The Wang family is second to none in Shenzhou, and the appearance is still covered with a coat called 'Cultivating and Reading Heirlooms', and the status is far from being comparable to ordinary people, the so-called distance produces beauty, and the distance is too far away to become awe and alienation, which leads to the second son of the Wang family having few playmates since childhood.

Zhao Yan still believes in the set of 'everyone is equal' in his heart, and he is neither alienated nor stammering from Wang Lin, the bear child of the landlord's family, speaking casually, and occasionally scolding him a few words, which is very fresh for Wang Lin, not to mention that Zhao Yan occasionally pops out of his mouth some interesting words and things in the future, which arouses Wang Lin's interest, so Zhao Yan is about to be annoyed by Wang Lin in the past two days.

Wang Lin has been practicing martial arts with the nursing home since he was a child, and he looks big and round, Zhao Yan wants to expel him by force, but this second son of Wang has some potential for a two-skinned face, Zhao Yan said heavy words several times and wanted to drive him away, but Wang Lin didn't care, and still followed behind Zhao Yan with a smile.

Zhao Yan glanced at Wang Lin behind him, and said secretly in his heart: That's it, if he likes to follow, he can follow it, and if he can't drive away, he will hire a free bodyguard.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan didn't squint, just thought that Wang Lin was air, and then he touched the ten cents in his arms, raised his feet and walked towards the gate of the courtyard, he planned to go to the state city today, and by the way, he was familiar with various goods and prices in ancient times.

The old state town is very close to the state town, and when you come out of the town, you enter the city in the blink of an eye.

Shenzhou City was gradually built in a few decades, the permanent population of the city was only twenty or thirty thousand people, and the economy and culture were not outstanding at that time, and could only belong to the middle and lower levels, and it was not worth mentioning in the eyes of Zhao Yan, who lived in the steel jungle in later generations, and there was nothing in the city that could interest Zhao Yan, so as soon as he entered the city, Zhao Yan went straight to the most prosperous state front street.

Wang Lin followed Zhao Yan to wander around one shop after another, and he had never visited any of these shops, so he was quite interested when he first saw the novelty, but the more he got to it, the more bored he felt, so he couldn't help but ask Zhao Yan: "Senior brother, what do you want to buy?" We've all moved around a dozen stores, and my feet hurt when I walk, so let's take a break. ”

Zhao Yan turned his head and glanced at Wang Lin, and said helplessly: "Second prince Wang, why don't you go back first." You are a rich man, and you have someone to serve you for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and you definitely don't know where the things I want to buy are, so why bother to accompany me to suffer here. ”

Wang Lin patted his chest when he heard this, and said proudly: "Senior brother, don't look down on people, my family has a few shops in the city, and I will come and go around when I have nothing to do, I am familiar with the city, tell me what you want to buy, and I will take you there." ”

Zhao Yanhu looked at Wang Lin suspiciously, and said tentatively: "I want to buy something for body cleaning, do you know where to sell it?" ”

Cleansing? Wang Lin scratched his head, and after thinking for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he laughed: "I remember, I remember that there is a shop not far in front of me, which sells soap balls, last year I followed Uncle Nine to buy, at that time Uncle Nine also said that there is such a shop in the city that sells soap balls, and it is quite expensive, but there are many people who buy it, if only my family could open a store to sell soap balls, it will definitely make money......

Zhao Yan didn't wait for Wang Lin to finish speaking, he had already walked forward quickly, he had already found that this second prince Wang was a bit talkative, as long as you started talking, he could talk to you for half an hour, and most of it was nonsense, and I don't know if it was a problem with his father Wang Yexue.

After walking forward for dozens of steps, Zhao Yan stopped in front of a shop called 'Qingxiang Pavilion', and looked in through the door, there were many orange-sized spherical objects on the long table inside, Zhao Yan looked around, and found that only the name of this shop had some meaning around, so he walked inside.

After entering the door, there is a counter on the right-hand side, and there is an old man with a beard about fifty years old standing in the counter.

The old shopkeeper heard a noise at the door and looked up, and when he saw Zhao Yan who came in, he couldn't help frowning slightly, but he still greeted lightly: "The guest wants to buy soap balls?" There is something going on at home today, and I still have some accounts to settle here, so guests can take a look at it for themselves. ”

As soon as the words fell, Wang Lin also strode in, the old shopkeeper was used to being a little snobbish, he saw that Wang Lin was dressed in splendid clothes, and the clothes were clean and tidy, and immediately turned out from behind the counter enthusiastically, and greeted with a smile: "This son wants to buy soap balls?" The soap dough sold in the store is the only one in Shenzhou City, which is made of high-quality honey locust and mixed with a variety of accessories, which is the most suitable for cleansing and bathing. ”

Wang Lin glanced at the old shopkeeper suspiciously, shook his head and said, "It's not that I buy soap balls, it's my senior brother who wants to buy them." Then he turned his head and complained to Zhao Yan: "Senior brother, what are you doing when you walk so fast, my feet hurt when I walk, and you don't say wait for me." ”

The old shopkeeper was stunned, and said in his heart, Did I hear it wrong just now, how could this son call a hillbilly a senior brother, isn't there something wrong with his brain?

Zhao Yan's reaction to the old shopkeeper is in his eyes, from ancient times to the present, most people can't escape the shackles of judging people by their appearance, this is human nature, Zhao Yan can see it, so he doesn't take it to heart.

Ignoring Wang Lin, Zhao Yan took care of himself and walked around the long table, picked up a soap ball and put it in his hand to observe carefully, and found that the so-called soap ball was very soft in texture, and it must be used up after a few times, in addition, spices should be added to this soap ball, but not much is added, and the rest of the taste cannot be completely covered, as for the decontamination ability, Zhao Yan has not tried it, so he naturally does not know.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell this soap ball?" If it is not expensive, Zhao Yan wants to buy one and try it back, which can be regarded as knowing himself and his opponent as much as possible.

The old shopkeeper couldn't figure out the truth of Zhao Yan and Wang Lin, but he was not timid, he touched his beard when he heard the words, and said: "The soap balls in the store only sell for 800 yuan each, and if you want more than ten pieces at a time, you can also get a little discount." ”

"How much?" Zhao Yan thought that he had heard it wrong, so he hurriedly asked again.

The old shopkeeper looked at him in surprise and replied, "Eight hundred wen." ”

How much is 800 wen converted to the next generation? 1,600 bucks.

Zhao Yan stood for a moment before turning the corner, this soap ball is now a luxury consumable, just like LV and Chanel in later generations, where can ordinary people buy it, what can they buy is not the rich and powerful family, and what ordinary people use to clean their bodies? It is nothing more than wild honey locust and rice washing water, and in some places it may only be grass ash or firewood ash.

Putting the soap ball in his hand back in place, Zhao Yan looked around, and pretended to be inadvertently said to the old shopkeeper: "There are not many people who can afford this soap ball in this state city, how many can the shopkeeper sell in January?" ”

The old shopkeeper didn't suspect that Zhao Yan was here to set up information, he only thought Zhao Yan was chatting, so he said with a smile: "How many?" The guest laughed. I don't dare to say that the soap balls in the store can sell two or three hundred pieces in a month. ”

Bragging rights! Zhao Yan secretly despised the old shopkeeper, and then said in his heart: According to what the shopkeeper said, sell two or three hundred pieces in January, and what he said is estimated to be half a discount, so that the sales volume of one hundred and fifty pieces in one month is about one hundred and fifty pieces, and one sells for eight hundred yuan, and the one hundred and fifty pieces are 120,000 yuan, which is converted into silver taels and one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

Thinking of the net profit of sixty taels of silver a month, Zhao Yan's heart was hot, and he also roughly figured out the details of this soap ball, as for whether to make soap to sell, it also depends on whether the price of raw materials for making soap is appropriate, thinking of this, he didn't want to waste time here, and after greeting Wang Lin, he walked out of this fragrance pavilion.

In view of the fact that Wang Lin had not made a mistake in guiding the way before, Zhao Yan asked him directly this time: "Senior brother, do you know where there is a shop or workshop that sells rice, flour, grain and oil?" ”

Wang Lin habitually scratched his head, but this time he didn't think deeply, and said directly: "There are those selling these on West Street, and my rice shop is over there." Brother, what are you buying those things for? ”

Zhao Yan has a soap production method in the novels he read in later generations, and there are several raw materials that need to be used, Zhao Yan thought about it, and felt that the oil in it was not easy to solve, after all, it was not easy to obtain oil in ancient times, so the first problem that Zhao Yan solved was oil, which was naturally indistinguishable from Wang Lin.

According to Wang Lin's guidance, Zhao Yan came to West Street, which specializes in rice, flour, grain and oil, and saw a signboard hanging at the door of a shop, with the word 'oil' written on it, so he walked in.

"Man, how do you sell the grease in this store?" Zhao Yan asked.

The guy in the store didn't judge people by their appearance, and introduced Zhao Yan with a smile on his face: "Little brother, we have sesame oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, lard, and mutton fat in our store, I don't know what kind of little brother wants?" ”

"Uh......" Zhao Yan didn't expect that there were so many kinds of oil in this era, and after a pause, he asked in a low voice: "Which oil is the cheapest?" ”

The guy heard Zhao Yan ask what kind of oil was the cheapest, but when his family was not rich, he felt a sense of sympathy in his heart, so he kindly introduced him: "Little brother, this flax gets forty catties of oil per stone, sulforaphane gets twenty-seven catties of oil per stone, and soybeans get thirty catties of oil per stone, but all the oil that is squeezed is not cheap, and each catty is worth dozens of yuan, if the cheapest is soybean oil, one catty is thirty yuan, and the other is lard and mutton fat, a pound of lard costs fifty yuan, and a pound of mutton fat costs sixty yuan." If you buy it back and eat it, soybean oil is fine. ”

In Zhao Yan's memory, a pound of grease can probably make two catties of soap in the end, and a pound of soap can be divided into five pieces to sell, even if a piece is only sold for a hundred yuan, those two catties of soap can be sold for one or two silver, even if the cost of other raw materials is added, there must be a profit.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan continued to probe again: "Man, if I want a large amount, is there any room for negotiation for this price?" ”

The guy was embarrassed when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he said in a low voice: "Little brother, I dare to tell you when our shopkeeper is not there, if you want a large amount, it is best to go directly to the oil extraction workshop to buy oil, it must be much cheaper than buying it in the store." ”

Zhao Yan looked at this guy in a daze, and then he learned from the ancients, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for the guidance of this big brother, but I don't know where there is an oil extraction workshop?" ”

The guy pouted and said in a low voice: "Go forward along the street, turn right when you encounter a fork, and there is an oil mill one hundred and ten steps away, and there is a sign hanging at the door, if you don't know how to read, you can ask someone." ”

Zhao Yan clasped his fists again and said, "Thank you, I don't know what to call the eldest brother?" ”

The guy scratched his head and laughed, "My name is Chen San'er." ”