As he rubbed, bubbles appeared one after another in the basin.

A female officer couldn't help exclaiming,
"Ah, there is a bubble, what's going on."

In fact, the queen was also very surprised, but she was very reserved and didn't exclaim like a palace maid.

But what surprised them even more was yet to come.

After Zhou Zhen rubbed the water mixed with bubbles a couple more times, he jerked and pulled Fangpa out of the water.

I saw that the square handkerchief, which was originally full of dirt, became as white as new in a short period of time.

"call……"

"This...how is this possible!"

Exclamations came and went.

Except for Li Tian, ​​even the queen couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration.

"It's really amazing that there is such a thing in the world."

Compared with the empress, the mother of the country who has never washed clothes, these ladies and gentlemen in Kunning Palace actually have more say at this time.

They didn't come from the most low-level court ladies, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the laundry as countless.

But I have washed clothes for almost a lifetime, and I have never seen such a clean thing that can wash dirty clothes so easily.

Li Tian patted the queen's hand lightly at this moment,
"This thing, I plan to name it soap! As for its function, you have seen it, Queen, it is used to wash clothes."

Hearing the name, the queen murmured, "Gapia, soap, it's possible that this thing is made of saponins!"

Li Tian chuckled and didn't explain to her.

"You don't need to worry about this, Queen, you just need to know that this thing is infinitely stronger than saponins."

Saponaria is a natural plant, and its juice also has the effect of washing dirt.

It's just that there is very little saponin juice, and even simple cleaning requires a huge amount of saponin, and the washing is not as clean as soap.

In addition, this thing is not easy to preserve. In winter and spring, when this kind of green and yellow is not harvested, the saponins will wither and dry, and it is useless at all.

Even in the palace, most of the ordinary clothes are washed with clean water and a mallet without adding anything.

Only when washing the clothes of nobles in the palace such as emperors, empresses, and concubines, are the ladies in the palace willing to put a little saponin.

However, the birth of soap will end this situation from now on.

Let everyone use it, and washing clothes is no longer the heaviest job in the palace.

Li Tian didn't know how excited the maids were.

But Li Tian saw the great potential of this thing from the eyes of the maids who were about to burst into flames.

Although the queen has never washed clothes, she also knows what the heaviest work in the harem is.

The total number of maids and eunuchs in the entire palace is less than 3. Most of the clothes of these people have to be handed over to the Laundry Bureau for cleaning.

There are only a few hundred people in the Huanyi Bureau, and it can be said that it is the most tiring and least welcoming place in the entire palace.

In this kind of place, usually only court ladies who have made mistakes will be left behind.

It can be said that this place has almost become, the labor camp in the palace, synonymous with terror and torture.

Now that the appearance of soap can at least reduce the workload of the Clothes Bureau by several times, the situation will change drastically.

Washing clothes is a heavy task for the court ladies, even in the royal family, and even more so in commoner families.

Also as a woman's queen, it's not that she hasn't felt sorry for those court ladies who work all day long and even die from exhaustion.

Washable clothes are also an indispensable part of the palace. Even if she is a queen, she can only sigh, but there is no good way to reduce their burden.

Thinking that from now on, the maids will not have to work so hard, and thinking that the women in the world will be able to get out of the heavy washing from now on.

Not only her eyes were rosy.

He bowed slightly and knelt down in front of Li Tian.

"The concubine represents the women of the world, thank you for your kindness, thank you for taking a heavy burden off of them..."

Li Tian never thought that inventing a soap would be promoted by the queen to the point of working for the well-being of women all over the world.

His old face blushed slightly, and he quickly helped the queen up,
"What is Ling'er doing, all of this is what I should do!"

(End of this chapter)