Does it smell delicious? Dabo Lingxin said: "You stinky ghost, do you think I am a braised goose or a roasted duck? Do you still want to take a bite?"
Goff's words were a bit disrespectful, but he didn't speak loudly, and the pier was noisy, so not many people heard him. And Zhu Heji didn't seem too angry. He sprayed perfume on Da Bo Ling just to sell Chaozhou perfume at a good price. Da Bo Ling was a perfume model.
So he just glared at Gao Fu and began to promote the "Made in Dongchang" perfume that he personally formulated.
"Of course it smells good," Zhu Heji said with a look of displeasure. "She sprinkled the Ming Dynasty royal perfume secretly made by Dongchang. How can it not smell good?"
"Dongchang's secret recipe? It turns out that Dongchang is a factory that produces perfume!" Charlie Goff looked very interested - he had heard of Dongchang, although he didn't know what it produced? But he knew it was a big, big factory.
"Well, it was a perfume manufacturer at first, and later it was something else." Zhu Heji said nonsense seriously, "In the Ming Dynasty, when we were not experiencing disaster, this Dongchang perfume could not be used by just anyone. . . . Only concubines and eunuchs in the palace can use it. Sister Ling now uses the imperial concubine incense specially used for concubines. In addition, there is also the gentleman incense used to cover the odor on the eunuchs, which is required by eunuchs. Prepare something else, otherwise the smell of urine will be off-putting?
Mr. Gaofu, you smell quite strong. I will give you a jar of gentleman's incense later. Sprinkle it on your body and it will make you feel comfortable. "
Ji Dabao, who was standing on the side, originally wanted to use the "old English" of the seventeenth century to expose Zhu San's lies, but after listening to Zhu Heji's explanation, he actually thought it was very reasonable!
He had heard people say that the eunuchs had trouble going to the toilet because of the stabbing, and many of them smelled bad. It was okay for them to stink themselves, but if it smelled like the emperor, queen mother, or concubine, it would be difficult to handle. Think about it, the emperor, the queen mother, the concubines and so on are sitting around, eating and drinking delicacies, and the father-in-law waiting around them all smells like a toilet. Isn't this the same as setting up two tables in the royal toilet? So you have to sprinkle some perfume or powder to cover it up.
Therefore, it seems quite reasonable for Dongchang to produce perfume and powder.
At this time, Heavenly King Zhu and Dao Scarong had finished talking and were inviting everyone to go to the Jianguo Mansion in Jieyang County to have a drink together!
When they arrived at the Jianguo Mansion, Heavenly King Zhu had to apologize to Dao Scarong for his son Na Daboling being his concubine!
However, Zhu Heji did not go with him to admit his mistake. Instead, he and Da Boling took Charlie Gaofu and Ji Dabao back to their prince's mansion, which was the original Jieyang County Government. He also has perfume to give to Charlie Goff, and by the way, he also wants to talk about the European general agent of "Dongchang Perfume".
Charlie Gough also knows a lot about perfumes and powders. He is so smelly and doesn't like to take a bath. He just sprinkles Hungarian water and scented powder on himself to go out to meet people. How can he not understand? So all the way from the pier outside the city, he stayed close to Daboling and tried to smell it with his big nose - he had to make sure how long-lasting the perfume would be.
Whether this perfume is good or not depends not only on how fragrant the perfume is, but also on how long it lasts. If the fragrance essential oils used in this perfume are not good enough or not enough, it will lose its smell after a while.
The perfume prepared by Zhu Heji is of course a high-end imitation that is both fragrant and long-lasting. No, it is not a high-end imitation now, but the most authentic Dongchang perfume used by the Ming Dynasty royal family!
This will be the number one perfume brand in the world in the future!
When Charlie Goff sat down to enjoy tea in the second hall of Zhu Hesheng's Prince's Mansion, he was already very sure that this Dongchang perfume would be popular in Europe in the future.
So now he must get the exclusive agency rights for the British East India Company... But the grandson of Zhu San in front of him, who is wearing a robe, a turban, a big beard, and carrying a sword, doesn't look very talkative. How can I defraud the agency?
While he was thinking about how to lie, Ji Dabao, who came with him, had already begun to test him.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Consul has noticed that you have transformed Jieyang County into a bastion that requires a large number of artillery and muskets for effective defense. I think you must be in great need of Britain's most advanced artillery, muskets and gunpowder now. ?”
Charlie Gough also smiled and said: "Your Highness, our British East India Trading Company happens to have a batch of the most advanced red barbarian cannons, turtle-foot muskets and black powder on hand...and they are in stock!"
Listening to the words of Ji Dabao and Charlie Gough, Zhu Heji remained calm, but he was thinking in his mind: "You imperialists and compradors, why do you like to use outdated foreign guns and cannons to fool people so much? The most advanced foreign guns and cannons... How many years old is the Hongyi cannon? Moreover, it is a naval gun. It is of no use on land at all. It can only be mounted on the city wall to scare people. As for the Turtle Dove's Foot Musket, it's nothing more than a heavy matchlock gun. Who's the first one?
But I cannot let you imperialists and compradors sell your guns and gunpowder to the Qing Dynasty dogs to massacre the working people..."
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji frowned and said: "We original Confucians have the Tao of Confucius and Mencius and Zhuge's legacy to defeat the enemy. Why do we need to rely on Western guns and cannons?"
He is playing hard to get, just to lower the price!
At first glance, these words sounded like the nonsense of those decadent Confucian scholars who looked down on Western fancy skills, but Charlie Gough and Ji Dabao didn't think so. Because they knew about the "Zhuge Divine Thunder" and that the internal gunpowder factory owned by Zhu San Taisun could produce granular black powder of excellent quality.
Although Zhu San Taisun does not yet have a gun factory or cannon factory in his hands, once the Zhuge Divine Thunder thrown by hand or thrown with a stone machine is used, it will be no less powerful than foreign guns and cannons!
Just as the two people frowned, Zhu Heji spoke again: "If you can get some gum, very elastic gum, such as a certain kind of gum from the New World, or a relatively easy-to-dissolve gum, such as Gum arabic, I can give you a very good price."
He paused and then said, "In addition, I also want some fierce fire oil produced in Nanyang. The price is also easy to negotiate."
Fire oil and gum?
Charlie Gough thought thoughtfully and said: "We have never heard of gums in the New World, but I can ask for you. Gum arabic can be obtained quickly. As for fire oil...of course it is available, but not It’s so easy to transport!”
Ji Dabao quickly helped, "Yes, yes, fire oil is a very dangerous item, and the transportation cost is extremely high, unless..."
His words stopped here, unless he meant it, and everyone knew that he had to pay more!
At this time, Da Boling walked into the second hall holding a plate with three small wine bottles and three small wine glasses. Behind her were three maids, each holding a plate of Chaozhou brine and a plate of particularly white wine. of sugar.
Da Bo Ling smiled and said to Charlie Gaofu and Ji Dabao: "Mr. Gao, Mr. Ji, here are some fine Chaozhou wines. You two can taste them."
Chaozhou wine?
Charlie Goff and Ji Dabao were both stunned. What famous wines are there in Chaozhou? Never heard of it.
While the two of them were thinking about it, Da Bo Ling had already placed two pots of wine and two wine glasses on the coffee table between them, and placed the remaining wine pots and wine glasses on the table in front of Zhu Heji. Then he turned around and left with a nice smell.
The three maids who followed her placed three brine platters and three pairs of bowls and chopsticks in front of the three of them, and then followed Da Bo Ling away.
Zhu Heji picked up the wine bottle, pulled out the stopper, and poured some golden liquid into the wine glass.
Seeing Zhu Heji pour the wine, Charlie Goff also picked up a wine bottle on the coffee table and also pulled out the stopper. Before he poured the wine, he smelled a very familiar and fragrant aroma of wine. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly poured some into his own glass, looked at it, then picked up the glass and drank it down. After drinking the wine, he blurted out: "Oh my god, it's rum... This is the best rum I've ever drunk! You actually produce rum in Chaozhou?"
More than just rum!
Zhu Hexin said: "We in Chaozhou also produce Chivas Regal whiskey, Martell Cognac, and in the future there will be 1682 Lafite! But if you want to drink Chaozhou Chivas Regal, you have to wait for me to get barley. As for Martell Lee and Lafite... There are no grapes in Guangdong now! So now I can only drink some rum made from sugar cane."
