When Ed said he couldn't make it, he meant he couldn't make such low-quality soap; he could only make high-end soap.
There was no product logo, no fragrance, the color was limited, and the shape was unattractive. In short, this soap didn't appeal to him.
Soap sold outside is expensive, probably because the oil used to make soap is expensive, since oil is also very hard to come by now, and many places need it.
Although it might be harder to get them elsewhere, Ed has them here! No matter how little fat those rabbits in the farm have, there's always some in their internal organs, right? It's just a matter of collecting them on the side.
We can also collect the fat from other animals. Soap isn't a necessity now, so we can make as much as we can. If we want to make more later, we can raise more pigs.
"Adelaide, you and Carly go and collect some strongly scented flowers. Don't mix them together; keep the same types of flowers together." Ed planned to collect some flowers first to experiment with making some soap.
"Master, are you making honey flower tea? We collected some before, are they all dried? And we don't have some of the flowers yet."
"No, Adelaide. Any flower will do, as long as it smells good. Let's make something different this time."
Carly, standing to the side, remained silent, expressing her dissatisfaction with Ed's earlier words. She had been reminding herself to stick to her own judgment in the future and not be swayed by external factors.
She followed Adelaide out of the castle hall in a huff.
Watching the two leave, Ed also prepared to go to the farm. After all, he might need to teach Oak how to refine oil. The main thing was to clean the oil thoroughly and add some onions when frying to reduce the oil's gamey smell.
As for soap molds, that's too simple. Just draw the blueprints and cast a few with molten iron.
Ed was initially considering a humorous, simple image of someone picking up soap for the brand logo, but then changed his mind. He's not a person with a perverse sense of humor.
Since it's made with rabbit-related items, we should use a rabbit head as the logo, just like with the gloves and shoes.
At the Xia Taoyuan Village breeding farm, Ed is teaching Oak how to extract fat from rabbit viscera.
"Oak, collect all these things from now on, clean them thoroughly, and then render them into oil in this big pot. If the smell is too strong, just throw in a few slices of onion."
Oak wonders what the lord wants these things for. They're filthy; they used to be used for fishing or just thrown away.
The oak was cleaned and scooped out. Today was just a demonstration, and not much was being processed. Soon, the fire was lit in the large pot to start cooking.
Ed used the water-based refining method, which involves adding some water to the oil and boiling it together.
As the temperature rose, the smell in the pot became increasingly unpleasant, and even after washing, it couldn't be removed.
Ed could only hope that the flavor would be milder after it was all rendered into oil.
Before long, only some oil residue remained in the pot, and Ed put out the fire.
It smells much better now, but there's still a little bit.
"Oak, throw a few slices of onion in there."
Then a few slices of onion were seen bubbling in the pot. Ed couldn't put in many, but he still hoped they would be useful.
"Oak, after the oil has cooled slightly, take those things out and feed them to the pigs. I only want this oil. In the future, treat the offal of other slaughtered livestock in the same way, and then send the oil to the castle."
"Yes, my lord. But sometimes the entrails of some large fish in the lake also contain this oil. They sometimes process it here. Should we collect it as well?"
Hmm, Ed hadn't thought about that, but it's probably similar!
"You can collect them, but don't mix them with this oil."