Happy Little Scholar

Lao Fang was carried back to his home by Li Yi. When he was carried away, he kept muttering "good wine". Li Yi obviously noticed that the two men's eyes lit up when they smelled the alcohol on Lao Fang.

At that time, Li Yi mocked Lao Fang for a while, but soon he began to regret it.

I really shouldn't have fooled Lao Fang into drinking those wine heads just now. That was a high concentration of more than 75%. Lao Fang probably wouldn't wake up until tomorrow morning.

And if he didn't wake up, Li Yi would have to do the next job alone.

Bezoar, mint, honeysuckle, spices... Grind all these things into powder, then put the distilled alcohol in a porcelain bottle, mix it with the ground powder, and then hold the porcelain bottle and shake it continuously to ensure that they can be fully mixed together...

Bezoar and honeysuckle have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can cool down and remove heat. The function of mint is mainly to repel mosquitoes. As for those spices, of course, they make the floral water smell better...

This is a simple method of preparing floral water that Li Yi found in a book. In terms of effect, it is definitely not as good as big brands such as "Liushen" or "Longliqi" in later generations, but Li Yi's requirements are not high, as long as the effect of repelling mosquitoes is OK.

According to the book, mix 75% alcohol with ground bezoar, honeysuckle, mint, etc., and then shake it continuously for half an hour. After they are fully mixed, filter out the residue, and the simple floral water is successfully prepared.

So, when the maid came to the kitchen, she saw the son-in-law holding a porcelain bottle in his hand, shaking it like a man possessed...

"Son-in-law, you, what's wrong with you..." The maid ran over in a hurry, looking at Li Yi with a worried look in her eyes.

What if the son-in-law is really possessed?

Even an iron man can't stand shaking it for a long time. Just when Li Yi felt a little dizzy and nauseous, Xiaohuan appeared at the right time.

"Xiaohuan, come here quickly and help me continue shaking this bottle."

With Xiaohuan's help, he can finally take a break. Li Yi looked at the maid who was standing there stupidly shaking the porcelain bottle, not knowing what happened. He thought to himself that when preparing floral water on a large scale in the future, he would have to think of a reliable way to ensure that they were fully integrated. It would not be a long-term solution to shake the bottle every time...

The two of them took turns, and after about half an hour, Li Yi estimated that it should be about the same.

Pull out the cork, filter the liquid in the bottle through a clean gauze to remove the undissolved residue, and after filtering, you get a translucent liquid.

At the same time, a familiar fragrance began to permeate the room.

"Son-in-law, what is this, it smells so good!" The little maid widened her eyes and looked at Li Yi in surprise and asked.

"It seems that the spices are a bit too much, reduce the amount by one third next time." Li Yi murmured, and put the floral water prepared successfully this time into a new porcelain bottle.

The first preparation of floral water was relatively successful. Although there are still some flaws, as long as you do a few more experiments, you can always find the most suitable formula.

Li Yi can't wait to test the efficacy of the floral water he prepared.

"Xiao Huan, go and boil water quickly, I want to take a bath later!"

"I know, son-in-law!"

The little maid looked at the strange thing composed of several large pots in the kitchen with some doubts, and then looked at Li Yi's back who left with some joy, and her heart was full of curiosity.

What did the son-in-law come up with this time?

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He poured some floral water into the bathtub and took a comfortable hot bath. He immediately felt refreshed and his body exuded a faint fragrance.

In order to verify the mosquito repellent effect, Li Yi stayed in the corner of the room with the most mosquitoes for a long time. There were indeed fewer mosquitoes willing to be intimate with him than before.

"Success!"

Seeing the mosquito repellent effect of floral water, Li Yi showed a happy face. This shows that the method of using floral water to repel mosquitoes is feasible. Next time, more mosquito repellent grass like mint can be added to it to get floral water with stronger mosquito repellent effect.

Similarly, if the formula is modified and more thoughts are put on the spices, then the final result will be perfume, right?

This is simply killing two birds with one stone.

However, Li Yi did not have much confidence in the promotion of floral water and perfume in this world at this time.

I have read many time-travel novels before. The protagonists invented all kinds of modern items in the ancient world with knowledge that was hundreds or thousands of years ahead of the ancients. They were very popular among the ancients. They counted money until their hands cramped, had beautiful wives and concubines, a large house, and a group of servants. They lived a life of luxury and debauchery...

But Li Yi, who had real experience, deeply understood that reality is far more bleak than ideal. Some things seem very simple to think about, but when they are really realized, all kinds of difficulties will follow.

What he needs to do now is to improve the alcohol purification device as much as possible. If the efficiency of each distillation is as low as the first time, it will never work.

In addition, a separate processing workshop needs to be built. After all, it is not possible to do it in your own kitchen every time.

Besides, when the production scale is expanded, such a small space in the kitchen is far from meeting the requirements.

Fortunately, Li Yi still needs some time to improve the distillation equipment and the formula, so he is not so anxious to build a workshop.

Moreover, the location of the workshop, how to build it, and how to operate it after it is built, all of these must be decided after careful consideration.

Of course, Li Yi can't do these things alone, so he asked Lao Fang and others to get out of the candied haws business as soon as possible. Just by selling a few strings of candied haws, Lao Fang's dream of marrying a concubine and buying a village may have to wait until the next life to realize it.

Li Yi felt that he was born to be a hard worker.

The chief of the village was doing well, with food and drink and maids serving him every day, and his life was extremely comfortable, but he had to find trouble and lead Lao Fang and other burdens to a well-off life. He clearly yearned for a life like a pig, but in the end he was tired like a dog. This was all his own fault...

When he walked out of the room, he saw the little maid sitting in the yard, pouting and scratching the mosquito bite on her arm.

Hearing the son-in-law calling her from a distance, the girl stood up hurriedly, turned around and asked: "Son-in-law, what's the matter?"

"Come here..."

Wave to the little maid, take her into the house, pour some floral water on her hands, rub it on the mosquito bite on her arm, and ask: "How do you feel, is it still itchy?"

"No... It's not itchy anymore..."

The afterglow of the setting sun shone into the room through the window. The little maid rolled up her sleeves, revealing her white arms, lowered her head and spoke softly, her pretty face was rosy, and she was beautiful beyond description.