Lin Jiuniang smiled brightly and said, "Come on, please get all these bugs out of the flowers now and dry them."
Gu Liu's eyes widened, and he knew something was up.
The thought of catching these bugs one by one gave him goosebumps.
Lin Jiuniang raised her eyebrows, "Why, do you want to regret it?"
Gu Liu shook his head, with a depressed look on his face. Sure enough, he couldn't play with her.
But when I saw the insects in the flowers, I felt a chill again, and I couldn't help but still have some doubts:
"Ms. Lin really wants to catch these bugs, are you kidding me?"
Lin Jiuniang smiled, "No. Don't waste any of them, and don't smash them to death. Do you hear me?"
I will use these bugs tomorrow."
After that, teach him how to get rid of cochineal insects.
Cochineal bugs may not be considered insects, but their bodies contain a large amount of pigments, and they are natural pigments. They are most suitable for use as lipstick or food pigments.
In a previous life, lipstick made from cochineal beetles, the more insects used, the more expensive it became.
Watching her retreating figure, Gu Liu shrugged.
His eyes fell on the large pile of flowers in front of him. He had to get them all by himself, and he didn't know how long it would take. They still had to be dried, and he would have to do it tomorrow...
Gu Liu turned around and looked at the young ladies behind him, grinning:
"Want to make money?"
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After Lin Jiuniang left the yard, she smiled softly.
There are cochineal beetles on the cactus flowers. Actually, there are not many of them. The real ones are on the cactus.
The gray spots on the cactus are actually cochineal insects, and this is the big head.
At the beginning, when she was asked to buy cactus flowers, she guessed that when she came to Gyeongju, her every move would be watched, and someone would definitely cause damage, so she was cautious.
No, a big fish was fished out.
Now is the time when cochineal insects are most abundant on cacti.
Lin Jiuniang's lips curled up slightly, and after Lin Tao drove the carriage, she got on the carriage directly, went to the blacksmith first, loaded a wooden box, and went straight to Huangjiacun.
At this time, Huang Dalin was already waiting with other people in the village.
When Lin Jiuniang got off the carriage, they immediately came forward to greet her warmly.
Lin Jiuniang didn't put on any airs and started chatting with them directly. After making sure that their fields were planted, she nodded with satisfaction.
"I asked you to come here because I have a job for you to do."
As he spoke, he opened the wooden box brought from the blacksmith and took out a clip from inside.
Then she showed them what she was going to do.
Huang Dalin was surprised, "Ms. Lin, you want this?"
This, there are bugs hidden in here, are you looking for bugs?"
If this was the case, it would make sense why she later signed a contract with them to rent a cactus.
"Yes," Lin Jiuniang nodded, pointing to the gray spots on the Immortal Station, "there are bugs hidden in these gray spots. You just need to catch all these bugs for me. Is there any problem?"
"no problem!"
Huang Dalin shook his head, Mrs. Lin was generous in giving money and never treated them badly.
Like last time, I not only treated them to meat, but also gave the workers a few extra days' wages.
Therefore, people in her village like to do things for her. Whatever she wants, they will do it.
Since there is no problem, the next step is to discuss wages.
Lin Jiuniang proposed two plans for Huang Dalin to choose.
Huang Dalin opened his mouth wide and asked dryly, "Ms. Lin, which plan is better?"
He believed in Madam Lin, and Madam Lin would not cheat them.
"If I were you, I would choose to be the contractor," Lin Jiuniang glanced at him and analyzed it for him.
The first plan, with a construction period of ten days, fifty people per day, and a daily wage of fifty cents, sounds like a lot, but after ten days, it is not much, and it also takes time.
For the second plan, the contract price she gave was thirty-five taels, which was higher than the total income of fifty people in ten days. Moreover, if it was done quickly, it would save a lot of time to do other things, but the money would not be less.
Huang Dalin decisively chose to contract.
After seeing his choice, Lin Jiuniang took out the contract and signed it directly, and then paid the money.
But Huang Dalin saw that it was still early, so he immediately led others to start the work, finishing it early and finishing it early.
Lin Jiuniang took the contract, explained some precautions again, and left.
She still believes in the character of everyone in Huangjia Village.
Besides, whether they fooled her or not, you can tell at a glance when they send the number of cochineal insects.
Now when the lipstick comes out, the money she invested will be back.
In the following days, Lin Jiuniang was immersed in making lipstick.
After cochineal is obtained, it must be processed to produce a dark red liquid, which is a natural pigment.
Beeswax also needs to be processed, as well as empty lipstick tubes, molds, etc., all of which need to be prepared.
So, she suddenly became busy.
Very busy kind.
Her lipstick is going to be high-end, so both the lipstick and the empty tube to hold the lipstick need to be carefully prepared.
In order to make it more high-end, she had her lipstick cap engraved with a pattern of her own design.
Manzhushahua with twining flowers and leaves.
And in every detail, she demands to be exquisite. She personally controls every step and demands the best, so there is no rush and she will do it step by step.
Problems with lipstick molding, demoulding, and filling into empty tubes are endless.
The girls who came to help were all devastated by the failure.
On the contrary, Lin Jiuniang didn't see any panic. It didn't matter if she failed, she would do it again.
Lin Jiuniang is very open-minded.
After all, this is ancient times, and many things are immature and need to be slowly explored and adjusted.
The days passed slowly in this repetitive busyness.
And while Lin Jiuniang was busy making lipstick, Qingzhou City was also particularly restless.
Under Xu Yu's purge, almost all the officials in Qingzhou City were replaced, causing a storm in the city and making people panic.
Corrupt officials, kill them!
Kill the common people!
Although the method was brutal, it frightened the officials and those with dirty hands and feet half to death.
But the people unanimously praised him, and Xu Yu's prestige in Qingzhou reached an unprecedented height.
At the same time, Xu Yu promoted a group of capable low-level officials to manage Qingzhou and reset the officialdom of Qingzhou.
Because of this move, Han Dong's power in Qingzhou was almost destroyed by Xu Yu.
There are only some remnant forces hiding in the dark and lingering.
All this made Han Dong angry to death, but he was helpless.
Because of everything Xu Yu has done, no one can find anything wrong with him.
Even Baili Shou, the lord of Gyeongju City, was staying behind closed doors at this time to avoid his sharp edge.
There is no way, Xu Yu is too cruel now, whoever encounters him will be unlucky.
After more than ten days of hard work, Xu Yu brought a big change to Qingzhou, and after this period of hard work, the officialdom of Qingzhou gradually stabilized.
At this time, Xu Yu was in the study.
When she heard Xu Da say that she was tinkering with something called lipstick, she twitched the corner of her mouth helplessly.
She is just like this, when she is immersed in something, she doesn't care about other things.
Suddenly I felt a little resentful.
Baoji Town is less than a day's journey from Gyeongju City. It's so close. Why didn't she come to see her?
Doesn't she even think about herself?
He didn't know whether she missed him or not.
But he knew he wanted it very much!
I haven’t seen you for such a long time and I miss you so much.
I was busy attacking Han Dong's forces before and had no time to think about anything else.
I have some free time today, but I can't suppress my thoughts no matter what.
After thinking for a while, he immediately stood up, called his cronies, ordered people to keep an eye on the movements in Qingzhou City, changed into casual clothes, and headed towards Baoji Town with Xu Da!
What Xu Yu didn't know was that the news of his departure from Qingzhou was spread out as soon as he left.
Several groups of people also followed him secretly.