Chapter 492 The cannon-fodder cousin of the hero of the imperial examination essay (14)

Following lavender, rosemary has also entered its flowering season as promised.

Its flowering period is longer than that of lavender, and with proper maintenance, it can bloom until the following spring.

However, compared to the noble and elegant dreamy purple, the small white flowers of rosemary are not so popular.

　　Until Xu Yin told the maid: "Although the flowers it blooms are light and inconspicuous, it has the effects of repelling insects and mosquitoes, calming the mind, and is very useful."

When the servants heard this, they immediately brought a few flower pots over, transplanted a few plants, and moved them back to the tea garden. They placed rosemary flowers in the flowering season in every corner of the second courtyard, where insects could easily hide. fragrant.

I don’t know if it’s the flower that really has a good effect, or it’s just a psychological effect. In short, the ladies are all talking in private, and the quality of their sleep has been much better recently than before.

The cook who was given a pot of rosemary also said that he slept better these days than before and had fewer random dreams.

At this age, the maids all have good sleep quality, and there is nothing to talk about in terms of calming and soothing the nerves. However, they found that there were fewer small flying insects in the other yard, and immediately listed rosemary as their favorite flower.

"Girl, don't tell me. When this flower was planted on the mountain, it was so plain that people could easily ignore it. I didn't expect that it would be quite beautiful in a single pot like this."

 Xu Yin: That’s because you put a filter on it.

If it were the height of summer, roses and jasmine should be blooming by now. Unfortunately, these two flowers are not cold-tolerant and will not bloom easily when the autumn wind blows.

But it’s okay, loosen the soil, cultivate some nutritious soil, and make the branches stronger. They will definitely have their flowering period next spring and summer.

 Nowadays, the cultivation of Spice Mountain has entered a stable period.

The boy who was sent out to look for sandalwood saplings, magnolia saplings, and laurel saplings has long since returned. The saplings he brought back were planted along the foot of the mountain before autumn.

Like roses and jasmine, these saplings will grow taller and stronger throughout the winter.

  Villagers are hired for daily maintenance of flower and saplings, and Xu Yin does not need to stay there all the time.

In her free time, she would follow the guidance of the government doctor to gain some superficial knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, starting with taking pulses and absorbing this knowledge bit by bit.

Of course, she would go to Spice Flower Hill every morning to exercise early in the morning.

Although this small body is much healthier than the sickly beauties in the world of movie queens, the ancient rich lady never left the house and did not exercise too much. In the first few days after arriving, if she hadn't used health pills as candy Douche, I really can’t bear the high-intensity sport of mountain climbing.

Now, she exercises every day, even though her skin tone is not as white as before. Compared with before, in her eyes, she is still fair and rosy, like a healthy apple. How could it be as exaggerated as Zi Yuan's tanning?

"Girl, the delivery from Liulicang has arrived, and this time it is said that it was successfully fired according to the girl's request."

On this day, she was reviewing the four diagnostic methods of inspection, hearing, inquiry, and incision in another hospital. Xu Kui came up to report.

When Xu Yin heard this, the distillation tools burned out? That must be seen.

"Walk!"

She put down her notes, went back to the back room, changed into her traveling clothes, and took the lead to walk down the mountain.

As he walked, he asked Xu Kui: "After the fragrance shop is built, have you cleaned it inside and out?"

 “Everything is packed according to the girl’s instructions.”

“That’s good. If the distillation tool is approved later and there is no problem, we will assemble it and try it.”

“Don’t worry, girl, I’ve asked the village chief to find a good person, and we can start work at any time.”

"Okay! From now on, the fragrance shop will be managed by you. Technically, it belongs to me, and you will be responsible for negotiations and personnel management."

Xu Kui was deeply moved when he heard what he said. He clasped his fists and raised his hands: "Thank you for the girl's respect. I will live up to the girl's trust and do my best to serve the girl!"

After being moved, I looked up and saw that the girl had already descended to the mountainside, and hurriedly chased after her:

 “Girl, the mountain road is rugged, please go slower!”

I thought that he, a big man, couldn't keep up with the girl's footsteps.

 Xu Yin: The only thing that separates you from my sister is a pair of [Xiaoyao insoles].   …

 After Xu Yin inspected the distillation tools and confirmed that they were qualified and usable, Xu Kui led the Liulicang guys to make the final payment.

By the time Xu Kui came back, Xu Yin was already instructing the young men hired by the village chief to assemble it.

“Girl, please rest, this kind of rough work is fine.”

Xu Yin can't rest assured if she doesn't keep an eye on it herself.

“It’s okay, you can ask someone to pick a few more bundles of lavender for later use.”

 It was still early for lunch, and she planned to try the water distillation method No. 2 and the water vapor distillation method No. 3 respectively.

 Look at the extraction of lavender essential oil, which method is more efficient.

 After the lavender extraction method is finalized, we will try the rosemary again.

Xu Kui immediately sent a boy up the mountain to spread the word, asking the hired workers who were maintaining flowers and trees on the mountain to pick several baskets of lavender.

 He followed Xu Yin to attack.

 Finally, all the glass distillation equipment was assembled.

Lavender is also picked from the spice mountains.

Water distillation method, as the name suggests, is to spread lavender on the upper half of the distillation barrel, fill the lower half with water, and steam it like rice and vegetables.

As the water boils, the oil and aroma of lavender will continue to evaporate with the water vapor. After condensation and separation of oil and water, these vapors are obtained as lavender essential oil.

Hydrovapor distillation method is to pour water into a surrounding glass tube.

With heating, the air in the distillation barrel gradually becomes hotter, thus evaporating the oil and aroma in the lavender.

 These two methods can extract lavender essential oil.

Based on the length of time, the content and quality of the extracted essential oils, Xu Yin came to a conclusion:

 The water distillation method extracts lavender essential oil in a short time and in large quantities, but the purity of the essential oil is not as good as that of the water vapor distillation method.

She came into contact with this industry in order to complete the additional task of "a legendary fragrance that amazes the world" released by the system. She was not just doing business to make money, so she finally decided on the water distillation method to extract lavender essential oil.

Similarly, subsequent tests on rosemary essential oil ultimately proved that the essential oil extracted by steam distillation was of higher purity and better quality.

Xu Yin made the decision without hesitation: "Xu Kui, write it down! From now on, these two kinds of flowers will be used to extract essential oils with Equipment No. 3."

 “Yes, girl.”

After Xu Kui wrote it down, he didn't understand and asked: "Girl, is this essential oil the fragrance you mentioned?"

 “Not really. But this one will work too.”

 She collected the lavender essential oil and rosemary essential oil that had been refined and extracted many times.

Hundreds of kilograms of lavender, and finally half a kilogram of essential oil was extracted.

The oil yield of rosemary is higher, and one pound of essential oil can be extracted from one hundred pounds.

  Xu Yin and Liulifang customized a batch of 10ml brown bottles containing essential oils, one for each flower type, and distributed them to the people below as a benefit.

 The village chief and the junior students who helped assemble the equipment were also fortunate enough to be assigned to a group.

 Xu Kui sent the rest to Xu's Spice Shop to promote it as a new product.

 (End of this chapter)