Jia Zhen, Uncle of the Red House

　　Jia Zhen smiled and said, "Among the more than ten pieces of soap I prepared this time, there are medicinal, cleansing, moisturizing, and decontaminating soaps. The spices and herbs added are different. You will know after you try it."

　　So Ma Wu instructed Laishun: "Go and fetch some water, the man wants to try it!"

　　Laishun said with a smile: "Uncle Ma later, our grandfather has already ordered, the little ones will fetch water!"

　　After a while, the lads brought three basins of water, and Ma Wu, Chen Zhengqing, and Shi Wei each took one and used it.

　　"Hey, it's really refreshing!" Ma Wu cleaned the foam on his hands, and there was no greasy at all.Only then did he wipe off the water droplets and said to Jia Zhen, "Brother Zhen, your business is part of the Duke Qi's mansion!"

　　Chen Zhengqing also washed his hands and agreed: "Brother Zhen, you are indeed better than the ones on the market. We also take part in the government!"

　　Shi Wei wiped his hands, but did not speak.Ma Wu glanced at Shi Wei and said with a smile, "He does not lack this amount of money for the restoration of the country's family. Brother Zhen, you should give his share to me and Zhengqing!"

　　Shi Wei said angrily, "Who said no?"

　　Chen Zhengqing asked, "Then why don't you speak?"

　　Shi Wei pondered for a while and asked Jia Zhen, "Brother Zhen, if you sell this thing yourself, you should make more money, right? Why did you find us?"

　　Ma Wu and Chen Zhengqing also looked at Jia Zhen.

　　Jia Zhen said: "You're right, if I were the only one who sold it, I would definitely make more money. But you should also know that my Ningguo Mansion has a bright surface, but the inside is empty, and I can see that every day is not better than before. That's why I thought of something. Make money, but if I earn too much money, I must be coveted by others. Brother, I am an empty third-rank general, and there is no need for such a powerful person in Kyoto. Not to mention the prince, even if it is a celebrity in front of the emperor. Look, I have to give in too."

　　Ma Wu nodded and said, "Wealth and silk move people's hearts, although people like us were not afraid of anyone. But in the end, people will hate them."

　　Shi Wei asked again: "Then Big Brother Zhen can dedicate this recipe to the powerful, such as Prince Bei Jing, his relationship with your Jia Mansion is not ordinary!"

　　Chen Zhengqing's eyes lit up and smiled: "Even if it is not dedicated to Prince Beijing, the Crown Prince or Prince Zhongshun will definitely be willing to do this business."

　　Jia Zhen shook her head and said, "You think too much. The reason why I came to you is because your situation is similar to mine, and there is a desire to hold a group together to make fire. A single Ningguo mansion can't suppress the greed of others, but the four of us With the alliance of all the princes, and the fact that the disciples are old and old, and the power is huge, even a prince will not easily embarrass us. Besides, this recipe is mine, and you are my best friends on weekdays. Are you embarrassed to disagree?"

　　Shi Wei then smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. We have three families. At most, let's make one step. You account for [-]%, and each of us accounts for [-]%."

　　Ma Wu and Chen Zhengqing both nodded and said, "That's how it should be!"

　　Jia Zhen put away the soap and shook her head: "I want to account for [-]%, but the raw materials needed can be purchased from your store."

　　Ma Wu, Chen Zhengqing and Shi Wei discussed for a while and asked, "What do you need?"

　　Jia Zhen said: "But oil, charcoal, spices and medicinal materials. I asked, and you have them in your store. I plan to buy all the raw materials from each store at a low price."

　　Ma Wudao: "I have two butcher shops at home, and I can provide the required oil."

　　Chen Zhengqing said: "Charcoal can be bought from my house"

　　Shi Wei said: "I am responsible for the solution of spices and medicinal materials."

　　Jia Zhen smiled and said, "Then it's settled like this. I will take [-]% of the shares, and I will invest in [-] taels. The remaining [-]% will belong to you, which is also [-] taels. The raw materials are purchased from various companies, I am responsible for the production, and you are responsible for the sales."

　　As he said that, he took out several sheets of paper that he had prepared for a long time, one for each person, and listed many terms in detail on it, such as price determination, segmented sales, accounting, and various aspects of supervision and inspection.

　　"The Red Chamber of Commerce?" The three read: "All shareholders are the board of directors, the one with the most shares is the chairman, and the rest are directors." The following are the duties and rights.

　　The three looked at it, put away the paper and said, "We need to take it home and show it to my father before we can decide."

　　After a few people finished talking about their business, they revealed their true colors and forced Jia Zhen to go out.Jia Zhen could not delay, so she had to tell the servant girl who was waiting to report to You Shi to know.

　　There is no need to mention the banquet.

　　In the northwest of Rongguo Mansion, behind Jia Mu's courtyard, there is a Baoxia hall facing north. To the north, there is a large screen wall with powder oil. Behind the screen wall is a small courtyard, which is where Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng live.

　　Wang Xifeng and Ping'er take care of Jia Lian's luggage.

　　Xifeng said: "Second Master, you went to the south, just bring Miss Lin back."

　　Jia Lian bowed his hands and said, "Okay, I know. The master also ordered a matter, and it is not easy to do it properly."

　　Xifeng smiled and said: "Master Zuo is just those thoughts. I don't ask. I just tell you, I can't control the second master's visit to the prosperous place of fireworks in the south, but I can't bring it home."

　　Jia Lian sat aside and said, "I wish I had you!"

　　Xifeng jokingly said: "If the second master bothers me one day, you will put Ping'er in the room with his face open. Just like Brother Zhen from the east."

　　Ping'er spat: "You two are bickering and making fun of me." Then she blushed and went out to give orders to the carriage and horse.

　　Jia Lian looked at the back of Qiaopinger and Naina, but Xifeng saw it and said, "Did I tell you something? You're just waiting for me to die to straighten Pinger!"

　　Jia Lian hurriedly smiled and said, "You're here again. I didn't say anything. Where did I provoke you? You said the good and bad things alone."

　　Xifeng snorted coldly, "You better not think about it!"

　　Jia Lian accompanied her carefully and comforted him: "Don't worry, my second grandma Lian, I'm not Big Brother Zhen." Seeing that Xifeng was not angry, he said, "Big Brother Zhen has never been here?"

　　Sure enough, Xifeng said, "Since he drove Lai Er away, he has never come here again, but sister-in-law You and Brother Rong's daughter-in-law often come to chat with me."

　　Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while and continued, "I think it has something to do with the master."

　　Xifeng saw that there was no one outside before arriving: "I saw Lai Er carrying something into the eldest master's house!"

　　Jia Lian sneered: "Lai Er should be chased out and killed, how can he continue to be in charge? Master really..."

　　Xifeng said with a smile, "How is it not something we can say, sir. I only believe that the east side has the courage. It's really a big slash, and it's all on the point."

　　Jia Lian said: "Isn't it? I heard from Rong boy, Brother Zhen has some plans, and today I'm inviting a few government officials to discuss it!"

　　Xifeng was shocked: "Is there such a thing? Brother Zhen didn't tell you?"

　　Jia Lian nodded and sighed, "No..."　　

Chapter [-] may be the default

　　Since several government offices negotiated cooperation, Jia Zhen suddenly became busy.

　　Qi, Zhi, and Shan Gongfu continuously sent oil, charcoal, spices and medicinal materials, which were piled up in the warehouse like a hill.This made Youshi anxious.She restrains Yindie to do it day and night every day.But Yindie and her little maids couldn't make a few bars of soap in a day.Jia Zhen felt sorry for Yindie, and just wanted to persuade her, but was urged by You Shi to supervise the construction of the workshop on the southwest corner.

　　Jia Zhen felt ashamed, and had to let Timur lead their men to transform the workshop.But Timur's clansmen only know how to raise horses, how can they build houses and pots?Jia Zhen didn't trust anyone else, so she couldn't think about it, so she had to wrap up her sleeves and go on it herself.But he really overestimated the understanding ability of Timur and others.After the smoking was over, the man grinned and forgot again.For several days, Jia Zhen was walking around the workshop, her throat became hoarse, her hands cramped, she returned to the back house and fell asleep.You Shi was careful to be gentle, but he couldn't find a chance.

　　When the workshop was built on this day, Jia Zhen brought You Shi and Yindie in deliberately, and directed everyone to make a fire with high spirits.

　　This piece was originally a small courtyard, but Jia Zhen transformed it into five small workshops, and all the people in it were servants of the Jia family for several lifetimes.The first workshop is responsible for refining, removing grease impurities with water and green alum oil.The second workshop is responsible for melting caustic soda and quicklime, and mixing them to produce lye.The third workshop is responsible for saponification.Inside is a cylindrical soap pot, in which grease and caustic soda are boiled, and table salt is added to separate soap from glycerin water.After separating the waste liquid and recovering glycerol, further washing and alkali analysis are performed to obtain crude embryos.The fourth workshop is responsible for condensing into large soap slabs, which are then cut and dried into soap.The fifth workshop is responsible for packaging.

　　When the pieces of soap were formed, Jia Zhen hugged Yindie and pointed at the busy people: "You will take care of this place in the future. If you have nothing to do, don't come to me again. But you must deliver on time and according to the quantity. If you can't do it, I'll send you back and be the maid of the eldest grandma again."

　　Yindie's eyes were shining with stars, and before she could speak, she was pulled over by You Shi and scolded: "Shameless hooves! If you can't finish it, I don't want to give it back to me as a little girl." The busy human said: "You are all old people in Ningfu, and I will let you work here if I trust you. The craftsmen are divided into different grades, and the monthly rate is doubled, but there is one point, no one is allowed to enter or leave without authorization. The master has already instructed that whoever eats inside and outside, Kill it!"

　　Jia Zhen looked at You Shi's arrogance, not wanting to be an eyesore here, and quietly pulled Yindie and slipped away from the side door.Yindie's pretty face was blushing, and she didn't let the little girl follow her. She let her little hand be held by Jia Zhen. She walked through the door and passed the courtyard all the way to Tianxianglou. Go do that shameless thing.

　　You Shi here disappeared Jia Zhen and Yindie in a blink of an eye, knowing that the two of them had nothing to do, so in anger, she had to tell Huang An to guard the door and return to the inner courtyard with heavy hearts.

　　You Shi stared blankly at the mirror, feeling that he still had the same charm, and just changed a golden hairpin to go out.Now that the soap production is not hindered, You Shi began to plan to mobilize Qi, Zhi, and Sangongfu to deliver soap to the ladies in the palaces of major princes and nobles in Kyoto.

　　Jia Zhen also brought Jia Rong to invite the grandson of Wang and grandson to drink high-level meetings one after another to sell high-end soap.The basic soap was cut into small pieces and distributed to the neighbors for trial.After half a month of such turbulence, more than half of the people in Kyoto knew the benefits of soap and inquired where to buy it.

　　Jia Zhen agreed with the three public mansions that Qi mansion would be sold in Dongcheng, Zhi mansion in Xicheng, and Shan mansion in Nancheng at the same time.There are various styles and sizes, the most expensive is [-] taels of silver, and the cheapest is only [-] cents.Whether high-profile households or ordinary people, have come to buy.Three or five days later, the three shops of the Honglou Chamber of Commerce actually listed that the stock was insufficient. From now on, there will only be [-] bars of soap available every day, on a first-come, first-served basis.Since then, the soaps of the Honglou Chamber of Commerce have all been sold out early.The income of [-] taels a month is more than [-] taels excluding the cost. According to the agreement of each family, Jia Zhen can get at least [-] taels of silver a month, and the other three families can also have seven or eight hundred taels of silver.

　　With the expansion of the business, the original materials were insufficient, and Jia Zhen dispatched her family members to purchase caustic soda, table salt and green alum oil.The Honglou Chamber of Commerce sells soap outside the capital. Since the output cannot be increased in a short time, the commodity is in short supply. Even if the price is raised several times, the supply is always in short supply.This made Jia Zhen and the three public houses earn a lot of money, and the relationship became closer day by day.　　

　　This made Jia Zhen a little complacent.The purchase of raw materials belongs to Huang An, the production of soap belongs to Yindie, the sales and delivery of goods belong to Jia Rong, the income and expenditure of silver money belongs to Brother Rong’s daughter-in-law, and finally to You Shi.After a circle, Jia Zhen found out that she was the most idle person in Ning Mansion.There is a saying that is full of warm thoughts and lustful desires, Jia Zhen hit a wall with You Shi and Yindie, full of enthusiasm and nowhere to vent, so she had to wander around in the garden.

　　Jia Rong saw Jia Zhen in the distance and hurriedly ran outside.Seeing it strange, Jia Zhen shouted, "Jia Rong, stop for Lao Tzu! What are you running for?"

　　Jia Rong stood there with her hands down, not daring to let out the air.Jia Zhen strode over and scolded her head to face: "Speak! What bad things have you done? Run away when you see Lao Tzu?"

　　Jia Rong hesitated to say anything, but Jia Zhen kicked him in a fit of anger, "The day before yesterday, I said you've grown, so tell me, what's the matter with me?"

　　Jia Rong staggered, and just said, "Going back to my father, yesterday, Uncle Feng and Uncle Chen invited the children to have a drink. At the banquet, I met someone named Liu Xianglian, who was originally from an aristocratic family. It's just that his parents died early and he couldn't study. He also likes to play with guns and swords. He likes acting the most, and he is good at acting in dramas. My son listened to him sing a song, which is much better than the famous actors in the capital."

　　Jia Zhen frowned and said, "It's enough to know each other, Zuo is just some playboy."

　　Jia Rong hurriedly agreed: "What my father said is. This Liu Xianglian gambles, eats wine, plays the flute and zither, and can do anything. She was born well..."

　　Hearing what he said, Jia Zhen quickly asked, "Is he an actress or a prostitute? As soon as you talk about him, you get excited and forget who you are?"

　　Jia Rong was frightened to death, and quickly explained: "Father, he is neither an actress nor a prostitute, just a brother who drinks and listens to music together."

　　Jia Zhen's beard wisps, "Then what did you just run for?"

　　Jia Rong looked ugly and didn't want to answer, but she couldn't help Jia Zhen's staring, and immediately panicked, and said, "The boy ran away without seeing his father."

　　Jia Zhenyang wanted to hit, but Jia Rong knelt down and said, "Father, don't hit me, the boy said so."

　　Jia Zhen said displeased: "Get up and talk! When will you be able to be like a man?" Jia Rong just stood up and slandered, if I didn't kneel in time, I would have been beaten again.

　　"Today is the host of the boy. I want to invite Uncle Feng, Uncle Chen, and Uncle Wei. By the way..."

　　"By the way?" Jia Zhen asked.

　　Jia Rong whispered, "Yesterday I made a bet with Liu Xianglian, and I lost one hundred taels of silver. I just took it from the account. I didn't see my father, so I panicked."

　　Hearing this, Jia Zhen couldn't help surging with anger, pointing at him and scolding: "You bastard, do you know that so many people in the house only earn one hundred taels of silver in a day's work? You're better, you lose in a blink of an eye. Playboy! I'm also mad at me!" After saying that, he was about to fight.

　　Jia Rong did not dare to run, and was beaten several times by Jia Zhen.Jia Zhen asked again, "You bet that Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun, and Wei Ruolan didn't stop them?"

　　Jia Rong said aggrieved: "It was they who pushed him. The boy drank a few more glasses of wine and agreed when his brain became hot."

　　Jia Zhen pondered and asked, "What bet did you play?"

　　Jia Rong said: "Then Liu Xianglian took out the towel with old stains and said that the soap in our house couldn't wash it off. The boy thought it was impossible, so he bet on him."

　　Jia Zhen scolded: "What a bastard, how can soap be able to clean any stains? You can't talk or do things." This must be because Feng Ziying and the others have a prejudice against themselves, and they don't cooperate with them in making money. Paying Jia Rong one hundred taels of silver was a reminder to him.

　　Very rarely, Jia Zhen did not continue to beat and scold Jia Rong. Instead, she asked him to get out of the way with the money, and by the way, she gave a message to three former best friends, saying that she would have a banquet at the old place tomorrow to make amends and discuss other important matters.

　　Jia Rong took the money out of the house suspiciously, fearful that his father would come to give him a heartfelt reassurance. It was not until he really went out that he felt relieved and sang a ditty to Feng Ziying's house.

　　On the other side, Jia Zhen was in trouble.

　　The voice in his heart told him that these people and the Prince Beijing were both a party of Yizhong Lao Qiansui who had done something wrong. They always relied on the care of the Emperor Taishang secretly and secretly to oppose the Prince Zhongshun and others who were close to the emperor. The failure must be due to the close contact with these people and the implication.Jia Zhen didn't want to be tied to a ship that was bound to sink, so she deliberately handed over the sale of soap to the Qi, Zhi, and Shan Gongfu, who were close but not very close, and did not consider Feng Ziying and others at all.

　　Now that Feng Ziying and the others see the soap business is booming, they are going to invite teachers to ask for guilt.

　　Jia Zhen thought about it and regretted it. Who knows what will happen in the future?Why don't you know that you will be implicated by those three families in the future?The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became.Jia Zhenben is not a resourceful person.Although Jia Rong was instructed to say that, it was just an excuse in the end. If the trouble goes wrong, the brothers will turn against each other and become enemies. If you can't wait for the future, there will be stumbling blocks in front of you. In addition, Jia Rong has nothing to do with it. A few people will lose one hundred taels by any random method.If this is the case every day, you won't earn as much as you lose, and you will just close the door and sleep on the street.

　　Jia Zhen sighed, why is there such an unworthy son?There is no advantage at all!Then he shook his head in denial, not without merit, at least he had a beautiful daughter-in-law.

　　Thinking of this, Ke Qing's beautiful face appeared in front of him.Jia Zhen thought it was an illusion, so she wanted to reach out and touch it.

　　"Yeah!" Ke Qing never thought that Jia Zhen would really underestimate herself, she was so frightened that she took a few steps back, "Father-in-law, please respect yourself!"

　　Jia Zhen was also blinded at this time, how could it be true what she touched?He recalled the smoothness of the moment just now, and explained: "I was distracted, but you believe me, it doesn't mean that." He said righteous words on the face, but unconsciously put his finger to his nose and sniffed. , It seems that the hand has a lingering fragrance.

　　Ke Qing was a little relieved after listening to the explanation, and forced himself to comfort himself, he really didn't mean it.But he actually touched the hand that had touched his cheek... Ke Qing blushed with shame, and looked at him with a pair of water-like eyes filled with resentment.

　　Jia Zhen was flustered when she saw it, and hurriedly put her hands behind her back. In embarrassment, she simply changed the subject and said, "Brother Rong just spent one hundred taels of silver from the account?"

　　Keqing was still waiting for Jia Zhen's explanation, but when she was asked about the silver, she got up and said, "There is such a thing, and you said that you agreed. Anyway, I don't care about your men's affairs. ."