"Incense?" Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "It's so square, how can it be incense? This is called soap." After saying that, he pointed at the perfume and said, "This is called perfume."
"Soap, perfume?"
Not to mention Bai Qiaoqiao, who was born in Mayi, even Li Zhien, who has seen the world, has never seen these two things. Li Mu had to explain that facts have proved that women of any era have similar preferences. Women of later generations like perfume.
, women in the Tang Dynasty also liked it. Li Mu said a few words briefly, and soon both of them understood.
"This soap can be used for bathing, cleansing, and washing clothes."
"Isn't that just Zaojiao?" Li Zhien suddenly said: "No wonder there is a word 'zao' in the name."
Li Mu didn't even know what saponin was. He had never washed his own clothes since time travel. Bai Qiaoqiao helped him. Even now, Li Mu's clothes must be washed by Bai Qiaoqiao himself, and Li Zhien also washed them.
It's just to help. Li Mu said several times that he could just let the maids wash the clothes, but Bai Qiaoqiao refused. I don't know what she thought. She regarded washing clothes as one of the rights of a 'head wife'.
One, I am very reluctant to share it with others.
Although Li Mu didn't know what the relationship was, since Li Zhien said so, he just got off the road. Anyway, these two things are unprecedented, and they have the right to name them, so any explanation makes sense.
"That's right. The meaning of 'soap' is that it has the same function as soap locust. Adding the word "fat" in front means that it is made of fat. When combined together, it is called soap.
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"Fat?" Li Zhien showed a distressed expression and said, "What a waste!"
The ancients ate meat and liked to eat fat meat. The ancient people valued fat meat so highly, not because they didn't know how to lose weight, but because many people couldn't even guarantee food and clothing, and there was no need to lose weight. In terms of taste, fat meat is better than lean meat.
It relieves cravings; in terms of calories, eating a pound of fat meat is more resistant to hunger than eating a pound of lean meat, so the ancients had to like fat meat, and eating fat meat was also a symbol of living a good life.
When Li Zhien first arrived at Zhuluhou Mansion, he only chose fat meat. But later, he actually ate meat every meal, and when he got tired of eating fat meat, he started to have the same taste as Li Mu, liking fat and thin meat.
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But the subconscious mind in the head will not change because of this. When it comes to fat and fat, the conditioned reflex will still feel that it is a waste. Because soap locust is cheap and fat is expensive. The same is true for Bai Qiaoqiao, although she has no longer paid attention to it.
, but after going through hard times, she is still very frugal in her thinking. Although she is not stingy, she will not spend any money she shouldn't spend.
Seeing that the two people's attitudes were so consistent, Li Mu said helplessly: "You two, do you know what trading is? Trading means that we buy materials, make things, and then sell them at a higher price to make profits.
No matter how expensive the fat is, if we make it into soap, add the cost, sell it several times, and make everything back, are we still afraid of losing money?"
Li Zhien blinked and asked, "Master, how much does this piece of soap cost?"
"Is this..." Li Mu went over the consumed materials in his mind and said, "It's not expensive, it's always money."
"Ah?!" Both women were shocked. Does half a palm-sized piece of soap cost a lot of money? This can buy several kilograms of soap locust! It can be used for half a year, and such a small piece of soap is obviously made with
Less than half a year.
Li Zhien couldn't help but feel worried, and said: "Master, can I make money from this?"
"Don't ask such a stupid question. When did the business I did not make money?"
Li Mu is not just talking nonsense, because he has no intention of doing business for ordinary people. This is why it seems very easy for him to make money so far. For ordinary people, eating is still a problem. Many people even spend a month or a few months.
He has no concept of taking a bath at all. If you ask him to buy toiletries, will he spend the money?
Who would have such leisure? It must be a rich person. In this era, who is rich? Those who are rich, those who are rich, those who are distinguished, those who are rich, those who are famous. The money of these people has been accumulated from generation to generation.
They can't get in or out, and the copper coins are piled up in the warehouse without being used. They are the real rich people in this era.
The things Li Mu has created now are all unprecedented and highly practical. Only rare and practical things can allow these rich people to spend their money.
If you expect to make money from the people, your business will be ruined from the beginning.
Moreover, Li Mu decided to turn perfume and soap into luxury goods. At least in the short term, they are luxury goods, which means that he will not open up the supply, but will only sell a limited number every day, and then let Bai Naoer's scalpers
'Put a hand and raise the price.
Kill these guys who want to win the heart of a beautiful woman.
Thinking of this, Li Mu seemed to hear the sound of Alipay arriving in his previous life.
Crack la la, the gold coins went into my pocket.
Is there anything more wonderful than this?
"Xiao Zhu Xiao Mei! Boil more water today and use a big bucket. I want to take a bath with my wife!"
Li Mu suddenly shouted such a voice, Bai Qiaoqiao blushed with embarrassment, and said in an awkward tone: "Husband, don't shout so loudly..."
Li Zhien's reaction was just the opposite. He took Li Mu's hand, shook it, and said softly: "Master, how about letting Zhien wash it together? Zhien can rub his back."
"Okay, okay!" Li Mu laughed, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Zhien knows how to rub his back. Master, I can also rub it. It's just that Zhien rubs his back. Your master, I especially like to rub the front.
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"Oops." Li Zhien understood instantly, glanced at Li Mu, turned around and ran out. Since she had to use a big bucket to bathe, she would have to boil a lot of water, so she had to make arrangements.
The little girl ran away, and Li Mu didn't say anything to make Bai Qiaoqiao blush. Instead, he discussed opening a shop with her. The previous discussion was to open a shop in Dongshi, and Wang Ou also said that if
Bai Qiaoqiao wanted to do business, so she could give her the shop in Dongshi. But Bai Qiaoqiao didn't want Wang Ou's things, so she put it aside.
Now that there is Jingdong Ji, and Jingdong Ji is now full of empty shops, Bai Qiaoqiao will naturally not go to Dongshi to open a shop. So he thought about having lunch tomorrow morning, and going to Jingdong Ji to pick a good location. Opening is simple.
There is no shortage of people working around Li Mu. The Ministry of Works has all kinds of craftsmen. If you need bricklayers and carpenters to decorate a shop, there will be eight hundred if not one thousand. Now that the craftsmen's workshop and the projects in the heaven and earth are finished, it is time to be idle.
Even if he is not idle, Li Mu employs a lot of people to work.
As for the things to be sold, workers are not needed for the time being. It only takes one night for Li Mu to make ten liters of perfume. Put it in small bottles of tens of milliliters and sell it. Ten liters of perfume is enough to sell soap for several months.
The same goes for Li Mu, who has already figured out the proportions. Making it is just a matter of heating a big pot and stirring it. He also plans to sell it in limited quantities and just make it once a month.
In terms of business, he is not worried at all. The only thing he is worried about is that Wang Ou's fur shop is also opened in Jingdongji, and Bai Qiaoqiao also goes to Jingdongji to open a shop. The opportunities for the two of them to come into contact will inevitably increase.
Not a good thing for him.
If there is a conflict between the two women, he will be stuck in the middle and will not be able to behave.
If the love between two women is worse than Jin Lan, he will feel even more uncomfortable. If both of them are Jin Lan, how can they have an affair in the future? A wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a thief. The feeling of stealing fragrance and jade is irreplaceable.
Hey hey hey...
Li Mu laughed inexplicably. Bai Qiaoqiao looked at him and felt heartbroken. Alas, my husband is really pitiful and he is ill again. Otherwise, why would he laugh inexplicably?
The next morning, Li Mu got up early. He put five bottles of perfume and five pieces of soap in a brocade box. Then he put a bottle of perfume and a piece of soap into his arms and waited for Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien's carriage to set off to see the shop.
, he called the two generals Li Chongyi and Dugujiu and set off from home.
Li Mu is going to give gifts.
Go to the palace to give gifts.
From ancient times to the present, the so-called fashion has been from top to bottom. The fashion trends of later generations will depend on models, stars, and celebrities. As for the fashion of the Tang Dynasty, Li Mu has already figured out what to look for.
Look at the queen, look at the emperor, look at the ministers.
For example, Empress Changsun had a gold hairpin with a gemstone inlaid on it. Later, jewelry shops in the east and west cities began to popularize gold hairpins with gems inlaid on them.
For another example, Li Shimin wore a robe embroidered with gold thread. This robe was a tribute from the Xiao family in Jiangnan and was of great value. When the nobles of Chang'an City saw it, they did not dare to embroider it with gold thread, so they embroidered it with silver thread.
It was also popular for a while.
Wang Ou told him about the fashion of clothes. She made this voice and knew it in detail.
Li Mu himself had heard of something related to Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng liked vinegar and celery, but the green vegetables were very expensive and Wei Zheng could not afford them. Therefore, when Li Shimin held banquets, he would often give Wei Zheng vinegar and celery as a special gift to show his respect for Wei Zheng and to encourage officials to advise him.
Li Shimin was just following his fancy, but the censors in the court regarded jealousy as one of the criteria for whether they were good officials. A censor who was not jealous was not a good censor. Suddenly,
, the price of celery in Chang'an has increased by 30%. Wei Zheng couldn't afford it in the first place, and now he can't even afford it.
This was a piece of gossip that Ergou found out when Li Mu was fighting with Wei Zheng. After Li Mu found out, he asked the cook at home to buy another batch of celery, which pushed up the price of celery by another 20%. This made Wei Zheng happy this year.
Inside, I said goodbye to vinegar celery completely. Because after the price increased by 50%, even the palace would not buy celery. Even if Li Shimin wanted to give Wei Zheng vinegar celery to eat, but the palace didn't have it, what else would he eat?
And Li Mu also suffered retribution for this. He bought too much celery and it was so expensive, so he definitely couldn't throw it away. In the past month, as long as the stuffing was in the Zhuluhou Mansion, the steamed buns and dumplings were filled with celery.