Chapter 74 He is a business genius!
Otherwise it would be impossible to come up with such a magical thing.

You should know that the current cleaning method of Daqin is very simple.

Ordinary people use rice water.

The wealthy aristocracy was more fancy and used bath beans and soapberries in addition to rice water.

The so-called bath beans are made from finely ground beans as the main ingredient. Glutinous rice, white flour, various medicines and spices can be added to make them into small pills, which can be used at any time when washing.

Bath beans are very precious because they contain medicines and spices.

Even cheap bath beans can be sold for thousands of coins for a small bag.

This is equivalent to a common person’s monthly food expenses.

If it is a higher grade bath bean, it can be sold at the price of listed currency.

So it is something that ordinary people cannot afford.

They can't possibly spend a month's food budget on selling something to take a shower.

As for soapberry, it is the fruit of the soapberry tree.

Because it contains saponin, it can decompose grease.

However, there must be a soapberry tree to produce soapberries, and if there is a soapberry tree near a commoner, they will choose to pick the soapberries and sell them to the nobles for money.

Rather than using it for yourself.

Luo Yu could see that the cleaning ability of Zhao Yi's soap far exceeded that of bath beans and soapberries.

Once launched, it will surely be welcomed by all aristocratic classes.

Even if the price is one dollar per coin, there will still be people scrambling to buy it.

I just don't know what the production cost of this soap is?
Logically speaking, this kind of thing is not cheap.

After all, the production cost of bath beans is quite high.

With doubt in his mind, Luo Yu first wiped his hands, then turned to Yu Ji and said, "Can you show me the manufacturing method?"

"Of course, it was originally given to you. But let me make it clear first, Zhao Yi wants 70% of the profits. Do you agree?"

Luo Yu answered without thinking: "I agree."

After all, Zhao Yi is not the kind of person who would cheat others.

Judging from the previous exchanges, Zhao Yi is a person who doesn't care much about money.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have so casually exchanged the bee-raising technology for the entire caravan.

You know, even if there are ten Yu Ji's caravans, their value cannot compare to that beekeeping technology.

"Okay, I'll give it to you. By the way, Your Majesty also knows about this business. To be precise, it was me who proposed to Your Majesty that you run this." Yu Ji said as she handed the blueprint to Luo Yu.

"What? Your Majesty also knows!" Luo Yu exclaimed.

Yu Ji replied: "Of course, Zhao Yi is a person that your majesty pays special attention to. Your majesty must know and inquire about all his actions."

When Luo Yu heard this, he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

I feel like your Majesty is a little perverted.

But it’s normal, after all, that’s Zhao Yi.

Just revealing something casually can affect the entire Qin Dynasty and even create a chaebol family.

If I were His Majesty, I would definitely keep a close eye on Zhao Yi's every move.

But Luo Yu was very curious why His Majesty did not directly reveal his identity?
Obviously, as long as he stated his identity as the Emperor of Qin and granted Zhao Yi an official position, wouldn't he be able to make Zhao Yi work for Qin?

Is there some unspeakable secret?
Luo Yu buried this doubt in his heart.

Yu Ji asked back, "How could I secretly take something from Zhao Yi and give it to you without letting His Majesty know? But don't worry, His Majesty probably wants to use this soap, so you can just make some and present it to His Majesty when the time comes."

Luo Yu was deeply moved when he heard Yu Ji's words.

I didn't expect that Yu Ji would be so sentimental, even though I no longer had her indenture contract.

Yu Ji still wanted to help herself.

This shows that his previous kindness to Yu Ji was not in vain.

Luo Yu thanked her solemnly: "Thank you, Yu Ji. If you need my help in the future, please let me know."

"Okay, I'll let you know if I need your help."

Luo Yu opened the manufacturing method given by Yu Ji. Then she was stunned.

The method of making soap is so simple? !

And the cost is so low?
The most basic soap only requires wood ash and oil!

And any oil will do!
Why is the raw material of something that can clean grease stains oil?

Luo Yu couldn't figure this out.

Only Zhao Yi could come up with such a thing.

Luo Yu admired Zhao Yi even more.

I didn't expect the production cost of soap to be so low.

No wonder Zhao Yi asked for 70% of the profits.

Not to mention 70% of the profit, even if it was 90% of the profit, Luo Yu would still make some money.

There are some things that cannot be measured by money.

For example, Luo Yuneng was able to gain the friendship of many officials and nobles with the help of soap.

And most importantly, this has been approved by His Majesty.

It is equivalent to Luo Yu having the protection of His Majesty.

Therefore, Luo Yu doesn't have to worry about anyone coveting this business and taking action against him.

Luo Yu believes that with this soap and the honey farming technology, she has fulfilled her childhood dream.

That is to build a business empire that is bigger than that of my aunt Ba Guafu Qing.

Luo Yu never expected that he could accomplish this with the help of a three or four-year-old child.

Luo Yu was once again deeply grateful to Zhao Yi in his heart.

After Yu Ji gave Luo Yu the soap-making method, she left the room. She was going to find the caravan's musicians to teach them the various modern music theory knowledge she had learned from Zhao Yi, such as the five-line notation.

This was her only purpose of coming to the brothel. After all, it was impossible to put on a performance relying on Yu Ji alone.

In addition, Yu Ji also hopes to spread Zhao Yi's advanced music theory knowledge through this teaching.
……

Since soap is very simple to make and Luo Yu has a certain amount of capital.

So within a few days the first soap shop opened in Sand Hill County.

After all, Your Majesty is staying here because of Zhao Yi, and the officials accompanying him are also here.

In a sense, Shaqiu County can now be regarded as a small Xianyang.

If you think about it, the probability of running into one of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers while strolling on the street is greater than the probability in Xianyang.

Because Shaqiu County is much smaller than Xianyang.

After Luo Yu Soap Shop opened, it was immediately welcomed by the accompanying officials.

All the officials sent their servants to the store to buy soap.

The reason for the rush to buy is that the soaps in Luo Yu's store are sold in limited quantities every day.

The reason for limited sales is the production capacity issue.

The second is Zhao Yi’s casual suggestion.

After Zhao Yi heard from Yu Ji that Luo Yu was planning to open a soap shop, he casually suggested a hunger marketing method.

Of course, Yu Ji knew that what Zhao Yi mentioned casually was not a simple matter.

So I immediately asked what hunger marketing is.

Then Yu Ji told Luo Yu the concept of hunger marketing that Zhao Yi mentioned.

After listening to this, Luo Yu sighed: "Zhao Yi is a business genius! If conditions permit, I would like to become his disciple!"

After Ying Zheng knew Zhao Yi's concept of hunger marketing, he also said something.

"I'm afraid Zhao Yi's business ability is even better than Lu Buwei's."

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(End of this chapter)