Chapter 38: Spitsbergen Islands (2)

Longyear ’s nearest port is called Green Bay. Only in the 68th of each summer, the ice floes in the bay will melt away, and large ships will enter and leave at this time. Its prosperity is no less than that of Amsterdam.
Green Bay does have a green color. There are 113 polar days in the summer here. Not only people who are used to seeing glaciers, but also Huang Xuan, who has just set off from Brazil, also thinks this port is called the green word. Especially on the hillsides of the sun, all kinds of flowers are magnificent and red. In addition to the still cold air, the short section is completely southern scenery.
Marsette seemed very proud of this. He was born in Spitsbergen, but he never left Longyearbye except fishing. This year is said to be a good harvest year. He is ready to find a job, and The benefits of a big boat going to sea together are much higher than fishing by yourself.
For Chinese people living in the 21st century, Longyear-old town is not even counted. Perhaps we can call it a large village. The resident population here is about 1200 people. Only in summer each year, fishing People will flock to it. Even so, Longyearbyen is the largest city in the Spitsbergen archipelago, and accommodates one-third of the population of the entire archipelago.
Seeing this scene, Huang Xuan, who had just been stimulated by jellyfish shrimp, slapped it down again. This time he went out, the materials he carried were mainly food, and sugar and spices could only be regarded as incidental. City, he felt discouraged, 1500 tons of food, is it sold to everyone 1 ton?
Marsette did not find Huang Xuan's depressed mood. He originally just accompanied Huang Xuan to Longyearbyen. Now that the people have arrived, he is ready to leave. He is anxious to find a boat and there is one month left in summer. It's too late.
"Wait." Huang Xuan first pulled Marsett and tried his best: "Where is the government here?"
"East India Company? Is this the place?"
Huang Xuan blinked. Behind him was a dozen bungalows surrounded by a courtyard. He originally thought it was a residential house, but he did not expect this to be the headquarters of the famous Dutch East India Company in the archipelago.
Not even a guard.
"What about people?" Huang Xuan looked at the closed door strangely.
"There should be a group of fishing boats arriving at the port today, and the Governor will naturally go to the port." Marsette was a little annoyed. He did not want to waste his precious time on a guy from Guawa Island. Okay, maybe Guwa Island, who cares?
With a sigh of breath, Huang Xuan tightened his clothes and said, "I will go to Green Bay with you."
"Anything you want." As long as Marsett could go to Green Bay.
Huang Xuan followed him in despair, this emotion continued until Lugang, and then was replaced by infinite shock.
For this era, Green Harbor may be a huge port. Two sailboats with a displacement of 200 tons are docked near the road. According to the information provided by Lorraine, the largest ship that can be built in this era is only 600 tons. , As if it was a destroyer during World War II.
However, the dull sailboat could not make Huang Xuan open his mouth to close, what attracted him was the huge stone platform on the shore and the huge body on it.
"That's it, the whale !?" Huang Xuan's voice was trembling, and he forgot to cover it up and said it directly. Lorraine's translation caused an accent (). Fortunately, Marseille was also immersed in excitement, and he could not listen The voice beside said, "That was the first batch of whaling ships to come back. I'm going to get on the boat to find a job."
Therefore, in the large Green Bay, Huang Xuan could only stand there alone, watching more than ten people working hard to dissect the whale.
From an early age, Huang Xuan knew that blue whales are the largest animal in the world, and once thought that whales are as huge as blue whales, but when they really saw these behemoths, they could only show shock.
Now, when seeing dozens of whales being divided into blocks, Huang Xuan's shock began to change into saliva ... As for the legendary guilt, the guilt of eating whales? If eating beef is only fragrant, then eating whale itself should also be happy-especially in this era, whales as ordinary goods rather than rare animals.
I just do n’t know how to sell whales, but the important thing is that it does n’t take much energy to transport them.
"This is a baleen whale, baleen whale, minke whale, weighs about 9 tons, the one next to it is a baleen whale, humpback whale, weighs about 30 tons, in addition to two gray whales on the southern sailing boat, weight They are about 28 tons and 35 tons respectively. No whale whales have been found so far. The other is the Arctic whale, with a total of around 70. "After that, Lorraine started to talk about whales again. I do n’t know when. Lorraine tends to popularize knowledge to Huang Xuan. This is not only in travel, but also in daily life. Huang Xuan does not matter, as long as he is not too noisy, just talk more.
"Lorraine, how to sell whale meat in the international market?" This is the core issue that Huang Xuan cares about.
Lorraine quickly searched and said: "Because of whaling restrictions, the price is gradually rising. The better parts, such as the lean meat of the whale tail, can reach $ 60 per kilogram, but the average part is only 6 Around US dollars. "
"It's not very high." Huang Xuan's enthusiasm decreased, but looking at the large number of thousands of whales in front of him, he felt inspired. He looked around and asked Lorraine: " Do you know where the governor is? "
"There is a large group of people 300 meters in front of the right, you can ask." Of course, Lorraine puts energy conservation first.
Wiping the frozen red nose, Huang Xuan raised the scarf that blocked his face a little, and walked to the right against the fishy sea breeze. Here are stopped the large ships of two or three hundred tons, not only the sailors are dividing the whale meat And the Dutch sailors stood guard against the wind, and the Dutch standing in the middle of the crowd carried their hands on their backs and said something to the guys wearing high hats.
As he walked a hundred steps away, a guard stopped Huang Xuan, a spearman who was in the 17th-century army sequence as a protection for the Musketeers, but in Spitsbergen his official rank was obviously Unusual growth.
The guard saw from Huang Xuan's forehead and eyes that this was not a white man. That was enough. The guard put the spear underground and blocked his sight only with his body, saying, "Go on one side."
"I'm an employee of the East India Company." Huang Xuan shrugged. At any time, reasoning with the big soldiers was inefficient. He didn't take off his scarf, because he couldn't match his mouth, so he just moved his lips slightly Let Lorraine speak for him: "I brought the whole boat of food. I want to see the Governor."
Today ’s Green Bay is in chaos. How could the guards know if a grain carrier arrived, he just stared at Huang Xuan with suspicion, shouting: "Aboriginal, pull down your mask."
Huang Xuan obediently pulled down his hood and moved his lips in the smallest possible range, saying, "Soldier, you only need to do your job well. I want to see the Governor, but you cannot decide whether to see me on behalf of the Governor, understand ?"
The Dutch in the crowd seemed to hear the voice here. A guy with feathers on his head said something to the people around him. Another soldier came over and said, "Let him go, the governor said to see him . "
The spearmen looked at Huang Xuan with hatred, but he let go of his body. Huang Xuan shrugged again. All the guys who came here were incapable of mixing in Europe, even criminals. Unless Spitsbergen became the center for whale hunting, the East India Company would never think of this piece of land on the far north side of the earth. Therefore, it is not necessary to discuss politeness issues with these people.
"Are you?" Huang Xuan pulled the hat off his head and bowed slightly.
"Vanhouge-Wei Luwei."
The old guy with a proud expression. This is Huang Xuan ’s first judgment. He is older than the people around him. At the same time, as the center of the conversation, he is the first person to speak. Huang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Governor, I represent Joma. -Mr. Olila greets you. "
Huang Xuan's judgment was correct, but Wei Luwei thought he had heard his name, so he waved his guard away and said, "Mr. Olila?"
Huang Xuanqing smiled and said: "It is the president of Nokia, sir. I sent a batch of grain here with fate, which was originally intended to be sold."
Everyone around laughed, a big nose smiled exaggeratedly, pressed his hat and said: "Come to Spitsbergen to sell food, children, we feed the whole Europe."
Arrogant guy. Huang Xuan's second comment, but he was still full of smiles and said: "Nokia has just been established and has little understanding of the situation, but the food has arrived and the fleet has left, so I want to find a buyer , Sell the grain. "
"Oh?" Wei Luwei was clearly interested. Although he was called the Governor, he was completely different from the Hong Kong Governor who was understood by the Chinese. The 17th-century East India Company was like a Dutch colonial advance. Bring the Tertiary Industry Development Department, and the latter is the source of colonization, so the actual identity of the Governor-General is a businessman, a greedy businessman with force.
"Mainly rice and wheat, and a small amount of spices and sucrose, which are good things."
In Europe, spices and sucrose have just passed their highest prices, but they are still expensive commodities. As for food-Europe will always be short of food. The rise of the Netherlands is largely due to the large amount of food supplied by its fisheries. According to the ideological theory, it was the Dutch who invented a technique that can remove fish intestines with a knife. The wheel of history began to turn. Got up.
"It's all good stuff." Big nose is honest, but just sighed, it was stopped by Wei Luwei's harsh eyes, and the Governor said lightly: "Now is the season for whaling and going to sea, I am afraid there are not many. The boat can transport your goods. "
Huang Xuan knew that this man wanted to lower the price, but he really couldn't wait. If he couldn't complete the transaction within three days, he would have to take this batch of food home with him, and then lose millions of kilowatts of electricity in vain. What's more, he was not actually ready to be transported away.
"Lorraine, we can't grab a batch of them back?" Looking at the whale being divided, Huang Xuan couldn't help but bow his head and said: "Anyway, you are also directly stuffed into the plane channel, we take it directly, why should we pay for the garbage? ? "
"If you are satisfied with only a dozen whales, you can do it." Lorraine does not object. "It's just that if these Dutchmen attack you, I can't guarantee your safety. The current level of the base is only 22. There is a high loss in using energy through the plane channel. Once the energy consumption exceeds the storage capacity, you cannot go back. "
"You can't beat medieval people?"

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Lorraine corrected:
Your body strength ca n’t even resist the puncture of a spear. In the face of so many people, I think the efficiency ratio is too low . "
"It's a mess." Knowing that he can only tolerate exploitation, Huang Xuandeng calmed down and gritted his teeth, said: "Mr. Governor, there is a lot of food. If I can't finish it, I can stay here. I will wait until the fleet comes next year, but I am willing to exchange grain for Longyear ’s whale meat. "
Wei Lu narrowed his eyes to Huang Xuan, "Leave some?" He seemed to be considering whether it was a bribe, and he was wearing an orange behind him, like a big orange Dutchman said at this time: "Whale oil us You can ship it to Europe by yourself. Svalbard does not need food, nor does it need whales. "Everyone laughed again.
Whale oil is the fat layer of whales. It is an important industrial raw material and fuel. It is also the main edible oil in Europe. It can produce margarine, soap, lamp oil and so on. During this period, if the whaling boat is too small, people will split the whale oil, and then throw the rest of the whale into the sea. Upon hearing Lorraine ’s explanation, Huang Xuan ’s little regrets, but it is slightly With a happy expression: "Mr. Governor, I can buy the whole whale. In short, the price is negotiable."