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In a daze, Chen Xu woke up from his sleep, reached out and found that Shui Qingrou was no longer by his side. When he opened his eyes, he found that the sky was already bright, and the sun shone in through the bright tiles on the roof. The room looked extremely bright, and there was a faint dust floating and churning in the light column, with a long-lost familiarity and warmth.

Chen Xu stayed in bed for a long time again, and vaguely listened to the laughter of Xing'er, Yu Ji, Chen Xi and a group of little maids from outside the yard. He felt that he couldn't sleep well, so he got up lazily, put on his clothes and pushed open the door, and a red sun shone on his eyes quickly.

"Husband is getting up!" Shui Qingrou, who was practicing swordsmanship in the yard, stopped and saluted.

Chen Xu looked at Shui Gengrou, whose cheeks were rosy and sweaty on his forehead after exercise, and smiled and held Shui Gengrou's hand and said, "I don't know why you get up!"

"My husband worked hard last night and naturally slept peacefully in the morning!" Shui Qingrou lowered her head with red cheeks.

Chen Xu's thoughts instantly swelled up pride, and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves and said, "Are you praising me?"

Shui Qingrou's face turned even more blushing. She put the long sword in her hand into the scabbard and said, "I'll call the maid to prepare washing and breakfast for my husband!"

After Shui Qingrou said that, she floated away, leaving only a faint fragrance swelling in the yard. Chen Xu also rubbed the eye poop from the corners of his eyes, took off his coat and started... to fight military fists.

Hahahaha, more than ten minutes passed, and Chen Xu finished a specious military punch. Not only did he get tired and sweaty, but he also made a group of maids who came to serve cheer in surprise and cheered, and only praised the Marquis of the House for his high martial arts.

Chen Xutian shamelessly performed another set of radio gymnastics, and then he felt comfortable and satisfied, brushing his teeth and washing his face, changing his clothes and going to the restaurant.

The dining table had already prepared steamed buns and porridge, two boiled eggs, a plate of fermented tofu, a plate of soaked garlic sprouts, a plate of sweet and sour garlic and a plate of dried five-spice radish.

Although they are all ordinary foods and side dishes, each one is made exquisitely and cleanly, and is definitely a natural, pollution-free green food.

Chen Xu also felt really hungry, and he refused everyone to come with buns, porridge and eggs. Several young maids stood beside him and served in a hurry, feeding water, porridge, and feeding vegetables. Anyway, the scene was as luxurious as it was. It was really a food that was open and clothes were reaching out. Chen Xu had always been resistant to this kind of bourgeois corrupt lifestyle, but later he gradually got used to it. He went to Feng Quji Mengyi and other princes and ministers to be passers-by, and had seen scenes that were even more decadent than this kind of life. Sometimes the scenes of eating were simply unsightly. Therefore, according to Chen Xu's current status, his lifestyle was already very conservative.

After breakfast, Chen Xu went to the living room with satisfaction and found that the living room was more lively than yesterday. Four wives and a large group of maids filled the living room. Xing'er, Yu Ji and Chen Xi were also there. Everyone was making their own bags. On the ground in the center of the living room, there were several large baskets of flowers and plants picked yesterday, and the whole living room was filled with a strong fragrance.

"Brother, look at whether the sachets I made look good!" Xing'er came over to show off with a sachet, looking a little arrogant.

"It looks good, hey, what petals are inside? It smells so fragrant?" Chen Xu took the sniff and asked in surprise.

"I know, I know that Sister Xing'er picked roses in the greenhouse last night!" Yu Ji also ran over with a treasure bag and shouted.

"You're just talking too much!" Xing'er glared at Yu Ji with dissatisfaction.

Chen Xu didn't care, so he picked up Yu Ji's sachet and sniffed it and asked, "This one is also very fragrant, it smells like a medicinal smell. What is it in it?"

"There are peony flowers inside!" Yu Ji said happily.

Next, Mei Lan Zhuju and several other personal maids also brought the sachets they made for Chen Xu to watch. Chen Xu also praised them one after another, and only made the group of maids' excited cheeks flushed. The situation was very lively. Chen Xu was also very happy. It seemed that the family had not been so lively for a long time.

"Husband, we picked too many flowers yesterday, so we couldn't make so many sachets. It's a pity to throw away the remaining petals!" Looking at the room full of flowers and plants, Ying Shiman looked reluctant.

"It's indeed a little wilted!" Chen Xu grabbed a handful of osmanthus and looked at it. He felt a little regretful. He had already made a lot of osmanthus cakes at home and could no longer use these petals.

"If you don't ask the housekeeper to arrange for someone to dry, and then put it in and keep it slowly soaked in water and bathe. The osmanthus flowers will disappear after the season!" Meng Wan also felt a little reluctant.

"Well, it seems that this is the only way!" Chen Xu nodded.

"It would be great if the fragrance in the flowers can be extracted and preserved. Generally, the fragrance will dissipate after the flowers dry up..." Shui Qingrou said softly.

"refining?!"

A word woke up the dreamer. Chen Xu said something and then hugged Shui Qingrou excitedly and kissed her, "Qingrou is indeed smart. I thought of a way to refine and preserve the fragrance of flowers, and in the future, you can fill your body with fragrance without taking a flower bath. Haha, a few ladies are waiting for me at home for good news!"

Chen Xu laughed excitedly and went out, and soon arranged for people to bring a few baskets of flowers and plants to take horses and head straight for Xianyang City.

A group of women sent Chen Xu outside the door, watched the carriage gallop away, and then looked at each other in all directions.

"Sister Shui, can you really extract the fragrance of flowers?" Meng Wan's pretty face was in amazement.

"Your husband will not be wrong, but the fragrance is invisible. I wonder what method will your husband retain it?" Although Shui Qingrou firmly believes that Chen Xu will not speak nonsense, his heart is also full of doubts.

"If my husband can really succeed, I'm afraid it will be another amazing invention!"

"That's natural, I'm looking forward to it!"

A group of women chatted and turned around, leaving only a faint fragrance at the gate of Houhou Mansion.

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Perfume is not a new thing. In fact, humans have started to use it earlier than the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The earliest historical record was ancient Egypt. It is rumored that the famous Cleopatra, Cleopatra, had to use fifteen perfumes every time she took a bath. In that era, it was illegal for aristocrats not to apply perfume when they interacted in public places.

But to be precise, the perfume in ancient Egypt was actually a kind of sesame oil or ointment, which was probably similar to Chen Xu's small grinding sesame oil. After the death of the Pharaoh and the nobles, they both had to use sesame oil to soak the body with sesame oil to keep the body immortal. Therefore, this so-called perfume is still very different from the perfumes that were later legendary.

The Chinese have a short history of making perfumes. The world's famous perfume brands are basically from the West. Westerners have a long history of using perfumes, and the area of ​​spread is also very large. Ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Rome, and ancient Persia have been passed down one after another. By the Middle Ages, perfumes became more diverse and popular, and became a very representative luxury item in the West.

The ultimate reason why perfumes were widely circulated in the West, and as the oldest inherited Chinese nation, did not appear perfume, was that Westerners had body odor, while Chinese people did not, so Chinese people did not need perfume to cover up disgusting body odor.

Moreover, Chinese civilization advocates nature and is not used to applying messy things on their bodies. The makeup with heavy makeup has always been a makeup technique that Chinese people despise. Thin makeup and light eyebrows are the standards for Chinese women's makeup. Many people even admire the original appearance of lotus that comes out of clear water and is naturally carved.

The four words "clear, quiet, light and elegant" are the principles of the most authentic and supreme Chinese makeup.

The Western ghost makeup technique with deep eye shadow and scarlet blood lips is considered an anti-human existence in Chen Xu's opinion. After applying makeup, you must be struck by lightning to feel relieved.

But whether Chinese people need perfume or not, as a beauty-loving woman, they are naturally full of desire for having a charming body fragrance. Chen Xu's four wives are so keen on having a charming body fragrance, and Chen Xu is naturally unwilling to dispel their enthusiasm and enthusiasm.

If it were the past, he really couldn't get out the perfume, but now it's almost natural for him to make a real perfume.

The perfume production process is not complicated. It is to extract the oily substances in the plant's rhizomes and leaves by distillation, pressing, extraction and other means. Chen Xu's small grinding sesame oil and the method of squeezing tea tree fruit are all considered to be a natural spice. If the body smells smelly, applying a little sesame oil can also enhance the fragrance, but it is just a little rude. When you go out, you will have a sesame oil smell. Others think you are a worker in the oil pressing workshop or a pancake seller.

Of course, it is not difficult to create the simplest perfume, but to create the various Chanel, Dior, Gucci and Estee Lauder in later generations, that requirement is too high. Not to mention Chen Xu, even if he does, he can't afford that price. However, with a distiller in the chemical laboratory, it should be fine to produce some osmanthus and chrysanthemum essential oils. There is also high-purity alcohol that has distilled to the fuel stage. There is no problem in making several perfumes of different fragrances as solvents. The only thing that is not sure is what the effect of the perfume produced has.

But Chen Xu's purpose is simple and clear at the moment, that is, he just wants to keep the fragrance of the flowers and make his wife have the fragrance they like.

"Yu~~"

After several carriages entered the city, they came to the Institute of Technology without stopping and then stopped in front of the chemical laboratory.

There were two guards with big waists, round waists, and long swords standing at the door, like two wooden stakes stalked under the eaves of the house. However, when Chen Xu's carriage came over, the two burly and majestic men instantly changed into flattering smiles and ran up to help grab the reins.

"Mr. Marquis, you are here!" The two guards nodded and bowed.
Chapter completed!