Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls-Chapter 237: Inspection at New Factory

The retail store workers were glad to see Lin Xuan Qi and Yue Jie.

They were eager and starved of work, and they couldn’t wait to be able to sell the new batch of soap.

It had been so many days since they could only clean the store until Lu Ting was so annoyed by them.

Every corner of the store was now spanking clean due to their boredom.

"Thank goodness you’ve arrived.

"There were servants from the clans and families tasked to come and ask whether there was any new batch of soap.

"All of them wanted to book the whole batch, and I had to refuse them." Lu Ting updated him about what had happened, and he nodded at her.

"Well done." Lin Xuan Qi gave her an approving look and said, "The price can’t go up if you allow them to have the whole batch.

"We need them to outbid each other for it.

"They are starved of opportunities to spend their money, and we are the best offer they have got now."

The soap was still a novelty item, and the limited supply meant that these young mistresses were willing to pay a high price for it.

And with the rebellion, they didn’t have a place to spend all the money their husbands or families got from buying up at a cheap price.

Lu Ting nodded at him and said, "Thanks for the lessons."

She had learned so much from him and was always impressed with his weird ideas in business that somehow worked.

"I will get to work now." Lin Xuan Qi didn’t stay around to chat for long and headed into the locked storage room at the back of the retail store.

Yue Jie and Lu Ting went to the room where the account books were kept for them to go over the expenses and balance.

It had been a while, but Lin Xuan Qi was still able to finish the last step of the process.

He opened the barrels that were delivered, poured out the oil into the molds for the soap.

Then, he added the clam shell powder, salt, and ash water from the crop stalk. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Lastly, he dropped the jasmine flowers in for the fragrance.

This time it took him much longer to finish compared to the last time he was here.

There were thrice the amount of molds and all the ingredients.

This time, when the saponification process was completed and the soap had finished hardening, there would be a supply for six hundred bars of soap.

And when the new factories came into operation, having batches of soap that were in the thousands would be possible.

Lin Xuan Qi glanced at the rows of molds that were all around him and thought that he might have to get those loyal to him to take over this step of the process soon.

He couldn’t do this forever when he had other businesses going.

But that would have to wait until he could find someone with a loyalty of a hundred with the system’s summary function.

When he got out of the storage room and locked it, Yue Jie was already done with the accounts and waiting for him with Lu Ting.

"How was it?" He asked, and Yue Jie nodded at him and replied, "The accounts and balances are in order.

"All the expenses have been recorded accurately."

Lin Xuan Qi was glad to hear what she had said.

The retail store hadn’t given him any problems so far, and he hoped it would be so in the foreseeable future.

He glanced over at Lu Ting and the retail store workers and said, "Be prepared for a busy time soon when the soap is ready and packaged.

"The oil layered paper for the packaging will be delivered soon, and I need your help to package the soap when they’re ready after three days."

Lu Ting and the retail workers nodded their heads at the good news.

They would rather be busy than rotting in the retail store.

Most importantly, their fear was that if the retail store closed after so many days without operating, they would then be sold to other masters.

Lin Xuan Qi was fair and kind to them; no one in their right mind would want to take the risk of being sold to another master.

From what they’d heard, some of these masters treated their slaves and servants worse than animals.

And they wouldn’t want that.

Lin Xuan Qi was glad to see the enthusiasm Lu Ting and the retail store workers had.

"Then, I shall leave everything in your hands." He said and left the store with Yue Jie.

"Are you hungry?" Lin Xuan Qi asked Yue Jie on the horse carriage before going on their way to the factories.

Yue Jie shook her head and said, "I’m not; we can finish the work and have lunch together with sister Xue Cong, Yue Xin, and sister Shi Shi."

He nodded at her reply and signaled for the coachman to move on.

Yue Jie was always that person to take care of everyone and keep them cordial.

He felt that he was blessed to have someone like her being both capable and caring for him and the others.

Soon, the horse carriage arrived at the new factory in the north, and he got out of the horse carriage to inspect their progress.

"Master Lin." The supervisor who was promoted from the old factory came out and greeted him with huge smiles.

His hard work at the old factory had paid off, and Lin Xuan Qi really delivered what he had promised.

It had motivated him and the other workers to work harder for more rewards.

"Update me on the progress." Lin Xuan Qi asked, and the supervisor led him to the main building to inspect the progress.

The stoves and huge woks for burning the raw ingredients were ready.

Racks for storage, barrels, and pushcarts were in place, and the arrangements were done according to his floor plan that allowed a smooth flow of the raw ingredients and intermediary produce.

The workers’ quarters were also nicely done now.

With most of the workers being craftsmen, they took the initiative to make whatever they needed.

And it turned out much better than he had thought.