eurekapd Chapter 198 Perfume (2)
Chapter 198 Perfume (2)
On opening day, crowds flocked to the venue, with wealthy ladies vying to buy perfumes of different scents. For a time, the entire capital seemed to be enveloped in the fragrance of perfumes.
The long-lasting and rich fragrance made Wen Yuxia a fortune. Merchants from neighboring counties sensed the business opportunity and flocked to the capital to wholesale perfumes.
At the same time, Yun Zhiqian also launched the same perfume series in Yunxiao Kingdom, and the Nangong family's perfume shops in various countries opened on the same day.
The maids under Wen Yuxia's command were extremely busy, spending all day in their rooms mixing perfumes. Seeing that they were not enough people, Wen Yuxia transferred ten more maids from Xia Yichen and Wen Yunhong's residences to assist them.
The essence used in blending perfumes and making scented soaps in various countries all originated from Wen Yuxia.
Fortunately, there was Nangong Wenrui, who could instantly appear anywhere on this continent using his small world; otherwise, Wen Yuxia would have had to hand over the fragrance formula to manufacturers in various countries.
Nangong Wenrui has been traveling to various countries recently, searching for suitable locations to grow flowers, and has been taking his guards to different mountains to pick fresh flowers.
Then the flowers were sent back to the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty for Wen Yuxia to make perfume.
The perfume became a hit in various countries, and Xia Yichen and his associates made a fortune. The Emperor of Great Xia listened with satisfaction as Gu Yue, the Minister of Revenue, reported on recent revenues in his study.
Gu Yue told the Emperor about the amount of silver notes Xia Yichen had recently given him, and informed him that the national treasury had the largest amount of silver this year.
The Emperor waved his hand and said, "When the nation is prosperous, the people are strong. The people benefit from the prosperity of Great Xia. Old Zhang, draft an edict for me. From now on, taxes will be reduced by 10%."
Gu Yue bowed respectfully and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
As her perfume business flourished, Wen Yuxia was not content with that. She wondered if, since perfume could be made from fresh flowers, she could extract fruit fragrances from fruits to create a scented liquid.
So she began researching fruit-scented liquids in her space. After many experiments, she finally succeeded in making several bottles of richly scented liquids.
She let Xia Yichen and the others smell the perfume, and everyone was amazed by the novel fragrance. Xia Yichen chuckled and said, "Impressive."
These bottles of perfume liquids are scented with apple, orange, lychee, and pear. Wen Yuxia told them that they could use one of the perfume liquids to make perfume soap, or they could mix two of the perfume liquids together.
Xia Yichen said with a faint smile, "Fruit-themed perfumes and soaps are expensive to produce, so their prices must be raised accordingly."
Wen Yuxia offers affordable perfumes and soaps specifically for ordinary people, while Xia Yichen believes that the fruit-themed perfumes and soaps can be marketed at higher prices, becoming the exclusive favorites of the powerful and wealthy.
After nearly half a year of busy work, Nangong Wenrui finally arranged the flower planting sites in various countries. Except for Yunxiao Kingdom, Nangong family members were stationed in the deep mountains of each country to search for flowers. He only needed to go there periodically to collect the flowers.
Wen Yuxia didn't need to worry about the fragrances and fruit essences at all. Thanks to the perfume business, Nangong Wenrui and Wen Yuxia, who rarely saw each other, finally had time for each other.
The two agreed to travel together. Wen Yunhong and Lin Xiaoxiao saw them off outside the capital. Lin Xiaoxiao said with some reluctance, "Sister, when will you come back?"
Wen Yuxia said with a faint smile, "My return date is uncertain, so I'm entrusting the essence and fruit flavoring liquid to you. You must keep a close eye on them, otherwise, I won't bring you a gift when I come back."
Lin Xiaoxiao was amused by Wen Yuxia's words. She playfully stuck out her tongue and said in a sweet voice, "I guarantee I'll complete the mission."
Wen Yuxia turned to Wen Yunhong: "Yunhong, I'm leaving the family business to you. Tell Xia Yichen that I'll send someone to inform him if he discovers any mines or business opportunities during his travels."
Wen Yuxia disliked having a large group of people see her off, so she didn't tell anyone about this trip except for Wen Yunhong and his wife.
Wen Yunhong smiled and said politely, "Understood."
Tears streamed down his face. Alas, Wen Yuxia, that wicked capitalist, had left so carefree. Poor him, he had to go to the government office during the day and handle business in various parts of the capital at night.
Wen Yuxia paid no attention to what Wen Yunhong was thinking. She rode away gracefully, with Nangong Wenrui riding alongside her. Behind them were the four Bei Yi sisters and Nangong Wenrui's four guards.
The group of ten riders quickly disappeared from Wen Yunhong and Lin Xiaoxiao's sight, leaving only a cloud of dust behind.
Wen Yuxia and Nangong Wenrui traveled through mountains and rivers, seeing many different local customs and cultures. One day, they arrived at a small town in Xilin County.
Hearing that a rare fruit called the Golden Lotus grows here, with a unique and rich fragrance, Wen Yuxia was filled with curiosity and wanted to try to extract its fragrance.
After inquiring around, she finally found the golden lotus deep in the mountains, guided by an old fruit farmer. The golden lotus has extremely demanding growing conditions, and Wen Yuxia carefully studied it, discovering that its fragrance is very long-lasting.
Several days later, Wen Yuxia finally succeeded in refining a bottle of fragrant liquid. She handed the liquid to Nangong Wenrui, who then returned to the small world with a guard.
Nangong Wenrui used his mind to send the guard out of the small world and accurately delivered him to the capital. The guard rushed to the princess's residence, met Steward Tang, and conveyed the princess's instructions:
"This perfume liquid was newly concocted by the princess. Please be sure to deliver it to Young Master Xia Yichen. In addition, the princess instructed that this perfume liquid be used only for concocting perfumes. Also, the princess has already chosen a name for the perfume: 'Golden Lotus'."
Steward Tang nodded solemnly in agreement, indicating that he would definitely deliver the perfume to the princess. He then asked, "How has the princess been lately?" The guard smiled slightly and replied succinctly, "The princess is doing well." After saying this, he bowed to Steward Tang and took his leave, hurriedly departing from the princess's residence.
Meanwhile, in order to make it easier to harvest the golden lotus in the future, Wen Yuxia searched tirelessly throughout the small world and finally found a hilltop that was extremely suitable for planting golden lotus.
She had Nangong Wenrui harvest nearly half of the golden lotus fruit trees in the deep mountains and bring them into the small world. After doing all this, Wen Yuxia and Nangong Wenrui rested for a while and left Xilin County to continue their journey.