Tang Shigui stared at the soap in front of him and couldn't take his eyes off it.

"Brother Lu, how much do you think this soap sells for?"

Lu Yu thought about it for a while, and now in the year of the catastrophe, the lard has risen from 20 yuan a pound to 60 yuan a pound, and the raw materials have risen so much, so even if this soap is a semi-finished product, it has to be sold for at least 100 yuan.

But if you add freight, coupled with the immaturity of the industry, the loss of various links, so you have to sell at least 150 yuan to make a profit.

Coupled with spices, the cost of making soap has risen again, and you can raise some more prices and sell it for two hundred dollars.

However, now this business is their monopoly, and no one will get this secret recipe anytime soon.

And monopoly means that profits can be further expanded!

Lu Yu thought for a while and replied, "Three hundred dollars." ”

Three hundred dollars!

The poor sell their labor to the rich and are driven by them to receive a salary of 5,000 a year.

It's more than 400 yuan a month.

Except for food and clothing, I can't afford to buy a piece of soap!

Exactly as Lu Yu expected, this thing is not for ordinary people.

Listening to Lu Yu's answer, Tang Shigui also knew that he must have calculated many of them.

Three hundred dollars, you can indeed earn a lot!

But.

His heart is obviously not dark enough.

Tang Shigui smiled and shook his head.

"Brother, although you have a lot of means, you are not a material for doing business, you are really kind."

"Three hundred dollars is too cheap, there is no profit at all, and it is sold so cheaply, those Haoqiang still think that our things are too cheap."

"In order to make this thing more noble, the price must be raised."

"At the very least, a thousand dollars for the base!"

"That's it, it's still the most basic style."

"We can give it a box of the whole small leaf red sandalwood, and then inlay it with glazed stones, and carve it with double dragon play beads, so that it looks as noble as it is."

"Give it a particularly expensive name, so that others will know that this thing is a good thing when they hear it, such as what Tianxiangbao soap is called!"

"Those heroes have so much land, even in the year of the catastrophe, they don't have to worry about drinking or eating, they lack this kind of thing that can protect their face, they have to make them realize that this is a treasure!"

"To make these powerful money, you don't have to have many scruples at all!"

"The old millet in the homes where those dogs entered was piled up to mold, and they were unwilling to take it out to relieve the victims, and they also took advantage of the danger of people to buy half a bucket of old rice to buy homeless people to go home and play, pit the money of such people, what kind of people are sophisticated?"

"It must be as much as you can make, and you have to earn as much as they want! Sell him for thousands of dollars, it seems cheap, the most noble style, you have to buy it directly with gold! ”

"There is no eternal secret in the world, even if we keep the secret of this soap well, it will be leaked one day, so we must make as much money as possible before revealing it again!"

"If you enter the fuck, make him hundreds of millions of dollars first, and then !!"

The more Tang Shigui spoke, the more excited he became, and when he talked about the last few hundred million, his eyes were a little red, and he directly broke his foul mouth.

Listening to Tang Shigui's words, Lu Yu couldn't help but be stunned.

But if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that Tang Shigui is very reasonable!

It was he who had a preconceived idea, always thinking about the long-term flow and doing long-term business.

But in this chaotic world, where is there any long-term business?

In those years, the oil and water of the poor were drained and eaten.

If you want to earn, you can earn the money of those powerful families!

Whoever has the money, earns whom!

Lu Yu said seriously: "Brother Tang is high, he has been taught!" ”

"Haha, it's just my brother's foolish opinion." Being able to be said by Lu Yu like this, Tang Shigui seemed very happy, he finally regained a little confidence in front of Lu Yu, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Brother, you can rest assured, this business will definitely make a lot of money!" Just wait for the dividends! ”

Then the two chatted for a long time.

Tang Shigui is relatively well-informed and has more channels to get information, so he mentioned the recent occurrence of typhoid patients in several towns.

"Typhoid fever?" Lu Yu frowned.

"Yes." Tang Shigui nodded, sighed and said, "I hope it doesn't spread, otherwise it will be a misery." ”

As the old saying goes: after a great drought there will be a great flood, and after a great flood there will be a great plague.

It's a summary of experience.

And things did go in that direction.

In fact.

This is not the first time that the typhoid plague has appeared.

It was several years ago.

Because of the slow circulation of people in ancient times, the typhoid plague did not spread widely, but it broke out from time to time.

The reason why Taiping Dao was born and became one of the protagonists of this era.

It is because Zhang Jiao can use water in one hand, which can cure the plague to a certain extent, so that many people believe in the Taiping Dao.

But.

Although Zhang Jiao's talisman water is mixed with medicine, it is a kind of decoction, so it has a slight curative effect, but for typhoid fever, the curative effect is still minimal.

He was cured because of "faith."

He dies because of "disbelief."

In this way, coupled with the reckless preaching in the disaster area, Zhang Jiao attracted many followers.

Since then, he has preached the world and received the support of some powerful families, which has made the momentum of Taiping Dao stronger and stronger.

It is obviously unrealistic to expect Zhang Jiao to save the plague.

Now.

Lu Yu had some other thoughts in his heart.

Can we make a cure for the plague?

In the information obtained from Bai Yuyao, there is no medicine in this regard.

And.

He still doesn't know what type of disease the so-called typhoid plague is.

Can it be cured?

If even the technology after the industrial revolution can't be treated, then even if Lu Yu obtains the relevant information, he can't make the antidote!

Even if he is an immortal cultivator, he can't rub the products of science and technology by hand!

……

After Lu Yu returned to his residence, his mood was very heavy.

Because he knew about the appearance of the typhoid plague, he was not happy because he was about to make a lot of money.

If it is a plague, it will inevitably be ruined, and the Taiping Road where you are located cannot be avoided!

Under the nest, how can there be eggs?

Those of his subordinates, I'm afraid someone will be tricked!

Even Lu Yu is hardly an exception.

However, he has cultivated immortals, and his physical fitness is much stronger, so he should be fine.

But a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Lu Yu thought about it for a long time and decided to act immediately.

Even if there is no cure for the plague now, there is still action to prevent it from happening!

Lu Yu found Qu Shuai Zhang Mancheng, and after greeting him, he asked: "I heard that there has been a typhoid plague in the nearby county, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Mancheng's face was very ugly, he was an old man who had followed a great sage and good teacher, and he knew the horror of the typhoid plague deeply, so he nodded at this moment, and said in a heavy tone: "It is indeed true." ”

"Zhang Shuai, I have a few strategies, maybe they can have some effect." Lu Yu said directly.

When Zhang Mancheng heard this, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise, and asked curiously: "Please say it." ”

Then Lu Yu said a few simple protective measures.

First, covering the mouth and nose with a silk cloth, even if the effect is minimal, it will have some effect.

Second, all people in Taiping Road, try not to drink raw water, and if possible, you need to boil the water as much as possible before drinking.

Third, you can use quicklime for disinfection, first sprinkle water on the road surface, and then sprinkle quicklime, quicklime meets water, automatically becomes mature lime, so there will be a good sterilization effect.

Fourth, if it is not necessary, try not to go to the nearby county, and even if you go, you must take adequate protective measures.

Listening to Lu Yu's proposal, Zhang Mancheng nodded seriously: "I will arrange it, I hope that your methods can reduce the occurrence of typhoid fever and plague among people in Taiping Dao." ”

After the goal was achieved, Lu Yu said goodbye and left, but his mood was not much easier.

These protective measures will have a certain effect, but they cannot completely isolate the plague.

And others are soft-spoken, in Taiping Dao, there is still a bit of prestige, Zhang Mancheng also knows the seriousness of the matter, so he adopted Lu Yu's method.

But if you put your opinion to the county guard Chu Gong and want to expand the scope of protection, it is impossible to achieve it!

I'm afraid the county guard won't even listen.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the county guard Chu Gong really listened, the organizational ability of the government in this era was also very low, and it was impossible to work together, and there was no way to implement it smoothly!

So he simply couldn't organize the spread of the plague!

The only way to do this now is to wait for the next summoning and see if there is a solution.

Before that, he had to find out what type of disease this typhoid plague was!