Jin Cheng stood in front of the workshop. Although he came once yesterday, he still walked in with anxiety.

He looked nervously at the crowd of people entering together, and suddenly felt that he was no longer alone and had joined a large group.

After entering the workshop at this time, the deacon who trained them yesterday asked them to go to the cafeteria to have breakfast before coming back to assemble.

Jin Cheng drank a bowl of porridge and ate two steamed buns, and also met two friends who were not much older than him.

The three of them chatted while eating, "Xianggong Zhao gave us money and let us eat so well. The work we will do later will not be particularly tiring, right?"

Jin Cheng raised his head and said, "If I have enough money in a month and can eat enough every day, I am willing to do it no matter how tired I am!"

The two of them glanced at him and laughed, "Yes, Mr. Zhao helped us and gave us work. We are also willing to be tired!"

There was only two quarters of an hour left to eat when the bell rang in the workshop.

The three people quickly came out to gather, lined up in the workshop, and waited for the deacons from each workshop to come and collect people.

This soap manufacturing process is actually relatively simple and does not require high demands on workers, so each deacon just pointed a finger and led a group of people away.

Jin Cheng, together with several young people, were led to the room responsible for packaging.

Their job is simple, that is, take the soap out of the grinder, wrap it in paper, and put it into a wooden box.

This is the deacon demonstrating it to several people, "Are you all familiar with it?"

Jin Cheng and others looked at each other in surprise. They all thought it was some heavy or difficult job, but they didn't expect it to be so simple.

The deacon nodded when he saw everyone, and then arranged for everyone to work. Everyone was a little scared at first, worried that they would not be able to do well and were not competent. They did not expect that it would be so easy.

At this time, Zhao Tai inspected from various workshops. The entire workshop was on track. Thousands of workers were divided into several processes, each performing their duties and carrying out production.

"How many bars of soap can be produced in a day now?" Zhao Tai asked as he walked to the packaging workshop and looked at the goods slowly piling up.

Wang Wentong said: "At this rate, ordinary soap can produce 20,000 pieces a day."

There are two types of soaps produced by soap workshops, one is ordinary soap without added fragrances and is aimed at ordinary people, and the other is soap with added fragrances and is a luxury product.

The soap produced in the workshop is mainly ordinary soap. Soap is regarded as a luxury product. Although the individual profit is large, it cannot solve the employment problem of the people.

Therefore, after much thought, Zhao Tai decided to mainly follow the route of small profits but quick turnover.

Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "I earn 20 yuan for an ordinary piece of soap, and 10 guan for the scented one. This workshop can earn at least 20,000 guan a month!"

Wang Wentong smiled and said, "Actually, I think the price of this soap can be set higher. This thing is really easy to use. Many people in the county have asked me to buy them a few pieces, and the response has been very good!"

Zhao Tai smiled and said: "Let the employees work harder and make one hundred thousand pieces as soon as possible. I will take it to Chuzhou!"

Under Zhao Tai's order, the employees in the workshop had to get up before dawn every day and could not go home until dark.

If candles and oil lamps were not ineffective, expensive, and prone to fires, Zhao Tai would have let the workshop work until midnight.

Five days later, at Suining Wharf, the soap and distilled liquor produced in the workshop were loaded onto the cargo ship.

Because whether this batch of goods can be sold is related to whether the workshop can continue to operate and whether Zhao Tai will go bankrupt, Zhao Tai decided to personally take this batch of goods to the Southern Song Dynasty to sell them.

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While Zhao Tai was busy making money and replenishing military resources, Ogedai's status on the Mongolian grasslands was being challenged.

Although Ogedei overcame Tuo Lei in the internal struggle of Mongolia and won the Mongolian Khanship, his position has never been stable and he faced challenges from Tuo Lei and his family.

During the last expedition to the Jin Kingdom, Tolei performed brilliantly and achieved a great victory at Sanfeng Mountain. However, Wokuotai still failed to capture Kaifeng even though Tolei destroyed the main force of the Jin army.

His hasty withdrawal to Mongolia made many Mongolian nobles dissatisfied.

In addition, Tuo Lei was poisoned by Zhao Tai. Zhao Tai still claims to the outside world that he was ordered by Wo Kuotai and that Wo Kuotai wanted to silence him, so he turned to the Jin Kingdom.

Although the Mongolian side said that this was Zhao Tai's plan in order to maintain unity, this incident is indeed unbelievable.

A Baihu who had served in the Mongolian army for nearly two years without any abnormality was suddenly poisoned when the Jin army was defeated by Tuo Lei and the Jin army was about to be wiped out. It is indeed full of doubts and unbelievable.

On the surface, Meng Ge and Kublai Khan agreed that Zhao Tai was the work of Jin Guoxi, but in their hearts they somewhat doubted O Kuotai.

Under this circumstance, Ogedai's inherently unstable position was challenged.

Faced with this situation, the only way Wo Kuotai could think of was to win a battle so that all the Mongolian nobles could benefit and rebuild their prestige.

In order to wash away the shame of falling into a trap and retreating in a hurry last time, Wo Kuotai decided to march south again and destroy the Jin Kingdom in one fell swoop.

But who would have thought that just as he was getting ready, Kuo Duan poured two basins of cold water on him.

This first basin of cold water was naturally caused by Wo Kuotai sending Kuo Duan as an envoy to the Southern Song Dynasty, with the intention of uniting the Song Dynasty and destroying the Jin Dynasty.

Before Kuo Duan went on his mission, he was full of confidence about this matter. However, in June, Wo Kuotai received a report from Kuo Duan, saying that the Song and Jin Dynasties had united.

Although the Jin Kingdom has been severely beaten by Mongolia in recent years, the countries in East Asia have always been relatively involution, and their strength is not weak in the world.

The Mongols were able to destroy a country in one year during their Western Expedition, but they had been fighting the Jin Kingdom for more than ten years.

Before taking advantage of the Southern Song Dynasty to attack the Jin Kingdom, Mongolia had been unable to break through the Jin Kingdom's Guanhe defense line. In the process of attacking the Jin Dynasty, Mongolia even encountered repeated obstacles and suffered several defeats.

Last time we took advantage of the Southern Song Dynasty and finally annihilated the main force of the Jin Kingdom. The destruction of the Jin Kingdom was just around the corner, but who would have expected that the Southern Song Dynasty would actually unite with the Jin Kingdom.

In this way, the rear of the Jin Kingdom was safe and they could fully guard the Guanhe defense line. The Jin Kingdom could also receive assistance from the Southern Song Dynasty, which made it difficult for Mongolia to attack the Jin Dynasty.

At this time, Kuo Duan claimed that he could change the Southern Song Dynasty's decision and was determined to attack the Southern Song Dynasty and force the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender. Wo Kuotai acquiesced in Kuo Duan's attack on the Song Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, after this tacit consent, Kuoduan poured cold water on him again, and the Mongolian army going south was completely defeated by the Song and Jin Dynasties.

This battle not only resulted in the loss of nearly 10,000 Mongolian warriors, but also made the alliance between Song and Jin even closer. It was a complete failure.

In this case, the Mongolian nobles were even more dissatisfied with Ogedai, which affected his plan to attack gold.
Chapter completed!