Chapter 143 A kind of technology rolled over the ancient superiority spontaneously.
Li Si spoke and pushed Zhao Shu out. Zhao Shu was not surprised by this.
The political affairs discussed by Li Si and Ying Zheng took longer, so they naturally had to be put at the back. Moreover, since he arrived suddenly and came with Li Si, he naturally needed to explain.
Hearing this, Ying Gao looked at Zhao Shu with a smile on his face, the look in his eyes was a bit complicated.
He remembered clearly that Zhao Shu came to give him gifts not long after he entered Xianyang. He really had the characteristics of a treacherous minister.
Coupled with Li Si, one of the two is greedy for power, and the other will start giving him gifts now, fearing that they will give him good fortune in a while.
"Zhao Shu, what gift did you bring to me? Is it auspicious?" Ying Zheng's tone was filled with expectation and complexity.
"ah?"
Qin Wangzheng's words immediately confused Zhao Shu. He knew very well that anything related to auspiciousness must be a treacherous official or a coward.
Just look at yourself, and then look at Qin Wangzheng and Zhao Shu, no matter how you look at it, they don't look like it, but Xiangrui, this is a good thing.
When he thought of this, Zhao Shu suddenly changed his mind and turned towards Ying Zheng and said: "Your Majesty, it's just a gift, it's not considered auspicious."
"After I have time, I will definitely find a unique piece of auspiciousness for the king."
Seeing the increasingly intense smile on Zhao Shu's face, Ying Zheng seemed to see a treacherous thing happening in his eyes.
Li Si on the side had a straight smile on his face.
He didn't expect that Zhao Shu didn't have the temperament of a military commander at all, but he ended up being so good at flattering others.
Ahem...
Li Si coughed slightly and alerted Zhao Shu. As a result, Zhao Shu not only failed to stop when enough was enough, but instead hit the snake with a stick and said.
"Your Majesty, what I am presenting to the King is an item that can be used for washing. It was made by the General himself to show the General's affection for the King."
"The general has verified it in my house. This kind of washing item is more effective than ordinary plant ash, and it has a refreshing fragrance..."
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"Did you make it yourself?" Ying Zheng was stunned, and the smile on his face faded slightly: "A cleaning product used to replace plant ash?"
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is." Zhao Shu quickly answered: "I will call them soap, and one of them is called scented soap."
"The production cost of this thing is extremely low..."
Hearing this, Ying Zheng felt a little curious, even Li Si beside him. They all remembered the first time Zhao Shu appeared.
"Zhao Gao, bring the things in, then get a basin of water and let General Zhao Shu demonstrate it to me!"
"promise."
A quarter of an hour later, a servant brought the copper basin, and Zhao Gao also brought in the soap that Zhao Shu had brought.
Taking the soap from Zhao Gao, Zhao Shu glanced at Qin Wangzheng and said: "Your Majesty, there is no comparison, and the effect cannot be seen."
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"At the end of the day, I will ask the king for instructions, and I will ask the ministers and the Zhao government to dye their hands with ink, and then wash their hands with the palace cleaning materials and soap to verify."
At this time, Zhao Shu was extremely confident, but he knew that the most common ones at this time were Pan and Honey Locust.
Mu Ji and Liang Liang are the daily bathing requirements for gentlemen in this period.
Among them, the "Yamazao" chapter in the "Book of Rites" has this saying: "Five baths a day, wash the millet and eat the beams."
"Mu" here means washing hair, "Muji" means washing hair with water from washing millet; "Jiang" means washing face, and "Jingliang" means washing face with water from washing millet.
Respected people in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were required to wash their hands five times a day and wash their hair and face with the water used to wash rice grains.
In this era, this kind of toiletries were called "Pan" or "Pan juice".
In fact, it is rice water.
The cost of using rice water to make washing supplies is not low. In an era when grains were not abundant, rice water was considered a luxury item for ordinary families.
What is actually used among the people is a cheaper detergent, honey locust.
That is, the fruit produced by the honey locust tree contains pancreatic saponin, and its juice has a strong decontamination ability.
Real poverty is treated with water made from plant ash, which is called gray water.
As for the palace of the Qin Dynasty, it cannot be compared with the folk palace. As for what is in it, Zhao Shu cannot say.
However, the highest level is nothing more than fat beads, and even bath beans appear.
According to Zhao Shu's understanding, Feizhuzi, also known as soapberry, is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. This tree grows in high mountains. Its fruit is as big as a pellet, with a hard, black, nucleated core, and is as round as a bead.
In October every year, the fruits are picked, cooked and pitted, and pounded together with wheat flour or bean flour to make "bath medicine".
This kind of "bath medicine" is a bath product with health care functions. It can also be made into "facial cleanser".
Then there are bath beans, which are the most advanced toiletries in ancient times and were once exclusively used by the palace.
According to records, this kind of bath bean contains 5 pig pancreas, 120 grams each of Poria, Angelica dahurica and Artemisia, 60 grams each of spikenard and tonka, 150 grams of Phytophthora white, 30 grams of Capsule ash, and 1000 grams of soybean flour.
gram.
Mix these raw materials together, pound them evenly, and make them into bean granules. After the finished product is finished, put it into a bath bean can for storage.
In Zhao Shu's estimate, the Qin Palace would most likely use fat beads, but due to the mystery of traditional Chinese medicine, Zhao Shu added bath beans.
However, no matter which one it is, it is not as good as soap. It is precisely because Zhao Shu asked Sticky Stick to inquire about it that he was so confident in dedicating it to the King of Qin.
At this moment, Qin Wangzheng saw Zhao Shu being so confident and couldn't help but said to Zhao Gao: "Just as Zhao Shu said, take the bath beans and fat beads from the palace and try them together."
"promise."
As for Li Si, who has been a bystander, he has a sense of expectation in his heart for the competition between Zhao Shu and Zhao Gao and others.
A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Shu, Zhao Gao, and another chamberlain stood in front of a basin of water, their hands stained black with ink.
Among them, Zhao Shu used soap, Zhao Gao used bath beans, and an unknown servant used fat beads to wash his hands.
The effect is immediate.
Zhao Shu put his hand into the basin and scrubbed it quickly, then applied soap and scrubbed it again. In a moment, his hands were as clean as ever.
Moreover, during the washing process, there is still a faint fragrance.
After a long time, Zhao Gao and others also finished washing. Not only did they take a long time, but there were still ink stains on their hands, and they were not very clean.
Qin Wangzheng and Li Si looked at the three people's hands together, and couldn't help but stare at the soap Zhao Shu placed next to them.
In the competition just now, Zhao Shu won overwhelmingly, and they all remembered that Zhao Shu said that the cost of soap is not high.
With a smile on his face, Qin Wangzheng turned to Zhao Shu and said: "This soap is very good. After the imperial doctor orders that there is no problem, it will be supplied to the palace from your house."
"promise."
At this moment, a smile appeared on Zhao Shu's face.
A kind of superiority of technology over the ancient emerges spontaneously!