"Duke Dingguo's Mansion doesn't have much industry, only a few mediocre clothing stores and jewelry shops."

"It was only after my mother married into the Duke Dingguo's mansion that the business started to pick up."

Teng Ke planned to explain all the affairs of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion to Yinuo at one time.

Although it does not appear to be so on the surface, in reality the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is not short of money.

The wife of the first Duke Dingguo was the daughter of a merchant. She was well versed in business, and after marrying the first Duke Dingguo, she continued to do business secretly, but she did not use her own identity. Instead, with the support of Duke Dingguo, she founded a new family, the Hua Family.

They did not do any other business but only opened a money shop. Of course, their money shop was also very unique and it also served as a pawnshop. People could use their belongings as collateral to borrow money, even house deeds and land deeds were acceptable. This was equivalent to borrowing and lending today. The difference was that the mortgage had a time limit. If one was unable to repay the money after the time limit, the money shop could auction the belongings.

After the founding of the country, Hua Family Money House suddenly appeared. No one knew its origin, but it was opened in major provinces and counties across the country, and it could not be underestimated.

Of course, this could not be hidden from the eyes of Emperor Yuan, but he trusted the Duke Dingguo's Mansion very much and did not stop it. Instead, he contributed a lot behind the scenes. From then on, there was one more hidden family in the world, the Hua family.

The 200,000-strong army of Duke Dingguo's Mansion was supported by money houses.

Emperor Yuan did not tell his son about this matter. As the Hua family acted more and more mysteriously, every subsequent emperor could not find out where the Hua family came from. This was also the reason why the emperors were afraid but did not dare to suppress the Hua family's money house.

The head of the Hua family is the princess of each Duke Dingguo's mansion. They have learned business since childhood, and their husbands are all secretly selected by the Dukes Dingguo. They will never interfere in the affairs of the princesses, and the princesses will not let their husbands know.

This lasted for two hundred years. By the generation of Teng Ke’s father, Teng Lie, the head of the Hua family could only be Teng Ke.

Because when the eldest princess gave birth to Teng Ke, she almost had a difficult delivery because the baby was too big. She was finally rescued, but because of the injuries she suffered, she could no longer get pregnant.

After some investigation, they found that the reason why the eldest princess's belly was too big was actually the work of her father. He ordered people to add drugs to the eldest princess's diet to enhance absorption, so that when the eldest princess was pregnant, all the nutrients were absorbed by the baby in her belly.

It was also because of this incident that the eldest princess was completely heartbroken and secretly decided to break with her father and wholeheartedly help the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

She even advised Teng Lie to take a concubine, or secretly keep a mistress.

But Teng Lie was taught to be loyal and devoted to his wife since he was a child. He could not betray his wife for the sake of his children, and finally had to put all the burdens on Teng Ke.

Teng Ke began his education at the age of two. In addition to studying literature, martial arts and strategy during the day, he also secretly learned business at night.

Although his parents loved him very much, they had to let him down for the future of the Duke Dingguo Mansion. This was also the reason why he was unhappy since childhood, and why he let his two sons live with his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

In his opinion, although he did not give his children enough fatherly love, he gave them a relatively happy childhood. However, he did not expect that the original owner was so perverted that he tortured his eldest son since he was young, causing his eldest son to have a weird personality and still unwilling to speak.

Yinuo listened to him quietly, and seeing the loneliness in his eyes, she couldn't help but touch his head.

"Husband, let's have another daughter!"

"I want a daughter."

Teng Ke was surprised that she was willing to have physical contact with him.

His eyes immediately filled with hunger.

Yinuo swallowed, feeling that he was like a hungry wolf, and quickly stopped him.

"Stop it! My period hasn't ended yet!"

"All right!"

Teng Lie became dejected again.

This made Yino feel both amused and helpless.

Come on, brother, is this the point? Isn't the point to secretly have a daughter?

Yinuo suddenly remembered something.

"The money withdrawal token with the kapok pattern you gave me is actually the token of the owner of the Hua Family Bank?"

Teng Ke nodded: "Yeah!"

"My lady, you are so smart."

Bullshit! !

Yinuo cursed in his heart!

Don't act cute in front of me! Do you think I don't dare to scold you?

Well, to be honest, she didn't want to call him a dog, she just felt touched.

How could this man be so nice? This is a bank, a token that can be used to withdraw money from all the Hua family banks, and he actually gave it to me like this. Isn't he afraid that I will sell him out?

As if he had the ability to read minds, Teng Ke raised the corners of his mouth.

"I trust you a lot. You're very different."

Well, what he said is invincible.

Yinuo didn't bother with him anymore.

After she figured out everything, she discussed it with Teng Ke, and they finally decided on a plan: to hand over the soap-making method to Butler Wan, and let Butler Wan lead the retired veterans from all over the Teng family army to complete it.

There are four recipes in total: Polygonum multiflorum and ginger soap for shampooing; moisturizing soap for bathing, which comes in three flavors: milk, floral water, or fresh mint; antibacterial soap for washing hands; and sulfur soap for washing clothes.

When he saw the recipe for soap, Teng Ke was shocked. Even if this small cube became popular all over the country, it would never be imitated.

Some of the materials here are not available on the market. They have to be purified from various plants and added together, and finally they have to use chemical saponification reactions to fix them. Even if they can purify things, no one can think of the last step because it is beyond everyone's knowledge.

It turns out that lard can be used like this.

Poor people cannot afford lard, and rich people will not go to the kitchen to see it. Who would study lard, clam shells, and wood ash in the yard for several months? No one would put these three things together.

Even though Teng Ke was smart, he would not have understood the principle behind it without Yinuo's explanation.

Although Butler Wan didn't understand, he was an obedient man. When he got the recipe, he would definitely handle it carefully according to the recipe, and the product would be produced in no time and sold nationwide.

To be on the safe side, they decided to have Butler Wan contact retired veterans from all over the country, except the capital, to start production in various places at the same time. In the name of the Hua family, they would cooperate with the most famous local rouge and powder shop and sell them there, with a 2:8 profit split, with the Hua family taking 8 and the rouge shop taking 2.

It will be put on sale on the same day across the country at the same price.

The antibacterial soap for hand washing and the sulfur soap for washing clothes were priced very cheaply, only six cents, and were sold to all people, especially villagers in rural areas. This was a price that everyone could afford.

The first reason for this decision is that the production method of these two soaps is simple and the materials are cheap, with a cost of only three cents. The main goal is to make small profits but quick turnover. The second reason is that Yinuo hopes that people all over the country will pay attention to personal hygiene and reduce the spread of bacteria, so that fewer people will get sick and die young.

Yinuo also said: If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world.

This sentence really touched Teng Ke deeply, and made him once again firmly believe that with Yinuo around, their Dingguo Mansion would be different.

The target audience of the soap for shampooing and bathing was the rich, and the price was two taels of silver. This price was not a big deal for the rich, but the profit was 200%.

If you don't even kill the fat sheep, you'd be doing yourself a disservice.

When the product becomes popular, let the Hua family in the capital cooperate with the princess's own rouge and powder shop. In addition to not wanting the fat water to flow to outsiders, the princess's rouge and powder shop is also the most famous shop in the capital, which is very reasonable and will not give people a handle.

The cooperative shop in Pengcheng was decided to be Gu Yun's shop. It would cooperate with her under the name of Yinuo, and the profits would be split 40% to 60% with Gu Yun taking 40% and Yinuo taking 60%. This could be considered as compensation from the subsequent specialty restaurant to her.

From now on, the restaurant will be managed by Gu Yun, but the chef will be provided by Yinuo. She also proposed that her brother and sister-in-law should open the Xiao County branch, and the branches in other states and counties will be arranged by Gu Yun.

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