Chapter 43 Ambergris
When the time was approaching, Ji Song said goodbye despite Zhang's plea to promising to come back in a few days, Ms. Zhang let her go.
When Ji Song left, he specifically told Zhang that although Youning's injury was nothing, it was best not to go out for the next half month.
Ji Song thought to himself: If I can't cure you, your mother can't cure you?After Zhang promised not to let her daughter run around, Ji Song left feeling refreshed.
"Brother Song is back." As soon as Ji Song returned to 'An Xiang Lai', he saw Ji Ming standing at the door waiting.
Ji Song casually handed the Persian carpet he bought to Ji Ming and asked, "Will anyone come to see me today?"
"Yes, he is a businessman from a foreign country. He has been here for a while. He said that you asked him to come. I arranged him in the backyard and I will call him right away." After Ji Ming finished speaking, he was about to call for someone.
"No need, I'll go by myself."
Ji Song came to the backyard and saw the afternoon businessman named Khatib waiting in the courtyard.
Khatib saw someone coming in. When he saw who it was, he couldn't do it anymore.
In the afternoon, Ji Song asked him to come and say, "Come to me secretly." Then he knew who this young man was.
Although the youngest baron in the Tang Dynasty was the lowest baron, he was still a true nobleman and was not someone he could offend.
What's more, he is very knowledgeable about this a businessman, how could he not understand the most popular perfume in Chang'an City today?
He was a little lucky at first, but when he found out that it was your Excellency, he consciously came to "Secret Xiang Lai".It's not that he has any ideas, but he really doesn't dare not to come.
Maybe to the people of the Tang Dynasty, a baron was nothing, and they could grab a lot of them in Chang'an Ji Song, who controls the perfume trade, is the person that their merchants can't offend the most.
If other merchants from the Western Regions knew that they had offended the Baron, without Ji Song saying anything, countless people would give his head to Ji Song to express their sincerity to Ji Song.
For the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, perfume may be just the icing on the cake, but it is more attractive to women.
But for the nobles of the Western Regions who don't bathe all year round and are full of odor, perfume is a necessity that can cover up their own odor.
In recent years, those big businessmen who secretly sell perfume to the Western Regions and even Central Asian countries have already made a lot of money, and the Baron in front of them is the source of their wealth.
And although this baron is just a small baron, as far as he knows, he has close connections with the country's eldest princess and the second prince, His Excellency King Qin, and the energy behind him is amazing.
If he hadn't taken Ji Song's words to heart today, he could guarantee that the heads of himself and his family would definitely appear in front of His Excellency tomorrow. Those big businessmen would never give up on the Baron who could please the person who controlled the source of the perfume.
"It seems that you are a sensible person and did not walk away. Your wisdom saved the lives of your family. Congratulations."
Ji Song's words made Khatib even more humble and bent even deeper.
"Okay, get up! Since I'm willing to see you, I'm not going to do anything to you. Take out your afternoon spice!"
Ji Song sat on the stone pier in a leisurely manner, and Xiao looked at the uneasy Khatib with knew that as long as Khatib was a smart man, he would bring what he considered the most precious thing.
As expected, he took out a wooden box made of precious wood from his arms, placed it gently on the stone table, and opened the wooden box without waiting for Ji Song to speak.
A waxy lump with a dark gray color appeared in front of Ji Song's moment he opened the wooden box, a peculiar sweet earthy aroma hit his nose and spread quickly to the surroundings.
Ji Ming, who was in the front yard, was a little drowsy, but immediately became more energetic after smelling the fragrance.
"A curious scent!"
"Snapped!"
Ji Song closed the wooden box, looked at Khatib with sharp eyes and said, "Was this spice obtained from a very large giant fish?" "Yes, Your Excellency the Baron!"
"How much of this spice do you still have?"
"It's less than fifty pounds."
"Huh?" Ji Song suddenly raised his head and looked at Khatib. That look made Khatib tremble all over.
"More than a hundred kilograms."
"I thought you were a smart person, but it seems that you are a little too smart. You can go!" Ji Song pushed the wooden box in his hand to Hati, took a sip of tea, ha!Serve tea to guests.
"thump!"
"Merciful, noble Baron, please forgive stupid Khatib. Khatib did not deceive you this time. He really only has 110 two kilograms. That's all he really has."
Khatib couldn't hold on any longer. If he dared to walk out of this courtyard today, he didn't know what kind of situation he would encounter tomorrow, but it was definitely not what he wanted. He couldn't bear the consequences.
Seeing that Ji Song was still unmoved, Khatib felt cruel. He picked up a dagger from nowhere and stabbed his heart directly.
"Bang! Bang!"
"If you want to die, don't die in front of me." Ji Song said with a look of disgust.
"Your Excellency, Khatib does not dare to ask for anything else. He is only willing to die to make amends. I only hope that you can let my family go."
Khatib knew that if he deceived a noble in person and was discovered, he would have to die to wash away the other's shame.
Ji Song did not expect that Western customs would be so barbaric at this time, and he would die at every turn to prove his true feelings.
Although Ji Song knew that this was an era of jungle and he had to adapt to such an era, his conscience told him that doing so was against his own will and was not what he wanted.
"Send all the Long Yanxiang you have tomorrow, and I will buy it for thirty guan."
"I"
"My nobles in the East are not as barbaric as you. Don't be too greedy. Thirty guan is already a sky-high price. Although Long Yanxiang is precious, as the most basic raw material, it is only worth this price."
After Ji Song finished speaking, he turned and left without waiting for the other party to react.
Khatib looked at Ji Song's back, as if he had made an important decision, regardless of whether Ji Song could see it or solemnly gave Ji Song a prostration ceremony, which was their most noble etiquette. From then on, he was the most loyal servant of the other party until his death. The essence of ambergris is the dried intestinal secretion of sperm whales. Some sperm whales will spit it out, some will excrete it from the intestines, and only a small number of sperm whales will keep it in their bodies.
The ambergris discharged into the sea was light black at first. Under the action of sea water, it gradually turned into gray, light gray, and finally white. Later generations mainly used it as a fixative for perfume.
Ji Song looked at the Long Yanxiang in the wooden box. Long Yanxiang had actually been discovered in the Han Dynasty and became a special spice for the royal family for a period of time.
However, as wars broke out frequently, Long Yanxiang's inheritance was gradually interrupted, and only fragments of it could be found in ancient books.
Long Yanxiang is hard to come by. How to find a sperm whale in the vast sea? Even if he encounters it, Ji Song doesn't know him, so the only way is to try his luck.
Therefore, after getting Long Yanxiang, Ji Song did not ask about its origin because it was these longyan incense, he can allow perfumers to create more perfect perfumes.
He decided that only a small amount of the perfume produced in this batch would be released, and the rest would be hidden for later use. This was an amazing wealth that could be passed down, and Ji Song couldn't help but be tempted.
(End of this chapter)