Soon, mass production of "Soothing Balm" soap began.

Zhu Houzhao priced the "skin cream" as a retail fifteen wen piece, and he believed that after eighteen years of rest with the people in Hongzhi, although the imperial court had no money, the people would not be less wealthy, and the purchasing power of fifteen wen should not be a problem for most of the people, especially the people in the capital.

However, Zhu Houzhao didn't care about the specific operation of these soaps, after all, his main responsibility was to rule the entire empire.

Wei Bin was in charge of the sale of "soothing cream" soap, but he was very clever to find his housekeeper and let his shop buy 10,000 pieces of soap in bulk at a low price of 12 yuan, and also paid 300 taels in advance as a follow-up soap order.

Qiu Ju, Luo Xiang and other Eight Tigers were also not far behind, and they also asked their shops to find Wei Bin to order goods with a total value of more than three hundred taels at a low price.

Because of this, the Royal Industries Company made a net profit of more than 400 taels on the first day of its opening.

Wei Bin and other Eight Tigers' own shops took advantage of the information advantage to buy the "soothing cream" first, and then directly raised the price of each piece of soap to one or two pieces, and the price directly increased by more than 80 times, and even Qiu Ju, who was familiar with the production process, even asked his servants to heat the "soothing ointment" soap and re-solidify it into half of the soap, and then sell it at a high price of one or two pieces.

Zhu Houzhao naturally guessed their careful thoughts, otherwise, it would be impossible for Wei Bin to find a partner to order his Royal Industries company's soap in bulk so quickly, and he seemed to be very clear about his cost price.

But Zhu Houzhao did not debunk it, as long as the Royal Industrial Company could still make money, he didn't care that Wei Bin and others became the first batch of middlemen first.

However, what Zhu Houzhao didn't expect was that Qiu Ju, Wei Bin and other Eight Tigers all lost money, and after nearly half a month passed, almost no soap was sold.

On this day, Zhu Houzhao called Qiu Ju and told him his intention to make glass.

After all, the current reserve of the Royal Industrial Company has more than 100,000 taels, and it is naturally no problem to develop glass, and glass is also a simple process product, and it is the main manufacturing material of experimental instruments in the chemical industry and biological industry.

However, at this time, Qiu Ju expressed his opinion: "Emperor, this soap doesn't seem to make money, and now you have to make glass again, don't work in vain." ”

"What, soap doesn't make money?"

Zhu Houzhao asked with some surprise.

Wei Bin nodded hurriedly: "Emperor, what Qiu Ju said is true, the 10,000 pieces of soap that Wei Ji Grocery Store ordered before have only sold five pieces now, and several stores that have been contacted before are not willing to buy any more." ”

After Wei Bin finished speaking, he couldn't help but think to himself, not only is it a loss if he doesn't make money! If it weren't for the emperor, you said that you were the biggest boss of this bullshit Royal Industrial Company, the slave and maid would have directly asked for money, more than 600 taels of silver, all in vain.

Qiu Ju also nodded, very distressed to see the little eunuchs moving a cart of coal to the mountain, thinking that more than 10,000 taels of more than 10,000 taels of silver from the Royal Industrial Company were invested by themselves, and they had to buy coal and make crucibles, but they all spent their own money!

If the glass is not sold for money, I will have to lose many years of savings.

Liu Jin was also very disappointed in the Royal Industrial Company, but he didn't dare to oppose Zhu Houzhao openly, and only said: "Emperor, now the Zuoban official (civil official) of the Outer Dynasty has a great opinion on this, and there is a rumor outside, saying that the emperor is not doing your job, and you are doing some tricks and tricks in the leopard room all day long, and you are very angry when you hear it!" This Royal Industries Company should be stopped, and now that our foundation is not stable, it is not good to come nonsense. ”

Gu Dayong and the others were also busy agreeing, after all, losing a few hundred taels now is nothing, but they are really worried that their emperor will lose all the tens of thousands of taels of silver he put in.

Zhu Houzhao only smiled slightly at this time: "Wei Bin, didn't you say that you are very good at trading, but you turned out to be like this!" What incompetence! You go to the shopkeeper of the Wei Kee shop and tell him that you will spend ten taels of silver on me, and I will give him a way to turn his losses into profits, and if not, I will pay him twenty taels! ”

Wei Bin couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that if he could really sell 10,000 pieces of soap for ten taels to turn a profit, it didn't matter if he spent ten taels more, if he couldn't sell it, the emperor would pay himself twenty taels, and it would be considered to make up for the loss, so he hurriedly asked: "Is the emperor's words true?" ”

"I am the Son of Heaven, how could I lie to you!"

Zhu Houzhao said and went back to the leopard room.

And the other "Eight Tigers" did not object, they were all waiting and watching, thinking to themselves that Your Majesty really has a way to turn losses into profits? If there is, it will be a good thing, at least it will not lose so much silver in vain.

Early the next morning, Wei Bin eagerly gave Zhu Houzhao silver: "Emperor, Wei Ji's shop is ashamed to see the Son of Heaven, so he asked the slave to help convey it, this is ten taels of silver." ”

"Well, they haven't studied the market thoroughly, the price of this soap can't be too high, you think about it, one or two pieces of silver is enough to buy a lot of new clothes, who will buy a piece of soap, can afford a tael of silver to buy soap is naturally rich and noble, but rich people change new clothes every day and don't need soap, even if they wash their bodies, it doesn't take much, so the main goal of this soap is still aimed at the common people, fifteen Wen is just right! In addition, people are resistant to new things, and I have given you how to promote them. ”

Zhu Houzhao told Wei Bin the method.

Wei Bin immediately asked Wei Ji's shop to give away free soap according to Zhu Houzhao's method, and then lowered the price to only 15 yuan a piece, and soon, on the third day after the free small soap was delivered, six or seven hundred people came to buy soap, and more than 2,000 pieces were sold on the same day.

On the fourth day, all the soaps in Wei Kee's shop were sold out, making a profit of 300 taels! The actual profit is two hundred and ninety taels! Being able to earn less than two hundred and ninety taels a month is already a very lucrative business in this era.

Wei Bin happily came to Zhu Houzhao the next day:

"The emperor deserves to be the emperor, the slave and maid really admire, Wei Ji shop sold out all the 10,000 yuan inventory in only four days, and now there are still people waiting for it!"

Seeing this, Qiu Ju and the others privately inquired about Wei Bin: "Brother Wei, what method did the emperor tell you that it was so effective?" ”

Wei Bin wished that Qiu Ju and others couldn't sell the soap, so he only refused on the grounds that the Son of Heaven could not pass it on.

Qiu Ju and the others had no choice but to take the silver to find Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao taught them all one by one, and then he made a small profit of eighty taels of silver, eighty taels is naturally a lot for ordinary people, but for him, the emperor, it is just to earn some consulting fees.