Liu Bao had just returned and pulled several trucks of flowers and smelled the fragrance from a distance.
"Uh... Uncle Yuan, is it just to make essential oils?"
Wang Chonglou and Lu Zhaolin were both confused, and Wang Yuan didn't say much.
He wants to extract essence and make essential oils. After diluting it, it will be perfume.
Now they are all used in sachets. After a long time, they have to worry about whether they will get moldy. Moreover, the taste is not long enough and there are more wasteful raw materials.
With this perfume you made yourself, it will definitely attract the love of those rich ladies.
Wang Yuan had actually wanted to make perfume for a long time, but things were always one after another, and he didn't make any effort. This time, when he came to Qingchuan County, he saw that the counties and villages here were all poor and destitute, so he had this idea.
As he said that, Wang Yuan asked Liu Baocai to unload these cars of flowers and treat the rhizomes. After only the petals, he set up a few large pots.
Then Wang Yuan asked everyone to start boiling. After the petals were boiled, the juice inside dissolved in water before filtering it out.
When Liu Baocai and the others saw so many petals put in the pot and cooked them, they all felt very distressed.
"This...can this really work..."
Liu Baocai looked sore that he couldn't afford to eat on weekdays. He just wanted so many good things, so he felt very distressed when he saw so many good things.
Wang Chonglou and Lu Zhaolin knew that Wang Yuan could always make novel things, but they were still very curious.
"Uncle Yuan, after these petals are cooked, they are thrown away like this. Isn't it a waste? Otherwise, they can be made into sachets if they are dried!"
"Yes... Uncle Yuan, although this pot of water is quite fragrant, I always feel it's too wasteful..."
These two guys couldn't help but be curious and asked.
Wang Yuan smiled and explained: "After these petals are cooked, they destroy their internal organization. Do you know why this flower smells good?"
This question...
It seems simple, but it really stumped them all at once!
Everyone knows the fragrance of flowers, but why it smells...
They really haven't studied it yet!
"Uh...Uncle Yuan...you just tell us..."
Lu Zhaolin and Wang Chonglou said hurriedly.
Wang Yuan then picked up a petal and began to say, "You still remember the microscope."
Both of them nodded. Now they still think it's magical, but they don't understand why Wang Yuan mentioned the purpose of microscope this time.
"Actually, that microscope is not accurate enough. I will make a more refined microscope in the future to let you see what is inside the petal!"
Wang Yuan didn't want to say that after all, it was a bit difficult for them to accept the matter of cytology.
But who knew that Wang Chonglou and Lu Zhaolin were completely aroused by interest and asked after chasing each other. Wang Yuan couldn't resist the two of them's soft tempers, sighed, and then said.
"Everything is composed of cells, and so is our human beings. If our muscles, blood, and bones, if decompose, are all formed one by one."
Wang Yuan said, drawing a big circle on the ground.
"There are also two types of cells. The first is our muscle cells, and the second is plant cells. There is basically no difference between the two, but the internal structure is different."
"Today I will tell you about the cell structure in the petals. The petals are also composed of cells. The reason why they smell is because there is an organ called vacuole in their cells. You can imagine it as a water tank, inside it
All that is filled with moisture.”
"And the reason why these petals are fragrant is because they are full of perfume..."
Wang Yuan didn't know how to explain it carefully to them. After all, if you really study the components of this cell, where does the fragrance come from? You have to go into detail and directly cross the scope of DNA. You told them that you were worried that you would not understand it.
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"And I cook them, which destroys their tissues and causes the bubble to burst, so that their perfume flows out, and after boiling and distilling, the essential oils I call appear!"
After Wang Yuan explained, although Lu Zhaolin and Wang Chonglou could understand, they were still shocked!
"My God... it turns out that we are all made of cells!"
"And this vacuum is really amazing!"
Wang Yuan said while drawing illustrations on the ground, which made the two of them feel mysterious.
As for Liu Baocai, he couldn't understand a single word, what cells, what distillation, what vacuoles...
He was confused and just felt sorry for the petals.
"Now these petals are useless, and I have extracted all the perfume. It will be fine if I distilled it out later."
Wang Yuan made large tubes on this big pot, and put a basin underneath to start continuing.
"Brother Yuan, this basin is quite a lot! There is no need to sell for so much water!"
Wang Chonglou said excitedly at this moment, because he smelled the fragrance, which was even more fragrant than the car of flowers just now.
"How is this big pot, at most, only a few small bottles..."
After Wang Yuan said this, they were even more shocked!
"Two bottles...so few!"
Wang Yuan smiled without saying anything, and said nothing more. After a few hours, the water in the dozen or so big pots was evaporated and two pots of essence came out.
"So little..."
Liu Baocai was about to cry. These more than ten cars of flowers cost hundreds of taels!
At present, these two basins cannot be sold at the price of these hundreds of taels!
Wang Yuan then asked Liu Bao to take out the small bottle he just bought, and poured two or three drops of essence into a small bottle, and then said.
"A small bottle of two or three drops of essence, then fill it with water. This bottle will be sold for ten taels of silver."
Wang Yuan made a move and filled it with the small porcelain bottle. There were not many inside, just two taels of small cups.
"Ten liang? Uncle Yuan, do you mean that after two or three drops of fragrance are mixed with water, you will sell for ten liang..."
They were all shocked. If we counted it, these two basins could produce at least a hundred bottles!
Wouldn't that be sold for a thousand taels?
Wang Yuan smiled, "Ten taels are my purchase price. As for buying... we have to see who we sell to..."
"Brother Liu, you can get the loading of the car now. If you leave the price of the raw materials, I should give you 900 taels."
After saying that, Wang Yuan sent someone to bring 800 taels and stuffed them directly into Liu Baocai's hands.
This made Liu Baocai stupid!
These more than ten carts of flowers, plus a variety of miscellaneous things, only cost a hundred taels, but they earned eight hundred taels by steaming and cooking like this?
He couldn't believe his eyes!
"You have also seen the production method, but can't you tell me if you can tell me?"
Wang Yuan started to give instructions again, and Liu Bao came to his senses and nodded quickly.
"Don't worry, Brother Wang, I... I won't tell you even if I die!"