Chapter 56 My dream is to be the richest person in Song Dynasty!
After working hard today, Luo Li went back to Ningxinyuan directly after returning to the palace. After taking a bath, she had a nice nap.
She slept until the evening, got up and ate something, and then played mahjong with Ruhuasiyu and Tingting who was obsessed with mahjong. After playing
four rounds of cards, she went back to sleep to conserve her energy and prepare to work and work in Luo Mansion tomorrow.
Poor Prince Qin waited in the dark tunnel for two hours, but did not hear a word from the princess, so he had to go back to Chunfengju to rest in disappointment.
Luo Li slept until noon and ate a bowl of seafood noodles carefully prepared by Tingting. She took Ruhuasiyu, Tingtingyuli and Honggu with her and got on the carriage back to Luo Mansion.
Mo Wen and Mo Yan followed the guards.
Luo Ning had been waiting at the door. When he saw the young lady get off the carriage, he hurried forward to greet her.
After bowing, Luo Ning said, "Young lady, everything is ready."
"Okay! Today your young lady will show her skills." Luo Li walked into the house happily.
Luo Ning smiled and winked at Tingting. Tingting blushed on her pretty face and glared at Luo Ning! He quickly followed the young lady inside, causing Ruhua and Siyu to giggle!
Yu Li asked Hong Gu in confusion, "Master, what are they laughing at?"
Hong Gu lovingly touched the top of her little disciple's head, "You'll know when you grow up."
Luo Li first went to visit her mother and nephew. Knowing that her daughter was busy today, Madam Luo and her daughter were intimate for a while, and then let her go to work.
In a hidden corner of the backyard of the Luo Mansion, there was a stone house built with large bluestones, with a heavy iron door locked with a large copper lock.
Luo Ning stepped forward, took out the key, opened the big lock, and stepped aside.
"Miss, everything you ordered is ready."
Luo Li said to this smart and reliable young man with satisfaction, "Luo Ning, you wait for now, your mistress will let Tingting go out with you after she is done."
Tingting stomped her feet in shame and complained to the mistress, "Miss, you are not busy with your work, but you are making fun of me again!"
Luo Li and Ruhua Siyu then went into the house with laughter. Mo
Wen and Mo Yan, who were good at kung fu, were placed at the gate of the courtyard. Hong Gu and Yu Li also stood at the gate of the house to guard, which was very strict.
Luo Li picked the flower essential oil from the small white porcelain pot on a row of wooden shelves.
The light coming in from the window was a little dim, and Ruhua lit a few butter candles in the room, which was suddenly bright as day.
Luo Li selected all the essential oils she needed and placed them on a three-tiered operating table.
She put the contents of various bottles and jars into a large transparent bottle in order while explaining the process to Ruhua, Siyu, and Tingting.
"Alcohol can preserve the quality of perfume and increase the volatility of perfume. The dosage must be precise to ensure the same quality of each batch of products.
The dosage of borneol and snow lotus powder must not be wrong, so as not to cause the perfume to feel different on the skin.
The amount of ambergris and camphor added to various perfumes is different, so be careful not to mix them up.
Although the flower essential oil is filtered several times after it is made, it still has impurities.
After all the ingredients are mixed, shake this large glass bottle violently for half a minute, then let it settle, filter it with three layers of fine sand, and then bottle it."
Ruhua and Siyu took the large transparent glass bottle and shook it in turn.
This large transparent glass bottle was the container that Luo Li took out from the laboratory in the space. Of course, Ruhua and Siyu were given this by their master in their dream, Lady Goddess Luo.
After the third large glass bottle was shaken evenly, the first one had already been left to settle. Tingting filtered the transparent liquid inside with gauze and poured it into a large pure white porcelain bottle.
Luo Li took the remaining three small pots of fresh flower essential oils, explained and redeemed them one by one, and then sat down on a chair next to her.
"I'm so tired! You three must remember the dosage and operation procedures of these raw materials. You will be the ones to operate them next time."
Ruhua and the other two smiled and agreed. They ignored the tired young lady who was paralyzed on the chair and quickly and methodically worked on the production and bottling of the perfume.
I didn't have time to eat lunch. I was busy until the afternoon before I made more than 600 bottles of perfume and bottled them.
Ruhua and Siyu came forward to wake up the sleepy lady.
"Miss, wake up quickly. The six kinds of perfume are ready. There are 648 bottles. The amount is not bad at all."
Luo Li opened her eyes and saw the bottles of perfume in the 18 vermilion lacquered wooden boxes. Her eyes lit up instantly!
"Huahua, Yuyu, Tingting! Calculate how much gold these perfumes can be sold for?"
Ruhua smiled and reported the number: "Eighteen taels of gold per bottle. Six hundred and forty-eight bottles of perfume can be sold for 11,664 taels of gold!"
Luo Li jumped up from the chair excitedly!
: "We're going to get rich! Huahua, Yuyu, and Tingting, we're really going to get rich!"
Ruhua and Siyu were also very excited. The young lady had the ability to turn stone... no! Turn water into gold! The most used ingredient in this perfume is distilled water.
Although Tingting, who has a stable personality, was happy, she was thinking about her responsibilities.
: "Miss, you must be hungry, right? Open the door and go out. I'll make you something to eat?"
As soon as Tingting mentioned it, Luo Li's stomach responded immediately.
: "I'm really hungry. Let's go! Fill our stomachs first."
Luo Li led the three of them out of the house and watched Luo Ning, who was guarding the door, lock the iron gate.
Luo Li ordered, "Luo Ning, you take people to guard this room in the next few days. I will send Tingting to bring you food later."
Luo Ning's eyes were full of smiles, and he bowed to accept the order!
"Miss, don't worry, Luo Ning will not slack off!"
The four of them were busy for four hours, and they were really tired and hungry!
Tingting didn't need to do it herself, Madam Luo had already asked the kitchen to prepare the food, waiting for her daughter to come out and eat it immediately.
Mrs. Luo peeled a red shrimp for her daughter with a distressed look, "Li'er! What kind of work do you have to do by yourself? Don't tire yourself out!"
Luo Li opened her mouth and bit the shrimp meat handed over by her mother, coaxing her mother coquettishly.
"Mother, I have taught Ruhua and Siyu all those jobs today. From now on, I will just watch from the side and let them do it."
For the large-scale production of this kind of perfume, Luo Li must personally formulate the amount of raw materials and the process, and next time Ruhua and the others will just follow the process.
Luo Li played with her little nephew for a while, and waited until her father and elder brother came back from the government office, and accompanied them for another meal, and then took Ruhua and others back to the Qin Palace.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang was having dinner when he heard that the princess had returned. She immediately threw down the chopsticks in her hand and ordered Yun Yi, "Yun Yi, guard the house, I'm going to rest."
The King of Qin, who hurried from the tunnel to Ning Xinyuan, did not wait in vain today. Not long after, he heard the sound of Hong Gu pouring hot water into the bathtub.
The King of Qin concentrated and listened to the princess taking off her clothes while saying to Ruhua, "Ruhua, when you go to the manor in the west of the city tomorrow, buy a few hundred pounds of pork and mutton from the butcher shop on the way, and reward the workers well. They have worked hard these days."
Ruhua agreed and said with a smile, "Miss is kind-hearted. Those workers get high salaries every day and eat and drink very well, but Miss still feels sorry for their hard work and gives them a big meal."
Luo Li sighed!
I thought that your young lady had suffered enough in her previous life, so in this life she always sympathizes with the hardworking masses who are struggling at the bottom of society. Treat them better to the best of your ability and you will feel better.
Yingchun asked in confusion, "Princess, why did you give two shares of the perfume business to Concubine Li Xian? Isn't this giving her money for nothing?"
Luo Li raised her hand and splashed a string of water on Yingchun's face, giggling, "Silly girl! The more profitable the business is, the more you need to have two big men as your backers. Otherwise, you will make money but have no life to spend it!"
Yingchun wiped the water off her face, "Princess, with His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin as your backer, what are you afraid of doing?"
The Prince of Qin in the tunnel felt more comfortable. After all, Yingchun, this little girl, knew that she had to be careful!
: "Tsk! Him?..." Luo Li suddenly thought of something, "Yingchun, does the Prince of Qin's Mansion have a big winery that specializes in brewing sorghum wine?"
"Yes! It's near the manor in the south of the city."
Luo Li silently calculated for a moment.
"Yingchun, go and call Butler Zhao. I want to discuss cooperation with him!"
"Okay! Princess, I'll go and call Butler Zhao to wait in Ning Xinyuan." Yingchun took the order and went out.
Ruhua asked, "Miss, do you want to start the high-proof liquor business again?"
Luo Li said with foresight, "Yes! We have to find opportunities to make money quickly. When we want to escape, we must have enough gold and silver."
Siyu was reluctant and a little sad, "Miss, isn't this capital good? Why do you always want to run away these days?"
Luo Li sighed deeply!
"This capital is prosperous, but it is also full of dangers! Let's plan early and set up two nests in Lin'an City and Chengdu in Shu. A cunning rabbit has three burrows, and you never know when they will be used."
The King of Qin sighed in his heart!
[Is this something a fool with a brain disease can think of? 】
: "Miss, you only use gold to trade our perfume, is it just to save up enough gold to take it away?"
Luo Li splashed her feet and said with emotion: "Yes! Banknotes are unreliable, and silver is too heavy. It is more practical to have enough gold in hand!"
Ruhua smiled charmingly, "Miss, when you were selling perfume in the palace yesterday, you priced the perfume at 18 taels of gold.
Today we worked for four hours and made 648 bottles of perfume. The cost of each bottle of perfume is less than half a tael of gold. If you sell it like this for a year, how much gold can you save?"
The King of Qin was stunned! Although he thought that the cost of such a small bottle of perfume would not be too high, he did not expect it to be priced as low as less than half a tael of gold.
【How dark! This silly princess of mine has such a dark heart!]
Luo Li also became excited, "Huahua Yuyu, actually the most profitable thing may not be perfume. Maybe the ones that make the most money in the end are shampoo, floral water, soap, toothpaste and toothbrush."
Ruhua thought about it for a moment, and suddenly became excited!
: "I understand! Miss, perfumes that are too expensive are luxury items with low sales volume.
Products like shampoo, soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, on the contrary, will make more money in the end because more people can afford them and they sell in large quantities, right?"
Luo Li raised her arm and touched Ruhua's chin, "Yes! You are a teachable child!"
Siyu said with some regret, "The most profitable business is Miss's ice-making technique.
Miss draws water from the well, puts something in it, and it turns into ice overnight. Is there any business with the lowest cost and higher profit than this?
It's a pity that Miss didn't find a reliable backer, so she didn't dare to make money with it. This summer is almost over, and how much money has been wasted without making any money!"
The King of Qin was shocked again when he heard it!
Isn't this ice frozen in the cellars dug in the north in winter, transported to the capital, stored in deep cellars, and sold in the hot summer?
Can you make ice with well water in summer?
No wonder the Luo Mansion sent several trucks of ice to the Wang Mansion, it turned out that it was made by their silly princess!
[What kind of magical monster did this king marry? ]
Luo Li raised her right foot and looked at the crystal clear water droplets dripping down her toes.
She said with great pride, "My ideal is to be the richest woman in the Song Dynasty, with thousands of mansions, thousands of acres of fertile fields, mountains of gold and silver, servants like clouds, and endless glory and wealth!
One day, all my ways of making money will be put to use one by one!"