On the night of the "violation of the palace", Fang Jun's injuries were really serious. They were all flesh injuries. Although the internal organs were damaged, they were not serious. The imperial physician came to check his pulse every day, and he was rewarded with various precious medicinal materials every day. In addition,
Fang Jun is young, in excellent physical condition and recovers quickly.
After Prince Li Chengqian came once and was drunk by Fang Jun's chicken soup for the soul until he became dizzy, Fang Jun hid in the village and never left the house.
But he was not an idle person. He was extremely bored, so he began to play with various "inventions" to contribute to the scientific research of the Tang Empire...
It was a bright spring day, and Fang Jun was in the backyard, leading a group of "apprentices" to cook a pot and refine oil.
That's right, he plans to spend time with "Lard"...
I did this "lard" experiment when I was in school, but it was too old. It was just for fun at the time, and I never came into contact with it again, so I almost forgot about it, but Fang Jun always felt that it was
Lard has many uses besides making soap.
So I returned to the "refining business" today and decided to try "touching the scene" to see if it would bring back some memories.
Of course, with Second Young Master Fang's current status and rank, when he could use his words to instruct his servants, he would never do it himself...
Set up the pot, put it on the fire, and start refining lard.
Then he took quicklime, dissolved it in water to make lime slurry, and poured baking soda into it. This was the first time Fang Jun came up with this thing. With the increase in soap production, there was a lot of inventory.
When all the messy things are added to the pot, the lard in the pot has begun to react, and the oily yellow soap on the top layer begins to gradually solidify.
?Lard soap that has not been processed in any way will have an oily smell. Even after the soap is made, no one wants to use it to make the whole body smell like lard.
Therefore, although the sales of soap have been good recently because it is really easy to use, there are also a lot of criticisms. After all, only rich people can afford this thing. These people in the world are all about quality, and most of them dislike this thing because it has a taste.
???The servant picked out the pure soap that had not completely solidified, skimmed out the largest part, added the rouge powder prepared in advance, stirred it well and let it sit.
This can be regarded as an improvement, but it was not researched by Fang Jun, but thought up by the craftsmen in the workshop. In fact, the reason is very simple. Since there is a smell of lard, add something else to cover up the smell.
Isn’t that enough?
It was a very simple idea and a very simple process, but Fang Jun rewarded the craftsman who proposed the idea ten guan of money, doubling his monthly salary.
This is a horse bone bought for thousands of dollars, just for other craftsmen to see. As long as you can create value, I will not hesitate to reward you!
This trick is quite effective. Recently, in all the workshops of the Fang family, the craftsmen are as if they have been pumped and are no longer working hard. No matter making soap or doing anything else, they are always thinking about whether they can improve their craftsmanship or not.
or innovative products.
As a result, costs have increased significantly and output has declined.
But instead of being annoyed, Fang Jun was even happy to see the result.
This era does not lack skilled craftsmen, but it lacks flexible minds and a sense of change.
Being stuck in one's ways is the biggest fault of Chinese people.
Fang Jun believes that as long as these craftsmen's sense of innovation is stimulated, they will give him a big surprise.
Therefore, he also left a back door for the craftsmen...
Soap added with rouge will become fragrant, which is already considered a low-quality soap. If the raw materials such as lard or vegetable oil are further purified, and then the essence extracted from flower petals is added, it will be an authentic soap.
However, this step is still left to the craftsmen to discover, it is a homework problem...
?After making the soap, there is still some turbid soap and alkaline waste liquid at the bottom in the pot.
According to the previous process, making soap ends here, and these things must be thrown away.
But Fang Jun knew that these "wastes" were actually really valuable things, but he had forgotten what ingredients were in them, so how could he make something else...
Fang Jun stopped the servant from dumping the waste in the pot, touched his chin, looked at the contents of the pot, and tried to recall the situation in the laboratory...
There was a sound of footsteps at the door and a woman's voice.
The craftsman's servants looked at him in astonishment.
This yard is almost a "forbidden area" in Zhuangzi. Except for craftsmen and a very small number of domestic servants, no one is allowed to go near it, because there are too many "secret recipes" here. If they are leaked, the products that the Fang family relies on to make money will be ruined.
Already...
The craftsmen and servants were relieved when they saw who appeared at the door.
Wu Meiniang is Erlang's concubine. Here in Erlang, there is no secret at all about Wu Meiniang. I have never seen such a big business at the wharf being handed over to Wu Meiniang and completely letting go? Moreover, Wu Meiniang's prestige in the village is really not built up.
No one is dissatisfied with her skills.
As for the other one...Her Royal Highness Princess Gaoyang, then there is no problem.
This is the future mistress!
Is it necessary to keep it a secret from her?
Moreover, these days, Princess Gaoyang comes to the village every two days. Everyone is used to it, and they quickly come forward to greet her, saying: "I have met Her Royal Highness!"
Princess Gao Yang tilted her head slightly, her face was pleasant, and her eyes turned to Fang Jun, but she was slightly focused.
Fang Jun was closing his eyes and thinking deeply, without even looking at her.
Princess Gaoyang secretly gritted her silver teeth and was slightly angry.
I have condescended to come here to visit you, how dare you put on airs with me?
Do you think that if you save me once, I will have to endure everything from you?
Arrogant lost his temper, puffed up his little face, and said displeasedly: "Fang Jun, why don't you greet me when you see me?"
Fang Jun didn't even look back. The long-standing memories in his mind had gradually begun to take shape. It was at the most critical moment that he remembered them just a little bit. How could he interrupt his train of thought?
Memory is the most elusive thing. If it is interrupted this time, it is very likely that all previous efforts will be wasted. It is uncertain when the next time I will remember it. Even if I can't remember it again, it is not impossible.
What is the most precious thing to him?
Of course they are memories from the 21st century!
Seeing that Fang Jun still ignored her, Princess Gao Yang became furious. She bit her lip and went to teach this bastard a lesson!
Wu Meiniang quickly grabbed Princess Gaoyang, quietly leaned into her ear, and whispered: "Your Highness, wait a minute, Erlang... seems to be thinking about something important?"
She even has Fang Jun's "extraordinary talent" and has incredible insights into many novel things. Whether it is soap or glass, she can turn stone into gold and turn decay into magic! So whenever Fang Jun is thinking, Wu Meiniang is always thinking.
Standing aside quietly, not daring to disturb.
Princess Gaoyang is not angry, why?
If you think about things, you can regard this palace as nothing? You are so beautiful!
Just as she was about to speak, she saw Fang Jun say "ouch", which scared her so much that her face changed color, thinking that Fang Jun was angry...
But I heard Fang Jun say in a very fast tone: "Brine, is there any brine in Zhuangzi?"
The craftsmen looked at each other, how did they know this?
Wu Meiniang heard this, thought for a moment, and said, "There should be a tofu shop on Zhuangzi."
A servant immediately said: "I'll get it!" He ran to the tofu shop as fast as he could.
Fang Jun scolded: "You're so frizzy, I haven't finished speaking yet!"
But the servant had already gone far away, so a craftsman came up to him and said with a smile: "If Erlang needs anything else, I can just go find it."
Everyone really admires Fang Jun's ability to turn decay into magic. He always uses some common and inconspicuous things and burns them, and then he burns something magical...
Fang Jun was in a state of extreme excitement and had no time to pay attention to Princess Gaoyang behind him!
Princess Gaoyang had a pretty face and was cursing, but she just stood there obediently, not daring to disturb Fang Jun.
That's how people are, if you don't care, then it's okay to do whatever they want; but if you care, you will worry about his happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy, and you will become arrogant...
Fang Jun first asked his servant to make a simple filtering device. It was very simple. Put gravel, fine sand, and charcoal of different sizes into water and wash them. After washing, Fang Jun directed his servant
Take out a jar with a thin bamboo tube, put cotton cloth on the bottom of the jar, put a layer of large pieces of charcoal, then spread a layer of cloth and then small pieces of charcoal, then fine sand, small pebbles, and large pebbles
, five or six layers have been laid out, covering most of the jar, and this rough filter is complete. The liquid is poured into the jar, and then flows out from the bamboo tube at the bottom of the jar, which can achieve the filtering effect.
Of course activated carbon has the best filtration effect, but how can Fang Jun achieve this with two knives?