Chapter 11 The Flower Tribulation of the Capital
The tools for refining sesame oil are being made, and the work of collecting petals is naturally going to be carried out. Zhu Youjian decided to leave it to Wang Chengen to do it. If Guocheng is asked to do it, no one will play with him.
Zhu Youjian said: "Ban Wang, go buy flowers. Brother Guocheng wants to discuss with me the matter of the towel weaving bureau."
Wang Chengen said in his heart: "I asked people to prepare the raw materials. As for how to do it, those tailors have learned it. You still want to discuss what's going on with your brother Guocheng. Alas, it's really the origin of only new people laughing, and who heard the old people crying."
Of course, Wang Chengen would not buy it himself. He shouted outside the door: "Cao Huachun, Cao Huachun, where did you die?"
Guocheng was shocked, why did another big figure appear? Cao Huachun, a famous dead eunuch in later generations - nonsense, if he is still alive in the 21st century, can't he become a fairy? His biggest rumor was to open the door for Li Zicheng and become a benchmark figure in the lead party. However, various evidences show that this rumor does not seem to be true, as if it was a fabrication of a literati. It seems that the consequence of offending a literati is really sad. Sprinkle a basin of dirty water, which will make you never turn over.
A young eunuch with beautiful eyes hurried in. Guocheng found that all the eunuchs he had seen looked good. If he participated in beauty pageants such as "happy boys" or "super boys" in later generations, he might even win a championship. But it is true, choosing an ugly guy is put next to him, and it looks annoying. Although he has never met Wei Zhongxian, he can speculate that he must be a handsome guy. Why? Because he looks very much like Cheng of our country.
Cao Huachun said repeatedly: "Eunuch Wang, I'm here, I'm here."
"You go outside immediately and buy all the flowers and dried flowers."
Cao Huachun does have the potential to be a loyal servant. He went out to do business without even asking "why".
That night, the capital was in chaos. Many people found that the flowers blooming in their homes disappeared, and even some of the buds disappeared without a trace, leaving only lonely branches and leaves swaying in the wind; the lotus flowers in the lotus ponds of many famous temples also disappeared at the same time, leaving only lotus leaves in the pond, with crystal water droplets rolling on them, as if missing the departed lotus fairy; the young man showed love to the woman he liked, but could not find flowers, so he had to use dogtail grass instead. As a result, the children born in that year had very few flowers and many people were called grass; they loved beautiful girls, but their daughter-in-law could not wear them.
When I put on flowers, I had to pick some pumpkin flowers instead, which led to a large reduction in pumpkin production that year. The famous prostitute found that there were very few flowers harvested that day, and suspected that his flowers were lost. He looked in the mirror all night that night, and bought all the rouge and water powder on the street the next day. A patient who went to the pharmacy to catch medicine found that all the flower herbs in the pharmacy were sold out. Fortunately, the patient who needed flowers to make medicine was not very sick, and no major incident occurred. The good literati called this mysterious incident "The Flower Calamity in the Capital", and remembered it into history books, injecting a touch of elegant charm into serious history books.
Of course, these missing flowers entered the old house. Seeing these flowers that were enough to fill several warehouses really made Wang Chengen laugh and cry.
"Eunuch Wang, you have bought all the flowers in the capital. I don't know if they are enough. If not enough, I will go to the suburbs of Beijing to buy them." Cao Huachun said panting while wiping the sweat on his head.
"Okay, little monkey, you're very capable. You'll get this done in one day and one night. I'll go and ask the young master to see if there are enough numbers, you have to listen to him." Invisibly, Wang Chengen regarded Guocheng as his backbone. Wang Chengen could be said to admire Guocheng's creativity and his method of dealing with people. Wang Chengen's evaluation of Guocheng was only this sentence, which was wise and close to the monster, or a little simpler, monster.
Wang Chengen brought the monster...uh, it was Guocheng, Guocheng. Guocheng was stunned and was wearing these large piles of flowers, and could not speak for a long time: "This... so many, aren't you afraid that I can't make perfume?"
Wang Chengen smiled and said, "I have great confidence in you, I think of you."
With so many flowers here, the fragrance is fragrant, but it is also afraid of deterioration. Although the perfume and soap made have nothing to do with the shape of flowers, if a tiny or two of mold smells pop up from the product from time to time, it may be a waste of people to avoid these things. So Guocheng hurriedly asked someone to put the dried flowers in the warehouse and then put the flowers in the sun. Wang Chengsi was worried that exposure to the sun would affect the fragrance of flowers, so Guocheng told him that it was not important, the amount of sesame oil produced by flowers and dried flowers was still very close.
Just at this moment, Li Datie and his men entered the inner room with a distiller. After leaving the outsider, Guocheng hurriedly called Zhu Youjian, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun to distillate sesame oil together. Wang Chengen was Zhu Youjian's confidant and didn't think there was any special meaning, but this incident really touched Cao Huachun so much that he almost shed tears - what did he tell him to participate in this secret experiment, which shows that from this moment on, he became the confidant of Guocheng and Zhu Youjian! In fact, Guocheng asked Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun to participate in this experiment very simply, just to be lazy. Since they participated in the experiment, they should be able to be at ease with how to extract sesame oil. In the future, he didn't have to do it himself, and just hand it over to these two people. According to historical records, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun were both loyal to Zhu Youjian, and were not afraid that they would leak the secret.
Everyone threw the lotus into the bucket and ignite the water. After a while, drops of liquid dripped from the outlet, and Wang Chengen hurriedly caught it with a magnetic bottle.
"How is it, is it fragrant?" Zhu Youjian asked anxiously.
Wang Chengen leaned his nose close to the bottle and sniffed it. He took several steps in a row and said, "Okay, it's so good to rush your nose."
Cao Huachun said: "Young Master, has it... failed?"
Guocheng clapped his hands and said happily: "Haha, it's finally successful."
Zhu Youjian, Wang Cheng'en, and Cao Huachun couldn't help but look at each other. Can such a rushing taste be called success?
"I heard that a large ball of musk is very smelly, but it smells very fragrant when cut a little bit. The same is true for our sesame oil. Of course, it can't stand it if you apply a little bit on your clothes. It would be really fragrant."
Guocheng fell a little in his hand and asked, "Which one of you can give it a try."
Wang Chengen looked at his clothes and the newly made scholar robe was really reluctant to let go. If it still tasted so good, the robe would have to be thrown away. Cao Huachun gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and said, "Let me give it a try."
Guocheng pointed his finger on Cao Huachun's sleeve and wiped it. Cao Huachun raised his sleeve and smelled it, and said, "It smells so fragrant, I smell the fragrance of lotus flowers."
Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen hurriedly came over to smell it, and it was true. They wanted to apply a little to themselves, but they were afraid that they would become smelly, so they all put their sleeves in front of Guocheng. Guocheng also applied a little sesame oil on their sleeves. Now, the room was filled with fragrance.
Wang Chengen said: "It seems that sesame oil cannot be used directly. You have to dilute it. If you sell sesame oil directly, I am afraid that it will scare the customers away."
Zhu Youjian said: "Didn't Brother Guocheng say perfume? He should live in it and add water."
Guocheng shook his head and said, "Ajian, adding water is not enough. Look at the stewed broth yesterday, the oil always floats on it. If the sesame oil is poured into the water, it will be the same. It will only float on it and will not blend together."
Cao Huachun said: "What should I do?"
"Put alcohol into sesame oil."
"Alcohol, what, is it easy to find?" Zhu Youjian, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun asked in unison.
"Dissolve the soju repeatedly and you can finally get alcohol." Guocheng said, "It seems that you have to let Li Dawei make a few more distillers. You two are here to make more sesame oil, and Ajian and I will go out for a walk."
Wang Chengen seemed to be fascinated by distilled sesame oil, but when he heard that Zhu Youjian was going out, he hurriedly said, "I'll go out together, Xiao Chunzi, you're here to guard this distiller and try to refine more sesame oil. Our family will be the leader, and when the perfume comes out, I will give you a bottle. Do you think it's true, Master Guo?"
Speaking of the last sentence, Wang Chengen looked at Guocheng. Guocheng nodded and said to Cao Huachun: "It's June now, the weather is already very hot. You are staying here with smoke and fire. If you compromise, the emperor will remember you. However, in order to prevent leaks, this window cannot be opened. You can prepare a few more pots of cold water here to avoid the bureau."
Cao Huachun was so excited when he heard Guocheng's concern. Who is Guocheng? He is Zhu Youjian's confidant and a confidant among his confidants. Didn't he hear Zhu Youjian say "Brother Guocheng" at once? Guocheng cares about himself, which is equivalent to Zhu Youjian caring about himself.
Zhu Youjian also added: "Yes, yes, don't have heatstroke. I'm still waiting for you to do big things for me, but 'Don't die before you succeed'"
Cao Huachun was so mysterious that he was not choked to death by saliva. Lord Emperor looked down on others too much. I, Cao Huachun, also came from hard days. How could I be beaten by this small stove?
"Don't worry, Your Highness, when you come back, I will let you see a full bottle of sesame oil."
Cao Huachun hid alone in the room to refine sesame oil. Guocheng, Zhu Youjian, and Wang Chengen were talking while walking out.
"A Jian, Eunuch Wang, I plan to set up another perfume workshop and soap manufacturing hall. Do you think it's done?"
Zhu Youjian was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Okay, okay, tell Grandpa the Emperor that I can make money too."
Wang Chengen was a little worried and said, "However, the production of this sesame oil does not seem to be too high. Can it support the production of perfume and soap?"
"So, I plan to let Li smack iron and make ten more stills. In addition, there are ones now, we have eleven stills, ten refined sesame oils, and one made alcohol, which can make perfumes and soaps at the same time. However, those who manage and refine sesame oils must choose reliable people, which is our biggest trump card, otherwise once it is leaked, we will suffer a lot."
Zhu Youjian frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly Zhan Yan said to Wang Chengen: "Parent Wang, the perfume workshop is entirely borne by the eunuchs. Anyway, they don't leave the palace, and the risk of leaking the secret is very small. When we come back from shopping, you can choose a reliable eunuch to enrich the perfume workshop. Cao Huachun is responsible for the perfume workshop. What do you think?"
Seeing that Wang Chengen was disappointed, Guocheng added: "A Jian originally trusted you the most, but you must stay with A Jian at all times and not stay in the workshop."
"Yes, yes." Zhu Youjian clapped his hands and said.
When Wang Chengen heard that Cao Huachun was responsible for the most critical perfume workshop, his heart suddenly sank. Could it be that he was no longer trusted by Zhu Youjian? After hearing Guocheng's addition, he understood the causes and consequences. The big stone in his heart disappeared and said with a smile: "Cao Huachun, a little monkey, can do it in a solid manner. It's perfect for him to be the leader of the workshop."
The three of them walked and talked, and unconsciously they arrived at the place where the blacksmith worked. They could only hear the sound of "ding ding dangdang" and the blacksmiths were all sweating profusely.
Wang Chengen smiled and said, "The young master of the country is very calculating. Although he has a little more money, the work enthusiasm of the craftsmen is really incomparable to those when he was working in the Ministry of Works."
Guocheng nodded with a smile and said, "The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are skillful and skillful, just to see if they can mobilize their work enthusiasm."
They did not find Li Dati's figure among the craftsmen. After asking, they found out that Li Dati's figure was hiding in the room and didn't know what he was doing.
Wang Chengen said: "This Li Dawei is really lazy. The young master is so kind to him, and he dares to hide in the room to rest. He is really not afraid of heatstroke."
Guocheng pushed Li Datie's room away and was almost pushed out by the heat wave. Li Datie's spirit was naked and was hitting something with a hammer.
Seeing Guocheng coming in, he hurriedly sealed the fire, quenched the red iron sheets, put on his shirt and trousers, and walked out to greet Guocheng.
"Master Li, why are you hiding in the house while trampling? Aren't you afraid of getting sick from the fever?"
"My grandson, I'm playing a distiller. I think one of the two may not be enough for you to beat a few more. I'm afraid that the young master's plan will be known by others, so I hid inside and beat it. When I finish the still and hit something else, I'll go outside the house to beat it."
Wang Chengen rushed forward and bowed to Li Datie and said, "We blamed you wrongly, and I thought you were resting in the house."
Li Dati thought to himself, what's so great about you, a broken eunuch, blame me for something. I don't ask you, as long as the prince of the country is good, I can blame me.
"The young master of the country is so good to us craftsmen. He asked us to get double monthly money and let me do what I like to do. How dare I be lazy?"
Zhu Youjian said: "We just discussed it. There are eleven stills in total. If you try ten more, is it okay?"
Li Dawei agreed immediately and returned to the house and continued to run naked.
Guocheng said: "Let's go for a walk on the street, Eunuch Wang, do you know where to sell glass?"
Wang Chengen said without hesitation: "If you look for Liuli, of course you have to go to Liulichang."
"Brother Guocheng, are we going to buy glass?"
"Of course, our perfume should be sold well, of course, it should be put in a glass bottle, which is both noble and simple. Of course, if you add a wooden box outside, it will be even more expensive."
As soon as Guocheng's words fell, a crisp voice rang out: "Go to Liulichang, would you please take me there?"
Chapter completed!