Surrounded by many palace maids and eunuchs, Yang Yuhuan walked to the small pavilion next to Penglai Lake and met with her three sisters. This place had become the usual place for the four sisters to meet every time because the scenery here was really good. Moreover, there was almost no one around. It was relatively secluded and they didn't have to worry about irrelevant people hearing what they said.
"Big sister, third sister, eighth sister, sorry to keep you waiting for a long time."
Yang Yuhuan greeted her sisters politely and waved her hand to let the eunuchs and maids around her stay a little farther away in case they heard their private conversation.
The eunuchs ran directly 30 steps away, and the maids behind them all stepped back 10 steps after putting down the plates, waiting quietly. As long as Yang Yuhuan didn't give the order, they wouldn't come over casually.
"Sister, why did you bring so many small glass bottles? What's in them? Can they be drunk? "
Madam Qin asked.
Before Yang Yuhuan had time to answer, Madam Guo kept sniffing and then looked at the three of them.
"Do you smell it? It's so fragrant!"
"Yes, it's the fragrance of chrysanthemum. What a strong fragrance!"
"Where did the fragrance come from? It's from you. Yes, the fragrance of chrysanthemum is all over your collar and sleeves."
After the three ladies approached Yang Yuhuan, they smelled the fragrance on Yang Yuhuan's body and were sure that the strong fragrance came from Yang Yuhuan's body.
"Sister! Why do you smell so good? What kind of powder do you use? "
"Don't rush to say. Let me guess! It must be a foreign tribute given to you by His Majesty. "
"No way! In terms of chrysanthemum, how can it be better than our Tang dynasty? Our Tang dynasty is the paradise of chrysanthemum. The powder with the fragrance of chrysanthemum should be from our Tang dynasty. "
"Don't guess. Let me tell you! Where did you get such good powder? "
The three madams talked at the same time.
Yang Yuhuan smiled proudly. She looked at her three sisters and said with certainty, "Sisters, who said that I'm wearing perfume? It's a new thing called perfume. You must have never heard of it! Haha! "
As an imperial concubine, Yang Yuhuan rarely had the chance to show off. Now that there was such an opportunity, she naturally couldn't miss it.
"Perfume? I've never heard of this before. It's something like water!"
Madam Qin said.
The lady of Guo looked at the three small glass bottles in front of her and blurted out, "Sister, is the perfume you mentioned in these bottles?"
As she spoke, she picked up a small glass bottle and pressed it tentatively. Suddenly, the fragrance of chrysanthemum spread in the air, which surprised the two people beside her.
"Perfume, this is the chrysanthemum perfume. It must have been given to my sister by His Majesty! Little Sister, you're so nice. You even thought of us and prepared a bottle for each of us. Hahaha! "
As the three madams talked, they each took a bottle and tried it from time to time. They couldn't stop praising the effect of the perfume.
Yang Yuhuan had indeed prepared three bottles for them. She was her sister, so there was nothing she couldn't bear to part with. Moreover, Li An had prepared eight bottles for her in one go. She had kept five for herself. Of course, she wouldn't tell her sister about the eight bottles.
"His Majesty doesn't know about this perfume yet. It was given to me by Ang Lee. He said that it was a gift for me. He just developed it. Besides, he'll send the begonia perfume tomorrow. I'll let you try it then. "
Yang Yuhuan said.
When the three madams heard this, they were all shocked. They didn't expect that the perfume in front of them was given to them by Ang Lee. Moreover, it was just developed, which aroused their great attention. Because their intuition as women could see that this product had a very high commercial value. Once it was sold in the market, it would inevitably make a huge profit.
When they heard Li An's name, the three madams had already made up their minds. They had to get their hands on the perfume developed by Li An. This was a project that was even more profitable than the battery. After all, no matter how good the battery was, it would be fine if they didn't use it. As for the perfume, it was a necessity to increase their personal charm. Most importantly, perfume was a consumable. Its consumption rate was much higher than the consumption rate of underwear. Once it was used up, it would be necessary to buy it again. As such, selling perfume would naturally provide them with a steady stream of income.
"Little sister, even His Majesty doesn't know about the perfume project this time. This means that other than you and us, no one else knows about this. We must act quickly and get this project. If we act late, it will be like the battery project. I'll leave this matter to you, little sister."
Madam Han said.
Yang Yuhuan smiled slightly and said, "Sisters, don't worry. I'll try my best. This is a gift from Ang Lee. I won't let him tell the secret of making perfume to others."
"Little Sister, how is this perfume made? Did he say it?"
Madam Qin asked.
"He said that this perfume is made from the essence extracted from the petals of chrysanthemums. Such a small bottle of perfume requires a large basket of fresh chrysanthemums. The cost is very high. By the way, in order to collect enough chrysanthemums, Ang Lee asked more than 100 of his guards to go to the mountains to collect flowers. On the way back, these soldiers were too ashamed to see others. Hahaha!"
After that, she couldn't help laughing.
"Really? There is such a thing. It's so interesting. Hahaha! "
The three ladies also laughed. However, what made them happy was not that the soldier made a fool of himself, but that they had another industry that could make money. Moreover, they had to seize this industry. As a result, their hearts were extremely excited, and they could not even control themselves.
"Little Sister! We'll take this perfume. We'll come back tomorrow morning. I just don't know how much begonia perfume Assistant Minister Li can make. If it's not much, you can enjoy it alone. If it's enough, we won't be polite. "
Madam Han said.
"Sister, don't worry! I'll think about you. In the next spring, we can get more and better perfume. After all, it's autumn now and there are not many kinds of flowers. "
Yang Yuhuan said.
"Yes, yes, yes. That's true."
"Little Sister, let's row! It's such a good weather. "
"Okay! Sisters, let's row. "
The four sisters chatted and went boating in Penglai Lake. They all sprayed perfume. As a result, along the way, the strong fragrance of chrysanthemum filled the entire lake of Penglai Lake with the fragrance of chrysanthemum.
If they wanted to deal with the perfume industry, they had to persuade the Emperor first. Only when the Emperor was persuaded could the industry go on smoothly. Yang Yuhuan had to do it. If the Emperor agreed, it would be almost done. In addition, they had to make Ang Lee agree willingly. Otherwise, it would be difficult to improve the perfume. If Ang Lee made trouble, the consequences would be very serious.
Yang Yuhuan was confident that she could persuade Ang Lee, but the three sisters didn't seem to trust her. Therefore, they would try their best to please Ang Lee. In this way, the four sisters would work together and there would be no problem in dealing with the perfume industry.
Along the way, other than chatting and laughing, the topic they talked about the most was how to take over the perfume industry. In addition, they were also very worried that this technology would be leaked. For example, the previous design idea of the underwear was quickly copied by others, causing their business to suffer a big blow.
If the technology of perfume was mastered by others, they wouldn't be able to make much money. After all, the Tang dynasty was so big and there were flowers everywhere. If the technology of making perfume was mastered by ordinary people, there would be more perfume on the market than there were people who wanted to buy perfume. In this way, the price of perfume couldn't be guaranteed.
For example, ordinary perfume. Because the production technology wasn't very difficult, many people could produce it. Therefore, the price of many perfume was always in a low position, and it couldn't reach the level of huge profits. There was no businessman who didn't like huge profits. If the profit was very low, it would be too hard to make money.
How could they completely master the technology in their own hands? This was the most urgent problem that the Yang sisters needed to solve. This problem was the most important.
If they wanted to master the technology, they must get Ang Lee to give it to them. If they wanted to prevent the technology from leaking, the first thing was to prevent Ang Lee from leaking it. This was the source of the technology. If Ang Lee told others the technology of making perfume, then their monopoly plan would be ruined.
Another problem was the leakage of the craftsmen. If Ang Lee gave them the technology, they couldn't make it themselves! They had to hand it over to the craftsmen, and a large number of craftsmen were needed. With so many craftsmen working, it was inevitable that they would come into contact with the technology of making perfume. If the technology was leaked, people outside would know about it. In this way, they would lose their monopoly advantage.
Even if the imperial court supported them, it would be useless. Many things with huge profits were beyond the control of the imperial court. As long as there was a high profit, many people would rush to it.
Mrs. Guo volunteered to take over the task of helping Ang Lee, while the other two ladies were thinking about how to choose the craftsmen. They had to choose the most reliable craftsmen. Once the craftsmen joined their workshop, they couldn't leave for the rest of their lives, even if they were sick. They had to ask a doctor to come in and take a look at them. In addition, the doctor had to be appointed by them. Unless they died, they could leave.
Restricting the personal freedom of the craftsmen was the best way they could think of to prevent the technology from leaking out. In addition, no matter how careful they were, it was difficult to completely prevent the technology from leaking out.
In fact, since ancient times, both individuals and countries had attached great importance to the confidentiality of technology. For example, the silkworm eggs and mulberry leaves unique to Hua Xia were not allowed to be taken out of the country, and the technology of making paper was forbidden to be spread. There were many other secrets that couldn't be passed on.
The outside world was naturally interested in the products of Hua Xia, so they tried their best to get these products, but it was very difficult.
In the end, the technology of silk was leaked and spread all over the world, and the technology of making paper was spread to the Middle East after the Battle of Talas in the Tang dynasty.
Of course, because there was no battle after Ang Lee came here, the technology of making paper in the Tang dynasty hadn't been spread. In the world, only the Tang Empire could make paper, and people outside could only buy paper from the Tang dynasty.
However, unlike the large number of small businessmen who made paper in the past, after machinery was added to the paper industry, many small workshops that made paper by hand were eliminated. Machine workshops were very good at making paper, and the amount of paper they could produce was more than a hundred times higher than that of handmade workshops. With these large quantities of cheap paper, the cultural industry flourished. Large quantities of paper could even be loaded into cars and transported to the outside world, making a lot of money for the Tang Empire.
Blocking technology was the prerequisite for making a lot of money. Only by blocking all technology and not letting outsiders know about it could one's products always be in an invincible position and never be in short supply. Once the technology was leaked, the products would encounter competition, and the profits would not be so high.
For example, the Hua Xia Empire in the future was the best at breaking through technology blockades. As long as the technology of any ridiculously expensive product was broken through by Hua Xia, it would quickly become as cheap as cabbages. The price of the same foreign products that were originally very expensive could only be greatly reduced. Otherwise, they would completely lose the market in Hua Xia, or even the market in the world.
In order to prevent more technology from being broken through, many foreign countries that had mastered new and high-tech technologies would carry out an extremely strict technology blockade on Hua Xia. They would not let Hua Xia obtain the technology, so that their products could always be sold at a very high price and make a lot of money.
The Yang sisters were greedy. The emperor had given them a lot of land and houses, enough for them to live without worrying about food and clothing, but they were not satisfied with this. Instead, they hoped that they could get more, the more the better. There was nothing better than an industry to get a steady stream of wealth, so they were very fond of industries that could make a lot of money.
In order to continue to maintain this industry, it was necessary to carry out technology blockades, so that outsiders could not obtain this technology as much as possible, or only get a superficial knowledge of it and could not compete with them.
Perfume had just appeared, and not many people knew about it. Therefore, the Yang sisters must act as soon as possible and get this important industry in their hands as soon as possible. Only in this way could they be really relieved.
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