Looking at the local buns that were shocked by the Western businessman, Tang Yi couldn't help but contempt. Double-sided embroidery had existed in the Song Dynasty. On the same base material, during the same embroidery process, images of both sides were embroidered. The outline was exactly the same and the pattern was equally exquisite...

What we show Westerners is ordinary double-sided embroidery. As for the double-sided three-sided embroidery, the more clever technique of double-sided different-color embroidery, cleverly integrating various arts such as painting, embroidery, poetry, calligraphy, and gold and stone.

As far as Tang Yi knows, the Weaving Bureau pays tribute to the palace to the embroidery treasures, more than 70 stitches and more than 100 colors of embroidery threads. The needlework is exquisite and subtle, and the embroidery image is vivid and realistic, with bright colors, strong texture, both form and spirit, and bold style. It can be called "embroidery peanut fragrance, embroidery birds can listen to sound, embroidery tigers can run, and embroidery people can convey the spirit."

If the Western Yi saw such a "godly product", they would be able to scare a large number of people to death. For the sake of their lives, Tang Yi hid the good things very magnanimously.

However, even ordinary double-sided embroidery is enough. After all, the things that Westerners could get in the past were smuggled products that had been dumped with several hands, from silk merchants to maritime merchants, from maritime merchants to pirates, and any good things were intercepted. Anyway, Westerners didn't understand anything, but they were just a group of big fat sheep, slaughtered at will.

Compared to smugglers, Tang Yi is still much more generous.

After showing the double-sided embroidery, the music changed and changed to a soothing style, as if the mountains and flowing water were right in front of you, the springs were twitching, the fields were connected to the fields, and the fields were leisurely and contented.

Amid the soothing music, the maid slowly walked out from behind the screen. As soon as she appeared, almost all the Western businessmen couldn't help but breathe, and their mouths were so shocked that they were so big.

Some people even bowed to the ground excitedly, bursting into tears. They kept muttering: "Goddess, Virgin..."

No wonder they are so excited. The clothes are so bright and dazzling. They don’t know their true colors. They look like ridges and peaks on the other side. They are flickering with the patterns of hundreds of birds, and each bird seems to spread its wings and fly in front of you at any time.

This is not a human clothes, it is simply a treasure that only gods have.

It's worth it to be able to wear such luxurious clothes, even if it's only a quarter of an hour.

Not only Western Yi, but Tang Yi was also very surprised when he first saw feather embroidery. The careful embroiderer used only one or two threads of velvet every time, and used needles as if the hair was thin. The color was exquisite and radiant to the eyes. The scenery was of the distance and the depth, the pavilion was waiting for the deep body, the characters had a vivid look, and the flowers and birds were extremely graceful. From skirts and jackets to handkerchiefs and pillowcases, they were all wonderful. Especially the feathers were bright and beautiful, and they could shine with dazzling brilliance, whether in the sun or under the light.

You should know that women naturally like shining things. You can imagine how much money can they be exchanged for if a bird skirt is shipped to the West!

Tang Yi was well versed in marketing. He did not give Westerners too much time to appreciate it. He immediately changed his music. This time, he changed from a separate display to a group. Three or two young women, wearing Su-embroidered skirts, gold and silver jewelry, and holding oil-paper umbrellas, walked in style.

The charm of the Eastern charm makes Westerners even more saliva, not afraid of not knowing the goods but comparing goods. Compared with these women, the so-called noble ladies in the West are no different from ugly and vulgar village girls.

Some Westerners couldn't help but unconsciously moved forward, stretched out their hands, as if they were going to grab them. One of them was even more overwhelming and rushed towards the maid. His face looked ugly, but he was destined to fail. There were soldiers on both sides who rushed up, stretched out their legs and pressed him to the ground, then pulled out their waist knife and pressed them behind their necks. He dared to move for a moment, ensuring that he would splatter three feet of blood.

Tang Yi noticed this scene, waved his hand, and the display suddenly stopped. The maids retreated and the band stopped. Now the Western merchants and the bearded men from the Middle East stopped working, as if they were snatched away their toys, and they were both angry and annoyed.

"Everyone, we are welcoming and hospitable, but you must also remember that this is the Ming Dynasty. We must abide by the rules of the Ming Dynasty in everything, otherwise not only business cannot be completed, but even friends cannot be completed."

Tang Yi changed his tone and smiled and said, "I won't talk about these things. I can tell you that what you just saw is just the tip of the iceberg and a drop in the ocean. For silk and embroidery, we have thousands of years of deep accumulation, and good things are emerging one after another. As an official institution, Maritime Service has the best and most complete products in the Ming Dynasty, not just silk, porcelain, and tea. I prefer to sell a life attitude, a culture, and a spirit. The key to the aristocrats becoming aristocrats is cultural cultivation.

, elegant manners and noble taste. You should not just sell goods back to the West, but also bring culture back. Luxury silk, paired with exquisite jewelry, thick mahogany furniture, and crystal clear porcelain, this is the Eastern lifestyle, and you can bring it to the Western nobles. Although we are far away from the ocean, we wear the same clothes, taste the same fragrant tea, and enjoy the same bright moon. I think this is an extraordinary experience for any Western noble."

Tang Yi talked freely, and this is not just empty talk, because there was indeed an Eastern fever in Western history. Even until the Enlightenment, many Western thinkers regarded the East as an idol of learning... Porcelain can be worth a thousand gold in the West and is very popular. In addition to being extremely exquisite, the characters on the porcelain can also bring information from the East, making Westerners full of imagination and longing.

Even in some paintings, the gods of Olympus were holding Eastern celadon.

Later generations had a petty bourgeois mood and Western style. At this time, the West's enthusiasm for the East far exceeded that of later generations. Tang Yi advocated what lifestyle and cultural spirit, to put it bluntly, he told these merchants that you should not only buy silk, but also move all furniture, accessories, pots and pans back.

A piece of silk may only cost 100 taels of silver when it is shipped to the West. If a mahogany table and two chairs are added, it may be sold for 1,000 taels or 10,000 taels.

As for those unique jewelry in the East, they are light in weight and easy to transport. If they can be obtained from the West, combined with high-end silk, it will be enough to make any woman crazy.

These businessmen don’t understand anything else, but when it comes to how to make money, they are definitely the smartest group of people in the world. Although furniture is inconvenient to transport, it is precisely because of the inconvenience that it is more valuable.

Tang Yicheng Common land put their fools in the exhibition activities to an end, and the official sales began. The merchants who had long been eager to rush to various exhibition areas, some rushed to silk, some rushed to tea, some loved porcelain, and many more went to the comprehensive area to pursue the so-called "oriental culture".

Tang Yi accompanied Eunuch Shi and walked between the exhibition area. Eunuch Shi had seen such a scene for the first time. His eyes were wide open, looking east and west, and suddenly he found a bearded businessman quarreling with a silk merchant, and the two sides were having a big fight. Tang Yi and Eunuch Shi were curious and both came over.

Eunuch Shi called the translator over and asked in confusion: "What are you quarrel?"

The general interpreter quickly said, "Report to this father-in-law, the gentleman is called Ibrahim, and he thinks the price is unfair."

Eunuch Shi glanced at the silk merchant and asked, "Can you cheat on the customer?"

"I'm unfair, father-in-law, how dare I, young people? If you don't believe me, look at which of these two silks is better."

Eunuch Shi reached out and took it over. One was bright red and the other was dull brown. Eunuch Shi touched it twice, then looked at Tang Yi and smiled and said, "Zhuangyuanlang, which of these two silks do you think is better?"

"My father-in-law's eyes are like a raging, and he must have seen it. I guessed it well. It should be that Mr. Ibrahim prefers bright colors. I wonder if what I said is right?"

The translation was quickly translated, and the bearded businessman nodded quickly.

Tang Yi smiled again, "This friend, it is logical that I shouldn't question your vision, but I want to say that the real aristocrats are not simply gorgeous and fancy. They prefer a kind of implicit and restrained beauty. Take this brown silk, which is thick and soft, and has a very good drooping nature. If you embroider it with bright red silk thread, it looks inconspicuous, but has a unique charm. In addition, if gold and silver jewelry are added, the darker color contrast will be stronger and more beautiful."

After Tang Yi's explanation, the bearded man picked up the silk again, compared it for a while, and sincerely extended his thumb.

The general translator said excitedly: "Mr. Ibrahim said he thought your advice was very professional and pertinent. He was willing to pay 120,000 taels to buy three thousand pieces of this silk."

Tang Yiyun smiled lightly and said, "Mr.'s vision and courage will bring you rich rewards. I wish you a smooth journey and a great fortune in advance."

Turning around and leaving the booth, Eunuch Shi covered his mouth with his hands, and his heart almost jumped out.

120,000 taels, 3,000 pieces, which means that a piece of silver costs 40 taels. The market price of silk is only over twenty taels. If you sell it to Westerners, you can earn twice the income. It is not as fast as you can grab money!

"Tang Zhuang Yuan, is it profitable for Westerners to spend such a large price?"

"Eunuch Shi doesn't have to worry. These people are smart. In the past, many smuggled silks were not as good as this one. They could be sold for seventy or eighty taels, or even one hundred taels when they went to the West. These silks could be sold for at least one hundred and twenty taels."

"Good, let's make twice as much money, can they make twice?"

"That's not." Tang Yi sighed: "Eunuch Shi, in fact, this money should belong to us. Unfortunately, we don't have a Ocean Fleet at the moment, so we can only let them make a big profit."

Eunuchs are greedy for money, and this Eunuch Shi is no exception. In fact, if you think about it, you can find that a piece of silk costs less than ten taels of silver. If you ship it to the West, you can sell it for more than one hundred taels. If you are ten times more profitable, a hundred pieces of silk can be exchanged for a sea boat. Two or three thousand pieces can be transported at a time, so you can eat and drink for a lifetime. Eunuch Shi’s eyes are congested and they have the urge to sail to the sea.

The exhibition lasted for three days, and the total price of goods sold exceeded 3 million taels. In addition, the imported goods were more than one million taels, and the tariffs alone were as much as 400,000 taels.
Chapter completed!