The soap liquid is followed by condensation, and if it is produced in large quantities, Liu Yuanshan needs a large number of molds. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the past, he used bamboo tubes to make molds, and the soap he made was not only different in size, but also in size and weight beyond his original design, and some of the large soaps even weighed two pounds.

This is not possible, to expand sales, the first step is to turn the big piece into a small piece, otherwise you will lose money.

Liu Yuanshan's idea is to turn the original one or two catties of soap into something similar to that of later generations, so that the original one piece can be made into four or five small pieces, as for the price, each piece of osmanthus soap can not exceed ten yuan, otherwise ordinary people can not afford it.

If it is a small amount of ten cents, it is already considered a huge profit, after all, his cost may be less than a penny.

After thinking clearly, Liu Yuanshan took the only carpenter Song Qiu to make the mold in the afternoon, he was only responsible for telling Song Qiu the specific size of the mold and the number needed, and Song Qiu would do the rest by himself.

This is not high-tech, and there is no difficulty, not to mention that Song Qiu is a carpenter, even an ordinary person can do it, so after Liu Yuanshan matched him with four or five people, Song Qiu made more than 100 molds according to the requirements that day.

The so-called mold is just a small box with a square five sides and an opening on one side, and the box is poured with a boiled soap mixture.

In the next two days, Song Qiu led people to make more than 600 molds, and Liu Yuanshan asked him to stop.

The weather is getting warmer day by day, the ice and snow on the mountains in the river are gradually melting and disappearing, and it seems that the shadow of spring has been looming.

One afternoon, the second uncle Mao who went out finally came back, this time he brought more than ten people over, this time the servants were not all young and strong like last time, including young people and old people, and two women, one in his forties, and one was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

The dozen or so people were basically emaciated, with vegetables on their faces, and they looked like they had come from a long journey of starvation.

"This is your young master!" Second Uncle Mao pointed to Liu Yuanshan and said to everyone.

Everyone hurriedly saluted and knelt down in front of the mountain road one by one.

Liu Yuanshan nodded and said, "What's your name, report it yourself!" "I circled around the crowd, but I didn't mean to get them up.

An old man led by him was the first to speak, and he spoke in a Liaodong tone: "Back to the young master's words, the younger one is from Liaodong, surnamed Han, and his cheap name is changed to Han Laotie!" ”

"Hmm......" Liu Yuanshan was slightly surprised, and said, "Han Laotie, are you a blacksmith?" He remembered asking Second Uncle Mao to collect a blacksmith, but there was such a coincidence in the world, the blacksmith's name was Lao Tie?

"Yes, young master, the little one used to be a blacksmith!"

"Liaodong is not close to here, why did you come here?" Liu Yuanshan asked again.

"This ......" Han Laotie saw a slight cold sweat oozing from his head, lowered his head even harder, and said in a low voice: "There was a drought in Liaodong, and there was no food, so I took my family to beg along the way, and I walked and walked here." ”

"These two are your family?" Liu Yuanshan pointed to the two female dependents and asked.

"Yes, yes, yes!" As Han Laotie spoke, he pointed to a rather tall young man behind him and said, "This is also my family, the son of the villain." ”

"Nonsense!" Liu Yuanshan said sharply: "You are lying! ”

He doesn't know if there is a drought in Liaodong, but he still knows how far Liaodong is from Xiangyang Mansion, such as Bian Keng and others before, who lived in Xiangyang from Liaodong, and there is often only one person left in the family.

"The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare!" Han Laotie kowtowed like pounding garlic, and his children and wives were also so frightened that they hurriedly kowtowed.

Second Uncle Mao has been silent, but now he has spoken twice and said, "San Lang, it's not too late to go home and interrogate in detail later!" After speaking, he gave Liu Yuanshan a look.

Liu Yuanshan nodded, asked the names of the remaining young people, and said: "Okay, you all get up, it will be my family in the future, and I also warn you here, work hard in the future, as long as you are diligent and willing to work, you can get ahead!" ”

A few villains thought that the owner was talking about face, so they didn't pay too much attention to it, and followed Liu Da to the front yard of Liu's house to get clothes and separate beds!

After a few people left, Second Uncle Mao came to Liu Yuanshan and said, "San Lang don't be suspicious, although this Han Laotie didn't tell the truth, he can use it!"

"Why? Isn't he a blacksmith?"

"Because he doesn't dare to tell the truth!" Second Uncle Mao shook his head with a smile and said, "You guessed wrong this time, he is not only a blacksmith, but also born a blacksmith." ”

"Born...... Oh......" Liu Yuanshan suddenly realized: "This guy is a craftsman?" No wonder I don't dare to tell the truth. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Lao Taizu divided the ordinary people at the bottom into three types, namely: peasant households, military households and artisan households.

Farmers are in charge of farming, military households are soldiers, and artisans are specialized in making all kinds of handicrafts. Among the three types of people, the status of peasant households is the highest, and the children and grandchildren of peasant families can be imperial examinations and officials, followed by military households, because soldiers can only get rid of their household registration after they have made military merits

The saddest thing is that the craftsman family cannot take the imperial examination, and cannot make military merits, so he can only be a craftsman from generation to generation. That's why Second Uncle Mao said that Han Laotie was born as a blacksmith.

"He's not just a craftsman, he should still be a craftsman with the army!" Second Uncle Mao's eyes are very vicious.

"Second Uncle Mao, do you mean ......" Liu Yuanshan didn't say the rest of the words. This Han Laotie must have escaped from Liaodong by taking advantage of the war or defeat, and he escaped with his son and daughter.

There is no way, once it is a craftsman, it will be a craftsman for the rest of his life, and from now on, his children and grandchildren can only be craftsmen, in order to get rid of this desperate reincarnation, Han Laotie must have slipped away in a certain war.

As for being able to bring the whole family to Xiangyang safely, he should have put a lot of thought into it.

"Is it better to be a subordinate than to be a craftsman?" Liu Yuanshan asked.

"That is, you have never been a soldier, and you don't know the hardships of the craftsmen with the army!" Second Uncle Mao shook his head, didn't want to say more, pointed to the courtyard and said, "I sent it to you, I'll go back and sleep first, I'm tired to death." ”

"Okay, Second Uncle Mao, you rest first!" Liu Yuanshan bowed, but Second Uncle Mao came back and said, "By the way, there is another important matter, I forgot to tell you." ”

When he said this, his face instantly became serious, and he sighed and said, "This time I went to Xiangyang Mansion, and I heard that Gucheng and Yunxian are in trouble!" Many refugees from Shaanxi Province have gone into the mountains and forests to gather together, specializing in raiding homes and robbing houses, and the government has already exterminated many of them a few years ago. (To be continued.) )