Chapter 37 Building Momentum
"It's really fragrant, the young master is really lucky to meet this Western smuggling caravan."
In the front yard, Uncle Zhang picked up the homemade soap made by Lin Mu and Lin Feng and sniffed it greedily, his eyes full of satisfied smiles.
Xiao Ke smiled happily than Uncle Zhang, once the soap was used to it, she was reluctant to leave her hand, a few days ago she was still entangled in this matter, and now seeing that Lin Mu really made the soap, she felt a lot more at ease, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable when she thought that she would still be greasy and greasy after taking a bath in the future.
"This soap is nothing, Young Master Ben has more means." Lin Mu looked at the cooled soap in the mold with satisfaction.
Caustic soda and flavor, which were used to make soap, were not available in the Hua Dynasty, and he had to attribute the source of the materials to the unwarranted Western caravans.
In order to make this Western caravan more mysterious, he gave the caravan the name of a smuggler, saying that he had inadvertently saved the life of a Western scholar, and the caravan would half sell and half give him a lot of Western objects, and at the same time, he also obtained the exclusive right to trade this smuggling caravan in the Chinese Dynasty.
Uncle Zhang's wrinkled face smiled and turned into a flower, "This soap is enough to make our family rich, and there are other ......", he almost fainted with excitement when he said this.
"Big brother, do you really know other crafts?" Lin Feng rarely took the initiative to speak, he had never been happier than today, and the process of making soap with Lin Mu was like a pleasure for him.
He has been silent since he was a child, and he has always been unlikable, he knows it in his heart, but this is his character, and he can't change it.
So when Lin Qi was praised by others, he could only be envious and jealous, but he was not incompetent, he was interested in carpenter work and blacksmith work, and he could learn it as soon as he learned it, but this was all strange and ingenious in his father's eyes.
Even what he was good at was denied, and he became more silent and inferior since then, but now Lin Mu opened a door for him, a door that allowed him to raise his eyebrows.
"Of course, I'm afraid that you won't be able to learn all these crafts." Lin Mu patted Lin Feng on the shoulder, which made Lin Feng look excited.
After the soap is successfully manufactured, the next question is sales.
For soap, something that has never appeared in the Chinese Dynasty, Lin Mu believes that it is necessary to first determine the sales group, that is, the market positioning of contemporary sales.
Obviously, the vast majority of the people in the Chinese Dynasty could not afford soap, so those who could afford it were the scholars, merchants, landlords, and a small number of rich peasants.
Among the four classes, he valued the scholar class the most, because the special political system of the Chinese Dynasty scholars and emperors ruled the world together made the scholars and doctors numerous and fat, and if they wanted to make the scholars flock to it, they had to embark on the propaganda line of the upper echelons, and as long as the soap spread among the scholars, both merchants and landlords would follow suit.
Thinking of this, Lin Mu instructed Lin Feng to continue to boil the remaining ingredients into soap, and went out with some soap himself.
When he came to Duanwang's mansion, Lin Mu found Duanwang, who was enjoying the cool in the pavilion, and put the soap in front of Duanwang.
"Lin Shi said, what is this?" Duanwang thought that Lin Mu was here to discuss with him about the anti-gold attack, but he didn't expect Lin Mu to take out two fragrant things.
"Back to His Royal Highness, this is the soap made by the lower officials, dedicated to cleaning and hygiene, the effect is even worse than the pancreas I don't know how many times, as the saying goes, illness comes from the mouth, if it is convenient every time, you can clean your hands with soap before eating, it will reduce the number of illnesses, especially in the barracks, if the soldiers can use soap to change their hygiene habits, the army will not be greatly attrition because of the illness of the soldiers during the war." Lin Mu said the prepared propaganda slogan in one go.
Duan Wang was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and said, "This soap is really so magical? ”
"Your Highness, it is difficult for ordinary people to wash off oil stains on their hands with water, but soap can easily wash away the oil stains, in the same way, does Your Highness feel unwell after sweating every time, greasy and greasy, and use pancreas to remove the oil stains on your body?" Lin Mu continued to bewitch.
King Duan was also very interested in Lin Mu's self-made soap, and he said: "It's a mule or a horse that always has to be pulled out to slip around, since Lin Shi is so confident, this king will try it today." “
After that, he asked people to go to the dining room to get vegetable oil, smeared it all over his hands, and then washed it with soap, to his surprise, as Lin Mu said, the oil on his hands was washed clean, leaving no traces.
"Lin Shi said, this soap is a bit interesting." After all, Duanwang is a fourteen-year-old boy, and he has a big playful heart, and he smells his fragrant hands and says, "This king is going to take a shower now." “
As he spoke, King Duan couldn't wait to walk towards the dormitory.
Seeing this, Lin Mu gave himself a thumbs up, and if he got King Duan, he would be equivalent to getting the royal family of Jiangning City, after all, they had frequent exchanges between them, and if there were good things about each other, they would spread quickly.
After waiting for a while, King Duan came back from bathing and changing clothes, refreshed, "Lin Shi said, this soap is really magical, and the whole body is refreshing after using it, oops, it's really a good thing, can you give this king some more, this thing seems to be used quickly, and it is estimated that it will be used up in a few days." ”
Lin Mu took the opportunity to get close, "Your Highness, why do we need to say more between us, there are lower officials, is Your Highness still worried about the lack of soap?" “
"Lin Shi's speech won my heart." King Duan was happy in his heart, and he regarded Lin Mu as his own more and more.
"However......" Lin Mu changed his words, "Your Highness, the lower officials make these soaps to sell, and they can only run a military workshop after making money with soap, so I hope that Your Highness can help your lower officials spread the soap." ”
King Duan's expression became serious, and the status of soap in his eyes rose a lot, and he said, "What does Lin Shi say that this king needs to do?" “
"It's very simple, Your Highness only needs to invite the clan relatives who have contacts in Jiangning to come to the palace for a gathering, and show off the soap to them at this time, with the magic effect of soap, I am not afraid that they will not be moved."
King Duan nodded, "It's simple, they still give this king's face." ”
Lin Mu was satisfied, then he cleared his throat and reminded: "Your Highness, it is said that the official family likes to be clean and tidy the most, if Your Highness sends some soap to the official family at this time, maybe the official family's opinion of His Highness will change, and whether Jin Bing goes south or not, it will be good for His Highness in short." ”
King Duan understood and stood up excitedly, but felt that he was a little out of shape in Lin Mu, and sat down slowly, he said: "What Lin Shi said is reasonable, my loyalty and filial piety in the Hua Dynasty come first, and this is a good thing, so I naturally have to honor my father." ”
Lin Mu smiled very reservedly, the prince who didn't want to fight for the throne was either a fool or a madman, King Duan was a decent person, it was impossible to have no ideas, and his reaction was exposed.