As soon as the power of this smelly soap was revealed, Ma Silang and others couldn't sit still. They even said they wanted to go to the Luo family yard to see the smelly soaps at Luo Yong's house.

"Sanlang, what is this? How much is the price?" asked Ma Silang.

"This thing is called stinky soap, the price is five cents." Luo Yong replied.

"Stinky soap?" The people present were surprised. The name was slightly derogatory. Although there was a stinky tofu before, the smelly tofu smelled and it was worthy of its name. This soap is not smelly. Why did it give such a name if it's okay?

"That's right, smelly soap." In Luo Yong's memory, this thing is called smelly soap. He was too lazy to give another name, so he just called it that way.

"It's a pity that there is not much inventory." The price of a piece of soap costing five cents per piece is more acceptable to both the Ma family and the foreign merchants. This thing is very practical. Whether it is used for bathing or washing clothes, the price is also affordable by ordinary Xiaofu family.

"Can Sanlang make more money in the near future?" asked the foreign merchant.

The Ma family is a local merchant in Lishi County, and can afford to wait. No matter when Luo Yong will make soap in the future, their family will be indispensable. Foreign merchants like them can't afford to delay. They can't wait for a batch of soap to last several months, so they have other business at home.

"To be honest, I used to collect waste oil and miscellaneous oil to make this smelly soap, so the price can be as low as 5 cents per yuan. If you are anxious, you can also collect some good oil and make it. The price is probably higher," Luo Yong said.

"It's okay to have a little higher price." The other party immediately said. Luo Sanlang is a real person, so he has not set any random prices for his things. Even if he changed to good oil to make this soap, how high can the price be? It's as high as ten or twenty cents?

"So, I have started to collect oil these days." Luo Yong agreed.

Originally, when many people were unable to afford lard, Luo Yong was more reluctant to use lard to make soap because of this lack of material.

But he was indeed short of money at this time, and there were still batches of Du Crop Seedlings that had not arrived later. After all these Du Crop Seedlings were planted this year, he still didn't know how much foreign debt he would owe this year.

Since I decided to make soap, Luo Yong raised the price of pork in recent days on the wall outside his yard.

Then he greeted the young people in the village who often went out to sell tofu, asking them to go to Xiaohe Village and remember to tell the people there about this matter. Who has pigs in their family who have not slaughtered? If they think the price in the past two days is appropriate, then slaughter it.

Since we need to use good oil to make soap, we don’t plan to make stinky soap anymore. In addition to the traditional hot-making method, lard soap also has a cold-making method that emerged later.

When the soap made by the cold method is just made, the saponification reaction is not complete and the pH is not easy to control. For safety reasons, after the preparation, it usually takes a long time to be fully mature before it can be used.

Like the stinky soaps from the Luo family, just a few days after they were made, Luo Yong dared to cut them down and try them. If he changed to cold soap, it would definitely not work. It would be at least one month, three months would be conservative, and it would not be too long for half a year.

Hot soap is saponified during the production process, and cold soap is placed there to slowly saponified after the production is completed. This is the essential difference between the two.

In Luo Yong's opinion, the biggest advantage of cold soap is that it looks good. It is not like a sugar cake-like look like a stinky soap. The cold lard soap is a relatively good-looking cream color, and it is said to have a relatively unique effect in skin care.

Now the reason why Luo Yong decided to make cold soap was mainly because he was good-looking.

In order to make this cold soap, Luo Yong asked Heng Yu to make a mixing bucket for him, and then went to Xuejibufang to buy dyes of various colors.

The live pigs slaughtered on the same day took fat meat and pine oil to make lard. The lard produced in this way was very fresh and had no odor.

Then wait until it cools to a certain extent, add the caustic soda water prepared in proportion and stir it. Put it in the mixing bucket. Several people take turns to stir it. It is quite labor-saving to use this wooden bucket.

In order to speed up the reaction, they often put wooden barrels on the kang to heat up. I heard that in the process of making handmade cold soap, they are generally not heated up, mainly to avoid destroying the nutrients in natural vegetable oils. However, Luo Jia uses refined lard, which seems to be nothing to be destroyed.

When the lard in the bucket gradually begins to become viscous, that is, the legendary t-in, add some dye and stir evenly, and then you can put it in mold.

These molds were ordered by Luo Yong in Yin-style wheels. I heard that there was a young man who was good at carving in the Yin family, Luo Yong asked, but in just half a day, the other party made three molds for him, each with nine grooves, which could be made into nine pieces of soap.

The molds are carved with orchids, plum blossoms, peonies, and other patterns, which they have made on weekdays. Luo Yong also customized some patterns with texts. In terms of text, he wrote some fashionable verses and classic verses in the Book of Songs, but it has not arrived yet.

This large bucket of lard made more than twenty-seven pieces of soap. After filling the molds, Luo Yong poured the remaining soap into several rectangular wooden grooves.

After being released, he can cut the soap into small pieces with a knife, and carve some simple patterns on it. Or he can sell it in whole pieces and take it back and carve it for the person who bought the soap himself. He naturally does whatever he wants. At this time, the literati were versatile and could carve it by hand.

Before making this batch of soap, Luo Yong did a lot of calculation work and had previous experience in making stinky soap. In addition to the time it took longer than expected, the rest was generally smooth.

In the next few days, Luo Yong made the second and third batches one after another... The soap made in the front was successfully released, and new soap liquid was poured into the mold soon. The batch of molds that were previously customized arrived soon, and the soap made in the back had more styles.

Soon, on the shelves of Luojia Grocery Store, many pink light green light blue beige soaps were placed.

It is said that it is soap, but it actually has no fragrance. The extraction of fragrance agents is too troublesome, and you can't buy ready-made perfume essential oils or other things in the world. Luo Yong thought about it in his mind and changed to buy a few sachets tomorrow and put them in the jar with these soaps for a while. I wonder if it will have some effect.

Recently, many people have gone to Luo's grocery store to see the freshness. Sure enough, the dyed soap is more attractive than the smelly soap. Some people say that when they marry their daughter tomorrow, they have to buy some soap from Luo Sanlang for her dowry.

Those who can say this are quite generous people. In these days, most people use wood ash when taking baths.

I heard that in the upper class, there are also things called bath beans that use.

Luo Yong asked someone about it. The main raw material of this bath bean is bean noodles, which has average stain removal ability. People often add many skin care and beauty ingredients to the bath beans, as well as many spices. If you use it every day, it will be quite fragrant and clean.

If a family with poor economic conditions is more particular, there is soap acacia. The thing cannot be used directly for bathing. The dried soap acacia must be soaked in water and cooked. Generally, it must be boiled for at least one day and one night to get a thicker soup.

Like in Xipo Village, it is quite common to take a bath with wood ash. Luo has basically washed it like this for more than a year. He first wiped the wood ash on his body, wiped himself into a clay man, and then washed it with clear water.

As a girl like Erniang, Luo Yong asked her to wash the bean noodles. She was not willing to do so. When she had time, she would boil some soapy water. When she didn’t have time, she would use wood ash to save trouble.

Sometimes I have rice washing water at home, and Erniang also uses rice washing water to wash her hair and face. This is already a luxury product. The corn is a fine grain, and most people don’t eat it every day.

As for Luo Yong himself, he basically used wood ash to wash his hair and bath. He washed it frequently. Even if Er Niang wanted to make soapy water for him, she would not be able to catch up.

Wood ash is also a good thing in this era. It can take a bath, wash clothes, and fatten the fields. Most people don’t waste it randomly.

I heard from some merchants traveling to and from Lishi County that in some places in the south, there is a kind of soap tree growing on the tree. The soap beans grown here are big and fat, which are more useful than the local soap beans on Hedongdao, but they only heard of their name and have never seen real things.

In this environment, the soap that Luo Yong was born out of nowhere, and it is not necessary to say that it is convenient for cleaning. Just because of its appearance, it is several streets better than those cleaning products.

On this day, Luo Yong thought that the matter of this sachet could not be delayed anymore, so he handed over the work of collecting meat to Erniang and the others on that day, and then drove a donkey cart into the city.

The price of this sachet is not low, and the amount he wants is a bit large, so it is not easy to leave it to others to make. It’s better to go and check it out yourself and choose some suitable ones.

As the weather gets warmer day by day, Lishi County becomes lively day by day. When Luo Yong entered the city, cars entering and leaving the city gate were already a bit prosperous.

After entering the city, I saw several more stalls collecting bamboo chains on the roadside. I heard that the price of bamboo chains has risen to more than 30 cents in the past few days.

They do not have a special incense shop in Lishi County. If they want to buy sachets, they mostly go to the two stores of Ma and Wang. Among them, because Ma mainly operates the market in Chang'an City, the stockings are more abundant than Wang's. After all, the spice market in Chang'an City is still more developed than the Jiangnan region.

It is said that it is sufficient, but in fact it is just a few of them. Most of them are prepared sachets. There are too few people who can make perfume here. This thing is a high-end consumer product. It is good to buy it in a small place in Lishi County.

"Sanlang wants to make incense?" Ma Shilang heard that Luo had used it, so he came out to receive it himself.

"Where do I do it?" Luo Yong smiled and said, "I just planned to buy some spices and make soap. I wonder what kind of fragrance the little ladies like?"

"I heard that this kind of sachet is popular in Chang'an City recently." Ma Silang handed Luo Yong a sachet.

Luo Yong took it and smelled it, shook his head and said, "This smell is too light. Is there anything more fragrant?"

"There are also such things, which are usually used by older women." Ma Silang said and handed him over.

Luo Yong took it and smelled it, but was still not satisfied. The fragrance of these sachets is relatively natural and refreshing, which is good to wear. If you want to use it as soap, it will be a bit too light.

When encountering such a problem, Luo Yong suddenly missed the arrival of artificial fragrances in the 21st century. It was so convenient and the price was very cheap. If I had known today, I would have installed dozens or hundreds of kilograms in the space.

There are also some natural spices with strong fragrance in this era, but the price is not to mention that it must be very expensive. Many of them are imported from abroad and are basically produced in China. Moreover, they are not from Shixian, so they have to buy them from Chang'an City.

Luo Yong just made some soap, so it was impossible to spend money in vain. If it wasn't fragrant enough, it wouldn't be fragrant enough. Finally, he comprehensively considered the two factors of fragrance and price, and chose a more suitable fragrance type and bought some sachets.

He returned to the street with a pack of sachets, looked at the loess streets and low houses in front of him, and came to this era, and more than once he felt desolate.
Chapter completed!