Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 308

Under Zhang Qingfeng's explanation, Concubine Gong was finally convinced and agreed to let Zhang Qingfeng bribe Concubine Zheng.

The reason Zhang Qingfeng bribed to curry favor with Concubine Zheng was not only to give him an identity, but also because Concubine Zheng was an unavoidable figure if he wanted to do business in the palace.

In addition to Concubine Zheng, there are also some eunuchs and maids in the palace who Zhang Qingfeng needs to take care of.

For example, Chen Ju, Wang An, and other famous eunuchs in history are the targets that Zhang Qingfeng must find a way to curry favor with.

With Concubine Gong's permission, Zhang Qingfeng soon started planning the gift giving.

If you want to give soap to Concubine Zheng, naturally you can't send it with no decorations.

At the very least, the soap must be packaged in a tall and high-end box.

Although it won't be able to reach the point of returning pearls after buying a basket, it can't be too shabby.

Finally, Zhang Qingfeng asked Eunuch Wang to find several skilled carpenters and carve several exquisite boxes out of fine mahogany.

Of course, the money was mainly paid by Eunuch Wang, because Zhang Qingfeng had no money.

Ever since he saw the usefulness of soap, and Zhang Qingfeng promised him a [-]% profit, Eunuch Wang has been very concerned about this matter.

In fact, it was not that Eunuch Wang had never thought of finding someone to kill Zhang Qingfeng and enjoy the profits of the soap all to himself. Anyway, he already knew how to make soap.

However, after weighing again and again, unless he can kill Concubine Gong and not leak the news, he will not be able to escape a death sentence, and he will still have money to make but no life to spend.

Instead of enjoying it all, it is better to use soap to make more money for yourself.

In ancient times, it can be found that many eunuchs were extremely greedy for money.

It stands to reason that eunuchs have no offspring, and it is useless to be greedy for more money, but in fact this is also forced by the system.

In the palace, eunuchs and palace maids will be released from the palace to live when they get old, but they have to rely on themselves for everything outside the palace, and the palace will no longer care about their basic necessities of life.

This resulted in many eunuchs and maids being lonely and helpless when they grew old, leading to extremely miserable lives.

Therefore, many eunuchs and maids will try their best to make money while they have the power, so that their life in their later years will not be so miserable.

And eunuch Wang is no exception, in order to make money from soap, he is now also fighting.

On this day, under the leadership of Eunuch Wang, Zhang Qingfeng came to Yikun Palace.

This is the palace where Concubine Zheng lives.

However, Zhang Qingfeng did not just want to see Concubine Zheng.

So Eunuch Wang helped him recommend Pang Bao, the chief eunuch under Concubine Zheng Gui.

"I've seen Master." Zhang Qingfeng saluted Pang Bao respectfully.

In the palace, it was popular for eunuchs to recognize their godfather or become their master.

Zhang Qingfeng's current choreography status is Eunuch Wang's apprentice, and Eunuch Wang is Pang Bao's apprentice, so Zhang Qingfeng has to call Pang Bao a master.

"You are Wang Bin's apprentice. I heard that you have something good to dedicate to me?" Pang Bao asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Yes, master, this is a good treasure made by my little one with the ancestral skills of my family, and I am here to dedicate it to the master." Zhang Qingfeng said to Pang Bao.

While speaking, he took out a box.

The box was opened, and there were more than a dozen square pieces of yellow soap inside. If you didn't know him, you might think they were snacks.

"What is this?" Pang Bao asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Return to master, this is something more useful than soap, it's called soap, and it's made by a small one with a lot of money." Zhang Qingfeng said to Pang Bao.

Next, under the arrangement of Pang Bao, Zhang Qingfeng once again demonstrated the magical effect of soap.

"How much does your soap cost?" Pang Bao asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Master, this soap is very troublesome to make, so the cost is much higher than saponin, but slightly lower than soap." Zhang Qingfeng said to Pang Bao.

He wouldn't tell Pompau that the soap was ridiculously cheap.

Only he, the eunuch Wang and Concubine Gong knew the cost of the soap, not even the maids who made the soap, because they did not purchase raw materials with Zhang Qingfeng.

For his own benefit, Eunuch Wang will definitely not say anything casually, so Zhang Qingfeng now says that the cost of soap is as high as it is.

Historically, after soap was introduced to China, it was a luxury for a long time, and Zhang Qingfeng did not want soap to become cheap in a short time, because it would not be good for him.

"How many bars of this soap can you make in a month?" Pang Bao asked Zhang Qingfeng.

Seeing the soap sent by Zhang Qingfeng, Pang Bao immediately began to think about it, because he saw an opportunity to make money from it.

"Master, as long as you have the capital to buy various materials, you can make thousands of pieces of soap a month." Zhang Qingfeng said to Pang Bao.

"Enough, enough." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Pang Bao was overjoyed.

"I need 1000 yuan for this kind of soap. How long does it take you to make it and how much does it cost?" Pang Bao asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Returning to Master, because there are no ready-made tools and tools for making, it takes about ten days to make 1000 yuan soap, and the cost is at least 500 taels of silver."

"Okay, I can give you 3000 taels of silver, and you can make me 1000 yuan of soap as soon as possible, is there any problem?" Feng Bao said to Zhang Qingfeng.

"Return to master, there is no problem, the little one will do his best." Zhang Qingfeng assured Feng Bao.

"That's good!" Feng Bao nodded, and said to Eunuch Wang: "Wang Bin, you have taken in a good apprentice, haha."

"In the palace, it all depends on the master's promotion, and the disciples should only think about the master..." Eunuch Wang also said to Feng Bao respectfully.

"Master, the apprentice brought some beautifully packaged soap today, specially for the master to give away." Eunuch Wang said to Feng Bao.

As he spoke, he motioned to Zhang Qingfeng to take out the beautifully packaged soap.

Seeing Eunuch Wang's signal, Zhang Qingfeng quickly dug out several beautifully packaged soap boxes from the box.

Open the soap box, inside is a little rabbit-shaped soap, carved like a work of art.

"Okay, you really have a heart." Seeing the beautifully packaged soap, Feng Bao was very happy.

Obviously, with these beautifully packaged soaps, he can give them to his master Zheng Guifei.

On this day, Zhang Qingfeng did not see the legendary Concubine Zheng, but even so he was very happy because his goal had been achieved.

The next day, Feng Bao gave Zhang Qingfeng the 3000 taels of silver.

The so-called banknotes are actually not banknotes issued by the imperial court, but deposit certificates issued by banks.

It means that you have deposited 3000 taels of silver in this bank, and the bank will issue a ticket for you. When you withdraw money, you take the money and match it with the bank’s bottom note, and you can withdraw the silver, which is equivalent to a private bank.

The bank note that Feng Bao gave to Eunuch Wang was the bank note of a big bank.

Under the leadership of Eunuch Wang, the two spent two days and quickly took out 3000 taels of silver from a money shop called "Huitong Bank", which weighed a full 94 kilograms and packed a whole small wooden box.

At this time, the bills that function as banknotes had not yet been issued, so Zhang Qingfeng had to go back with heavy silver.

"Master Wang, this is your share." At Eunuch Wang's house, Zhang Qingfeng began to share the money with Eunuch Wang.

(End of this chapter)