In the next few days, the entire Sanshenyuan was extremely busy, including Gao Jingjing, who always claimed to only do strategic planning but was used to being a hands-off shopkeeper.
The soap factory under the supervision of Gao Xiaozhuang has officially started production. The production capacity is neither high nor low. It can produce more than two hundred soaps a day. And with the continuous improvement of the yield rate, the production capacity will probably remain as long as the supply of raw materials remains as it is without increasing it. can be improved to a certain extent.
According to Gao's pragmatic assumptions, it was enough to produce about 300 yuan a day in the early days. After all, every soap produced now is actually losing money - this batch of soaps all have the word "Yugong" printed on them. .
If the emperor accepts it, Gao pragmatism will lose money, because these goods are not intended to be sold for money, but donated; if the emperor does not accept them, then Gao pragmatism will suffer a big loss. The donation itself is just to invite fame. If the emperor does not want it, then then Gao pragmatism will lose money. He died before leaving the army.
Gao Pragmatic did the math and found that the cost of the soap, including the wages, food, etc. of these amateur workers, three hundred pieces of soap were actually worth a little more than thirteen taels of silver. Of course, if these soaps have to go to Beijing, there will be a transportation fee at the end, even fifteen taels of silver.
The most high-end "Yu Gong" grade soap in the high pragmatic plan costs only 0.05 taels of silver, which is only half a penny of silver. (Wufeng’s note: For everyone’s convenience, this book does not use hexadecimal in all aspects, but calculates according to modern customary decimal system. This point will not be repeated hereafter.)
The "Yu Gong" Jinghua Soap cost half a penny a piece, but Gao Pragmatic planned to claim that it was worth one tael of silver.
Well, it’s just twenty times, it’s just a joke. With his thick face and dark heart, Mr. Xiao Gao, he would not feel any guilt at all when doing such a thing.
Of course, after all, the "Yu Gong" grade is only for the imperial palace. Firstly, the output will be strictly controlled, and secondly, it is unlikely to be leaked out. Therefore, in the next period of time, the real main sales force will be the "Guoshi" grade. As for the price of a national scholar, Gao Pragmatic thinks it is very fair - two bars of soap cost one tael of silver, and that's the price, whether you like it or not.
Too expensive? It’s impossible, friends. You have to know that apart from His Majesty the Emperor, you are the first people in the world to enjoy soap. How could you lack this little money!
As for the fact that the cost was only one-tenth of the selling price, Mr. Xiao Gao naturally smiled and remained silent.
If an outsider insists on asking what the difference is between the "Yu Gong" grade and the "Guo Shi" grade, Gao Pragmatic will definitely say this and explain that every piece of soap in the "Yu Gong" grade is produced under the strictest standards. Including but not limited to raw material selection, precise control of saponification time, precise control of saponification chamber temperature, etc.
Relatively speaking, the "National Scholar" level is definitely slightly inferior to that, but it can still guarantee extremely high production standards. In a word, buying Guoshi-grade soap is equivalent to paying half the price of Imperial-grade soap, and enjoying 90% of the treatment of Imperial-grade soap. It is like buying one and earning one. I almost cried after selling it!
However, the above are all nonsense, because in addition to Gao Xiaozhuang asking Gao Xiaozhuang to add one more item to the quality inspection process when "Yu Gong" grade soap is shipped...well, that is, a total of four more people were added. "Yu Gong" and There is actually no difference between the two levels of "guoshi". The real purpose of adding those four "Yugong" quality inspectors is actually to increase the appearance yield rate to 100%. In terms of product essence, the two are exactly the same!
However, in the future, soap grades will be covered from top to bottom, and real civilian-grade "Yashi" grades will be launched, and then there will be differences in production: fragrances will be divided into grades, and the ration of fixatives will be slightly reduced, etc. But that’s all in the future, so there’s no need to worry now. No matter how quickly the market accepts soap, Gao Qingjing doesn’t plan to cover it down so quickly.
After all, soap, in his plan, is just a product to make money for himself, and it has little to do with the country's strength. Therefore, the attitude must be correct: the goal must be to make money wholeheartedly, rather than just making noises about benefiting all people.
Of course there are high-level and pragmatic things that will benefit all people, but there is no way to come up with them now, so we have to wait until he makes money.
Shangyue Tingqin has previously suggested that in addition to the classification of "royal tribute", "national scholar" and "elegant scholar", it is best to have a separate classification for women.
This suggestion was highly appreciated by Gao Jingshi, but he was also not too busy to push it out - thanks to a certain Mr. Ma who was called dad by countless people in later generations, Gao Jingshi had some understanding of women's shopping. He has already thought about it. He must wait until the powerful people in Beijing are flocking to soap, and then launch various levels of "women's only" products. The specific names can be announced at that time, such as "National Color", "Tianxiang" and so on. , anyway, just pick the one that sounds good.
In addition to the soap factory working in full swing, Gaomo's guard team also began to engage in increasingly intense training. There was no way, who knew that the situation had changed now. In addition to the fifty of them, Gao Jingshi also had sixteen more cavalry guards. The pressure of competition among the guards immediately increased.
What's more, this group of cavalry guards has a significant advantage: they have already been carefully taught and rigorously trained by their elders in Bailixia, and their foundation is much more solid than those fifty militia-level guys.
Gao Mo also held his breath in his heart. After all, he suffered a bit at the hands of Cao Gan last time and failed to protect the young master. Now he can be regarded as training troops on his own to some extent, but he can't lose to Bai Bai again. The people of Lixia - if they lose again this time, it will be even more embarrassing than last time. After all, the last time they faced was Cao Gan himself, and this time the opponents were just a dozen "little bastards".
With this kind of thinking, Gao Mo almost subconsciously increased the intensity of training so much that Gao Pragmatic, who had suffered through military training in the past, couldn't bear to see it, and ordered to raise the food standards for the servant guards. , add two more eggs per person per day.
Gao Mo's tacit rival, Cao Gan, is actually not idle either. After all, Gao Jingshi has decided to open up the Datong trade route. He, Cao Gan, also needs to arrange for people to explore the road in advance to figure out which road is easy to walk and where is the best place to sell goods. As for the places and garrisons that need to be passed through, those who should open up relationships must open up relationships, and those who should threaten and intimidate... er, that's wrong. Now Bailixia has voted for Mr. Gao, a pragmatic man. We can no longer easily threaten others and say, "Don't you dare to give way, I Just dare to come and clear the way.” This kind of matter must be reported to the young master now, so that the young master can come forward or find someone to come forward to solve it.
Amitabha, you are so good, we Bailixia are all good boys who do business honestly, we are just short of fasting - of course, if you really don't give face, then we don't mind eating with blood.
