Chapter 191: Perfume
'Boss, do you want to gather the brothers immediately to avenge the young master?' Luo Sihai had a few dog legs beside him, and stepped forward to ask. Calvary showed righteous indignation, loyalty to the liver and courage, and single-mindedness for the sake of the Lord.
Just now, a few splashes told them what they knew about the family, and received the reward. A few doglegs expressed loyalty, but Luo Sihai was not as excited as he was just now, as if the person who had just been angry was not him.
'Shut up. The doglegs were quiet, and Luo Sihai spoke, "What do you believe what a few boys say?" What are we going to do if we are trapped, a bunch of idiots. ''Boss's name, it really should be checked. ''Call the doorman, a bunch of idiots. ''Yes, Boss.'' ’
Luo Sihai didn't want to say anything more to this group of fools, so he just ordered to go down and let people check it out. He didn't mind venting his anger for a few of his subordinates, but he never wanted to be used stupidly.
Li Chen didn't come up with anything good to deal with Luo Sihai, he was not familiar with him, and he couldn't make a move, so after a night's rest, he called Ergou and asked them what they heard yesterday.
'Uncle, you're right, there's something wrong with that shop. ', Ergou reported the situation. Li Chen said that the shop was the one that sold spices when he went to the big market that day.
Those Hu people came across the sea, the ship was not big, and the risk was high, so in order to make a profit, they could only try to pack some small quantities and high price items, such as gems and spices. The largest production areas of these things are probably Southeast Asia and India.
Hu Shang risked being robbed by pirates and overturned in natural disasters to transport the goods to Middle-earth for sale. In order to maximize profits, of course, sell finished products as much as possible, and keep every profit as much as possible, in this case, it is very strange to sell raw materials to the store.
The owner of that shop, surnamed Su, is called Suleiman, and he is a Hu man. They have a big problem with the store now, and the old man has died in the store. ’
It's just a matter of dying, whoever can not die, the master will take apprentices, and everyone who becomes a master has been an apprentice of others. If the master is dead, it is okay to have an apprentice.
But after the old master died, a fire broke out in the workshop, and the apprentices who were fighting the fire were also burned to death, and both of them died. Now it's a big problem, no one will refine spices.
This is definitely a technical job, or a top-notch technical job, for the sake of secrecy, it will never be passed on to too many people, but only select reliable people and pass it on slowly. Like the tradition, the son is not passed on to the daughter, and the daughter-in-law is not passed on to the son-in-law. In this case, it is easy to lose the technology because of the death of the successor, and it is too late to pass on the technology.
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the Su family caught fire, burned people to death, burned a lot of finished spices, and affected the neighbors, and had to pay a lot of money. It's nothing, as a businessman, you always have to deal with all kinds of challenges.
Some people say that the Su family was set on fire. Ergou said. The biggest trouble for the Su family at present is that they must find a new perfumer, it doesn't matter before the loss, just make another profit. Without a perfumer, there is no chance of earning it again.
I could have found support from my peers, although my peers were enemies, and each family kept the ingredients of their own incense products and the production process strictly confidential. But the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and it was not a problem to borrow a few perfumers from the same industry and train some apprentices.
'Suleiman had a daughter named Su Xiaoxiao. I heard that it is very beautiful, and the country is fragrant. The leader of the gang in Dongshi is called Zao Wou-Ki, who is said to be extremely lustful, greedy and cruel.
He fell in love with Suleiman's daughter and once sent someone to propose marriage, but Suleiman refused. Then there was a fire. That's why some people spread that this fire was set by Zao Wou-ki, and even the apprentice was killed first. No one should burn these two if they don't burn to death.
After the Su family was congratulated, Zao Wou-Ki said that if anyone helped the Su family, he Zao Wou-Ki would be a mortal enemy. This caused many people who wanted to help Suleiman to withdraw their hands.
'Those Hu people, aren't they very united?' Li Chen was very strange. How could Zao Wou-Ki reach in?
The Tang Dynasty's method of managing the Hu people was very simple, you take care of yourself, and then it's okay. Let the Hu people call themselves a district, and within that area, the Hu people will be self-governing. If there is any problem, solve it yourself. Therefore, it is difficult for outsiders to intervene. Zao Wou-Ki, why is he?
These words really stopped Ergou, Li Chen had a guess in his heart, and let Ergou continue. But there's nothing more to continue. At present, the Su family is very short of money, and no one buys the spice raw materials, but they can't make finished products. In the short term, if the Su family can't raise money, they will go bankrupt. Because the wind is up.
It's the season of the north wind, and if you haven't forgotten, it's already September. The Su family must hurry up to raise money in order to purchase goods and catch up with the sailing season, otherwise, if they miss this season, they will have to wait another year.
In ancient times, trade had a time, and it was necessary to wait for the monsoon, and there was no way to set sail as it is now, and all year round, the sea was full of ships. Even in China, Li Chen took the kind of Yu Da Niang boat when they went down to Yangzhou, although there was only one sail, but he still relied on the monsoon, going south in winter and north in summer, and it was a year to go back and forth. Blame them for putting their families on board.
That's all the news that Ergou can hear, Li Chen asked him to go back to rest, thinking in his heart. Behind the Su family, there must be other factors, otherwise Zao Wou-Ki's hand would not have stretched out so long.
The city has its own protection, a security team organized by the businessmen at the expense of the merchants, responsible for protecting the city from harassment, otherwise the city would have been divided into four divisions by all forces.
So Zao Wou-ki, if he can oppress Suleiman like this, there must be other people behind him, or Hu people. Li Chen was hesitating whether to interfere. Money? Although he is currently short of money, it is not a big problem. And the key to solving the Su family's problem is not money, but spice processing. Unfortunately... The biggest problem is not difficult for him, he can refine spices.
Strictly speaking, it should be perfume. Li Chen has seen a movie with perfume as the background, and the movie talks in detail about how to refine perfume. He remembered that there was a distillation method, and a sesame oil method, which could be used to make perfumes, so there was no problem in refining spices. Although he doesn't know what the front fragrance is, the middle fragrance and the back fragrance, it doesn't matter, it's good to use a single fragrance.
'Perhaps.... I don't know how deep the water is, but Li Chen still wants to intervene, as soon as he comes to the rich and dangerous, he will have a lot of opportunities as much as he has a risk.
Second, although the opponent is Hu Shang, he has Suleiman on top of it, as long as he survives this wave of attacks, he will have a way to compare with Suleiman. The Su family is not a new small business, it has its own heritage.
Third, he has treasures in his hands, and if he doesn't slaughter those Hu merchants, who will pay that price? Normally, Li Chen wants to enter the circle of Hu Shang, I'm afraid it's difficult, now... (To be continued.) )