In this way, the pot was heated over low heat, and everyone took turns slowly stirring the lard in the pot, and for more than an hour, there were more and more pastes on it, and Wang San ran back panting with a big wooden box.

"Childe! You are in too much of a hurry, Master Zhang can only do this! Can you see if it's okay? Wang San handed the wooden box to Jiang Nan's hand, and asked breathlessly with his hands on his knees.

Jiang Nan looked at the wooden box in his hand, and glanced at the soap in the pot again, the size is no problem, it should be able to hold these soaps.

Reaching out and touching the inner wall of the wooden box, it is very smooth and delicate, and it should be pushed through with a planer.

"Scoop up that layer of paste on top and put it in this box, don't get dirty!" Jiang Nan put the wooden box on the ground and pointed to the iron pot casually.

Wu Liu hurriedly ran to find a wooden spoon and began to put the soap liquid into the wooden box, "Childe! What are these for? Eat? It's all lard, won't it be too greasy to eat? ”

Jiang Nan chuckled and shook his head, "This is not for food, but whether the brothers can live a good life in the future depends on it!" If it is done well, this thing can make more money than a restaurant! Seeing Wu Liu's hand shake, he spilled a lot of soap, and hurriedly reminded, "Be careful, this thing is precious!" ”

"Childe, are you telling the truth? This thing is more profitable than a restaurant? Wang Sanyi was also shocked when he heard that he was more profitable than the restaurant.

He and Wu Liu take turns to be stationed in the restaurant, and the daily flow of the restaurant is also clear, and now the restaurant supports one or twenty people, deducting the wages of these people, as well as miscellaneous costs, there are almost one or two taels of silver every day, almost forty or fifty taels a month, if this thing is more profitable than the restaurant, the son will definitely not treat them badly, then everyone can be the same as the guys in the restaurant, there are hundreds of wages every month, and they are excited to think about it.

Jiang Nan nodded with a smile and said, "Didn't you say some time ago that you brothers would find something to do, that's it!" This thing is called soap, and it is used to wash clothes and take a bath. If it's really done, ten restaurants can't compare to this! ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, and then they became noisy, all of them with excitement.

"Childe, don't scare me, this thing is so valuable, my hands are starting to tremble!" Wu Liu exclaimed as he scooped up the soap, and his hands holding the spoon began to tremble.

Jiang Nan chuckled and said, "It's not as exaggerated as you think, but with this soap, the brothers' life calculations are all solved, and besides, there may not be enough manpower!" ”

Wufu also looked suspicious, "Childe, although I don't understand why this is happening, it doesn't seem difficult to see you doing it, where do you need so many people?" ”

Jiang Nan: "Things can't just look at the surface, it's not as simple as you think!" If you want to make more money, you have to increase the number of people to do more, and it is also necessary for sales and escort to be a lot of people. ”

"Escort?" Wang San repeated it puzzled.

Jiang Nan nodded, "Such a wooden box will be sold for a few hundred taels of silver, if it is robbed, it will not be a big loss!" ”

"A few hundred taels!"

Everyone exclaimed in unison, staring at the wooden box with wide eyes, and it was a little unbelievable that such a box of so-called soap was worth hundreds of taels.

"Not bad!" Jiang Nan said with a straight face, "Don't underestimate this soap, once it becomes famous, not only Jiangdu, but also the entire Daliang people will become our customers, not to mention dozens of people at that time, hundreds may not be enough!" ”

After saying that, he stared at the big box of soap, and then he was stunned, the soap was packed in this wooden box, and finally solidified into such a large piece of soap, which still had to be cut into small pieces and then packaged. When it comes to packaging, there is no cardboard shell here, so you can only wrap it in rice paper.

"Wufu, you go back to the market to buy it, and by the way, help me buy some paper, I want the best!" Jiang Nan glanced at Wufu and commanded.

Wufu led a group of people away, Wang San replaced Wu Liu, Wu Liu shook his sour arm and leaned in front of Jiang Nan, and said with a smile: "Childe! Is what you just said in front of everyone true? ”

Although I know that Jiang Nan won't talk nonsense, I still don't believe that this thing can be so valuable.

…… Jiang Nan smiled helplessly and did not continue the topic, "Starting from tonight, only two brothers will be left in the restaurant at night, and the rest of the people will all move here to live, although it will take some time before it is built, but the things here are related to whether they can live a good life in the future, so they have to settle for a while." ”

"This boy can rest assured! It was common for brothers to sleep on the streets, and these are nothing! ”

Jiang Nan nodded and said, "I will inform you for a while, and in the future, the brothers will do things for me here, and the standard of the monthly salary is the same as that of the restaurant!" ”

"Childe, are you telling the truth?" Wu Liuyi grabbed Jiang Nan's arm, widened his eyes and exclaimed.

Jiang Nan nodded.

"Third child, do you hear me? Childe said that we can also get a few hundred monthly salaries every month in the future! Wu Liu jumped to Wang San's side and shouted, almost knocking over the spoon containing the soap liquid in his hand.

Wang San was also happy, and nodded excitedly.

Jiang Nan looked at the two of them with a smile, and then thought of something, and said: "You all heard it just now, the whole beam of soap is estimated to be only available to us, and it will definitely be very profitable in the future, but if the formula is leaked, there will be a second person or even I don't know how many people will come out to grab this business with us, and it will not be profitable at that time!" ”

When Wu Liu and Wang San heard this, they all looked solemn.

Jiang Nan: "I still trust the two of you very much, so in the future, the most critical part of the whole soap making process can only be handled by the two of you, and no one else is allowed to be present!" ”

Wu Liu hesitated for a moment and said, "Childe, brothers can still be trusted......"

Jiang Nan raised his hand and interrupted Wu Liu's words, "I won't hide it from the two of you, once this soap is sold nationwide, it is easy to earn thousands of taels, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver." It's not that I don't distrust my brothers, but wealth is messing with people's hearts! Betrayal, there is a bargaining chip. If someone gives you a few taels of silver, you may be indifferent, but what about tens of thousands of taels for you?

The most critical link is that the less people know, the better, which can not only keep the formula, but also avoid the risk of the brothers being bought, so that everyone can be brothers in a down-to-earth manner and have less suspicion!

Of course, if one of you two is bought, I will admit it! ”

"Childe! You can rest assured! No matter how much money others give, I will never reveal half a sentence! Wu Liu assured with a straight face.

"Childe! Me too! Wang San also put down the spoon in his hand and said in a deep voice.

Jiang Nan waved his hand to signal that he didn't have to be so serious, "If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't have told you this at all!" All right! Don't talk about that. I know how to make soap, but this is also the first time I have made soap, and I found a few problems in my attempt just now, and I will improve it next time I do it again.

The first is that there are impurities in the caustic soda and salt, and the soap made is not beautiful, and the next time you make it, use a filter cloth to filter out these impurities before pouring the soap into the mold.

The second one is this mold......"

"Childe! What are impurities? Wang San hurriedly asked.

Jiang Nan casually pointed to some black spots on the soap liquid in the wooden box, "These are impurities!" Caustic soda and salt are occasionally mixed with sand, and when they enter the soap, they are considered impurities! We want to do the best we can! ”

"Childe! What is a mold? Wu Liu then asked.

Jiang Nan: "This wooden box is the mold, but next time I have to make some delicate molds, and after a while, you call the carpenter, and I will explain the requirements to him clearly!" ”

Wang San nodded in response, thinking that this soap would make the brothers live a good life in the future, he couldn't help but feel a little excited and full of energy.

Jiangnan: "There is another, and most important, is raw materials. Seeing that Wu Liu and Wang San were about to ask questions again, they waved their hands to listen to him finish speaking. The so-called raw materials are these few things that make soap, especially lard, after our demand is large, it is difficult to ensure that the supply of lard in Jiangdu is not available, so I decided to make it myself. ”

"Make it yourself?" Wu Liu and Wang San asked in surprise.

"That's right! I plan to raise pigs and slaughter on a large scale, and when the lard is left to make soap, the rest will be sent to the restaurant to cook or sold directly. Jiang Nan explained with a smile.

Wang San frowned, "Childe! Is it really necessary to have so much lard? ”

Jiang Nan nodded affirmatively, "We have to take precautions, once there are more people who buy it, but we don't prepare so much soap, it will be a big loss!" ”

Wu Liu: "Even if we need lard, we can buy pigs raised by others and kill them to get oil, there is no need to raise them ourselves, right?" ”

Jiang Nan shook his head, "Of course you can buy someone else's, but the cost is lower if you raise it yourself, and when it comes to raising pigs, I have another idea to make a fortune, the two are complementary to each other, and the cost of doing it together will be lower, and more people will be needed at that time, which can solve the livelihood of hundreds of people!" ”

"What's the idea?"

"The livelihood of a few hundred?"

Wu Liu and Wang San each gave a question.

Jiang Nan nodded, "Let me sell it first, and I'll tell you when I think it through." But the pig farming I just talked about is about to start working! The restaurant and the construction of the house here are slow, and they concentrate on preparing for soap. The restaurant and this two brothers each left an eye on it, and the rest of the people partly went to build a pigsty, and partly went to sell pigs or piglets, and then ordered people to recruit some people. ”

"Childe! Can I recruit a few acquaintances from Yangzi's side? Wu Liu hurriedly asked, if there is such a good thing, he must think of the people he knows first.

Jiangnan: "No problem! We will definitely give priority to street callers or homeless people like you. However, speaking of this, I thought of a thing, you arrange someone to go to Yangzi, and tell your acquaintances, first go and help me check the affairs of the Zhizhong monks, and I will pay the salary, and when this matter is clear, you can come to Jiangdu to do things. ”

Wu Liu waved his fist excitedly, "This is great!" I'll call someone to inform right away! ”