Ji Xinyu looked up at Xue Rui and said with a smile: "Actually, I came this time to discuss something, and recently I have made a batch of strange things in Lingchuan Mansion, and Boss Xue should be interested." ”

"Oh? I don't know if it'......" Xue Rui was about to continue asking, but Ji Xinyu had already signaled Steward He to let the guards bring water in.

"I wonder if Mr. Xue can help find dirty clothes or handkerchiefs?" Ji Xinyu continued.

Ji Xinyu asked He Xingwang to clean the clothes and handkerchiefs according to his own experimental methods, He Xingwang handed over the washed clothes and handkerchiefs to Ji Xinyu, and Ji Xinyu gave them to Xue Rui casually, Xue Rui carefully observed the handkerchiefs and clothes that were already extremely clean, and said with a shocked face, and said: "This soap is so magical." ”

When Xue Rui recovered from the shock, Ji Xinyu opened his mouth and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Xue is interested in selling this soap?" ”

"Naturally, I'm interested, I don't know how much this soap costs?" Xue Rui hurriedly asked.

Ji Xinyu looked at Xue Rui, held up a small piece of soap and said slowly: "Mr. Xue wants to sell this kind of soap, I can provide you with a finished product, and the finished product is five big ones of this." But in order to sell soap, Mr. Xue needed to agree to my request. ”

Xue Rui asked curiously, "I don't know what kind of requirements His Highness said?" ”

"Actually, the conditions are very simple, the price of soap sold by all the branches of the Xue family firm in various states and counties in this Qiongzhou Island is set by me, of course, I will definitely not let Boss Xue lose money. As for leaving Qiongzhou Island, I don't care how Boss Xue sets the price. Ji Xinyu stared at Xue Rui and said slowly.

Xue Rui lowered his head and thought about it, and replied: "I don't know how His Highness wants to set the price, if it's too high, I'm afraid the trumpet can't afford it." ”

Ji Xinyu said with a smile: "How can it be high, it's just 30 Wen, I'll give you 20 Wen a piece, and your maximum selling price can't be higher than 30 Wen." ”

"Five so big only sell for 30 Wen? Wouldn't it be too cheap? Xue Rui raised his head and stared at Ji Xinyu and asked.

"This price is only in Qiongzhou, as for other places, it depends on you how Boss Xue wants to sell it." Ji Xinyu replied.

Xue Rui thought about it, looked at Ji Xinyu and was stunned for a while, and then said solemnly: "His Royal Highness the Prince made this artifact and sold it at such a low price, this is for the benefit of the people of Qiongzhou, it is really a great merit, Xue admires." ”

"Mr. Xue has won the award, it's just a small object, there will be more objects in the future, it's not too late for you to praise it, please sit down." Ji Xinyu laughed, looking at Xue Rui's serious expression, he couldn't help but joke with him.

"I don't know how much soap His Highness can give Xue every month, and when will it be delivered?" Xue Rui also smiled and asked.

Ji Xinyu calculated the current output of soap, it is not very sufficient, each production line can make 5 pots a day, and if you speed up, you can produce 7 pots. There are 150 pieces in a pot, and at least more than 45,000 pieces can be produced in a month, so after thinking about it, I was a little conservative, and I looked up and replied: "The temporary production capacity is still limited, I can give you 30,000 pieces in the first month, 5,000 yuan after five days, and the remaining 20 days will be handed over to you one after another." If you need to increase it next month, you can discuss it with Steward He at that time. ”

Ji Xinyu plans to wait for the first batch of craftsmen to get acquainted with it, and after they are familiar with it, they can add two more production lines against the wall in the existing workshop, and the production capacity can still be increased by then, and the only thing to worry about is the supply of lard.

Thinking of this, Ji Xinyu said: "Mr. Xue has traveled south and north to see a lot of knowledge, can you assist in purchasing some lard saltpeter and sulfur in the future?" The specific price is negotiable. ”

"This is naturally okay, next time I come to pick up the goods, I will send someone to bring the lard, and the other two things are not difficult. As for the price, it is definitely a lot lower than the market price. Xue Rui replied.

Since he has cooperated with Xue Rui, it is reasonable to ask him to help purchase lard. Always buy in Qiongzhou City or the surrounding area, sooner or later it will cause shortages or price increases, as for saltpeter and sulfur, these are all things that will be needed later, just add them together.

After talking about the sale of soap, Ji Xinyu left some soap that could be used as a sample for Xue Rui, and asked He Xingwang to talk to Xue Rui in detail afterwards, and then left.

On the way back to Lingchuan Mansion, Ji Xinyu was discussing the development of Lingchuan Mansion with Aiden, Ji Xinyu wanted to quickly improve the industrial capacity and production capacity of Lingchuan Mansion, which was his advantage, he could not slowly develop the territory under the backward productivity, but these are not overnight things in Ji Xinyu's opinion, it takes a long time to accumulate, but when this question was handed over to Aiden, he got a different answer.

"Aiden, you said that you can develop industry to improve productivity, but I only have these craftsmen in my hands, and I don't understand the foundation of industry at all, how can I let them develop rapidly? Do you want to keep teaching them and slowly build the machines you need? Ji Xinyu asked puzzled.

"I can build semi-finished machines, and then let them participate in the assembly, and at the same time mentally transfer them to them, as for the basics, just transfer them slowly during the construction process." After Aiden finished speaking, Ji Xinyu felt as if a door had opened in front of him, and behind the door was a broad avenue.

That's right, Aiden has the manufacturing capacity, and now he has the iron ore and coal mine he needs, so he can start building the parts, and then they will assemble them, and teach them the relevant knowledge in the process of assembly. As long as they are not intellectually disabled, these mechanical principles can be learned by mental transmission.

Back in Lingchuan Mansion, Ji Xinyu immediately came to the steel workshop, Niu Gu led the craftsman team to make the barrel for more than ten days, the first embryo of the barrel was beaten out of dozens of barrels, and there were only two or three really qualified barrels. Because it is very difficult to polish the inner wall of the barrel to a smooth and straight level, even a skilled craftsman can take several days to polish one.

Ji Xinyu looked at the barrel that had been completed, took out two and compared them, and felt good. With vernier calipers plus drawings, the two barrels are already very close. But this efficiency is really too low, two out of ten days, if you want to mass produce it, you have to find a way to make a machine.

Ji Xinyu decided to stop the production of the barrel first, and first find a way to improve their work efficiency, Ji Xinyu stopped the craftsmen and gathered them all together.

Looking at the 8 sweaty craftsmen, Ji Xinyu said: "Now stop the barrel production in your hand for the time being and start making new things, it is enough to have these two barrels for experiments." ”

Then he reached out and opened the box he brought, took out a gear, a bearing, and another set of bearing parts and a few drawings that he had prepared, handed it to Ushigu and said, "Now you try to make these two things." ”

The gears and bearings are samples made by Aiden, and Ji Xinyu wants to let Niu Gu and a few military craftsmen try to master the practice of gears and bearings first, so as to judge Niu Gu's receptivity, and let Aiden make a drawing. With the sample plus the assembly of the parts, plus the drawings and vernier calipers, they can basically try to make them, and they can also understand their craftsmanship through trying, and also let them better understand the function of gears and bearings.

The gear is relatively simple, Zhongzhou has long had a similar structure, but there is no standardization, and the drawings given by Ji Xinyu give the standard, as well as the relevant heat treatment methods. The gears were relatively simple to make, so I found two warmakers to make them first.

The bearing is something that Niu Gu has not touched, although there are similar things in Zhongzhou, but no one has ever made such a delicate object. What Ji Xinyu gave them was not a ball bearing, but a cylindrical roller bearing, the internal rollers were cylindrical, and even left oil ducts, card slots, etc. on the mold drawings.

After thinking about it, Ji Xinyu was still not at ease, so he found Qian Yunfei, the only jade craftsman who came from the palace, and asked him to cooperate with Niu Gu and them to do the polishing work. Niu Gu first built a steel bar, which required smooth polishing, and must be of uniform thickness, which was available on the specific size drawings, and was cut into 24 cylinders of the same size after polishing. There is also an iron ring with 24 notches.

The other few people built the outer ring and baffle, with buckles left on it, the size of the mold, when and how much fire, and finally baked at a low temperature for a period of time, and the drawings are all marked. The quenched water was also added with a certain proportion of salt, and this time Aiden used the spirit to teach the method for 20 minutes, and Ji Xinyu also said for 20 minutes, seeing that they started to do it, Ji Xinyu relaxed.