Chapter 155 Dongchui in the 19th Century
Ginseng pearl cream is very popular in Europe, but not necessarily in the Far East.
If you want to sell well in the Qing Empire, you have to change your name.
If you want to sell something in the Qing Empire, no matter what it is, even if it is the recipe of the Qing Empire, the materials of the Qing Empire, or even produced in the Qing Empire, it must be tainted with foreign flavor.
The Qing Empire is a typical example of sitting on a treasure mountain without knowing it.
George asked Mikhail to send people to the Qing Empire to collect ancient recipes, and it was really fruitful.
"Qian Jin Prescription" records a kind of Yurong Powder, which has the effects of dispelling wind, activating blood circulation, moisturizing and removing wrinkles, and can improve fine lines, dry and rough skin and other problems.
There is also a Yingsui Ruyu Powder in "Puji Prescription", which can treat acne and acne, improve oily skin, and make the skin smoother and more delicate.
The research institute in Paris is studying these two formulas. If they are really effective, then George's cosmetics will have real core technology.
The raw materials of Yurong San are white aconite, oyster, Poria, Chuanxiong and Mi Tuoseng.
The raw materials of Yingjiruyu Powder are Bletilla striata, Angelica dahurica, Bletilla chinensis, White monkshood, White Bombyx, trichosanthes, mung bean powder and other Chinese medicinal materials.
There is nothing mysterious about ginseng pearl cream. Anyone can use it if they get some raw materials and stir it up. There are too many chemical ingredients added, and there may be side effects if you are not careful.
To put it bluntly, traditional Chinese medicine is grass roots and tree bark. It is natural and pollution-free. Many ancient prescriptions that can be used for beauty are themselves taken as medicines.
I can eat it, and it’s no problem to wipe it on my face.
George just uses these things as tools to make money.
Ekaterina paid more attention to the ancient recipes of the Qing Empire than George.
“When I was a child, there was a set of porcelain from the Ming Empire at home. My grandfather regarded it as a treasure and would not let me touch it——” Ekaterina was born into a noble family, so it was normal for her family to have these luxuries.
It was only then that George noticed that Ekaterina did not use a knife and fork when eating, but used chopsticks like George.
“Compared with Easterners, Westerners are actually barbarians——” Yekaterina’s words made George feel like he was struck by thunder.
The Russian Empire in the 19th century had a failure?
"Orientals use chopsticks to eat because the chef has already divided the food, so why do they have to do it themselves?" Ekaterina said confidently.
This——
It makes sense.
Orientals eat with chopsticks in one hand.
Westerners eat with a knife in one hand and a fork in the other.
So in the information age, people who use chopsticks have a natural advantage because their free hand can hold a mobile phone.
“Do you know what the poor people in Russia used to eat 100 years ago?” Ekaterina obviously knows more about Russia than George.
“Just grab it with your hands, because only aristocratic families can afford tableware.” Catherine’s words suddenly made George realize that no wonder Westerners have so many buttons on their sleeves.
Sewing buttons on the sleeves is a tradition that only existed during the Napoleonic period. Legend has it that because the emperor's generals often wiped their mouths with their sleeves, the emperor ordered people to sew buttons on the sleeves of the generals.
There is no way to verify whether this is true, but it can also prove from some aspects that at least the French were not very hygienic during the Napoleonic period.
Chopsticks are at least much simpler to make than knives and forks. If there are none, you can just break off a branch and separate them.
With Russia’s current steel production, it was impossible to provide every Russian with a set of tableware a hundred years ago.
No wonder tableware plays such an important role in European families.
""A Thousand Gold Prescriptions" was written more than a thousand years ago. At that time, Chinese doctors had already begun to study how to use medicines for beauty. 1,000 years ago, when Europeans were sick, they could only wait to die and go to church. Please ask the priest to give you some holy water to drink. Whether you can drink it well depends on God's will -" Yekaterina then revealed a secret to George.
"Legend has it that our ancestors have some oriental ancestry, so you see, your hair and mine are so black, and Olga's hair is a bit yellow, which is not good-looking-" Ekaterina George couldn't refute what he said. Russian origin is indeed a bit complicated.
Not talking about ordinary Russians.
As for the Romanov family, they have been intermarried with German nobles for generations. It is hard to say whether they are Russian or not -
Oh, the ancestors of the Romanov family were originally German.
That’s no problem.
“The shameless British stole tea from the Qing Empire, stole porcelain, and tried to steal silk, but failed because no one in Britain knew how to raise silkworms——” Ekaterina as Russians love to see British people make fools of themselves.
Prefer being French.
“We are not stealing, but saving the heritage of human civilization. This is the common heritage of all mankind, and we have the responsibility to protect it.” Yekaterina’s reason is very Russian.
Since it is a heritage of human civilization, George has even more responsibility.
This time there is no private goods, but the entrustment of my mother.
Milinder was very happy when he left Vladivostok. He is now the business representative of Super Duke Yureyevsky of the Russian Empire and has full authority to handle the products of Super Duke Yureyevsky in the Qing Dynasty. Agency and sales within the Empire.
After working here and there in the past few years, George still saved some good things.
Cosmetics are definitely a big part, and weapons and equipment are also very important.
Although Vladivostok cannot produce military rifles, the three major arsenals of the empire can.
After Russia began to change its equipment, more and more Berdan rifles were replaced. The Tsar's original intention was to use the Bodin rifles eliminated by the Guards to equip Russian local troops.
The rifles that have been eliminated by the local troops are then given to the militia groups, and the army's re-equipment is gradually completed.
The commanders of the major military regions are not stupid either.
Even if the Guards give priority to equipping them with new rifles, why should local troops accept weapons that have been eliminated by the Guards?
Are the local troops all stepmothers?
They are all to protect the Russian Empire, why should we favor one over the other.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with receiving it.
The key to the efficiency of the Russian Empire is that if the local troops receive the weapons eliminated by the Guards, the new rifles will be far away.
So the rifles eliminated by the Guards are piled up in the logistics warehouse of the military headquarters.
George asked Mulinder to find a way to sell the Bodin rifle to the Qing Empire.
Although the Bodin rifle was eliminated in Russia, it was still usable in the Qing Empire.
After talking to Mu Linde, I learned that although the Qing Empire had advanced repeating rifles, only the private troops affiliated with Li Zhangtong had a small amount of equipment.
The National Defense Forces of the Qing Empire still use raised guns.
The same is true for heavy machine guns.
After the Qing Empire purchased Gatlin, it also tried to have the Qing Empire’s arsenals copy it.
In the end, like the Russian Empire, the Qing Empire also eliminated heavy machine guns because of ammunition problems.
The heavy machine guns purchased by the Qing Empire now are rusty and dusty in the corners.
In this case, George has nothing to be polite about.
The snow fell relatively late in Vladivostok this year, and it didn’t snow until early October.
The Yuriev Palace was electrified, and Korff ran over from Khabarovsk to see the strange thing. He complained when he saw George.
"George, when will you see the poverty and backwardness of Khabarovsk?" Korff was so jealous that he wanted to move the governor's palace from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok.
According to Korff, the development of Vladivostok is progressing rapidly, not to mention rapid changes.
After the establishment of Futuan, two relatively prosperous business districts gradually formed around the station of Futuan and the station of the Siberian Fleet.
Business districts are a good thing, but they are not very useful.
The commercial district around the army is mainly based on Nasha. Any city that has aspirations cannot use this as a cover.
But this thing cannot be banned. The army is full of young and strong young men who all have physiological needs. If they cannot be solved outside, then the only choice is——
No, it can only be solved externally.
Since it cannot be banned, management must be strictly strengthened. At least those employees who are infected must be discovered in time and repatriated to Japan in time.
This really doesn’t mean to blackmail Japan. The people working in special industries in Vladivostok are all Japanese, and they are organized by the Japanese government. When officers and soldiers of the Fu regiment go to consume, they don’t have to give money, but are given coupons directly. , the Vladivostok Municipal Government directly connects with the Japanese government, and settles accounts with the Japanese government on a regular basis.
George has no control over the Siberian fleet.
Fu Tuan’s management is still very strict.
The management of employees in special industries is also very strict. In addition to receiving regular physical examinations, their daily activities are restricted to a very small range. If they leave without permission, they will be arrested by the police for vagrancy.
Yes, wandering is illegal in Vladivostok.
Not only are homeless people the source of all evil, they also provide a good breeding ground for crime.
The criminals sent to Vladivostok by the empire were under the unified management of the Vladivostok city government. They either went to mines, opened up wasteland, or built roads. In short, it was impossible to think about a five-year trip to Siberia.
The migrant population in Vladivostok is also strictly controlled. Even migrant workers need to accept the unified arrangements of the Labor Bureau and cannot wander at will on the streets of Vladivostok.
Immigrants are a special group of people and do not need to accept arrangements from the Labor Bureau, but they must also abide by the laws and regulations of Vladivostok.
New immigrants have a five-year assessment period. If they violate the laws of Vladivostok within these five years, they will have to accept the fate of being deprived of their property and deported.
This decision raised questions from Mikhail and Kanunnikov, who were worried that as a result, no one would immigrate to Vladivostok.
But with the arrival of a new batch of Cossack veterans and the families of the previous batch of veterans in Vladivostok in early October, all worries disappeared.
A total of 500 veterans arrived in Vladivostok in early October.
The number of family members of the previous batch of veterans reached 2,300, and Julian had to hire four cruise ships to send them all to Vladivostok.
What makes Mikhail both happy and sad is that among these 2,300 people, there are actually less than 200 families, and the average population of each family is more than ten people.
George is also worried.
George knew that the Russian family had a large population.
But to this extent, it is obviously beyond the concept of ordinary Cossacks.
(End of this chapter)