After learning that the raw materials were in place, Fusu rode directly to the affiliated workshop of the Shaofu Office.

The people in the official workshops are basically reliable people. Every craftsman has registered as a naturalized person in the Shaofu Office, and all descendants have to inherit their father's business.

As soon as Fusu arrived, someone responded. He was a little old man with two beards. His surname was Hu. He was not very strong, but his spirit was very strong and his voice was very loud. He shouted from afar: "Young Master!"

"Have the wax arrived?" Fusu asked angrily.

"I just arrived, and I saw it. It was all very waxy." Old Man Hu replied angrily, "Most of the wax we used to use were beeswax, which looked yellow. The wax is different. When I opened the box, I was shocked. It was as white as snow!"

Fusu smiles.

Some people are born with joy when speaking, and they make people laugh as they listen.

He followed Old Man Hu to inspect the batch of waxes sent.

According to the days, the ash waxworms have not yet reached the peak period for wax production. It is generally most suitable to pick wax flowers after a hundred days of hanging the insects. Fusu did not let Huai Cai send too much back, but asked Huai Cai to stay at the place of origin and wait patiently for the real wax flower harvesting period to arrive, and organize people to complete the rough processing of wax flowers locally.

This batch of white wax that was first sent back was obviously the head wax processed by Huaicai according to the method he gave, and made a round cake shape of the same size.

Fusu picked up two wax cakes and weighed them. He found that the weights of the two were similar. Huaicai had experienced a series of exercises such as compost, papermaking, and mills. He had already gained rich experience in how to grasp the quality control of products, even if he did not lose half of his business.

As for Old Man Hu, after Fusu picked up the wax cake and weighed it in his hand, he couldn't help but take a piece and rub it carefully and repeatedly. It was obvious that he couldn't put down this new wax of excellent quality.

"Young Master, are all this wax used as candles?" Old Man Hu actively asked for instructions, obviously eager to try.

Fusu nodded.

The crayon also needs to consume various pigments. He is only going to make some self-use for the time being, and then estimate the yield in the future and then consider things other than candles.

As for candles, he was not ready to sell them to the people for the time being. He was ready to sell them to nobles and court officials, asking them not to keep their hands warm, and to get some more money from them to the treasury, and to apply for more funds to do other things in the future.

After taking over the Shaofu Office, Fusu found that the court spent money every day, and fighting was particularly expensive. Not only did it take up military supplies, but it also had to engage in espionage activities that spent money like flowing water behind the scenes. These things cannot be recorded in the account, but the money spent was moved from the treasury, so the vacancy must be filled!

According to Fusu's idea, you can give a big gift package to the Eastern countries. There is nothing left in it. Just put a stack of fine paper, a piece of fine ink, and a fine candle, and then paired with exquisite packaging. Find opportunities to give it as a national gift, so that they can feel the care of the immortals for the world.

The manufacturing process of bamboo paper is very complicated, and they probably can't figure it out for a while; candles are easy to sort out, but it is difficult for them to find out the source of waxworms, such as ashworms. Even if they find out, there are probably no waxworms in many places.

After all, the only thing they can think about making by themselves is probably ink.

No matter when, monopoly is the best business and can’t be bought anywhere else. The price is not determined by the seller?

With this operation, the price can definitely be increased by hundreds of times and sold to the Eastern countries, so that the money Ying Zheng spent to send people to engage in espionage can be returned. No matter how bad it is, it can turn candles into one of the luxury goods that can bribe people. In terms of bribery costs, they still save!

If you think this gift package is more suitable for literati, you can also play with some tricks.

For example, adding a fancy color to the candle. This principle is the same as a crayon. If you mix red pigment, it is a red candle. If you mix blue pigment, it is a blue candle. If you want, do whatever you want.

If you still feel unsatisfied, you can consider adding some health elements to it, such as mixing some spices that can make people sleep well, so that people can sleep well when they smell it. Once they sleep well, their spirits will naturally be sufficient. If they are full of energy, their body will naturally be very good.

Is it worth it to increase the price by ten or eight times?

These are all conscientious prices.

Coincidentally, Fusu really knew a few such incense recipes.

Fusu asked Old Man Hu to leave a few wax cakes for himself for experimentation, and all the others were made into ordinary white candles.

Don’t look at this white candle as ordinary as snow, but look at it as white as snow, burning itself and illuminating others, being noble or not? Is it worth writing a few poems to praise?

After the poem is written, print a few more copies and send them out with the gift box. The whole gift box suddenly looks much taller. How can literati from the Eastern countries refuse?

Fusu had a lot of ideas in mind, so he asked Old Man Hu to start work and sent someone to prepare the materials according to the form he wrote.

He was going to try to make a few special candles with this white wax, which not only had to smell but also had different flame colors.

He only made two of these candles, one for yourself to see the effect, and the other for sent to the Li family.

He knew that Xiao Shanghua's birthday was just these few days, and they had not yet been engaged, so he couldn't just send gifts on her birthday, so he simply took advantage of the start of work here to make some unique gadgets to send them as birthday gifts, and also try to see if the wax of this batch of white wax is really suitable for so many tricks.

Fusu did it as soon as he said he could do it. As soon as the spices were in place, he started to work on his own.

Not only can you play with waxes, but you can also play with wicks.

After different treatments, fireworks of different colors can appear when burning. Coincidentally, the Shaofu Office can find various materials needed by Fusu, but it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish these materials. Fusu also went to the warehouse himself and picked several different ores to grind them into powder, and processed the wick.

When he finished his work, the people below also carved the five wooden molds he wanted.

Fusu mixed the fragrance liquid prepared according to the incense recipe into the liquid ash wax, and poured them into the mold together.

Soon, five scented candles of different shapes appeared before everyone's eyes.

The molten white wax will appear when it encounters a model and solidifies. Therefore, these five aromatherapy candles are lifelike in the shape of lotus flowers, and the wicks are exposed in the heart of the lotus flowers. It makes people reluctant to touch it, for fear that they will break it.

Look at the snow-white lotus petals and the beautiful shape that is half open and half closed. Who can bear to let it damage half a minute?

Even though Old Man Hu has been a craftsman for most of his life, he still couldn't help but exclaim: "Young master, who can't bear to burn this flower?"

Of course, those who are reluctant to leave do not include Fusu.

Fusu asked someone to light the fire cruelly and ruthlessly.

In the room that was deliberately blocked, the scented candles in the shape of lotus were lit one by one, and the five lotus flowers actually lit up flames of five colors.

Only one is a natural orange flame, while the others are all different colors inside and outside. The heart of the flame is still orange, but the outer flame is all of another color!

While the unique flame lights lit up, a faint fragrance also spread in the house. Not to mention the light of the lotus candlelight, it actually carries a charming fragrance like a real lotus!

The others were staring straight.

They only saw Fusu randomly treating the flame heart and wax liquid, but they didn't expect that the lotus candle made by Fusu was so different from the white candles they mass-produced!

Fusu is also very satisfied with his success.

He did not delay and poured the second batch of lotus candles again.

This time it was also formed quickly, and the finished product looked the same quality as the previous batch.

Fusu checked the five lotus flowers, put them in the prepared box, and attached a letter with a brief description, asking someone to send them to the Li family while it was still early, so that it would be best to hand them directly to Xiao Shanghua's hands, so as not to break them during the transfer.

After making trouble for so long, it was time to go to the yamen.

Fusu brought the five lotus flowers that had only been burned a little and the mold back to the new house, and prepared to use up the rest at night. Anyway, it was used by itself, so it was not necessary to be neat in shape.

Zhang Liang always shared a study with Fusu at night. That night, he smelled the faint fragrance in the study, and felt a little strange. After finding the fragrance, he picked up the lotus and looked at it. He said in a naughty way: "Are you going to make the candle into this shape? Wouldn't it be too troublesome?"

It looks pretty good, but thinking about it, Ying Zheng called Fusu a waste of crayons last time, and he was afraid that Fusu would be scolded again if he presented the candle.

Fusu did not hide it from it and replied honestly: "No, I made this for someone to give it to me. I made a few flowers and stopped after I gave it. All the flowers I brought back were tried and burned. I thought I didn't care so much about using them, so I brought them back and continued to use them."

Zhang Liang asked curiously: "Who did you give me?"

This is a bit difficult to answer.

Fusu was thinking about how to answer, but Zhang Liang had already seen his hesitation, turned around and sat in the empty seat next to the candlelight, thoughtfully picked up the book and said, "This candlelight is not bad, it's quite bright, come and read the book."

Fusu breathed a sigh of relief and picked up a book and started reading it.

On the other hand, the Li family also received a gift sent by Fusu.

As the designated recipient, Xiao Shanghua originally wanted to take it back and hide it, but was caught by Li Si who happened to go to the yamen.

Li Si asked Xiao Shanghua to open the box and take a look.

Seeing that Xiao Shanghua couldn't run away, she could only open the box obediently.

When Xiao Shanghua saw the five lotus flowers inside, she felt like she was blooming in her heart. She felt very happy. She liked lotus flowers so much that the fragrance smelled so she would pester her parents to take her to pick them every summer!

But, what is this lotus used for?

Xiao Shanghua was confused, and Li Si was also quite confused.

Li Si urged Xiao Shanghua to read the letter too.

When Xiao Shanghua opened the letter, she realized that this was a candle and could be used as a lamp.

However, she couldn't bear to let such a beautiful flower burn!

Xiao Shanghua was very conflicted. She wanted to see what it would look like when it lighted up, but she didn't want it to be burned. She had been struggling for a long time before discussing with Li Si: "When it gets dark, we will leave one and take a look. We can only click it and blow it off after a glance!"

Lisbon didn't intend to force his daughter to burn it, so he naturally did not refuse her request.

When everyone was all over the night, the Li family looked at Li Si around a short case, waiting for Li Si to light up the lotus that Xiao Shanghua picked out with pain.

Li Si met his daughter's nervous eyes and almost felt that he was going to do something bad about the world.

He calmed down his hand that he wanted to smash the flower, and lit the snow-white lotus while the oil lamp was turned off.

Bright candle flames lit up the entire room.

Xiao Shanghua discovered that the flame heart was orange like the oil lamp, but the green flames outside looked beautiful and strange.

A faint fragrance comes with it.

She couldn't bear to smell the fresh and pleasant fragrance carefully, and blew it out before the flames burned to the half-open petals, picked it up and ran away, as if she was afraid that someone would rush up to grab her baby.

Li Si sighed in his heart.

Fusu is so good at coaxing people, he doesn't know how long he can keep this daughter.

The next morning, Fusu went to meet Ying Zheng with the results of his fiddling yesterday, and simply talked to Ying Zheng about the plan of the literati gift package he prepared for the Eastern countries.

Ying Zheng did not accept it immediately after hearing this, and said that he would wait until the specific output of the white wax came out before talking about it, so as not to be unable to supply it himself halfway through the implementation of the plan.

That would be embarrassing to others.

Fusu was not disappointed, so he just put up the candles made from the workshop yesterday and reported the inventory quantity.

Ying Zheng accepted it with a calm look on his face, and even beat Fusu to tell him not to focus on these miscellaneous things all day long.

However, in the evening that day, Ying Zheng specially kept Li Si to discuss the next spy operation, and stayed until dusk fell.

The author has something to say:

Ying Zheng: This candle is just average

Fu Xiaosu nodded seriously.

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Note:

Regarding the utilization of ash, refer to the CNKI paper "Research on the Economics of Sichuan's Ash Wax Industry in the National Period", "The Evolution of my country's Ash Wax Industry and Revitalization Strategy", "Production of Colored Candles", etc. Ash Wax was once called "Chinese Wax", and was a very valuable export product. Sichuan's annual output alone could be about 5 million jin and export 500,000 jin. Later, due to modern wars, the insect source was destroyed a lot, and many "worm gardens" that produce wax declined (learning and selling on papers
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