Is this soap?

Tang family’s soap!

When a piece of soap was taken off from the wooden mold, Tang Runze looked at it in surprise.

These soaps were the method of making soap that the young lady found in Western books. Who would have thought that the secret recipe for soap was written so openly in the book?

It's just in Western books.

The moment he picked up the soap casually, the surprise on his face disappeared.

"Miss, this...the soap seems to be different."

Different?

Hearing this, Tang Ziqi also picked up a piece of soap. The feeling of buying soap was a little soft, even sticky, which was completely different from the Tuanjie soap.

"how so?"

In the Tang family's workshop, looking at the soap just made, Tang Ziqi's brows frowned.

"Manager Xu, is this the soap you made?"

Pointing at the pale yellow soap, Tang Ziqi asked back.

"Miss, this is made according to the method you gave."

Xu Lifu said a little aggrievedly.

"And according to the method of Unity Factory, it was saponified for half a month."

Although it is not easy for the outside world to obtain the formula of the Tuanjie Soap Factory. After all, there is a necessary process that is completed at home, but many production processes are still leaked through various channels. From the production process of the factory to the maturation and production process, it is not a secret for the outside world.

Even the current Tangjia Soap Floor completely borrows the equipment and processes of Tuanjie Soap Floor, and all this was brought by Xu Lifu from Tuanjie Factory. He is the foreman of Tuanjie Factory. It was under his introduction that Tangjia found Zhao Laosi and copied the water conservancy mixing and other processes of Tuanjie Factory. Although there were no bearings available, Tangjia Soap Floor still got rid of manual mixing.

Listening to Xu Lifu's answer, Tang Ziqi just nodded, and then she had to examine the method of making soap found in Western books again.

"First pour the wood ash into the pottery jar, then pour in hot water, which is less than two centimeters of the wood ash. Let stand for two days or a week. After two days of standing, an egg needs to be put for buoyancy experiments. If the egg can float, it means that the concentration has met the standard. If not, let it sit for a longer time..."

This time, Tang Ziqi did not read the "secret recipe" she translated, but directly wrote down Western books brought from Macau.

"The soap made from wood ash is not solid, but gum-like... The soap will turn into a brown gel the next day, it will be wet to the touch. If you add water and use it, your hands will be washed..."

This soap is stored in a wooden barrel and can be taken out immediately as needed. This gelatinous soap is of course not the soap that Tang Ziqi wants. Because when sold in a shop, solid soap is easier to carry and transport, solid soap must be made.

"...At the last moment after boiling, add salt, and the soap solidified on the surface of the pot is made..."

Once again, he studied the method of making soap word by word. Suddenly, one of the sentences "Let it be in a cool place until it is completely hardened", which made Tang Ziqi murmured to himself.

“Is it because the maturation time is not long enough?”

Things proved her speculation that after a month of placing it, the soap that was once a little sticky in the hands finally hardened.

After Butler Tang delivered the first piece of hardened soap to his home, Tang Ziqi told the maids to try it first. First, he tried the effect of washing his hands.

"Go, Xiaoping, go to the kitchen and dip the oil on the table on your hands, it will be covered with it."

Although she was a little reluctant, Xiaoping still obediently went to the kitchen and got some pot oil. The pot oil was all oil stains accumulated from long-term cooking, which was the most difficult to clean. Without soap, it would not be possible to wash it anyway.

If the Tang family's soap can wash the oil on the table, it will naturally be no worse than the Tuanjie soap.

"Miss, I'll wash..."

When Xiaoping rubbed the soap on her hands, she thought in her mind that if she couldn't wash it clean, she would always wash it with the soap she bought with the Unity Soap she bought.

After a moment, the greasy hands were covered with gray foam. Xiaoping put his hands into the water and rubbed them slightly. While the gray foam melted into the water, the oil on the pot on his hands disappeared.

"Oh, Miss, our soap is no worse than Tuanjie Soap!"

Little Ping immediately said happily when he raised his hand and saw that all the oil stains on his hand disappeared.

"Well, it's no worse than theirs..."

Tang Ziqi nodded, looking a little proud.

"Xiaoping, try dirty clothes again!"

Soon, the servant brought a piece of dirty clothes, which was also found from the kitchen. The oil blocks that were not washed in the past were rubbed with soap on the stains, and then rubbed them hard for a while, then put the dirty clothes in the water and rub them a few times. Just like Duangjie soap, most of the stains were washed! Even the oil stains that could not be washed away were discussed a lot.

The soap in my own home is indeed no worse than Tuanjie Soap!

Seeing this, Tang Runze quickly spoke up and said in a compliment.

"Miss, our soap is really amazing! It looks a little stronger than Tuanjie soap..."

While he was talking, Tang Ziqi took the soap and washed her hands. Of course, there was no stain on her hands, she just washed and rubbed her hands there, feeling the smoothness of the foam, and said.

"Butler Tang, just you said that our soap is sold on the street. Can we compete with Tuanjie Soap?"

The eldest lady's words made Tang Runze stunned. After thinking for a while, his expression became a little solemn.

"Miss, if you sell it at the price of Tuanjie soap, you may not make much money. There are also problems with the production. There is no problem with oil pouring, so it is difficult to burn grass and get ash. Moreover, it takes a long time to soak grass ash in water or ripen. Speaking of which, Miss, I guess the method of making soap in Tuanjie is indeed different from ours. Otherwise, why did they become hard in fifteen days, but ours take a month?"

Tang Ziqi had almost found out about this, so she asked again.

"How much money can we make for that piece of soap?"

"It probably costs only two cents, maybe it's a little less. If the raw materials are more expensive, I'm afraid I won't make any money."

The butler's words made Tang Ziqi feel depressed. She finally made soap, but not only did she not make money, but she might lose money. This reality made her unable to accept it no matter what.
Chapter completed!