Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 93
Although Song Qingshu didn't study science and engineering, but as an otaku, he still has curiosity. The oil jar accident two days ago accidentally reminded Song Qingshu of the interesting experiment he saw in a "Handbook of Adolescent Hands-on Ability".

Saponification reaction!

Injecting strong alkali into natural oil, Song Qingshu couldn't remember a series of complicated chemical formulas, but he remembered the experiment results clearly. The upper layer condensed into the soap soap commonly used in households, and the lower layer of waste alkaline water contained a lot of glycerin. Also baby.Handmade soap was popular when I was in college, and Song Qingshu even made a rose fragrance handmade soap for a girl he had a crush on.

It's a pity that before sending it out, he looked at the Kidney Six S given by the tall, rich and handsome guy next door, and he retreated in despair, cutting off a relationship in the bud.

But when it comes to soap, every household has it, and it costs one or two yuan. Some homes have even eliminated soap, and they use either body wash or hand sanitizer for bathing and washing hands. Thanks to Song Qingshu's mysterious fanfare.

However, Shi Tianfu, an old fox who has been hanging around in the business field for a long time, suddenly saw such an ordinary thing, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Can I have a try?"

"Boss Shi, please go ahead!" Song Qingshu served the tea with a light smile. This thing has been used by later generations for almost a century, and he is right at all.Business was imminent, Shi Tianfu was not polite, he took the piece of soap and pleaded guilty, then turned around and went to take a shower.

At the beginning Song Qingshu was very leisurely, but who knew that this product was real, a big old man could get out with a bar of soap and bald twice, this product is good, from the moment he went in, he washed it thoroughly, from head to toe , a full hour!In the end, Song Qingshu, who was really impatient for waiting, simply lay down on the table and fell asleep.

"Oh, it's really a good thing!" The effect of soap to remove oil and exfoliate is of course extraordinary, and the hair is still dripping with wet water. Shi Tianfu, who has been washed from an oily old fat man to a white old fat man, is refreshed and holds the After using a layer of peony-flavored soap, I rushed out full of excitement and yelled non-stop.

The elder who was drooling, Song Qingshu who suddenly woke up suddenly shook his head: "Are you going to have a bridal chamber?"

Really embarrassed, Song Qingshu scratched his head sadly and said with a smirk: "I've been busy recently..."

"****** is by your side, old brother, I'm also someone who has been here, understand! Understand!" Fatty Shi was full of the kind of ambiguous smile that men can understand, and nodded wretchedly. Song Qingshu was even more depressed, but again Pull the topic back to the current business.

"Brother, how do you plan to cooperate? What kind of raw materials do you want, how big is the workshop, my brother will prepare immediately!"

Shi Tianfu yelled in surprise, but Song Qingshu, who was sober after hearing it, smiled, shook his head with a smile and refused: "Old brother, you don't have to worry about this, little brother is capable of giving birth by himself!"

Shi Tianfu was taken aback when he heard this, and then he scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a smile: "It's my brother, I overstepped!"

That's right, this thing is definitely considered a treasure in this era, and its formula is even more top secret, so how could Song Qingshu reveal it so easily?At that time, Shi Jiacai will have a wide range of opportunities, so what if he kicks Song Qingshu away?
"Then how do you plan to cooperate?"

When it came to the business, Song Qingshu's expression suddenly became serious, and he took out a piece of yellow, white, yellow and white boxy soap from his arms and put it on the table. Song Qingshu hesitated for a while, and then made up his mind and said: "All the soaps I produce Brother Shi, you sell it alone, only in Shi’s grocery store! Now I have [-] pieces of this kind of soap in my hand, as for the price..."

Gritting his teeth again, Song Qingshu suddenly raised a finger: "One tael and two dollars!"

These days, one tael of silver is worth 700 yuan. Even in later generations, if silver costs eight yuan per gram, one tael of silver is worth 400 yuan. His supermarket is the lowest level, but things selling for three or four yuan are cheaper than silk masks. It's one or two times more expensive, and it's absolutely black at home.

Shi Tianfu frowned when he heard the price, and Song Qingshu's heart pounded when he saw it, but when Song Qingshu was gritting his teeth and waiting for Shi Tianfu to bargain, Shi Tianfu shook his head violently.

"Simply cheap!"

While Song Qingshu's eyes were widening, Shi Tianfu also gestured with a finger: "So, I took my brother's soap for a dollar and a tael, and I also sold it for a tael, but I cut it open. Here it comes!" As he spoke, Shi Tianfu picked up the tea knife, clicked the handmade soap he had used, which was the size of transparent soap for later generations, and cut it in half, and added: "If it becomes popular in the future, in terms of price, we No matter how you discuss it, in short, if I eat meat, Brother Song, I will never let you drink soup!"

"Okay, I would like to thank Brother Shi for that!" Song Qingshu was overjoyed, and agreed with his mouth open.

At this time, the well-known commercial virtues of ancient China are manifested again, which is called Yinuoqianjin!There was no need to sign any contract at all, the two of them settled the business verbally, and then bowed together in front of the statue of God of Wealth Zhao Gongming. After a few small dishes, leaving Song Qingshu here for a few drinks, and talking about romance, the old fox Shi suddenly narrowed his eyes.

"Brother, I heard that you have some connections at the other end of Qin Wang's mansion. I wonder if it's convenient for you?"

The relationship with Prince Qin's son is quite taboo. Song Qingshu's heart tightened when he heard it, and he raised his head in astonishment, but saw Shi Laohu hurriedly smiled and waved his hands: "Brother Song, don't get me wrong, the old brother just thinks, such a good thing, Why should a batch be tributed to Prince Qin’s mansion, too?”

Dazed for a moment, Song Qingshu couldn't help laughing when he came back to his senses. Who said that the ancients were backward? Didn't Shi Tianfu also see the celebrity effect very clearly?Immediately, on the second floor of Shi's Restaurant, the laughter of two profiteers, one big and one small, came out like owls, making Zhao Yuanwai on the opposite side even more restless.

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In the next few days, on the streets of Xi'an City, a strange news began to circulate in the streets and alleys. It is said that on the site of the Tang Chang'an City next to the Huangtupo, and the ruins of the Xingqing Palace of the Tang Dynasty, an idler dug out I opened a jar, opened it, and found that it was fragrant and fragrant. They were all bath beans for bathing, and they were square and crystal clear, completely different from the dark bath beans.

The most bizarre thing is that this treasure that has not rotted for hundreds of years is actually engraved with the Chinese character "Yang" in Xingkai!

Where is Xingqing Palace? It was the place where Tang Minghuang and Concubine Yang’s lingering love took place. They even wrote the word Yang, and people immediately connected with Concubine Yang. This rumor spread like wildfire, and the more it spread, the more outrageous it became The woman in the market said with a nose and eyes that this thing is the secret recipe left by Concubine Yang Gui. It is because of this that she bathes every day that she can make her skin smooth and smooth with hot spring water, which makes Tang Xuanzong fascinated.

What's more, it is said that an old girl in her thirties in the east of the city who is still unmarried picked up a piece from the jar and went back to take a bath. She immediately looked young like a young woman, and within two days, the matchmaker who proposed marriage broke through the threshold.

As for where the secret bath beans went, there are different opinions. In short, the final version was bought by a wealthy businessman.

This made the city of Xi'an impetuous, the big girls and the young daughter-in-law were itchy, and many big families and big ladies even sent people to inquire about who got rid of this thing, and many people were confused. We organized a group to go to the ruins of the Xingqing Palace, but found a lot of tatters from the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, there is no such magical secret recipe of bath beans.

The rumors spread for three or four days, and when people's enthusiasm was about to cool down, another piece of news that caused a stir in the upper echelons of Xi'an City came out.According to the eunuch in charge, Prince Qin got some of these novelty soaps, and when he used them for bathing, he felt refreshed and full of dragon energy!This made the noble ladies in the city even more excited, contacting Concubine Yang's bath beans, which has not subsided, is really something!
To push the public opinion to the extreme, Tao Huayan, a famous prostitute from the Qin Tower in the west of Xi'an, said that if anyone gave her a piece of magic soap, she would marry with all her pockets, and use her own money as a comb, and stick it upside down at the door!

No one wants to marry a prostitute, but it's different for a famous prostitute. That's a lot of poetry and songs!An astonishing cultural person in singing, dancing and music, sought after by literati, it is a great honor to be able to marry anyone as a concubine in the end. It can be seen from the Qinhuai Bayan later, and it is still upside down. This Taohuayan has accumulated a lot of money. There must be several thousand taels if there is no ten thousand taels, it is simply another Du Shiniang who earns both money and sex!This time, the enthusiasm of the entire city of Xi'an was mobilized, and many romantic young men were writhing in Xingqing Palace like crazy.

But who would have thought that on the third day after this happened, this Tao Huayan had already been picked up first, and the pick-up was extremely low-key, and some well-informed people managed to find out that this Tao Huayan seemed to be married to a Shi from the south of the city. The big businessman with the last name!
Literati and inkmen look down on merchants covered in copper stink the most. While lamenting that flowers are stuck in cow dung, these people are rummaging in the south of the city again. Finally, someone with a heart has worked hard to find it in the corner of a certain Shi's grocery store. I bought the unique bath beans and soap that the miraculous Concubine Yang used to bathe!
Suddenly, the Shi family was on fire!
A small piece of soap was fired to 20 taels, and there were only a few pieces a day. I heard from the staff that these soaps were all developed according to the secret recipe of the ancient altar. , it’s only a few yuan a month, and the required craftsmanship is extremely cumbersome, so the silver is just a little bit more expensive!
It's not just a little bit expensive, it's outrageously expensive, but the more it is like this, the more attractive girls and daughters-in-law flock to it. Isn't it what the rich are after to be different?

It's as lively as later generations robbing kidney six. Every day, Shi's grocery store is packed to the brim. The soap fever is even linked to the Shi's restaurant. Top luxury.

This kind of influence even affected Song Qingshu's small shop.

"Whoever can give me a bar of soap will be great!"

The setting sun was slanting, staying in the shop while fiddling with the abacus and writing the ledger, while Caiwei Xiaonizi held her face in her hands with little stars in her eyes and looked forward to it. Xing Hongniang laughed and said: "Xiaonizi Is it Sichun? Or, you should follow the example of Peach Blossom, who promises that you will marry whoever gives you a dollar, and those sour scholars who often come here will definitely flock to him, and line up to gamble at Shi's shop!"

"I, I don't want it! He is going to marry Brother Song!" She was stunned for a moment, Caiwei immediately shook her little head into a rattle, and Xing Hongniang smiled again: "You silly girl, then What good is a fool, if I, whoever gives me a piece of imperial concubine soap, I will marry him!"

"Sister Hong'er, just blow it!"

The two girls were having a good time, when Song Qingshu, who was reading a book, suddenly threw the "Five Classics of Justice" on the table, turned around and walked back, and Caiwei stuck out her tongue worriedly: "It's over, Song Brother won't be angry, will he?"

"Idiots shouldn't be so stingy, right?" Xing Hongniang was also a little worried, but only for a moment, Song Qingshu came back with a box in his arms, threw the box on the table, and went back to continue reading.

They looked at each other in dismay, opened the box curiously, and the two girls suddenly let out two exclamations in unison.

"Wow, a box of soap!"

(End of this chapter)