Chapter 6 Perfume
The deal was reached quickly, and each steel pulley bow was twenty taels, which were actually taken from nine hundred and one in the wholesale market, and now they are sold for twenty-five taels, and Master Huang almost didn't mean to bargain at all, so he agreed directly. As for those fireworks bombs and launch canisters, he did not hesitate at all. He had been plagued by pirates for too long, and he had been buying weapons to defend against pirate bandits, but he couldn't get anything but ordinary wooden bows, spears, and swords that had been eliminated by the guards. Even if he spent hundreds of taels to buy a few three-eyed guns from the Mingzhou Chengbei Guardhouse, they broke down frequently at this time because they had not been maintained for a long time, and now those villagers didn't dare to load and launch these three-eyed guns at all.
But at the moment, these beautiful ** preparations are inevitably too sharp, only six or seven "recoilless guns" beat thousands of pirates seventy or eighty feet away to flee, and at this time also set fire to the pirates' camp, although the results of the battle are still unknown, but it is certain that the siege of their own stockade has been completely solved. Even the maintenance of these weapons is inevitably too troublesome, and the maritime merchant surnamed Du has repeatedly stressed to him that these recoilless guns must be stored together with a lot of sawdust lime to avoid moisture. The canister should be inspected frequently to wipe off the rust on it. Even the bows sold to oneself had to be removed from the bowstring when they were not in use, and the bow wax had to be applied frequently. Even those weapons in the guard station don't have such a noble method, but since these weapons are so powerful, it should be delicate.
For the three of them, it was simply a trip to grab money, the launch canister was only more than two hundred, and it didn't cost much money to hire someone to modify it, and thirty taels of silver was more than four thousand; The price of a fireworks bomb is only about 20 yuan, and it can be sold here for one or two silver, more than 100; The iron shell of the prefabricated fragment is a little more troublesome, it is made by hand by the mechanic, this is the most expensive, but it is only fifteen yuan a, if you can determine a large number of goods here, you can go to the hardware factory to order the price can also be negotiated.
In this transaction alone, the three of them successfully swept away thousands of taels of silver from Master Huang's hands, and when they were realized, they directly turned into more than 200,000 yuan in cash.
Yang Minghuan sat in front of the computer desk in the dormitory, holding the more than 200,000 yuan in cash and tears flowed, he bought a house in a residential real estate not far away a few years ago, and he had to repay the loan every month. If the factory pays wages a little later in any month, it is easy to be overstretched, but now in just two days, his ordinary mechanical watch of about 300 yuan has become more than 200,000 yuan in cash.
Du Yande and Sun Wenbin didn't speak, the two just looked at Yang Minghuan with a smile, and Yang Minghuan also made up his mind at this time, such a crossing is really worth doing. You must know that no matter what products are in this time and space, compared with similar products in different time and space, they have all gone through hundreds of years of scientific and technological development, and the price difference between the two sides can be described as worlds apart. A few thousand yuan of things in the wholesale market can be turned into more than 200,000 yuan after a wholesale market, and Master Huang directly stated to them that there should be as much such armament.
"I've decided!" Yang Minghuan patted his chest at the two of them, "Let's start the preparations for the crossing, this 200,000 yuan is not the goal we are working for, our goal is a new world!" ”
The three of them said they would do it, and they took leave to go to the wholesale market again that day, and this time there were many kinds of wholesale things, from matches, soap, cigarettes to solar camp lights, and several large boxes of goods. Later, I had to borrow a hydraulic trailer from the factory again to transport these things to Huangjiazhai.
Master Huang looked at these large cardboard boxes, and couldn't help but feel worried, he had always been full of curiosity about the origin of these three "American maritime merchants", but every time he asked, the other party was concerned about him, and he just didn't say anything. They brought more samples of goods each time, judging from the expressions of the housekeepers in his village who moved the boxes, it was naturally very heavy, but the three of them could still carry these boxes over the wall to his backyard, is this still a person? It's not the legendary porterage, is it?
Although it was still a cardboard box used to load the goods this time, Huangshi was no longer so afraid, because after secretly drenching the dog's blood last time, those samples did not turn into dirt. This time it was sent during the day, and it was definitely not a monster like a ghostly mandrill.
This time the sample made Master Huang feel overwhelmed, but what attracted his attention the most was a bow and crossbow, which was a weapon that the imperial court prohibited the people to have. Because bows and arrows require a long period of training to exert their combat power, but the shooting skills of bows and crossbows can be mastered by ordinary people in a very short time, so the Wu Dynasty has always forbidden crossbows and forbidden bows. Usually, Huangshi often sees bows and crossbows in the guards, but whether it is the bows and crossbows used by pirates or the bows and crossbows used by the guards, they are completely incomparable to the one in front of them.
This crossbow is blackened throughout, and at a glance you know that it must be an all-steel crossbow, and even the bowstring is made of steel wire, and the crossbow arrows used are all small red arrows. The maritime merchant surnamed Du in front of him also personally tried to shoot at them on the wall, and this steel crossbow could accurately shoot at a target the size of a forty-zhang foreigner. Such a precise accuracy rate made all the onlookers feel gasped. This distance is absolutely safe in this time and space, and even the most accurate shotgun can only shoot at a target the size of a cow or a horse of about 20 zhang. If there is such a crossbow, the bandit pirates can accurately name and eliminate their leaders when they attack the fortress. At this time, Huangshi couldn't help but have some itchy teeth, in the days when he was besieged, he could often see the pirate's big shopkeeper showing off his might at a distance of only twenty zhang, if there was such a steel crossbow at that time, I am afraid that the siege would have been lifted long ago.
Today, his villagers went out to clean up the pirate camp, and found more than 100 pirate corpses in the camp. In the past, they could only choose to dump armaments from the guards, but now they have sent a better choice, these things of the American maritime merchants are not only cheaper than those of the black-hearted guards officers, but also ten times better quality than those obsolete armaments that have been replaced.
Seeing Du Yande take out a small thing from the cardboard box and hand it over, Master Huang took it and saw that it was a small square box, with black notes on both sides of the box, and it was still a little rough to the touch. Push the box open, and there are dozens of red-headed sticks lying inside.
Du Yande took one out of it, scraped it on the black bar with his red head, and lit it with a snort. Seeing this, Master Huang was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. Is this ignition? He immediately remembered his common fire scythe. The fire fold needs to be lit in advance, and the time for saving the fire is also limited. The fire sickle, on the other hand, is quite troublesome, and it is not possible to ignite things at once, and it must also pass through the fire wool. But right now, this little red-headed wooden stick was just rubbed on the black bar and ignited, and it was directly an open flame, which was simpler than any fire to break into a fire sickle.
Next, Sun Wenbin on the side took out a larger paper box from the box on the side. "Please ask Master Huang to let someone fetch a basin of water."
Soon a maid walked in with a copper basin. Sun Wenbin opened the paper box and poured out something with a strange appearance from it, exuding a faint fragrance. "This thing is called soap, which is used to clean oil and other things, and can also be used for laundry, but it is a bit wasteful."
Master Huang smiled secretly in his heart, this is bullying me that I haven't seen the world, right? Isn't this a honey locust? That thing was slippery and greasy when I washed my hands, and the soap was similar now, and both had a soap word in their names, so it must be the same thing.
However, Sun Wenbin didn't say much, and asked Master Huang to call the cook. Cooks often cook in the kitchen, and their hands are greasy, and they have only been washed repeatedly with honey locusts. But when he washed his hands twice with soap, there was really no oil on his hands, and they still exuded the same pleasant fragrance.
"Not only can you wash your hands, but you can also take a bath, and you will have the same fragrance on your body after washing." Sun Wenbin explained, but Master Huang remembered other things in his head, his favorite concubine always had a smell of sweat on her body, and she couldn't wash it every time she washed it, and she couldn't feel it after spraying perfume these days. I wonder if washing with this soap will have an effect?
After a display, the last thing Yang Minghuan took out was a camp lamp. Yang Minghuan turned on the switch, and dozens of LED bulbs suddenly emitted light, even in this daytime, the light was dazzling, so that Huang Shi stared at it in a daze, not only Master Huang, but also the maid and the nurse next to him, all of them stared at this lamp tightly.
In addition to oil lamps, the things that are lit on this plane are torches and candles. At the moment, such a powerful lamp suddenly appeared, and it could shine so brightly in broad daylight. This lamp does not have the smell of oil from oil lamps, nor does it have smoke and dust, nor does it make a burning explosion, but it just emits light quietly.
Master Huang couldn't help but walk quickly to Yang Minghuan's side and gently took the lamp. There were still a few switches on the lamp, and he tried to fiddle with it, and sure enough, as he thought, the light of the lamp slowly diminished until it turned off as he fiddled.
"Does this need to be refueled?" Huang Shi hurriedly asked. Yang Minghuan shook his head, "No, you just need to open this cover on the top of the lamp and put it in the sun." ”
Can you shine in the sun? Whether it is Huangshi or the master next to him, they feel unbelievable, human beings' pursuit of light is innate, so many strange goods have not been able to surprise them with this lamp, the most unbelievable thing is that this lamp does not need to be ignited, nor does it need to be refueled, as long as it can shine in the sun, are these Americans the reincarnation of Luban?
"These are all samples, we still have a lot of samples that we haven't brought, please take them to Mingzhou City to try first, and the specific price will wait for two days to come back." After Du Yande said this, he took Sun Wenbin and Yang Minghuan to leave.
Huang Shi was still sitting on the stool as if sleepwalking at this time, looking at all kinds of novelties on the table, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is simply a big pie falling from the sky! If you take out any of these things in front of you, you can get a lot of white silver. But now there are so many samples of goods, he can't believe that this is a blessing from heaven. Although until now, these three eccentric maritime merchants have continued to go in and out of their own backyards, but they can provide so many strange goods, let alone from their own backyards, even from their own bedrooms.
In the afternoon, the family who went out to explore the road came back, and was sure that the road to Mingzhou City had been smoothed, and there was no pirate attack, and Huangshi was also a lot relieved, so he got some of these strange goods and sent a copy to several trading houses in the city. Who knew that when they just arrived at the Meideno trading house, they just took out the perfume, and the eyes of these Meideno maritime merchants were straight, and their expressions were quite rich. Because these Medeno people live on the sea all year round, it is not easy to take a bath, and fresh water may not be enough to drink, not to mention the luxury of bathing, so these Medeno people always have a more or less smell of sweat, even women, they can only use incense to add a little fragrance to their bodies to cover the smell of sweat. But as soon as the perfume was sprayed, it immediately covered up the stubborn smell on the body. The two Maidno merchants scrambled to make a bid, and they were stunned to sell the price of one hundred taels of silver to three hundred and thirty-five taels, which made Master Huang couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.
Huangshi was taken aback by this, you must know that the goods at this time are a big problem, generally speaking, they are all three sections, and it will take about four or five months or even half a year to settle the account. I've heard that the goods shipped to Japan even have to be shipped once a year, and sometimes if something happens in the middle, the money and goods will be empty. But at the moment, these two bottles of perfume can directly get cash silver, and they are also silver coins of white flowers Meideno or Yaning, these silver oceans are famous for their good fineness and weight, and at that time, this pile of shiny silver coins flashed so that Master Huang's eyes narrowed into a slit.
That night, Master Huang heard the news, and the group of Maidno merchants immediately auctioned it in a famous local foreign firm after getting two bottles of perfume, and an envoy of the governor from Yaning auctioned the golden bottle of perfume for four hundred and seventy taels of silver, and he said that he would give it to the governor as a gift. In addition, the blue bottle was auctioned for a high price of five hundred taels, and was auctioned away by a commander of the Medeno detachment, I heard that the fox smell on his bewitching concubine was too big, so that he had nothing to lose, such a bottle of perfume that tasted for a long time and smelled very good was exactly the treasure he had never found.
The emergence of these two bottles of perfume made the market in Mingzhou City suddenly sensational, and everyone was asking where the perfume came from. Due to the monsoon, it is not the time when foreign ships (ships that can conduct ocean-going trade, not especially foreign ships) dock recently, and neither the Yaning people who produce all kinds of fine products in the Central Continent nor the people who trade and plunder Maidnor have never seen such a good thing. This result subverted the cognition of Mingzhou City, and many people inquired in many ways and learned that it was the two bottles of perfume sold by Master Huang, and then the threshold of Huangfu was broken, and all kinds of visiting guests had the same goal in their mouths, asking where Master Huang got these perfumes. Naturally, it was impossible to find out from his mouth, and Huang Shi sent a tea at the back of a mirror powder box to each of the more than a dozen distinguished guests of different identities who came to visit. But that night, the horse steward of his family reported that someone inquired about the source of the perfume among the Huang family's subordinates, and even offered a message fee of 100 taels.
These things kept Master Huang awake at night. Although the world is not good in recent years, there have been continuous floods and droughts in recent years, but there are still not many victims in the rich Mingzhou Prefecture, and three or four taels of silver are enough for an ordinary family to spend more than a year. If it is in the human market, a yellow flower girl who is literate and hyphenation is only twenty taels of silver. How can the sky-high price of a hundred taels of silver be able to keep the secret of his subordinates? This kind of money-making business Master Huang has never done, and usually even the money earned by foreign traders is less than a fraction of the money earned by this perfume. He had no other way but to ask his master to register all the small servants and maids who knew about American maritime merchants, and strictly forbade them to have contact with the outside world, and in addition, he could only increase the security work of his own village, increase the number and frequency of night patrols, and not allow people to sneak into the village to spy on intelligence.
At this time, Master Huang couldn't sleep, and the distinguished guests who were given crystal mirrors by him couldn't sleep well at the moment. Almost all of the people who can be his guests are three wives and four concubines, and when they get home, they all give the mirror to their wives or concubines, who knows that the family will be upset that night. This small powder box looks small, but the clarity is hundreds of times better than that of the bronze mirror, and many women see themselves for the first time, so the women in their family start various palace fights in order to compete for the ownership of the mirror. A few old men who took the trouble sent the little guy out to buy a few crystal mirrors outside, and when it was dark, the empty-handed little guys came back to cause them to be surprised, this is Mingzhou City, in the world of the Great Wu Dynasty, Mingzhou City can not be found, and other places will definitely not be found. This old man Huang has other new goods! This incident immediately seriously stimulated these old men who were engaged in maritime trade, and they concluded that it must be a new maritime merchant, and this maritime merchant was directly picked up by Master Huang. The whole city of Mingzhou set off an interest in these rare goods overnight, and the powerful and powerless have sent their own personal servants to wander around outside Master Huang's village, hoping to find Master Huang's purchase channels and these new maritime merchants.
When he got up early the next morning, Huang Shi was directly startled, his stockade was close to the sea, and few people came here on weekdays except for the peddlers and pawns who bought and sold daily necessities, and even if they were in the market, they rarely came to him, so there were few people near his stockade. But this morning, outside the wall, there was a market, all kinds of tea stalls, fortune tellers, and shaved heads, as if it was a market. Even if you want to use your ass, these must be spies sent by other maritime merchants. He couldn't help but laugh secretly, not to mention the origin of these three maritime merchants, not to mention these spies, even he doesn't know, where can you people know?
But he still has a sense of crisis, although he has not set a price with these three American maritime merchants, but the businessman's pursuit of profit is certain. If these three maritime merchants were taken over by other maritime merchants, they would certainly be able to attract American maritime merchants at a more favorable price, and their power would be far greater than their own, and they might not necessarily have the power of a local governor directly. Therefore, he also made up his mind that he must not let these three American maritime merchants run out and meet these people.
When the three maritime merchants arrived in the afternoon of the next day, it was Master Huang's confidant Butler Ma who came to greet him, and Huang Shi couldn't leave because he was still receiving some guests who couldn't refuse.
"The three maritime lords are good, the younger one is the housekeeper of the Huang Mansion, the lord has ordered, and when the three masters come, they will change into our clothes." Steward Ma smiled and led the three people into the side room, there were a few sets of ancient costumes on the table, and he brought the three of them in and went out.
The three of them looked at these clothes inexplicably, this was the service worn by people hundreds of years ago, and they had only seen it in some costume films, and the workmanship was not very good. Who knows how to wear it? I had to wear it according to the way I remembered, while groping and dressing.
"This is Master Huang trying to help us cover up our identity, right?" Yang Minghuan asked while buttoning his clothes.
Du Yande nodded, he didn't have any hair at all, and he didn't know how to use it with a turban, "But that's okay, the gap between our clothes and this time and space is too far." It's okay to practice first. ”
When Steward Ma walked in, he was startled by the way these three people wore them, the buttons of their clothes were crooked, their headscarves were wrapped around their heads, they were either wearing a robe backwards or a belt was tied to their chests, and the pants below were wrinkled. He knew that the three maritime merchants were deliberately befriended by the master, so he didn't say much, and ordered two maids from the inner courtyard to come over and serve the three of them to redress.
The two maids who came in were from the inner courtyard, and the quality was quite good, fifteen or sixteen years old, they were about one meter four tall, and they exuded a faint fragrance on their bodies. After coming in, they all lowered their heads and kept silent, and their hands and feet were quick but gently sorted out the clothes for the three people, and as for Sun Wenbin, he directly took off the entire robe.
"Don't do that! …… Why did you strip my robe? Why don't they pick it up? Sun Wenbin expressed a weak and soft protest against the maid picking up his clothes alone.
But the maid, who couldn't understand his Mandarin, just lowered her head and quickly helped him tidy up the clothes inside, and then changed the direction of the robe and helped him put it on again. This bright-eyed little girl is only fourteen or fifteen years old, delicate and lovely, Sun Wenbin can be regarded as a person who has found a girlfriend, but being supported by such a little Lori, and being untied by her clothes, she is really a little unbearable, and she can't help but secretly say that this is a man's paradise. When everything was done, the two little maids didn't dare to go out by themselves, but just stood by the door with their heads down and waited. At this time, Sun Wenbin couldn't help but turn his head sideways and look at the two maids carefully.