"Shen, all we have in our hands are new guns, and they are the latest 24-pounder rear-loading cannons! We want each one to cost 10,000 taels of silver! Kent saw that the conversation was about to collapse, and hurriedly said.

The level of interpretation itself is not high, and I am so anxious that I sweat profusely before I can barely express my meaning.

"Ten thousand two doors? Are your cannons made of gold? Shen Yue sneered, "There's no need to talk about it, I'm busy, please don't waste my time." ”

After that, he got up and prepared to leave.

Shen Qi walked towards the two of them with a look of disgust, "Let's go!" It just saves us the trouble of mobilizing supplies. ”

"Give! One chest of gold, 14 chests of silver. Kent gritted his teeth.

The expression is as if the flesh on the body has been cut.

Shen Yue didn't see the rabbit and didn't scatter the eagle, Kent ordered the captain of the escort team who came to protect them to take people to the Frense to fetch gold and silver, and Shen Yue's attitude changed 180 degrees in an instant.

With a smile on his face, he said, "That's right." Why bother with things that can be solved by spending money. Gold and silver can't be eaten. I'm a person who likes to deal with trustworthy people! ”

His words made Kent and Thomas scold.

It's so shameless that who wants to give gold and silver unless they have to do it?

He actually said that he couldn't eat it as food, he couldn't eat it as food, so why did he have to do so much?

"Come on, change the West Lake Longjing for the two distinguished guests, and then serve some freshly made osmanthus cakes at home!" The silver was about to arrive, and Shen Yue became generous.

It's like someone else.

Several maids came in, replaced the previous tea, served pastries at the same time, and tasted the new tea, but the two of them didn't feel much. After tasting the osmanthus cake, my eyes lit up.

Sailing on the sea, most of them are dry food, and a bird has long faded out of their mouths, not to mention that the food in Europe is as delicate and delicious as the Ming Empire?

"Now that you have fulfilled your promises, expressed your sincerity, and have a basis for cooperation, it is time for us to get to the point. I know that the goods you want are porcelain, silk and tea, etc., those ordinary goods, the Dutch shipped back a lot from Daming......" Shen Yue didn't care about the two of them, regardless of the image, stuffed osmanthus cake into his mouth, and opened his mouth to talk about cooperation, as if it was not him who blackmailed the Spaniards.

"Shen, what better goods do you have? The European aristocracy is not interested in your jade and other luxuries......" Kent said as he swallowed a piece of osmanthus cake and frowned.

He didn't think there was anything good in Shen Yue's hands.

"Smack!" Shen Yue slapped outside, and the old housekeeper Yang Fu came in personally and asked the young master what he commanded.

"Command them to bring in two basins of water, and bring two pieces of soap and two pieces of soap."

Yang Fu bowed and retreated, and soon, four maids rushed in, two carrying copper basins and white towels containing clear water, and two trays in their hands holding two delicately made wooden boxes.

Thomas and Kent were puzzled.

Later, through the interpretation, under Shen Yue's signal, he opened the wooden box, and he was even more puzzled.

In the wooden box of the tray, one contained a piece of pale yellow soap about three inches long and one and a half inches wide, and the other box contained a milky white soap with a refreshing aroma, which was a little smaller than the size of the soap.

Whether it is soap or soap, in the middle position, there are clearly recessed "Shen Ji" two words.

"Pale yellow is soap, milky white is soap. Used in bathing, soap is effective in removing dirt from the body...... The soap process is more complex, not only has a strong decontamination effect, but also leaves a long-lasting fragrance after washing, without the need for perfume......"

Shen Yue saw that the two were puzzled and introduced.

The pancreas was invented in China a long time ago, and the final soap and soap were all introduced to China from Europe, where the chemical industry system was developed first.

After deciding to produce this thing from the beginning, Shen Yue was ready to sell this thing to Europe.

Although Europe has ended the Middle Ages and is in the embryonic stage of capitalism, it is far from surpassing China and leading the world in science, education, culture, and health.

The environment is still dirty and messy, and it is still in the barbaric era.

The white body smell is heavy, and the nobles did not develop the habit of bathing every day, and there was no banquet, so they relied on perfume and spices to cover up the body odor.

The two people in front of them, from the girl who came in, wrinkled her nose and couldn't bear it, you can know how smelly it is, Shen Yue is for the silver, plus the previous work environment, the smell of various lubricants is heavier, but I don't care too much.

This may have been the result of Thomas washing himself and sprinkling spices before disembarking.

Without a detergent that deteriorates strongly, it is naturally difficult to clean.

Shen Yue signaled, and the two wet their hands with water, and then smeared soap on their hands.

Soon, the water in the basin became dirty, and Thomas didn't feel much of it, while Kent was embarrassed.

He is a nobleman, how can he be as filthy as a pariah!

"It's magic, not fact!" Kent couldn't accept that as a nobleman, the water he washed out was so dirty, and thought that Shen Yue used magic to make it. "We just got a shower when we got off the boat!"

Shen Yue shook his head, "It's not magic, the East is indeed mysterious to you, but magic has never existed!" ”

Anyone who loves cleanliness can't accept that he can wash out so much dirt on his body, let alone a nobleman who comes to the West and loves cleanliness.

In normal times, Kent might not be so dirty, after all, he has been adrift at sea for too long.

"The first time I used soap and soap, the effect is really good, and if I use it often in the future, there will be no more such a situation, and the body will really become clean! Europe, both the aristocracy and the common people, will be clean......"

"Use it every day?" Kent's eyes lit up. "How much does each piece cost?"

"Each piece of soap costs eight pieces of silver, and in order to show the sincerity of long-term cooperation, it is sold to you at a price of one tael per piece; The soap production process is complex and uses a wide variety of materials...... The cost reaches two taels, and it will be sold to you at a price of two taels and five cents per piece! This kind of thing, unlike silk, porcelain and other things, belongs to the common people can afford to use, and it is a consum......able for long-term use," Shen Yue said without blinking.

In addition to the cost of labor, charcoal fire, etc., the production of soap also requires the cost of soybean flour. Beans are coarse grains, and one stone is only about one or two silver, and the cost is lower when diluted. Spices are added to the soap, which are from Southeast Asia, and the cost will naturally be higher.

A piece of soap, weighing about four taels, was sold by Shen Yue for one tael, which was already an absolute high price.

A pound of soap can be sold for 2.5 taels, and a pound of soap can be sold for about eight taels, and the weight of the soap is a lot less, and a pound is about cut into three pieces.

It's completely a no-brainer deal!

"Can soap be used for laundry?" Thomas asked.