And at this time.
What Liu Zheng never expected was.
Chen Kui, who fled from Yinzhou, did not give up on the Liu family and his son. It has been a month. Chen Kui first ran to Liangzhou to seek help from Chen Batian.
Who would have thought that Chen Batian's request to him was just to shout angrily: "How dare you bear the crime of treason? It's a blessing that Mr. Liu won't kill you. You are an honest man!"
Chen Kui was unwilling to accept it, and then he realized that Liu Dahao still had some prestige in Liangzhou's military. Although it was not directly related to Chen Batian, when Chen Batian fought with the Huns, he ate food and grass donated by Liu Dahao. He was still very grateful to the former richest man in Liangzhou.
As for Chen Kui, he was already a relative of Chen Batian, and he had already been convicted, so Chen Batian didn't bother to care about him.
Now, Chen Kui has been in Yangzhou for half a month.
"Master Lu, are you willing to see me?"
He came to seek help from Lu Zhengyi.
However, he has been living in the post house for half a month, but he has not even looked at Lu Zhengyi's face.
This made Chen Kui, who had always been the emperor of the country, very angry.
The old housekeeper said from the side: "Master, we are already easing the relationship. Let's wait for now..."
"Unblock, unblock the ass!"
Chen Kui was so angry that he smashed the wine pot and said angrily: "I think back when my Chen family was strong, these county princes were just like children and grandchildren in front of me! Now, now..."
He sighed deeply.
The hatred towards the Liu family and his son became even deeper.
The old housekeeper also bowed his head helplessly.
"Go and tell the person in charge that you won't see Lu Zhengyi tonight. I, Chen Kui, will go back to Liangzhou tomorrow! He doesn't want these 100,000 silver, but others do!"
Chen Kui snorted coldly.
This time he came here with a hundred thousand silver notes, which was his last possession, just to ask Lu Zhengyi to send troops to help him conquer Yinzhou! When the Chen family returns to Yinzhou, won't they have one hundred thousand taels of silver at their fingertips?
"Okay sir!"
The butler went down.
"Hahahaha, Mr. Chen, can't you wait?"
Who would have thought that before the housekeeper went out, several people walked in, and the leader was Lu Zhengyi, the county magistrate of Yangzhou City!
Chen Kui sneered in his heart, but walked over with flattery on his face: "Chen Kui, a common man, has met Mr. Lu!"
Lu Zhengyi quickly helped him up and exclaimed: "Mr. Chen is so polite. The Chen family and I, Yangzhou, have always treated each other with sincerity. When Yangzhou was in trouble, the elite soldiers of the Chen family helped a lot. Lu Zhengyi has always kept this in mind." !”
Chen Kui made a haha, but in his heart he was scolding you for keeping it in your heart and just exposing me here for half a month?
Several people laughed hypocritically and sat down one after another.
Lu Zhengyi asked knowingly: "Master Chen this time?"
Chen Kui immediately knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Master Lu, you must make the decision for me! The Liu family and his son have bullied others too much! Destroy the foundation of my Chen family, raid my Chen family, and kill them all! I think the ambition of the prefecture and county magistrate is not small. , Mr. Lu must make preparations early!"
"The Liu family and his son?"
Lu Zhengyi was stunned and laughed: In fact, he had already heard about Chen Kui's house being confiscated, and he also knew that he had dealt with the Liu family and his son.
After several fights, he knew that Liu Dahao was just a idiot, but the young master of the Liu family was actually quite impressive.
So he squinted and asked, "What does Mr. Chen mean?"
Chen Kui raised his head and said loudly: "The Chen family is willing to give one hundred thousand taels of silver to Yangzhou to help my Chen family return to Yinzhou!"
"One hundred thousand taels?"
Lu Zhengyi took a deep breath.
I have ignored Chen Kui for the past half month. It is he who is waiting for a price. From the 50,000 taels promised at the beginning, we hired 3,000 Yangzhou soldiers, to the current 100,000 taels...
Who is not moved?
However.
Lu Zhengyi knew that the soldiers in Yangzhou were not very good either.
In fact, when the Liu family and his son passed by Yangzhou, there were only a thousand soldiers in Yangzhou. Later, Liu Zheng repelled the horse bandits, and many nearby horse bandits lost their organization and came to surrender one after another. Only then could Yangzhou barely get enough 3,000 soldiers. In addition, Lu Zhengyi had made great achievements in suppressing the bandits, and Chen Ping, the governor of Liangzhou, issued a reward, so Yangzhou could barely afford to raise these three thousand soldiers.
"this……"
Lu Zhengyi was very moved, but at the same time he was also embarrassed.
Chen Kui immediately said: "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, I will hire two thousand more elite soldiers and five thousand troops from Liangzhou. Yinzhou can be conquered!"
"oh?"
Lu Zhengyi smiled happily: "This matter can be discussed in the long term."
Chen Kui secretly cursed the old fox. He knew that Lu Zhengyi was a master who would not let go of rabbits before he saw them, so he immediately took out the banknotes.
With this hundred thousand silver, Lu Zhengyi can continue to recruit troops and add weapons and equipment.
One goes down and the other goes up.
Only then can we have the possibility of winning Yinzhou!
Lu Zhengyi's eyes flickered.
He heard that Young Master Liu from Yinzhou had made a lot of money by tinkering with some fine wines. How could he not be tempted?
As for the official side.
I already have a secret letter from the Grand Administrator, "Observe his character, correct his behavior, and do it cheaply when necessary!"
This is equivalent to a sword of superiority, which can be used first and later to fabricate a crime for him.
This way.
If Yinzhou is conquered, who will take care of it?
Lu Zhengyi's calculation was very good.
…
And here in Yinzhou.
Liu Zheng is still engaged in his own research and development.
His perfume making workshop is not called a perfume workshop, but a "daily chemical workshop"! This term, which has never appeared in this era, has left many people confused.
That's right.
What Liu Zheng is making this time is not just perfume, but also many daily chemicals!
And these daily chemicals can actually be made with perfume at the same time. While working on perfume, Liu Zheng felt that in Liangzhou, a place with a poor climate and environment, there was another thing that was worth developing.
That's the cream...
Well, that sounds retro.
But in this era, it is quite advanced.
Skin care products!
Who has seen it?
The method of making ice cream is actually very simple. Oils, coconut oil, olive oil, beeswax, essential oils, water can be used.
Well, there is the cream.
What about soap?
Since we want to do it, let’s do it together!
Because since it is a daily chemical product, it is inevitable that it requires the same substance, which is lye! Soap needs lye, and so does cream.
The preparation of lye is not complicated and can be filtered out with plant ash and water.
The entire workshop is originally a relatively complex, but interconnected assembly line. All these complicated things must be completed by Liu Zheng alone - at least, he is doing it until others master these things. Therefore, Liu Zheng has already drawn such a large workshop drawing.
Several distillers, several machines for making lye, and several cooling containers. This large amount of work has kept Liu Zheng awake for days and nights.
There are also various molds and the production of bottles and jars.
"It's done!"
Four days later, Liu Zheng, with panda eyes, burst into laughter.
This daily chemical product can really be made!
why? Because Liu Zheng made a surprising discovery in the past few days. That is, when he was making the cream, it would fail due to the consistency problem... However, those failed products turned into another product in his hands. To put it simply, the thinner ones can be used as skin care products, the thicker ones can be used as lipstick, and if you add some colors, you can make lipstick!
This suddenly reminded Liu Zheng of a joke.
What kind of business is this that is sure to make money without losing money? Make tofu, sell it when it's done, sell the tofu skin if it's hard, sell the soy milk if it's watery, and make stinky tofu if it doesn't sell, you'll make a sure profit!
These daily cosmetics are almost the same!
After a few days of struggling, he finally came up with all the creams, lip balms, and skin care products!
Other craftsmen who were sleeping gathered around him.
"Sir, what are these?"
“It smells so good!”
"Is this a pancreas?"
The craftsmen couldn't understand each of them, because there were bottles and jars in front of them, some were big and some were small, and the colors were very different.
Liu Zheng chuckled and said, "Yizi? That's about right! I'll go to Fengming Tower first, and I'll teach you when I get back!"
These days, although he is teaching these craftsmen all the craftsmanship, they will definitely not be able to master it before the actual finished product is produced. But don't worry, what Liu Zheng wants to see now is Zheng Yueru's expression!
Drive!
It was afternoon at this time, Fengming Tower hadn't opened yet, but it was also time for those fans to get up.
"Sister Lianxiang, the weather has been so dry recently! Look at my lips!"
"Yeah, I'm doing this even when it's snowing. I really don't adapt to the weather in Yinzhou. When I first came to Yinzhou, I even had a cleft lip! I was almost returned by Miss Zheng! It's scary to think about it. I don't want to come here. I can only distribute the border and serve those military masters."
"When can I save enough money to redeem myself?"
"Hurry, Xiao Xiyu, the wind is blowing, come back quickly! Otherwise we won't be able to see anyone in a while!"
Liu Zheng walked into Fengming Tower and couldn't help but shake his head when he heard these comments.
The weather and climate in Liangzhou are indeed a bit unbearable. Therefore, the skin of the people here is not very good and is very rough.
As soon as Liu Zheng arrived, the shopkeeper, Old Cui Tou, immediately sent someone to invite Zheng Yueru.
When Zheng Yueru heard that Liu Zheng was coming, she ran over impatiently. When she saw these bottles and jars on the tea table, she was dumbfounded and said with a wry smile: "Brother Liu, is this your ancient thorn water? "
"It seems there are quite a few categories?"
She laughed.
She actually didn't have high expectations for Liu Zheng's ancient thorn water.
Liu Zheng stopped Zheng Yueru from taking it for a closer look, and looked at her with a smile: "Miss Zheng, it's not just the ancient thorn water, but also some other things that we accidentally tinkered with. But, this, we can get it." Let’s talk again…”
"What?"
Zheng Yueru said angrily: "Brother Liu, we still need to renegotiate the 70% profit? Why are you so greedy?"
Liu Zheng shook his head and explained: "Different products naturally have different divisions. Naturally, Gu Ci Shui is still divided into 30 and 70 percent, but other things are different."
"oh?"
Zheng Yueru looked confused.
Liu Zheng sighed.
There is nothing we can do about this. Various skin care products formulated with this beeswax lip balm cannot be stored for a long time, so if you want to mass-produce them to make a profit, they definitely cannot be compared with perfumes. But after all, the winning streak is better than nothing, and this is something Liu Zheng developed for his territory Yinzhou, so it can be regarded as a complementary product. Unlike high-end luxury goods such as perfume, these skin care products can only take the middle-level route.
Due to the backward storage, transportation and logistics conditions in this era, these daily chemicals can probably only be circulated within Liangzhou.
so.
Since there is not much impact on logistics costs, why can't he order more?
He found that he was becoming more and more like a profiteer.
Zheng Yueru was so angry that she looked at Liu Zheng coldly for the first time.
How could I not know that you are such a person?
