Ji Xinyu nodded, asked He Xingwang to bring in the ten villagers and Yang Xiaobao at the door, and divided the soap production process into five parts: making alkaline aqueous solution, mixing lard to complete the saponification reaction, taking out the lard and pressing it into the mold, drying, and cutting paper packaging.

The villagers were divided into two groups, and while teaching their own procedures, Aiden was asked to carry out spiritual transmission, and finally ordered everyone's procedures not to be leaked.

The workshop was divided into two rows in the middle of the workshop, and the semi-finished products could be easily transported to the next area by dragging, from lard production to the final production of soap, which was considered to complete a simple soap production line, and another workshop next to it was used as a temporary warehouse.

Arranged the production line of the completion workshop, Ji Xinyu found that the soap he had just tried to make had been dried by two villagers who had learned the drying process, and Ji Xinyu asked them to cut the soap into small pieces according to the size drawn on the mold, and then divide the small pieces into five parts.

Holding a small piece of soap, Ji Xinyu was also a little excited, he hadn't taken a bath with cleaning supplies for a long time, so he asked someone to fetch a basin of water, stretched out his hand and rubbed it in the basin, and soon a large amount of foam appeared.

The villagers next to him and He Xingwang looked at the object in Ji Xinyu's hand curiously, and Ji Xinyu, who had washed his hands, looked at He Xingwang and asked with a smile: "Does Steward He know what this is?" ”

He Xingwang took a step forward, looked at the confusion on the soap's face, bowed down and replied: "Young master, the villain doesn't know, please teach the young master." ”

Ji Xinyu turned around and looked around, beckoned to Yang Xiaobao, and then turned around and asked He Xingwang: "Do you know the soap horn?" ”

He Xingwang nodded and replied: "I know this, we often use soap horns to wash clothes, and we will also use it to wash our bodies, but the price is relatively high, and ordinary people can't afford it." ”

It's easy to know what soap horn is, Ji Xinyu raised the soap in his hand and told He Xingwang: "This is called 'soap', you can also wash your hands, wash your body, wash your clothes, and wash your hair, which is much better than soaphorn." ”

He Xingwang picked up a piece of soap, looked left and right, sniffed it again, and said, "It's better than soap?" How to use it well? ”

At this time, Yang Xiaobao walked in front of Ji Xinyu and looked at the soap in Ji Xinyu's hand curiously. Ji Xinyu looked at him and said with a smile: "Xiaobao, do you know how to wash clothes?" ”

"Young master, I'm not very good at it, I see that my mother knocks on wood to wash clothes, but I can't wash it when I knock it" Yang Xiaobao is very smart, knowing that Ji Xinyu is the owner here, and now he also learns to call Young Master Ji Xinyu like He Xingwang.

Ji Xinyu smiled and said, "It's okay, you take off your coat now and wash it in this basin." Ji Xinyu put the basin on the ground and asked Yang Xiaobao to wash his clothes.

Yang Xiaobao hesitated for a moment, looked at Ji Xinyu timidly, and finally took off his clothes, put them in the basin, and began to wash his clothes. ”

Yang Xiaobao's body was not very clean, and he had just moved the ore, which was even dirtier, and his clothes were already black before he could rub the water in them. Ji Xinyu couldn't cry or laugh, asked someone to change the water, and Yang Xiaobao continued to wash.

Yang Xiaobao himself is only 12 years old, and he doesn't have much strength, so after rubbing for a while, he has to change the water again. After changing the water three times, the clothes were finally washed. Ji Xinyu rubbed the clothes in the water again, removed the last bit of foam, and handed the clothes to He Xingwang.

Xiaobao on the side was a little anxious, lowered his head and whispered, "Young Master, the clothes are mine." ”

Ji Xinyu smiled and said: "I know it's Xiaobao's clothes, Xiaobao washes the clothes very cleanly, let Steward He take a look, and I'll return them to you in a while." ”

He Xingwang took the clothes, his eyes widened, the clothes in front of him were already very clean, although there were still a few faint traces, but they couldn't be seen anymore, and they should be washed off if they were washed carefully. You must know that in this era, washing clothes was originally a very troublesome thing, and washing clothes had to be repeatedly beaten on the stones by the river or the well to squeeze the stolen goods out of the clothes to achieve the effect of cleaning. Not only is this time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it also causes the garment to deteriorate quickly.

And just now it was just a little kid who took soap and washed it in a basin, and it was so clean. He Xingwang was a little stunned, looked up at Ji Xinyu and said, "Young master...... This soap ...... So powerful? ”

asked someone to call a bucket of water and asked Yang Xiaobao to wash his hair with soap next to the bucket. In this era, adults' hair is rarely washed, and even if they are washed, they are oily after a while after washing. Children only use water to rinse, and you can know how dirty the hair is by looking at Xiaobao's knotted hair.

Xiaobao, who used the soap, also knew how to use it, and began to rub it on his hair, and the foam was soon produced, and after changing the water a few times and finally washing it, He Xingwang went up and touched it again, and said with an amazed face: "Young master, you are really a god who can change spells!" It's really amazing, it's so easy to wash off so dirty clothes, wash your hair so clean, it's been a long time since I've seen such clean hair......"

I have to say that the sanitary situation in this era is really bad, the dignitaries and dignitaries are better, and it is almost impossible for ordinary people to buy personal daily necessities, and it is very good to eat two meals a day.

Ji Xinyu looked at He Xingwang, who was a little excited, and asked, "If you come to buy five such big pieces of soap, how much silver are you willing to spend to buy it?" ”

"Five so big?" He Xingwang repeated, looked at the mold next to him, thought of the size of the soap that had just come out of the mold, frowned and thought about it, and replied: "Young master, if there are five so big, you can use it to wash your body and wash your clothes, and the villain thinks it can be sold for eighty wen."

Ji Xinyu just nodded when he heard this, and did not reply. Eighty Wen is equivalent to the price of almost one pound of rice, He Xingwang used to be an errand in Shu Wangfu, three taels a month, and he was not considered a poor family. Especially after becoming a housekeeper, the monthly money is higher than before and has become four taels, so he said that eighty wen does not feel very expensive.

He Xingwang doesn't think it's expensive, but Ji Xinyu thinks it's expensive, and if ordinary people exchange eight or two meters for a piece of soap, they will also feel very expensive.

What Ji Xinyu wants is not only the rich who can afford soap, what he wants is that the people can afford it. So he was going to sell it for thirty or even twenty wen, after all, now that he had a limestone mine, the cost of sharing a piece of soap was only about ten wen.

He Xingwang was instructed to send these hundreds of pieces of soap to the intersection, vacate a house at the intersection, convert it into a shop, and list it as "Lingchuan Firm", and the product was soap. And posted a notice at the door, "Lingchuan Mansion opens to send soap, and nearby villagers can receive a piece of soap for each household." Muramasa can collect it on a first-come, first-served basis. ”

Ji Xinyu plans to give small pieces of soap as gifts to villagers in several nearby villages, one is to let the villagers try it and understand the benefits of soap, and the other is to deepen the surrounding villagers' sense of identity with Lingzhou Mansion.

The workbench still needs a day to complete, and before the workbench is built, Ji Xinyu asked a few workers to practice making on the existing stove first, even if they are not skilled and in poor shape, they can be given away as gifts. As for how to start selling in Qiongzhou City, Ji Xinyu thought of Xue Rui.

The next day, Ji Xinyu took He Xingwang and a few guards, changed into civilian clothes and came to Qiongzhou Mansion, and found Xue Rui again in the Xue family firm on West Street.

"Mr. Xue, I took the liberty to visit me today, and I still look at Haihan." Ji Xinyu sat down and said to Xue Rui with a smile.

Xue Rui smiled and bowed down and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince is polite, the Xue family business firm can be visited by His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, it is a blessing for the three lives, and it is full of brilliance." Last time, he failed to recognize Shizi in the trumpet, and Xue was ashamed. If it weren't for Xue Mou who knew the identity of the prince from an acquaintance in the government, he would still be kept in the dark. ”

"Mr. Xue's words are serious, the kid has just arrived in Qiongzhou, and he can't enter Qiongzhou City to settle down, he is very down, where can he afford Mr. Xue's love." Hearing Xue Rui's answer, Ji Xinyu could also hear that Xue Rui's was not simple. The last time he went to the prefect to meet with the prefect, there were not many people around him, they should all be the prefect's cronies, and it was difficult for ordinary businessmen to have an internal response in the prefect's yamen.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is humble, I don't know what His Highness is doing this time to visit the trumpet?" Xue Rui didn't be polite anymore and asked.