"Take the ashes from burning wood and weeds, add water and stir."
"Filter through cloth to get lye."
"Heat the concentrated lye and throw the eggs into the lye. If they float, it means the concentration is up to standard."
"Add the boiled lard to the concentrated alkaline water, heat and stir, and cook until thick."
"Pour the cooked liquid into the mold, take it out after cooling, and let it sit for a while, then the production is completed."
After shopkeeper Chen finished reading, he put the rice paper away and respectfully returned it to Hu Changan.
Hu Changan took the rice paper and asked Zhou Yiyi: "Have you written down the recipe for making pancake that you just read?"
"The villain has already written it down." Zhou Yi quickly saluted and repeated what Shopkeeper Chen had just read, and it was word for word.
Hu Changan couldn't help but admire the wisdom of the working people.
As expected of an old craftsman who has been in the industry for many years, he has a good memory.
If someone like Zhou Yi could take part in the imperial examination, his results would not be too bad.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the chance.
Thinking of this, Hu Changan couldn't help but sigh.
The strict hierarchical system in ancient times led to a lack of mobility in society, which was like a pool of stagnant water, and a large number of talented people were buried.
Although there is no shortage of great scientists such as Zhang Heng, Zu Chongzhi, and Song Yingxing in the history of China, they were eventually buried in the dust of history.
Hu Changan hopes that his arrival can change something.
After listening to Hu Changan's method on Monday, he was extremely surprised and confused.
The reason why Panzi is called this is because its main ingredient is pig pancreas.
Master Hu’s recipe does not use pig pancreas in the whole process?!
This...can this recipe work?
Zhou Yi was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to question it. He just followed the order quietly and prepared to go home to work.
...
In the spacious hall, Hu Weiyong is working hard.
In front of him are memorials piled as high as a hill.
Although Hu Weiyong formed a party for personal gain and engaged in massive corruption in the government, Hu Weiyong still took his work very seriously, otherwise Hu Weiyong would not have been appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang, a workaholic, in the first place.
Suddenly, a memorial with a blue cover caught Hu Weiyong's attention.
Envoys from Champa (Vietnam) came to pay tribute.
Every time he sees his son recently, Hu Changan will mention the word "Champa" intentionally or unintentionally.
Thanks to Hu Changan's blessing, Hu Weiyong was deeply impressed by this small place.
However, Hu Weiyong was still a little unimpressed.
Champa has always been considered a barbarian land. Compared to the Ming Dynasty, it was small and poor.
Yunnan Province was already considered a relatively poor province in the Ming Dynasty, but it is remarkable that a so-called "country" in Zhancheng was poorer than the entire province of Yunnan.
The coming of the envoy to occupy the city is probably not a good thing.
They just want to calm the autumn wind, either they want economic support from the Ming Dynasty, or they want the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help settle the war.
Hu Weiyong put the memorial aside in a waning mood, preparing to deal with the matter with the Ministry of Rites.
Just as Hu Weiyong stretched out his hand, he suddenly thought of his son Hu Changan's words.
Now that the current emperor Zhu Yuanzhang has become vaguely hostile to the Hu family, it is better to be careful.
When the envoy from the city came to the court, he said it was not big or small.
Speaking from a small perspective, it is just an ordinary small country seeking asylum from a big country.
But if you look at the big picture, this is a diplomatic meeting between the two emperors. If you don't report the information and deal with it casually, you will inevitably be labeled as authoritarian.
Thinking of this, Hu Weiyong hesitated again in extending his hand.
After hesitating for a long time, Hu Weiyong took the memorial and put it on the other side.
It would be better to report this matter to the emperor. Anyway, it is just a trip to the Yangxin Hall, just to exercise.
...
In the Yangxin Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Hu Weiyong's report, took the memorial, and waved Hu Weiyong to go down.
After Hu Weiyong left, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but stroke his beard and said to the eunuch on the side: "This Hu Weiyong is becoming more cautious in doing things now. All major and minor matters must be reported first."
"I originally saw Hu Weiyong as being authoritarian and quite displeased. I just recently wanted to find a reason to get rid of him. Unexpectedly, this old fox suddenly learned his lesson. I don't know if there is someone behind the scenes."
"Let's keep him for a while."
...
At this time, Hu Changan did not know that the crisis in occupying the city that was about to overthrow the Hu family had been successfully passed.
What Hu Changan is most concerned about now is whether the soap can be successfully manufactured on Monday.
Finally, Huangtian paid off. On a sultry afternoon, shopkeepers Chen and Zhou Yi walked into the east wing with newly made soap.
Seeing that the soap was finally made, Hu Changan was naturally very happy. He quickly ordered the boy to bring a small plate of vegetable oil and water and started experimenting.
I have to admire the wisdom of the ancients.
Hu Changan just briefly told Zhou Yi how to make soap, and Zhou made the soap smoothly.
Although this soap is not as smooth as later products with various flavors and smoothing agents added, its efficacy is comparable to that of later soaps.
Hu Changan was very satisfied and quickly called shopkeeper Chen and Dianhe to experiment together.
Shopkeeper Chen and Dianhe were shocked after using the soap.
I didn’t expect that this soap could be cleaned so cleanly!
Originally, if your hands were stained with oil, you would still have a lingering greasy feeling after washing them with soap, and there would even be a lingering fishy smell unique to pig soap on your hands.
Now, not only are my hands fresh and fresh as if they have never been stained with oil, but the smell is also quite fresh, they are even cleaner than before they were stained with oil.
Among them, shopkeeper Chen was even more shocked.
As a businessman, Shopkeeper Chen can better understand the secret.
The raw materials used in this new type of soap are all very cheap. Calculated, the cost of a piece of soap is only thirty copper coins at most.
You know, one tael of silver is now equivalent to one thousand copper coins. The cost of this new soap is actually more than ten times lower than the original pig soap soap!
Shopkeeper Chen couldn't help but breathe quickly. If this new type of soap could be promoted on a large scale, it would definitely make a lot of money!
[Ding, Shopkeeper Chen’s admiration for you is worth 5]
[Ding, Dianhe’s admiration for you is worth 3]
Hearing the familiar system tone, Hu Changan understood that shopkeeper Chen and Dianhe had realized the beauty of soap.
Hu Changan cleared his throat and said, "I'm going to name this new type of soap soap and sell it in your grocery store, Shopkeeper Chen."
After hearing this, Shopkeeper Chen quickly knelt down and gave a big salute. He was so moved that he almost cried: "Young Master is a great talent. I will definitely live up to the trust of Young Master!"
Shopkeeper Chen knew that his chance to soar into the sky was finally coming!
The young master is really clever and clever. If you follow the young master, you will have meat to eat.
Seeing this, Hu Chang'an first asked Shopkeeper Chen to calm down, and then continued to drop a bombshell: "Shopkeeper Chen, this young master also has something called a trial pack. With it, the sales volume of this soap will definitely reach a higher level.
