Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 233 Shrewd Kaparin
Perfume has existed since ancient times, and it is used by both men and women. Perfume is made from flowers and spices. Its main function is to cover up the peculiar smell on the body, because ancient people wore thick clothes and did not take baths often.

So perfume is also considered a necessity for big families.

The Western Region businessman named Kapalin boasted about his products. He not only talked about it, but also carefully opened the cap of the glass bottle, and then poured out a drop of the so-called "perfume" on the back of his hand.

"This fragrance is brewed from flowers. Sprinkling it on the body not only smells good, but also can repel mosquitoes. Almost all the noble ladies and young ladies in our Anxi country will carry a bottle with them. Beautiful little girl, smell this perfume Is the smell very fragrant and attractive?"

Dong Bai took a step back disgustedly, but Diao Chan whispered in surprise, "Hey! It's like the bottle of toilet water from my husband!"

Zou Huimin lived in Liu's Mansion for a while, and she also tried all the novelty items in the bathroom, so she also showed a curious expression like Diao Chan at the moment.

"How about that, are you shocked by the Pokémon of my Karin family? This item is very precious and rare. If there are adults or nobles who like it, please exchange it with fifty bolts of silk or one hundred catties of tea. !"

Liu Yu was shocked on the spot after hearing this, "My good fellow, this Kaparin is really a lion. A bottle of so-called perfume dares to exchange ten bolts of silk. No wonder Dong Bai said that he deceived the big man and the common people!"

Just when Liu Yu thought that Kaparin's business would be difficult to continue, he saw a rich man in gorgeous clothes shout, "I want both the glass bottle and the perfume."

In fact, the high-quality glass bottle alone has attracted this rich man. When he heard that there was perfume in it, he was even more moved. Because his newly married wife likes to sprinkle perfume, so he thought he must buy it. Give it to my wife to try.

A rich man is not short of money, and it is normal to buy it out of curiosity, but just as the rich man made an offer, another rich man with a big arm and a thick waist shouted that he was willing to pay for sixty bolts of silk.

"Oh, this bottle of perfume is just one! The two masters are distinguished people, and Kaparin really doesn't know who to sell it to! Or the one with the highest price will get it!"

Liu Yu was shocked again when he heard the words, and thought that this Kaparin was really not simple. One sentence aroused the comparison psychology of two rich people, and even set up an auction bidding. Sure enough, there are many routines of businessmen.

Just as Liu Yu speculated, following the sentence that the highest price wins, the rich man in flamboyant clothes confronted the rich man with big arms and thick waist. The price of a hundred bolts of silk.

Both silk and tea are special products of the Han Dynasty, and the former is used as currency. A piece of silk was [-] years ago, and a hundred pieces of silk cost [-] yuan, which can buy [-] catties of grain.

But this amount of money was nothing to the wealthy households of the rich family, and the bidding between the two also attracted more wealthy people to participate, and some even fought with each other for the final right to purchase the glass bottle.

Kaparin stood aside and smiled triumphantly, thinking that the rich people in Luoyang City are really stupid and have a lot of money.

A piece of silk sold to the countries of the Western Regions is a sky-high price!However, the glass bottle in Kaparin's hand was very common in the Parthian Dynasty and was not worth much, and it contained only ordinary water soaked in flower petals, so it didn't cost much at all.

And his smartest part is not only using the method of bundling sales, but also the sales method of auction bidding.

What's more, he only took out one glass bottle containing perfume at a time, but he actually has many more bottles like this.

Rare is more expensive!Just like what Kaparin thought, there are many rich people in Luoyang who are stupid and rich. When the price is raised, he will sell more glass bottles containing perfume so he doesn't have to worry about the price.

Thinking of Kaparinle's joy here, he can make a lot of money this trip!
Dong Bai also likes rare objects, and he doesn't rule out things from the Western Regions, but he only hates businessmen from the Western Regions coming to Luoyang City to do business.

In her opinion, the merchants in the Western Regions are particularly treacherous, and they always have a way to make the rich men of the big man bid and attack each other for a so-called Western Region treasure, and every time she sees this situation, she wants to step forward to stop it .

"Stop it all, my princess. How decent it is to fight for a broken bottle made in the Western Regions. It's embarrassing for our Han Dynasty! As everyone knows, our Han Dynasty has more exquisite glass products, and that Laoshizi's perfume is also far worse than the smell of our big man's toilet water!"

When Liu Yu was in later generations, he also particularly hated those Han people who repeated their fetishism, so at this moment, he praised Dong Bai's actions from the bottom of his heart.

It's just that he was a little puzzled, how did Dong Bai know about toilet water?Could it be that Diao Chan told her?

"This beautiful little girl turns out to be a noble princess, but what you said just now is hard to convince me that it is true. The Han Dynasty is the best in weaving silk, but when it comes to glass products, what I brought The rest glass here is the most exquisite!"

Kapalin didn't dare to mention the perfume. It was the petal water he made after he came to Luoyang, and it was just a gimmick for packaging glass bottles.

But he has great confidence in glass products, because he has been traveling between the Western Regions and the Han territory all year round, and has a very detailed understanding of the level of glass manufacturing and preferences in various places.

So he was sure that the glass products he brought were definitely the best, but Dong Bai said that the glass products of the big man were more sophisticated, so he couldn't convince him.

It's fine if Kaparin doesn't believe it, but what Dong Bai can't bear is that those rich people who worship foreigners and foreign countries even stand by Kaparin's side.

I just heard the well-dressed rich man say: "Your Majesty, you don't know that the glass craftsmanship of our big man is actually learned from the Anxi Kingdom. This is clearly recorded in Bowanghou's travel notes." , so the merchant from the Western Regions is right, their glass products are indeed the best."

Bowanghou was Zhang Qian who was sent to the Western Regions. He created the Silk Road and brought many imported goods to the great man.

Immediately afterwards, another person echoed and said: "Yes, the glass made by our big man is extremely rough. It is too inferior to be used as an ornamental product, and it is not strong enough to be used as a daily product. It really cannot be compared with the hands of the merchants in the Western Regions!"

Hearing this, Dong Bai was so angry that he was speechless.

In fact, the glass products in the late Han Dynasty are still in the past, but some people just value the labels imported from abroad. As long as they buy things from the hands of barbarians in the Western Regions, they feel that they are treasures in the world. Feel good.

It seems that in order to refute these people's views, the only way is to bring out more exquisite glass products produced by Dahan.

Yong'an Palace has one, but it's a pity that Dong Bai didn't take it with him when he went out, otherwise he would have slapped everyone in the face.

At this time, Diao Chan was also disgusted by everyone's adoring and flattering faces, so she wanted to refute Dong Bai a few words.

"Actually... my husband's master can make more exquisite glass bottles, which are tens of thousands of times better than those of your Anxi country! And the toilet water invented by his old man smells much better than your Anxi country's perfume!"

When Diao Chan said it, she was completely shocked. Who was her husband's master?And can that master really make a glass bottle that is ten thousand times more exquisite?

(End of this chapter)