Travel back to ancient times to be a beautician

The tip of Sunan's nose smelled a quiet and distant fragrance, which was mixed with agarwood. The fragrance was calm and heavy, and there was only one trace, but it made Sunan's mind suddenly wake up, full of energy, and wanted to follow this scent to trace the source.

After walking for about one kilometer, the fragrance became stronger and stronger, and the closer to the destination, the fragrance in the air was complicated, and there was a vague feeling of another village.

Sunan's eyes lit up, and he walked around to an exquisite three-story attic, where the aroma was originally released from.

There are more than ten people in the attic, not too many, both men and women, most of them are dressed in gorgeous clothes, and a few of them are chatting and laughing.The fragrance in the pavilion is lingering, and the incense burners at the four corners release a faint fragrance, which is elegant and lofty.

Sunan was curious, and walked in. A bearded, thin man in his 30s at the door saw Sunan coming in, and quickly cupped his hands: "This brother, is he also here to participate in the incense fight?"

Sunan quickly returned the gift: "No, no, I was just looking for the fragrance, and I found this place by accident."

"It's okay, since you can find this place, brother, you must have a deep study of incense, why don't you join in the fun together." The thin man stroked his beard and said with a kind smile on his face, and then the two exchanged names. .

The thin man's name is Yu Dan. He is a perfumer in the capital. He opened an incense shop and sold some spices he made himself. He is quite well-known in the capital.

Sunan announced his name, tilted his head, showing a little doubt: "Among the capital, when it comes to the mastery of spices, isn't the Li family the most famous?"

Yu Dan laughed, and his tone was full of envy and longing: "Yes, the Li family is known as the most fragrant in the world, and it's not for nothing."

Yu Dan explained that because the spices from the Li family were offered by the imperial court, they were sometimes used as famous products of the Zhou Dynasty, and were given to other countries as gifts, and the price was quite high.But there are many spices, such as incense and incense, which are often used by ordinary people.For them, it is naturally impossible to go to Jiutian Pavilion to buy a spice, and the spices in ordinary incense shops must be more cost-effective.

Sunan was thoughtful. Unlike Shiwai Pavilion, the products sold in the store were not only cosmetics used by ordinary people, but also mixed with makeup powders that expensive ladies prefer to use.The starting price of the Jiutian Pavilion is quite high. In other words, it occupied the royal high-end market from the very beginning, and did not cover the middle and low-end market.

This gave some other spice shops a chance. In addition to the usual ordinary spice shops, each shop also has its own signatures, which occasionally stand out and are better than new ideas, and the sales are also good.Far from what Sunan imagined before, the scene of Jiutiange's family dominating appeared.

It's like in a garden, a flourishing peony is bright and dazzling, and a group of flowers are blooming next to it, competing for beauty.

"Then what are you doing here today?" Sunan glanced around with a pair of black eyes. This small attic looks unpretentious, but in fact, the interior decoration is exquisite and the decorations are exquisite. The table and chairs are a kind of red pear wood Made, a set of tables and chairs is worth a hundred taels of silver, low-key yet luxurious.

"Brother Su must have never been involved in Xiang Dao before, so he doesn't understand." Yu Dan smiled and explained to him.It turns out that the attic in the garden is privately owned, named Wang Chengmin, this Mr. Wang is considered well-known in the capital, and he can be regarded as a real big family in the capital, far from comparable to those of the Cui family and the Zhang family.

Mr. Wang's ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that they are all well-known and famous families in the local area. The Wang family in the capital can be regarded as an outstanding branch.Mr. Wang is mainly engaged in the river transport business, in other words, through the river transport, the east, west and north of the Zhou Dynasty are exchanged with each other to earn the price difference.

However, this old man Wang has a hobby, that is, he is very fascinated by spices, playing with incense and tasting incense is no less than any boss on the field.He has a habit, every time he goes to the Douyuan Fair, he will hold a Douxiang Fair in the private house in the garden.

In fact, the game of this incense fighting meeting is very simple, that is, Mr. Wang takes out three pieces of spices, and after lighting them, if someone can fully tell the ingredients contained in the spices, he will be considered as the winner.

Sunan was surprised, if someone really recounted the configuration of this spice in its entirety, wouldn't it be a big loss if the people present wrote it down and made it according to the recipe?

Hearing this, Yu Dan smiled, "That's not the case. First of all, there have been subtle rules in the spice industry, and they will not do such plagiarism. Inspired by the reconstitution of a new spice, then It is allowed, but if you copy other people's secret recipes, those who are completely similar or nearly the same will be cast aside by the industry. If things go on like this, the ending is often bleak and closed down.

"What's more, this spice is so profound. Even if you can fully describe the recipe, you may not be able to completely concoct the same spice. The heat and the order of adding the spices will make the aroma slightly different."

Yu Dan was in good spirits, and he took the trouble to explain these common senses to him. "Actually, most of the rules in this industry are promoted by the Li family. The Li family has been familiar with the way of incense for a long time. It can be regarded as the only one family. It has not shaken the position of the Li family in the way of incense for more than 100 years. What can a family do? So far, it’s pretty awesome.”

Speaking of this, Yu Dan sighed, the Li family has survived for a hundred years, which aristocratic family can do this?Compared with his small fights, it's really not worth mentioning.

Just as he was talking, there were a few "dong dong" sounds from behind, and the dull sound of the crutches hitting the ground. The people who were talking and laughing before all stopped their smiles. Even Yu Dan tidied up his clothes and walked towards the left Looking from the compartment.

An old man with gray hair and lean body came out, with a smile on his face, his eyes were bright like a sword, he scanned the hall for a moment, then retracted in an instant, and put on a kind face, with a hearty laugh, and said:

"Hahaha, there are a few new faces in today's Laoji's Fragrance Fighting Club. It's an honor for me to come here, everyone!" They all responded politely, with respectful expressions on their faces.

Sunan raised his eyebrows, looking at this posture, this old man Wang is really a character.

When Mr. Wang came out, everyone went up to greet him. Sunan was fine and looked at today's protagonist.

There were three wooden boxes on the table, which were tightly closed. Sunan had a sensitive nose, but he could only smell some of them.

This box contains today's three pieces of spices. Standing next to Mr. Wang are three men, all in their 40s and [-]s, with warm smiles, greeting everyone present.

"Today's spices are all brought by the shopkeepers. As usual, let's take out the gimmick this time first." Mr. Wang smiled, waved his hand, and brought up a plate by himself.

There was an unpretentious brown wooden box on the plate, "This spring fragrance was made by the previous owner of the Li family. It is very different from the current Jiutian Pavilion in terms of formula and taste, and it has survived forever." Very few, very precious!" Mr. Wang smiled warmly, his wrinkles were deep, and his eyes scanned the audience, seeing everyone's discussion and admiration, he couldn't help nodding in satisfaction.

Su Nan was surprised, and asked Yu Dan, "Chunxiang is very precious this time?"

Yu Dan also showed enthusiasm in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "This Spring Fragrance is one of the treasures of Jiutian Pavilion. It is prepared by the owner himself. Each generation of Patriarchs makes the scent of Spring Fragrance differently. Ordinary Spring Fragrance is sold The price is 500 taels, if it was made by the previous generation of patriarchs, it would be worth a lot, at least a thousand taels."

Sunan's eyes immediately fixed on the box, his eyes were burning, and he thought: Isn't there such a cute little one beside the pillow on my bed?It's better to go with him, he will definitely treat it well, treasure this treasure, and won't let others touch it.

He leaned his head over and asked with an unchanged expression: "Brother Yu, can everyone here go try the fragrance?"

Yu Dan looked at him in surprise and nodded: "Naturally, this is the rule set by Mr. Wang. If you win all three rounds, you can take this prize away." However, Yu Dan didn't say anything later. .

This prize seems to be rich, but he has participated in so many fragrance fighting meetings of Mr. Wang, and he has seen two or three people take this prize away.

Is there such a free lunch in the world?This rule seems simple, but a complex piece of incense is often made up of more than a dozen spices, and more than a dozen flavors, even if you have a good sense of smell, it is difficult to fully describe it.Not to mention there are three different kinds of incense, you have to answer all three correctly to take away the prize.

Yu Dan knew very well that the value of the prize was bound to be related to the difficulty. For the prizes that were taken away a few times before, they had to answer relatively simple questions to win.What's more, most of the people present here have been familiar with incense for decades, so they have a lot of experience.Most of them are actually here to join in the fun.

Yu Dan turned his head to look at Sunan with great interest, and sighed secretly in his heart, it is true that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but it is not a problem, young man, just let him touch the wall a few more times.

He glanced around and saw that everyone was very excited, talking one after another, knowing that this time the prize aroused everyone's interest, looking at the first few old people, he was even more excited and at a loss for what to do.

Two of the masters, Yu Dan, knew each other. They were two perfumers from Jiutian Pavilion. One was surnamed Zhong and the other was surnamed Ma.His eyes are particularly fiery, and he can't take his eyes away from the wooden box, as if he is bound to win.

This time Chunxiang was originally the signboard of Jiutian Pavilion, not to mention it was made by the previous generation of Li Family Patriarch, one can imagine their obsession with Huichunxiang.

Huh, that's strange, besides the usual faces, many newcomers were added, among them was a young face that caught Yu Dan's attention.

The young man was about the same age as Sunan, with an indifferent appearance, lofty temperament, like clouds in the sky, handsome appearance, dressed in white, standing upright by the side.Although the young man is low-key, but with his outstanding appearance, he can attract people's attention at a glance.

Yu Dan secretly slandered, why is there another young man here?

Sunan doesn't care about these things, his mind is occupied by one thing now: the precious collection of incense worth a thousand taels.He was excited and eager to try it.

Mr. Wang laughed heartily, and his laughter echoed in the attic: "It seems that the big guy is so impatient, so let's start now."

"The first question, Lingnan Zhongyanxiang."

The author has something to say: The author is back, and I will give you the weight of 6.13. Everyone, I'm sorry, I really couldn't get up yesterday.On a business trip, the hosts on the opposite side ate local specialties. As a result, three people in the team were recruited in the morning and had diarrhea.The author was the worst. He thought it was just unclean, but he got up in the afternoon with a low fever and had to force himself to finish his work. When he returned, he lay on the sofa like a dead fish.

In the end, my mother forced me to go to the hospital. After a series of examinations, I was diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis. I was infused with fluid until I returned home at [-] o'clock in the morning this morning, and I rested during the day.Hey, it really is because Tiantian Xiuxian's body can't stand it, I remember that the baby was in good health before.I think back then, I punched Nanshan Nursing Home, kicked Beihai Kindergarten, and knocked down everything under one meter. I am old and old →_→