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Chapter 20: Selling soap

Chapter 20

Yuan Congyun and Yang Zhongfa thought that the food they carried would become less and less on the way to the northern border, and it would be good if they could transport 50% to the battlefield. But none of them expected that the food would not only not decrease, but become more and more. 

Along the way, they followed Liu Jixin's method and found the local clan leaders first every time they arrived at a city, and exchanged food with them half-forced and half-requested.

Not only that, their general wanted to exchange the batch of antique calligraphy and paintings of Master Yuan for food, but was stopped by Master Yuan. Master Yuan took out a set of something called soap from somewhere. This thing was white and delicate, exuding a faint fragrance. As soon as it was taken out, it aroused the curiosity of many clan leaders.

But Master Yuan only sold one or two sets in each place. There were four kinds of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum in one set, and each piece was carved vividly, exquisitely and luxuriously. Each piece of this set was only the size of a palm, but it was sold at a price that shocked Yang Zhongfa and others.

Especially the more powerful clans there are, the more shocking the price of one or two sets of soap can be sold.

Soap is a rare thing, and it was brought from Luoyang. These powerful people originally wanted to buy it for the sake of the army's face, so as to avoid trouble, but after seeing the finished soap, they all felt that it was novel and loved it.

Especially, Yuanli sold very few.

The clans and powerful people are rich. They are rich enough to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a meal, and they will complain that there is no place to put their chopsticks. They are rich enough to have ten maids waiting on the side when they go to the toilet, and they can throw exquisite jade carvings at will.

Among the clans and powerful people, showing off their own wealth has become the norm. Every time Yuanli arrives at a place, he will ask Zhao Ying and Liu Jixin to inquire about the power relations of the local powerful people, and then carry out hunger marketing based on this information.

Who has a grudge against whom, then only one of the two powerful families will be selected to sell. Who has a marriage relationship with whom, then the value of the soap will be passed on through one family.

Yuanli tried hard to make soap a new tool for clans and tyrants to show off their wealth.

The final effect was very good, and Yuanli also earned millions of times more money than the cost of soap.

Of course, he did not ask for money, but exchanged all the money for food, cloth, medicinal materials, wine and war horses that can be stored for a long time.

Among them, only wine is not a necessity in troubled times, but it is definitely a luxury item in troubled times.

Such luxury items will play a wonderful role at a specific time.

Yuanli did not exchange pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock, because there is still a distance from Youzhou. Once pigs, cattle and sheep get sick and infected with plague on the road, even horses will be implicated, and there will be serious losses.

Among these exchanged things, the number of war horses that can be exchanged is the least. The clans and tyrants all have their own private armed forces. They also lack horses and know that horses are important strategic materials. However, except for horses, other things can be easily exchanged.

That is why the more they walk, the more food they consume.

Yang Zhongfa and his party were full of admiration for Yuanli. They were used to calling him "the God of Wealth" in private.