"perfume?"

Song Huizong subconsciously took several small bottles, and was immediately shocked: "These...are these all glass bottles?"

"Glass bottle?"

Cai Jing and everyone looked over with bright eyes.

Colored glaze appeared as early as the Western Han Dynasty. Taoist priests put quartz rich in silica, copper, chromium and other color-causing elements into a burning elixir furnace. After condensation, colorful glazes appeared at the bottom of the furnace.

Opaque glass.

This is why the idiom "turning stone into gold" comes from.

Because this craft was too 'magical', it could amass a huge amount of wealth in a short period of time. Later, it was tightly controlled by the powerful, and was lost in the long river of history. It did not rise again until the first year of Shaoxi in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the colored glaze at this time was still very rare and precious. It can be described as having a price but no market. The appearance of several pieces at the same time could not help but surprise everyone.

"Yes, this is indeed a glass bottle! But the bottle is not the point, the perfume inside is the treasure."

As Jiang Chen spoke, he explained to Song Huizong, Empress Zheng and others: "Perfume is made by extracting flower essence (aromatic hydrocarbons) from millions of petals, and it is far more precious than colored glaze.

Just smear a few drops on your clothes and it will make you smell like flowers!”

"Really?"

Song Huizong looked surprised and couldn't wait to open the cork of the bottle and drop some perfume on his sleeve.

Immediately, a strong fragrance of osmanthus spread!

“It smells so good!”

Everyone couldn't help but feel their noses twitching and feeling relaxed and happy.

"This fragrant fruit is really a good treasure!"

Song Huizong laughed excitedly and couldn't put it down, and asked: "Good minister, how long can this fragrance last?"

As he finished speaking, Empress Zheng, Wang Guifei and Empress Dowager Liu all stared at Jiang Chen with their beautiful eyes shining brightly, unable to stop the charm of the perfume at all.

"A few drops will last about two hours!"

While Jiang Chen answered, he took out a few more small bottles and handed them to Empress Zheng, Empress Dowager Liu and Concubine Wang respectively, and said with a smile:

"After the disciple made the perfume, he immediately presented it to Concubine Liu. Concubine Liu said that the good things should be presented to the Master and the Queen Mother first, so she told the disciples the fragrance of the flowers that the Master and the Queen Mother liked, and gave them to the disciples.

The best stayed.

Please give it a try, Master and a few noble people. If you are not satisfied with the taste, I can continue to improve it when you go back!"

"Well. The good minister and Concubine Liu are both interested!"

When Empress Zheng and Empress Dowager Liu heard this, they felt very happy.

After trying it out, they all showed excited expressions and praised Jiang Chen: "Good minister, you are truly worthy of being a disciple of the Immortal. This perfume is simply a divine thing. We like it very much!"

"It's fine, Master and Mistress, if you like it! This way, it's not in vain that this disciple has spent all his time studying hard, forgetting to eat and sleep." Jiang Chen smiled respectfully.

When Liang Shicheng saw Jiang Chen coaxing Song Huizong, Empress Zheng and others to smile, he felt unhappy and said, "Such a rare thing should be listed as a tribute, for the use of the nobles in the palace and as a reward from the officials!"

As he spoke, he first smiled flatteringly at Song Huizong and Empress Zheng, and then asked Jiang Chenyi bossily: "Jiang Chen, I wonder what the output of this perfume is? Is it enough to supply the palace?"

"The perfume production process is too delicate and complicated, and it cannot be mass-produced yet. It can only be used by a few people, Master and Mistress, for the time being, and it cannot be supplied in large quantities!" Jiang Chen glanced at Liang Shicheng unhappily.

"Is it impossible to achieve mass production, or Jiang Chen, you don't have time to mass produce?" Liang Shicheng asked with a sinister smile on his face.

"I guess Mr. Jiang has too many things to worry about recently and has no time to take care of it, right? Otherwise, since it can be made, why can't it be mass-produced?" Kong Duanyou took the opportunity to apply eye drops to Jiang Chen.

Seeing the opportunity coming, Cai Jing directly appealed to Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty: "Officials, since Jiang Chen has been given the Heavenly Book, he should focus his main energy on developing the secret recipe. If he is distracted by everything, he may not have enough energy.

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Therefore, the veteran believes that Jiang Chen should be given full authority to take over the craftsmanship and supervise the craftsmanship and concentrate on researching the secret recipe. As for other matters, it is better to leave it to the Taifu Temple and the Ministry of Household Affairs!"

"Well, what Prime Minister Cai said makes sense."

Song Huizong nodded in agreement.

He also believed that Jiang Chen's biggest role was to study the secret recipe and help him build the Tongtian Glazed Tower, and there was no need to waste time and energy on other things.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen felt a chill in his heart.

However, Wang Fu was overjoyed and said: "Official sage! In this way, Jiang Chen will definitely be able to develop more and better things, and perfume will definitely be able to be mass-produced."

"I second the proposal!"

Wei Bochu and Bai Shizhong immediately agreed.

Like Cai Jing, they did not want Jiang Chen to continue to expand his power.

Today, the main military forces in Bianjing are divided into the Forbidden Army, the Imperial City Division, the Dongchang Jinyi Guards and the Xiang Army.

The Dongchang Jinyi Guards are under the command of Yang Jian, Zhang Shuye has taken control of the Japanese army in the Forbidden Army, and Jiang Chen is about to recruit the Xiang Army. If the Imperial City Division also sides with Jiang Chen, then they will really not be able to sleep well.

"snort!"

Zhang Shangying was immediately offended, and sneered: "Jiang Chen has made great achievements in offering treasures, so it's enough not to reward him, but instead deprive him of his position and suppress him as a craftsman.

Whose theory is this? In your eyes, is it a sin for Jiang Chen to offer treasures to officials and empresses?

If this word spreads, who else in the world would dare to offer good things to the officials, queens and saints?"

"What does suppression mean? A young eunuch is a dignified and important member of the fifth rank of the dynasty. Jiang Chen is promoted to a scholar-bureaucrat in one fell swoop. Isn't this considered a reward?"

Cai Jing glared at Zhang Shangying coldly: "The truth is, this is for the country and the people, so that Jiang Chen can make full use of his talents!"

"You...you are clearly trying to kill a donkey and want to enjoy the results!

Who doesn’t know that Taifu Temple and Hubu are all close associates of your Prime Minister Cai? Doesn’t this mean that Jiang Chen is letting Jiang Chen hand over the fruits of his hard work into the hands of your Prime Minister Cai? You are really good at planning!"

Zhang Shangying was so angry that his face turned livid.

"Zhang Shangying, you are so presumptuous!

Taifu Temple and the Ministry of Household Affairs belong to the imperial court and belong to the official family! It is natural to take over the Royal Chamber of Commerce where the responsibility lies. Don't abandon the official position for personal reasons and ignore the overall situation just because you want to recognize Jiang Chen!"

Cai Jing said directly that even if he could not swallow up the Royal Chamber of Commerce, he would still prevent Jiang Chen from forging weapons and continuing to recruit the Xiang army.

"I abolish public service for personal reasons? Humph!

Isn’t Prime Minister Cai the one who really abandoned public service for private reasons and employed nepotism?”

Zhang Shangying couldn't bear it anymore and said with a straight face:

"Because Zhu Chong, Zhu Meng's father, presented you with a mansion and a beautiful woman, you quickly promoted Zhu Meng to be the governor of the southeast, and the granite was greatly promoted, which caused thousands of miles of red land in the south of the Yangtze River and wars everywhere;

Because Song Qiaonian was your in-law, you promoted him to the money minting department, and distributed large amounts of Chongning money and Jiaozi indiscriminately, causing prices to skyrocket and the people to exchange their children for food;
Chapter completed!