Li Zhu looked at Park Dae-kyung, the leader of the Uijeongbu government, and said: "However, all our troops in North Korea have been dismissed by Li Zhi. Even if the world changes, we do not have the strength to compete with Li Zhi."
Park Dae-kyung said: "Your Majesty is mistaken. Couldn't Your Majesty see the servants of the two groups of nobles?"
Li Zhu stroked his beard and asked: "You mean, those servants can be used by us?"
Pu Dajing nodded and said: "Of course, your highness, you see, these servants are the dead soldiers raised by the two groups of nobles, and they are all loyal. Now the two groups of nobles have been robbed by Li Zhi, and the two groups that have not been robbed are also
All the money was distributed to the farmers, and the good life of these servants was greatly reduced. Each of these people hated Li Zhi very much."
"In addition, Li Zhi has clearly stated that he will abolish the two classes of nobles in the future. What will these servants do? What will they eat and drink? Your Majesty, what do you think if you were one of these servants? Will you hate Li's bone implant?
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"In North Korea, there are at least hundreds of thousands of these servants. Each of these people practices martial arts and everyone has a weapon. If the situation changes and the king raises the banner of counterattack against Li Zhi, I am afraid that these servants will be like a tidal wave.
Swarm under the king's command and serve as the vanguard to revive Korea."
When Li Zhu heard Park Dajing's words, he thought for a while and nodded happily.
Li Jie's eldest son, Prince Zhaoxian, Li Bo, was very nervous when he heard Pu Dajing's words. He raised his hands and said to Li Jie: "Father, Li Zhi is too strong. The original Qing Dynasty was so powerful that he slaughtered it.
If we give up the throne peacefully, I'm afraid we can still rely on our previous wealth to become a rich man. If we go against Li Zhi, I'm afraid we will be killed!"
When Li Zhu heard his son's words, he was very dissatisfied and snorted coldly.
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In the Duke's Mansion, Li Zhizheng was talking to Li Xing, and suddenly he smelled a bad smell from Li Xing's mouth.
Li Zhi thought for a while and asked calmly: "Li Xing, have you brushed your teeth and rinsed your mouth?"
Li Xing laughed and said: "Brother, I brush my teeth and rinse my mouth every morning, and I also use spices bought in the spice store to make tooth powder. But brushing my teeth with salt water is not as clean as bathing with soap, so some odor is unavoidable."
"Brother, why are your noses so sharp today? Those farmers in the countryside can't afford tooth powder, so they only rinse with salt water every day. The stink in their mouths is much worse than mine!"
Li Zhi looked at Li Xing and felt that it was time for him to create a toothpaste that ordinary people could afford.
In fact, people in the Ming Dynasty all knew the importance of oral hygiene. Poor people would use well water and fingers to clean their mouths, well-fed people would rinse their mouths with salt water, and slightly wealthy families would buy toothbrushes.
The collection of folk songs "Tong Chi Er Nong" compiled by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty contains a southern love song: "Eat a mirror to make eyes look inside, weave a basket to make dust, the toothbrush is just waiting for you to speak, trip your head to bring out the tendons.
, the eyebrow brush could not stop swiping back and forth, the tongue was scraped and the mouth was lifted, and the lips were lifted." It not only mentioned the toothbrush, but also vividly described the action of brushing teeth.
But there was no toothpaste in the Ming Dynasty.
The richest Ming Dynasty people used to apply spices on their toothbrushes to brush their teeth. The "Incense Book" compiled by Hong Chu in the Ming Dynasty introduced more than a dozen kinds of tooth powder, all of which were spices. For example, one of them: "One and a half agarwood, five taels of white sandalwood,
One liang of styrax, one liang of beetroot, half a liang of dipterocarp, and half a liang of musk. Pound the above spices into powder and mix them into a paste with cooked honey."
Use these spices to make tooth powder and brush your teeth, which will naturally make your mouth fragrant. This is what Li Xing used.
However, although the taste of the mouth is covered with spices, because the dirt in the mouth is not cleaned, the odor will still come out occasionally. Just like no matter how good the perfume is, it is difficult to completely cover up the body odor. Li Zhi accidentally smelled it just now
What arrived was the rancid smell in Li Xing's mouth.
If your teeth are not brushed clean, they will not only stink, but they will also rot. There are no dental doctors in this era. Once your teeth are rotten, you will not be able to eat, and your life span will be greatly affected.
Seeing that Li Zhi was struggling with the problem of bad breath, Li Xing said with a smile: "Brother, the box of toothpaste you gave me last time was really useful. If you think I have bad breath, why don't you give me another box?"
Li Zhi shook his head and said: "It is made of potassium carbonate extracted from plant ash. The output is extremely limited. If you want to make toothpaste available to thousands of households, you cannot rely on that."
Li Xing asked: "What can we use it for?"
Li Zhi said: "We tried to use soap and glycerin to make toothpaste. Use soap as an active agent, lime powder as a friction agent, glycerin as a moisturizer, and gum as a thickener."
Li Xing didn't understand the long list of materials Li Zhi said, and just echoed: "That's great, it will be easy to sell after making it."
Li Zhi nodded and started to work. But this time Li Zhi was not going to do it himself. He took Li Xing into the soap factory and found several craftsmen from the soap workshop to design the production process and raw material dosage.
After telling these craftsmen, they stood aside and watched.
The craftsmen were smart. They only glanced at Li Zhi's list and said, "Do you want to produce gelatinous soap?"
Li Zhi nodded and said, "Everyone will be rewarded with five taels of silver when they make it."
The craftsmen all thought it was easy, so they sang their promises loudly and went out to buy raw materials. After a while, the craftsmen came back with the gum.
The first step is to produce soap and glycerol. This step is quite familiar, that is, it can be produced by ordinary saponification reaction. Oil and caustic soda react to form higher fatty acid salts and glycerol. As long as salting out and alkali precipitation are not carried out, these viscous liquids are mixed
together.
The craftsmen fished out some of the reaction products and added ground lime powder and sticky gum to it. Sure enough, they got a paste containing soap and lime powder. You don’t need to put a lot of gum in each box of toothpaste.
Put two spoons in it and it will have a good effect.
The craftsmen were very happy when they made the toothpaste. They dipped some in the box with their own toothbrushes and brushed their teeth with water.
Sure enough, the craftsmen brushed out a mouthful of foam. After brushing his teeth, the craftsman washed away the foam with well water and grinned: "My lord, it's done!"
Li Xing was eager to try, so he picked up a new toothbrush and started brushing it with the toothpaste. There was also foam in his mouth. After brushing his teeth, he licked his teeth with his tongue and said, "It's clean. It's so clean. This is my first time."
I feel like my teeth are so clean.”
Li Xing said happily: "Brother, if you sell this toothpaste to the world's dignitaries, you can make a lot of money. If a box of toothpaste sells for one tael of silver and there are 100,000 rich people in the world using it, it will last a year."
It’s a big business worth millions.”
Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "Selling to dignitaries, sales rely on the support of the gentry. Now we have a tense relationship with the southern gentry. Maybe one day the sales will be cut off. It is too unsafe. I want to sell this toothpaste to
Common people, if a box of toothpaste is sold for thirty cents, more than 10 million people in four provinces and one town will have to use one to two million taels of toothpaste a year, which is also a big deal."
Li Xing smiled and said: "That's good, now people can clean their teeth."
