Chapter 49
"Young Master, I have sent out more than 5,600 pieces of soap today. You have to deliver it for seven days. I'm afraid there is not enough inventory." Zhang Wenguang held the account book and stood down on one side and said respectfully.
He has seen all kinds of high-ranking officials these days, which is really eye-opening. Especially on the day of opening, any official who comes to send gifts is a troupe in a scarlet official robe. Although the person has not arrived in person, the things he gives are not worth the money, but his face is amazing.
The magistrate Zhang, who was usually arrogant, was so polite when he saw the slaves who gave gifts. It can be seen how great Zhang Mu is. At first, he suspected Zhang Mu's soap deal, but now he is impressed and dares not question it anymore.
"So much is sent?" Zhang Mu couldn't help but be surprised. There were only more than 5,000 residents in Yongkang County. He estimated that it would be no big problem to send one or two thousand, and these five or six thousand were a bit scary.
"Young Master, you don't know that the people here don't want much. There is a 1,200 or 1,200 or 1,200 or 1,000 or 600. That, yes, the slave of the Master of Salt Science asked for 1,000 yuan on the spot and put down a deposit of 5,000 yuan. Another batch of rouge, gouache, etc. Before this was officially opened, a big deal was made." Zhang Wenguang explained hurriedly.
"All the other officials have been settled?" Zhang Mu asked.
"It's settled. It opened yesterday. Today, people have come to order the order one after another. Look, this is today's turnover." Zhang Wenguang hurriedly handed the account book to Zhang Mu.
Zhang Mu looked at it and decided to go out for more than 30,000 yuan a day today. He was shocked and asked. It seemed that these officials were giving gifts in disguise, but it also coincided with Zhang Mu's wishes. With them doing publicity, there was no need to worry about not being able to sell this thing.
"In addition, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce has also come to the station and has already talked with the young man, saying that he wants to have a long-term relationship with our family. Although there has not been a report, I think the young man is too young. In addition," said Zhang Wenguang, saying that he has also booked 10,000 yuan with us. The young man wants to ask you if you give it to them first?"
"Old Master Yan is our old friends, so we will naturally give it to them first. It seems that this small workshop is probably not enough for supply. Cultural and cultural highlights, tomorrow is Qingming Festival, when we go home to visit the grave, you spend some money to renovate a few low-yield farms from us. Just build a workshop, which is large in scale. Anyway, the good farm in Zhang Ao has already taken back.
In addition, tell the merchants that they should raise more pigs and less land. This will reduce the cost of oil and fat. In addition, if you buy some pigs, you will go to other places to collect them when there is no Jinhua, so that retail investors near the merchant can raise them. In autumn, we will buy them at the market price. Sooner or later, I will do all the entire Ming Dynasty territory, so I must not save money." Zhang Mu instructed.
"I understand little." Zhang Wenguang said hurriedly.
"I'm going to the mansion for the next few days, but I'm afraid I'm not at home. You bring people and build two lime kilns under our stone factory. The craftsmen go out to find it. The wages are not a problem. As for the procedures, I'll go to run myself. You care about it and start the work first." Zhang Mu said again.
"Young master, there is a saying that I don't know if I should say it." Zhang Wenguang suddenly said.
"You said that."
"That's right. I've seen the young master make soap these days, and the process doesn't seem to be very complicated. I'm worried that once the workshop is opened, if this secret recipe is spread, wouldn't it be cheaper for others?" Zhang Wenguang reminded carefully.
"I have already calculated this. This soap is not a difficult thing to make, the key is the material. I think the materials they sell now are all earthy and the process is also problematic. I just improved it. But don't worry, the reason why our soap can be made better than them is because of the white powders, namely caustic soda and sour soda.
I made caustic soda and it was the key to making soap. Soda soda is a water softener and accumulating agent. They don’t have these two things, so the soda that can be made can only be called pancreas. As for the secret recipes of these two things, only Song Wen knows it. Just so Ting Hexuan was also burned, so you might as well call the craftsman to rebuild it, separate it from our mansion, leave a back door, and open a door for him in the backyard. In the future, Song Wen will make caustic soda and soda soda alone there." Zhang Mu ordered.
"I have recorded all the young ones." Zhang Wenguang couldn't understand what Zhang Mu was saying at all, so he hurriedly smiled.
"You are tired for a day, so go and rest early." Zhang Mu waved his hand, picked up the book and looked it out. Zhang Wenguang hurriedly left.
Zhang Mu flipped through the "Great University" in his hand pages, but didn't read a single word.
The officials who opened the gifts yesterday were very particular. Although there were people from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang departments, they were all second and third leaders. If they had not been instructed by the top leaders, they would not have come to give gifts to him, a little man who did not even have fame.
On the surface, they were giving gifts to Zhang Mu, but in fact they were showing kindness to the Jinyiwei, especially the people from the commander-in-chief came. It seemed that they bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes about what happened in the Tudi Temple that day.
Although the Jinyiwei has been hiding for three years, it still has its sharpness. This time, the Jinyiwei's sword is unsheathed, which is definitely not just a matter of dealing with a few corrupt officials. The remnants of the White Lotus Sect are as simple as fishing. They are trying to catch big fish. Now they are just taking care of some small shrimps first.
When the name Jiang Yan appeared, Zhang Mu completely understood who the Jinyiwei was going to deal with this time.
Zhang Mu watched a documentary about the Jinyiwei, which mentioned two people, one was Mao Xiang, the first generation commander of the Jinyiwei, and the second was Jiang Yun, the second in the history of the Ming Dynasty mentioned by Tao Xingchang.
Mao Xiang was a thousand households in the army in his early years. After Zhu Yuanzhang fought in the world, he was promoted to commander Jin after the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was highly valued. Later, Duan Shixiong of Tengzhou rebelled and Mao Xiang fought against the great victory. The Japanese pirates in Zhejiang were rampant, and he fought against the Japanese pirates. Zhuo was promoted to the commander-in-chief. Later, the Jinyiwei was reorganized, and he became the first commander.
Most of the officials in the vigorous rebellion case of Hu Weiyong was handled by him, and they are still in the position of commander.
Although the Hu Weiyong case has been many years old, the case has been fermenting because the person Zhu Yuanzhang is going to kill has not been killed yet.
This year is the 23rd year of Hongwu and the last year of the Hu Weiyong case. If Zhang Mu remembers correctly, this year, Li Shanchang, one of the famous founding fathers, was killed in the Hu Weiyong case, and he also involved Zhu Yuanzhang's son, Zhu Zi, the King of Tan.
In the Hu Weiyong case, he killed a total of one Duke, twenty marquis, and was sentenced to death, and had to be exiled as many as tens of thousands of people, and the Chinese ministers in the court were almost empty.
In recent years, the Ming Dynasty had seen calm and quiet, but in fact, undercurrents were surging inside. Even the Jinyiwei had lost troops and generals in this struggle. Twenty years later, the torture instruments were burned and hidden for almost three years. It is estimated that Mao Xiang was in trouble. Fighting with these founding heroes, either you die or I die.
Therefore, Mao Xiang was unsheathed this time and sent his confidant Jiang Han to fight to the death with these heroes in the court.
Jiang Yan was the organizer of the Lan Yu case, the last four major cases in the Hongwu Dynasty. Zhang Mu knew that he was involved in the torrent of Zhu Yuanzhang's elimination of heroes in the Hongwu Dynasty. Three days later, Jiang Yan's attempt to see him was definitely the next step.
At this time, suddenly, a strong wind was gust of outside, followed by lightning and thunder in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.
Zhang Mu looked out the window, and the building was filled with wind and rain. He stood by the window with his hands on his back, and said to himself: "Father, you really dug a big pit for me. It makes me so hard!"
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Chapter completed!