Warlord: Starting with Subduing Little A Qiao

Ye Bai waved his hand, signaling his bodyguards to take Xiao Aqiao back.

As Ye Bai watched Xiao A Qiao's figure disappear into the distance, a burning desire stirred within him.

This is one of the future Thirteen Protectors!

With all the talent in place, what's to come?

After returning to his study at the Paramount, Ye Bai began to take stock of the land deeds and account books he had.

It has several hundred acres of farmland, plus a silver shop, and several storefronts such as cloth shops, teahouses, and restaurants.

It is mainly based on the entertainment industry and light industry.

However, it's a bit of a shame that the original owner didn't have much of a business sense.

They have money, but their business is not doing well.

The few shops that are currently open are just barely hanging on.

Among them, the cloth shop probably fared the worst.

After several months of deficit, they were still relying on Ye Bai's previous money to make ends meet, even for basic business operations.

I'm afraid these cloth shops will have to close down in a few months.

After carefully examining the account books, Ye Bai finally understood why the cloth shop was losing money.

After all, the influx of foreign cloth had already had a huge impact on the development of traditional cloth.

Foreign fabrics are of good quality, come in a variety of colors, and are inexpensive.

In comparison, homespun cloth is not only much more expensive, but its patterns and textures are also rather limited.

His own cloth workshops only sold homespun cloth, which made business increasingly difficult.

Ye Bai was starting to get a headache just looking at the bill.

I feel like I've taken on several hot potatoes.

Now that he was already here, Ye Bai had to find a way to keep the business running and run it well.

Suddenly, when Ye Bai flipped through the cloth shop's land deeds and found several dye shop land deeds lying around, his eyebrows lit up.

A dye house!

At this moment, he remembered the sulfonamides given in the system's newbie gift pack.

It's worth noting that sulfonamides are extracted from dyes produced in dyeing workshops.

Isn't this just a ready-made pharmaceutical factory?

But the excitement lasted only a second; the next instant, Ye Bai's brows furrowed again.

To open a pharmaceutical factory, you need a series of equipment, personnel, and capital.

With limited resources at hand, where can I find chemical experts and corresponding equipment suppliers?

Getting this done in one step will probably be quite difficult.

Moreover, the most important thing in taking this step is having a strong backing.

After all, it's medicine; if you're not careful, you'll just be doing all the work for someone else...

Just as Ye Bai frowned, there was a knock on the door.

After calling out "Come in," Ye Bai looked up and saw Xiao A Qiao entering the room.

"Brother Ye."

The little girl in front of me had changed into a plain dress, shedding her disheveled appearance as a beggar girl, and now looked even more charming.

Ye Bai then pondered Xiao A Qiao's arrangements.

After all, he only had a few dozen grown men under his command, and it wouldn't be convenient to bring a little girl along.

Thinking about it, Ye Bai immediately spoke up.

"From now on, you'll stay with me."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Aqiao immediately smiled and responded.

She immediately went to the desk to help tidy up, but accidentally bumped into the ink bottle on the desk.

At that moment, the ink bottle happened to be right next to Ye Bai. As soon as the ink bottle tipped over, Ye Bai's dark sleeves were immediately stained with ink.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Aqiao's face immediately paled, and her movements became flustered.

"Brother Ye, I didn't mean to. Why don't you change your clothes first, and I'll go wash up right away with some soap?"

Pancreas?!

Ye Bai didn't care about getting ink on his face.

Upon hearing the word "pancreas," Ye Bai, who had been frowning, suddenly had a glint in his eyes.

Sulfonamides are difficult to make, but making a few bars of soap is no problem for him.

Ye Bai thought about it carefully and realized that the soap manufacturing industry was probably still in its infancy.

Even soap-making techniques abroad have not yet reached the level of industrialization.

Most of the soaps currently produced are of a single type.

Compared to the colorful and diverse soaps of my previous life, this was incredibly crude and rudimentary.

Ye Bai slammed his hand on the table, his expression growing increasingly excited as he looked at Xiao A Qiao.

"Little Qiao, you're truly my lucky star!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Aqiao's previously flustered expression froze, and her eyes widened even more.

She clearly spilled the ink bottle, yet she still got praised?!

Seeing Ye Bai praising her so highly, a blush quietly appeared on her face.

Meanwhile, Ye Bai was already immersed in his thoughts, becoming more and more excited as he thought about it.

After all, setting up a pharmaceutical factory from the very beginning would have been too blatant.

The pharmaceutical company's business had to be conducted discreetly.

At this moment, starting with the simple is the way to build a lasting fortune.

Ye Bai narrowed his eyes as he recalled the current era.

Since foreign cloth can defeat the homespun cloth produced in their own workshop.

If we produce our own soap, why can't we squeeze out foreign products and then take over the foreign market?

It's time to let people of this era experience the charm of AIA everywhere they look!

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Chapter Ten: Xiao Aqiao Takes Over the Soap Factory, Everything is Ready!

A few days later.

Xiao Aqiao, carrying the tea, was becoming increasingly familiar with the place as she walked towards Ye Bai's study.

As soon as there was a knock on the door, a voice inside called "Come in," and Xiao Aqiao immediately pushed the door open.

Ye Bai, who was in the study, looked up and saw Xiao A Qiao. He immediately greeted her.

"Little Qiao, come and see how it is?"

As he spoke, Ye Bai took out a wooden box and handed it over.

These days, Xiao Aqiao has become more and more familiar with Ye Bai's personality and is not as reserved as she was at the beginning.

She stepped forward and lifted the lid of the wooden box, revealing a square bar of soap and three soap flowers carved into the shape of flowers.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Aqiao's eyes immediately lit up.

"What kind of soap is this? Some are square, and some are flower-shaped?"

After taking out a bar of soap and soap flowers and placing them on a handkerchief, Xiao Aqiao leaned in to smell them and then laughed.

"It also has a pleasant fragrance."

Seeing the excitement in Xiao Aqiao's eyes, Ye Bai immediately curled the corners of his mouth.

It seems there's definitely a way to do this business.

"This is handmade soap. The soaps sold in the market are all regular soaps, which are harsh on the hands and not as effective as scented soaps."

Hearing Ye Bai's explanation, Xiao Aqiao's eyes lit up as she looked at the petal-shaped soap flowers placed to the side, and she asked with even more curiosity.

"Brother Ye, where did you buy this?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Bai smiled slightly.

"I did it myself."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Aqiao suddenly raised her head, her almond-shaped eyes wide open.

self-made?