coobybook Chapter 116 Balm
Chapter 116 Balm
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another three days had passed.
The workshop is busy every day and the business is getting better and better. When he introduces soap, he doesn't even mention the toothbrush and tooth powder shop next door.
No matter how many shops have the same product, he is the first one to start selling it. His price is fair and the quality is guaranteed, so most merchants are willing to place orders with him.
Except for the first two days, Jiang Shian stayed in the town and started to study new things in the next two days.
Yingmo helped him keep an eye on the town's business, so he didn't have to worry too much. Compared to him, Yingmo was more imposing. If anyone wanted to cause trouble, Yingmo would just glance at them and they would run away.
What is Jiang Shian researching?
Now that it is autumn, the badgers in the mountains have become fatter.
Jiang Shian bought two from a hunter, refined their oil and put it in a jar.
He and Doctor Wang were studying ointment for application on the face.
The balm made from badger oil is better than ordinary balm. It not only does not damage the skin, but also moisturizes and repairs dry and rough skin. And winter is coming soon, and the jar oil can also play a protective role against frostbite. If the skin is dry and cracked in winter, the balm will not crack again after applying it.
If used alone, it will be a bit sticky and the smell is not particularly pleasant. Doctor Wang is an expert in this area. He added a few herbs to it, which not only made the color of the ointment lighter and whiter, but also gave a faint herbal fragrance. Moreover, after the improvement, it is not greasy and is absorbed quickly.
Jiang Shi'an was very satisfied after seeing this. He raised Doctor Wang's salary by a few cents as he thought Doctor Wang had to take care of the herbal medicine.
Doctor Wang was naturally happy. Since cooperating with Jiang Shian, he not only did not suffer any loss, but also made a lot of money. Now his family has begun to prepare to build a new house.
After all, there are certain risks in using something on the face. After it was made, he first tried it on a few people in his family, and then on Huang Fugui's children. The results were all very good, with no allergic, redness or discomfort symptoms. Only then did he feel relieved and determined that it could be mass-produced and sold.
However, the production volume of this product is not as fast and large as that of soap. Badgers are difficult to kill, and the production of ointment is more complicated.
It’s cheaper to make your own oil, a badger costs only a few hundred coins.
If he bought badger oil directly, a small can would cost one or two taels of silver, so Jiang Shian could only buy it from hunters. He found a few hunters in nearby villages who collected badgers all year round. If he thought it was suitable, he could bring it directly to his house and sell it.
A week had passed by the time the goods were ready, boxed, and ready to be taken to town to sell.
Jiang Shian is busy every day. When he has free time at night, he always thinks of Ji Yinghuai's warm embrace when lying in bed alone.
Fortunately, Yingmo has always been in contact with Ji Yinghuai, and Yingmo will inform him of Ji Yinghuai's recent situation every two or three days.
This also eased Jiang Shian's worries a little.
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On this day, a large number of carriages gathered in front of the Jiang family's door.
Several middle-aged men in strange clothes stood in front of the Jiang family's gate. It was a hot autumn day, but they wore long robes inside and jackets outside. Their boots were all deerskin or tiger skin, which looked a bit out of place. But because of their tall stature and short brown hair, they looked particularly good together.
Standing at the front was their chief shopkeeper, with a full beard on his face and it was hard to tell what he looked like, but his bold gestures made people feel good about him.
The chief shopkeeper was talking to the young man opposite him who had delicate looks and gentle temperament.
From their facial expressions, it was not difficult to tell that the conversation went very smoothly, as they all had happy smiles on their faces.
The young man's peach blossom eyes curved, his lips slightly raised, and his voice was not small, but it sounded clear and pleasant to the ears of people around him.
"Hahahaha!" The man laughed out loud. He looked at the young man in front of him with admiration in his eyes. He wanted to reach out and pat him on the shoulder, but when he thought of their identities, he took his hand back and said, "Then it's settled."
These were merchants from other ethnic groups who traded currency. They happened to come across Jiang Shian's shop and saw how busy it was, so they went in to take a look.
Jiang Shian's eyes were very sharp. He quickly went up to greet them and took them to the next shop to take a look.
The bearded man was surprised to see soap, toothpaste and toothbrush, which were rare items not available in his country. But he had never used them, so he didn't know how effective they were.
Jiang Shian saw the hesitation on their faces and generously brought out a bunch of them for everyone to try.
After the caravan members used it, they found it particularly effective and ordered a lot of it from him.
When he heard that it was a caravan from other countries, Jiang Shian became a little hesitant.
He didn't understand if there were any areas that needed to be avoided in trade between countries. Don't be accused of treason for a little money, that would be a huge injustice.
Fortunately, there was Yingmo, the know-it-all, who explained to him very clearly that these were all merchants from the neighboring country Daxia, and that the two countries were not in a hostile relationship. The eldest princess of their Daheng was the queen of Daxia, and the two countries were related by marriage and had frequent trade.
Their small place was far away from the capital, but if they followed the official road northward, bypassing several towns and mountains, they would reach the border garrison of Daheng, and after crossing the desert they would reach the city of Daxia.
While Jiang Shian breathed a sigh of relief, he was also a little surprised. If only he could continue to supply goods to these foreigners, not to mention an entire country, even half of it, his business would be prosperous.
As boxes of goods were loaded onto the carriages, the bearded caravan said goodbye and set off.
More than twenty large and luxurious carriages drove out of the village at the same time. Both the uniformity and the number of carriages made people in the village stop and watch.
Look, this carriage is wider and bigger than the carriages used by the landlords in the town.
The people who saw it went back and told others about it with exaggeration.
The rumor spread and somehow it became a fact that a rich man from nowhere came to the Jiang family to propose marriage. The young man of the Jiang family did not agree, so the other party had to leave with the betrothal gifts. It was said that the betrothal gifts were a lot, more than twenty carts full of gold and silver.
"Puff..." Jiang Shian drank half of the tea and couldn't help but spit it out.
The corners of his mouth twitched and he looked speechless. It was really outrageous.
Fengnian didn't know how to describe it for a moment, and his eyes twitched as he spoke.
While he was buying tofu, several versions of rumors spread in the village. Among them, one was that his son had flirted with a lot of men outside and didn't know how to behave.
On the way back, those aunts were still gossiping together, and he almost couldn't help but fight with them. He made the old women so angry that they jumped up and down. Then he brought the tofu back and told Jiang Shian about it.