Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 182 Suet Candle
"You have Li Shimin's characters?"

Li You's words directly made Xu Yi's grandfather and Zhu Xufan jump up. You must know that Li Shimin's Feibai style, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, has always been a difficult place for modern people, because Li Shimin only has a stele post, and the copybook is really no.

So when Li You said that he has Li Shimin's characters, how can you say that Grandpa Xu Yi and Zhu Xufan, two old people who love Tang culture, are not shocked.

Li You saw that the two old people showed interest in Li Shimin's words, and immediately replied: "Yes, but I have to wait for a month, and things are not with me now."

"We can wait!" Xu Yi's grandfather and Zhu Xufan said in unison.

After talking about this matter, Zhu Xufan sent the money to Li You. Although the four of them started to eat, after the meal was finished, Li You said goodbye and left first, because unlike them, Li You There is something else.

After all, Li You only has one day in modern times.

Because the chat was too speculative, it is already past 21 o'clock in the evening, Li You is going to Pangdong to buy things at this time, perfume, glass products are all necessary, you know, Li You relies on these to be able to live in the university. Don stood still.

However, when Li You entered Fat East, Li You saw candles at once. To be honest, Li You was very interested in this lighting, because Datang candles at this time were very expensive, and candles at this time It's not paraffin, but beeswax. The Song Dynasty records that in the border trade with Xixia at that time, candles were traded supplies.As a kind of foreign trade and foreign exchange, candles are very precious.

The people in the Tang Dynasty were like Li You’s Dunhuafang. They basically went to bed at night, and some nights when they had something to do, they would light a small oil lamp. of.

He wanted to make candles, which could relieve some Tang people's desire for lighting, but only after Li You asked about the candles did he know that it was too early for Datang to want to make candles.

A salesperson from a fat college student told Li You that if you want to make candles that are cheap after all, you can either extract stearic acid. What is stearic acid? It is a white substance that feels greasy to the touch. The candles made of it are very soft in texture, not only have a bright flame when burning, but also have almost no black smoke, do not pollute the air, and the price is cheaper.

But the extraction of stearic acid. It is said that the oil is first saponified with a strong alkali, and then the obtained soap is decomposed with hydrochloric acid to take out the stearic acid.

Li You can still think of a way with a strong base, but this hydrochloric acid, Li You is really helpless. In addition to stearic acid, there is also paraffin wax. In 1825, Schaeffler and Guy-Lussac obtained a patent for the production of paraffin stearin candles. .

The appearance of paraffin stearin candles has created a new era in the history of human lighting.Later, someone discovered a large oil field in North America, so a large amount of paraffin can be extracted from the oil, and the ideal candle has been popularized and promoted all over the world.

This is even more difficult. Just when Li You was giving up, the college salesperson on the side suddenly asked Li You: "Sir, do you want to buy suet candles?"

"Goat oil can also be used to make candles?" Li You looked at the other party in surprise.

"Of course. Our village has always been making mutton candles. Waxing, coloring, shaping, and cooling. Xidazhuang Village, Bolan Town, Jimo Section has a long history of making wax. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xidazhuang Village has In order to make a wax workshop, the wax at that time was mainly made of tallow, suet and other substances such as lamp grass.

Later, with paraffin wax, Xida Zhuangcun began to use paraffin wax to make candles, mainly for lighting candles, but the red wax used in important ceremonies must still use suet. "

"Really. Then do you know how to make it?" Li You looked at the college student salesperson in surprise.

The college student salesperson nodded and replied as a matter of course: "All the three-year-olds in our village know it!"

"Then can you tell me?" Li You asked, and then hurriedly continued: "I can pay you...!"

"Haha.!" The college salesperson laughed: "Sir, you don't need to be paid. Suet candles have no secrets at all. Wait a minute and I'll tell you how to make wicks. That's the secret!"

Later, when Li You was shopping, the college student salesperson clearly wrote down on a piece of paper how to make suet candles, how to do the first step, and how to do the second step, clearly.

However, it is really very simple. It is a little difficult to make a wick, but it can be done in ancient times.

Li You later gave the college student salesman 1 yuan as a thank you. You must know that the mutton candle really helped him. If sheep oil is made into candles, I dare not say that it can bring light to the people of Tang Dynasty all over the world.

It is also possible to leave a technology, at least let some unusable ones be affordable, and this is also a way to make money.

You have to know that candles in the Tang Dynasty are really too expensive now. A better one costs [-] to [-] yuan. And there are very few, but if this suet candle can be brought back to the Tang Dynasty, the price of suet oil is not high. Low, but compared to the candle, it is simply too low.

After learning how to make suet candles, Li You went to buy some necessities, and then drove home, because it was already twelve o'clock in the morning, and Li You was also tired at this time.

Just after Li You drove the car back to the basement of the community he just bought, and moved all the things into the basement, Li You's cell phone rang.

Li You originally thought it was Xu Yi, but when Li You picked up the phone, he realized that although the voice coming from the phone was also a girl's voice, it was not Xu Yi's voice.

It was another girl with a crying voice.

"Mr. Li, you. You. Can you come to my school? Please, please help me to prove it.!"

This crying made Li You's heart tighten, and he asked quickly: "Are you Xiao Tang?" What's wrong with you?"

"Mr. Li, can you come to my school and help me get a certificate. I didn't steal my bag, and I didn't do anything shady. My money came in a fair way!" After speaking, Xiao Tang cried sadly again .

Li You is a good person, especially for little girls. When this girl named Xiao Tang cried, Li You's heart softened immediately, and he quickly replied, "Don't cry, Xiao Tang. I'll be right over. Don't worry, It will be fine and I can testify for you."

After finishing speaking, the phone hung up, and Li You, who was about to go upstairs, had to sit back in the car again. Xiao Tang told Li You that her school was Fengfan High School, and this little guy was only a third year student, this year.

Oh my god Li You shook his head again and again.

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