Two hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver is not a small sum, and it can make all the demon souls worry to death. But when Yingzhao and the others were wondering how to get such a large amount of military expenses, Xiao Shizhu accidentally saw the skin of ordinary women in the underworld.
Roughly, I suddenly thought of a wonderful solution.
Although he did not have a high degree of education when he was in the human world, because of the teachings of his master (the janitor of the orphanage), he was asked to read more books and he would not refuse any books that came to him, which made him develop a habit of reading as many books as he could find. Gradually, he
He also became a miscellaneous scholar. In addition to being proficient in thousands of arts, he also knew a little bit about most other things.
He remembered that he had seen how to make cream in a human magazine. And he still remembered the recipe clearly.
His original purpose for watching this was just to chase girls, thinking that he could make ice cream to please girls, so he watched it with all his heart. Although after thinking about it carefully later, he felt that in modern society, everyone uses facial masks, who would still use ice cream?
Ah? I have never done it once. But I never expected that it would come in handy in the underworld today.
In the backward underworld, not to mention smart phones, there is no cream, which is a great business opportunity. The preparation of cream is also very quick and simple. First, you have to prepare two pots, and then put the fat and wax acid in it.
Heat one of the pots to about 85 degrees. While waiting for them to dissolve, dissolve the sodium carbonate and potassium hydroxide in the water of the same temperature in another pot, then add the glycerin and stir evenly, and then slowly stir the mixture.
Pour into the dissolved fatty wax acid and mix thoroughly for about ten minutes. This thing will be completely dissolved. At this time, stop the fire, but continue to stir. When the temperature drops to 20 degrees, add the spices; then
Just store it in a bottle.
Although there is no chemical industry in the underworld, stearoceric acid is stearic acid, which can be obtained by hydrolyzing animal and plant oils, and the process is not complicated; sodium carbonate is even simpler, it is nothing more than soda, and can be purchased everywhere.
Xiao Shizhu still knows these common sense.
As for potassium hydroxide, although he cannot refine it, it is dispensable when making cream. As for glycerin, although he cannot synthesize it, he knows how to extract natural glycerin. With these, add some pearl powder,
A box of cream is ready.
As for the lack of stainless steel pots, he used copper pots instead.
After making up his mind, Xiao Shizhu no longer hesitated, hurriedly purchased the raw materials and production utensils, and started making the alabaster.
After working hard for a day, and after seventeen failures, he finally brewed the first box of cream in the underworld.
But he was still worried, so he first used his own face as a "guinea pig". He applied it morning and night. After three days, he found that his skin was not damaged in any way, but rather a little delicate, so he proudly took it to the Ghost Mother Palace.
Show off to the ghost mother.
When he pretended to be mysterious and put the cream in front of the ghost mother without saying a word, the ghost mother, with a suspicious and curious face, opened the blue and white porcelain powder box that was only half the size of a fist and saw that there was no powder inside.
, after all the emulsified products of white flowers, she smelled a light fragrance emanating from it, which made her feel relaxed and happy at this moment.
The curiosity in her heart became more intense, and she became more interested in this thing.
So she carefully brought her nose close to sniff, and after taking a breath, she narrowed her eyes and said, "Well, it smells good." Then she raised her head and looked at Xiao Shizhu, blinked and asked, "What is this? Can it be eaten?"
?". She looked like a little girl who didn't know much about the world. She didn't have the majesty of the past leader of a country.
"This is inedible. It's called cream, and its main raw materials are stearic acid, alkali, water and spices. But in order to make it have a good moisturizing effect, I, being smart and handsome, also added glycerin to it." Xiao Shizhu smiled proudly.
, raised his right hand along the right side of his head, wiped his hair, raised his head and said: "Because it disappears immediately after being applied to the skin, similar to snowflakes, so it is called ice cream. To put it bluntly, this is a woman's skin care product
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The ghost mother listened patiently. Although she didn't understand many words, she still looked at the box in her hand curiously, and then sniffed it again with her nose. With a slightly intoxicated look on her face, she dragged
Changyin said: "It really smells good." After she finished speaking, she calmed down and asked again: "What's the use of that?".
"This effect is amazing, because it is an anionic emulsifier-based oil-water emulsion generated after the neutralization of stearic acid and alkali solutions, so it can isolate the skin from the dry air outside and regulate the moisture of the skin's epidermis.
It evaporates to protect the skin from dryness, chapped or rough. It is truly a treasure of women." After Xiao Shizhu boasted to her, he folded his arms in front of his chest and said: "There is such a saying in my hometown.
After all, behind every successful man there must be many prodigal wives. So if you want to do business, it’s most cost-effective to make money from women.”
"So you plan to use it to make money for your military expenses?" The ghost mother smiled slightly and looked at the box in her hand. She couldn't put it down because it can protect the skin.
"Of course." After Xiao Shizhu finished speaking, he turned and left. His purpose of showing off had been achieved, and the ghost mother was intoxicated when she heard it, and she couldn't put it down. It must be a big seller. I won't go back to rush to make it now.
More and when?
"Hey." The ghost mother quickly raised her hand to stop him and said: "It's your thing."
Xiao Shizhu stopped and turned to glance at the ghost mother. After blinking her right eye, she said lightly without thinking: "I'll give it to you." After saying that, she strode out the door without looking back.
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Three days later, Xiao Shizhu worked overtime to produce 500 boxes of cream, and together with Yingzhao Wu Zhiqi and the reluctant King Kong, they set up a stall on the street and prepared to sell it.
Full of confidence and pride, he soon became disappointed.
There were a lot of ghosts coming and going, but they just looked at them and didn't buy anything. They were always resistant to unknown new things. Some even walked away without even looking at them. This made Xiao Shizhu wasteful.
It took a whole day, but not a single box of cream was sold.
When the stall was closed in the evening, everyone was a little discouraged. Xiao Shizhu stared blankly at the seven characters on the signboard: "Women's Treasure—Alabaster" and fell into deep thought.
After thinking about it, he discovered a serious problem. According to the ghost mother, the human souls that can stay in the underworld for a long time are all white people. Doesn't this mean that there are few literate ghosts? But he wrote it
How many souls can understand this brand?
Thinking of this, Xiao Shizhu suddenly wanted to slap himself severely.
While feeling annoyed, he also had an idea and came up with a good way to sell.
Early the next morning, after Ying'er went out to sell vegetables, she chatted with her three aunts and six wives at the market as usual. She had been in Xiaoyushan City for some time, and she had already become familiar with the nearby neighbors. And even if she was a monster,
The shadow of the soul and gender mother also has the characteristics of gossip; if she doesn't gossip about other people's parents, she won't be in trouble.
After she had a short chat with her three aunts and six wives, one of them, a woman in her early thirties, suddenly looked at her and said with a smile: "Say, Ying'er, your face has become a lot more rosy these days.
, the skin is also much more delicate.”
"Really?" Ying'er smiled slightly, waved her hands and pretended to be stupid and said, "Where is it?".
"Really." The human soul nodded his head, lowered his voice, winked at Ying'er and said, "Has your Yingzhao come back and take care of you tonight?" After saying that, he joined the other human souls.
He covered his mouth and snickered.
"This third aunt is talking nonsense." Ying'er blushed, raised his hand and hit the human soul named third aunt on the shoulder a few times, and said shyly: "That's not his credit, it's all my eldest brother's credit."
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As soon as she said this, the human souls surrounding her were stunned. They stopped laughing and stared at her with her lips slightly opened but unable to make a sound.
"Ying'er, you are so brave." After a moment, the third aunt asked weakly: "You won't have an affair with your eldest brother, right? That would be a pig cage!".
"Oops! What are you talking about, Third Aunt?" Ying'er yelled, stamped her feet and angrily said, "My eldest brother invented a thing called alabaster. It's the credit of this thing." With that, he put the vegetable basket on his wrist.
Then he took out a powder box from his sleeve, opened it and showed it to the third aunt and the others.
Several human souls looked curiously, then sniffed their noses, with a look of intoxication on their faces, and said in unison: "It smells good."
"That's right." Ying'er said, dipped a little cream on her finger, smeared it on her face, and said proudly, "This is the thing that can keep my skin from drying out and not getting rough."
After saying this, she applied a little more to Third Aunt's face and said, "Come on, Third Aunt, I'll put some on you too." Third Aunt was caught off guard, and she succeeded. She was still a little nervous, but the cream was
After it touched my face, there was nothing strange, so I felt relieved.
"Third Aunt, you make tofu every day and are exposed to the sun. You need to put a little bit on your skin to make it better." Then, Ying'er followed what Xiao Shizhu taught her before and said to these human souls: "This thing, it was originally
My eldest brother accidentally obtained the formula. He said it was for the exclusive use of the ancient gods; and he made it specifically as a tribute to the Ghost Mother. I have applied it to you today, and you are blessed. After applying this, you will now
She is as beautiful as my Lord Ghost Mother, and her skin is breakable. As long as you insist on using it on your face every morning and night, you will be at least five years younger."
"Ah?" The other souls exclaimed, and their envious and slightly jealous eyes fell on the third aunt's face, where Ying'er had applied the cream.
The third aunt's face where she applied the cream temporarily became smooth and shiny because of the glycerin in the cream.
And none of them know that the Ghost Mother is one of the most beautiful female ghosts in the underworld. To be as beautiful as the Ghost Mother is the dream of all the female ghosts in the Ghost Mother's kingdom, ranging from fifty to thirteen or fourteen.
At this time, they saw that it was really effective, and they were convinced of Ying'er's words. Not only that, they also started to feel itchy for this white, fine, and pleasant-smelling ointment.
Sure enough, after a while, they all started asking: "Ying'er Ying'er, does your brother still have some in stock? Give us some."
"Okay, I'll get you a box for each of you later." Ying'er heard this and replied without hesitation: "My elder brother is about to mass-produce this thing! After this box is used up, you go to the street and find it.
He can just get the goods." After saying that, he took them to the Huaishu Bar.
Xiao Shizhu first used Ying'er to promote the product in front of the familiar women, and gave some to them for free to try.
Then, just as he expected, after receiving the free alabaster, these eight-year-olds felt as if they had found a treasure, and they showed it off in exaggerated ways when they saw others. The word spread from ten to ten, and after five days, all the ghosts in Xiaoyushan City knew what the alabaster was.
things.
Then he struck while the iron was hot and set up a stall in the busy market, pricing one tael of silver per box. He also asked Ying to recruit a few of their demon spirits, and with Ying'er, they would shout according to the slogans he wrote, attracting passers-by to come and buy.
Promote that this thing is not only a woman's cosmetics, but also a divine thing, exclusive to the ancient gods; in this way, it mythologizes this thing. Of course, it also threatens that any male ghost who loves his wife should buy a box and give it to his aunt.
Aunt-in-law can have skin as beautiful as a ghost mother.
Under Xiao Shizhu's fierce talk, five hundred boxes of lip balm were sold out within two days.