Li the blacksmith explained, "This is soap, which was made by Yueyue a while ago."

Ding Ruiming then asked, "Is this what the people of Shawan County said they had been waiting for several days but couldn't buy?"

Li the blacksmith scratched his head: "We don't know either, we still have quite a lot of these things."

As he spoke, Li the blacksmith handed a new bar of soap to Ding Ruiming: "If you are interested, sir, this is for you."

Ding Ruiming immediately went to get his money bag, intending to give them money.

Li the blacksmith hurriedly said, "Sir, this is worthless, you don't need to pay me."

Ding Ruiming only found out after asking that this soap with strong cleaning power only cost one cent per piece, and could be used not only for washing clothes, but also for bathing and washing hair.

He immediately found Lin Jinyue.

At this time, Lin Jinyue was working in a soap-making workshop.

She brought a few people with her, intending to deliver this batch of pancreas and coconut oil to Shawan County.

She had originally planned to bring bamboo pens with her, but there weren't enough bamboo pens for everyone in her village, so she would have to wait a while.

It was at this moment that she saw Ding Ruiming.

Lin Jinyue gave a bright smile: "Uncle Magistrate, what brings you here?"

Ding Ruiming looked at the box of soap and asked, "Can I buy this soap?"

Lin Jinyue was immediately in a dilemma.

After all, many people in Shawan County have started urging her to sell all of these to the county magistrate. If she were to go to Shawan County tomorrow, she would probably be surrounded by people.

Someone said yesterday that they wished they could kidnap the shopkeeper and release him only when they bought the soap.

Lin Jinyue doesn't want to keep the goods empty for too long.

Ding Ruiming continued, "Miss Lin, I need the soap to give to General Gu's military camp, hoping to improve their living conditions."

"General Gu came here to maintain the stability of Lingnan. I thought I should do something. Now that General Gu is a little short of money, I thought these coconut oil and soap could improve his life a little."

Fearing Lin Jinyue wouldn't sell, he continued, "I know you're having some production difficulties. If you need anything, just let me know..."

Hearing that it was for the military camp, Lin Jinyue agreed, "Okay, this batch is all for you."

Ding Ruiming said with a smile, "If you find anything good in the future, remember to tell me."

Ding Ruiming didn't haggle; he bought all the soaps, three for two coins each, totaling 1,500. Lin Jinyue only accepted one tael of silver.

Coconut oil is a bit more expensive, but considering that it's sold to military camps, and that the stability of Lingnan will depend on them in the future.

After discussing it, Lin Jinyue and Lin Man decided to reduce the price of each bottle by ten coins.

Although the semi-automatic coconut oil making machine is not perfect yet, it can save Lin Man and his team some effort.

Coconut oil production can also be doubled.

Lin Jinyue then sold all the coconut oil to Ding Ruiming, thinking that with the increase in daily production, she could keep up with the orders for coconut oil from Boss Cen and the others.

Just as they were loading things onto the boat, Ji Zixuan and his group arrived.

Ji Zixuan looked at the batch of soap with some envy. "Manager Lin, tell me, your general store has been open for three days, but only sells things for half a day. Is that reasonable?"

Lin Jinyue chuckled, "I didn't expect it to sell so well; production couldn't keep up."

She has already asked Chen Mazi to find someone else she can trust to work with.

But the person hasn't arrived yet, has he?

Moreover, if she needs to add more people, she will need to go to several nearby villages and towns and counties to collect pig offal.

This is the problem that their village doesn't have its own pig farm.

Lin Jinyue explained, "These were sent to the military camp by Magistrate Ding. If you need them, wait a little longer, and we can make another thirty or fifty."

Ji Zixuan then said, "These were bought to be transported to other places for sale; thirty or fifty are not enough."

Lin Jinyue abruptly changed the subject: "Wait a few more days, wait a few more days..."

Then she asked, "Why are you all here today?"

Ji Zixuan: "Looking at the house you mentioned, I can't wait any longer."

Boss Cen: "Could it be that the good stuff you're talking about isn't just something you told me about?"

The two spoke at the same time, then looked at each other and stared at one another.

Boss Cen thought to himself, "That's it. I blew a lot of money last time, and I was thinking of befriending Lin Jinyue."

He let it slip himself.

Ji Zixuan's eyes widened. "Miss Lin, I patronize your teahouse and snack shop every day. It's not just me eating there; I also bring my brothers and sisters from the clan to eat with me. With a relationship like ours, why don't you share the good stuff with me first?"

Lin Jinyue then said, "We have such a good relationship, I have never mentioned the wine business to anyone else."

Boss Cen: "What? You can sell wine too? Can I order a batch?"

Lin Jinyue: "We can, but you'll have to customize the wooden buckets yourself and have them engraved with our Yunheji mark."

Mr. Cen was very easy to talk to and agreed immediately.

The owners of several restaurants nearby also said they wanted some.

Lin Jinyue began to worry.

It wasn't that she didn't want to do this business, but she really didn't have enough manpower, and there was no place to store things.

To be honest, when Lin Jinyue was considering what kind of business to do, all the questions she thought about were whether the product would suit the tastes of people in ancient times, and whether people in Lingnan could afford it since they weren't wealthy enough.

But she never expected that she wouldn't be able to meet the customers' needs due to a lack of manpower.

Lin Jinyue scratched her head, "I will increase manpower later, don't worry, there will be more in the future, it's only a matter of half a month."

She wasn't just making empty promises. After Boss Cen sent a group of people to clear the wasteland, the villagers who had fled the famine together were also free to help with making coconut oil and buying soap.

Lin Jinyue thought about it and decided not to do anything new for the time being. Now that she could cooperate with Boss Cen and Ji Zixuan, she would do whatever they needed.

The Cen and Ji families own numerous businesses and fleets of ships, enabling them to transport goods to various destinations.

Lin Jinyue led them over and said, "These are our latest products. Do you see if there's anything you need?"

In front of me are soap, bamboo pens, chili powder, and Sichuan peppercorn powder.

She has already planted large areas of chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns in the space, waiting for the space's flow rate to catch up.

All those medicinal herbs were transplanted and planted on the mountain.

Lin Jinyue thought the general store had too few items, so she added these few more.

I just don't know if they'll be willing to pay a high price for it.

Boss Cen picked up the bamboo pen and asked, "What is this? I've never seen it before."

Lin Jinyue then took a brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write.

She wanted to make a living selling bamboo pens, relying on small profits but quick turnover, since other businesses weren't as easy to run as this one.

Bamboo is everywhere, and manpower can be found everywhere as well.

She could find someone to produce as many bamboo pens as needed.

But to her surprise, Boss Cen and the others weren't interested in bamboo pens at all.

Both Boss Cen and Ji Zixuan were not optimistic about it.

Ji Zixuan said tactfully, "Now everyone uses calligraphy brushes, these bamboo brushes are probably..."

In short, they ordered a different batch of goods, but no one bought bamboo pens.