Gold, jewelry, jade, these valuable things let Li Mingfang say, but Qin Chuan instinctively felt that what Li Mingfang wanted to guess should be some kind of spice. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As for spices, Qin Chuan really can't remember the names of many spices.

Although he had learned how to make perfumes in the university courses before Qin Chuan's crossing, he had learned how to make perfumes in the fine chemical courses in applied chemistry, but he didn't remember much about the natural fragrances in the fragrances, but he knew a lot about the synthetic flavors. If you want to talk about more expensive spices, in his time, it was musk.

Qin Chuan originally wanted to admit defeat, but he didn't bother to guess.

It's just that the harvest of Ning Xing Puxia and his entourage reported by Li Mingfang is really huge, and it is even much beyond Qin Chuan's imagination, which makes Qin Chuan also very excited, and he has the idea of co-authoring Li Mingfang's interest in his heart.

It's just that Li Mingfang asked him to guess, what kind of spice will it be?

After thinking for a while, a thought suddenly flashed through Qin Chuan's mind, and Qin Chuan couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Li Mingfang.

"Lao Li, seeing that you are so happy, I guess it must be Ning Xingpu and Gao Lin, seeing that you are busy for their voyage, in order to thank you, you specially brought back a fragrant princess from Persia to Lao Li who can exude fragrance on her body?"

Qin Chuan suddenly remembered Jin Yong's novel "Book of Swords and Enmity", he remembered that there was a daughter of a foreign chieftain in it, and it was said that she had a natural fragrance all over her body, which was neither floral nor pink, refreshing, and everywhere she went, the strange fragrance did not disperse for a long time. In Jin Yong's pen, this Xiangxiang princess is in love with Chen Jialuo, the helmsman of the Red Flower Society in the book. It's just that Princess Xiangxiang was finally captured by Qianlong and broke off her marriage with Chen Jialuo.

Coincidentally, Qianlong really has a concubine called Concubine Xiang, Concubine Rong, who is the daughter of Ali and Zhuo, and I don't know if it is the prototype of Princess Xiangxiang in Jin Yong's novel.

Qin Chuan's words suddenly made Jin Lisan laugh, and he looked at Li Mingfang and laughed.

Li Mingfang glanced at Jin Lisan, ignoring Qin Chuan's teasing, and still persistently asked Qin Chuan: "Boss, guess, let's see what rare things they brought back?" ”

Qin Chuan was helpless, but it was not easy to dispel Li Mingfang's interest, so he had to talk about the precious spices he remembered one by one.

First of all, Qin Chuan excluded musk.

Because Qin Chuan believes that there is no musk deer in West Asia, there will naturally be no musk. I had to search my stomach and talk about the names of the spices he could remember, such as Suhexiang, benzoin, sandalwood, agarwood, zhilan, jataman, Indian incense, and so on.

Qin Chuan guessed for a long time, Li Mingfang shook his head one by one, and in the end, Li Mingfang couldn't bear it at first, and told Qin Chuan the riddle by himself.

"The owner, it's ambergris!"

"Ambergris!"

"Ning Xingpu and Gao Lin, bring back three hundred and sixty-two catties of ambergris!"

Ambergris, is the secretion in the intestines of sperm whales in the ocean, it needs to be soaked in seawater for decades before drying to have a fragrance, this spice is fragrant, the fragrance is long-lasting, long-lasting, the aroma is similar to musk but more quiet, it is an indispensable fragrance for the configuration of high-end perfumes, tons of precious high-end perfumes, and only need grams of ambergris and then different spices to match. Because ambergris is extremely rare, it is now an extremely rare spice even in the inner courtyard of the palace.

Ambergris is not only precious to its strange fragrance, it is also an extremely valuable traditional Chinese medicine, which has the ability to invigorate qi and blood, disperse knots and relieve pain, relieve heartache, help essence and qi, benefit the essence, and also treat dizziness and depression, and pain in the heart.

And that's not all, the preciousness lies in the fact that even a hundred years later, when science was extremely developed, this ambergris still could not be synthesized artificially, and all ambergris was 100% treasured in nature.

Because of this, it is worth far more than gold.

It is most commonly found in the Arabian Seas, where the fishing industry is not very developed, and although sperm whales are found in almost every ocean, they are most found in the Arabian Seas and off the coast of Africa, and Qin Chuan estimates that it may be related to ocean currents.

Qin Chuan remembered one thing, that is, in later generations, several Omani fishermen accidentally caught 80 kilograms of ambergris when they were fishing in the sea, and they were sold for millions of dollars.

"Good!"

"Great!"

The ambergris that Ning Xingpu and the others brought back unexpectedly not only made Qin Chuan very excited, but also reminded him of one more thing.

Qin Chuan drank the beer in the cup in one gulp, didn't care about putting down the cup, ran to the desk in a few steps, spread out the paper and pen, and hurriedly wrote and drew for a long time, and then came back and sat down satisfied, and handed a few pieces of manuscript paper full of handwriting to Li Mingfang in his hand.

"Lao Li, your ambergris also reminded me that we have another source of wealth this time. You go to Pan Sichi tomorrow and give him this. This is the machinery and equipment needed to make perfumes, and he was asked to buy the equipment with him. We also want to set up a factory to manufacture high-end perfumes, and the perfumes produced are exclusively sold to Europe and the United States, and they will definitely make a lot of money. ”

"Also, none of these ambergris can be sold, and they are all kept to make perfumes."

For the production of perfumes, Qin Chuan is very familiar with its related processes.

You must know that the perfume making process that Qin Chuan mastered in the fine chemical course is not something that Europe, especially the French, who have reached the peak of high-end perfume production in later generations, can now master. Qin Chuan is absolutely confident that with the production technology that he has, which is nearly a hundred years more advanced than the French at this time, he will wear the crown of the king of fine perfume production on his head in the world.

Qin Chuan secretly said in his heart: "Grandma's, Lao Tzu will rob you of your jobs first, see what you can do with Lao Tzu!" ”

The ambergris that Ning Xingpu brought back, Li Mingfang and Jin Lisan were originally just excited because it was precious, and they just wanted to sell it for a good price, but they didn't want to come to Qin Chuan, but Qin Chuan directly thought of establishing a company to make high-end perfumes, which is another source of money!

The ideas of the two of them are compared with Qin Chuan, and they are really different!

Li Mingfang and Jin Lisan glanced at each other, and they both saw admiration in each other's eyes.

Li Mingfang sighed secretly, Fang Cai's excitement was also subdued a lot, and his excited nerves were relaxed, and he continued disappreciatively.

"In addition, Gao Lin and they also brought back a kind of thing that we didn't have in the Qing Dynasty, and they also brought back a lot of this thing, and the different sizes were also filled with a large box. It's just that this thing is not worth much in our Qing Dynasty。。。。。。 ”

Li Mingfang wanted to speak and stopped, and complained with some dissatisfaction for a long time: "It's just a pity that there are thousands of catties of refined salt and white flour?" ”