When the sun was high in the sky, Li Xin got up feeling refreshed.
I felt refreshed and my spirits lifted.
After washing up and having breakfast, Li Xin went to the study again.
During this time, Li Xin had been searching for knowledge in intelligent technology, thinking about how to break the deadlock.
After all, the situation will become severe again after the Lunar New Year and the start of spring.
When the ice melts and the roads are clear, food and supplies can be transported to Dongning City.
However, even a hero can be brought down by a single penny!
With the meager salary from the Prince Xin's mansion, how could it possibly support so many people?
If you plant grain in the spring, you won't harvest it until the autumn.
Several more months have passed, and how the people will survive is another question.
Therefore, the most pressing issue on Li Xin's desk was how to make money!
Only by earning money can we buy food and feed the people in the city.
Only by making money can we build industries and improve people's lives.
Only by making money can we recruit soldiers, expand our cities, and defend against the bandits of the grasslands!
Therefore, figuring out how to make money is the most urgent task!
Reflecting on what he had learned about the Great Gan Dynasty during this period, Li Xin knew that many things did not exist in this era.
Things like glass, soap, distilled liquor, and coal stoves were not yet available.
Not to mention steel, gunpowder, and firearms!
These things that didn't exist in this era could all become Li Xin's means to get rich!
However, choosing exactly what to use to earn your first pot of gold is crucial.
When choosing a place to make your first fortune, you need to consider the current situation in Dongning City.
Dongning City is located by the sea, and it's very cold there.
It is rich in sulfur and limestone.
No coal has been found so far.
Therefore, coal stoves and the like can be put aside.
Nowadays, Dongning City is facing a severe shortage of supplies, with not even enough food to eat, let alone brewing or distilling spirits.
Dongning City is located by the sea, so there is a lot of quartz sand.
However, manufacturing glass requires extremely high temperatures, and a good method has not yet been found.
Therefore, the glass project had to be temporarily put on hold.
And sulfur has already been put into use.
During this period, the Dongning Gunpowder Bureau produced a large quantity of gunpowder, enough to give the grassland bandits a run for their money.
How to utilize limestone is a science in itself.
Based on the knowledge I've gained from researching smart technologies recently, limestone is not only used to burn lime, but it can also be used to make cement.
However, plaster is needed.
During this time, Li Xin also instructed the servants of the Prince's Palace to collect plaster in the city.
They're making cement, and all they need is gypsum.
Aside from these things, soap has become the easiest thing to produce these days.
Although nowadays, there is not enough oil in Dongning City to meet the needs of the people.
However, there are places near Dongning City that are rich in oil!
That is the endless mountain forest!
The forests of Northeast China are mostly covered with pine trees, hazelnut trees, and other similar species.
Their fruits, pine nuts and hazelnuts, are not only edible but also rich in oil.
Oil is extracted from pine nuts and hazelnuts.
Adding caustic soda allows you to make soap.
Let's do it!
After determining the direction, Li Xin arrived at a house near the Prince's Palace.
And this place became Li Xin's workspace.
At this moment, there were five or six young people in their early twenties standing in the workshop.
These people were all carefully selected by Li Xin from Dongning City.
And they will become the first batch of skilled workers in Dongning City!
"Shi Heng,"
Looking at the young man at the head of the group, Li Xin said, "I called you here today to give you an important task."
These pine nuts, hazelnuts, and caustic soda are used to make soap.
"Soap?"
Shi Heng frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.
This is the first time I've heard this name. I wonder what it is?
However, he didn't ask any more questions, but just listened quietly.
Li Xin patiently explained the soap-making process from beginning to end, covering everything from extracting oils, saponification, and molding.
Although Shi Heng and the others were somewhat puzzled, they still followed Li Xin's instructions and began to divide the work.
Extracting oil.
Set up a large cooking pot.
Prepare the mold.
After all the preparations were completed, Shi Heng began to operate as Li Xin had instructed.
Weigh out the appropriate proportions of oil and caustic soda solution and pour them into a large pot.
The worker, wearing a thick cotton mask, gently stirred something with a long wooden stick.
The firewood burned, slowly heating the large pot.
As the temperature rose, a pungent odor wafted out, and Li Xin simply covered his nose and watched quietly.
Stop heating after 15 and a half minutes.
Several workers nearby slowly poured hot water into the large pot.
The workers, wielding long wooden sticks, continued to stir the viscous liquid in the large pot.
After stirring for a while, the workers lifted the large pot and poured the viscous liquid into the saturated brine.
After stirring for a while, let it sit quietly.
An hour later, the saponified soap floated on top of the brine.
Shi Heng took the container and poured the soap liquid into the prepared mold.
After the soap has settled and set, it is ready.
Looking at the yellowish-brown soap in his hand, Li Xin nodded slightly.
This looks a bit like the homemade soap that farmers use for washing clothes.
Although it looks ugly, at least it has been successfully manufactured.
With soap, you can use it for washing clothes, disinfecting, and more!
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