"Rinse the soap with water and wash the oil and dirt off." Lin Xuan Qi proceeded to let them know how to use the soap.

Xue Cong did as she was told, took the soap to the bucket of water they had and rinsed her hands with the water while holding the soap.

Miraculously, her hands that were oily from the plates were cleaned quickly with the soap.

"Let me try."

Yue Xin saw what happened and took one of the soaps from Xue Cong.

Yue Jie also quietly did the same.

They were just as amazed at the effect of the soap as Xue Cong.

Lin Xuan Qi nodded and was pleased to see that his experiment worked.

"Try it to wash the plate." He said.

Xue Cong, Yue Jie and Yue Xin proceeded to try and wash the oil stains from the plates.

"Wow, this would save us so much time!"

"We can free up more people to perform other tasks now that we can wash the plates with this."

"Indeed, it will be less of a hassle from now on."

They exclaimed excitedly at what it meant.

"And don't forget, you can wash the stains on the clothes with this too."

Lin Xuan Qi reminded them of the fact.

They nodded and were eager to try it with the laundry.

Now that the experiment was a success, it was time for him to execute the next stage of his plan.

"Xue Cong, Yue Jie and Yue Xin, purchase the same things that I've asked before.

"Buy ten times more.

"And lastly, I would need you to buy jasmine flowers."

His plan was to go with nice smelling soap for the rich merchants and their mistresses.

And his middleman that could help him would be Sima Long.

"Old Shao, I need your help." Lin Xuan Qi glanced over at Old Shao who was helping to clear the kitchen.

"Yes, Master Lin." Old Shao stopped what he was doing and replied.

"I need you to create a mold and carve it according to the dimensions and patterns." He said and passed over a piece of paper to Old Shao.

Old Shao took the paper and opened it up.

On the paper, Lin Xuan Qi had drawn diagrams of wooden molds to create the soap, and the molds would have some patterns like flowers, lotus and words like 'fortune' to make the soap look luxurious.

"Can you do it?" Lin Xuan Qi asked.

Old Shao was impressed with the diagram depicting the mold from different views and with measurements.

He had never seen anyone draw something like this and it was effective as a tool to communicate what was required.

Lin Xuan Qi was more talented than he seemed, Old Shao thought.

"I will do my best, Master Lin."

"Great, here's some copper coins to get what you need." Lin Xuan Qi said and passed him around fifty copper coins.

Old Shao bowed and received the copper coins.

The copper coins felt heavy with the trust that Lin Xuan Qi bestowed onto him, and he wasn't about to disappoint Lin Xuan Qi.

Hopefully, it would help make the life of Xue Cong better.

"Proceed to do what I've instructed after you are done. Ask Shi Shi to go along with you." Lin Xuan Qi said.

He was still worried about Su Chen and Wu Tong.

They must have been up to something no good, Lin Xuan Qi thought.

"Yes, Master Lin."

Xue Cong, Yue Jie and Yue Xin replied in unison.

When he saw their smiling faces, he grinned and said, "After you've come back, we can start with our lessons."

Xue Cong and Yue Xin's faces immediately turned into gloomy expressions.

Master Lin still remembered.

...

Chang Fu Rice Store.

Lee He Song sensed something was amiss when he saw a crowd gathering outside.

He quickly hastened his pace to see what was going on.

"There must have been some misunderstanding." Hun Xiong Kun was at the entrance, shouting out loud to the men that were gathered around him.

"Misunderstanding? The rice you've delivered for yesterday is less than what you've promised."

A burly man among the men said and he glanced at the other men behind him.

Two of them carried a bag of rice and they placed it down in front of Hun Xiong Kun.

One of them took out a knife that was on his belt, and he plunged the knife into the bag of rice and sliced it open.

The man then dug his hand into the rice and scooped up a handful.

"Look, there is sand mixed with the rice inside!" He said and stretched out his hand to the face of Hun Xiong Kun.

Hun Xiong Kun frowned, and he inspected the rice that was in the hand of the man.

"Huh. How can this be? It's not possible."

Hun Xiong Kun gasped and was stunned at what he saw.

He had checked the rice before delivery to Lee Zhen Ren's men.

It wasn't possible, unless...

Anger grew inside him, but he could only pretend to smile at Lee Zhen Ren's men.

"I think it must have been a mistake on your side.

"I've checked the rice before delivering them.

"This rice mixed with sand must have been from someone else."

Hun Xiong Kun knew that it must have been a setup but also knew that he couldn't accuse them.

Sometimes, the truth can kill.

The burly man wasn't too pleased with what he heard from Hun Xiong Kun.

"What do you mean that we messed up?"

The other men placed their hands onto their belts.

Lee He Song knew that he had to do something.

He walked towards the crowd and said, "Or maybe you could've mixed the sand and tried to frame the boss.

"When your men took the delivery, they must have checked.

"Why didn't they make noise then?"

The men turned around and saw an old man speaking.

They didn't think much and some of them tried to stop Lee He Song from approaching.

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