The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 502 Lifeline
The perfume distributor conference is in full swing.

Halfway through the event, many late-rising foreigners arrived after hearing the news.

They blocked the entrance to the Kansai Trading Company, making a ruckus.

Such a grand occasion attracted merchants from within the Great Wall who had come to Bagua City to purchase goods to stop and watch.

They couldn't understand the foreign language and were anxiously waiting on the outside.

Finally, they managed to catch a guy who was out on an errand and asked him what was going on inside.

You won't know unless you ask.

Just ask.

Ok!

The foreigners are eating all the food inside!

Who could remain calm after hearing a palace secret recipe from a thousand years ago?
The news became increasingly fantastical as it was passed around among these people.

After the overseas investment promotion conference for the eight perfumes concluded, dozens of business owners from within the Great Wall approached the head manager of the trading company together.

The head steward was still excited.

Hearing this, he was shocked: "What? You also want the distribution rights for the perfume?"

The merchants were indignant:
"Chief Steward, we are all subjects of the Yongtai Dynasty. How can we sell Yang Guifei's special perfume to foreigners instead of selling it domestically?"

"Yes! The Yongtai Dynasty currently has over 20 million subjects! In addition, there's the Northern You Kingdom in the north and the Southern Yue Kingdom in the south. Doesn't the combined population of all these countries exceed the export volume of foreigners?"

"We won't let the Kansai Trading Company suffer losses either; we only ask for the same treatment as the foreigners. We're willing to participate in auctions and such."

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Foreigners are rushing to buy it, and it sells even better among the powerful and wealthy!

Besides, what good products does Kansai Trading Company currently produce?

They had all made a lot of money buying goods from Kansai trading companies over the past few years.

Every dynasty has families that thrived by riding the wave of opportunity.

Since the establishment of the Yongtai Dynasty, it has never suppressed commerce, and the commercial atmosphere among the people has become increasingly strong in recent years.

So, even though your perfume is expensive, our channels can easily sell thousands of bottles at a time!

The head manager of the business: "."

Sell!
It doesn't matter who you sell to.
Since you've come to me of your own accord, I won't stand on ceremony.

One day.

The franchise fees for eight perfumes and one mosquito repellent sachet alone amounted to more than three million taels of silver.

With the addition of perfume orders, Kansai Trading Company's sales reached a new historical high.

More than eight million taels!
Upon hearing this major news, the head of the tax office in Iraq rushed over to witness it.

To know.

General Gan not only demanded high tariffs on foreigners, but she also set an example for her own business.

Perfume has also been included in the first tier of luxury goods tariffs.

In other words.

Of the eight million taels of trade, customs duties alone would contribute four million taels of silver to the Ministry of Revenue of the Imperial Court!
This is not perfume.

This is practically divine nectar!

The tax official, who was carried away by General Gan, is expected to wake up smiling every morning for a long time to come.

He experienced the same joy that Xiong Zhen, the Minister of War, had felt back then.

Xiong Zhen: To be honest, since returning to Shangdu, those carefree days in Hami City are gone forever.

It's not that his family is having a hard time.

After all, he still receives dividends from the Kansai Logistics Startup Center. Every year, his old housekeeper, who stayed in Kansai, would come to the shopping mall to deliver New Year's gifts to him.

The New Year's gifts would include corresponding banknotes.

Within one hundred taels, the anonymous kind!
However, since their whole family lived under the watchful eye of the censor, who would dare to indulge in debauchery every day?

Consumption is restricted!
Hesitant and timid!
Life here is not as carefree and pleasant as it was in Hami City!
Gan Minglan had no idea about her boss's frustrations in Shangdu.

She was very happy to have successfully made money from foreigners and merchants using perfumes with negligible costs.

Don't be fooled by the large number of orders.

She only needs to work for half an night to allocate one-third of this order.

The only thing that couldn't keep up with this deal was the perfume bottle.

Although agate and jade are fine, carving and hollowing them out takes a lot of effort.

After much deliberation, she decided to pursue the art of glassmaking.

Who can I turn to if I have an idea?

The only person they could communicate with was the missionary Marco Bellady.

Poor Marco Bellady, after serving as a free translator all afternoon and just finishing dinner, was summoned by General Gan again.

When he heard General Gan's wild imagination, he shook his head vigorously.
"My God! General, all the glassmakers in Venice are concentrated on the island of Murano, and their movement and activities are strictly restricted. Even if you offered a hundred taels of gold, it would be difficult to hire a single glassmaker."

Gan Minglan simply refused to believe it.

"If a hundred taels of gold won't do, how about a thousand? How about this: you introduce a glass craftsman to Guanzhong, and I'll give you a thousand taels of gold as a referral fee!"

If you can find five glass artisans with good skills and character, this general will not only pay you the referral fee mentioned earlier, but also apply to the court for your missionary qualifications.

If the imperial court grants permission, this general will build you the largest cathedral in the entire Bagua City.

Otherwise, you'll have to go back to where you came from!
The state religions of our Yongtai Dynasty were Buddhism and Taoism.

You Catholics are not allowed to enter!

Gan Minglan struck at Marco Berardi's very core with her first move.

He entered Bagua City as a merchant. If the general doesn't let him pass, he will be trapped in Bagua City and unable to go anywhere.

These are all subject to time limits!

You ask if Marco Berardi felt aggrieved?

It's more than just frustrating!
Back in the South Vietnam, the spread of Catholicism there wasn't this difficult.

However, as they traveled, they learned that the Yongtai Dynasty had now occupied half of the territory of the most powerful country in the Western Regions.

Moreover, the other side has more than 100,000 troops stationed in Kansai, which is not something that these few thousand or tens of thousands of merchants can afford to provoke.

Didn't you see the patrolling soldiers carrying muskets?
With that design, he bet its power would be no less than that of a European matchlock musket.

Gan Minglan shifted the pressure to Marco Berardi, then happily counted the large sum of silver notes she had just received that day before going to sleep.

Inside the largest and most luxurious inn in Kansai.

Marco Berardi, along with Marcoli, a Venetian merchant who had come with him, poured out his troubles.

“Marcoli, what should we do about the unreasonable demand from the Kansai General? The mission given to me by the Vatican is to leave the mark of Catholicism in the oldest civilization in the East.”

Marco stroked his short beard, his eyes darting around:
"Did that general really promise to give a thousand taels of gold for introducing a glass craftsman?"

They've been involved in human trafficking quite a bit.

But I've never sold something for such a high price before!
Marco Berardi suddenly slapped his forehead.

How could he forget that this Marcoli is someone who can tear off a leg even if a grasshopper flies by?

They just acquired the European distribution rights for No. 7 perfume and spent over 1.2 million taels of silver to stock it.

They're probably just hoping to make a big sale to recoup their losses!