The soap workshop started recruiting workers.

During the recruitment period, preparations were done in advance. Liu Shihu and his "apprentices" were responsible for making soap boxes. One type was an ordinary soap box, square, about 8 cm long and 4 cm high, the size of a five-year-old child's palm.

The other type is a soap box, which has simple flower or bamboo leaf shapes carved on the bottom of the wooden box, and is about the same size as a soap.

Liu Daling has already told the villagers who went to the mountain to cut bamboo shoots that they can pick flowers if they see them on the mountain and his family will collect them.

For example, the azaleas on Beishan Mountain are in full bloom right now! Azaleas bloom from April to May, lasting only about a month. When in bloom, the flowers are vibrant and come in a variety of colors, including rose, dark red, and bright red, each with a beautiful, graceful appearance.

The rhododendrons all over the mountain are enough for them to use for a long time. They press the juice of the flowers and store it in space for future use.

There is also Viola yedoensis, also known as wild violet, which blooms in the fields in spring. The small purple flowers look very cute. It also has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can be used as medicine.

Arabian speedwell will bloom small blue flowers. The peak flowering period is from March to April every year. It is particularly easy to reproduce. If you drop one plant on the ground, it will quickly spread into a large area, like a blue carpet. It grows very tenaciously!

Morning glories can often be seen in the fields outdoors. When they bloom, they look like small trumpets, opening towards the sun in the morning and closing at night. They come in many colors, including red, pink, and blue... They look unattractive when they are not blooming, but they are super beautiful when they bloom.

Mirabilis jalapa is also called the mine flower because after it blooms, the small black seeds hidden in the middle of the flower look like mines. Mirabilis jalapa comes in many colors, mostly red, and grows very fast. You can often see it at the gate or in the wild.

There are also the common sweet-scented osmanthus and peach blossoms, which are in full bloom at this time. Two sweet-scented osmanthus trees were transplanted to the gate of the Liu family.

In the spring in the south, there are abundant wild flowers in the mountains and fields.

As long as they are not poisonous, you can put flowers of the same color together, boil the juice of the flowers and add it to the soap.

At that time, you can give the soap some elegant names according to its color, and prepare some exquisite boxes to package it more beautifully. You can also offer a higher price, so that slightly wealthier people can use it for themselves or give it as gifts.

Add some honey to the soap and use it for bathing, washing your face and hair.

When making soap for the common people, the materials used will be simpler than before, and the price will be as favorable as possible.

The packaging and soap pigments were already settled. As for the pig fat, they had already made arrangements with the butcher in town. They needed some in large quantities. They'd sign a six-month contract and, once they agreed on the price, they could place their order with him. The Liu family could handle the wood ash problem themselves.

The soap workshop is divided into three workstations and three large rooms.

The first workstation is a large, well-ventilated kitchen with five stoves. One stove is dedicated to boiling lard, and the other four are used for boiling the soap.

The second workstation is the soap filtering, boxing and shaping workstation.

The third station sorts the shaped boxes and places them on marked fixed shelves. Two shelves are dedicated to ordinary soap, which is produced in larger quantities.

The other two shelves are specially for soap. One shelf is for soap of three colors. The soap is divided into six colors and placed separately: white, yellow, pink, purple, green, and blue.

The color will be adjusted according to the flowering period. If there are not enough colors, just make fewer.

White soap contains goat milk, so the resulting color will be light yellow. If you want a whiter color, add some cooked rice when boiling it.

These have all been tested repeatedly by Liu Yuhan in the past few days. These soaps are suitable for a relatively complex group of people, so they will be tried on family members first. If there is no irritation or discomfort, they can be officially launched.

Liu Mang came to help recruit workers. Liu Yuhan still trusted the village chief and hoped that he could serve as the chief foreman.

Liu Mang was naturally willing. His uncle's family was really getting better and better. He bought Shatian and a mountain. Now he opened a workshop and also ran a pig and chicken farm.

He was very happy for them and was willing to help. They had settled down in Fulai Village. If everyone in the village had a job and a salary thanks to the old man's business, wouldn't that be even better? They had little land to begin with, so with the salary, their lives would be more secure, wouldn't they?

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He had been the village chief for a long time, and wherever he went, he still hoped that everyone would be well. Even though he was no longer the village chief, he still hoped that the villagers would live better and better.

It can be said that he is really a person with great feelings.

The tofu shop was run by Liu Mang's wife, Yan, his brother Liu Zhuang and his wife, as well as helpers from the village, and they were fully able to handle the work.

Liu Mang already had experience recruiting workers. He knew the villagers well enough to know who could get things done and who was honest.

Liu Yuhan had already told him that if he wanted to apply for the job, he had to sign a contract. He also told them the contents of the contract. If they agreed, they could sign it and come to work. If they did not agree, they should not apply.

The contract is nothing more than a confidentiality agreement. If you breach the contract, you will be punished. In addition to fines, you will also be arrested and taken to the county government. Of course, the punishment is written in a serious manner.

After all, most of the work in the workshop involves recipes. Those who can understand signed the contract readily. For those who can't write their full names, Liu Yuhan will write it for them, as long as they put their own fingerprints on their names.

They pressed their fingerprints to promise not to say anything, and as long as they walked out of the workshop, they would not tell even their families and partners.

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