Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Yang Xian made a planning plan and decided to open several daily chemical factories specifically to produce toothpaste, soap, toilet soap and other daily chemical products. The locations were also located in the west.

In order to cooperate with the development of daily chemical factories, Yang Xian also built several professional chemical factories to specifically match the production lines.

It includes an acid production plant, which uses sulfur as raw material to produce sulfuric acid on a large scale, and uses sulfuric acid as raw material to produce nitric acid and hydrochloric acid. In this way, the problem of tri-acid production will be completely solved.

An alkali making factory, using salt and sulfuric acid as raw materials, invented a method for industrial production of soda ash. The hydrogen chloride generated during production can also be used to make hydrochloric acid, chlorine, bleaching powder and other industrial products that the Ming Dynasty will need in the future. Soda ash can also be synthesized with slaked lime into caustic soda.

In this way, three acids and two bases complete the industrial research and development layout in Yang Xian's plan.

Of course, the construction process is definitely not as easy as Yang Xian's scribbling at the moment. There are definitely many problems that need to be overcome during the whole process. But now there are more and more professionals graduating from Yangzhou University, and they are investing in helping with the construction. , it’s just a matter of time.

It’s late at night in Yang Guogong’s Mansion.

In the dim light of the fire, Yang Xian sat alone at the table with a pencil, writing and drawing.

When writing a lot of text, the pencil still doesn't feel that good to use.

The main disadvantages of pencils include short service life, poor writing quality, troublesome storage and maintenance, and the need for frequent sharpening.

Yang Xian frowned as he looked at the pencil in his hand that had once again used up all the graphite on the tip.

At this time, Wang Yuemin took a coat, gently put it on Yang Xian, and said: "The weather is cold, and the mansion in the capital does not have air conditioning. You must pay attention to your health."

As he spoke, he took the pencil from Yang Xian's hand, took the knife from the desk beside him, and began to sharpen the pencil.

The movements were very skillful, and it was obviously not the first time he had done this kind of thing.

Yang Xian took the sharpened pencil again, but what he was thinking about was when he would also tinker with the pen.

Yang Xian worked until late at night. When he turned around, he found that Wang Yuemin had fallen asleep on the table nearby.

Yang Xian looked up with a gentle look in his eyes. Whether before or after the marriage, Wang Yuemin had always been Yang Xian's good wife.

Ming Kee has been run by her single-handedly from the beginning. Although she is called the second shopkeeper, she is actually doing most of the work.

Yang Xian is basically only responsible for decision-making in the general direction.

It's rare that I can take a vacation when I return to Beijing, but these days I have been accompanying Yang Xian to do various industrial layouts in the western part of Mingji for the coming year.

Yang Xian stood up, stretched out his hands and gently picked up Wang Yuemin from the table, and then walked step by step to the big bed.

Looking at the beautiful face so close at hand, Yang Xian thought to himself that he would prepare a New Year gift for her this New Year and give her a surprise.

In the next few days, if Zhu Biao has an appointment, Yang Xian will go to the Military Aircraft Department to discuss matters. Most of the time, he will focus on listening. The occasional speech will hit the point of the issue.

At other times, Yang Xian would occasionally visit major schools in the capital and have in-depth exchanges with teachers and students, especially the No. 1 Girls' School in the capital. As the first person to speak out for women in this era, Yang Xian is completely like a god in the eyes of these girls who have accepted the awakening ideology.

Occasionally I would go to Zhongshan Prince's Mansion to have a drink with Xu Da.

Most of the rest of the time, he stayed in the Duke's Mansion, doing various inventions and designs, and making plans for the coming year.

At the same time, he sent the designs one by one to Yangzhou, and asked his student Shen Cheng to lead the researchers to make a batch of samples first.

I just took advantage of this opportunity in the capital to promote the reputation of these products first, so that I won't have to worry about sales in the coming year.

In addition to toothpaste, soap, and pens, Yang Xian also thought of one more thing, and that was perfume.

Which woman in this world doesn’t like to smell fragrant?

Yang Xian was almost certain that the moment the perfume came out, it was destined that no woman could resist its temptation.

Especially for women in ancient times, because under ancient technological conditions, taking a bath was not a very easy task. Bathing was often more difficult for most ancient people than modern people imagine, and it was almost difficult to take a bath every day.

The "Book of Rites" not only believes that "Confucianism bathes the body and bathes in virtue", it also explicitly states that "bathing should be done on three days and bathing on five days", that is, washing hair every three days and taking a break for bathing every five days. In the Han Dynasty, it also evolved into a traditional holiday for ancient officials to "take a break". In other words, for ancient "status" people, they could only wash their hair three days and take a bath five days.

For example, Bai Juyi, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, was considered to be of high status. However, in the famous poem "Bathing" written when he was in his forties, he lamented that "I have not bathed for many years, and my skin is covered with dirt. Now I take a bath, and I am quite emaciated." That is to say, I haven't taken a shower for several years, but after washing myself occasionally to wash away the "dirt", I have aged so much. It is not easy for a great poet to take a bath.

For the ancients, bathing was not only a technical issue, but also an economic issue. Taking the most basic "boiling water" as an example, until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, charcoal and other fuels used to make fires were expensive. In the Ming Dynasty, a hundred pounds of firewood in Songjiang area could be sold for one penny. In the Ming Dynasty, one hundred kilograms of coal was worth one penny and three silver, and in the Song Dynasty, the price of one pound of charcoal was as high as two hundred penny. The so-called fire burning means money, and the hard-earned fuel has to be used for daily home heating. There is not much fuel that can be used to "burn bath water".

Not to mention that the various conditions for clothing, heating, washing utensils, etc. in private households are actually very limited. Keeping warm and safe after taking a bath is also a big problem, as it is easy to catch a cold. Therefore, after public bathhouses became popular in the Song Dynasty, men would rather spend money to take a bath in a bathhouse, because compared with taking a bath at home, it was much more troublesome. Women could not go to bathhouses, so it was not easy for ordinary women in ancient times to take a bath.

Because we can't take a shower every day, as long as we are human, we will have some body odor.

And even if you are a noble daughter, you can bathe every day, but you will still smell when you sweat.

At this time, the value of perfume can be reflected, and the incense technology of this era is completely incomparable.

Just do it.

For the invention of perfume, Yang Xian simply took care of it himself and set aside a special area in the Duke's Mansion.

In the winter season, flower species were limited, so Yang Xian targeted plum blossoms and daffodils, two flowers that could represent winter, and ordered the people below to collect them in large quantities.

Perfume, simply put, is made by mixing a certain proportion of plant essential oils with a portion of alcohol and purified water.

That is to say, making perfume is divided into three steps: making plant essential oils and alcohol, and finally mixing the two with purified water.

Collect the flowers when they are in their best blooming period, dry them directly or slightly in the shade, then put them into a distiller to distill them into essential oil liquid. This is the most primitive and simple method of making plant essential oils.

The distiller was of course invented by Yang Xian himself. Although there were already distillers in this era, they were not mature compared to later generations.

It also happens to be used for distilling alcohol.

Yang Xian has been in Ming Dynasty for so long, but a big reason why he has not engaged in distilled wine technology is the food problem.

Emperors of all dynasties have introduced various prohibitions on alcohol. The purpose of prohibiting alcohol is nothing more than to reduce food consumption and prepare for war and famine.

You must know the first two years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Because people often make wine, Lao Zhu also issued a ban on alcohol.

In his opinion, folk wine making is a complete waste of food. The people can't even get enough to eat, so they even go to waste to make wine.

Zhu Yuanzhang's method of prohibiting alcohol was very direct, simple and crude. He even directly ordered a nationwide ban on growing glutinous rice, starting with the raw materials. This forced farmers to grow a variety of other grains, which indirectly enriched the granary.

But even Zhu Yuanzhang had gone to such an extreme in order to save food as much as possible.

There is still a food shortage across the country.

Later, it was because of Yang Xian's emergence that the food problem was solved.

Distilled liquor has higher requirements for grain raw materials. Therefore, even though the prohibition on alcohol was later lifted, Yang Xian was still not in a hurry to launch distilled liquor.

Whether you can drink good wine or high-strength liquor is closely related to grain production.

The Ming Dynasty has developed to this day, and now it can finally be said that its strength is solid.

Therefore, now that the overall grain output in Ming society has stabilized, Yang Xian believes that it is time to promote distilled liquor.

If you are afraid of causing too much food waste and excessive folk brewing, once distilled liquor becomes popular, you can replace it with a tax on folk brewing.

After an afternoon of hard work, Yang Xian finally produced the plant essential oils and alcohol.

At this time, Wang Yuemin, who had returned from playing mahjong with Queen Ma in the palace, saw the magical alembic in front of Yang Xian. Having known Yang Xian for so many years, Wang Yuemin was already used to these magical gadgets.

She stepped forward and asked, "What is your husband inventing again?"

Yang Xian picked up a glass bottle filled with plum blossom essential oil and smiled: "I'm making perfume."

Wang Yuemin came forward, and Yang Xian opened the glass bottle and put it under her nose.

"Such a strong fragrance of plum blossoms!" Wang Yuemin immediately smelled a strong fragrance. It felt like hundreds of plum blossoms were blown directly in front of her nose.

She frowned and said, "Is this the perfume you mentioned, sir? But it's too fragrant. It's so fragrant that it's a bit offensive."

Yang Xian closed the lid and said, "This is just essential oil, the perfume is not really completed yet."

As Yang Xian spoke, he found an empty bottle, poured about 70% pure water into the bottle, then dropped in 10% alcohol, and the remaining 20% ​​essential oil.

The ratio of purified water, alcohol, and essential oils is 7:1:2, which is the standard ratio.

Of course, you can also choose to add essential oils as you like. If you like a lighter flavor, you can add less, and if you like a strong flavor, you can add more. However, special attention should be paid to the fact that the content of essential oils should not exceed 30%.

After stirring, Yang Xian took a cork, sealed the entire bottle and let it sit. Before sealing, Yang Xian let Wang Yuemin smell the real perfume.

"smell good!"

Wang Yuemin took a deep breath. This time there was no discomfort at all, only the ultimate enjoyment.

She even closed her eyes and savored it for a while. The more she savored it, the better it smelled.

The sense of smell is one of the most primitive and basic human senses. The smell of a good perfume can really make people feel comfortable and happy.

"It smells good." Yang Xian smiled and said. "The first bottle of perfume born in this world is given to you. But it cannot be used now. It must be left to mature for a month or two before it can be used."

Yang Xian said and put the bottle of plum blossom perfume in his hand on the shelf nearby.

Just as Yang Xian was about to continue making the second bottle of perfume, he looked up at the sky and took off his work clothes.

I almost forgot, I made an appointment with Xu Da before and went to his house for a drink today.

In the laboratory, plant essential oils, alcohol, and purified water are all ready-made. After Yang Xian and Wang Yuemin explained the perfume proportions, they asked her to make some perfumes of various strong and light scents, and then changed their clothes. , walked outside the house.

Zhongshan Palace.

Xu Da has already prepared wine and food and has been waiting for a long time.

After three rounds of drinking.

It is late at night.

Xu Da pulled Yang Xian and kept urging him to drink. There were three empty wine jars on the table.

Yang Xian and Xu Da drank it all.

Yang Xian's drinking in his previous life was average, with three to four ounces of white wine, and of course the alcohol he drank was over 50 degrees alcohol.

At this time, all he and Xu Da drank were wine with about 3-10 degrees Celsius.

To put it bluntly, although the wine in these jars has a spicy taste and looks quite impressive in size, its alcohol content is about the same as that of beer.

The deadly Wusu is still at 4.5 degrees.

Even if Yang Xian's body was not transformed, his drinking capacity would never be worse than Xu Da's.

Not to mention, his current physique.

There is no feeling at all after drinking these jars.

Xu Da, who was known to be a good drinker, was now flushed and fainted.

This military god of the Ming Dynasty, whom everyone respected, pulled Yang Xian and said in a wronged tone: "Brother Yang, our life is miserable."

"Brother Xu, you are drunk." Yang Xian saw the other party's posture, showing that he was drunk, and said quickly.

You are the first and now the only king with a different surname in the Ming Dynasty, and your life is still miserable.

I'm afraid there are no more good people in this world.

Even the military god of the Ming Dynasty is actually just an ordinary person when he is drunk.

The mighty military god of the Ming Dynasty began to complain to Yang Xian, saying that he was worried about his children, and that the eldest girl Xu Miaoyun was not willing to marry now that she was so old, and he had many gray hairs from worry.

Several other daughters were also affected.

Several sons are always thinking about getting rid of their father's name.

Nowadays, the children are busy with their own affairs every day and are away from home every day, leaving him as an old man in the house.

As I talked, I even started to cry.

"Brother Xu, you are really drunk."

"No! I didn't drink too much. Who said I drank too much? Come on, Brother Xu, let's continue."

Yang Xian put a peanut into his mouth, raised the wine bowl and said, "Come on, Brother Xu, drink!"

But the bowl of wine was touched, and Xu Daren also lay down. (End of chapter)