Chapter 151

151. Chapter 151: Pricing of Soap

The bath beans sold in the capital were very expensive. A small piece cost more than one tael of silver.

Bath beans were only used by the rich families in the capital. It was said that the young ladies and wives of those rich families used up half a small piece of bath beans when taking a bath once, which was really burning money...

But looking at the piece of soap made by Jiang Xiaoxiao, more than forty of them all used it to wash their hands, and they didn't see the soap get smaller at all. It was much more durable than bath beans.

"Of course, how much do you want to buy?" Jiang Xiaoxiao opened her mouth.

She made a total of eight bamboo tubes of soap, each bamboo tube was as thick and long as an arm, and could be cut into more than ten square small soaps, a total of more than eighty pieces, which was more than enough for everyone to buy one.

"Xiaoxiao, how do you sell this soap?" Master Zheng also couldn't help but walk up and ask.

Jiang Xiaoxiao thought about it. The cost of making this soap could be said to be almost zero. The plant ash was dug out from the stove and was not worth much money. The lard was rendered from the pork in her mother's space. According to the meat price in town, a catty of pork cost more than twenty wen, and could render six or seven taels of oil.

She consumed less than fifty catties of fatty pork to make these soaps, which calculated to be more than one tael of silver.

In addition, she also added alcohol and coarse salt. High-purity alcohol did not exist in this era, even if it was one hundred wen, a pot of wine in town only cost seventy or eighty wen. As for coarse salt, it was even cheaper, three wen...

The average cost of each piece of soap was less than twenty wen.

By the way, she also added goat milk from milk goats to the soap. This thing was expensive, so the cost price would double again.

She opened her mouth and said: "I plan to sell this soap for four hundred wen a piece."

As soon as the words fell, everyone stared in disbelief, and even her mother looked at her in surprise.

Was this price expensive?

"Xiaoxiao, you only sell such easy-to-use soap for four hundred wen a piece?" The little disciple beside Master Zheng couldn't help but lean over, gesturing with his fingers: "Do you know that the bath beans sold for one tael of silver a piece in the capital are not as big as your piece of soap, and your soap is more durable than bath beans and washes cleaner than bath beans, and you only sell it for four hundred wen?!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

She thought that a tenfold price increase was already profiteering...

"Xiaoxiao, give me one!"

"Hey, don't squeeze, Xiaoxiao, I want two!"

For a time, more than ten little disciples swarmed around Jiang Xiaoxiao, some buying one piece, and some buying two. Even Master Zheng bought two pieces.

The farmers on the side looked enviously, although they were very greedy for this soap, for these farmers who couldn't earn two taels of silver in a whole year, four hundred wen needed to be saved for a long, long time, so they really couldn't bear it...

Qiulian Niang also wanted to buy one, but thinking of the tax collection that would be handed over in a few days, she held back.

However, before finishing work and leaving in the afternoon, Jiang Xiaoxiao still stuffed a piece of soap into her hand. For the sake of fairness, she also gave Zhao Dasao a piece.

"This can't be done!" Zhao Dasao was so scared that she hurriedly declined, "How can such precious soap be wasted by us country people, and your mother has already given us wages, fifteen wen a day, so this soap really can't be accepted..."

"This is a benefit for working for our family." Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled and pressed her hand, "It's very hard for you to cook for so many people every day. It's only right to give wages, and washing so many bowls every day hurts your hands. This soap is considered a subsidy for you."

"This is Xiaoxiao's intention, you just accept it." Jiang Wei also stood out, "Our family still has things to ask for your help."

"What's the matter? Xiaoxiao's mother, just say it." Qiulian Niang patted her chest and said.

Jiang Wei looked at the new house that had risen from the ground outside the courtyard and said faintly: "Our family's new house is almost built, and Master Zheng will come to apply raw lacquer tomorrow, and it will be almost ready to move in. According to the customs of the village, moving to a new house requires a banquet, and I have to trouble you to help me find a few wives and old women with experience in this area to help."

"Banquet?" Zhao Dasao was stunned. In this day and age, every household was poor. Even if there was a happy event at home, the villagers just went to join in the fun and eat some happy cakes. As for the banquet, how many years had it been since their village held a banquet...

"Our family is not prepared to hold a big one, just let the villagers come to have a meal when the time comes." Jiang Wei said, "Qiulian, both of your cooking skills are good, so help our family take charge of the spoon when the time comes."

"Okay, don't worry, this matter is wrapped on us."

After Qiulian Niang and Zhao Dasao left, Jiang Wei and Jiang Xiaoxiao returned to the room and closed the door.

Jiang Xiaoxiao spread all the money earned from selling soap today on the table, selling twenty pieces of soap and earning eight taels of silver.

This was simply more profitable than snow cakes and ice cream!

Jiang Wei sat at the table and couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect your soap to be successful the first time."

She scanned the soap neatly stacked in a pile on the table and said again: "Tomorrow we will go to town to see if the customized furniture is ready, and by the way, see if there are any shops for resale."

"Okay!" Jiang Xiaoxiao beamed with joy. Her family was finally going to buy a shop in town!

The next day, the mother and daughter and Old Man Zhao and Chunmiao took the carriage to Yong'an Town.

Arriving in town, the mother and daughter got off the carriage at the destination, and Old Man Zhao and Chunmiao continued to drive the carriage to deliver goods.

Opposite the street corner was the carpentry shop, and Jiang Wei led Jiang Xiaoxiao over.

The apprentice inside was doing woodwork, and seeing the mother and daughter walk in, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically.

Jiang Wei directly stated her purpose.

"Isn't this just a coincidence? The furniture your family customized earlier was just finished yesterday, and you came today." The apprentice happily led them to the backyard to see the furniture.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked over, and the dazzling array of furniture had been applied with tung oil and was being placed in the backyard to dry in the shade.

The series of furniture customized by her family, such as tables, chairs, cabinets, mirror stands, screens, etc., were all made of pure rosewood, looking beautiful and atmospheric.

In this day and age, there are too many choices for furniture materials. If it is a rich family, they generally choose rosewood and Huanghuali Wood wood with better wood quality, and there are also sour branch wood and chicken wing wood.

As for ordinary families, most of them choose rosewood.

As for the poor families in the village, most of them use common firewood, such as birch, poplar, or pine. These are all on the mountain, and you can find a lot of them by going to the mountain once.

"The furniture your family wants was carefully carved and built by several old masters in the shop. The quality of the rosewood used is guaranteed to be first-class, and it will be no problem to use it for decades!" The apprentice patted his chest and guaranteed.

Jiang Wei naturally saw that this furniture was made with heart. This ancient era is not like modern times where everything is machine-made, but is purely handmade bit by bit. After careful carving, the quality is definitely up to standard. Furniture of poor quality will ruin the reputation of the carpenter master, and no one will ask him to build furniture in the future. (End of chapter)