So after handing over the copied materials to Salo early the next morning, Li Yun hurried back to the old camp. After some renovations, the old camp has been put back into use.

After arriving at the old camp, Li Yun did not delay time, and immediately led people to escort the raw materials for making soap to Yuehu Stream, and after the initial construction of Yuehu Stream, several log factories have been erected, and even the green branches of many logs have not been completely cut off. But even so, Li Yun decided to start production as soon as possible, because the fragile capital chain of the Vermilion Bird Army could not be delayed.

Fortunately, the process of making soap was not complicated, and the materials and equipment required were also very simple, so Song Dacheng could easily raise them all.

According to the information collected by Li Yun from the Internet, the first step in making soap is to prepare lye, and after the lye is prepared, the boiled oil is poured into it and stirred, so that it can complete the saponification reaction, and after the saponification reaction is completed, the upper layer is the soap base, and the lower layer is glycerin.

However, it is easier said than done, the pH and temperature of the lye, the boiling of the oil, the temperature control of the saponification reaction, the ratio of the oil to the lye, etc. are extremely difficult to control. Although there are a full set of tutorials, processes and material ratios on the Internet, Li Yun and those workers are doing it for the first time, and the equipment is very simple, so the first production ended in failure.

The faces of the workers who failed to make soap were a little ugly, but Li Yun didn't blame them, because Li Yun didn't plan to succeed in the experiment the first time, anyway, the materials were sufficient, as long as he slowly groped, he could always master the trick.

So he comforted the workers with a few words: "Don't be discouraged, it's just a failure, everyone will succeed if you take your time!" ”

"Brother Xie!"

Hearing Li Yun say this, the workers finally regained their confidence.

Later, under the leadership of Li Yun, everyone prepared lye again, although the second, third and fourth times still ended in failure, but each time there was progress. With the accumulation of experience, those workers gradually became skilled, and finally after half of all the materials were consumed, the first pot of soap finally completed the saponification reaction.

I saw Li Yun carefully checking and confirming the quality of the soap base, while everyone stared at him nervously.

After a while, Li Yun finally nodded and announced with a smile: "Everyone did a good job, we succeeded!" ”

"Oh!"

"Hooray!"

"Great!"

Hearing the success of the experiment, everyone let out a burst of enthusiastic shouts.

After everyone was happy, Li Yun motioned for everyone to be quiet, "Everyone has worked hard, we will give everyone a meal tonight and hold a celebration banquet, but now everyone should work hard and finish the rest of the work first." ”

"No!"

The experiment was successful, and everyone's morale was very high, so they continued to work, and after making two more pots, everyone gradually mastered the trick. However, this is at most a soap base, and if you want to add value, you must turn the soap base into soap, which is much simpler than the saponification reaction.

So under the guidance of Li Yun, everyone first made goat's milk into cream, then added honey, spices, floral essential oils, etc., and then added to the melted soap base for stirring, and then poured it into the mold to cool after it was completely integrated, so that a piece of soap was ready.

Li Yun's purpose in making soap is to raise funds, so his sales are positioned as wealthy high-end people, not ordinary people, so he must do his best to improve the quality of soap, so as to obtain the maximum benefit. To this end, he specially ordered the engineering team to make many beautiful molds, and added flower petals and other materials to the soap. Moreover, after the soap is formed, it is carefully carved by skilled workers and engraved with beautiful poems and songs.

At the same time, the wooden box is also a precious wood from Linquan Village, each of which is exquisite and valuable, in short, under the existing conditions, Li Yun has improved the pressure of the soap to the extreme.

Finally, when all the workers had thoroughly mastered the manufacturing process of soap, Li Yun instructed them to use their brains, try to add different floral essential oils, make different fragrances, and then left with only a few finished products. And those workers also faithfully carried out Li Yun's orders, but the flowers in Canglan Mountain also fell into bad luck, and the disaster was not light, and even in the end, there were not enough flowers, and the soap factory had to send special personnel to plant.

It takes a lot of brains to make the soap and sell it, because Li Yun doesn't plan to hand over the soap to Song Dacheng's mountain goods store for sale. This is because Song Dacheng's mountain goods store undertakes the heavy responsibility of collecting craftsmen and talents for the transfer of materials for the Vermilion Bird Army, so it must be low-key and not attract attention. The hot sales of soap can be expected, and it will definitely attract the peeps and greed of many people at that time, once Song Dacheng enters the sight of these people, the secrets on his body will definitely not be guaranteed, which is very dangerous.

Therefore, the soap business can only be done by those big merchants with strong strength and backstage support, and only those big merchants have enough relationships and background to sell soap to the rich high-end people, and this big business can only let Lin Quanzhai pull the strings.

Although Lin Quanzhai lives in the mountains, Li Yun absolutely believes that they still maintain trade with the outside world, because in order for people to survive, many resources necessary for survival are indispensable. Supplies such as salt, ironware, cloth, and tea had to be obtained by trading with the outside world. However, the relationship between the Yueshan clan and the Qianyuan Empire is not harmonious, and the merchants who can withstand this pressure to trade with Linquanzhai must not be weak.

At the same time, Li Yun asked Lin Quanzhai to match, but also wanted to share the interests of Lin Quanzhai and won over Lin Quanzhai. Moreover, Li Yun's strength is weak now, whether he runs it himself or seeks the cooperation of the big chamber of commerce, he may be swallowed by the other party even with people, so it is very wise and necessary to find a strong ally for himself for the sake of safety.

After returning to the Hidden Dragon Valley, it was getting late, and Li Yun began to copy the book after finishing his routine work, and when he finished copying the book, he was thinking about visiting Linquan Village. In fact, Li Yun had long wanted to visit Linquan Village, and he had proposed it to Salo several times, but each time he was rejected by Salo on the grounds that the Han people were not allowed to enter the village, and Salo did not allow it, and Xiongshan and Clouded Leopard and others did not dare to agree.

However, Li Yun of Linquanzhai has to go, since he takes the initiative to go to others and is unwilling to deal with him, then let them invite him in.

The next day, after Li Yun sent the information to Salo as usual, he found Xiongshan and said to him: "Brother Xiongshan, I have been harassing in Yinlong Valley for a few days, and I have never had the opportunity to visit the clansmen of Linquan Village, and I am very ashamed, so I want to ask Brother Xiongshan for a favor. ”

Of course, Xiongshan knew what Li Yun wanted to say, and Li Yun had also talked to him these days, but the Han people were not allowed to enter the village, which was the iron law of Linquan Village, and even the elders could not violate it, because Linquan Village was almost wiped out a hundred years ago.

I saw Xiongshan a little embarrassed and said: "But Li Yun has a rule in the village, you can't take the Han people back to the village casually, you ......."

At this time, Xiongshan was indeed very embarrassed, and he still admired Li Yunxiongshan very much, especially after a period of common training and getting along, he and everyone in the Vermilion Bird Army established a deep friendship. So he didn't want to refuse Li Yun, but he didn't dare to violate the rules of the village.

And Li Yun patted Xiongshan's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Xiongshan, since there are regulations in Linquanzhai, I won't embarrass you, I just want you to present my mind on your behalf." As he spoke, Li Yun took out the boxes of beautifully shaped soaps.

Hearing this, Xiongshan suddenly felt relieved, "So that's the case!" That's no problem for me! ”

If it's just a matter of sending something, it's not a violation of the rules of the village, so Xiongshan happily agreed.

After taking the soap, Xiongshan asked with some doubts: "Leader Li Yun, what is this, it smells good." ”

Li Yun smiled and said, "This is the soap for bathing, I want to ask you to help me transfer it to Miss Lan Ying and Elder Yayu, firstly, to apologize for the previous abrupt offense, and secondly, to express my heart to Lin Quanzhai." ”

As soon as he heard that it was just something for bathing, Xiongshan was not interested, and at this time he didn't know what kind of chaos these few inconspicuous little things would cause in Linquan Village.

And after Xiongshan set off, Li Yun couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of his mouth, although it was a little unkind to use Xiongshan, but Li Yun had no other way, Lin Quanzhai was holding on to their village rules, so Li Yun could only use some small means.

In fact, Li Yun's idea is very simple, no matter what the beauty psychology of women in that world will not change. Through understanding, he knew that even the nobles in this world used pancreas for bathing, a cleaning product made of pig pancreas and soaphorn, not only has poor decontamination ability, but also tastes bad. So as long as you have used soap, no one will refuse this kind of strong decontamination ability, especially after using it will still have a lingering fragrance, especially women!

Therefore, Li Yun asked Xiongshan to give the soap to Lan Ying and the five elders Yayu, just to set off a soap storm in Linquan Village. However, this storm still needs to brew for a while, and during this time, Li Yun has more important things to do.

Li Yun originally sent Song Dacheng out of the mountain for two purposes, one was to transport all kinds of materials, and the other was to collect craftsmen, because whether it was a civilian industry or a military industry, a large number of skilled craftsmen were needed. However, the ability of the Suzaku Army's engineering team is limited and cannot support subsequent industrial expansion, so for the expansion of the Suzaku Army, it is particularly important to collect all kinds of craftsmen.

Moreover, these craftsmen cannot be used immediately even if they go to the mountains, because what Li Yun wants to establish is a modern assembly line factory, which needs to be standardized and regularized, so these craftsmen will have to undergo a period of intensive training. At the same time, with the production of soap on the right path, the Suzaku Army obtained a large amount of glycerin, which means that the explosives project is about to be launched!