Chapter 31 Huge Profits (Seeking Investment)

"Mr. Colbert," Dandels looked at several high-ranking Patriot Party members beside him and sighed, "After the vote of the Federal Parliament, we have officially decided to cease fire and negotiate with the Orange Party. The negotiation meeting will be held the day after tomorrow.

The "Orange Party" he mentioned is the royalist party that supports the former Dutch governor William V, named after William V's title of Prince of Orange.

Colbert frowned, stood up, and said in a high-pitched voice:

"Mr. Speaker, the French cabinet means that there will be no peace talks and no compromise!

"You and your army only need to repel the enemy once and hold on for at least five days. The great France will help you deal with the rest, and you will definitely be able to defeat the counterattack of the Prince of Orange in the end!"

Danders' face flushed red, and he clenched his fists and said:

"Mr. Envoy, we don't want to surrender either! But you know, Wilhelmina's cousin, a traitor, attracted the Prussian army and spread the news everywhere, saying that we kidnapped her..."

Kolbe coughed lightly, looked away, and said casually:

"In my personal opinion, the Princess of Orange just did her best to do what she should do, and it should not be considered treason."

Danders was stunned, and then he remembered that the envoy in front of him represented King Louis XVI of France.

He suddenly felt a little ironic. It was another dictator who helped the Dutch people resist the dictator.

Perhaps this is the sadness and helplessness of a small country.

Dandels didn't bother with this episode and continued:

"There are more than 20,000 Prussian troops approaching Amsterdam, asking us to release Wilhelmina. God, she is not in our hands at all!

"And our army has only 7,000 soldiers, and its equipment is far inferior to that of the Prussians."

This is Wilhelmina's plan to help her husband restore the throne - to show up in The Hague, the Netherlands, in a high-profile manner, attracting the rebels to arrest her. Of course, the rebels were afraid of her identity as a Prussian princess and quickly released her. However, she announced to the public that she was still being held by the Patriot Party and asked Prussia to send troops to rescue her, but in fact she quietly ran to the border city of Nijmegen and hid.

Kolbe nodded:

"I didn't ask you to defeat the Prussian army, just make them realize that they will encounter fierce resistance.

"And I heard that 300 French guys sympathized with your situation and volunteered to help you fight. They brought more than 2,000 muskets and it seems that there were also cannons."

"2,000 guns and cannons?" Dandels was not so depressed anymore, "This is exactly what we need! Where did you get the cannons from? But, are 300 people too few?"

Kolbe immediately denied:

"The cannons may have been stolen from the French warships by someone. Please note that France has provided you with 600,000 livres, but has never sent troops.

"Oh, don't think 300 people are few, most of them are artillerymen, you know, an excellent artilleryman may turn the whole war situation around. Remember, this may be your only chance to keep your regime!"

Danders looked at the people around him, and said to Colbe:

"Mr. Envoy, we still need to discuss it. "

"Please go ahead. "

Only one hour later, the Patriot Party voted and decided to interrupt the peace talks, defend Amsterdam, and fight a decisive battle with the Prussian army.

Two days later, more than a dozen merchants, craftsmen, and even beggars entered the eastern border city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands through different channels, and soon connected with two French spies.

In a small house in the suburbs of Nijmegen, these people gathered in a circle. Lieutenant Fovatou, who was in charge of this operation, pointed to the east side of the Nijmegen map on the table and said:

"Wilhelmina should be hiding in the manor of Countess Lipp and rarely goes out.

"You should get familiar with the roads and environment in the city in the next few days. We will start when she goes to church this Sunday."

...

Palace of Versailles.

Joseph sat on a recliner, yawning in the winter afternoon sun.

The tax bill is still going through the process in the High Court. There is no news from the Netherlands for the time being. The police have just started, and there is nothing going on...

Since he came to this world, he finally had a rare leisure time.

However, Dr. Lamarck seemed to be afraid that he would be too bored, so he sent the refined salicin he requested last time.

Joseph hurriedly told him that he would send someone to get it in the future, so he didn't need to bother him to come all the way from Paris.

After sending Lamarck away, Joseph picked up the large bottle of almost purified white powder, opened the bottle cap and smelled it. There was no smell of alcohol at all, very pure.

He opened a box in the study, which contained glycerin, rose essential oil and other auxiliary materials that had been prepared long ago, as well as some weighing instruments.

He carefully weighed out 1000 grams of glycerin, 60 grams of rose essential oil and 22 grams of salicin, and mixed them together in a large glass flask.

At this time, the solution had completely turned pink and purple, exuding the aroma of essential oils, and there was no trace of salicin at all.

Then, Joseph mixed the first portion of "Angel Water" according to the ratio of one part of the mixed solution to three parts of water.

He frowned at the large bottle of thin liquid. As a cosmetic, it looked a bit ordinary.

He thought about it and decided to add some thickener. He immediately grabbed the candlestick on the table and took out a candle made of high-grade beeswax.

The candle powder was melted into the glycerin. As Joseph continued to stir, the solution quickly became viscous and opaque.

"This is a bit like a skin care product." He nodded with satisfaction, scraped out a small piece of "Angel Water" with his fingers, and evenly applied it on the back of his hand. It felt smooth and moist, with a floral scent, very comfortable.

After waiting for half an hour, there was no adverse reaction such as allergies or irritation, so Joseph called his beautician and applied some on his face.

Then, the beautician and his assistant were drafted. Under Joseph's command, they put the sticky pink and purple jelly into 7-ounce oblate glass bottles, and then put the glass bottles into exquisite wooden boxes with "Angel Water" hot stamped on them.

Even though the two of them had very flexible hands, they worked until 3 pm before they finally finished filling 50 bottles.

Joseph confirmed that the beautician's skin felt good, so he told Emmanuel to send 40 bottles to the more famous luxury stores in Paris for consignment, with each bottle priced at 15 livres.

He took the remaining 10 bottles to Queen Marie. When it comes to cosmetics, who can be a more suitable spokesperson than her? And it was a free endorsement.

In the corridor, Joseph did a simple calculation. A bottle of Angel Water costs just over 1 livre - glycerin in this era is refined from olive oil, which is expensive and accounts for 90% of the cost. On the contrary, the main active ingredient, salicin, has the lowest cost.

A bottle is sold for 15 livres, and after deducting transportation and sales costs, at least 12 livres and 10 sous can be earned!

He couldn't help but sigh: It's really the easiest to make money from women!

Boss Ma is not lying to me!

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