Soap is one of the few daily necessities nowadays, so you don’t need to make too much money!
The person who made the most money was Li Zhiyun. The price of the original goods he gave to Li Shuliang and others was only fifty cents different from the price at which Li Shuliang and others sold them.
As for merchants from the Western Regions, if they get goods from Weihe workshops, the cost price will be higher!
More importantly, the manufacturing cost of soap was so low that Li Zhiyun was moved.
Otherwise, why would Li Zhiyun build workshops one after another and build thousands of light and heavy plate armors?
Just on salary?
Reward from the emperor?
Taxes?
Stop dreaming, it's impossible.
In addition, the soap is currently sold only in Guanzhongzhou, Shandong, Bingzhou, Jianghuai and other places, but there are no agents yet.
After hearing what Rutong Yuwen said, Li Zhiyun was very happy, so he patted him on the shoulder.
"I saw you right."
"Thank you, His Highness the Crown Prince, for your appreciation."
"Let's go, accompany me to see plate armor forging."
"As commanded."
Li Zhiyun inspected the Weihe Workshop this time. In addition to asking about the progress of waterwheel construction in various places and the number of workshops built, he appointed Yuwen Rutong as the Hundred Works Supervisor. The most important thing was the light and heavy plate armor.
The Turkic movement made Li Zhiyun very uncomfortable. He needed to arm tens of thousands of light plate armor troops as soon as possible.
These people may not be cavalry, but everyone must be able to wear light plate armor.
In the imperial army system of the Tang Dynasty, lower-level soldiers brought their own weapons and horses, which seriously restricted their combat effectiveness. Except for a few elite soldiers and horses who were fully armed, in fact, most ordinary soldiers were cloth armored.
What Li Zhiyun has to do is to arm all the soldiers as much as possible.
After war experiments, the light and heavy plate armor worked well. Now that he was in control, he could finally free up his hands and feet to forge.
After inspecting the plate armor forging area, Li Zhiyun said to Yuwen Rutong: "I have ordered the weapons supervisor to stop the production of mail armor. They will send pig iron and cooperate with the workshop. You have to work hard to build light plate armor for me."
"Only light plate armor?" Rutong Yuwen asked, "What about heavy plate armor?"
"Prioritizing light plate armor, the target number is 100,000 within five years."
"One hundred thousand?" Yu Wen, a scholar, almost bit his tongue. Why did he say, "Your Highness, in five years, I'm afraid..."
This quantity is too much.
"Don't worry, the Ordnance Supervision Commission will cooperate with you. They will provide people and help. Whether it is building a workshop or a waterwheel, or even providing craftsmen, you can discuss it with them and they will fully cooperate with your work." Li Zhiyun said.
After all, light and heavy plate armor are weapons, and Li Zhiyun is now consciously involving the weapons supervisor, so that the production line can be smoothly handed over to the weapons supervisor in the future and reduce the burden on the workshop.
This is called a different kind of industrial transfer!
"Yes, I will do my best."
Seeing this, Li Zhiyun said with satisfaction: "Work hard and don't let me down. I will be generous with rewards in the future."
"I obey!"
On the way back, Cheng Yaojin, who came with Li Zhiyun, asked: "Your Highness, that plate armor is indeed useful, but 100,000 pieces in five years. How many craftsmen will it take? Will it embarrass Yuwen Rutong too much?"
Although he doesn't know much about construction matters, he also knows how complicated it is to build a stomach.
I think it took several years to build the tens of thousands of sets of Mingguang Armor in the Sui Dynasty.
Nowadays, it would be too outrageous to forge one hundred thousand pieces of light plate armor within five years.
Without waiting for Li Zhiyun to explain, Qin Qiong guessed: "Looking at the future, the reason why His Highness is confident in building 100,000 light plate armors within five years is probably because of those waterwheels."
"Shubao looked at it very carefully." Li Zhiyun said with a smile: "Yes, the waterwheel is the real key."
There is a water-powered forging hammer, which can save manpower to the greatest extent, so that it can be forged day and night. This kind of work efficiency is not as low as that made by craftsmen hammer by hammer.
In other words, with enough waterwheel workshops, it is not a dream to have 100,000 light plate armors within five years.
And Li Zhiyun's goal is to have a fully armed army of 100,000 light plate armors!
Speaking of this, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong were too sensible to get to the bottom of it.
This is a secret.
Li Zhiyun continued: "The old armor stomach is still there, but production is temporarily suspended. Coupled with the 100,000 light plate armors in the future, I have the confidence to come up with hundreds of thousands of real armor soldiers!"
Hearing this, Qin Qiong couldn't help but picture appearing in front of his eyes.
All over the mountains and plains, wherever you look, you can see the Tang Dynasty's plate-armored army. They range from generals to soldiers, and they are fully armed.
With such fighting power, who in the world can rival him?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get excited.
Li Zhiyun is a little regretful. In addition to the light plate armor, he also has the drawings of the pulley bow, but now I am afraid that it is impossible to produce them at full capacity.
That night, after Qin Qiong returned home, she had just removed her armor and was about to check Qin Huaiyu's study status when the prince suddenly sent someone to deliver something.
"Brother Li, what is this?" Qin Qiong looked at the box in his hand and asked Li Zhen.
Li Zhen smiled and said: "Uncle Bao, this is a reward from His Highness. You will know after you open it and take a look."
Hearing this, Qin Qiong opened the box with doubts.
I saw a jade plaque lying inside, with "Qizhou" written on the front and "Tangxiang" written on the back.
Li Zhen explained: "Uncle Bao, with this jade token, you can get goods from the Baigong Supervisory Workshop and sell them in Qizhou."
"Could this Tang Xiang be soap?"
"Yes, exactly."
Qin Qiong took a breath.
He, a Chang'an native, knows how much money soap can make. Anyone whose family is a little rich will almost certainly buy Tang Xiang!
"This... how could Qiong He be so virtuous... Thank you, Your Highness, for taking care of me." Qin Qiong thanked her from the bottom of her heart.
This is His Royal Highness giving him money!
Li Zhen then reminded: "Uncle Bao, remember, the selling price cannot be too high, otherwise there will be problems. Also, don't handle it yourself to avoid being impeached by the censor."
Impeachment of what?
The generals of the imperial court compete with the people for profit!
The censor just scolds people when he's full.
The officials of the aristocratic family do not do business themselves, but the children of their clan definitely do business. However, these are unspoken rules in private. As long as they don't make a fuss, everyone will turn a blind eye and pretend that it didn't happen.
Because this is what aristocratic families do.
After all, the reputation of being a businessman is not good. Moreover, they don’t want to be grabbed by the censor’s pigtails and scolded.
"Qin Qiong, please remember."
"Okay, I have to go to Yuchi Mansion and Cheng Mansion, so I won't disturb you."
"Okay, you and I have to have a drink when we have time, and I'll give it to you." Qin Qiong said enthusiastically.
"Easy to say."
As more and more workshops are established, Li Zhiyun will definitely expand the scale of soap production and distribute it nationwide.
When the time comes, it is not up to him to decide who the agent will choose.
The first batch of people who ate meat were Li Shuliang, Li Daozong, Li Daoxuan, Li Xiaogong, Xue Shou and Du Ruhui. The goods they took were mainly sold in Guanzhong. In the second batch, Li Zhiyun gave it to Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin.
Let them sell in the states and counties where their respective hometowns are.
In the future, all the younger brothers who follow him will definitely be able to make money as agents of these things.
This is called emotional bundling and interest bundling.
I guarantee that they will follow Li Zhiyun wholeheartedly.
Otherwise, if you feed chicken soup to your little brothers every day without giving any benefits, why should the little brothers follow you and shed their blood?
As for the civil and military personnel who were born in the Shence Mansion, in the future, they will not only be reused by Li Zhiyun, but will also be given agent qualifications by Li Zhiyun.
Li Zhiyun can give them status, money.
Who doesn’t like such a big brother?
After seeing Li Zhen off, Qin Qiong excitedly found his wife.
The two of them put it together and decided to let people from their hometown in Qizhou handle the matter, and they waited to receive the money.
This is also the basic operation of powerful people.
Business is a cheap industry, and they definitely can't get involved in it. However, they can let their relatives get involved, and then they just sit back and get the money.
In this way, it is both safe and comfortable.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong were both overjoyed after receiving Li Zhen's advice.
For such a great thing, Qin Qiong and the others personally thanked Prince Li Zhiyun the next day.
Although the civil and military personnel of Shence Mansion are very loyal to him, Li Zhiyun doesn't mind making them more loyal to him.
Moreover, interests are often the most uniting people.
At the same time, interests are the easiest thing to destroy trust between people.
A small agent not only allows him to harvest people's hearts. In the future, he will use this thing to kill aristocratic families.
As for whether there will be a situation where the tail is too big to lose, in Li Zhiyun's opinion, as long as he lives for one day, this kind of thing is impossible to happen.
Because he is the only supplier in the world!
If you want the goods, you must get them from yourself!
As for counterfeiting?
Haha, that means stretching your neck to be chopped by Li Zhiyun!
This is the Tang Dynasty, and he, Li Zhiyun, is the maker of the rules!