Chapter 251 130,000 Kinnars
After Seth finished talking about the process, Miss Archon began to talk freely.
“The current production line uses animal fats, but if we want to meet the annual output of 30 million soaps, we need 10,000 tons of fats. The output of animal fats is low, the source is not stable, and the cost is high. It is not suitable for the main soap. Raw materials.”
“Starting from the middle of next year, we plan to use Chlorella oil, which is a vegetable oil extracted from’green seaweed’. This oil is inedible, but it is a good raw material for soap.”
“The Forestry Department of the Government Affairs Department has initially drawn up a plan. We will plant green seaweed on a large scale around the nearby islands within one year.”
“According to our calculations, the oil production rate per kilogram of green algae leaves is 4%, and more than 50 tons of green algae leaves can be produced per acre of water per year, and 2 tons of green algae oil can be extracted, as long as 5000 acres of green algae are artificially planted. Seaweed can meet the demand.”
“Considering that new production lines will be added in the future, we plan to plant 10,000 mu of green algae, and the excess green algae oil can be stored in a warehouse…”
There are also edible vegetable oils on the earth to make soap, such as coconut oil.
But Reynolds did not expect that in this world, oil can be extracted from seaweed. The plants in other worlds are so amazing.
This is extremely advantageous to the ocean tides.
Because the territory is an archipelago topography, the available land area is small, but the sea area is as high as hundreds of thousands square kilometers. A mere 10,000 acres of water is only equivalent to 7 square kilometers. Just find a few deserted islands and the surrounding sea area can be fulfil requirements.
Seaweed has a huge advantage-it can grow vertically.
In addition, alien seaweeds are far beyond the same kind on the earth. The length is easily more than tens of meters, the density per unit area is greater, and the utilization of sunlight is higher. It can be called a tree in the sea. This is why the yield per mu can reach 50 tons. the reason.
Because of this, although the oil production rate is much lower than that of soybeans on the earth (15-18%), the oil production is not low at all.
More importantly, the girl is talking about “seaweed leaves”, that is to say, when harvesting seaweed, you only need to remove the leaves and the stalks can be kept, so that in the second year, the seaweed leaves will re-grow without repeating planting. , This can greatly save manpower and material resources.
The lifespan of alien seaweed is often more than 20 years, which also means that once planted, it can be managed for at least 20 years.
Collecting seaweed leaves is not difficult. Renault has already picked up diving air bottles. Workers can work in the water for 3 or 4 hours as long as they put on diving suits and carry air bottles on their backs.
Due to the buoyancy of sea water, it is much more convenient to go into the sea to collect seaweed leaves than to collect tree leaves.
The only trouble is manpower. To harvest 5000 acres of seaweed, at least a few hundred workers are required to work continuously for a month.
Renault asked curiously: “Can you tell me more about how to extract Chlorella oil?”
Miss Archon glanced at Seth, and he took the conversation with interest.
“My lord, the leaves of the green algae are very thick, several times thicker than normal seaweed, and the thickness is more than 5 millimeters. A special kind of oil sac grows in its leaves. Chlorella oil comes from these oil sacs.”
“After using the machine to crush the blades, put them into the boiler, use high-temperature cooking, you can get a mixed solution containing green algae oil, but the proportion of oil in the solution is only 5%, which is low.”
“In previous experiments, we found that through distillation, after two filtrations and four fractional distillations, Chlorella oil can be obtained. In addition, the waste from the distillation can be made into fertilizer.”
“We asked the consul, she has approved us to establish another production line for the distillation of Chlorella oil…”
With a very satisfied smile on Renault’s face, he asked again: “Have you calculated the cost? What is the price of the soap?”
The lady consul immediately replied: “The Department of Commerce has done a calculation. If animal fat is used, the cost of each soap is 16 copper nars. Once the Chlorella oil is mass-produced, the soap cost can be reduced to 8 copper nars. Er, as the production capacity climbs further, the cost can be further reduced.”
“As for the final retail price, we intend to set it at 80 copper nars, and the wholesale price will fluctuate according to the purchase volume, ranging from 60 to 75 copper nars…”
“According to this pricing, as long as the production line reaches full capacity, it can bring a net profit of 130,000 Kinnars to the territory every year…”
After hearing the huge number of “130,000 Kinnars”, Renault suddenly smiled happily.
The breathing of all civil servants present has become thicker and heavier, and the look in the soap production line is not right.
Take the directors present as an example. The monthly salary plus various messy bonuses and subsidies, the annual income is generally around 15 kinnals. To earn 130,000 kinnals, they need to work more than 800 years.
In the term of the earth, it has been working until the modern society from more than 1100 AD, which is equivalent to the “Southern Song” period in China.
Even compared with the nobility, the annual profit of the soap production line is terribly high.
In another world, the total area of an earldom is generally within 50 to 100 square kilometers, but the better the position of the territory, the more abundant the products, the smaller the area of the territory, and vice versa.
If the territory is located in a relatively barren area, the area may even reach 150 square kilometers.
The income of most earls is only 10,000 to 20,000 kinnals. Even the wealthiest earl earns no more than 50,000 kinnals per year. “130,000 kinnals” equals at least 8 earls. Total revenue.
Or, equal to 3 marquis.
Or, equal to 1 duke!
The total area of a duke is usually about 1500-2000 square kilometers.
In other words, this workshop with an area of only 1,500 square meters, the Kinnar brought to Renault is equivalent to a 2,000 square kilometers duchy.
It can be seen that industry is the real source of wealth, whether on the earth or in another world.
At this moment, Renault suddenly felt from the bottom of his heart that appointing Angela as the supreme consul may be the most correct choice he had made in his life, not one of them.
Regarding the development of soap, Renault just left a recipe from beginning to end, gave a few simple explanations, and hurriedly embarked on the journey back to the mainland.
But after he returned to the territory, the girl handed over an answer sheet that was so excellent that he could hardly imagine it.
Under her strong organization, not only the factory buildings and production lines were built, but also the raw material issues and product pricing were fixed. Renault didn’t care about anything, just waited for the money to be cramped.
The talent of this blonde girl in management is really shocking.
Using industrial assembly lines to produce soap is profitable enough to dazzle the eyes of any otherworldly turtles. How much profit will be made if you use manual methods?
The method of making otherworld soap is the same as in the European Middle Ages, mainly using trona and animal fats.
Trona is not rare. There are extremely large reserves of trona mines in a few places in the foreign world. Due to the extremely underdeveloped logistics, the transportation cost is high. If it is far away from the site of trona, the price is not cheap.
Animal fats are even more expensive. People who are special can not get enough to eat. How can there be excess fats to make soap?
In addition, the alien animals are all excellent sportsmen, they are great in shape, and they often get hungry and full. The body fat rate is extremely low. There is not much oil in the first place. It is also difficult to kill, and it is finally easy to catch one. , The refined oil is not much.
Rare is expensive, so the price of animal fat is surprisingly high, often exceeding 80 copper nar/jin.
Finally, people from other worlds mainly use purely manual methods to make soap. Inefficient production methods and expensive labor have pushed up the price of the final product by a large amount.
The quality of handmade soap is also relatively low, the proportion of oil saponification will not exceed 90%, and the soap also contains a lot of oil particles and other impurities.
This also leads to the yellowish color of the soap, and the color is not very good-looking, and the appearance of the soap is far less than that of the products made by Shanghai Chaoling.
The selling unit price of a piece of soap of the same weight and an alien handmade soap is as high as 160 copper nars, which is twice that of Haichao Ling, but the profit from the workshop is less than 5 copper nars, which is less than Haichao Ling 1/10 of that.
There is another reason why profits are so low: soap recipes are widely spread.
The principle of making soap is so simple that it has no technical content. Even if you want to keep secrets, it is not realistic. If you want to ask about the raw materials, you can figure out how to make it.
Without a monopoly, profits will naturally come down under fierce competition.
Take a small soap workshop with 4 people as an example. If the annual output is 20,000 pieces, then the total profit is only 100,000 copper nars, which is equal to 10 kinnals. Compared with 130,000 kinnals, it is almost Great difference.
Based on the price alone, Haichaoling can easily defeat the soap workshops of all other worlds and let all the artisans laid off.
Obviously, after a large number of industries such as furniture workshops, iron and steel workshops, and clock and watch workshops, another handicraft industry is about to disappear.
On the journey of killing heresy, Renault took another big step forward.