Chapter 35: The Lord Is Too Dark

Busy until dark, Li Wei and the others made the first batch of soap and put it in the mold to wait for cooling.

Wiping his sweat, Li Wei sighed, it's really tiring to do this work, not to mention moving around, he has to keep stirring when heating, his arms are sore when he is tired, and it is not easy to make some money!

"Master, you go and rest, I'll make dinner, okay call you."

"Okay, just do it, it's late."

"Okay."

Xiaoqing agreed and started cooking, but since most of the tiring work was done by Li Wei, she was not very tired.

After dinner, Li Wei went to bed early, and the soap will be shipped tomorrow, and he is going to sell it in the market to try it.

Closing his eyes, he always couldn't help but have Xiaoqing's graceful figure in his mind, lingering for a long time.

"Hey, I knew I could have pushed the boat down the river yesterday!"

Li Wei opened his eyes and sighed, he regretted it a little now, he couldn't miss the opportunity and didn't come again, now that people don't mention it, it's not good for him to pull down his old face and say it, right?

Since the crossing, the computer and mobile phone are not around, and he has not looked at the study materials to solve the physiological problems by himself, and now he has been holding back for many months, and it is impossible to say that he has no ideas in his heart.

That night he tossed and turned again for most of the night before falling asleep.

The next day, Li Wei went to the palace as usual to take a walk, especially the War Bureau.

Lao Zhu was in a hurry to make guns, and Li Wei did not dare to slack off, so he reported it almost every day.

When I came to the War Bureau today, I finally got good news, Fang Jianbao took out a sample of a made flintlock pistol and asked the craftsman to show it to Li Wei.

I tried several times in a row, and at most I only needed to pull two or three times to shoot successfully, and several times I was successful in one shot, which is a lot better than at the beginning.

"Well, yes, you try again according to the methods I taught you, and see if you can improve it again, especially the problem of firing, it is best to be able to shoot every time, and two or three deductions are still too much!"

"Okay Master Li, if you work hard, you will definitely create a spontaneous gun that satisfies you!"

Fang Jianbao said confidently.

"It doesn't matter if I'm not satisfied, the main thing is the emperor, I have to make him satisfied."

"Yes, yes, my lord said yes!"

Fang Jianbao took the opportunity to slap a few sycophants again, but Li Wei was not interested in these vain words, so he wasted his efforts.

After talking to Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Wei went back early again, and he wanted to take the soap to the market today to try it.

Yesterday, he and Xiaoqing worked hard all afternoon, and only made about 30 pieces, so the two of them just carried them in baskets.

When they arrived at the bazaar, they laid out a burlap and laid out the soap.

The smell of soap is still very good, and it won't take long to attract an aunt.

"What are you?"

"Auntie, this is soap, which is used to wash clothes and wash the body like soap, sterilization and skin care, very easy to use, take a look."

The aunt was stunned when she heard it, she didn't understand what sterilization and skin care was, and she understood that this was the same thing as soaphorn, that is, it smelled fragrant, if it wasn't expensive, you could buy it and try it.

"How much does this cost?"

"We sold it for the first time today, auntie, if you want it, the original price is three hundred wen, and I count it as two hundred and fifty wen!"

Li Wei said with a smile.

"What? Are you robbing money? What stuff sells so expensive! ”

When the aunt heard this, she immediately threw back the soap in her hand to Li Wei, a piece of soap is less than ten yuan, and the best medicinal soap is only ten or twenty yuan, and he sells a soap for more than ten times the price!

"Auntie, my soap is different from soap......"

Li Wei still wanted to explain, but before he could continue, the aunt scolded and walked away.

Li Wei was suddenly a little helpless.

His soap is a little more expensive, but as a monopoly luxury, the price is high, and Li Wei thinks it is worth the money.

After that, a few more people came to Li Wei's stall to take a look and ask, but as soon as they heard the price, they scolded and left, which made Li Wei's face very unsightly.

Xiaoqing also followed to help introduce people, but it was useless.

"Master, are we setting a price that is too high? Why don't we descend again? ”

Xiaoqing is very clear, the cost of making these soaps is only a dozen pennies a piece, Li Wei set a price of more than ten times the cost at once, to be honest, even she thinks the old man is too dark!

"You don't understand, I plan to take the route of luxury, I can't sell it cheaply, and I have worked hard for most of the day, and it is already very cheap to sell it for 300 yuan!"

Li Wei frowned and said unhappily, he felt that he had worked hard yesterday, and it was only a few dollars to sell all these dozens of pieces of soap?

Xiaoqing looked at Li Wei and did not refute him, although the little girl felt that it was not too hard to do that little work, but the lord's status was noble, so naturally he could not be the same as ordinary people.

"Forget it, don't sell it, let's talk about it tomorrow, close the stall!"

Li Wei said impatiently.

After speaking, he took Xiaoqing and cleaned up and went home.

When he got home, Li Wei thought about it carefully, although he was not good at marketing, he had seen a lot of various marketing methods in later generations, and he knew some of them, and he should be able to use them.

First of all, since it is a luxury product, the packaging must be gorgeous, no matter whether the thing is good or not, the packaging must not be less!

As soon as he thought of it, Li Wei went to the war bureau, found a few carpenters, and asked them to make a few exquisite small wooden boxes, and the soap molds were also remade, making them into various sleek shapes, no longer using that square appearance.

And, in line with the basic principle of copying if you can copy and never use your brain, the words "fragrant and fluttering" are engraved on the mold and wooden box, as well as the graphics that look like butterflies and petals.

He paid these craftsmen at market prices, and although the craftsmen repeatedly refused, Li Wei still insisted on it.

He knows that Zhu Yuanzhang is a guy who can't tolerate sand in his eyes, he has done so many things so far, and the reason why he has not been cut down is that his own importance is on the one hand, and on the other hand, the main reason is that he has never made a mistake in principle.

If he took advantage of his position to let the craftsman do private work for him and didn't pay, then Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not be able to spare him, and even if he didn't kill him, he would never beat him lightly.

But as long as the wages are paid, then there is no problem, these craftsmen work for the imperial court is actually regarded as a service tax, and people do not work for the imperial court all year round, and they have to take jobs to make money, Li Wei is completely reasonable and legal to do so.

After making a new mold and packaging box, Li Wei remanufactured a batch of soap, and melted and reshaped the previous 30 or so pieces.

It took two days for Li Weicai to bring these newly made soaps to the market to sell, and this time he was fully prepared, got a sign, and wrote: Rare treasures, fragrant everywhere.

And this time, I also brought a simple small table, and a basin of water was put next to it for people to try the soap.

After doing enough work, the price was directly marked, so as to save being too late and being scolded.