The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

Since ancient times, Chinese food has focused on color, flavor, and flavor. As a ready-to-eat convenience food, instant noodles cannot be comprehensive in this aspect, but the aroma and taste are maximized.

The Earl of Argyll raised his head and poured the last bit of soup into his mouth, feeling the rich taste blooming on his taste buds.

"It's so delicious! Sir, please give me another bowl!" He put down the bowl and shouted to the white man not far away.

At this time, there were several empty bowls in front of him.

There is no way. As a food desert, the food in the UK is famous all over the world for being monotonous and unpalatable. There are even many foods that you have no desire to eat just by looking at them.

The French philosopher Voltaire once said: Britain has a hundred religions, but only one sauce!

Now, for the first time, instant noodles, a food with a large amount of chicken essence, MSG and flavor, is a huge shock to a British person.

The white man walked up to the Earl of Argyll with a smile on his face and said.

"I'm very sorry, sir, all the instant noodles in the store have been sold out. If you still want to eat, you can go to the grocery store on the street and buy it yourself."

"Can you buy it at a grocery store?" Earl Argyle looked surprised, obviously not expecting that such delicious food could be purchased directly from a grocery store.

"Yes sir, it should be sold in various grocery stores in the city. If you want to buy in large quantities, you can go directly to the Royal Food Factory to place an order."

Now the Earl of Argyll was even more shocked. For most of his life, this was the first time he heard that noodles could be ordered from the factory.

But despite being shocked, the joy on his face could not be concealed.

Being able to place an order from the factory means that he can often eat this delicious noodles in the future, and it also means that this food called instant noodles can be traded as a bulk commodity.

As long as this food is shipped back to the UK, people who eat pig food every day will definitely be willing to spend money to buy his instant noodles, and he will be able to earn a lot of pounds relying on this kind of noodles.

It was not unreasonable for the Earl of Argyll to be appointed as the British Finance Minister a few years later. He immediately discovered this business opportunity from the words of the man.

But what the Earl of Argyll didn't know was that British businessmen had already purchased instant noodles and canned food in bulk before him and shipped them to other places for trading.

The only difference is that so far no one has any plans to ship instant noodles back to the UK.

A trip of three to four months is too far and too risky, so not everyone is willing to take the risk.

"Thank you very much for the information, Mr. Henry. Give the waiter a pound tip and please settle the bill for us."

The Earl of Argyll was in a good mood and gave the white man a pound tip, which confused the latter.

One pound! 12 taels of silver, this is already half a year's salary!

"Sir, thank you so much, the Lord will bless you!"

He tremblingly took the gold coin handed over by the old butler and carefully put it into his pocket. While thanking him repeatedly, he did not forget to settle the consumption for the Earl of Argyle and his party.

"This generous gentleman, your total consumption is 300 copper coins. If you don't have copper coins, you can also pay with pennies, which is converted to six pence."

"Is it 6 pence? This price is very reasonable, but they are all my servants. Please settle all the expenses together." The Earl of Argyll looked at the four noodle bowls on his table and thought that the white waiter was asking for it. The 4 pence mentioned is the price of these 6 bowls of noodles.

At this time, each hen in the UK could be sold for two pence. The price of 4 pence for four bowls of such delicious noodles seemed very reasonable to the Earl of Argyll.

"This generous gentleman, it's not your 4 bowls of noodles that cost 6p, but all of you spending a total of [-]p together."

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"It seems that the Earl of Argyll is very interested in this instant noodles!"

In the office, Zhu Heyi had just finished listening to Jin Yiwei's report and said with a frown.

Affected by the inertial thinking of the previous life, Zhu Heyi positioned instant noodles as a low-end, mass-produced product from the very beginning.

But now, he regrets it!He seriously underestimated the interest of these Europeans in instant noodles.

Nowadays, as more and more businessmen stop by Manila, his instant noodles have become the highest-selling among all his products due to their unique taste and low price.

However, because of the low-end consumption route taken from the beginning, although the sales volume of instant noodles is the highest, the profit is the lowest.

This is very uncomfortable!

"Your Majesty, are you dissatisfied with the low profit of instant noodles?" Looking at Emperor Zhu Da's bitter and resentful face, Xue Wen immediately guessed the reason.

"That's right! Our cost to produce a bag of instant noodles is three cents, and the shipping price is four cents per bag. The profit of one cent per bag is too small! After those merchants shipped the instant noodles back, they were probably selling them at 10 times the price Selling at 20 times the price, we are just a low-cost manufacturer, and those people make the money."

Emperor Zhu Da said with a sad look on his face.

"Pfft!"

After listening to Zhu Heyi's words, Xue Wen, who rarely smiled, rarely covered her mouth and let out a chuckle.

"Your Majesty, this is actually easy to solve."

"Oh, tell me, if the method is good, I will reward you greatly!"

Xue Wen rolled his eyes at Emperor Zhu.

"The simplest, most direct and most effective way is to set tariffs! And if you are not satisfied with the current price of instant noodles, you can also raise the price. There are many reasons for raising prices, including insufficient production capacity and rising material costs. "Xue Wen said softly.

"Yes, why didn't I think of such a simple thing?" Zhu Heyi slapped his thigh and stood up.

As a talented young man from the 21st century, he had not thought of such a simple tariff issue!

But this can't be entirely blamed on him. After all, the Philippines is a Spanish colony, and its purpose of existence is to allow them to plunder various resources and transport them back to the country. In this way, there is no need to pay customs duties.

Although the Manila Bay Port has huge traffic, it is only a transit supply port. Without a large amount of cargo turnover, there is no need for customs.

The above two points led to the Spaniards not setting up customs in Manila City. Zhu Heyi ignored this point after taking the place.

As for what Xue Wen said about increasing the selling price, it is not necessary yet. What he wants to earn is not the money of his own people, but the money of those wealthy people in Europe.

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