blueteamnovel Chapter 211: A Sharp Tool To Make Money
Chapter 211: A Sharp Tool To Make Money
Karen looked at the note Li Fan gave him, and her complexion changed countless times.
He prayed countless times because he misread it, but no matter how he confirmed it, those words were still on the note.
"Heaven? Heaven? This, this, this... If I spread this word in the human empire, I will definitely be sanctioned by the church... No, I will definitely be chopped into meat by the church, not even the church." How dare you describe your holy city like this!"
It was only at this moment that Karen realized how audacious her lord was.
Is he really not afraid that the church will lead the two legendary knights to encircle him?
Karen sighed, not knowing what to do for a while.
And the three Urs beside him also reacted in the same way, because Li Fan also gave the three of them the same note.
Apparently Li Fan gave the three of them exactly the same task as Karen.
...
In fact, this incident was far less terrifying than they expected.
How could Li Fan not have thought of the consequences of wanton publicity, so when the four of them left, he specially ordered them to do so.
These words can only be propagated among refugees or low-level residents, and they can be propagated in the form of rumors.
For example: According to rumors, there is a land flowing with milk and honey in the current Sin Forest - Paradise Town.
And when someone asks how they know, they can answer: I am a traveling businessman, is it normal to hear such rumors during the journey? ah? Is it true you ask? How do I know, I won't say it, I just heard it on the road.
This has three advantages.
1: The four of Karen don't have to worry about their personal safety all the time, such as being chased by the church.
2: It will not attract the attention of the upper nobles.
Just imagine, how the aristocratic nobles would care about such absurd rumors.
Unless there is the imagination of a large-scale transfer of citizens in their territory.
And when that time comes, Li Fan, who has a large number of citizens, may not be afraid of those nobles.
3: Rumors are useless to nobles, but have a powerful effect on low-level residents.
Especially in the winter just after the Year of God's Punishment, the shortage of food in the Human Empire, and the collection of family taxes in advance...
There are too many low-level residents who are forced to have nowhere to go.
At this time, even a suspicious rumor would be seized by them as a life-saving straw.
This is similar to the beliefs of the church. The poorer the people, the more pious they are.
Li Fan is also a belated discovery.
"I'm robbing the church for business? No, the church is robbing me for business? Hmph, they're going too far..."
...
Although Li Fan has instructed, Karen and the others still have to bear certain risks.
However, businessmen are such a group of people who put their interests and their own lives on the balance.
In today's situation, there is no doubt that the weight of interests is heavier.
Therefore, although the four of Karen complained, none of them regretted it.
The next moment, all four of them took a truckload of goods prepared by Li Fan and followed Gray's team.
Among these goods are soaps, perfumes, as well as glass and porcelain.
Everything is a real luxury and a sharp tool for making money.
If they can successfully sell these materials, they can get a lot of money, which can easily help Li Fan buy a large number of slaves.
Gray on the side also noticed this scene.
At the same time, he also understood that Karen has become Li Fan's person.
But Karen was just a businessman he randomly found, and there were plenty of alternatives, and he didn't make things difficult for Karen.
Besides, in order to continue to come to this valley next time, he didn't dare to make things difficult for Li Fan's people.
...
After Gray and others left.
Li Fan immediately called some human races over, and he was going to make perfume, soap, glass, porcelain and so on.
This time, the goods that the four of Karen took away were all exchanged by Li Fan from the system mall.
Because it is the first attempt, so the number is not much, so I didn't use too much fetter value.
However, the scale of the caravan will definitely increase in the future, and the quantity needed will also increase at that time, so they cannot all be exchanged from the system mall.
So Li Fan decided, from now on, to manufacture these goods himself.
First is the fragrance.
Without the support of earth technology and materials, it is unrealistic to make high-end perfumes on earth.
And if you just make some simple perfumes, it's not too difficult.
Especially when they get a lot of alcohol in their winemaking.
The main material of the perfume is some flower petals with obvious fragrance.
Now it is exactly April, there is nothing else in the sinful forest, but there are plenty of petals.
Li Fan asked the people in the valley to go out and collect a large number of flower petals under the protection of the patrol team.
Then use distillation to distill the essence from the petals.
As long as these essential oils are mixed with alcohol, it is the simplest perfume.
Coupled with a beautiful glass bottle and an atomizing nozzle, it is a bottle of perfume that makes Karen crazy.
The most difficult thing to make is the atomizing nozzle, but this thing is very cheap, and you can buy a lot of it with 1 bond point, so Li Fan chooses to buy it directly.
The glass bottle is trying to let the dwarves make it.
It is no secret that the raw material for glass is sand.
However, it is difficult to make transparent glass, which is why Gray reacts so strongly when he sees transparent glass.
Li Fan also exchanged related books from the system mall before he found a way.
Exchange these books and throw them to the dwarves.
Then provide them with the materials they need, and exchange the materials that cannot be found.
After reaching this point, Li Fan believes that the dwarf will soon be able to get out the transparent glass he wants.
Then there's soap.
Soap making is even easier.
Vegetable oil reacts with strong alkali, and then adding essence is soap.
A strong base is obtained by boiling off most of the water in the plant ash solution.
And what Gray brought this time is vegetable oil. In fact, Li Fan asked Gray to bring these vegetable oils just to make soap.
Li Fan had people put vegetable oil and strong alkali into an iron pot, then set fire to it and boil it.
A saponification reaction quickly occurred in the iron pot, and a layer of light yellow soap condensed on the surface of the iron pot at this time.
Take these soaps out, add the essence just extracted from the petals, mix and divide into small pieces, and let it cool and solidify.
Not long after, a block of soap is complete.
Finally, there is porcelain.
Porcelain is simple and simple, even children can make it.
The trouble is finding the materials to make the porcelain.
Fortunately, Li Fan remembered that there is usually clay near the volcano.
He asked Tietou to take people to search for it, and at night Tietou lived up to expectations and brought back the clay.
The clay is first shaped and then left to dry.
Then grind feldspar, quartz, talc, kaolin, etc. into powder, and apply it on the clay surface.
After building the kiln, light the fire.
After high-temperature firing, the porcelain with a smooth glaze attached to the surface is finally made.
...
To put it simply, in fact, doing these four things is much more troublesome than Li Fan imagined, and there are still many details to be dealt with during this period.
However, in a short period of time, Li Fan couldn't help being proud of producing all four types of sharp tools for making money: perfume, glass, soap, and porcelain.
After being proud, Li Fan did not forget to keep it secret.
These four things, no matter which one is a profitable tool, will definitely be a major source of income for their territory in the future.
Therefore, it is inevitable to attract greedy eyes, and he has to do a good job of keeping it secret, so as not to be stolen by others.
The most important thing to guard against is the workers involved in the production.
Li Fan secretly made a rule that when selecting workers, not only must the favorability of him reach 1 star.
And you must be the kind of person who lives in the valley with his family to be hired as a worker.
As for the production process, Li Fan also changed it to an assembly line, ensuring that each worker will only participate in part of the work.
In order to achieve the best confidentiality effect.