Travel back to ancient times to be a beautician

Sun Nan smiled brightly and was in a happy mood. Seeing shopkeeper Jia's face turning greener and bluer, he was about to fly with joy.

deserve it!Thinking maliciously in his heart, some time ago he took advantage of his illness to do a little trick, thinking that he really didn't take this matter to heart, and just passed it?

It is true that Wang Ming's family is sick.The soap has been out for a while, and there are many people who are tempted to poach people and buy the formula.He is strict in supervision, and the people under his command seldom have thoughts, but the processing procedure of the soap is really simple, even if he doesn't say it, these people will guess it after a while.

Some time ago, Linglongxuan came to inquire, and happened to be bumped into by Zhao Guanshi. He was also very angry about Linglongxuan, so he told Sunan about it.

Sunan laughed.

"If he wants to buy it, sell it to him. Remember to set the price higher." Sunan said with a smile, and found Wang Ming, and told him to pretend to be interested in Linglongxuan and sell the formula to them.Of course, during the period, he hesitated, refused and greeted, hanging them, and gradually dispelled the doubts in his heart.

After Wang Ming sold it, Sunan gave him 200 taels of silver and told him to go back.After treating the old father, he started a small business locally.Wang Ming's hometown is a small county and remote.In this day and age, when it is almost unrecognizable by another name, Wang Ming's disappearance will hardly be noticed by anyone.

Even if he found out, he wasn't afraid, Sunan had a faint smug smile on his lips, and just looked at shopkeeper Jia quietly.

Shopkeeper Jia took two deep breaths, even Sunan could see his chest rising and falling, his face turned from green to red, even Sunan almost thought that he would faint from the anger.

Songzhu raised his head secretly to look at the crowd, lowered his head, and secretly slandered in his heart: Mister's smile is too flat, it's easy to be beaten like this.

Sunan smiled sweetly, with a bright light in his eyes: "Treasurer Jia, don't be so angry. I bought a secret recipe for 2000 taels, which is quite a bargain. What's more..." The tone was drawn out, and his eyes flashed across A sharp light: "The secret recipe from last time, you just took it away without saying hello to my master."

Shopkeeper Jia was taken aback for a moment, and understood what Sunan said. What he said was not just earlier, he poached some of the people in his shop and took away Bai Yufang from the shop, and put them in his own shop.

He is not stingy either, he has tens of thousands of recipes on him, some are useful and some are not, there is not much if one is added, and there are not many recipes that are missing. ...Well, he just picks it up, so expensive formula, just took it away without giving money?

The 2000 taels is considered the price to buy Bai Yufang, and the soap is considered as a gift.

Shopkeeper Jia was already furious in his heart, cursing Sunan, but he wanted to put on a calm look on his face, the emotion in his eyes revealed his anger, blowing his beard and staring at him, if it wasn't for someone watching covetously, he would really I just wanted to find something to throw at him.

What does it matter?I just like how you can't get used to me but can't get rid of me. Sunan smiled brightly and sat in a high position leisurely.

"You... just wait and see!!" With a sneer and a few words, shopkeeper Jia, together with the servants next to him, glared at Sunan angrily, turned around and left, looking like a tiger, with the wind blowing under his feet, in three steps Two steps away from his sight.

"Shopkeeper Jia, next time you have a chance, why not come and play?" He bid farewell to Shopkeeper Jia with a smile on his face.The latter naturally did not respond to him, and walked away angrily.

Seeing shopkeeper Jia leave, Lin Jun, who was hiding behind the screen, came out, and he was relieved. Just now when Sunan provoked him, he was really afraid that shopkeeper Jia would suddenly explode and beat him up.

The corners of his mouth curled up, and he blinked his eyes, Sunan was a little proud.Lin Jun thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Actually, you don't have to be so troublesome." Seeing Sunan's eyes turned, curious about what he said, Lin Jun hesitated, but he whispered close to Sunan's ear and said:

"The treasurer Jia of Linglongxuan, isn't he in close contact with the servant of the household department?" Lin Jun said quietly. "Recently, the court is in turmoil. Corruption cases have been detected in Jiangnan, which has involved a lot in the court. I heard that Master Zhu is also involved."

The reason why shopkeeper Jia is rich and powerful in the capital is because he relies on the support of his friends and reciprocates. Naturally, the relationship between the two is not that simple.However, Mr. Zhu, the servant of the household department, is also a greedy person, so naturally he can't hold a bone and gnaw on it.

"Oh?" Sunan's eyes lit up, "Really?"

A smile flashed across his eyes, and he nodded. Lin Jun moved a little away, and said, "Ninety-nine is not far away." Maybe he will go there in person when he really starts to investigate.

Sunan said cheerfully, "No hurry, no hurry, wait for another two days, and wait until the things are sold."

"What?" Lin Jun was puzzled, and Sunan explained patiently: "Didn't I tell you last time to ask your people to help me buy something?" Now there are so many The soap is still in good condition in the warehouse.

Lin Juncai suddenly remembered, it seemed that such a thing happened.The pair of handsome eyes are more puzzled, and they don't understand what Sunan's idea is.But he asked the businessmen below to help Sunan collect something. Thinking about it this way, he must have invested three to four thousand taels of silver.

Although it was his idea that Sunan bought the pancreas, it was more behind the scenes, and Lin Jun's subordinates were the ones leading the way.The business of the store under his name is not obvious, and ordinary people can't find it out. It is more convenient to do certain things.

"Hey, I have to knock shopkeeper Jia again." Sunan smiled slyly, rubbed his hands and remained silent.The fire added this time will definitely burn him in pain, so that he will never dare to be wicked next time.

Lin Jun didn't know why, but Shochiku could see clearly, curled his lips, the corners of his mouth turned up, very excited and looking forward to it.

Sunan announced the formula of the pancreas, and within two or three days, it spread all over the streets.Sunan's things sold well before, but now everyone knows about it, and many people were surprised, but also vaguely mocking, watching the excitement from the sidelines.

The boss of Shiwai Pavilion must be a fool, right? Why is such a way to make money open to the public?

People of all ages in the capital brought about a pancreas craze. The pancreas was so simple that any slaughterhouse could get it. For a while, the pancreas in the capital was in short supply, and the price changed from the original It is worthless, and it has soared to two or three hundred yuan a catty, and it can continue to rise.

Manager Zhao finally didn't find out what he was worried about, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.At first, he thought that after Sunan announced the formula, the citizens of the capital city could make it by themselves, and other people from the Rouge Pavilion could also make it, so no one would buy their soap.

In fact, in the very beginning, it did.It is different from the hotness of the past.The next day's sales were indeed not good, the door was largely empty, and even the business in the store was left in the cold.

But as the price of pancreas climbed, the price of pancreas in shops outside also gradually increased, from a few tens of pennies at the beginning, to more than 100 pennies, and finally to more than 200 pennies.Later, I found out that making a piece of soap with the same size and effect was higher than the selling price of the previous world pavilion.

Many spectators were dumbfounded before, what's more, as everyone knew that there was such a thing as pancreas, the pancreas in the capital increased by six or seven hundred yuan a catty, and there were still no pancreases in the market. price.Now, the people of the capital exploded again.

Shopkeeper Jia sat in the Linglong Pavilion with a gloomy face, listening to the steward's report: "Now, it is very difficult to receive suitable soap in the capital, and even the surrounding towns have been sold out of soap."

An old master next to him has gray hair, looks about 50 years old, and has a beard. Although he is old, he looks energetic.He is Linglongxuan's master craftsman, and he has rich experience. Many rouge and gouache are produced through his hands.

"Shopkeeper Jia, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Although we have the formula, if we don't have soap, the effect of the things we make will be much worse." It's almost the same, this formula has no effect after getting it in hand.The master did not say a word or humble, and explained the truth to the shopkeeper Jia.

"So now, it's completely unavailable in counties around the capital?" Shopkeeper Jia asked, frowning.

"It's true that I can't buy it anymore, and it's all ordered." As soon as Sunan's formula came out, many businessmen in the surrounding area heard the profit, just like stabbing a hornet's nest, but in just half a day, the soap It's out of stock.Most of them are in the hands of a few merchants, and the price is raised on the ground, but they are not released. Isn't the price getting higher and higher?

"What about the line of water and land transportation?" Shopkeeper Jia continued to ask.The steward smiled wryly, "Many merchants have thought of it a long time ago, and have already transported it by land and water to collect it." After all, they are not specialized merchants, and I am afraid they are not professional in hoarding goods.

The more he listened, Shopkeeper Jia's face turned greener, he slapped the corner of the table angrily, and shouted: "You bastard!!" The people in the underground were silent, even if they didn't say anything, they knew exactly who Shopkeeper Jia was scolding.

The old master took a look at his face, lowered his eyelids, and said aloud, "Boss, do you still want to sell this pancreas?"

"Sell, why not sell." Gritting his teeth, shopkeeper Jia blew his beard and stared angrily. "Nowadays, all the big and small cosmetic shops in the capital are selling it. Why don't we sell it?" And this formula is from Shiwai Pavilion. Although Sunan cheated him of 2000 taels, the formula is real.

"Did other cosmetic shops buy at this price?" Shopkeeper Jia said that the original price of the pancreas, which had recently risen sharply, was six or seven hundred cash per catty.Who would have thought that such a thing that was useless two days ago would be expensive now?

"Other powder stores also charge this price." The steward quickly explained, "I heard that because of the increase in raw materials, the prices of various soaps in Shiwai Pavilion have also more than doubled." Shops are lower.It's just that it's cheap among cosmetic powder shops of the same size.

Of course, I didn't dare to let shopkeeper Jia know what was said later, and the steward swallowed it silently.

Shopkeeper Jia thought about it for a while, and then decided to advance a portion of the pancreas according to the current price of pancreas and sell the items first.

The steward quickly responded, and hurried to assign this matter.The old master stayed behind, looked at shopkeeper Jia's current appearance, shook his head, sighed, and left without saying anything.

After about ten days, Sunan was in a good mood, the formula was made public, the price of pancreas rose, and he was the biggest winner.

Sunan was in the workshop and found a hidden space behind the new workshop.It is another year of hazy spring, with tender buds emerging from the branches and greenery.There were not many people around, only a few people, including Shochiku and Lin Jun, were helping him, and Manager Zhao was listening to him.

There was a pot directly in front of him, and Sunan was stirring something wrapped in his hands.The contents of the pot were black, and it looked inexplicably disgusting. A strange smell came from inside, a bit like fried meat, but it smelled a little smelly.

He listened to Guanshi Zhao's words with one ear, and kept moving his hands while making a ball of paste in the pot.

One of the most important reasons why the formula of the pancreas was taken out so readily is that this thing really has no technical content.Even if he doesn't tell, it won't be long, not to mention, he doesn't have much interest in this thing.

"Boss, everything has been prepared according to your instructions." Manager Zhao's eyebrows were beaming, and the joy in his eyes was hardly concealed.

He did some calculations. At the beginning, the price of this soap was cheap, and it could be bought for a catty for twenty renminbi, plus the labor costs for processing, etc., the cost price was at most only [-] renminbi.And now?Since Sunan announced the formula of this pancreas, the price has been rising all the way.Many businessmen in the capital seized the profits, just like a dog seeing a bone, and would not let go of the bite.

There are no profiteers or merchants, and these merchants know each other, and they hold the price of the soap in their hands, and it is up to them to decide how much to sell.Five or six hundred Wen per catty, more than ten times more than before.

Among them, the shops with the most stockpiles are Shiwai Pavilion and Wei Guogong's mansion.

After all, they made preparations long in advance, although there were some interruptions in the middle.But at that time, nearly 1 taels of dried pancreas were collected. Now that the price has increased by more than ten times, it is only sold for 10 taels, which is also a terrifying figure.

No matter how high the profit of Shiwai Pavilion is now, excluding the staff's salaries, shops and other miscellaneous consumption, it is only a profit of 1 to 2 taels a year. It is also equivalent to two years of making money in Shiwai Pavilion.

Lin Jun looked at Sunan with strange eyes, with an expression of wanting to laugh but not wanting to laugh, a little tangled.

He was naturally happy. When Sunan asked him to borrow money, he just thought of lending it to him at will, and never thought of paying it back.The people below the store may have doubts, but it is hard to say anything.Today, the original 5000 taels has changed, and has more than tenfold.

Even the housekeeper who has been in charge of the store didn't expect that he would be hit on the head by gold accidentally, and was stunned on the spot.Even though there is no shortage of money in the Duke's mansion, such a windfall has made Lin Jun's rare indifference to fame and fortune alive a little bit.

With a wry smile in his heart, the eyes he looked at Sunan became softer.

Feeling very emotional, a little helpless, Sunan is really smart.It must be my luck that the person I like is like this.

Sunan focused half of his attention on the pot, touched Lin Jun who was standing next to him with his foot, and said with a smile, "Look at it for me." At last he was free, he yawned, and looked up at Zhao The steward thought for a moment.

Lin Jun was caught off guard by being kicked, but he took over the work from Sunan helplessly and dotingly.His expression was a little cracked, and he glanced at Sunan, but didn't understand what it was.

"The dried pancreas should be sold as soon as possible," Sunan said.He knew the businessmen in the capital very well, one and two were too dark-minded.He is half responsible for frying the dried pancreas like this.But the price is far less than five or six hundred Wen, it's nothing more than their teaming up to raise the price to deceive people.

Although the people who joined forces to raise the price, the main roles were the shops under the Duke's mansion and his Shiwai Pavilion.Of course, Shiwai Pavilion is in the dark, and the shops under the Duke's Mansion are not under Lin Jun's command in name.

"After a month, they can't bear it anymore. Many people just know that fresh pancreas is not good to handle, it is easy to break, and the price will drop soon."

According to the current price in the Zhou Dynasty, the most stable price is about two hundred Wen per catty.In less than a month, the price of five or six hundred coins will definitely drop to three or four hundred.

But it is still much more expensive than when Sunan bought it.

Sunan continued to say to Zhao Guanshi: "Now you are gradually releasing things, the price can be lowered, and you can sell it if it is above 450 Wen. There must be a lot of people rushing to buy it. Taking advantage of this opportunity, sell all the goods that have been prepared for more than half a year. Sell ​​them so they don't pile up."

Needless to say, Sunan hoards the most goods here, but it can be regarded as the top three. Once he sells, the rest of the merchant chamber of commerce will probably be unable to hold back and rush to sell. Once the price drops again, it will soon return to normal prices .

"But we don't want to sell it out. It's enough to keep a year's supply. By the way, remember that the price of the soap products in the store will also rise accordingly. Just calculate according to the stable price I just said." etc. After a year, no matter how it sells or how it is priced, it will change with the market price.

"And..." Sunan suddenly showed a smirk, making goosebumps appear on everyone's skin. "If you want to sell it, remember to sell it to the person who sells Linglongxuan first." If you can make more money, it is a little bit, after all, "fat water" does not leave a field for outsiders.

"Okay" Zhao Guanshi smiled happily. The money seemed to be profitable, but the reason was not that simple.The main reason is that the layout of southern Jiangsu is well laid out.

Sunan felt emotional: "Actually, my purpose is just to make money." By the way, he tricked Linglongxuan, who told him to always use his brain, if he can't shake his foundation this time, his surname will not be Su. ! !

Lin Jun suddenly smiled: "However, in order to punish Boss Jia, are you really willing to release the formula of the pancreas?"

"That's right, boss, it's such a pity." Manager Zhao said with emotion.No wonder Sunan told them not to do too much.Now that I think about it, I realize that Sunan is afraid that they will overdo it and they won't be able to sell it.

"What a pity." Sunan took the stick in Lin Jun's hand with a smile, added some water to the dark oil in the pot, and poured a pot of white turbid water outside into the pot. With a sound of "Chi...", white gas came out of the pot.

"Remember, this is ten catties of oil residue, three catties of clean water, and one catty of caustic soda, mix and stir." Sunan said to Songzhu next to him, and he quickly wrote it down on paper.

"What is this?" Lin Jun was curious, and he had been making this thing since morning, forgetting what he was doing.

"I'm making soap." Sunan responded, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, his smile was bright, and the corners of his eyes were slightly raised. Although his body was a little messy, he couldn't hide his temperament.

"Soap fruit? This... Is this still used?" Zhao Guanshi asked, puzzled.Sunan chuckled and said, "The soap fruit you mentioned is a plant that can indeed be used to wash things, but the soap I'm talking about is another thing with a very similar name."

Those words confused the people present.Lin Jun smiled, looking forward to this thing.

Sunan blinked, and returned a confident smile.

He really didn't put that soap in his eyes.Even though there are a lot of soap in his formula, it must be easy to use, but if it is really compared to the real soap, the soap is not enough.

The process of making soap in ancient times is not difficult to say, but it is a bit troublesome.The principle of making soap is nothing more than adding caustic soda to oils, saponification reaction, separation, and finally demoulding.

Easier said than done.First of all, it is no problem to use animal oil or vegetable oil for this oil, and the effect is definitely not bad, but the cost is high.Although Sunan can also set a high or low price for soap, first of all, he always has to find the cheapest way.

This oil, he went to find the oil factory specifically, and saw that he bought the oil, whether it was animal fat or linseed oil, etc., as long as it was the leftover oil residue after oil extraction, he could take it over and let him use it again .In this way, the price of the raw material of oil is much cheaper.

As for the slightly better animal fat, he has considered it, adding some goat milk or essential oil perfume to make essential oil soap for washing the face, presumably some people will like it very much.It's just the price, hehehe...the smile is like a spring breeze, so it looks good.

After stirring for a while, I saw a layer of frothy white foam floating on the surface of the pot. The upper layer of white foam is also the saponified liquid that has been processed for the first time.Then add a suitable amount of table salt, let the table salt fully melt, the stratification of the water in the pot becomes more and more obvious, then turn off the heat, pour the liquid in the pot into a wooden barrel, and put it aside to cool for an hour or two, you can get The first product of soap - yellow particles similar to soap.

This thing turns light yellow. After taking it all out, put it into a clean pot, add water, caustic soda, clean oil, spices, etc., stir well and add other things, and you can get soap.

Back and forth, it took almost a day.Sunan made soap here for the first time, and the effect was not bad.Because of the addition of goat milk and essential oil, the whole soap is mainly light yellow in color, with mottled patterns in the middle. Because of the goat milk, the whole bar of soap exudes a strong fragrance, and the exquisite part-time work is like a piece of art.

When you're done, a smile finally appeared on Sunan's face. From morning to night, he only made these ten pieces of soap.It is inevitable that I am not familiar with it for the first time. I will come to Aso later to see if I can improve it a little bit.

Guanshi Zhao's eyes almost popped out, are he blind?How did the pair of dark, smelly oil residues become like this just now?

Seeing his funny expression, Sunan held up the essential oil soap he had just made, and said to him, "Do you want to try it?"

Zhao Guanshi was dumbfounded, took the essential oil soap tremblingly, and asked stammeringly, "What is this for?"

Sunan smiled: "This is similar to soap, but it is more convenient to clean things." He took off his oily gloves, took the soap in his hand, and went to a water tank.Ask Lin Jun to help scoop out some water, wet the soap with water, rub the foam, and wash his oily hands.

He likes to be clean, not to mention that he washed it a lot, three times. After seeing that his hands were clean, he was relieved and asked him to help Lin Jun wash them.

Before that, Lin Jun had only seen the soap made by Sunan for him.The soap back then was not as beautiful as the ones sold in Shiwai Pavilion today, it was just black and greasy. He used it at that time and thought it was good.But the soap that Sunan gave him still exists in the room.

Lin Jun was curious, and he washed seriously. Seeing his focused expression, Sunan felt amused.It's just a piece of soap. If you're curious, help him scoop up water and say half-truthfully, "If you like it, there are a few yuan left after making it. You can take it back."

His eyes drifted to Lin Jun's hands. Although his big hands were not scarred, they were full of calluses.Seeing the frowning and the opening of some places, Sunan sighed.Or they are used to staying at the border, and they usually don't care about the wounds, especially the ones on their bodies.

"Aside from washing your hands and face, what else can you do with this thing?" Manager Zhao was so itchy that he almost wanted to try it himself.

But soon Manager Zhao became like a dream. While washing his hands, he couldn't wait to ask Sunan. He seemed to be particularly interested in this soap.Sunan thought for a while and replied: "Use essential oil soap to wash your body and face. As for ordinary soap, it is best to use it to wash clothes. Especially the kind of silk that is as thin as a cicada's wing, use soap to wash, far away It is much easier to use than saponin powder and soap fruit, and it does not leave color.

Zhao Guanshi's eyes lit up, obviously interested in what Sunan said.Nowadays, the most commonly used washing is bath bean powder, saponin powder and so on.But the problem is that although the acacia powder is easy to use, it also has many shortcomings.For example: the smell is unpleasant, and the clothes are too damaged after washing.

It’s fine if it’s common people. During the Zhou Dynasty, silk was a big country, and countless silks were produced every year. Because it was too light and thin, it wasted a lot.But if there is soap, everything will be different again.

Unlike the pancreas, Sunan has always regarded soap as his signature treasure.And the soap is just made out for fun in spare time, it is a simple version of soap, which complements each other, and by the way, cheat some money, as much as you can cheat.

The author has something to say: It is estimated that I will be too busy with work tomorrow, so I will shamelessly combine the three chapters into one, ha.