Chapter 39: Spitsbergen Islands (3)

In the past, some European and American countries caught whales in large quantities just to get whale oil. After taking out the whale oil, they threw away all the remaining whale bodies. They did not use whale meat, whiskers, bones, tendons, etc. until the ocean ships became larger.
The main consumption of whale meat is Nordic countries such as Norway and Denmark, and island countries such as Japan. The whiskers are mainly used as female underwear. In the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", the heroine was struck by tight underwear. However, this process did not make further progress until the middle of the 18th century. They inserted banded whale bones, wood chips, or metal pieces in the center of the front part of women's underwear, and then bent the whale whiskers in accordance with the body curve beforehand, embedded them in the body, and put them on the chest The upper edge of the clothing is also embedded with a curved whale, and the back of the whale seems to be straight, forcibly pressing the shoulder blades, making the back appear flat. The seams of the cloth are also very clever. It is said that the age of corsets can be judged from the number of embedded whales and the processing of seams.
If the above is used as waste, what really affects the modern whaling activities is the specificity of whale oil. As mechanical oil, whale oil is of very high quality. This rare biological oil is mostly used for rocket The engine and metal industries are also very good lubricating oils, rolling oils, and surfactants. Even though cetaceans are so rare, the latter two usages are still in use today.
It can be said that the utilization of whales in modern society has basically reached the highest value. Of course, our utilization of all living things has reached a peak, but it has become scarce because of the excessive use of whales. Facing the whale composed of countless hills, Huang Xuan's mood is both excited and frustrated.
Spitsbergen is located in the Arctic Circle. Historically-at the beginning of the era now, Svalbard is the center of the entire Arctic whaling. The Netherlands, England, France, Spain, Portugal, the former maritime power, Weak countries have touched this sea area, and Arctic whales are on the verge of extinction after being hunted for more than a century.
The Japanese in the 21st century had already shifted their hunting positions to Antarctica, so the problem came. Bergen mainly hunted Arctic whales and a small number of other whales, but in the era of Huang Xuan, the total number of Arctic whales known to scientists may be There is not much Green Bay at the moment. How to sell Arctic whales has become the biggest problem.
The Governor did not know what Huang Xuan was thinking, but he was obviously very interested in Huang Xuan ’s proposal. With the technology and consumption power of the 17th century, he lost more whales than he could use. The two of them smiled and said, "What should I call Your Excellency? Mr. Olila's messenger, or Mr. Nokia?"
"You can call me Huang Xuan, my father is Dutch." Huang Xuan said sorry to his father, and continued: "If you want, you can call me Philips, or Unilever is no problem. "
Regarding his quirky name, Wei Luwei nuns mouth, obediently read: "So Mr. Philips, at what price do you want to exchange our whale, or, how much food do you want to exchange for?"
The sailors around are still working hard, but the officials of the East India Company have been surrounded. Most of them have no status in Europe. They are born at the bottom, and it is naturally difficult to see yellow people, let alone A yellow man fluent in Dutch.
Huang Xuan secretly shrunk his hands in his sleeves, and when he took them out, he was already full of wheat. He opened his hands and stretched out in the air, saying: "Mr. Governor, what price should such wheat be given?"
Wei Luwei didn't look at the food in Huang Xuan's hands, but just smiled: "It depends on what price you plan to buy the whale."
A group of people laughed again and had to say that the habits of Europeans in this era were really vulgar and disgusting.
Huang Xuan put away the wheat with a smile, and regarded the ridicule of the people around him as nothing. From such a situation, he didn't know how many times he met. For example, his nasty cousin often likes to laugh at others together, but once the ridicule is ignored However, these people will feel uncomfortable.
The Dutch with that big nose is obviously not very comfortable. He looked up and said: "This father is Mr. Philips of the Dutch. This island belongs to the Dutch. You should let your father talk."
Huang Xuanzheng was about to answer, but then someone said in a non-standard Dutch language: "Really?"
It is a European from outside the circle. He combed his shiny hair, and his clothes were tied around his waist, so that the sea breeze couldn't be disturbed. Compared with the gentlemen of the surrounding Dutch East India Company, his clothing was obviously not different.
Wei Luwei closed his eyes and looked at the big orange next to him, who shook his head.
The interfering Europeans took a step forward consciously, standing in front of everyone and saying, "When did this island belong to the Dutch?"
This time, he used Spanish.
In the 16th century, Spain was a superpower. It was precisely because of its oppression that the Netherlands only emerged. So most Dutch people know Spanish even if they do n’t speak Spanish, as many Chinese today do not speak English. , But when someone speaks English, they still know how to scold
Yankee
or banana.
For the Dutch, the Spaniards are extremely abhorrent. In the early 17th century, the Dutch who had not yet established world hegemony had just started their career as a sea coachman, and the Spaniards naturally did not like their older brothers to be their elder brothers. So when the person who intervened was a Spaniard, the Dutch's nose was flushed.
Huang Xuan took a step back and was not prepared to be involved in the battle between the two. Moreover, according to Lorraine, Svalbard was originally named after the Dutch found it. According to the logic of this era, this is naturally the Dutch. .
However, the newly joined Spaniard ’s interest in the battle was obviously not as strong as his interest in Huang Xuan. He pretended to be elegant and straightened his hat, and then said to Huang Xuan: "Mr. Philips, please forgive me for my recklessness, and I apologize for overhearing your conversation. "
Huang Xuan shrugged ~ EbookFREE.me ~ said: "It's okay." Unintentionally, unintentionally, the Europeans are all serious.
"Do you mind if I look at the wheat you brought?"
"Of course not." Huang Xuan poured half of the wheat into the opponent's hands.
"Very full wheat grains, if in Europe, 1000 pounds can be worth 50 silver coins." The Spanish handed the wheat grains to Huang Xuan with a smile, said: "My name is Juan, do you mind if I join this deal?"
"Of course not." In fact, Huang Xuan was very welcome. He turned his eyes to Juan and said, "Do you want to trade with me in Rial?" Rial is the Spanish silver coin, which is still a hard currency.
"Florin will do too." Juan gave Wei Luwei a smile.
In front of the banknote, Wei Luwei also forgot the hatred of his country, pushed away the big orange next to him, and said, "Have you brought wheat?"
"6 ships, and rice, sir."
Lorraine faithfully translated Huang Xuan's words, and this sentence completely detonated the enthusiasm of the big noses.