Finding a tablecloth and wiping the water stains from the corners of his mouth, Todd's expression is like swallowing a fly: "Wait! Say what you just said again!"

The young man repeated: "We steal the dung for making nitrate to make perfume..."

After inquiring carefully, Todd finally understood the cause and effect of the matter.

This young man named Clifford was one of the first students to escape from Tyrol City. During his life in Muxicheng, he had to go to the college to study and print books in the library, and he had to consider the daily expenses of board and lodging. Over time, money is in short supply, and it happens from time to time that I have a last meal without a second meal. So he took a job in the nitrate factory managed by the old Aiden.

The young man is smart and hardworking. Others shun the tiring work of the manure fermentation tank, but he takes the initiative to take it and does it in an orderly manner.

Old Aiden saw it in his mind, and gradually promoted Cliff to the position of supervisor and gave him great authority. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for a subordinate to inform the old craftsman—Clive and the monk who kept the account stole the raw materials of the nitrate factory...

Todd glanced at the young man kneeling on the ground and asked, "What's the matter with perfume?"

Clifford glanced at the trembling comrades beside him, and sighed: "Your Majesty, it is like this. Once the manure was fermented, and I accidentally spilled some of it while transporting the rest. I washed it with hot water. After several times on the ground, I didn’t care about it. At noon the next day, under the sunlight, there were some pale yellow scale-shaped crystals on the washed ground. I squatted down and smelled it. A very strange smell. It's not a bad smell, but a bit like the smell of spices after a long time..."

Hearing this, Todd's stomach turned over for a while, and his belly slandered: It's really a loss of your ability to smell things like feces...

"Later, with the idea of ​​giving it a try, I purified these light yellow crystals by distillation and filtration, and diluted them with ethanol at a ratio of one to one hundred. In addition to the odor of impurities, the resulting solution had a slight smell. Floral fragrance." Clifford said while gestures with his hand: "I went to the market and looked at it. A bottle of flower essential oil from the Southern Empire, a bottle the size of a big finger, can actually be sold for 280 silver months. . And this kind of perfume made from feces has a similar taste to flower essential oil, and the cost is less than 3 copper stars, so I secretly made a few bottles, saying they were perfumes from the south, and sold them."

Todd listened to Clifford's narration, his eyes brighter and brighter.

Using feces to make perfume, this brain hole really breaks through the sky, but from the point of view of chemical principles and molecular chain, it is a completely reasonable thing.

Medieval flower essential oil is a substance called methyldihydrojasmonate (English name: methyldihydrojasmonate). It is a colorless or light yellow transparent liquid. It is a natural aromatic chemical substance, mainly derived from large flowers such as jasmine, or plants such as rosemary. Its preparation and refining are troublesome, and the product conversion rate is low, and the price is very expensive. In medieval Europe, the royal families of some small countries even passed a small bottle of flower essential oil as a family heirloom from generation to generation. This kind of thing has history and is not a fabricated one. Even in modern society, methyl dihydrojasmonate is also a fixed chemical substance in high-end perfumes. It is often used in formulas such as jasmine, lily of the valley, and scented jade, which can make the essence produce elegant, realistic and natural-like floral scent. .

After talking about high-end products, let's talk about the big dung perfume.

There is a chemical substance in feces called skatole (English name: Skatole), and its chemical name is 3-Methylindole (English name: 3-Methylindole). It is a white or slightly brown crystal, sensitive to light, soluble in hot water (above 67°C), ethanol, benzene, chloroform and ether. This substance has a pungent odor similar to a foul odor at high concentrations, but after full dilution, it has a fresh floral scent. It is an important raw material for the preparation of jasmine flowers. Derivatives such as indole and quinoline can be generated and used as flavors such as beverages, candies, and chewing gum. (Yes! You read that right, the beverages you drink and the chewing gum you eat contain this chemical substance in feces...)

The most interesting thing is that as long as the skatole is diluted to a certain level, and additives such as lemon, Bergamo pear, citrus, lavender are added, the product obtained will indeed be very similar to flower essential oil. But the production cost of the two is nearly ten thousand times different.

Thinking of this, Todd looked at the young student in front of him, and something flashed through his mind.

Artificial perfumes, academic factions, financial crisis, scientific research and development... Maybe there is a way to connect these seemingly unrelated things together to alleviate or even solve a series of problems currently encountered in the Kingdom of Muxi.

Todd motioned to the attendants to move their chairs, and made the old Aiden three sit down and talk.

Seeing their uneasy expressions, Todd asked Clifford, "Tell me, are the college students lacking living expenses like you? If I remember correctly, Muxi College should treat all teachers and students, Some subsidies have been distributed."

The young student whispered: "Your Majesty, there are indeed some subsidies. But the accommodation in West City is getting more and more expensive. In the past, ten copper stars could buy a pound of wheat flour, but now they can only buy a pound of bran. Most of us students who have no financial resources share other people’s houses. With the demand of residents and the influx of immigrants, the rents of houses are getting higher and higher. Many people I know have to leave the house and sleep in In college classrooms, even on park benches."

Todd shook his head helplessly after hearing these words. At the beginning, he only ordered the payment of food and lodging subsidies in accordance with the standard, but forgot the issue of rising prices. But after thinking about it, this incident also gave him a chance, an opportunity to weaken Jade's influence from the inside.

"Because of poor life, I committed the theft. I will not pursue the matter of making nitrate materials." The king's promise made the three sitting people obviously relieved. Todd's words changed: "But this After all, it’s not a way to go down. I will use a portion of the funds from the Muxi Mutual Aid to build a workshop to produce this perfume."

"Clive."

Hearing the king calling his name, the young man shook his body and straightened his back.

Todd thought for a while and said: "The capital and location are prepared by the kingdom. UU看书www.uukanshu.com employs human resources, technical research and operation management. I intend to let you take care of it. In addition, every bottle of perfume sold will produce 20% of the net profit will be paid to your team."

Clifford was stunned. The king not only didn't punish himself, but also paid to build a perfume workshop to take care of him, and promised to give up 20% of the product's profit. In his opinion, all this is incredible, it is a blessing from heaven!

Looking at the young man’s gratitude, Todd took a sip of tea from his cup, and then said: “The Kingdom of Muxi will recently promulgate a law called the Patent Law. Anyone’s invention or creation, as long as the registration is completed And for filing, the royal family will grant the inventor a royal patent certificate. Whoever uses the patented technology for product production, or research and development, must pay a certain amount of money as a patent royalties. This income, inventions The winner will enjoy 80%, and the royal family will enjoy the remaining 20%."

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