Chapter 51 Soap
The workshop area officially started construction in the cold winter. Xiao Ming also managed to have more than 900 mouths to eat in his hands. In addition, the recruits had to enter the camp again. This time, there were almost 3,000 mouths to eat.
Such continuous consumption of silver taels made Xiao Ming feel a lot of pressure, and at present, apart from business, he did not have any way to get rich quickly.
Therefore, whether it is preparing his own business, or using the Wang family and Qin family to make money, this money cannot be waited for.
After arranging the slave affairs, Xiao Ming went to the Wang family and talked about the issue with the barbarian trade.
"His Royal Highness, our Wang family dare not take such a big crime." Before Xiao Ming could finish speaking, Wang Chengchou knelt down with a "co-dong", and Wang Shijie was also sweating on his forehead, as if he was swaying.
They got news that both the emperor and the queen gave money to King Qi, and the news from Chang'an also proved from the side that the family of the emperor and the prince seemed to rely on King Qi.
The meaning of this prince who no one asked about is different from that of a prince who is in charge. Before, they dared to bully Xiao Ming's ignorance.
But now the power behind Xiao Ming forced them to carefully weigh the pros and cons. If Xiao Ming charged the Wang family with fornicating with foreign enemies because of this matter, the Wang family would probably be beheaded.
Even if the Wang family is powerful, they are not afraid of King Qi, and the Qingzhou army is not afraid, then there are the emperor and the prince. When the army moves, it is only a matter of time before the Wang family is annihilated.
Xiao Ming was a little helpless. It was the first time he saw fear in Wang Chengchou's eyes. It seemed that Xiao Wenxuan and the queen gave the money in a timely manner, which gave him enough power.
He said: "Wang Yuanwai, Wang brother, get up, get up, this king is not here to punish the crime, I think the two of you also know that a lot of cattle and sheep in the Huyantuo tribe were frozen to death on the grasslands this year, and now barbarian scouts are frequently outside Cangzhou city. Investigating the situation of the defenders, the two of you probably understand this."
Wang Chengchou wiped the sweat on his forehead and sneered: "His Royal Highness, I have heard of this, the cattle and sheep have indeed frozen to death a lot, and the barbarians on the grasslands usually eat goat milk, beef and sheep meat. The cattle and sheep are frozen to death, and there are no cubs. After the spring, there will be no cattle and sheep to let go, and then the barbarians will starve."
"Xiaowei Lu also said the same thing, so there is only one easiest way to solve this problem and avoid the barbarians' siege of Cangzhou." Xiao Ming said.
"Your Highness, please speak." Wang Chengchou said.
Xiao Ming didn't say it directly, because he didn't want to bear such a crime either. He attacked and tried to give Wang Chengchou a pitfall. He said, "The cattle and sheep are dead, so the merchants naturally don't want them, but the meat oil of the cattle and sheep can be used. What would happen to the barbarians who came to make soap if Wang Yuanwai exchanged grain for meat oil at this time? The barbarians only wanted beef and mutton, and meat oil was worthless to them. If these cheap meat oil were shipped back, they could be refined. What will happen to Wang Yuanwai if you make a large batch of soap?"
Wang Shijie and Wang Chengchou looked at each other with strange expressions.
"Okay, this is what this king said. I still hope that Cangzhou is safe." After saying this, Xiao Ming left the Wang family compound.
Wang Shijie immediately got up and sent Xiao Ming out, turned back in a short time, and said to Wang Chengchou: "Father, Your Highness is right, if you exchange food for meat and oil at this time, it will definitely be a huge profit, and His Highness's words seem to encourage us to do it. ."
Wang Chengchou was still kneeling on the ground at this time, then slowly got up and sat down on the chair, "This King Qi is really unpredictable, he doesn't want to take the charge of fornicating with foreign enemies, and he wants to resolve the danger of Cangzhou, but Our royal family can't take this risk either."
"Then what should I do?" Wang Shijie asked.
"Hey, it's not that there is no way, why should our Wang family take action on this matter? You just need to let the businessmen in Cangzhou get wind of this matter, saying that our Wang family buys meat oil, and then spreads the method of exchanging food from Huyantuo for meat oil. , are you afraid that no one will go? At that time, we just spent more money, and it was better than taking on this crime. I don’t want to have a handle in the hands of King Qi like the Qin family.” Wang Chengchou said while twisting his beard. .
Wang Shijie gave a thumbs up, "Dad, you are still brilliant."
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Seven days later, the Wang family shipped the first batch of meat oil to Qingzhou, and the final ingredients for soap production were also ready.
Although various sources of information proved that the Wang family did not have a suit, Xiao Ming was excited about the large amount of meat oil this time. For this reason, he specially asked the equipment department to build five huge iron pans, and also chose the place where the soap was made. the workshop area.
This is where soap will be produced in the future.
"His Royal Highness, this oily smell, how do you use this soap?" Luluo followed Xiao Ming this time and wanted to see the production process of soap.
Since the concept of soap was proposed, news of this soap has slowly spread in the palace and Qingzhou city.
For this kind of toiletries, of course, women are the most concerned.
There were five large stoves in front of Xiao Ming. Coal was burning on the stoves, and above them was a large two-meter-wide iron pot, and the meat oil inside was steaming hot.
Because it is winter, these meat oils have not rotted and deteriorated. The first step is to boil the fat and oil out of the oil. After all, the barbarians will not directly extract the oil for him.
After the fat and oil in the fat come out, the meat residue, skin and other things will be fished out. Now this step has been reached.
"Hey, the essence I asked you to prepare is not for nothing." Xiao Ming said at this time.
Luluo was stunned for a moment before she understood, and said shyly, "I thought His Highness was using it to make perfume."
This time Xiao Ming did not shy away from Wang Shijie, but asked him to come over in person. At this time, when he saw Xiao Ming flirting with Luluo, he couldn't help but envy, "Your Highness, good luck."
Luluo blushed, Xiao Ming glared at Wang Shijie, the boy kept his line for three words, he said, "This time I asked you to come to supervise the use of meat oil. This king has always been fair and just in his business. Take advantage of your royal family."
This time, the meat oil was provided by the Wang family, and it was inappropriate not to let the Wang family come. However, Xiao Ming was not afraid that the technique of soap would be learned, because the alkali was the key to soap making.
And this time Xiao Ming came directly with caustic soda, and Wang Shijie didn't know what it was used for.
The uncooled meat oil was orange-yellow and transparent, the same color as modern soybean oil. When the first pot of pure meat oil came out, Xiao Ming had someone pour caustic soda into it.
At this moment, there was a chemical reaction in the oil pan, and soon the meat and oil became viscous, like tofu brain, and then he had people pour the essence into it and stir.
When the soap in the frying pan was thick enough, he let ten sturdy slaves hold the iron pan and pour the soap into the prepared big cube mold.
After cooling down, the soap liquid turned into a large solidified square, milky white in color, very clean, and exuded a faint aroma. At this time, the slave in charge of cutting used a long knife to pull the soap out according to the squares. twine, and cut the soap into standard small cubes.