Ang Lee still resisted telling his wives what the final product was because it had not been made yet. If he said it in advance, first of all, there would be less of a unique surprise. Secondly, if the quality of the perfume made was not recognized by the wives, wouldn't it disappoint them?
Therefore, Ang Lee couldn't say what the product was. At least, he had to make it first and satisfy himself first. Then, he could give it to his wives to try. If his wives were satisfied, then Ang Lee could give the final product to Yang Yuhuan to make the imperial concubine happy.
Although this industry would be very profitable in the future, Ang Lee's industry was already very profitable. There was no need to spend a lot of time and energy to run another profitable industry. Not everyone was so greedy. At least, Ang Lee was not very greedy. As long as he had endless money, Ang Lee was very satisfied. He did not need to have more.
For example, there was not much difference in the eyes of Ang Lee if he had ten billion yuan in assets and one hundred billion yuan in assets. This was because whether it was ten billion or one hundred billion yuan, he could not spend it all. So, after having ten billion yuan, why would he work hard to pursue one hundred billion yuan in assets? As long as he did not let his assets shrink, it was fine. In other words, he did not need to work too hard. Diversifying the risk to invest was the best choice, such as buying gold, stocks, futures, real estate, garlic that was easy to store, and so on. As long as he bought it separately, he would not lose money.
However, there were always some people who were greedy. Since ancient times, there were too few people who were not too greedy like Ang Lee. The Yang Family already had the business of skincare products and underwear. Although some people began to imitate them later, the quality was still not as good as theirs. The cost was slightly higher than theirs. Therefore, they were in a disadvantageous position overall. They could only occupy the market far away from Beijing, and the huge market in Beijing was monopolized by them.
However, they were still greedy. When they saw that the battery industry was making money, they wanted to take it for themselves. This was not good. They were simply too greedy. Most importantly, they did not want to compete fairly. They wanted to get in through the back door. They were too shameless.
Ang Lee refused the Yang family's request. However, in order to save the emperor's face, he still decided to give them another industry. Anyway, such a project would be handed over to private individuals sooner or later. It had always been Ang Lee's dream to improve the living standards of the people of the Tang dynasty.
Right now, the perfume experiment was still in progress. However, Ang Lee was confident that his experiment would be a success. The perfume product would definitely be loved by the majority of women. Once it was promoted, the streets and alleys would be filled with cute and fragrant little girls.
A clean mortar was quickly prepared and placed in front of Ang Lee.
"You guys, put the washed petals into the mortar. Remember to add some water."
Ang Lee looked at the female servants and ordered.
"Yes, Ang Lee."
This work was not tiring. Moreover, they could sit and work while chatting. In addition, with so many chrysanthemums gathered together, the entire courtyard was filled with the fragrance of chrysanthemums. The working environment was very comfortable.
For the production of pure natural perfume, the first step was to pick the flowers. The second step was to wash the flowers and remove the dust and weeds. The third step was to make the flowers into flower paste.
Making flower paste required skill and perseverance. This was because in order to extract a sufficient amount of essence, it was necessary to crush the clean flowers as much as possible. The more crushed the flowers, the better. Therefore, it took more time. Ang Lee was not in a hurry.
Since he had nothing to do anyway, Ang Lee also got himself a mortar and made the flower paste himself.
Ang Lee's arm strength was incomparable to ordinary people, let alone these female servants. Therefore, Ang Lee's progress in making the flower paste was much more efficient than these female servants. Soon, the flower paste was almost finished.
Next, Ang Lee was going to purify the perfume. How much perfume could be extracted from the flower paste of the mortar? Ang Lee was not sure, but he would know after trying.
Because of the frequent experiments, Ang Lee also had a laboratory in his mansion. Moreover, there were many instruments that Ang Lee needed in this laboratory, such as glass cups, alcohol lamps, etc. It had everything.
The laboratory was located in the big backyard. Ang Lee let everyone continue to work. He took the flower paste to the laboratory and prepared to extract the essence from the flower paste.
"Father, I want to go too."
Tang Er was tired of playing with chrysanthemums and threw away all the chrysanthemums in the fish basket.
Children were like this. No matter what they did, it would only last for three minutes. Soon, they would be bored and shift their attention to other places.
"Stay here obediently. You are not allowed to go."
Ang Lee scolded angrily. He needed to calm down to do experiments. If this little guy went to disturb him, how could he make perfume? Moreover, there were many dangerous glass bottles in the laboratory. If they were broken, it would be too dangerous.
Tang Er stopped angrily and poured all the chrysanthemums in the fish basket on the ground. He kept stomping on them with his feet to vent his dissatisfaction.
Ang Lee was too lazy to care. Anyway, the loss was not very big. It was only a fish basket.
There were many ways to extract the flower essence from the flower paste. For example, there was the distillation method, the leaching method, and the pressing method.
Each method had its own advantages and disadvantages. The quality and effect of the products made were different.
The method Ang Lee wanted to use this time was the pressing method, which was also a relatively simple method. In the field of cooking oil in the future, the cooking oil that the people liked to eat the most was the cooking oil made by the pressing method. For the cooking oil made by the leaching method, there was a feeling of distrust. They always felt that it was not very good for the body.
In order to make a pure natural and pollution-free perfume, Ang Lee decided to use the pressing method to make perfume. Just now, he used the garlic mortar to make the flower paste, which could also be understood as the preliminary preparation process of the pressing.
After that, it could be pressed. All the essential oils and water in the flower paste could be squeezed out to create a viscous liquid.
Ang Lee's laboratory had a small press machine, which was suitable for pressing the essential oils in the flower paste. However, in order to completely squeeze out all the essential oils in the flower paste, it was necessary to add an appropriate amount of water during the pressing. In this way, more essential oils could be extracted.
Of course, the concentration of essential oils obtained by the first pressing and the second pressing was very different. Therefore, the viscous liquid obtained would not be put together. It could be extracted separately. It was estimated that the quality of the perfume obtained would not be the same.
Although there was not a lot of flower paste, the viscous liquid obtained from the first pressing was also a lot, which made Ang Lee satisfied. After that, Ang Lee did not care about the second pressing problem and directly began to purify. He used a glass to purify the essential oils.
After all, there was too much water in the squeezed juice. The water in it must be removed. Then, the essential oils with a higher concentration could be obtained, which was the so-called fragrant product.
Because the amount was small, the production process was definitely very short. It didn't take long for Ang Lee to smell the fragrance in the room. It was a very strong kind.
While using the pressing method, Ang Lee also used the distillation method to purify. In the end, he got the perfume he wanted. However, because the methods used were different, the concentration and quality of the perfume obtained were not the same. As for which method made the product better, it depended on different people's preferences. Even if it was the kind of person who did not like the smell of chrysanthemum, no matter how good the product was, he would still hate it.
After more than an hour of preparation, Ang Lee made two bottles of natural and pollution-free perfume. As for the quality of these two perfume, it was up to his wives to evaluate. Ang Lee was not a woman, so he did not have much say in things like perfume. Whether it was good or not, it was still up to the women to evaluate.
The two small glass bottles each had about fifty milliliters of perfume. The capacity was not bad. According to the standards of the later generations, it was enough for a bottle. It was considered a small bottle.
"Madam, you don't have to work. Come and see this thing."
Ang Lee took the two small glass bottles and asked his wives to follow him into the room.
"Husband, what is this?!"
"Husband, I guess it must be something extracted from the petals."
"Extracted from the petals, it must be very fragrant!"
The wives looked at the two glass bottles in front of them and said.
Because there was a lid on the bottle, and there was a certain distance between the room and the chrysanthemum outside, the fragrance of the chrysanthemum could not be smelled in the room. This was a good way to test the quality of the chrysanthemum perfume. Only in an odorless environment, the quality of the perfume could be better tested.
"Here are two bottles of perfume. Try it and see which one has the better effect."
Ang Lee gave the two bottles of perfume to Yan Ruyu and Li Hanlu, respectively, and let them smell the fragrance first.
"Perfume, I'll try it."
Yan Ruyu skillfully opened the lid of the glass bottle, and a strong fragrance immediately came out. It was very strong.
"Wow, it smells so good!"
Yan Ruyu smiled and exclaimed.
"The perfume can be sprayed on your skin and clothes. Just close the lid and press the button on it. Try it!"
Ang Lee smiled and instructed.
When Yan Ruyu heard this, she immediately tightened the lid again and tried to press the button on top. Suddenly, a strong fragrance sprayed out, filling the entire room with the pleasant smell of chrysanthemum.
Li Hanlu, who was next to her, followed Yan Ruyu's example and gently pressed the button. Then, she directly sprayed the perfume on her clothes. Suddenly, the fragrance became stronger.
"Sister, spray some on me too. It smells so good!"
"Me too, me too."
Man Man and Li Ya 'er both wanted to spray perfume.
As the four wives sprayed more and more perfume, the whole room was filled with the fragrance of chrysanthemum. After a long time, it didn't dissipate at all.
Smelling the fragrance of chrysanthemum in the room, Ang Lee was very satisfied. He felt that his experiment was a success, a great success. However, he had to let his wives admit it. A woman's sense of smell was always sharper than a man's, especially when it came to cosmetics.
"What do you think of this perfume?"
Ang Lee asked with a smile.
"Husband, this perfume is so good. It's much stronger than the fragrance of flowers. Husband, you're so good."
"Husband, we like this perfume very much. Give this bottle to me!"
"Husband, since chrysanthemum can be made into perfume, other flowers must be able to do the same. Let's make more fragrances of other flowers next time!"
"Husband, although it's autumn now, chrysanthemum isn't the only thing. There are many kinds of flowers in the wild."
"Husband, flowers and plants are the most abundant in spring. Next spring, we must make different kinds of perfume. There must be many better than chrysanthemum perfume."
The ladies all gave the perfume a very satisfactory high score, and this made Li An very happy. Nothing made Li An more excited than to be able to get the ladies' approval.
"Give it to me, give it to me."
Ang Lee gently took the perfume back from the wives' hands and said, "Don't be so smug. This perfume is for the imperial concubine. This is the gift I promised her."
When Yan Ruyu and the others heard this, they naturally felt jealous in their hearts. However, how could they dare to compare themselves with Yang Yuhuan? This was related to Li An's future, so even if they had opinions in their hearts, they did not dare to voice it out.
In addition, they also knew very well that even if Ang Lee had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to have any relationship with Yang Yuhuan. Giving perfume to Yang Yuhuan was purely to curry favor with the imperial concubine. So, thinking about it this way, they didn't have anything to be jealous of.
"How much perfume is husband going to give to the imperial concubine? There are so many flowers in the courtyard."
Yan Ruyu asked.
Ang Lee smiled and said truthfully, "It's not early today. At most, I can refine five or six bottles. There are many imperial concubine sisters, so I'm going to send them all tomorrow. Tomorrow night, I'll refine the perfume again. How about it?"
"Okay, husband, it's a deal."
"It must be like this. We can't let the imperial concubine wait for too long. It doesn't matter if we're a day late."
"Husband, why don't we go outside the city tomorrow to pick more flowers? This way, we can make different fragrances tomorrow night, okay?"
The wives said.
Of course, Ang Lee wouldn't object. He said, "Okay! As long as you are willing, you can go and pick flowers. However, there are a lot of flowers needed to make perfume. You and the maids at home are not enough. You need to bring more people to pick flowers. This way, you can make the most of the perfume. "
Yan Ruyu said, "Husband, don't worry. We will bring hundreds of female workers in the tea workshop to the mountain tomorrow to pick flowers. This will definitely be enough."
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