I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1043
The butler was taken aback for a moment, then said,

"Is this really the case for living at home? In this way, we don't have any income here yet, so we will fill in tens of thousands of taels first, in case it ends up..."

Wang Hao slammed the table, stood up abruptly, and said in a very strong tone,
"There is no accident in this matter, and accidents are absolutely not allowed!
This is already the only way for our royal family to rise again, and any mistakes are absolutely not allowed, do you understand! "

Seeing that the Patriarch was so solemn, the housekeeper immediately swallowed all his worries back.

"Patriarch, don't worry, the villain will definitely do this well, and will not disappoint the Patriarch."

Whether it is 500 taels or 1000 taels, it is a huge temptation for workshop workers whose monthly income is only one or two taels of silver.

Even if there are few people who can resist this temptation, who can guarantee that the thousands of people in the entire workshop are all determined people.

The formula and production process of the soap will be leaked out one day, and Li Tian has already expected it.

After all, the method of making soap is really too simple.

It is so simple that you only need to sneak a few times to remember it completely.

Li Tian never expected that the formula of this thing would always be in the hands of his own people.

It's just because this thing is so lucrative that he is reluctant to let this thing spread so quickly.

Of course, it is not impossible for Li Tian to prevent the formula from leaking and the market from being seized.

The simplest and most effective way is to control the supply of raw materials.

With the wealth and power of the Royal Bank today, it is very easy to do this.

Especially, when caustic soda is not widely produced and used nowadays, it is still very easy to control the raw materials.

But Li Tian didn't intend to do this.

One is because it is not necessary.

An income of two to three million taels a year actually doesn't matter to Li Tian today.

If the formula of the soap is leaked out, and then the first batch of working class is born, it will be a good thing for Li Tian's grand plan.

The second is that the production process of soap is very simple.

But it is not so easy to make soap into various colors and different fragrances.

Even if Li Tian releases the basic formula for free now, it will take at least a year or two for them to catch up.

With such a long time buffer, I am afraid that the research and development personnel of the Tiangong Institute have already researched better soap with more uses.

As long as they maintain their technological leadership, their market share will never drop much.

Instead, more people got involved in the business.

Competition will inevitably make people have a sense of crisis, prompting them to continuously improve product quality and reduce production costs.

As the saying goes, there is competition to drive progress.

It would not be good for the market if one company always dominates. This is also the main reason why various countries have introduced anti-monopoly laws and regulations in later generations.

As a businessman, I naturally hope that what I do is an exclusive business.

But as a country manager like Li Tian, ​​he hopes for a prosperous state where a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought flourish.

The Wang family poked secretly, wanting to take advantage of his absence to poach his corner, but they didn't know that they only saw the second step in the future, while Li Tian was already standing at the fifth step, turning back smiled.

Of course, Li Tian doesn't care about the leakage of the formula, but it doesn't mean that everyone doesn't care.

The queen has now regarded the soap workshop as her own purse, and regarded it as a taboo, how could she allow others to poach her corner.

As for Huang Fei, who had just become the steward of the royal family's property, someone wanted to touch the biggest piece of cake in his hand before his butt was hot.

How could he be indifferent?

Even if Li Tian is not here at this time, it does not mean that no one in the capital can control the Wang family.

A battle that lasted for several months involving more than a dozen large families and royal forces over a small piece of soap kicked off.

How much intrigue and soul-stirring stories will happen in it is another story.

After several days of sailing, Li Tian came to the next stop, Jining Mansion.

At this point, Li Tian and others have already passed half of their voyage, and they will reach their destination in a few days.

Jining Mansion was originally a mansion, but it was considered a high-level existence in terms of administrative division.

But later it was downgraded to a state, and the original state capital was replaced by Yanzhou.

However, Jining did not become depressed because it was downgraded to a state. On the contrary, because of the existence of the canal, it became the existence of Shandong Province after Jinan Prefecture.

Because Shandong is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin, it has been an important province with a prosperous population and food production since ancient times.

It is also one of the most important core areas of the Ming Dynasty in the north besides Beizhili.

Li Tian put the second stop here because he wanted to see for himself how different this place is from the North Zhili and the South Zhili.

It is an exaggeration to say that Shandong is an outstanding place. Among the officials of the imperial court, at least [-] to [-]% are from Shandong.

In addition, this place is the hometown of Confucius and the birthplace of Confucianism, so the famous officials and great Confucians in Shandong are no worse than the prosperous places in the south.

As the original state capital, Jining is now the second most densely populated city in Shandong.

The prosperity of the city can be imagined.

As soon as they set foot on the boundary of Jining, the surging crowd rushed towards them, almost scattering Li Tian and the others.

"What's going on, why are there so many people at this pier?"

Li Tian grabbed a passerby beside him very curiously, and asked politely,

"My fellow, what are you all rushing into the pier for? Has something serious happened!"

The plainly dressed fellow was not angry, and kindly explained to them,
"You probably are foreigners, it's normal if you don't know.

Today is the big day for the third Miss Yan's wedding, so we may not see it once in ten years, we just came here to join in the fun. "

As soon as he heard this person mention the Yan family, Li Tian suddenly had a lot of information about the rich and powerful families in Shandong.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the rise of powerful families in Shandong, many wealthy families have been born.

Among them, the five families of Li, Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang have the longest inheritance.

Of course, it doesn't mean that there are only these five great families in the huge Shandong.

For example, the Confucian family in Qufu and the Yan family in Langya are not wealthy families that are not at all inferior to the five great families.

It's just that, although the reputation of the Yan and Kong families is still the same, in the process of clan development, they are not as good as the other families, so they seem a little bit inferior.

(End of this chapter)