I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 277 Hot Soap
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

The time has come to the beginning of September in the lunar calendar.

The people in Beijing who have just experienced the Mid-Autumn Festival are still immersed in the joy of the festival.

On this day, many new shops and small stalls suddenly opened in various crowded places in the capital.

These newly opened shops are not large in size, and they don't sell many things, but they are all very mysterious.

Each palm-sized cardboard box, what is inside, no one can guess at all.

At the beginning, people were still wondering what the store was selling.

Until the day of the official opening, each store set up a booth at its door.

Three or four clerks in uniforms held leaflets with portraits of beauties in palace costumes in their hands, and distributed them to everyone, shouting loudly,

"The empress will benefit the people all over the world, and she will sell the imperial soap. Try it before you buy it!"

If it's an ordinary yell, people probably just want to have fun, and if they pay attention to it a little, it's a big deal.

But in the yelling, the Empress Empress was actually mentioned, so they couldn't help but ignore it.

So one by one the common people gathered around.

The workers in charge of publicity took the opportunity to distribute leaflets to everyone.

In this day and age, few people can read.

But the leaflets of this store only have a few simple words on them, but most of them are pictures.

In the picture, a graceful beauty in a palace costume seems to be washing her hands with something.

The artist's painting skills seem to be very outstanding, the beauties in the paintings are lifelike, except for the slightly blurred faces, everyone is shocked.

People who have never seen anything in the world even thought that this picture was some kind of treasure, so they quickly put it in their arms and treasured it.

The shop workers, while distributing leaflets to everyone, picked up a slap-sized, yellow-yellow thing and enthusiastically said to everyone,

"Everyone, please see, this is the soap made by the Empress, who is sympathetic to the women of the world.

This product adopts the formula used by the imperial court, and thousands of craftsmen worked hard for ten months to create a peerless product..."

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard it, what special purpose, what imperial use, what thousands of craftsmen.

Words came out of their mouths one by one, and almost every word shocked people.

These ordinary people, how can they have any chance to touch things that have anything to do with the court.

Immediately, someone couldn't help asking curiously,
"My little brother, dare to ask, this thing is really something that has been handed down from the palace!"

That employee seems to have been very well trained.

Hearing someone asking, he suddenly regained his spirits and said loudly,
"Of course it's true. Our shop only dared to sell this item with the permission of the empress. Otherwise, who would dare to be so bold as to name the empress."

"Then what is this thing for!"

Another employee knew that the time had come, and quickly brought a basin of clean water from under the booth.

"Everyone, please be careful. What we are going to do next is not a trick. Everyone can try it for themselves."

After saying this, he then said to the crowd,
"I don't know who has something to wash, it doesn't matter what it is!"

At this time, everyone was a little confused, and they couldn't guess what these guys were going to do.

But there was still a person who threw over an oily handkerchief that was with him.

That man is a butcher, and he has to deal with oil, fat and other things all day long, and there is no clean spot on his whole body.

The handkerchief that was thrown over had long since lost its original color.

The butcher guy, still a little embarrassed, said with a little apology,
"This is what I use to wipe the knife. It looks dirty, but it's actually oil stains..."

The guy just smiled and said softly,
"It doesn't matter, no matter what, as long as it is in my hands, it will become clean!"

After speaking, he threw the almost black handkerchief into the water and soaked it.

Then he picked up a piece of waxy yellow crystal clear soap from the table, and wiped it lightly a few times.

Only then did he start rubbing vigorously.

Not long after, small bubbles began to appear in the original clear water.

Everyone was stunned when they saw this scene.

"This... what's going on, it's... bubbling..."

Another guy explained from the side,

"Don't panic, everyone, this is the wonder of our thing, the bubbles are all good things!"

Although the clerks have undergone strict training, they are very proficient in what to say, what not to say, and when to say.

Just one sentence calmed everyone's panic.

The guy from before kneaded it for about a minute, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he lifted up the square handkerchief that had been soaked in the water earlier.

Everyone watched with their own eyes that the original black and almost shiny square handkerchief was soaked into the water.

But at this moment, what the guy took out of the water was as white as new, not like the previous piece at all.

"Hey, what's going on, is it a trick? How did this square handkerchief turn white?"

"Brother, you said earlier that it was not a trick, why did you still use a trick in the end!"

The chap gave the phalanx a little, and handed it back to the butcher.

"Everyone, don't worry, whether it's a trick or not, you still need the big butcher to say it yourself!"

The butcher took the handkerchief in a daze and looked at it, then he was stunned, pointing to the embroidery on the corner of the handkerchief and exclaiming,

"This... is this actually my original one? How could it become so clean!"

Only then did the onlookers realize that it was not a trick at all.

"Brother, how did you do it? It's impossible to clean a square handkerchief full of oil. How did you do it?"

In good time the fellow said,

"Actually, it's nothing magical, it's just because I just used this cleansing soap!"

As he spoke, he handed the bar of soap that he had just used to everyone's eyes, so that they could see it clearly.

Someone still didn't believe it, and gently poked the sallow soap with their fingers,

"What the hell is this thing? How could it be so miraculous."

"If you don't believe me, you can try it for yourself. Our shop swears by the Empress that no matter what kind of dirty thing it is, as long as you use this cleansing soap, it can be cleaned."

"Brother, don't talk big, you can clean everything."

"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can try it yourself. It doesn't matter if it's dirty clothes or your hands."

Novelty things are naturally easy to attract the attention of the people.

So, bold people began to try.

(End of this chapter)