Lin'an, Wenfu.

In a house in the backyard, four people were wearing masks, leaving only their eyes outside. At this moment, everyone was staring at an iron cage on the table with interest. The iron cage was not big, and there were three mice running around inside.

What's the situation?

After a while, one of the mice stopped. Looking at the situation, it seemed that they could not breathe. Soon, the mice began to twitch, and after a while, they stopped moving again.

Not long after, the second mouse began to repeat the symptoms of the first mouse and soon died.

The third mouse had been tossing for a while, completely ignoring the two dead rat companions, running happily in the cage, as if nothing had happened. But just as two of the four people lost their patience and were about to leave, the mouse finally began to twitch, and finally died without exception.

Doctor Wang opened the cage, pulled the rat, and confirmed that all the three rats were dead. Then he turned around, pulled down his mask and said:

"The number 1 mouse that was fed the most dose died the fastest, followed by the medium dose of No. 2 mouse, followed by the number 3 mouse that was fed the smallest dose, died at the end. The poison of detergent has been confirmed, alas! Its toxicity cannot be underestimated."

The other three exchanged glances and walked out of the room.

The three people unbuttoned their masks and revealed three young faces, including Wen Yuan, the owner of this place. The other two were Cai Jianwen, who often walked around the Wen Mansion, and the other was Yuan Xie's second son Yuan Fu.

The three mice in the cage were fed "grape", which is the face makeup powder commonly used for women to apply makeup - Hu powder. The dose of feeding is high and low. After watching the test personally, the three of them couldn't help but feel secretly surprised. They didn't expect that the Hu powder used by women to apply makeup was actually toxic, which was really incredible.

Hu flour is also called Shao flour, because it is mostly produced in Shaozhou (the other place of origin is Chenzhou on Jinghu South Road). The main raw material of Hu flour is lead. This white fine powder made from steamed lead with vinegar can remain white for a long time. It has to be said that due to the confidentiality of technology, the tips for using lead to make Hu flour are unknown to outsiders. The origin is Shaozhou and Chenzhou, which is not expensive and it is very good to put on makeup. For hundreds of years, women have long been accustomed to using Hu flour, which is called detergent in poetry and essays, to put on makeup.

Among the three, Wen Yuan knew that yesterday, the three mice fed lead metal powder and died one by one, and Wen Yuan had already felt the toxicity of lead. Similar experiments have been performed by Doctor Yu in Kaohsiung, and Wen Yuan only verified them again in Lin'an. Today's experiment, first, Wen Yuan needs to verify, and second, it is also for Cai Jianwen and Yuan Xie to testify.

After seeing the scene just now, Cai Jianwen couldn't calm down at this moment. He took a breath and sighed:

"I didn't expect that the makeup powder commonly used by women was so toxic! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would definitely not believe it. However, in this case, women don't know what makeup powder they should use to put on makeup."

Cai Jianwen has been walking in a romantic place for a long time. He used to be as fragrant as a beautiful woman's pretty face from time to time, but now he suddenly realized that those pretty faces were full of poison. Cai Jianwen was sweating coldly for a moment. Oh my god! They applied makeup and powder, and they actually applied a layer of poison, which made them confused and ate a lot of lead poison. Thinking about the situation where the mouse was twitching just now, I felt chill all over and my face was unconsciously pale.

In Wenyuan and Yuan Fu's eyes, Cai Jianwen was completely bitter at this time.

Wen Yuan smiled and said:

"Brother Cai doesn't have to worry that the beauty has no makeup powder. Don't you think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If Brother Cai is interested, you might as well think of a new makeup powder. Let's take a look at it. It's a good way to make a good life for a woman to make a makeup powder."

"Where can I make any makeup powder? Brother Wen was joking."

Halfway through the talk, I suddenly realized that I didn’t know how to do anything, and it doesn’t mean that Mao Geng, who knows everything, doesn’t know how to do anything, so he quickly turned around:

"You mean - hehe, I know, did Mr. Mao invent new makeup powder? It must be like this! It must be like this! In this case, I must also occupy some shares."

Cai Jianwenzheng said, a voice outside took over the conversation:

"Haha, what new invention is there? But don't forget that there is still something good? I wonder if there is any chance to get involved?"

The person who came was laughing and laughing, but it was Wu Xi, who both Wenyuan and Cai Jianwen knew. Wu Xi was also a guest at Wen Mansion. Wenyuan hurriedly greeted:

"So it's Brother Wu. Come on, come on, please sit down! Watch the tea!"

Wu Xi had a lot of friends in Lin'an. When Mao Geng was in Lin'an, Mao Geng Wenyuan and Wu Xi had also met because of Han Tuozhou. However, Mao Geng vaguely remembered that Wu Xi was a guy who rebelled against Song and Jin in history, so he had no intention of having a close relationship. Every time he met, he seemed lukewarm and hot, and he did not take Wu Xi, the prince of the aristocratic family seriously. When Mao Geng left Lin'an, he had also told Wen Yuan not to have a deep relationship with Wu Xi, but Wen Yuan and Wu Xi had been dating for a long time, so he took Mao Geng's words in his ears. You must know that between the court and the country, Wu Xi was always a generous and generous style of aristocratic family, and his interactions with others were like harmless and lovable. However, Wen Yuan also liked to make friends. After a while, he had further contact with Wu Xi. However, Wen Yuan still remembered some of Mao Geng's instructions, and was still not without any precautions towards Wu Xi.

Wen Yuan introduced Yuan Fu to Wu Xi. When Wu Xi learned that Yuan Fu was Yuan Xie's son, he became very enthusiastic about Yuan Fu. Yuan Xie was Lu Jiuyuan's disciple. Wu Xi was operating and leaving Lin'an to lead troops to train troops. Lu Jiuyuan must strive to make friends. Of course, Yuan Xie had to win over. But Wu Xi's enthusiasm made Yuan Fu a little flattered. After all, Wu Xi's ancestors in front of him were the famous Wu Jie and Wu Lin.

Of course, I was polite again. Wu Xi and Yuan Fu both felt the other's kindness, and the atmosphere between the host and the host seemed extremely harmonious.

After hearing the experiment, Wu Xi was surprised and naturally looked forward to the prospect of the non-toxic new makeup powder.

Originally, according to Wen Yuan's arrangement, today we asked Cai Jianwen and Yuan Fu to witness the toxicity of lead, providing evidence for a series of reports on lead poisoning in the future of the "New News". But since we talked about makeup powder just now, Wen Yuan believes that charity reports will not prevent us from taking the opportunity to make money. The new makeup powder invented by Mao Geng is best to participate with Cai Jianwen and Wu Xi. If they become shareholders, they will naturally promote it. Cai Jianwen's brothel in Lin'an is still quite influential, and Wu Xi's influence in Sichuan is even more undesirable.

Speaking of which, Mao Geng made new non-toxic makeup powder for the health of the women of the Song Dynasty. In Mao Geng's later generations, women who love beauty often showed a desperate spirit. Mao Geng believed that if they could not provide makeup powder that could replace "grain" for women of the Song Dynasty, they might continue to risk using lead-containing Hu powder.

For Mao Geng, it is not too difficult to create a new makeup powder that replaces Hu powder. With talc powder, fine calcium carbonate powder, and by-product glycerin, a by-product of soap making, and then add something else and try different formulas, a new makeup powder will be made.

However, Mao Geng felt that makeup powder was used by women after all, so there was no need to let Han Tuozhou go to the general distribution, so he decided to hand it over to Wenyuan, including finding two or three reliable shareholders, and also handing it over to Wenyuan.

Reporting the toxicity of lead is Mao Geng's focus. In order to implement his own plan, Mao Geng asked Wen Yuan to report the toxicity of lead in stages instead of shooting the bullets at once. However, Mao Geng did not explain why this was the case in Fei Ge's letter. This included Mao Geng's considerations, and he could only grasp the degree of his own. Mao Geng did not intend to tell anyone in advance, including Wen Yuan.

Wen Yuan didn't understand why, so he took his own initiative and took advantage of the situation to pull Cai and Wu into the shareholders of makeup powder.

When shareholders are shareholders, they will have the awareness of shareholders. Cai Jianwen and Wu Xi know that they don’t have to worry about any technical problems. Mao Geng’s creation must be a fine product and it doesn’t cost them such unprofessional shareholders. But once Wu Xi and Cai Jianwen stand on the stance of new makeup powder shareholders, they will immediately share the same hatred and are determined to defeat Hu fans who occupy the big part of the market in one fell swoop.

"It is not only in the Xinbao, but also in the Beijing News of the Great Song Dynasty, but also in the Sichuan News. In short, Hu powder is poisonous and must be understood by all the people of the Great Song Dynasty." Cai Jianwen said.

Wu Xi seemed calmer, and what he said was much more impressive:

"Brother Cai said so much. How could I use such poisonous powder for my Song Dynasty again? For my descendants of the Song Dynasty, not only should the newspaper be published, but the government should also post a notice to prevent women from using makeup with purse."

Yuan Fu thought to himself that Wu Xi is worthy of being a famous family, and he is indeed more careful in his work.

When Wen Yuan heard this, he thought that the two new shareholders had just decided to invest and immediately became the master of the country. He secretly praised it. However, the publicity must be carried out according to Mao Geng’s plan:

"Brother Wu and Brother Cai, this career has been arranged. The "Singapore Xinbao" has published an article "Lead is Toxic, please stay away from lead". When this issue of "Singapore Xinbao" arrives in Lin'an, the "Singapore Xinbao" will be reproduced, and at the same time publishes Brother Yuan's actual observation and report. As for the publication in the "Great Song Beijing News", experiments like today have to be done again or even several times."

"Yes, let Lu You see the demonstration, and the "Great Song Beijing News" will definitely be published."

Yuan Fu and Wen Yuan are similar in age, and they are at an ideal age. In Yuan Fu's heart, he felt that it was his responsibility to let the women of the Song Dynasty avoid toxic Hu fans one day, and it was also the responsibility of all conscientious newspapers including the Beijing News of the Song Dynasty.

Wen Yuan was confident and said with a smile:

"Don't worry! The Great Song Beijing News will definitely be published. Tell me, today's experiment is just the beginning. According to the next arrangement, Wang Langzhong will have exciting experiments at the back!"

Wu Xi missed the experiment today, and now she seemed much more anticipated than the other two, so she asked curiously:

"What a wonderful experiment?"

"There are two trials, all in all, which are more exciting than today's trials. One of them is the test of the toxicity of copper coins."

"Are copper coins also poisonous?" Yuan Fu said he could not understand.

In fact, Cai Jianwen and Wu Xi cannot fully understand.

"The copper coins contain at least 20% lead, and some are as high as 30%, which is of course poisonous." Wen Yuan said this with a complete look of taking it for granted after yesterday's test and today's fair test.

"Oh, Brother Wen, why not take advantage of the time being today and let Doctor Wang demonstrate two experiments to let Wu feast his eyes on it. How about it?"

Wu Xi has never seen the previous experiments, and it is reasonable to want to see the rest of the experiments with your own eyes.

"It's a pity that there are no rats." Wen Yuan did not lie. Yesterday and today's experiments have indeed consumed all the mice resources reserved in advance.

Damn! Without mice, can this be used as a reason?

"Without a mouse, can the dog be okay? I have raised more than a dozen hunting dogs there. If possible, just bring two of them." Wu Xi said that there are some hunting dogs in his place. As long as he can try, it is nothing to die two hunting dogs.

"No, you have to have a mouse."

According to Mao Geng's design, the experiment that proves the toxicity of copper coins is more particular. It is necessary to grill copper coins, but the copper coins cannot be melted. As long as lead steam escapes, it is enough. At this time, of course, it is best to use mice to test. Although there are no guinea pigs, the mice can be regarded as competent experimental subjects. So far, the performance of mice has not been disappointing. If it were replaced by dogs with N times stronger resistance, the experiment might not be so effective.

"Okay, wait until I catch the mouse and then climb to the gate of the Zun Mansion."

Wu Xi admitted it seriously.
Chapter completed!