All the nobles rushed to buy Zhang Chao's soap, and they were all very bold, asking for 100 yuan and 50 yuan at every turn. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoBut these people are either public or marquis, and they do all have money. Either they are old tycoons or upstarts in the military, and the last thing they lack is money.

No matter how expensive soap is, how expensive can it be?

And today they are all nobles, looking at Liu Hongji and Cheng Biting Jin, they will ask for a hundred yuan when they open their mouths, and others will not lose face by weakening their momentum on this occasion.

Zhang Chao looked at the bold appearance of these people, and he was very happy in his heart.

The cost of soap is actually not high, a piece of soap is not much, and the trial type No. 1, which has been used up by the princes, is only three taels, and it is only about 125 grams. The main materials are lard, vegetable oil residue, and water, which account for a large proportion. Secondly, although the cost of caustic soda, salt, flavor and rosin is not low, the dosage is very small.

Converted, Zhang Chao's soap excludes the problem of technical cost, and the actual material cost is only about 100 yuan a piece, which is really very cheap. Of course, the cost of materials is 100 wen, which does not mean that Zhang Chao is ready to sell an article.

He knew that the prices of the bath beans, incense medicines, and facial creams sold in the pharmacy were very high, and the prices were amazing. That thing is like those cosmetics in later generations, all kinds of extracts, beauty and so on, in short, it is very expensive. Those cosmetics in later generations, which are not small, are hundreds or thousands.

The bath beans, incense, and facial fat of these years are the same, they are not products for ordinary people at all, they are specially supplied to those rich and noble. Therefore, a bath bean made of more than a dozen kinds of medicinal herbs does not even have half a tael, but it can be sold for hundreds of yuan. A piece of face grease of about one or two, because of the use of pearls, jade shavings and other precious materials, they can sell for a few dollars each.

In short, you can't afford to buy something that's too expensive, and those who can afford it won't be too expensive.

Three or two pieces of soap, even if you compare the price of the cream on the market, how can you buy a five-piece soap. Besides, everyone's response after using it is so fierce, why is it more popular than facial fat.

Zhang Chao decided to set the price high, otherwise, he would be sorry for such a good product.

For these bold princes, Zhang Chao directly regarded them as his guests, and he will be his own gold lord in the future. Selling yellow buns, how can you make money by selling soap?

"Ladies and gentlemen, officials and gentlemen, don't worry. Saburo soap is now accepting reservations, but soap requires a variety of rare materials and is not easy to make. Therefore, it is not possible to fully meet everyone's needs for the time being, so you can register for a reservation first. ”

Zhang Chao played hunger marketing once last time he sold yellow buns, and the effect was very good. Therefore, I plan to do it again this time, and the more rare it is, the more precious the soap is.

"For those who pre-order, I'll provide two bars of soap and five samples of different scents."

When soap is added with different flavors, it will have different fragrances. In fact, it is a very simple thing, but it can be sold as five products, which is really profitable.

If it weren't for the limited conditions, there were too many tricks that soap could play with.

Refining caustic soda is much simpler and less troublesome than refining and processing surface soda, but at present, the procurement of soda stone raw materials is limited, which also makes Zhang Chao a little helpless. It's obviously a good project to make money, but it can't go all out.

Zhang Chao learned the handmade soap making method from the computer, and it is not difficult to follow it by himself, and it is difficult for others to learn it. The key to this soap is not a variety of herbs and spices, but caustic soda. This is purified from alkali stone, which is now only used for medicinal purposes, or Taoist alchemy, and there is very little development of other uses.

Moreover, there are several steps in the refining of soda stone into caustic soda, and there is also a causticizing reaction with lime in the middle, which will definitely not be done by those who have not studied chemistry. It is estimated that some alchemists may have recipes for refining these things in Ge Hong's Dan recipe of the Jin Dynasty, but they are not very pure, and the refining process is more complicated and costly.

As long as Zhang Chao keeps the secret recipe for refining caustic soda, I believe that this soap trade can always be monopolized.

Monopoly is the most profitable.

The alkali content of a piece of soap accounts for only 4 percent, the most is vegetable oil residue, accounting for 47 percent, nearly half, the second most is water, accounting for 33 percent, and then lard, accounting for 4 percent, rosin accounts for 2 percent, and salt accounts for only 5 thousandths.

Water is not expensive, vegetable oil residue is very cheap, soybean oil is only a pound of 100 dollars, oil residue is much cheaper. Lard is slightly more expensive and not much available. Rosin, salt, and flavors are more expensive, but they are not used much.

Only four percent of the alkali is the core, but a liter of alkali now costs only a thousand. A piece of soap is three taels, and the alkali used is only more than five grams, and the alkali cost of a piece of soap is only five or six dollars.

If you can press the cost of flavor and rosin again, the cost of a piece of soap can drop a lot.

Refining one liter of alkali can process nearly 200 pieces of soap, although the supply of alkali stone is insufficient now, but it is still possible to extract a little bit to make soap.

After doing so, Zhang Chao felt that this was really a good deal.

After Cheng Yanjin washed his face with soap, he kept touching his face, and he didn't get tired of touching it.

"San Lang, I don't care if you have any restrictions on purchase, I'm your uncle, the family doesn't talk to two families, I don't care if others limit the purchase of one or two yuan, you have to give at least one hundred yuan."

"Uncle Shi, this is really difficult, you see that you are all my elders and uncles, I can't favor one over the other." Zhang Chao said with a smile.

"Fifty, give fifty first." Cheng Yanjin took a step back.

"Well, it's a bit embarrassing. Give you fifty yuan, and the other uncles will not be satisfied. ”

"Then let's get twenty dollars first."

"Uncle, you see if it's okay to give ten yuan first, this means that you are my uncle, otherwise you can't."

Cheng Biting Jin stroked his face, and then called the housekeeper, "Fu Bo, what is the price of the flour fat purchased by our family?" ”

"Hui Langjun, our house is bought from Dejitang in Dongshi, Dejitang is the most famous pharmacy in Chang'an, and we also buy the best flour fat in their store, their flour fat is one or two pieces, and the purchase price is 1,500 yuan."

Cheng Yanjin nodded, one two thousand five, and Zhang Chao's piece is three taels.

"San Lang, you also heard it, Dejitang is one or two pieces, and one piece is one thousand and five. Uncle doesn't take advantage of you, knowing that your soap is better, then 6,000 yuan, how about it? ”

This price is one-third more expensive than the fat of Dejitang.

Liuguan is a piece of soap, which is very good, and it is not worse than Zhang Chao expected.

"I listen to my uncle."

"Okay, I'll have to give my twenty dollars first."

Liu Hongji and the others are not happy, why can Cheng Biting Gold get twenty yuan, but they can only buy two yuan? If he is a national prince, I am not a national prince? In terms of official position, I am still General Zuo Xiaowei.

Surrounded by a group of princes and squirting saliva, Zhang Chao raised his hand and surrendered.

"Uncles, twenty yuan per family, there is no more, you have to book in advance, and wait in line for shipment."

The price, of course, is six dollars per piece according to Cheng Jin.

In the corner of the living room, a group of officials stood out, and the group of people in the hall were a little out of place. This group of people had just come from other halls, and they were all civil officials, or they were all officials from the Shandong Shi clan.

Cui Shanfu is also here, although his official position is Ku Zhen, but in fact, he is more of a staff worker.

"That is Shubao's newly accepted son, Zhang Chao and Zhang Wenyuan?"

One asked with a smile.

"Well, it's him, not a simple young man." Choi Sun-bok replied.

"It's better to be famous than to meet, and when I see it today, it's really an eye-opener, and this son is extraordinary." The man in his fifties nodded and smiled.

After a pause, he added, "Are you really going to marry Yingying to him?" ”

"Zhang Wenyuan is a good person." Cui Shanfu just replied simply.

"You are Yingying's father, and your father is in charge of your daughter's marriage, and I, as an uncle, have nothing to interfere in."

This man in his fifties is the brother of Cui Shanfu's deceased wife, Zheng Shanguo of the Zheng family in Xingyang. The Zheng family where Zheng Shanguo is located is the Xingyang Zheng family with five surnames and seven sects, the leader family of the Shandong Shi clan.

Zheng Shanguo's father was the Duke of Kaifeng County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and died in battle when he was nine years old, Zheng Shanguo was knighted at the age of nine, and at the age of 12 he entered the Duke of Wude County, and at the age of 14, he became the official of Yizhou Assassin History.

The Zheng clan of Xingyang was quite noble in the Northern Zhou and Sui periods, especially in the early Sui Dynasty, Zheng Shanguo's uncle was Zheng Yi, who helped Yang Jian usurp the throne. With the relationship between the family and his uncle, Zheng Shanguo had prosperous official fortunes in the Sui period, especially when he later married the Cui family daughter and married the Cui family.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, with Yang Guang touring the Jiangdu, Yang Guang was killed by Yu Wenhua and was established as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, followed Yu Wenhua and went to Liaocheng, was captured by Dou Jiande, and was almost killed, and then avoided death and voted for Chang'an.

Now the official residence of the prince's left concubine, the prince of Xingyang.

Zheng Shanguo had previously served as an official in Li Shimin's Qin Palace, but he transferred to the East Palace as an official because the crown princess Zheng Guanyin was his niece, and Zheng Guanyin's grandfather, Zheng Chen, the duke of Wushan County in Northern Qi, was his uncle.

Cui Zheng's family is also a generational marriage, Zheng Shanguo's mother is Cui Shanfu's aunt, and Cui Shanfu's ex-wife is Zheng Shanguo's sister.

Although Cui Shanfu's ex-wife died early, the relationship between the two families is still close. It's just that Cui Yingying is the Cui family after all, and Zheng Shanguo is not good at interfering too much. This time, when he heard that Cui Shanfu was going to marry his niece to a poor son who was nothing, he was very dissatisfied at first.

But today, Zhang Sanlang who saw him in Cheng Mansion had a different perception for him.

"A son of a peasant family can talk eloquently with a group of noble princes in the hall of the national mansion, neither humble nor arrogant, and even completely occupy the initiative, this son is indeed extraordinary. Last time, you were cheated by him for a hundred taels of gold, which is not surprising. ”

When Cui Shanfu heard about it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. That incident really made him feel angry in his heart for several days, but now Fumanlou's yellow steamed buns are selling very hot, and Fumanlou used the flour alkali bought from Zhang Chao to launch a lot of new noodles, which won many new customers for Fumanlou, but it was not a loss.

"No wonder Uncle Qin Bao's blue eyes can be added and accepted as a righteous son." Zheng Shanguo stroked his beard and nodded, watching Zhang Chao happily make a deal with a group of princes from a distance!