Chapter 1896: Europe's most popular gift giver

The world of children is very simple, not as complicated as the world of adults. Caesar told Princess Margaret many interesting fairy tales under the guidance of Marin, making Princess Margaret have long regarded Caesar as a big good person.

It should be pointed out that the good guy in the eyes of the little girl is different from the good guy in the mouth of the adult woman. The good man in the mouth of an adult woman is hopelessly issued a good card, but the big man in the eyes of the little girl is the kind that can "grow up and marry you".

Now, Caesar has sent hundreds of beautiful purple satin skirts, which will definitely increase Caesar's reputation with Princess Margaret.

Moreover, this cost is not very large. Princess Margaret is only 10 years old, the dress number is very small, a piece of purple satin, you can make a few skirts. 100 purple skirts, but only about 20 purple satin. Counting the processing fee, there is not much money.

Of course, this is about the cost of Marin. Marin imported purple satin from the Ming Dynasty, but only two silver pieces, equivalent to 1.74 gold coins. The cost of shipping to Europe is definitely not more than 5 gold coins. In addition, in order to meet the clothing requirements of Angela, Felice and other women at home, Malinte specially selected young talents among the young girls to be trained as tailors for the royal family. Now, in the past few years, these girls did not say that they designed their own clothes, at least they did a lot of styles of many princess skirts and lady skirts that Marin had come from later generations of cottages. There is a group of professional tailors in the house, and the labor cost for making clothes for Princess Margaret is not high, and it is very fast.

But in the market, purple satin skirts are very expensive. Silk and purple dyes are precious and rare in Europe, and now Europe is not like any master of clothing design in later generations. If the purple satin skirt in the Marin Palace circulates on the market, a piece of at least twenty or thirty gold coins, and there is no market price.

On the other side of England, although Marin also sent people to sell silk and porcelain several times, but there were very few purple silks sold there, which were basically eaten by the royal family of England. Because, Princess Margaret likes purple very much. However, the number is not too much.

In fact, the purple in the East was much cheaper than the West in this era. Because the European purple dye, mainly derived from the fuel extracted from a conch in the eastern Mediterranean, is very scarce and precious. Until the emergence of the synthetic dye aniline purple in the 19th century, purple was something that the European royal family, nobles, and senior members of the church could only afford. Moreover, purple dyes will certainly not be used on "cheap" fabrics such as linen and wool, but only on expensive silk.

But the ancient Chinese cathartic purple dye was much cheaper, because the ancient Chinese cathartic purple dye was extracted from a plant called comfrey. Although its printing and dyeing process is more complicated (fixation required), the cost is indeed much cheaper than the purple dye in Europe.

However, Marin did not import a large amount of purple silk, but imported enough and then a little excess. This is so because purple is too honorable in Europe. If he looks at the sale of purple satin to ordinary people, it may cause resentment in other countries' royal families who wear purple as the honor, as well as high-level churches.

It is not difficult to understand that many members of the royal family in Europe, as well as high-level churches, are proud to wear purple satin clothes. If Marin imported a large amount of purple satin clothes and sold them to the wealthy civilians, so that the civilians would also wear purple satin clothes. Those kings and archbishops proud of wearing purple silk clothes would be strange if they were not annoying. Therefore, Marin cannot dump purple silk in Europe, so as not to offend people for nothing.

However, the use of purple silk as a barrier for weddings and the delivery of purple satin clothes to Princess Margaret are all fine. Because after all, she is now a king, and Princess Margaret is also the heir to the Kingdom of England, and she has enough status. As long as purple satin clothes are not sold to ordinary people, they will not be hated.

Moreover, in the future Marin intends to use purple satin as a gift for mutual gifts between monarchs. If there is a major event between the royal families in Europe, they also want to congratulate each other on the gift. For example, if a king or a crown prince of a country is married, other countries with good relations and at least not bad ones must send gifts. Moreover, the gift can not be shabby. Otherwise, they will be jokes.

To send a gift that is too expensive, the cost is too high. But it was too cheap, and was joke. Therefore, this kind of purple satin that is not suitable for sale in the private sector has become a very suitable gift.

In the Ming dynasty, this thing was only 2 silver pieces, and even if the Ming dynasty high-end goods, it was 5 silver pieces. But in Europe, such a piece of purple satin requires at least 50 gold coins, and it can't even be bought. Marin sent 100 purple satin as a gift, and the cost was only 200 silver. However, the market price in Europe is 5,000 gold coins. This gift is very expensive everywhere. Moreover, it has a good face.

In this way, Marin became a madman sending purple satin. Which king or prince's house had a happy event, Marin advised 100 purple satin to pass, and gave nothing else. The cost is only a few hundred or two silvers, but it is the most arrogant of all the guests' gifts ...

Especially for the birthdays of some small country princesses, in order to get purple satin, they often deliberately invite the Beihai royal family to participate in the birthday party. But not every princess is eligible to send Beihai to send people, so in many cases, it is not a gift. But the princesses didn't care too, because the Beihai Kingdom Souvenir, even the birthday party banquets of such a low standard, would send 50 purple satin. Just right, it can be used to make beautiful clothes ...

In those little princely states, the economic conditions were not so good, and they could not afford such expensive purple silk. Moreover, even if it is affordable, there is no price. Because, purple dye is too scarce. Therefore, many princesses of the princely kingdoms rely on birthday parties to invite North Sea kings Caesar and William to come and cheat purple silk. Anyway, no matter whether the two princes come or not, 50 purple satin will also be sent. In the words of the princesses-it doesn't matter if people come or not, the purple satin gift must come ...

In this regard, Marin knew it well, but also felt funny. Because, this thing is in the Ming Dynasty, that is, two silver pieces. Ordinary landlord families can afford it, not to mention local tyrants.

In the early Ming Dynasty, because of Zhu Yuanzhang's strict rules, small households may not be allowed to wear purple clothes. Even businessmen's children are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ But in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the rules were relaxed a lot. Merchant children can also participate in the imperial examination, and ordinary small households can also wear purple clothes. Right now, in the mid-Ming Dynasty, when the rules began to relax, purple clothes have already entered thousands of households and are easily available on the market.

Like the purple satin that Marin gave to the royal family and princesses as a gift, it was actually a popular item worn by ordinary people in the Ming market. However, in Europe, it has become a very popular luxury goods. Moreover, there is actually a princess's idea to fight it, which makes people cry and laugh.

In fact, the price of 50 purple satin was only 100 silver in the Ming Dynasty. And what is 100 two silver? Liu Jin received the gift, and he couldn't get it out without ten thousand dollars. Of course, on the bright side, the salary of the county magistrate in the Ming Dynasty was only 45 yuan a year. Therefore, there are actually quite a few 100s in this era. However, it is too shabby to be used as a gift between countries.

But considering the price and scarcity of purple silk in Europe, 100 or 50 purple satin can be regarded as a gift ...

Therefore, later the royal families in Europe liked to invite the royal family of Beihai to participate in their various celebrations and banquets, for nothing else, just for the purple satin delivered by Beihai. And Marin was also privately rated as "the most popular gift giver in Europe" ...