I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 281 I Can Read Too
The popularity of soap can be said to be expected by Li Tian, ​​but it is also unexpected.

Some people may be confused by this.

In fact, this is easy to explain. It was expected because Li Tian knew that soap would become popular, but what was unexpected was that he did not expect soap to become popular so quickly and easily.

But this is actually very understandable.

First, although soap is fifty yuan a piece, it is indeed a bit expensive for ordinary people, but it is within the acceptable range.

Second, this thing has the empress's fame blessing, even if it is not popular, it will be difficult.

From ancient times to the present, it has never been heard that the emperor and queen personally spoke for a certain thing.

The third is that this thing is indeed a good thing, and the first place to sell it is the capital, where about 70.00% of the rich households occupy, and the rich households like to be clean and fashionable.

For many reasons, it is in the process of being cleaned up if it can sell well.

Compared with the big sales of soap, matches are much more common.

Although it was sold several days earlier than the soap, not only did it not get the blessing of this promotion, but did it have the potential to easily gather huge popularity like soap.

It takes a period of immersion to erupt and is also in the process of clearing.

However, in order not to widen the gap between the two workshops too much, Li Tian ordered matches to be one of the materials that the military must purchase.

Matches are also included in the charcoal subsidy for officials' salaries.

With the procurement of 200 to [-] officials and [-] million troops, the hidden sales of matches surpassed that of soap.

It's just that, whether it's the salaries of officials or the procurement of the army, the minimum is settled on a monthly basis, and the longer ones may be settled on an annual basis.

Therefore, the running water in the matchhouse seems to be inferior to that in the soap workshop.

But Li Tian, ​​who controls everything behind the scenes, knows that these two workshops are completely on the right track.

As long as they continue to develop step by step in the future, and gradually evolve into something that sells well throughout Daming, and even the world, it shouldn't be a big problem.

The changes these two novelties brought to the entire capital may not appear to be major on the surface, but some potential influences have begun to gradually emerge.

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Feng Dacheng's family, who lived in Tangzi Hutong in Faxiangfang, fled to Beijing two years ago.

Feng Dacheng is an honest and ordinary man, and his wife is not a lady, but an ordinary person like him.

The two had three children, the oldest was nine years old and the youngest was four.

Ever since he came to the capital, Feng Dacheng found a job helping Hongshan Temple pour the slop with the introduction of an acquaintance.

I don't earn much every day, only about [-] Wen, plus the hard-earned money my wife earns from sewing, starching and washing clothes for others in my spare time, I can barely make ends meet.

But even though they are busy almost every day and don't even have time to rest for a day, their lives are still tight.

Don't talk about eating meat during the holidays, just want to improve the food, buy two catties of polished rice and noodles, it takes a long time to decide.

The children at home have not bought new clothes for two or three years.

After wearing the big ones, I changed them to smaller ones for the small ones, and after I finished wearing the small ones, I was reluctant to throw them away, so I sewed them together as an apron or lined the soles of shoes.

Originally, if the family could persevere, when the children grew up and had the ability to earn money, life might be easier.

It's a pity that the sky didn't go his way. It rained heavily some time ago. Feng Dacheng kindly helped the neighbors in the neighborhood, dredged the waterways, and blocked the stagnant water. He didn't expect to be soaked in the rain for too long, and he couldn't get sick.

Seeing that he hadn't come to work for three to five days, Hongshan Temple simply found a new person to replace him.

When his illness got better, he was eager to go to work. Only then did he find that the job he depended on for survival was gone.

In the next few days, he used his remaining savings to ask someone to find a job, but because he had no skills other than some strength, they all turned him away.

He was completely hopeless at the time, feeling as if the sky was about to fall down.

Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, and there is news that the workshop is recruiting nearby, and one move is 2000 people.

When he got the news, he was so happy that he didn't fall asleep all night.

After layers of selection, he finally passed the interview by luck.

After hearing that working here not only earns one tael and a half of silver a month, but also provides one meal a day, he originally wanted his wife to work too.

But in order to take care of more people like him, the workshop only accepted him.

But he didn't feel sorry for it.

Because he now earns half as much money as before, so even if his wife doesn't come, his life will be much better than before.

He originally thought that he was very lucky to encounter such a good thing.

But it didn't take long for a more fortunate thing to happen to their family again.

On that day, the group leader of the workshop told everyone that if there is someone idle at home, he can get the cardboard and paste for making cartons from him. Every time he pastes a carton, he can earn two yuan.

It is not difficult to paste paper boxes, as long as one masters the skills, if an adult is diligent in his hands and feet, it is still no problem to paste twenty or so boxes in a day.

Feng Dacheng didn't even think about it at the time, so he signed up and got the materials back home on the same day.

After studying for one night with my wife and three children, I finally pasted ten boxes.

I didn't expect to get twenty Wen as a reward the next day.

He can earn fifty coins a day, plus the twenty coins he earns from paper boxes, it is equivalent to earning seventy coins a day.

The originally tight days, since Feng Dacheng joined the workshop, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

Today is the day the soap goes on sale.

Hearing that the soap was selling very well, the shopkeeper was very happy and gave everyone in the workshop a reward of two taels of silver.

When handing out the money, the team leader also said that as long as everyone works hard in the future, such rewards will only increase.

Although Feng Dacheng had only been working for half a month, he had received a salary equivalent to four days' salary before it was time to receive his salary.

When he got off work that night, he hesitated for a long time with the two coins in his hand, and finally decided to indulge for a while, letting his family who hadn't eaten meat for a long time eat meat.

And he also bought two taels of small wine, ready to reward himself.

Although there is only one catty of meat, the whole family still eats as much as a flower in Chinese New Year.

Although there was only two taels of little wine, he was still drunk.

When he was happy with the drink, he couldn't help but hugged his nine-year-old son and said,
"My dear son, when Dad earns enough money, I'll help you prepare a bundle at the end of the year, and go to a private school to study!"

When the son heard that he also had the opportunity to study, he seemed to be crazy, and ran wildly in the whole alley shouting happily,

"I can read too, I can read too!"

(End of this chapter)