Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 307 Efficacy
Under the leadership of Eunuch Wang, Zhang Qingfeng left the palace smoothly.

He didn't expect that his predicament would be solved in this way.

However, he couldn't relax his vigilance. The eunuchs and maids of Jingyang Palace were only caught because they had a handle. They seemed to be obedient, but it could not be ruled out that they would stab a knife in the back in the future.

Under the leadership of Eunuch Wang, Zhang Qingfeng and Zhang Qingfeng came to a market outside the palace.

Zhang Qingfeng had a lot of things to buy, not to mention all kinds of food and clothing.

In fact, the most important thing for Zhang Qingfeng is to buy things that can be processed into high added value. Yes, he needs to make money.

In the palace, it seems that clothing and food are provided in the palace, but if you want to live well, you must have money.

With money, not only can you live well, but you can also use money to open the way, make connections, and so on.

What Zhang Qingfeng was going to buy was naturally the raw materials for making soap.

He needs to make soap, and then use it to curry favor with Concubine Zheng, the eunuch and so on.

Of course, he is Concubine Gong's person now, and everything he does is naturally for Concubine Gong, or it can be said for Concubine Gong's son, the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Changluo.

Historically, after the death of Emperor Wanli, Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, succeeded to the throne. It is impossible for him to offend instead of flattering such good connections.

Of course, the premise of all this is to have capital, and soap has become the capital for his pursuit of advancement.

The money for the purchase of materials was naturally given by Zhang Qingfeng when he persuaded Concubine Gong to take it out. In order to support Zhang Qingfeng, Concubine Gong gave Zhang Qingfeng all the silver hairpins she had saved.

After leaving the palace, Zhang Qingfeng and the eunuch Wang pawned more than ten taels of silver with silver hairpins.

"Zhou Qingfeng, what are you buying these things for?" On the way back, Eunuch Wang couldn't help asking Zhang Qingfeng curiously.

"Of course it's to make money." Zhang Qingfeng said.

Zhang Qingfeng bought a lot, and the two had to hire a bullock cart.

Fortunately, Zhang Qingfeng didn't want to send everything into the palace. As Zheng Guifei's person, eunuch Wang had some rights and money in the palace, so he bought himself a property outside the palace.

So Zhang Qingfeng put the things in Eunuch Wang's house.

The next day, Zhang Qingfeng went out of the palace with Eunuch Wang again, this time besides the two, there were two more court ladies.

In Eunuch Wang's courtyard, Zhang Qingfeng directed the two maids to work, while he was in charge of the production process.

As for the secret recipe of soap, Zhang Qingfeng didn't think about keeping it secret, because if he wanted to keep it secret, he did it by himself.

Moreover, there are many things to make money, even if the secret recipe of soap is leaked, he also has other ways to make money.

After a day of hard work, Zhang Qingfeng finally produced more than 1000 bars of soap.

However, it would take a day or two for the soap to solidify and dry, so Zhang Qingfeng had no choice but to ask Eunuch Wang to send the soap to the palace the next day.

Eunuch Wang lived up to expectations, and sent the soap to Jingyang Palace smoothly. If it was Zhang Qingfeng himself, he would not be able to pass the gate of the palace.

In Jingyang Palace, Zhang Qingfeng began to show the efficacy of soap in front of Concubine Gong and Eunuch Wang.

"My dear, look, this is oily pot ash. If one's hands are smeared, it will be difficult to wash it off with water."

Zhang Qingfeng spoke to Concubine Gong while his hands were covered with pot ashes.

Then, he put his hands covered in pot ashes into clean water and scrubbed them.

However, although he scrubbed his hands in the water, the greasy pot ashes were not washed away, but instead covered his entire hands.

"Next, let's look at the efficacy of soap."

Zhang Qingfeng took out a piece of soap while talking, and began to apply it on his hands.

After smearing, Zhang Qingfeng rubbed his hands together again. After rubbing for a while, he put his hands in the water and rubbed them again.

As Zhang Qingfeng scrubbed, the water became more and more muddy, but soon, when Zhang Qingfeng took his hands out of the water, everyone was surprised.

"Is this saponin?" Concubine Gong asked Zhang Qingfeng in surprise.

In Concubine Gong's impression, the thing that can clean oil stains is saponin, but she knows that saponin is not like this at all, so she is a little confused.

"Your Majesty, this is not saponin, this is soap, soap made from soap." Zhang Qingfeng said to Concubine Gong: "Although this thing is not saponin, it is better than saponin. Use it to wash clothes , no matter how dirty the clothes are, it is much better than using saponins, and the cost of making soap is very low, only a few tenths of saponins."

In ancient times, saponins were generally only available to the powerful and wealthy families. Ordinary people could only use soap leaves and plant ash to clean things and so on.

For example, if clothes cannot be cleaned with plant ash, they have to be beaten with a wooden hammer until they are clean.

So in ancient times, people often saw the scene of the big girl and the young daughter-in-law beating clothes with a wooden hammer by the river.

In ancient times, the price of saponins has always been very high because of the production cost.

However, there is a more expensive thing called pancreas.

Pancreas is mainly made of animal pancreas and plant ash. Only several animal pancreas can make one pancreas.

And a piece of soap is not as good as a piece of soap of the same size.

Moreover, the price of soap is sky-high, generally only the nobles in the palace can afford it.

According to historical records, during the period of Emperor Wanli, Emperor Wanli spent millions of taels of silver a year in order to buy pancreas, rouge, gouache, clothing and jewelry for the women in the palace, which can be called extravagant.

In order to support the extravagant expenses of the palace, Wanli even sent tax inspectors and mine inspectors all over the country to search for money, which also caused complaints from all over the country.

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng say that this is not saponin, but everyone was not disappointed, such as eunuch Wang, he showed a look of surprise instead.

Eunuch Wang watched Zhang Qingfeng make these soaps, of course he knew the cost of this soap.

If he were to sell the soap, he would be able to sell it at a price higher than that of soap, because the appearance of the soap is really good, and the effect is no worse than that of soap.

According to the market price of several taels of silver for a piece of soap, he can sell more than 1000 pieces of soap here for 5000 taels of silver.

The cost of more than a dozen taels, what is the concept of earning 5000 taels, it has doubled hundreds of times.

Next, Eunuch Wang and Concubine Gong went to the battle in person to try the efficacy of the soap.

"This soap is better than soap. It cleans very well, and it's smooth after washing. It's very comfortable." Eunuch Wang said to Zhang Qingfeng in an exclamation tone.

Hearing what Eunuch Wang said, Concubine Gong also nodded and said, "This soap is indeed a good thing."

"Your Majesty, next, we have to think about how to sell these soaps."

Zhang Qingfeng said to Concubine Gong: "I'm going to send some to Concubine Zheng. It's a small advertisement. If Concubine Zheng agrees, this soap will not worry about selling."

However, when she heard that Zhang Qingfeng was going to send some soap to Concubine Zheng, Concubine Gong's expression turned a little dark.

"Why did you give it to her?" Concubine Gong asked.

"Your Majesty, don't be impatient, and listen to the little one in detail..."

(End of this chapter)