The Evil King's Favorite Concubine: Genius Perfumer

Chapter 105 Jade River Incense Club ([-])

Although Gan Tiantian wanted to continue to watch the singers and musicians set up the stage, as a small follower, she had no freedom of movement.

Seeing Master Qiao, Aunt Chen and others walking away in front of them, Aunt Chen even glanced back at her, so she could only speed up her pace to catch up.

"Tada, don't wander around."

Although Aunt Chen's exhortation was in a normal tone, Gan Tiantian could still hear a bit of sternness.She hurriedly lowered her head and said "Oh", and obediently entered the venue next to Aunt Chen.

They were treated the same as them, that is, there were quite a few people who only took invitations but no seats.Gan Tiantian saw that Fangzhu Chen warmly greeted many colleagues along the way, while Aunt Xu and Guanshi Wei also put down their airs in Yujinfang, and often took the initiative to greet those passing by colleagues.

On the contrary, Master Qiao and Aunt Chen were calmer.

Because the owner of the workshop often exchanged pleasantries with people, they stopped and stopped, and Gan Tiantian didn't have the opportunity to continue to visit this beautiful garden.

But what attracted her most here was not the strange stones, flowers and trees, but the people who came to participate in the incense meeting.Many people are holding a lot of incense utensils in their hands, such as grinding stones, mills, large and small incense burners... Is this for making incense on the spot?
"Xiao Ji, isn't incense just for tasting incense?"

"Who told you that."

Ji Bingyun was very distressed by Gan Tiantian's "ignorance". He remembered that he had told this girl something about the Daxianghui.Why didn't you remember?

Gan Tiantian giggled guiltily, ashamed to say that she had too much to learn, so at most she could learn half of what Ji Bingyun said.

However, while visiting the incense market these days, I consulted Aunt Chen and Master Qiao about a lot of knowledge about incense medicines and utensils. Can not say the name.Now she can at least recognize those utensils!
Really, can't Xiaoji boast of herself?Really not a good teacher.

Ji Bingyun ignored her slander, and helplessly explained to her again that the highlight of the Yujiang Xianghui was Douxiang.

Bucket incense?

Gan Tiantian was interested, she knew about Douxiang, Ji Bingyun and Master Qiao both taught him.

Douxiang, as the name suggests, is that the perfumers who participate in the fighting incense, take out their own fragrances and invite people to taste them, and the authoritative people will determine the superiority.There are many ways to fight incense, and it is divided into Douxiang products, Douxiang recipes, Douxiang blending skills, Dou tasting ability... It is very complicated.

To become a perfumer, one of the requirements is to pass the test of several Douxiang Association within a limited time.Otherwise, it is easy for a highly subjective thing like spices to be tested by individual people.

Out of fairness and to maintain the dignity of the perfumer's status, it is a must for every perfumer to get a certain ranking in this kind of incense fighting meeting.

"Then can we go and see Dou Xiang?"

"No."

Ji Bingyun directly denied it.

Gan Tiantian was not too disappointed.She was just curious, but she also understood that her group of people didn't even have the right to sit down and drink tea in the small building, watching the perfumers fighting incense?It's hard.

They can also listen to the excitement outside, um, listen to... When the result of Douxiang comes out, it will naturally spread throughout the venue.

There are also literati who will improvise lyrics, and singers will also sing the poems of those new works very cooperatively.Therefore, it is a very honorable thing for those in the industry to get a ranking in a fighting fragrance meeting like the Yujiang Fragrance Association.

What if my new fragrance is favored by some great talent, writes a famous poem, and happens to be sung by a popular singer... This reputation can spread throughout Yujiang Mansion in a day.

How many people who want to be perfumers are really indifferent to fame and wealth?The word "fight" shows the thoughts of the participants.

To fight, to win, to be famous!
"Xiao Ji, did you often attend the Fragrance Fighting Club?"

"of course."

"Do you take the ranking every time?"

"... Always the leader."

"So there are also many talented people who write poems and lyrics for your fragrance, right?"

"Yes...but I'm not very interested in those..."

Ji Bingyun's literary accomplishment is excellent, Gan Tiantian has never doubted this.Art is something that can be understood by analogy. If there is no sentimental heart, no understanding of all things in nature, no pursuit and love for beauty...how can it be possible to concoct the ultimate famous fragrance?
"Then..." Gan Tiantian paused, showing a narrow smile: "That red-haired girl, well, she's an old lady now... Did she often sing poems about your fragrance before?"

"how do you know?"

Ji Bingyun's tone finally fluctuated a bit, and she asked back with a little surprise.

She, just, knew, said!

That former famous prostitute, Ren Hongxiao, must have liked Ji Bingyun very much back then.

She never confided her admiration to Ji Bingyun, so it's easy to understand.Maybe it was because she admired Ji Bingyun too much, but wanted to hide this love in her heart and treat it as a sweet dream of her own.

If this layer of window paper is really pierced, Ji Bingyun rejects her... The two of them will not be able to get along with each other normally like before, right?

There are many ways to love, one is to pursue passionately, and the other is to hide implicitly.

It's just that... this incomprehensible big wood, big fool, and the charming eyes of the red-haired girl in the past are all for the blind to see!
Fangzhu Chen led the people in his workshop to stop and go, and finally stopped at a place, which was also his first destination after coming to the venue.

"Wow, so many fragrances."

Gan Tiantian saw that there were many long tables set up in this area, covered with brocade tablecloths, and boxes of incense were arranged on them openly.

In front of each fragrance, there is a small sign with the name of the fragrance and the name of the workshop, and some even specially marked the name of a certain perfumer.

Master Qiao told Gan Tiantian that this is the best-selling incense exhibition of all incense shops in Xijiang Province from last autumn to now.

Before the Shangsi Incense Fair, every incense workshop, famous big incense shop in Xijiang Province, or a perfumer who is not affiliated with the incense shop and makes fragrances independently, will send their recent favorite fragrances to the exhibition.

"It turns out that the style of Shangxiang in Xijiang Province is really powerful."

Gan Tiantian doesn't know whether other provinces also admire fragrant medicines in this way, but he can be sure that in Xijiang Province, the atmosphere of advocating fragrances is indeed very strong.

Fangzhu Chen and several senior managers carefully visited each fragrance product, and stopped to discuss it from time to time.

"Musk doesn't seem to be selling well these days. Many households no longer sell musk fragrances."

"Musk is too strong, and too extravagant..." Aunt Xu likes to take the words of Master Chen to show off: "I heard that the empresses in the palace advocate frugality, and they use light and famous fragrances for their own practice, so the noble ladies in the capital don't like to use musk. It's over."

"Well, yes, there are more flower-scented fragrances than last year." Master Qiao nodded in agreement.

Wei Guanshi smiled and said: "Actually, the rose water has to be purchased from the Great Food Country. How much rose water does the Great Food Country produce every year? The price is comparable to gold. The fragrance of flowers is not as frugal as musk...that is to say, it sounds nice..."

Fangzhu Chen also laughed: "That's not true, we insiders all know that."

They whispered and laughed, and they didn't seem to be too afraid of the nobles.Gan Tiantian could also understand that Da Xiao was ruled by scholar-bureaucrats. Although the status of the royal relatives and relatives was high, they were more "close to the people" and did not have the coercive rule of the previous generations.

Behavior like Han Rui's is indeed out of line, but it's just out of line.Among the idle clans, there are quite a few people who like to do folk activities, and some clans are very keen on doing business. After all, they can't be officials... If it wasn't because Han Rui's father was the king of Xiang, he would be so busy running around. Style is really nothing.

"Hmph, I don't want him, I don't want him."

Gan Tiantian had sworn to put Han Rui's matter behind her, but she would still think of him unconsciously, even... like now, when she had nothing to do with him, she would still think of him inexplicably .

Hate it.

It's really not that easy to deliberately forget someone.

But why do you want to forget him on purpose, um, I really...ah, don't think about it!
"It is said that the new flower-scented fragrance launched by Ji's family yesterday has been well received."

"Of course. The Ji family. This time they put in a lot of effort. I heard that it's the new work of the Great Fragrant Master Ji?"

"Hehe, is that right? It seems that Miss Ji hasn't released a new work for a year or two..."

"She wasn't very prolific in the first place."

Fangzhu Chen and Master Qiao lowered their voices very carefully when discussing the Ji family.It's just that Gan Tiantian was standing close, so he still heard it clearly.

Lady Ji...hasn't had a new work for a year or two?

A person who can become a great incense master should be very capable.No matter how well she knows how to seek flattery, if she doesn't come up with works that convince everyone, how can she become a great incense master if she wins again and again in the incense fighting meeting.

Gan Tiantian vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain the specific feeling.

"Miss Gan."

Suddenly, Gan Tiantian heard someone calling her name.

She turned around and found that it was Lian Chuxiao's personal maid, Liuxia.

"Hey, Liuxia, are you here? Then your lady..."

Gan Tiantian glanced at the adults and found that they didn't pay attention to him at all, so he hurriedly pulled Liu Xia aside to talk.

Liu Xia pursed her lips and smiled, pointing to the distance: "My lady saw you, let me come over and invite you to play together. Miss Gan, is it convenient for you?"

Gan Tiantian hurriedly looked in the direction she pointed, and he saw the familiar figure of Lian Chuxiao.

She has a headache, what should I do, she really wants to play with Lian Chuxiao!But Fangzhu Chen, how does she explain?

She didn't want everyone in Yujinfang to know that she had contacts with the Lian family.Otherwise, she wouldn't have to pull Liuxia aside to talk, alas...

"Tada?"

Aunt Chen called her.

It seems that I still have to ask Aunt Chen?
(End of this chapter)