At this time, Gao Xiaozhuang replied with some embarrassment: "Young Master, uh...... They say that the statement of civet incense may be wrong, saying that they only know civet incense, or it can also be called civet incense. ”

Gao pragmatic was stunned when he heard this, and secretly said How do I know what this thing is called now, anyway, in the previous life, it was called Lingmao Xiang!

He would think so, in fact, this is also his own lack of knowledge, whether it is a big civet or a small civet, it belongs to the scientific name of later biology, and these two animals are actually quite many names in ancient China. Among them, the big civet is also called the civet cat, the civet cat, the civet cat, the civet cat, the mountain beaver, the nine-section civet, the Jiujiang civet, the five civets, the-sending civets, the five-inch spots, the seven civets, the green mane, the grass civets, etc.; The small civet cat is also called the pen cat, the spotted civet, the musk cat, the seven civets, the black-legged civets, the baogong civets, the civet cats, etc.

Of course, what is the name of the incense taken on the civet cat in this era, Gao Pragmatic does not know, he said that the civet incense was denied, and he could only pinch his nose and admit it - good, good, you are experts, what you say is what it is.

So he coughed dryly and covered it up a little: "Oh, it turns out that this thing is called Tanuki in the capital?" Well, that'...... How much does raccoon incense cost? ”

"It's a lot cheaper than ambergris, but it's also expensive!" Gao Xiaozhuang stretched out a finger: "One tael of silver can only buy seven taels of raccoon incense, and I heard that there are not many goods." ”

Gao pragmatic nodded, thinking about it in his heart.

According to the purchasing power of silver in Daming, this price is indeed very expensive, but fortunately, this thing is only used as a fixative in soap, not the main ingredient, although Gao Pragmatic does not know the specific consumption of this fixative when making soap, but since it is not the main ingredient, the amount will definitely not be particularly large, so it is completely enough to support.

As for the lack of goods, this question is completely understandable, after all, perfume is not popular in China, China has always used incense and sachets, so civet incense is likely to belong to the category of medicinal materials at this time, and most of them are not used in large amounts. As for perfume, ancient China can't say that there was none, but most of them are similar to toilet water, which is fresh, generally ready to use, and can be drunk - yes, this flower water is not the same thing as those flower water that repells mosquitoes and relieves itching in later generations.

Of course, the lack of goods is a problem, but Gao Shishi believes that it is not a big problem. Where the benefits are, the trend of people. As long as his tall young master is willing to place an order, some people are willing to run for the supply of civet incense - I will not lack manpower if I lack anything, and there will be no shortage of civet cats in the mountains of this era, but there are many people who lack money.

He even thinks that if the soap business continues to boom in the future, maybe it will also give birth to farms that raise civet cats in captivity to sell incense. Of course, these can only be regarded as ideal long-term plans, and the focus at the moment is certainly not to focus on these things.

Therefore, the use of civet incense as a fixative for soap is considered to be a temporary decision. There is only one remaining problem, flavor diversification.

He vaguely remembered that when he was in the county party committee, he once went to Guangdong with a delegation to inspect the daily chemical industry, and a local daily chemical company introduced the development history of some flavors for them, and it seems that it was around 1857 that human beings began to nitrate the hydrocarbons obtained from lignite resin, and the products obtained were similar to the fragrance of almond oil and musk oil. Since then, due to the rapid development of the chemical industry, synthetic fragrances have become popular.

But it's certainly not possible for him to skip natural flavors and go to synthetic flavors right now. Because the extraction of natural flavors can not become a bottleneck to limit the production of soap, after all, the raw materials required are abundant enough in this era, but there are not enough technical conditions for synthetic flavors. Since the technical conditions are insufficient, it is obvious that there is no advantage in terms of cost compared to natural flavors.

As a result, the range of choices is greatly reduced, and only natural flavors can be considered. From the perspective of cost, it must be based on the plant flavors that have sufficient output in Daming. In later generations, natural plant flavors were more famous, such as sandalwood from India, rose from Bulgaria, mint and star anise from China, cinnamon from Sri Lanka and lavender from France. But obviously, those who don't have the Ming don't need to be considered for the time being.

In addition to mint and star anise, there are also bay leaves, cinnamon bark and the like that can be easily obtained in large quantities in the land of the Ming Dynasty, but in addition to mint, the others do not seem to be particularly suitable as soap essences. This kind of use on the skin is better than flowers.

Thanks to the blessing of China's vast land and abundant resources, there are many choices of flowers, such as roses [Note: roses actually rose in China after the "west wind and eastward movement", but this flower has existed in ancient China, but its characteristics are not liked by ancient literati, especially the thorns of roses, which are considered to be the embodiment of "jealousy" in ancient China, so there are not many masterpieces left, and the reputation of this flower is not very good. ], jasmine, osmanthus, white orchid, yellow orchid, magnolia and other categories suitable for the manufacture of flavors are simply countless.

Of course, don't be too ambitious at the beginning, you might as well choose mint, jasmine, osmanthus, these three fragrances are particularly unique and distinct to try the water, and the rest is not too late to be launched slowly. For example, if the rose-scented one can be exported to Europe, it may be quite lucrative, but before that, it can only be sold in the Ming Dynasty, at least it needs to be paved in the literary world - for example, a widely recited masterpiece and the like, otherwise the group interested in it may be too niche - who wants to think that they are jealous?

As for the extraction method of flavor and sesame oil, Gao Pragmatic is not very clear about the level of the Ming Dynasty, but he thinks that since China was already very good at making sachets and sachets in the Tang Dynasty, and even developed to make sauce, wine, and tea with flowers in the Ming Dynasty, it should be easy to extract flavor and make sesame oil.

Taking a step back, even if the extraction level is not enough, there is no need to worry at all, he still has two or three methods that are not too high for technical requirements to use, all of which were learned during that inspection, when listening to the chief of the production section of the chemical enterprise talking about the history of flavor production, although people said it was not very detailed at that time, but it should be more than enough to cope with the current level of flavor production.

After figuring out these production matters, Gao Shi's pragmatic mood began to relax, and the next thing to consider was to increase the added value of the product as much as possible.

The best two ways to increase the added value of products are monopoly and brand.

The problem of monopoly is easy to handle, and at present, the three bosses are in power, and there is no such thing as the "Anti-Monopoly Law", as long as the technical secrecy work is in place, other indiscriminate means can be ignored, at least for the time being.

Therefore, the only thing to do is the brand.