Chapter 481: The Emperor Remembers
Emulsification and saponification technology is not too difficult, and the practice of Huang Hankai golden finger and "Tiger's Den City" new teachers and students regardless of cost is naturally a matter of course.
The new school in Tiger's Den City is also keeping pace with the times, and it has long been not satisfied with teaching students three years of reading, literacy, arithmetic, and basic military training, and has now passed the examination with the standard of one out of ten and has accepted students with excellent character and learning to enter the advanced class.
Higher education includes more than a dozen classes such as medicine, painting, mathematics, mechanical manufacturing, chemical research, physics research, etc., so there are many teachers and students in the study of three acids and two alkalis.
In his previous life, Huang Han had checked the production methods and formulas of ancient cosmetics, and he still had some impressions, and due to the vigorous development of the marine fishing industry, the production of pearls had doubled.
Seawater pearls that don't look too good can't be used as raw materials for jewelry and jewelry, so they lose too much value.
The highest grade of incense powder, made by removing the kernel and grinding it into a powder, plus borneol, musk, bean flour and rice flour dyed with flowers, is far more expensive than the gold equivalent.
Because seawater pearls have cores, the proportion of pearl powder is only one or two percent of that of a sea pearl, and it also requires too many hours of careful female workers, so it is very valuable.
The highest-grade fragrance powder containing seawater pearl powder does not have any toxins and side effects, and the skin on the face of beauty-loving women is red and red after use, which not only whitens the face, but also has the effect of removing spots and moles and removing wrinkles.
Chu Chu's investment in a makeup brand called "Spring Companion" not only produces ridiculously expensive scented powder and alabaster containing seawater pearl powder, but also produces general cosmetics sold to people with middle- and upper-class living conditions.
Huang Han encouraged Chu Chu to make huge profits, stipulating that all cosmetics must be priced at more than three times the gross profit, without taking into account the toiling masses at all.
Because in this era, the small people of Shengdou are starving to death, how can they have spare money to smear and whitewash? No matter how cheap you sell it, even if you sell it at a loss, the grassroots people will not take a look at something similar to cosmetics.
Only dignitaries and landlords have the financial resources to buy luxury jewelry, so the huge profits must be useful without scruples!
The ladies, the beauties of the boudoir, and the sisters of the mansions are all unable to stand the new feelings brought by high-end cosmetics, and the concubines in the palace are no exception.
When many concubines in the Forbidden City got a box of incense powder, a bottle of alabaster cream, and eight pieces of soap with four flavors, they still felt that General Pingliao's eldest wife was stingy.
Because Huang Han is now famous in Daming, the city that never sleeps has been rumored to be a stroke of genius in the Ming business world, everyone knows that the Huang family has strong financial resources, and the eldest woman is willing to give the concubines a little gift when she enters the palace, how can she be embarrassed to get it?
Later, after using these three things, the concubines felt that they were three points more beautiful than usual, and hurriedly sent palace maids and eunuchs to buy these good things, and finally many concubines were dumbfounded, these things were so expensive that they were scared to death.
A box of high-end sea pearl incense powder is actually sold for 36 taels of silver, a bottle of alabaster with pearl powder with whitening effect is 24 taels, and a piece of pure mutton fat soap costs 5 taels of silver.
After calculating the accounts, it turned out that Mrs. Huang was a meeting gift with a concubine of one hundred taels of silver.
Chongzhen's women are not extravagant, and the low-ranking concubines are not rich in a dozen taels of silver per month, I am afraid that it will become a heavy burden for them to buy such expensive cosmetics themselves, because they have also heard that there are many good things that "spring accompanies you", as well as shampoo, hair oil, lipstick, eye cream and so on.
Zheng Xiu'e and Chu Chu, who came to the Forbidden City for the second time, were completely different from the first time they came back, not only the two queens, but also several noble concubines were extremely enthusiastic, and the low-ranking concubines were simply exaggerated to flatter Chu Chu, the concubine of the foreign minister.
Chu Chu, who was from a humble background, was overjoyed to receive such courtesy, so the concubines basically got a complete set of "Spring Companion" series of cosmetics.
Of course, there are two sets of concubines, and the two queens must give four sets!
These most noble women in the palace are not only greedy for the gifts brought by Zheng Xiu'e and Chu Chu, they all like to listen to stories.
The outside world is very exciting, the vast sea, the majestic mountains, the turbulent Yellow River, and the surging Yangtze River are always heard by the caged birds.
People are often like this, they establish friendship when they get acquainted, whether it is a friend of wine and meat, or a handkerchief, they are not true friends or at least not enemies.
Besides, Zheng Xiu'e and Chu Chu came to get along with the concubines in the palace, and they were more or less merciful, and it was natural to get a good impression.
The women in the palace often talked about General Pingliao, of course, they would also fall into the ears of the emperor intentionally or unintentionally, so Chongzhen always thought that Huang Han was completely a conditioned reflex.
Moreover, when the court was discussing major matters, General Pingliao was constantly mentioned by many important ministers, and the emperor couldn't forget Huang Han.
Liaodong Jingluo Gaodi continued to play the reward of "Yanbei Victory", and the emperor and his ministers and the officials of the six departments discussed it on the platform many times to no avail.
The white pole soldier's request to return to Sichuan has been up to the sky for two or three months, and it has been dragged without approval, and the old lady Qin Liangyu, who is far away in Sichuan Shizhu, has also been delivered, and it is also a song to ask the Holy Son of Heaven to let the white pole soldier return to Sichuan.
The emperor and the important ministers both thought that Qin Liangyu, who was bent on thinking about the imperial court, opened his mouth, which was enough to show that the situation in Sichuan was unstable.
Ma Xianglin and Qin Yiming, who were like arrows, had already made full preparations for the pull-out, and at the end of February, as soon as the order of the military department arrived, the seven thousand white-pole soldiers would go on the road the next day.
The lack of white pole soldiers in Shanhaiguan will directly lead to a decline in defense, and Gao Di's request to appoint Yang Dalang, the deputy general of Xuezhen, who was the first hero of the "Great Victory of Yanbei", as the general of Shanhaiguan was brought up again.
There are many officials in the imperial court, and it is very important for them to perform their duties, and Liaodong Jingluo Gaodi shoulders the heavy responsibility of resisting the Dongnu guarding Shanhaiguan, and in the case of the withdrawal of the white pole soldiers, in order not to reduce the combat effectiveness of the Guancheng, it is reasonable to name and name the fierce generals who can fight and dare to fight.
Although most of the court officials were jealous that the Gao family was too close to General Pingliao, but on the other hand, if he served in Liaodong, would he still be able to count on Zu Dashou if he didn't rely on the "Red Banner Army"?
However, the sudden development momentum of General Pingliao's sudden army is too strong, and if Shanhaiguan is also involved, it will be unpredictable!
For this reason, the emperor has a lot of worries, the Huang family's father and son are both chief military officers, and they are on the front line of the fight against Jiannu, and this year they will be able to use up the number of soldiers.
At that time, the imperial court would pay 40,000 or 50,000 horses, buy silver for weapons, armor, and horses, and give silver for repairing the forts and forts, and so on.
I am afraid that the cost of calculating the accounts for a year will exceed two million taels of snowflake silver.