Next day.
Lin Xuan Qi woke up and had a quick breakfast.
He had to go to the factory in the south and get the factory workers trained in handling the Kelp.
If the Kelp were delivered.
When he got to the factory, the supervisor ca up to him and reported on the progress.
"Master Lin, there were so fishmongers that ca with so of those sea grass, and I’ve paid for them as you had instructed." The supervisor said and led him to a corner of the factory.
In the corner, there were barrels placed side by side in rows.
The supervisor opened one of the barrels and Lin Xuan Qi peered into it.
Kelp was subrged into sea water.
It was the only way to keep them as fresh as possible.
And fortunately, the cold weather helped.
When the temperature gets warr in the spring and sumr, it might not be so easy to preserve them.
That was a limitation Lin Xuan Qi couldn’t overco for now.
He figured that the production might have to stop during that ti.
Just like how the soap production would have to wind down when the clam shells and pork lard wouldn’t be so readily available anymore.
So, it was necessary for him, and he took it as giving ti for the Kelp to grow back and recover.
Lin Xuan Qi glanced at the supervisor and said, "Get half of the workers who are better perforrs. I have sothing new for them."
The supervisor gave him a bow and said, "I will get them here now."
He turned around and shouted so nas at the workers who were hard at work carbonizing the clam shells.
These workers who were called out stopped what they were doing, wiped their hands onto their pants, and ca over.
They stopped in front of Lin Xuan Qi and the supervisor, bowed at Lin Xuan Qi, and said, "Master Lin, how can we help?"
"I’m planning production for sothing new. Get so of the kelp out from the barrel and also fire up a wok for ." Lin Xuan Qi said, and they scurried to get it done for him.
"First, wash the kelp, clean the surface of the kelp...
"Then, cut them into strips..."
He showed them step by step how to prepare the kelp, with the workers looking on attentively.
And after he was done, he brought them over to the wok.
"Add in the kelp with four tis the water...
"Use a strong fire at first and boil it with a smaller fire afterwards..."
Lin Xuan Qi showed them how to boil the kelp and filter it afterwards.
They took down notes when they saw what he did.
When he was done and had put the resulting thick mixture into a pot, he turned around to them and asked, "Any questions? Let it settle and wait for it to beco crystals."
"Crystals?" The workers couldn’t believe it when they heard him.
It sounded impossible to them.
But Master Lin was not one to lie, so they nodded their heads at him.
They would find out two days later.
"There will be a solution delivered two days later, which we will continue when it arrives and the mixture has crystallized." Lin Xuan Qi said, and he proceeded to let the workers have a hand to try with the kelp.
He was impressed with how they were able to note down the things he had said and followed it exactly.
And by the ti they were done, there were many pots with the thick mixture in them, waiting to be crystallized.
With half of the process settled, he bid them farewell and headed for the retail store.
At the retail store, they were busy dealing with the custors.
The new batch of soap had hardened and it was still in huge demand.
And this ti, even though he had doubled the supply with a thousand and two hundred bars of soap, they were barely enough for the young mistresses.
With the new variety of soap that he had created for this batch, the young mistresses wanted to try out all of it.
Causing another bidding war to start.
By now the retail store workers were experienced with it and they could handle it by themselves.
Lin Xuan Qi didn’t want to disrupt them and let them be.
Only asking for the estimated earnings for the day from them.
They were able to get a bar of soap to be priced at a tael of silver, and he was happy with it.
It would bag him twice the amount than before, at around four thousand taels of silver, and after the profit sharing with Sima Long it would be at two thousand taels of silver.
Not too bad for a few days of work.
Lin Xuan Qi nodded his head, and he left the retail store after he got half the earnings for the day from them.
When he visited Sima Long with the earnings again, it was another pleasant surprise for Sima Long.
"Brother Lin... I didn’t realize it would be making so much money." Sima Long paced around excitedly while he glanced at the wooden chests filled with taels of silver.
"Should we think about new retail shops and even the capital now?"
He was thinking about expanding the business to make more money.
Even if it wasn’t much to the Sima Family in the grand sche of things, he wanted to set up a foundation for his unborn child.
If he was contributing to the family, his child would not suffer the sa upbringing that he did.
And the expansion was what Lin Xuan Qi ca for.
The current ultra high-end business model right now wouldn’t last forever, and it was ti to expand out the business.
He nodded his head much to the delight of Sima Long.
"I have picked a few locations for the new retail stores. As for the retail in the capital, I might need more help from you..." Lin Xuan Qi took out a piece of paper and handed it over to Sima Long.
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