Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

After returning to the mansion, Ning Fan was not idle.

He put his hands behind his back and walked around the study.

For a while, I kept mumbling, not knowing what to say.

After a while, he stopped to write and draw on the paper. No one knew what Ning Fan was going to do.

"Ergou, go buy a batch of things for me tomorrow!"

Ning Fan called Ergou in and handed him a piece of paper.

Ergou opened the paper, looked at it carefully, and rubbed his eyes.

"Your Highness, what do you want these things for?"

Ergou said doubtfully.

"Yes, you go buy me coarse sugar and coarse salt. In addition, I also need some rose petals or other petals. Also, you go to the blacksmith shop to help me customize some tools."

Ning Fan said and handed Ergou another piece of paper.

However, this time, what was written on the paper was not words, but detailed pictures.

These pictures look very detailed, and they are things Ergou has never seen before.

"Your Highness, what is this?"

Ergou couldn't help but asked curiously.

The things in the picture are too weird, but Ning Fan was very surprised when he painted them, and they looked lifelike.

Especially the individual parts are well represented by Ning Fan's paintings.

"This thing is called a juicer. It is used to squeeze something and squeeze out the juice."

Ning Fan said without looking back.

Idle time is also idle, Ning Fan plans to use his spare time to make some tools.

These tools, of course, serve Ning Fan's plan to make money.

White sugar, fine salt, even monosodium glutamate... Take any of these things and they are like kings in this era.

……

It was three o'clock in the morning the next day, and Ning Fan opened his eyes.

Seeing that Ning Fan was about to get up, two young eunuchs immediately took charge of changing clothes, and the other took out a hot towel to wipe Ning Fan's face.

"Your Highness, everything you asked for last night is ready. You can take a look at it in the yard."

Ergou ran in and said as if he was offering a treasure.

Because I was running too fast, I didn't pay attention to my steps, and accidentally fell to the ground, looking very embarrassed.

Looking at the large basket of rose petals brought back by Ergou, Ning Fan showed a faint smile on his face.

Today, he plans to make rose essential oil first.

Rose essential oil is mainly used to make rose soap.

The soaps produced today are too rough, and it will inevitably be difficult to follow the high-end route in the future, so Ning Fan took precautions and started upgrading the product.

Of course, rose petals can not only extract rose pigments and essential oils. If there is distillation equipment, Ning Fan can even make rose essence, which will be used to make perfume in the future. Wouldn't it be even more explosive?

Of course, there are many ideas, and it will take time to implement them step by step.

Ning Fan decided to stay behind closed doors recently and study some things at home.

If he wanted to compete in the world and participate in the battle for the right to inherit the throne, Ning Fan had already lost the opportunity.

For this purpose, Ning Fan made a plan for himself, that is, focus on the economy!

As long as you have money, your own power will naturally grow slowly. As long as you have countless money, you will be qualified to compete in the world in the future!

"Ergou, how many porcelain vases like this are there in the house? Count them all, bring them all to me!"

Ning Fan started to give instructions to Ergou.

At the same time, the other young eunuchs also took action and began to perform their duties according to Ning Fan's instructions.

On top of a large pot, the heat quickly boiled.

Ning Fan picked up a porcelain bottle, put washed rose petals into half of the bottle, and then poured clear perilla oil on it.

In this era, people already knew how to extract oil from plant seeds.

Perilla oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, etc.

One characteristic of perilla is that it is extremely clear and translucent with almost no impurities, which just meets Ning Fan's requirements.

As the oil is poured in, the petals are soaked in it.

After doing all this, Ning Fan closed the lid and placed the porcelain bottle on the grate.

"Just do it, you arrange all the rest, then cover the lid and steam it for me!"

Ning Fan gave a demonstration and left the rest of the work to a few young eunuchs.

According to Ning Fan's request, it was simmered over low heat until in the afternoon, Ning Fan opened the lid of the pot and immediately smelled a faint fragrant smell.

This is the smell of roses, which has penetrated into the oil.

Sure enough, Ning Fan opened a jar and saw the rose-red oil inside, which was particularly tempting.

"Your Highness, it smells so good!"

Ergou came over and took a deep sip.

"Get out! Get the gauze quickly and filter out the petals. Don't stop the fire. Keep heating it. I want to make another batch of soap!"

Ning Fan saw that it was still early and decided to make a batch of soap to try.

Ning Fan deliberately extracted pigments and aromas from rose petals, with the main purpose of transforming soap.

As long as soap is changed into toilet soap, the product will be different, and the price will naturally rise directly in the future.

Ning Fan was busy until the evening when the stars and moon were in the sky, and Ning Fan finally made the first batch of soap.

Looking at the rose-red soap, Ergou and the young eunuchs took a deep sniff of the pleasant aroma, with expressions of enjoyment on their faces.

"smell good!"

Ergou sighed.

"Of course, this is called soap! If you take a bath with this thing, your whole body will be filled with the scent of flower petals!"

Ning Fan smiled.

"Soap?"

When Ergou heard this name, he felt inexplicably powerful and couldn't help but tremble.

"Your Highness, how many pieces of soap do you plan to sell?"

Ergou asked expectantly.

"This time we will sell it ourselves! Open a specialty store!"

Ning Fan's eyes lit up.

Ning Fan was inspired by Ergou just now, and Ning Fan suddenly had an amazing idea.

If you want to expand your business and make more money in the future, you can't just find others to cooperate with you. Only by controlling the first-hand supply of goods in your own hands can you maximize profits.

"Open a store? A specialty store?"

Ergou looked shocked.

"Of course I want to open my own shop! Ergou, you go out tomorrow and find a suitable shop. We will open it as soon as possible!"

At night, Ning Fan lay in bed and thought about many things.

Some ways to make money, some future development directions, etc.

Anyway, now that you have a lot of money in your hands, how to spend it to make more money is the most critical question.

I have to say that Ergou's work efficiency and ability are still very good.

At almost noon the next day, the dusty Ergou came back from outside.

"Your Highness, we have only found two shops in suitable locations! As long as we spend money to purchase them, business will definitely be good."

Ergou said loudly.

"How much is the rent?"

Ning Fan asked.

"Three hundred taels a year, which is a bit expensive, but the location is good."

Ergou explained it carefully to Ning Fan.

Although after Ergou's description, Ning Fan felt that it was not much, but if he opened his own store, he would definitely have to investigate it.

"Ergou, let's go, take me to see you."

Ning Fan decided to check it out in person and calculate the flow of people.