Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Beginning
Zhao Yuan was busy preparing to open up the wasteland, and Wan Yunjun took the information on the soap recipe and production process that Zhao Yuan had written in detail, and did not return to the family of Wanjia, but chose a place in Danling County to start building a workshop.
With the name of Wanjia, Wan Yunjun began to build a workshop not far from Danling County, according to the information given by Zhao Yuan and some of the content of the chat at that time, in just over ten days, a simple workshop was built.
Raw material warehouse, caustic soda manufacturing pool, saponification reaction pot, mold room, finished product drying room, etc., are built in the shortest time, and the procurement of various raw materials is carried out simultaneously, and the main trouble encountered is that the progress of a large number of oil purchases is relatively slow.
However, just when Zhao Yuan was preparing to open up the wasteland and go down the dam, the first batch of soap in the soap workshop was finally made, because they were all manual operations, and the recruited workers were not skilled, and the first soap output was only more than 200 pieces, each of which was four inches long, two inches wide, and one inch thick.
"Second Young Master, our first batch of soap has finally been made." Wan San, who had been busy during this time, breathed a sigh of relief and said to Wan Yunjun, who came to the workshop to check.
Originally, Wan San was transferred by Wan Yunjun to Danling Funing Building as a shopkeeper, but because he knew the secret recipe of soap after following Wan Yunjun to Zhao Yuan's house, he is now the manager of the entire soap workshop, and the secret recipe is completely kept by him.
"Well, how much does this batch of soap cost? How does it compare to atoms? Wan Yunjun nodded and asked happily.
This soap workshop can be said to be the first time that Wan Yunjun decided to do business alone after taking over Funing Building, and he has taken all the profits of Funing Building in the past few months, which embodies his great expectations. The next time I go home and report the income of Funing Building to the old man, I don't know how it will be squeezed by the boss and the third, but Wan Yunjun is confident.
"I roughly calculated, not counting the construction of labor and workshops, just raw materials, the cost of each piece of soap is only six wen iron money, and after the production is large, it should be able to reduce to five wen, or even four." Wan San said with a smile.
"So low?" Wan Yunjun said in surprise.
"Yes, I didn't expect that the most expensive raw materials are alkali stone and oil, alkali stone is okay, since Boss Zhao said a lot of needs last time, we began to purchase a large number of them at that time, and the cost was very low. But oil is more expensive, and we have to find more sources of oil later. Wan San said with a smile.
"These are all left to you to solve, when you used to be a shopkeeper, those channels for buying oil were contacted, and then our scale will be expanded, and we will also make soap."
"Yes, Second Young Master."
Walking to the yin room, Wan Yunjun casually picked up a piece of soap that was drying in the shade, and it looked no different from what Zhao Yuan did, but the size and shape of the soap were still a little different, and the words Yunjun cleaning were printed on it, which was the brand name that was discussed with Zhao Yuan at the beginning, and this was still Zhao Yuan's idea.
"Yunjun clean, this atomic head doesn't know what to think, and it still uses my name......" Wan Yunjun said with a smile.
"It feels weird, fortunately, the second young master, you don't want to take the official career, otherwise the old man and the old lady will find out, and they won't be sure what they will be." Wan San also said with a smile.
"Second young master, third steward." The hired workers who were busy in the dark room greeted Wan Yunjun and Wan San respectfully, this group of employees, mainly family members and friends from Funing Building, had signed strict contracts before entering the workshop.
"Li Xiaowang, how is it, isn't it hard?" Wan San saw that it was the younger brother of Funing Building in Gray Plains Town who greeted him, and asked.
"It's not hard, second young master, third steward, what are we doing this for?" Li Xiaowang asked, since entering this workshop, the work has been full of mystery, and everyone can only be responsible for the steps assigned to them, and they can't ask each other.
"This is a good thing, you'll know it in a while, remember the rules of the workshop, don't be curious." Wan San said solemnly.
"Got it, the third steward, I must not be curious."
"Go ahead, get to work." Wan San said with a wave of his hand.
"The speed of production should be accelerated, not busy with sales for the time being, and then consider selling after the production of at least 10,000 yuan, and the packaging must be done." Wan Yunjun walked around the workshop and instructed Wan San.
"Don't worry, second young master, we are only the first batch, a total of only two hundred and thirty pieces, after everyone is familiar with it, the daily output can be increased to one thousand, according to Boss Zhao, after the soap is made, it needs to be placed for ten days before it is sold, and the packaged wooden box is also in full swing, at most twenty days, our first batch of soap can be sold." Wan San said expectantly.
"Okay, you tell everyone, the work is done, and the reward will be indispensable to everyone when the time comes." Wan Yunjun said with a smile, plus labor, the cost of each piece of soap is less than ten iron coins, but at that time, the wholesale price of soap will be sold for ten copper coins, which is three times the cost.
Although the soap should be divided into half of the share after it becomes bigger, but now the soap has not yet entered the sight of those powerful people, and all the profits in front are their own, Wan Yunjun explained Wan San, and went home with two entourage, so he had to think about the marketing strategy of soap according to what Zhao Yuan said.
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On the side of Zhaojiazhuang, after Zhao Yuan told the people in the village that he would recruit a large number of people to open up the wasteland, the big guys went home to pack their luggage. It was exactly as prepared to serve as before, but everyone was very happy, because it was not like serving a forced service, not only did they have to bring their own food, but they also had to endure the whipping of the prisoners. This time, Zhao Yuan not only eats, but also earns a lot of wages.
Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying took Luoluo home and began to pack their luggage, mainly bedding, daily necessities and other things. After packing their luggage, Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying carried their luggage and walked towards the drying field with Luoluo, who was holding the little donkey and the black tiger, and everyone agreed to gather at the drying field after packing up, and then go to the river dam together.
"Alas, a mistake, I forgot to rent a few wagons to come back." After coming to the drying field, Zhao Yuan looked at the big bags and small bags and looked like villagers fleeing the famine, and said to Meng Ying.
"I didn't expect that either." Meng Ying also said worriedly.
Zhao Yuan, who has not experienced a major project, said that especially in ancient times when the transportation was underdeveloped, so many people ate, drank, lassa, and slept, and the things they needed really didn't think about it, and the delicious things had already been prepared by the shopkeeper of Funing Building in the town.
"Atom, everyone has arrived, let's go?" Uncle Zhao asked.
"Okay, let's go, Bozi, Tiezi, you can help me catch my two pigs." Zhao Yuan nodded, and said to Zhao Bo and Zhao Xiantie, who were helping to drive the pigs.
"Don't worry, second brother."
"Alright, let's go!"
"Let's go!"
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