Hmm, Joseph had seen this dye before in a documentary about Egypt; Egyptians mastered this extraction technique thousands of years ago and have continued it ever since.
Later, Napoleon brought "Egyptian Blue" back to Europe. Its elegant hue quickly won favor among the nobles, boosting France's blue textile shipments by more than thirty percent that year.
Actually, what Joseph didn't mention to Le Roy is that "Egyptian cultural consumption" is what really makes money.
At present, this mysterious ancient country of the Eastern Mediterranean is almost legendary for Europeans.
Historically, the archaeologists Napoleon brought to explore Egyptian civilization triggered a craze for Egypt in Europe that lasted for decades.
Various Egyptian-style lion's paw chairs, papyrus-patterned inlaid furniture, Cleopatra-style headdresses—all instantly became fashion trends in Europe, driving an immense surge in consumption.
