Steel Dynasty - Chapter 52

[Chapter 52 Butterfly Effect]

“Your Highness, is this soap?”

Wang Shijie’s eyes glowed, and he reached out to pick up a piece of soap. He had seen soap before, but this soap was very black, not as clean, beautiful, and pleasing to the eye as soap.

“Wait a minute, you can’t move yet.” Xiao Ming reminded: “The soap has not completely condensed yet, you have to wait for a day or two.”

This time Xiao Ming’s method of making soap is basically a handmade soap method, and it is not completely Industrial soap making technology is used, because in industry, in order to speed up the coagulation speed of soap, salting out is also needed.

However, this method requires more precise control of the amount of salt. Instead of doing this, it is better to cool down for two days. After all, the Wang family only needs two days to prepare the caravan and ships, so it does not waste time.

Luluo also looked obsessed at this time, holding her hands over her heart, and there were little stars twinkling in her eyes.

Chen Longwen was ordered to keep an eye on the soap. Two days later, Xiao Ming came over in person and took away part of the soap.

He wanted to send this part to Chang’an. When this new thing came out, he naturally wanted to give it to Concubine Zhen for her use, and at the same time, it could also be used by the concubines in the harem to promote him.

He knew very well that at this time, the folk customs were driven by these concubines.

“Your Highness, how much silver taels are you going to sell this soap to us at?”

Two days later, Wang Shijie came to Prince Qi’s Mansion to ask about the price of soap. After the soap was produced, the pricing issue also came up.

The soap itself can only be used by the rich and powerful, so the soap is naturally targeted at them.

“What does Brother Wang think?” Xiao Ming is not stupid. In this kind of pricing, whoever opens his mouth first will suffer first.

Wang Shijie mused: “The soap in Chang’an City is only enough for the ladies in the palace. It is a tribute and has little sales among the people. In order to sell soap, I asked someone to inquire about it. The purchase price in the palace is 20 Five taels a piece of soap. Our soap is much stronger than a soap, and it is also larger. One soap is enough to last a month. In this case, I think fifty taels a piece of soap is not expensive. “

Five. Twelve pieces of soap is definitely a sky-high price in modern times, but times are different, and the prices of goods are naturally different. Soaps at this time in Great Chongqing are basically equivalent to modern Chanel, or even higher. Such comparison Come on, the price of this soap is not expensive.

After all, the people he sold to were the most powerful and wealthy people in the Great Yu Kingdom.

“What Brother Wang said is reasonable. In that case, how about I give you five taels of profit for this piece of soap?” Xiao Ming said.

“Thirty taels?” Wang Shijie showed a look of pain, “Your Highness, the Qin family’s Zui Qingzhou is a profit of ten taels.”

“Then the Qin family’s Zui Qingzhou can reach 1,500 jars in one shipment?” Xiao Ming said, This time, 1,500 bars of soap were produced at one time. Xiao Ming would be stupid if the profit exceeded three taels.

Wang Shijie was speechless. Zui Qingzhou could only produce a few hundred jars at a time, and because of food problems, Xiao Ming also strictly controlled the output.

Unlike this soap, where you can get as much as you want, even if the Wang family makes a small profit, it will be a small profit but a quick turnover. Wang Chengchou and Wang Shijie are aware of this.

“In that case, I will go back and discuss it with my father, and then come back and report to His Highness.” Wang Shijie did not dare to reply to Xiao Ming yet.

After seeing off Wang Shijie, Xiao Ming called Li Kaiyuan over, “Our palace’s business cannot be monopolized by the Wang family and the Qin family, otherwise, over time, I’m afraid a lot of dirty things will happen. This time, I will get drunk in Qingzhou and take out the soap.” 50%, you can transport these to the south for sale. “

Your Highness, why don’t you take over the business of both companies? In this way, the profits will belong to our palace,” Li Kaiyuan asked. He became the shopkeeper of a trading company, and his mentality changed quickly, and he quickly entered the role of a businessman.

Xiao Ming said: “Nowadays, the four powerful families in Qingzhou are still very powerful. Whether it is the smooth communication of government orders or the implementation of the farming order, they need their cooperation. Otherwise, if they interfere with it, the development of the fiefdom will be difficult and give up.” A little profit may seem like a disadvantage, but for this benefit, they will give benefits to me everywhere. “

Li Kaiyuan said, “I understand, let’s prepare the merchant ship to go to the south.”

Xiao Ming nodded. , watching Li Kaiyuan leave, the purpose of establishing his trading company was to further take back business rights, and also to prevent the Wang family and the Qin family from setting prices privately.

The pricing power of Zuiqingzhou and Soap is in his hands, but no one can guarantee that the Wang family and the Qin family will not pursue the highest profits and raise prices privately.

Now that his business is involved, the two companies will inevitably restrain themselves.

Wang Shijie came back not long after he left. To his surprise, the Wang family agreed. Even a fool could see that he made no less than Qin Chuanyun from this business.

First there was Zui Qingzhou, then perfume and soap. Now Xiao Ming is planning to focus on creating these three products, especially soap, which will continue to expand in scale and maximize profits.

So this winter, he plans to focus on the workshop area and build a series of workshops such as a special brewing workshop, a soap workshop, a perfume workshop, a steel-making workshop, a hydraulic lathe workshop, etc. In the future, this area will become the heart of Qingzhou’s industry.

At the same time, Li Kaiyuan’s caravan, the Wang family’s caravan, and the Qin family’s caravan went in all directions, carrying these goods and bringing back huge amounts of silver. In the first winter of Xiao Ming’s arrival, a The wings of a small butterfly fluttered from Qingzhou and began to affect the lives of all walks of life in the entire Chongqing Kingdom…

Chang’an City, in the imperial palace.

“Empress, did you use this soap last night? Oh, you don’t know how comfortable it was after using this soap in the shower last night. It seems like all the soap was washed in vain before.” A concubine said.

“Isn’t it? After using this, I feel that my skin is much smoother and smells better.”

“And the most important thing is that this soap can remove oil when taking a bath. My skin is the most oily.

“Compared to this soap, soap is really embarrassing. I asked the palace maid to throw it away and never use it again.” Another concubine expressed his opinion

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Empress Zhao watched with a smile as the concubines discussed the soap. This soap had just been sent by King Qi from Qingzhou. With the experience of the last perfume, the concubines quickly snatched up the soap and the next day. Let’s get together and talk about this soap.

Concubine De said at this time: “But it seems that someone is selling soap in Chang’an City, but how do those people outside the imperial city understand the magical effects of this soap.”

“Yes, Sister Zhenfei also said that the people in our palace The soap is specially provided by the King of Qi. The materials used in this soap are of the highest quality and cannot be compared to ours.” A concubine said proudly.

Concubine Zhen and Queen Zhao looked at each other, and Queen Zhao understood in her heart and said: “The soap outside belongs to King Qi too. King Qi is so obedient, so we should help him more.”

A concubine said: ” Your Majesty is right, I will summon my sister into the palace and tell her that all the concubines in the palace are using soap. “

Concubine Zhen smiled and nodded. This time Xiao Ming bribed the right person and obtained these concubines .

With the concubine’s favor, he didn’t have to worry about anyone speaking to him.

(End of chapter)