Therefore, Zhao Feng must make the Shen family's fabric something far superior to other fabrics.
Only in this way can these fabrics be favored by the imperial concubine and have a chance to be sent to the palace as tribute.
Soon, Zhao Feng used the pottery clay he bought to knead several strange-shaped things, and then sent them all to be fired.
Shen Chuchu saw these strange things that Zhao Feng had pinched out, and asked Zhao Feng with some confusion.
"Mr. Zhao, what do you use these things for?"
"I think this thing you made looks like a pot, but isn't the opening on it too small?"
Zhao Feng smiled slightly and said to Shen Chuchu.
"This thing is not simple. The name of this thing is a distiller."
"And this thing is called a condenser tube. Although I can't make it so finely, it's enough."
Shen Chuchu was even more confused. The names of these two things were as weird as their appearance, making Shen Chuchu unable to guess what these things were used for.
Zhao Feng did not explain, but sent the still and condenser tube he made to a kiln that specializes in making porcelain. After having them put a thin layer of glaze on them, they put them in the furnace for firing.
Generally speaking, both the still and the condenser tube should be made of glass, but Zhao Feng can't make glass at all now. Even if he can barely burn the glass, he can't make it into such a fine thing.
Therefore, Zhao Feng could only find another way and use clay to make it.
If the Zhou Dynasty had not been very strict in controlling iron tools, and Zhao Feng was worried that the two things he made would become popular and cause other people to follow suit, causing him to lose a way of making money, then it would be okay to use iron tools to make them.
Early the next morning, the stills and condenser tubes made of clay had been sent back, and the guys hired by Shen Chuchu from the capital also bought a lot of wine and picked a lot of flowers.
Zhao Feng took a deep breath, directly set up the iron pot, filled it with water, and finally put the still into the water.
As for the upper pipes, the trachea of livestock can be used. After everything was connected, Zhao Feng added all the wine into the still.
The boiling point of alcohol is much lower than the boiling point of water, and this is how distillation works.
As Zhao Feng continued to raise the fire under the pot, the water in the pot began to boil, and the wine in the still gradually became warm, which caused the alcohol in it to begin to evaporate.
The alcohol gas came to the condenser through the conduit. Under the action of the cold water added by Zhao Feng, it slowly condensed into relatively high-purity alcohol, and dripped into the bottle little by little.
Suddenly, a strong aroma of wine spread out, and Shen Chuchu was helping. After smelling the aroma of wine, a shocked expression appeared on his face.
"Mr. Zhao, it turns out you are making wine!"
"Why is this drink so delicious?"
Zhao Feng waved his hand in a funny way and said to Shen Chuchu.
"Although this thing smells of alcohol, it is not alcohol."
"If you just drink it like this, ordinary people will be poisoned after just one or two drinks!"
Shen Chuchu's eyes suddenly widened and she looked at the distilled wine in disbelief. This wine smelled so fragrant, so why was it poisonous?
Shen Chuchu asked Zhao Feng curiously.
"Mr. Zhao, since this drink is poisonous, why did you make this drink? What is this drink used for?"
Zhao Feng smiled slightly, pointed to the flowers next to him and said.
"For perfume, of course."
"I thought about it yesterday. Since we don't have your friend to help this time, even if we send the fabric to the palace, we may not be able to win the favor of those people."
“So I decided to add some extra flair to the fabrics!”
Shen Chuchu looked at Zhao Feng with some confusion. The Shen family's fabrics were all made from the place of production and then transported to the capital. After they were delivered, they were already finished fabrics. When such fabrics were sent to the palace, there would naturally be palace officials. The palace maids in the palace are doing embroidery.
How could Zhao Feng do some processing on these fabrics first?
Zhao Feng did not explain, but asked Shen Chuchu to wait and see.
Soon, all the drinks bought by the guys were extracted and distilled into relatively pure alcohol by Zhao Feng.
Although there is no way to reach the level of pure alcohol, it is at least around 80 or 90 degrees, which is enough for use.
Then, Zhao Feng soaked all the flowers into alcohol. After soaking for one night, some of the substances in these flowers will initially be integrated into the alcohol.
Then the mixture of flowers and alcohol is put back into the still, and it continues to be slowly distilled at low temperature. What is extracted is the plant essential oil.
These plant essential oils are then diluted with alcohol to make the oldest perfume!
Shen Chuchu has been helping out in the past two days, and Zhao Feng did not shy away from Shen Chuchu. After all, although these things seemed to be added at will, in fact, the proportions among them had strict requirements.
Even if Shen Chuchu knows this method, if she wants to try it on her own, she may not succeed.
What's more, Zhao Feng didn't regard this thing as a mysterious thing at all, which also made Shen Chuchu's face full of shock after seeing the perfumes made by Zhao Feng.
"Oh my god, Mr. Zhao, you are so awesome."
"Yesterday I made such a fragrant wine, and today this wine has some floral aroma!"
"And the fragrance is so strong, you can probably smell it in the whole street!"
Hearing Shen Chuchu's words, Zhao Feng shook the small bottle of perfume in his hand in a funny way.
"This thing is something that can help your Shen family fabrics gain favor!"
"If you think about it, no matter how good the other fabrics are, they are just ordinary fabrics."
"But if you spray these perfumes on Shen's fabrics, the clothes will have a natural fragrance."
"This kind of clothes will definitely be loved by those in the palace!"
After hearing Zhao Feng's words, Shen Chuchu thought about it carefully, then her eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Zhao Feng with great excitement and said.
"Mr. Zhao, you are right. As long as our Shen family's fabrics can be given a floral fragrance, they will definitely be popular!"
"However, this production method is too complicated, isn't it? I see that you have put so much effort into making this perfume."
Zhao Feng nodded and said to Shen Chuchu.
"So this kind of fabric can only be used exclusively in the palace!"
