Chapter 1104： 2 perfumes

When it comes to trade, the two sides should have contacts. Otherwise, it would be silly to pay for it unilaterally. Moreover, the party who unilaterally spends money will also be in a disadvantaged position and will be slaughtered and threatened at any time. Because, the other party does not need to beg you.

Therefore, Marin should prepare some rare goods that the Ming Dynasty needed. For example, perfume ...

This is a trade project that Marin has prepared for a long time, and he has prepared it for a long time. Currently, Marin has prepared a total of two fragrances-lavender and rose.

Lavender is a project that Marin has prepared for a long time. He specially sent people to the Mediterranean coast to introduce the scent of lavender with rich aroma. Extract lavender essence.

Extracting the essence is simple, it is extracted with alcohol. The most indispensable part of Marin is probably alcohol. Because, in the process of steaming Erguotou, the alcohol in the pan and the tail will be processed into medical alcohol. So accumulated, the amount is very large. Even if it is medical, it does not need so much. After all, not many people can see the disease this year. Therefore, Marin was worried about how to consume alcohol.

Of course, the alcohol used in perfumes is very demanding and must not have impurities or odors. Therefore, Marin will use charcoal to pass the medical alcohol to absorb impurities. Then, distill it again to increase the purity.

The general charcoal absorption capacity is not strong, for example, Liuxia charcoal used in ancient China was equipped with gunpowder. This charcoal is a product after simmering, and its quality is average.

The charcoal used by Marin to absorb impurities is to put the wood block in the furnace to isolate the air and then heat it with coal at high temperature, the temperature can reach thousands of degrees.

At such high temperatures, the wood will not only be converted into charcoal, but the volatile substances in the wood will also vaporize and leave the wood. The representative of this is methanol, which used to be called wood spirit.

When methanol and other substances vaporize and leave the wood, many pores are formed in the wood, forming a honeycomb-like internal structure. And this structure is much like activated carbon. However, there are not as many pores as activated carbon. However, if the amount is large, the effect is also good. However, these charcoals are not expensive, and can be burned after the adsorbent is finished.

Marin intends that if the Daming market is opened, he intends to further expand the planting area. After all, don't look at the lavender planting area of ​​up to 10,000 mu. One mu of lavender can be used. Even if Marin's new agricultural technology is used, the essential oil extracted from lavender per mu is only 3 to 5 kg.

According to the density of 1.33 liters per kilogram of essential oil, 5 kilograms is only 6.65 liters, which is equivalent to 6650 milliliters.

The perfume bottle used by Marin is 100 ml, even if the perfume is configured according to the minimum ratio of 15%, each bottle needs 15 ml. In this way, only 443 bottles of lavender essential oil can be placed on one acre of real estate. 10,000 mu of lavender is enough to make 4.43 million bottles.

Don't look at the quantity, but the demand is greater. In Europe, the demand for perfume is very large. The main thing is that everyone does not take a bath, and their body smells great.

Moreover, after supplying Marin with perfume artisans, the Holy See asked Marin to supply no less than tens of thousands of bottles of perfume every year. After all, those bishops also need to cover up the smell of not taking a bath. At the same time, the Italian woman's pursuit of fragrance is also very enthusiastic.

As long as Marin is willing, these perfumes can be sold in Europe and are in short supply. The problem is, Marin wants to recover the money spent from Daming. After all, it is too bad to buy goods from the Ming Dynasty in real money.

Therefore, Marin decided to sell most of these perfumes to Daming to fill the trade deficit.

Moreover, the 100 ml glass bottle containing perfume is also a big selling point. Because there was no decent glass in the Ming Dynasty, only variegated glass called glaze.

The glass bottles that Marin uses to hold perfume are all transparent lead glass, which looks very tall. You know, there was no transparent glass in the Ming Dynasty, and packaging perfume in transparent glass was absolutely full.

For the price of a bottle of perfume, Marin also intends to darken it and set a price of 5 two silver. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty was also unable to produce perfumes, even transparent glass bottles. If not afraid that the price would be too high, the other party could not afford it, Marin also planned to set a higher price.

5How much is two silver? That's 186.5 grams of silver! According to the ratio of 1 to 12 in Europe, you can exchange 15.54 grams of gold, which is 4.36 gold coins. If the current gold and silver exchange price is 1 to 6 in the Ming Dynasty, it will double.

In fact, Marin also intends to use smaller glass bottles of perfume, also at a high price. However, this year, glass bottles were blown by artisans. Like the 30-ml glass bottle Marlin wants, it is not difficult to blow. Ordinary glass craftsmen may not be able to blow well, and it requires a master craftsman to make it difficult for mass production. In desperation, Marin had to choose a glass bottle of 100 ml grade, which is less difficult, and can be blown by ordinary glass artisans, which is convenient for mass production. After all, there are still a lot of glass craftsmen of ordinary level, and they are also very well trained.

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In addition to lavender-scented perfumes, Marin also made rose-scented perfumes. The origin of rose essence is mainly in England.

It's also funny to say, Marin also received the supply of roses in England by accident, and the reason is very funny ...

It turned out that after Edward won the throne of England with the help of Marin, he naturally wanted to show the status of the York family. As a result, the white rose was designated as the national flower with a distinguished status.

And the red rose, the symbol of the Lancaster family who had once been dead, was rejected by Edward.

As a result, Edward ordered that the red rose be a cheap flower, and that no red rose flowers could be sold on the market, and he planned to order the eradication of red roses across the country.

As soon as Marin couldn't do it, he dissuaded Edward. After all, the red rose is a symbol of love. If according to Edward's approach, then send lovers to send white roses? What's more, white flowers are a symbol of funeral in the East. Thinking of courtship with white flowers in the future, Marin was very satisfied ...

But Edward insisted on not allowing red roses to be sold in the market, and insisted that red roses were cheap flowers. Marin had no choice but to feel that the English flower growers who planted red roses must be unlucky.

However, at the time he was just preparing for perfume manufacturing. So, Marin made a move-since you are not allowed to sell red roses on the market, then, I will send someone to buy red rose petals, processed into fragrances, right?

As a result, Marin pleaded with Edward and took over the acquisition of red rose petals in England. In this way, red rose flowers disappeared in the English market. However, the essence extracted from the petals of red roses ~ www.novelhall.com ~ has become an important product in the perfume workshop under the name of Marin.

Moreover, because it was a robbery, Marin's purchase price of red rose petals in England is not high. After all, red roses are currently not available for sale in England, and they are sold to Marin to extract the essence, which is probably the only use.

Of course, it's not that no one hit the petals of red roses. Some people also learn that Marin purchases red rose petals to extract essences, but their scale is very small and not climate-friendly. Because they do n’t have enough alcohol to extract the essence ...

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Lavender fragrance and rose fragrance are the main products of Marin. As long as these two fist products are managed well, there is still a lot of promise. Not to mention the low prices of the Ming Dynasty, there are a lot of rich people. Moreover, perfume is rare, there will always be rich people to buy it.

In addition, Marin has long thought about the sales strategy-mainly take two routes, one is the official wife route, which is mainly used to give gifts and bribes, and open up fame; the other is the Qinglou route, which is to let those who are worthy of things. Use perfume to attract guests, and even endorse perfume to expand its popularity ...

With such a two-pronged approach, it is estimated that it is not difficult to sell perfume in Daming ...