CH 90

December 10, 2021 by danmeiheaven

The subsequent impact caused by the first sea trial lasted for almost a month.

Fortunately, all the remaining royal members of the Anas Empire have now been arrested and executed.

Xia Zuoyi also used this opportunity to clean up and rectify some dissident and greedy silverfish1 nobles or officials in the territory. After they were uprooted, the talents selected in the past few years will be recruited.

And these people are almost all Xia Zuoyi’s confidantes.

He specially invited Wiener Lauren, the mayor of Fort Comoy, to discuss the change of officials in the territory.

Wiener Lauren was one of the first people to take the exam.

He got first place in the exam so he was appointed as the mayor of Fort Comoy by Xia Zuoyi.

In fact, he has indeed done very well. He has a smart mind and effective means and methods to govern the city.

Wiener’s father was a nobleman with the title of viscount. Their family was in dire straits and had no fief.

Their family’s residence was just a small, dilapidated manor, employing few servants and barely maintaining a bit of an aristocratic face.

But now it’s different.

Wiener has done a good job being a mayor. In recent years, he has developed Fort Comoy into the second largest city after Wissas following the instructions of Xia Zuoyi.

After he had enough merit and inherited the title of the family, Xia Zuoyi gave Wiener the knighthood—a promotion from viscount to earl.

Wiener has a good relationship with the diplomat Nate.

Nowadays, Fernandi and Walker are Xia Zuoyi’s trustworthy chiefs in military force, while Wiener and Nate are the two officials Xia Zuoyi trusted in civil service.

After the aristocratic officials who were greedy and betrayed the lord because of the secret recipe of sugar were dealt with, Xia Zuoyi specially invited Wiener to discuss all afternoon.

It was not until late afternoon that Wiener left the castle.

Three days later, he and the diplomat Nate boarded a ship and went to the Biya Kingdom.

—The scope of the Biya Kingdom is not too small, and its national strength is much stronger than that of the previous Gaynor, but it’s still a subject of the Saint Airo Empire and adjacent to it.

At the same time.

Vincent, the chief steward of the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce, and Robert, the Grand Duke’s subordinate, also got the order. They took separate ways to the Saint Airo Empire, one after the other, with none interfering with each other.

This time, Green Dumpling followed the convoy of Vincent and his party to find the way to the Saint Airo Empire.

When these three groups acted separately, the rose perfume that Xia Zuoyi ordered to start mass-producing after returning from the Anas Empire finally officially left the factory and was sold in the Thorns Chamber of Commerce.

About the promotion of rose perfume—Xia Zuoyi has already played the banner.

He used the stunning appearance of the queen of the Anas Empire, the current queen of the Anas Kingdom, Minina, on the night of the coup d’état as an advertisement before the official sale.

Queen Minina’s birthday dinner is a special day.

The secrets of the previous generation of the Anas Empire were revealed, King Paul stepped down, forced to commit suicide with his mistress, some members of the royal family died, while some were imprisoned…

Finally, such a huge empire was divided by Archibald De Cavendish and Grand Duke Archiayoli so that the present situation was formed.

That night, there were so many things that left a deep impression on everyone—one of them was Queen Minina Laurie.

Minina Laurie hadn’t appeared in the sight of the nobles of the empire for a long time before this.

She’s a neglected existence in the palace, treated indifferently by King Paul, ignored and secretly ridiculed by Paul’s mistresses… The nobles don’t remember her appearance.

If Minina hadn’t been supported by the Laurie family, she might have lost her queen’s identity.

However, it was also on this night that Minina Laurie made a stunning appearance. The queen, who has always been underestimated, was so beautiful and elegant after dressing up. It was like a new person with a new look.

Everyone at the dinner banquet was amazed.

Minina Laurie not only attracted the attention of all men at the dinner, she also became the noblest queen of the Anas Kingdom after the coup.

Although this is because Archibald Cavendish abandoned the throne and automatically yielded.

But it’s also an unprecedented novelty—a woman, a widow who has lost her husband, ascended the throne, and became a queen—she’s simply the existence of envy and hatred for all the noble ladies and madams in the empire.

Not to mention that afterward, stories about the queen’s amazing debut at the dinner party were described and circulated widely.

—Her hair is black, shiny, and supple, like the most beautiful waves scattered behind her. Her skin is white and her lips are rosy, as attractive as the brightest petals…

She seems to have the scent of roses on her body, draping her on a gorgeous cloak for her ascension to the throne… 

This attractive and apt description was first sent by Xia Zuoyi to spread in the Archiayoli Territory and the Anas Kingdom. Recently, it slowly spread to Desinian Territory through the Thorns Chamber of Commerce.

The desire of the masses needs a fermentation process.

The publicity pamphlet produced by the Thorns Chamber of Commerce was the inducing factor.

When the brochures were delivered to the hands of the noble ladies and madams one by one by the servants, the rose perfume hadn’t yet been produced.

The few bottles studied in the Anas Empire had long been given to Minina as a birthday present.

Of course, there was that first bottle he tried that was taken away by the Pope.

All in all, the things haven’t been produced yet, but the publicity is already in place—this is called “hunger marketing” in modern times.

Xia Zuoyi needs to fully mobilize the interest and desires of potential customers.

In this way, the purchasing power of the first wave is bound to be strong. Once the product is sold, it will naturally be a hot and explosive buying scene.

The follow-up sales depend on the quality of products, so as to continue to attract countless buyers.

The only shortcoming of rose perfume is that the preservation date is not long enough, and the smell does not stay longer on the body for longer than modern perfume.

After all, modern perfumes contain chemicals.

For example, adding a stabilizer to the perfume can reduce the volatilization of alcohol in the perfume, thereby prolonging the retention time of fragrance on the body.

Although a little troublesome, the raw materials of the stabilizer are easy to find.

Xia Zuoyi, Adai, and the other alchemists in the alchemy tower further studied the duration of perfume. In addition to rose perfume, other scented and mixed-scented perfumes will be introduced in the future.

Queen Minina spread a lot of fame at the dinner party where the imperial coup took place, even Lord Desinia also left his name in the ears of the noble ladies and madams who heard about it.

—This is because the queen’s makeup and gown at the time were all a birthday gift from Lord Desinia.

This gift is simply sent to women’s hearts.

This is how Xia Zuoyi’s goal was achieved.

—As soon as the rose perfume was sold, it’s as hot as expected.

From the previous rose salt, the reconstructed Wissas now known as the Rose City, it’s also said that Lord Desinia’s castle is surrounded by a beautiful rose garden. Later, rose jam and rose perfume appeared… 

When people think of Desinia’s family crest…the word “rose” can’t help but leave a deep impression in their hearts.

At this moment, Xia Zuoyi Desinia is undoubtedly linked with the rose.

Biya Kingdom.

Wiener and Nate met the minister of finance of the kingdom as the representative mayor and diplomat of the Desinian territory.

Saint Airo Empire.

Robert, as the Grand Duke’s subordinate, went to meet with the Ed Chamber of Commerce, which had always been against the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce, while Vincent, the chief steward of the Nagabi, approached the noble Marquis Gary Phoebe.

When Green Dumpling became familiar with the route from the Desinian Territory to the Saint Airo Empire, it was fast and convenient to convey information.

It is precisely because of Green Dumpling’s presence that these three groups of talents can seize the opportunity to act at the same time.

More than half a month later, when Wiener, Nat, Vincent, and Robert returned to the Desinian Territory by ship with countless gold coins, the secret recipe of white sugar suddenly burst out in the Biya Kingdom.

Pages of paper recording the steps, methods, and materials of how to make sugar are scattered on the roads that people usually walk on, which is very conspicuous.

Although they don’t know who’s crazy enough to blatantly show the secret formula, it’s almost as if the God of Creation personally lowered his blessing. It was so shocking that even everyone’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

It’s said that on that day, even the nobles in the Biya Kingdom abandoned their reservations and went to the street to pick up the papers.

After this surprising news reached the Saint Airo Empire and was learned by Marquis Gary Phoebe and the Ed Chamber of Commerce, both sides changed their faces in unison.

They stared at the secret sugar formula they had just bought at a high price, cursing in their hearts—damn it.

They can’t react to anything right now—they were fooled!!!

Xia Zuoyi discussed a plan with Orville and Archibald.

He gave the recipe to the two of them, he needed Orville and Archibald to send their people to cooperate with him—Robert and the Chief Steward Vincent took the sugar secret recipe to the Saint Airo Empire respectively.

First, Robert approached Ed Chamber of Commerce in the name of the Grand Duke and was in a hostile relationship with Nagabi Chamber of Commerce to sell the secret recipe to the other party.

Second, Vincent went to contact Gary Phoebe and sold him the recipe at a high price that the other party could afford.

This not only requires concealing each other’s traces but also requires more time.

At this moment, the Pope suggested that the Biya Kingdom is gradually becoming stronger and has always wanted to break away from being a vassal country of the Saint Airo Empire. It’s better to include the Biya Kingdom in this.

The king would be willing to get into the trap.

Xia Zuoyi was a little puzzled.

But after thinking about it, the dependent country is no longer willing to submit and definitely wants to do things, so it will be more helpful to his plan.

Therefore, Xia Zuoyi sent Wiener and Nate to that kingdom.

They first got in touch with the minister of finance of the kingdom and then secretly met the king.

Segalot meant that they don’t have to hide their plan from the king, it’s better to tell the truth, so that they can get the result they wanted.

Xia Zuoyi asked Wiener and Nate to convey his meaning to him.

Sure enough, the king not only bought the secret recipe at the price but also threw the recipe on the street at the most appropriate time.

At the same time, Gary Phoebe and Ed Chamber of Commerce, who paid a higher price to buy the secret recipe, almost fell to the ground vomiting blood and dizziness.

After hearing that Marquis Gary Phoebe was ill, Xia Zuoyi felt much more relieved.

He looked at the small green dot on the ocean map in the system interface that swam in the sea quickly and felt the waves of longing coming from Sweet Dumpling. He immediately called Udit to pack up his things.

He’s going to go to Cogit Harbour—he doesn’t know if Sweet Dumpling has successfully found a pod during this time.

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