Chapter five hundred and ninety fourth: soap music workshop
Today, a cosmetic shop in Dong City, Chang'an suddenly placed a sign at the door, saying: Inside, there is a special cleansing and moisturizing soap for the royal family.
Soap? The soap that is better and cheaper than bath beans that has been circulating in the market recently?
People passing by were a little curious, and some female customers walked in directly to inquire: "Shopkeeper, let me see what kind of soap this soap is like."
A neatly dressed maid came forward, holding a wooden box with the lid lifted in her hand.
"Lady, this is soap. Smell it. Flower petals and milk are added to it. After bathing with it, your skin will be smooth and tender, and your body will be left with the scent of flowers!"
"Oh, are you really that good?" The lady reached out curiously and took the soap. She felt that it was slippery in her hand. She put it to the tip of her nose and sniffed it. It did have a strong floral fragrance, which was much more comfortable than the medicinal fragrance of bath beans.
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"How do you sell this soap?"
"With such a big piece of soap, you can use it to bathe every day, and it won't be a problem for three or four months, and it only sells for 288 renminbi!"
"Two hundred and eighty-eight coins?" The lady calculated in her mind silently. A box of bath beans would not last that long, and because of the high cost, the price of bath beans was also very expensive, and ordinary people could not afford it.
I just don't know if this soap is as good as the rumors in the market. It is said that Princess Changle made it when she had nothing to do.
While she was hesitating, the maid added fuel to the fire: "This is the soap that Princess Changle and Her Majesty the Queen like to use. It is also very convenient for daily hand washing."
"Okay, I bought it, wrap this up for me." The lady finally made up her mind.
"This piece is for exhibition, not for sale. I'll get a new one from the warehouse for my wife. It's unhandled and clean!"
From ancient times to the present, the effect of bringing goods to the palace is definitely the best. Whatever is popular in the palace will only be more popular outside.
Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, where the imperial power was supreme, even in modern times, the John Bull royal family has almost become a mascot. It is worn by the women of the royal family. Once it is photographed in public, the market will definitely be out of stock immediately. Its influence covers the whole world.
, much more vigorous than traffic.
That's why Lin Wanwan bought some Lux rose soap from Hyundai and gave it to Princess Changle, and asked her to send gifts everywhere in the harem, just to build momentum. There was no need to go to the market for pre-advertising, the palace was the best place for advertising.
"By the way, madam, in addition to the soap for bathing and cleaning hands, we also have soap that can be used to wash clothes and clean clothes. It is much easier to use than soap locust. Do you want to take one by the way? It only costs 20 cents, which can be said to be good for washing at least.
Clothes for half a year!”
A square piece of yellow soap was brought up by the maid. It smelled a little fragrant, but it was relatively pungent and could not be compared with soap.
"Is this thing useful?"
"It's easy to use! You can buy it and try it out. It's only twenty cents anyway."
"Okay, then give me some too."
"Okay, wait a minute!"
This is a scene in a powder shop in the East Market. In the West Market, there are several small shops sandwiched between cloth shops, clothing shops, and consumer shops, specializing in high-quality and low-priced soaps.
There are rumors that this soap was invented by Princess Changle when she saw a maid being punished for not being able to clean the stains on the concubine's beloved moon dress. She felt sorry for the maid and invented a soap with strong decontamination ability.
No matter how dirty your clothes are, just wash them with soap.
The most important thing is that the price of this soap is very affordable! Twenty coins is an amount that no matter whether you are a noble or a commoner, you can afford it.
For the common people who cannot afford bath beans and soap locusts and can only use some plant ash to wash their clothes, the emergence of this soap is simply good news.
Everyone who has tried it says it is good, it can not only wash clothes, but also wash hands!
Those official slaves (that is, craftsmen) who had been busy in various workshops for a day, came home and took the soap from their wives excitedly, and they washed their dirty hands easily!
Although the twenty cents price of this soap is still expensive for a family like theirs, it is not unaffordable.
"Zao Le Fang", a joint venture between Lin Wanwan and Princess Chang Le, mainly sells two products, one is soap and the other is scented soap. It was a great success as soon as it was launched on the market. And to Princess Chang Le's surprise, although the soap is low in price,
The gross profit generated is greater than that of soap.
Just because bath beans, a substitute for soap, still have a place in the high-end market for ladies.
After all, bath beans are made from precious spices such as clove, agarwood, and musk, supplemented by more than ten kinds of flower petals, mashed and ground together, and then added with pearl powder and soybean powder. Although it is expensive, it is really effective and can make people feel better.
The skin is as smooth as jade and the body is moisturized and fragrant.
Lin Wanwan's soap uses soybeans, lard, Glauber's salt, alkali stone, flower petals, milk, etc. as raw materials. How can it compare with bath beans in terms of skin care?
Apart from being expensive, bath beans don’t have any major drawbacks.
Are the precious ladies short of money? Not bad! Bath beans that ordinary people cannot afford are just ordinary things for them and are necessary consumables, so the market for soap can be imagined.
After trying the soap several times, the noble ladies still prefer high-end bath beans. However, the maids around the noble ladies are quite interested in the soap.
But soap is different. Although the price is low, it has a wide market. It is needed by everyone from common people to nobles. Following the road of small profits but quick turnover (actually compared with the profits of later generations, it is not too small), it will soon be sold in Chang'an City
Opened up word of mouth.
The first batch of soaps and soaps in Zao Le Shop were left to dry for half a month. They were stocked up before being sold. After that, they were sold and made at the same time, and the supply continued.
Some of the people currently working in the workshop are Ding slaves sent by Princess Li Lizhi of Changle, and some are Lin Wanwan's own domestic slaves. In addition, Lin Wanwan also recruited Hakka family members from the village of Mozhu Village (named after her) that is attached to her fields.
One batch.
For the workmanship and management in Zaolefang, Lin Wanwan paid people to do special planning and analysis from modern times, and then combined it with the actual situation.
The most fundamental difference from the ordinary workshops of Tang Dynasty is the assembly line workmanship.
The assembly line is a work method with a clear division of labor. Everyone focuses on a certain piece of their own work and can complete the task quickly. As proficiency improves, production volume increases, labor costs are saved, and labor costs are increased.
to the secret formula.
Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, for Lin Wanwan and Princess Li Lizhi of Changle, labor costs were basically not included in the cost of doing anything.
The wages of domestic slaves, Din slaves, and Zhuang and Hakka family members are so cheap that Lin Wanwan feels like a capitalist. At first, Li Lizhi even thought that there was no need to pay wages at all. They are all her own slaves, so why should she pay them?
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But in the end, she listened to Lin Wanwan's opinion and paid the workers wages. Therefore, the workers in Zaolefang would salute Lin Wanwan with great respect when they saw her, expressing gratitude and respect from the bottom of their hearts.