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Chapter 75
"Look, shopkeeper Li is coming down." Someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone's eyes inside and outside the room turned to the direction of the stairs on the second floor.There, Li Defu, the shopkeeper of Tianxianglou, who hadn't shown up all morning, slowly walked down the stairs.

Some people said that shopkeeper Li Da drank too much, and he agreed to the foreigner's competition by virtue of his alcohol. After waking up, he was frightened and hid himself, not daring to show his face. Even if Shopkeeper Li is backed by Eunuch Li, the chief eunuch, it is useless.No matter how powerful Eunuch Li is, he is still stronger than the Queen Mother Lafayette?
But now, when he saw shopkeeper Li Da smiling and walking down the stairs steadily, he was full of confidence at first glance, and the rumors were self-defeating.

"Treasurer Li Da has the guts to dare to compete with foreigners. You are also honoring our men in the Qing Dynasty. No matter whether you win or lose today, it is for this point. I, Wang San'er, admire Master Li Da. Who will compete with Master Li Da in the future? If you can't make it through, it means you can't make it with me, Wang San'er."

"Yes, shopkeeper Li is a pure man, a real man with iron blood, we support you."

"Give foreigners some color."

The people who came to watch the fun kept shouting that the Qing Dynasty had received a lot of anger from foreigners over the years, and it all exploded at this moment. Even if it was just a competition for gadgets like perfume, they hoped to win against the foreigners.After all, these days, even the Empress Dowager Lafayette dare not provoke foreigners, and dare to compete with foreigners, that is naturally a great thing.

Li Defu clasped his fists and arched to the old and young men present. At this time, he changed from his frightened and frightened bear, with his chest upright, his head raised, and his feet walking in a figure-of-eight stance. He kept saying , "Thank you, old and young, for your support, and thank you, folks, elders for your support..."

The crowd in the house automatically divided into two rows to make way for Li Defu.

"Everyone, I, Li Defu, have been waiting here for a long time." Li Defu looked at the foreigners present and said, following his father's instructions, he bowed his hands politely.

"Treasurer Li, you have so many people here, how can we compare?" William the foreigner looked at the people in the room and asked Li Defu.

"Mr. William, the room is small, how about we compete outside?" Li Defu asked, and the father ordered that not only win today, but also win beautifully. Of course, he hopes that more people can see it.

"No, it's too cold outside, and the wind will blow away the smell of the perfume." William shook his head and disagreed.

"There are so many things about foreigners."

"That's right, it's too windy, so why don't you just sit downwind?" People around talked one after another.

Li Defu stretched out his hand and patted it twice, and said loudly to the onlookers, "Since foreigners want to compete in the room, let's do it in the room and let them know what a state of etiquette is. Ladies and gentlemen, please go outside." Go, give up an open space, no matter what you have to win the foreigners have nothing to say."

"Shopkeeper Li Da is right. Everyone retreats. The foreigners in the province lose. Blame our northwest wind."

"what!"

Hahahaha...

After all, facing the foreigners, with the same hatred, the people watching the excitement in the room consciously went out. After a while, only the people from Tianxianglou and the dozen or so foreigners remained in the overcrowded room.

"Mr. William, can we start the competition now?" Li Defu looked at the foreigner proudly and said.In the past, even though he was rich, not many people could think highly of him. I didn't expect that everyone present today would really give him face and make him awe-inspiring in front of foreigners.What is an all-in-one response?This is called a hundred responses.

"can."

clap clap clap!
Li Defu clapped his hands again, and the staff in the store moved out the tables, chairs and benches that had been prepared in advance from the backyard, and placed them in the room.

"Our five judges have come." William pointed behind him, and a foreigner came out, including men and women, and sat directly on the chair. "I don't know who the judges of your Tianxiang Building are..."

"It's been chosen a long time ago." After Li Defu finished speaking, he shouted loudly towards the back door, "Madams, please."

clang clang...

dong dong dong...

The backyard suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums, as if someone was holding a wedding. When the man opened the curtain, several ladies in brocade came out gracefully under the service of the maids.

"Isn't that Mrs. Liu? Wow, Mrs. Zhao is here, and Mrs. Li..."

Seeing a few ladies appearing on the stage, the onlookers immediately exploded. These ladies are not only young and beautiful, but also come from rich and powerful families. They are all famous people in the capital. Shopkeeper Li unexpectedly invited Come five ladies to be the judges, isn't that too awesome?However, for the perfume competition, it is perfect for these well-informed and knowledgeable ladies to be the judges.If you just call a few beggars from the street, the smell of steamed buns is probably better than the smell of perfume.

The five ladies sat beside the foreigner, lined up, sitting upright, with elegant manners, full of nobility, not weaker than the foreigner at the side.

"Okay, the ten judges have all sat down, can we start the competition now?" Li Defu looked at William and asked.

William nodded, then took a glass bottle from his girlfriend behind him, and displayed it in front of everyone, "This is the best perfume in our British Empire and the best perfume in the world. Anna, she symbolizes purity and harmony. Noble. Shopkeeper Li, do you still use toilet water?" After speaking, he looked contemptuous.

"To deal with the perfume of your British Empire, why do you need our powerful toilet water? Isn't that overkill?" Li Defu also took out a glass bottle, showed it to the onlookers, and said to William, "This is our Tianxiang Lou's perfume, I used to disdain to sell such monotonous things, but today, in order to compare with you, I will take out a bottle and let Mr. William know that Tianxianglou never tells lies."

Huh?
William and other foreigners looked at the perfume in Li Defu's hands curiously, and the bottle seemed to be more exquisite and high-end than theirs.

"Then let's start." Li Defu said, he was very satisfied with the reaction of the foreigners. Whether he lost or won, he must first shock them with momentum.

"Wait." William said suddenly, "Let me tell you the rules of the competition. First of all, our perfumes are of different colors. To be fair, the eyes of the ten judges need to be blindfolded to ensure that they cannot see anything. Spray the perfume on their left and right hands respectively. Each of the judges has a chopstick, whichever flavor they like, they can hold the chopsticks in which hand. Secondly, the judges cannot speak, and the perfume needs to be exchanged from time to time. Third, both of us need our own Choose one person, see if the other party has hints and other cheating phenomena, once discovered, it will be dealt with as a loser. How about it, do you agree?"

"No problem, our Qing Dynasty is a country of etiquette. For the sake of fairness, we will do what you say. If there is any trick, just use it. Our Tianxiang Tower relies on strength." Li Defu said confidently.

"Okay, let's get started."

The staff of Tianxianglou bought a piece of satin a few feet from a nearby silk and satin shop, cut it into ten strips with scissors, tied them to the eyes of the ten judges, and then waved their hands a few times in front of their eyes to confirm After the light is not transparent, the competition officially begins.

One person from each side holds their own perfume, stands in front of the first judge, and sprays perfume on the left and right hands of the judge.And Li Defu and William are personally responsible for monitoring whether the other party is cheating.

Hundreds of people gathered inside and outside Tianxiang Building, but it was quiet inside the house, even on the street outside, everyone held their breath, watching the process of the competition nervously, waiting for the result of the competition.

The first judge was Mrs. Liu. After smelling the fragrance on the two palms, she savored it carefully, and then held the chopsticks in her right hand.

right hand?

"It's Tianxiang Building!"

Someone whispered outside the door, but quickly covered his mouth tightly with his hands, for fear of disturbing the competition inside the room.

Li Defu was very proud when he saw it, he took the chopsticks out of Mrs. Liu's hand and held them in his own.

a chopstick!
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(End of this chapter)