The world of children is very simple, not as complicated as the world of adults. Caesar had told Princess Margaret a lot of interesting fairy tales under Marlin's instructions, so that Princess Margaret had long regarded Caesar as a great good person.

It should be pointed out that the good people in the eyes of a little girl are different from the good people in the mouth of an adult woman. The good person in the mouth of an adult woman is hopeless when she is issued a good person card, but the good person in the eyes of a little girl is the kind that can "grow up and marry you".

Now, Caesar has sent hundreds of beautiful dresses made of purple satin, which will surely increase Caesar's prestige with Princess Margaret.

Moreover, the cost is not very large. Princess Margaret was only 10 years old, and her dress number was very small, and she could make several dresses with a purple satin. 100 sets of purple skirts, only about 20 pieces of purple satin. Including the processing fee, it doesn't cost much.

Of course, this is talking about the cost on Marin's side. Ma Lin imported purple silk from the Ming Dynasty for only 2 taels of silver each, equivalent to 1.74 gold coins. The cost of shipping to Europe is definitely not more than 5 gold coins. In addition, in order to meet the clothing requirements of Angela, Felise, and the other women of the family, Marlin specially selected among the young girls who were particularly talented in tailoring and trained them to serve as tailors for the royal family. Now, a few years later, these girls don't say that they design their own clothes, at least they have done a good job of many princess dresses and lady dresses that Marin came from later generations. There is a group of professional tailors in the house, and the labor cost of making clothes for Princess Margaret is not high, and it is very fast.

But in the market, purple satin skirts are very expensive. Silk and purple dyes are precious and scarce in Europe, and there are no more costume designers in Europe today. If the purple satin skirt in the Marin Palace is circulated in the market, it will be at least twenty or thirty gold coins a piece, and it will have a price.

On the English side, although Marin also sent people to sell silk and porcelain a few times, there was very little purple silk sold there, and it was basically eaten by the English royal family. Because, Princess Margaret loves purple very much. However, there are not many of them.

In fact, the purple color of the East in this era was much cheaper than that of the West. Because the European purple dye, which mainly comes from the fuel extracted from a snail in the eastern Mediterranean, is very rare and precious. Until the advent of the synthetic dye aniline violet in the 19th century, purple was something that European royal families, great nobles, and church officials could afford. Moreover, purple dyes will certainly not be used on "lowly" fabrics such as linen and wool, but only on expensive silk.

But the ancient Chinese purple dye is much cheaper, because the ancient Chinese purple dye is extracted from a plant called comfrey. Although its printing and dyeing process is complicated (it requires color fixing), the cost is indeed much cheaper than that of purple dyes in Europe.

However, Marin did not import purple silk in large quantities, but imported enough and then slightly excess. This is so because purple is too exalted in Europe. If he were to sell purple silk to ordinary people, it might cause resentment among the royal families of other countries who respected the wearing of purple, as well as the upper echelons of the church.

It is not difficult to understand that many members of the royal family in Europe, as well as the upper echelons of the church, are now proud to wear purple satin clothes. If Marin imported purple satin clothes in large quantities and sold them to the common wealthy, so that the commoners could also wear purple satin clothes, it would be strange if the kings and archbishops who were proud to wear purple silk clothes were not annoyed by Marin. Therefore, Marin could not dump purple silk in Europe, so as not to offend people for no reason.

However, there is nothing wrong with using purple silk as a barrier for weddings at home, and giving purple satin clothes to Princess Margaret. Because after all, he is also a king now, and Princess Margaret is also the heir to the Kingdom of England, and her status is sufficient. As long as you don't sell purple satin clothes to ordinary people, you basically won't be hated.

Moreover, in the future, Marin planned to use purple silk as a gift for mutual gifts between monarchs. When there is a big event between the royal families in Europe, they also congratulate each other and give gifts. For example, when the king or crown prince of a certain country gets married, and other countries with good relations or at least not bad relations must send congratulatory gifts. Moreover, the delivery should not be shabby. Otherwise, people will laugh at you.

The cost of sending too expensive congratulatory gifts is too high. But it was too cheap and was laughed at. Therefore, this kind of purple satin, which is not suitable for private sales, has become a very suitable congratulatory gift.

This thing was only 2 taels of silver a horse in the Ming Dynasty, and even if it was a high-end product in the Ming Dynasty, it was only 5 taels of silver a horse. But in Europe, a piece of such purple silk costs at least 50 gold coins, and it is not even possible to buy it. Marin gave 100 pieces of purple silk as a congratulatory gift, and the cost was only 200 taels of silver, but the market price in Europe was 5,000 gold coins. This gift is very valuable wherever you put it. Moreover, it is very face-saving.

In this way, Marin later became a madman who sent purple silk. When a king or prince had a happy event at his house, Marin would send 100 pieces of purple silk and nothing else. The cost is only a few hundred taels of silver, but it is the most arrogant and eye-catching among all the guests' gifts......

Especially on the birthdays of princesses of some small countries, in order to get purple satin, they often deliberately invite the royal family of Beihai to a birthday party. But not every princess is qualified to let the North Sea Kingdom send someone there, so many times, it's just a gift. But those princesses didn't care, because the Beihai Kingdom would send 50 pieces of purple silk even if it was a low-standard celebration like a birthday party. Just right, it can be used to make beautiful clothes......

Those small vassal states, whose economic conditions were not very good, could not afford to buy such expensive purple silk. Moreover, even if you can afford it, there is no market for it. Because, purple dye is too scarce. Therefore, many princesses of small princely states relied on birthday banquets to invite Caesar and William, the princes of Beihai, to deceive the purple silk. Anyway, whether the two princes come or not, 50 pieces of purple silk will be delivered. In the words of those princesses - it doesn't matter if people come or not, the purple silk must be ......

Marin knew this, but he also felt funny. Because, in the Ming Dynasty, this thing was only 2 taels of silver a horse. Ordinary landlord families can afford it, let alone local tyrants.

In the early Ming Dynasty, because of Zhu Yuanzhang's strict rules, small families may not be allowed to wear purple clothes. Even, the children of merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. But by the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the rules were much relaxed. The children of merchants can also participate in the imperial examination, and ordinary small families can also wear purple clothes. Now is the middle of the Ming Dynasty, when the rules began to be relaxed, purple clothes have begun to enter thousands of households, and they are easy to buy on the market.

Like the purple silk that Marin gave as a gift to the royal families and princesses, it was actually a popular commodity worn by ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty market. However, in Europe, it has become a very popular luxury. Moreover, there is actually a princess who specially fights it, which is really laughable.

In fact, 50 pieces of purple silk cost only 100 taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty. And what is 100 taels of silver? Liu Jin received the gift, and he couldn't take it out without 10,000 taels of silver. Of course, on the bright side, the annual salary of the county order of the Ming Dynasty was only 45 taels of silver. Therefore, 100 taels is actually not a lot in this era. It's just that it's too shabby to be used as a congratulatory gift between countries.

But considering the high and rarity of purple silk in Europe, 100 or 50 pieces of purple silk can be considered a big gift......

Therefore, later, the royal families of Europe were very fond of inviting the royal family of Beihai to participate in their various celebrations and banquets, if not for anything else, but for the purple silk sent by the Beihai Kingdom. And Marin was also privately named "Europe's most popular gift giver......