I am the county magistrate in Daming

While waiting for the condensing tube, Mu Qingtian conducted many experiments and improved the blueprints, including elevating the heating furnace to allow more air to enter and increase the temperature inside the furnace.The efficiency of distillation has been greatly improved, and Mu Qingtian obtained a small bottle of peach blossom essential oil just by experimenting.

With essential oils in hand, the next step is to make soap.Mu Qingtian asked Qingshan to bring the largest pot in the warehouse, and boiled the pancreas bought earlier until the pot was full of oil.

Mu Qingtian mixed these oils with the plant ash water that had been filtered before at a ratio of 1:2, stirring constantly.

After stirring for a while, the mixture in the tank began to become viscous, and the resistance to agitation also began to increase.Mu Qingtian thought that the soap was about to be ready, so he stirred it harder.

"My lord, let us do it." Qing Shan stepped forward and said.

Mu Qingtian didn't show his strength and gave the stick to Qingshan.While stirring, he could no longer feel his arms.Now I stopped abruptly, the lactic acid in the muscles was released at once, and my arms were sore and sore.Mu Qingtian bared his teeth and shook his arms, as if he was disabled.

Zhu Jingshou stepped forward distressedly, gently squeezed his arm, and said, "Come back with me, and I will press it for you. Otherwise, it will only hurt more tomorrow."

Mu Qingtian shook his head and said, "I must stay here and watch."

In the end, this jar of soap was a failure.The more you stir, the soap in the jar is no longer viscous, let alone solidified.

Disappointed, Mu Qingtian returned to his room with Zhu Jingshou, lay on the bed and put his arms on Zhu Jingshou's legs for him to massage.

"Alas, alas, alas..."

Zhu Jingshou couldn't see Mu Qingtian sighing, and comforted him: "It's just a failure, continue tomorrow."

He put down his strength very lightly, but still pressed Mu Qingtian until he "hissed" and gasped.

"You really have to practice, how can you go on like this."

In Zhu Jingshou's view, Mu Qingtian's body was simply too weak.He used to look down on weak men the most. If he is a good man, he should strengthen his body and go to the battlefield to practice.But Mu Qingtian was an exception, Zhu Jingshou didn't dare to let him go to the battlefield, if he bumped into each other, who would he cry to?

I don't want that either.Mu Qingtian slandered.

I think back then he was also a hero who carried two [-]-kilogram loads alone, and he would help every household with any problems.Repairing the roof, erecting wires, harvesting lotus roots...he can do everything without feeling tired.

Who knew that after coming to Daming, she became a young master, and her body also became the body of a young master.

"Wake up in the morning and practice swords with me?" Zhu Jingshou asked.

Before Mu Qingtian could reply, he rejected his proposal.

"The sword is too dangerous, it is better to practice the gun."

"It's all good." Mu Qingtian was a little drowsy, yawned, stretched, tried to straighten his body, and collapsed on Zhu Jingshou's lap.

Zhu Jingshou patted Mu Qingtian's head affectionately, and after his breathing stabilized, he turned over his body and let him lie sideways on his lap.

It would be great if he and Mu Qingtian could go on like this forever, there would be no intrigues, no open guns and hidden arrows, just the two of them cuddling together in the quiet afternoon.

"..."

Zhu Jingshou heard Mu Qingtian mumbling something, thought he was awake, and patted his back comfortingly.

"Why are you……"

Mu Qingtian had a dream that wasn't too wonderful.In the dream, he returned to that spring, the spring when he was abandoned.

Ever since he could remember, he had wondered why other children had parents, the only jewel in the family's palm, but he only had the dean's grandfather and so many brothers and sisters.

Later, when he grew up, he knew that the place where he lived was "home" and not "home".Children in orphanages are either physically handicapped, girls, or their parents have committed crimes and gone to prison, so they cannot continue to raise them.

Mu Qingtian is the first type, but his handicap is different from other children in the courtyard who can only live in wheelchairs, he is psychologically handicapped.

He didn't feel that he was different from others, but all the people who made friends with him would leave him within three years.Even if they don't break up with each other, they will gradually drift apart, from friends to nodding acquaintances, and only send out blessing messages on weekdays during festivals.

"I have tried so hard to get into your heart, have you ever cared about me, have you ever considered us as friends?"

This is what a girl in the same class in college said to him.

Mu Qingtian tried his best to be kind to others, and would always think of a friend for any good things.He didn't understand what was wrong with doing so, and in retrospect, he just felt that he might not have done enough.

He was originally a child that no one wanted, a child who was abandoned, and if he wanted others to love him, he had to work harder.Relying on the scholarship and the national/national training program, he completed four years of college for free, and went to Xiaoheye Village as a village cadre for poverty alleviation with the first grade in his major.

Why does Zhu Jingshou like him, and why does he like him so deeply?It was so deep that he subconsciously relied on it, and couldn't help but want to get closer, and wanted to act like a baby to him.

He should treat Zhu Jingshou better and keep him, not like now.

"Why are you crying? I'm restless in my dreams." Zhu Jingshou smiled dotingly, and wiped away the tears from the corners of Mu Qingtian's eyes with his fingertips.

After finishing speaking, he looked up through the window and let out a long sigh with a solemn expression.

He could feel that Mu Qingtian didn't like him that much, at least it was different from his liking.It was he who broke in forcefully at the beginning, forcing Mu Qingtian to be with him.Brother Huang had told him a long time ago that he should not bully others, but when facing Mu Qingtian, his heart was confused and his mind was also confused, so he couldn't help it.

In the afternoon, Mu Qingtian woke up in his bed.He raised his arms and stretched, his arms almost didn't fall off.

It hurts--

But the pain is the pain, and this time he woke up.This afternoon nap was very comfortable, and I woke up refreshed.He looked around, but he didn't find Zhu Jingshou, so he called again and heard Cui Zhu answering outside the door.

"My lord, the prince is in the courtyard with Yao Qin."

Mu Qingtian responded, turned over and got out of bed, put on her clothes awkwardly and walked out the door.

Yao Qin was walking around the pancreas jar that he failed to make this morning, and Zhu Jingshou was also standing beside him.

Zhu Jingshou waited for Mu Qingtian to fall into a deep sleep, calmed down and stopped crying before leaving the room, thinking for a while, and went to Yaoqin's side.

"You should be able to see the relationship between this king and Mu Qingtian." As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Jingshou gave him a warning.

Yao Qin's thoughts were punctured, his face flushed red.He was still waiting for Mu Qingtian to find out, but unexpectedly, King Qing came to him directly.

"Don't covet what you shouldn't think about." After the warning, Zhu Jingshou was about to leave.

Yao Qin couldn't sit still for a while, stood up and exhausted all his courage and said to Zhu Jingshou's back: "Didn't the prince force Mr. Mu!"

Zhu Jingshou laughed.

So what about persecution, what about threats, you, Yao Qin, are not even qualified to persecute.

"But he didn't refuse, did he?"

Yao Qin was stunned in place.

In the end, he was too useless to help Mu Qingtian, and when he met a scoundrel like Yao Jingdao, he couldn't stand up and protect him.

Prince Qing, who had finished dealing with his rival in love, felt refreshed all over. He remembered Mu Qingtian's unfinished soap, and walked towards the small courtyard.

It's a pity that he didn't understand the method of the pan at all, and he couldn't see any clues after looking at it for a long time, so he could only stand dryly beside the tank.

"My lord, what a coincidence." Yao Qin's voice suddenly sounded from behind.

When Zhu Jingshou turned his head, he saw Yao Qin walking towards this side with steady steps and firm eyes.

Not bad, really good.

"It's a coincidence."

The two tacitly kept silent about the past, and began to study the reasons for the failure of the pancreas.

"Is it because the water has been left for too long?" Yao Qin guessed.

Mu Qingtian came over just in time to hear Yao Qin's words.

The ash water for plants and trees was prepared a month ago, but because of Yao Jingdao's incident, it was shelved.Calculated, the plant ash water used this time has been stored for more than half a month.

"It's possible." Mu Qingtian walked over and said.

Zhu Jingshou gave Yao Qin a sneaky look, unwilling to let him show off alone, he also said: "This king thinks it may be that there is less grass, wood, and water."

"What you said makes sense." Mu Qingtian smiled, "Tomorrow we will burn some new plant ash and try both."

The pancreas of pigs and cows has many impurities, no different from pure vegetable oil or artificially refined animal fat, and may require more alkaline water to complete saponification.

Before dawn the next day, Zhu Jingshou and Yao Qin took a few people up the mountain to burn the ashes.As for Mu Qingtian, he is still walking in the yard.

His Royal Highness King Qing kept his word and kept his word, saying that Mu Qingtian was not just talking about exercising.

"My lord, bend your legs more." Shuhui supervised with a smile on her face.

Mu Qingtian gritted his teeth and squatted down a little more.

When Mu Qingtian was exhausted and paralyzed, Zhu Jingshou and the others also came back.The steps are the same as last time, or pour the plant ash into the water, stir and blend evenly, then filter out the impurities, and let it stand for a while to get alkaline water.

At the same time, the green bamboo also boiled the oil, and the second experiment began.

"It's done! It's done!" Mu Qingtian shouted as he watched the solution in the tank gradually thicken.

"Add salt, add salt!"

Yao Qin poured the prepared salt in and continued to stir vigorously.In the end, all the liquids in the tank were perfectly blended together, both fluid and viscous, and the stick was very smooth when stirred in.

Mu Qingtian scooped out a spoonful of liquid and poured it into a square wooden box, waiting for it to cool and solidify.

An hour later, Mu Qingtian got a small square soap.He put a few drops of oil on his hands and rubbed them with the soap he had just made.

"It's clean!" Mu Qingtian excitedly showed it to everyone.

"Great!!!"

Everything is ready, now the only thing left is the cooling pipe of Suzhou Mansion.Soap without essential oils will make your hands feel dry and tight after washing, which is due to the salt in it.With essential oils, this side effect can be greatly improved and the skin can be moisturized.

Five days later, the Suzhou government sent a carriage over.

After seeing Mu Qingtian's drawings, the craftsmen made some improvements.They made several copies, with different thicknesses and different lengths, and some according to Mu Qingtian's drawings, each with at least ten pieces.

"Thank you for your hard work." Mu Qingtian thanked everyone one by one, and gave everyone money.

Mu Qingtian was happy and Zhu Jingshou was happy, and gave Shi Houjian a lot of things, causing others to think that Shi Houjian had been promoted, and came to congratulate him one after another.

Mu Qingtian assembled the distillation device, tried them one by one, and finally selected a pipe with a moderate length improved by the craftsman.The corners of his drawing are not designed well, and oil is easy to get stuck; the short pipe improved by the craftsman is too short, and the condensation effect is not very good; , causing a lot of waste.

There was only one basket of wintersweet left, Mu Qingtian took a deep breath, and made a bold decision - distill with wintersweet first.

If successful, the flowers of the wrong season can be made into seasonal products, and the price can be slightly increased.Peach blossoms and pear blossoms will still bloom for at least a month, so there is absolutely no need to worry about insufficient raw materials.

Emperor Tian paid off, Mu Qingtian successfully distilled wintersweet essential oil as high as half a finger.Mu Qingtian was also surprised that he could make so many decorations with homemade distillation.

He made another small pot of soap, poured half a bottle of essential oil into it after the saponification was complete, and waited for the soap to form.

Zhu Jingshou was draining water in the toilet when he saw Mu Qingtian's head protruding from behind the wall.

After three things, he calmly shook his pants and said, "Qingqing can't wait?"

"Huh?" Mu Qingtian was puzzled.

Zhu Jingshou didn't continue talking.

"Chang'an, look!" Mu Qingtian held a piece of soap in front of Zhu Jingshou as if offering a treasure, "You hear it."

Are you sure you want to smell it here?

Seeing Zhu Jingshou's indescribable expression, Mu Qingtian also realized what stupid thing he had done, and said embarrassingly, "I'll wait for you outside."

He was so happy that he couldn't help but want to share this joy with others.After the soap was successfully made, the first person that popped up in his mind was Zhu Jingshou.

Want to get his praise, want to get his praise!

After cleaning his hands, Zhu Jingshou quickly walked out of the toilet, took Mu Qingtian's hand before he could open his mouth, took the soap from the other side, put it under his nose and sniffed it.

The cold aroma of wintersweet comes to the face, making people feel like they have returned to winter.

"What did you add?" Zhu Jingshou asked.

He had smelled the "essential oil" that Mu Qingtian mentioned, and it was far less strong.

Mu Qingtian waved his hands triumphantly, and said, "Silver Dancao."

Silver Dancao is the mint that is often said in modern times.Mu Qingtian went to look for Yao Qin and briefly described the shape and taste of mint. Yao Qin immediately went to the stream to help him pick a lot of silver dan grass.

"It's really weird." Zhu Jingshou laughed.

Everyone in the world uses pepper and silver dancao as medicines, but his Qingqing is not unusual.

The first batch of soap was unanimously appreciated by the editors in the government, especially the emerald bamboo.She had never seen such soap, and it was even better than saponins.If you buy it, you will definitely make a lot of money.

Mu Qingtian kept one piece in the mansion for everyone to use, and made two smaller ones for Cuizhu and Shuhui.There are about ten pieces of winter plum soap and 30 yuan peach blossom soap left.Mu Qingtian specially cut it very small, if it is used every day, one piece is enough for a month and a half.

Whether it's a donkey or a horse, it's finally time for a walk.Zhu Jingshou was the one who went with Mu Qingtian to Chongming County, Xiao San and Xiao Qi who came back after finishing the matter were in charge of guarding, and Shuhui stayed behind to look after the house.

Mu Qingtian carefully looked at Xiao Qi who was standing in front of him, and nodded suddenly.

It turned out that there were not three of them that day...

"Sir?" Xiao Qi was terrified by Mu Qingtian's stare.

"It's okay." Mu Qingtian said, "Everyone is working for the prince, so don't be restrained."

Zhu Jingshou raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiao Qi.

In Zhang's residence, Nian Shun cautiously opened the door and walked into Zhang Fu's room.

The room was filled with the pungent smell of herbs and the smell of aromatherapy.

His wound didn't heal for half a month, and the wound began to fester and rot, so he had to cut it off.Nian Shun went to Chongming County to invite the best doctor, but there was nothing he could do.

"Master, Mu Qingtian and the prince have gone to Chongming County again."

Zhang Fu coughed twice, beat the bed with his hands angrily, and yelled madly: "Go! Go wherever you want! It doesn't matter where Mu Qingtian goes!"

Nian Shun lowered his head and dared not speak, but evil thoughts had already formed in his heart.

"Bring over the woman who was brought in yesterday." Zhang Fu waved wearily.

"Yes."

Zhang Fu has lost power and is being targeted by King Qing. He will never have a chance to stand up.

The woman named by Zhang Fu turned pale with fright after hearing Nian Shun's words, hid in Nian Shun's arms and said timidly, "Brother Nian, you have to help me."

Nian Shun put his arms around the beauty and laughed, and said, "Don't worry, I'm the one who has the final say on this house now?"

When Zhang Fu fell from power, all the people who had flattered him dispersed, and those concubines even fled overnight.Fortunately, he ran away, but unfortunately, he was caught and tortured to death.Most of those with children did not escape, and began to compete for Zhang Fu's family property.As Zhang Fu's confidant, Nian Shun is the first object they want to please.

When Wu Yaozu heard that Mu Qingtian had arrived in Chongming County, he hurriedly swept the couch to welcome him.There was a lot going on in Zimingli, and he only got a rough idea.Thanks to the help of the prince, Mu Qingtian overthrew Yao Jingdao who had served in Chongming County for 20 years in one fell swoop.

There were two people standing behind Mu Qingtian, and he didn't know which one was King Qing, so he could only kneel down and bow to all three of them, saying: "I don't know if the prince and benefactor are coming, the grass people are welcome."

Mu Qingtian turned his head and looked at Zhu Jingshou who was wearing a mask, stepped forward to help Wu Yaozu up, and said with a smile, "My lord is not such a leisurely person."

The implication is that the prince is not here.

Wu Yaozu heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately got close to Mu Qingtian, talking and laughing, and went to the small hall in the backyard.

"The recipe given by the benefactor is really wonderful. Those who couldn't stand the taste of red gold, finally came to eat garlic crayfish." When talking about business, Wu Yaozu couldn't suppress the joy on his face.

"As long as everyone likes it." Mu Qingtian was not surprised by this result.

"It's just..." Mu Qingtian changed the subject, "There is a substitute for red gold, if one day all the crickets are arrested, what should you do then?"

"This..." Wu Yaozu was stunned.He hadn't thought about such a long-term thing. The benefactor was right. Although there are countless crayfish in the stream, they are not inexhaustible. According to this way of eating, they will be eaten up one day.

"Thank you benefactor!" Wu Yaozu understood that Mu Qingtian wanted him to start raising crayfish to ensure sufficient supply of raw materials, so he quickly knelt down to thank him.

Now Mu Qingtian has almost adapted to the ancient habit of kneeling at every turn, and no longer insists.The so-called "do as the Romans do in the countryside" is a kind of etiquette for expressing gratitude in the Ming Dynasty, and he should not refuse.

After Wu Yaozu stood up, Mu Qingtian explained some things to him, and walked to the small hall.

Wu Yaozu sat at the bottom, Mu Qingtian was in the main seat, Zhu Jingshou sat next to him, and Xiao San stood behind Mu Qingtian.

"I came here today to ask my boss if he would do me a favor." Mu Qingtian said.

Wu Yaozu hurriedly said: "Your benefactor, no matter what you order, Yaozu will not hesitate to do so."

Mu Qingtian was very moved, so he still reminded Wu Yaozu: "It's good to repay your kindness, but you must ask what it is before you agree."

Wu Yaozu smiled "hehe" and said, "I can trust my benefactor. Others will naturally ask, but you don't need to ask about your benefactor."

"It's better to have more minds in everything." Mu Qingtian finished.

Afterwards, he took out a small wooden box from his arms and pushed it in front of Wu Yaozu, saying, "Open it and have a look."

Wu Yaozu took the wooden box and opened it, a scent filled his nose in an instant.

"Benefactor, what is this?"

Wu Yaozu took out the things in the box and looked through them carefully, the more he looked at them, the more they looked like pieces of soap.But the soap definitely doesn't have this kind of fragrance, and he didn't think Mu Qingtian would bring ordinary soap.

"Soap."

"Soap?" Wu Yaozu was puzzled, "How did your lord make soap powder into blocks?"

Mu Qingtian shook his head and said, "Although it's called 'soap', it's actually pancreas made from pig and cow pancreas."

Is it really a pancreas? !

Wu Yaozu was not sure what Mu Qingtian meant, and he didn't dare to make random guesses to make Mu Qingtian unhappy, so he could only ask: "Benefactor, what are you going to do with the soap? Soap powder is nothing compared to soap powder, almost no one uses it."

Mu Qingtian had heard Cuizhu say this before making soap.

"Why do I call it 'soap' if it's normal soap?"

This is true, Wu Yaozu thought.

"Benefactor, I'm stupid, I can't do anything but calculate the abacus, so don't be dumb."

Mu Qingtian nodded and said, "I want to put soap in your store for diners to wash their hands."

Wu Yaozu agreed without hesitation, and also said that he would build a water table in the most conspicuous place and put the soap next to it.

The benefactor may have his own unique insights into food, but he is still a little short on business.Wu Yaozu didn't think that Mu Qingtian's soap could be sold. If the family had a little money, no one was willing to use soap, so they had to spend several times the price to buy soap powder.But he still tried his best to sell to Mu Qingtian, if he could help a little, what he did was far less than Mu Qingtian's kindness to Fushoutang.

Sure enough, after the water platform was built, more diners went to wash their hands, but everyone just passed their hands in the water and did not use the soap in the box.Some curious diners also asked Xiaoer what was in the box, and they lost interest after knowing it was soap, so they never touched it.

One evening, just before Fu Shou Tang closed, Tian Zhuangzi, a picker of slops in the city, came to the door and asked if he could have a laguchi.

In the past, he came early, but today he had a heavy workload, so he rushed too fast, but he still didn't catch up.

Seeing that he was a regular customer, the steward asked Tian Zhuangzi to wait for a while, waiting for him to ask his host.

Wu Yaozu thought for a while, asked the back chef to fry a plate of crayfish, and then opened the door to let him in, saying: "It happens to be the last plate of crayfish left, and the shop has newly installed a sink, so you can wash your hands before eating."

Tian Zhuangzi came in a hurry and didn't wash it carefully. Hearing what Wu Yaozu said, he agreed repeatedly and walked towards the water platform.

"Can the soap in the box be used!" He shouted loudly.

"Yes, use whatever you want." Xiao Er replied.

Before dawn the next day, Tian Zhuangzi went to carry the hog water as usual.

"What's the matter? You're so particular about wearing a sachet like a big girl?" the colleague teased Tian Zhuangzi.

The author has something to say: Mu Mu is a dedicated personality, because she lacks love, she will do more, hoping that others will like her, and even misinterpret her feelings for Xiao Zhu as hugging her thigh, so that he will be more relaxed.But Xiao Zhu's tolerance will slowly change him.

small theater:

Mu Qingtian: Author, let's discuss something, can you stop flushing me in the toilet next time?

Zhu Jingshou: I think it's pretty good.