Chapter 41: Spitsbergen (5)

Huang Xuan's first business in Spitsbergen was very successful. 20,000 pounds of wheat was exchanged for 60,000 pounds of whale meat. In the unit he was familiar with, he used 10 tons of wheat for 30 tons of whale meat. If you don't consider the energy consumption and risks of the plane, this kind of transaction can be really good.
At about 12 o'clock in the evening, Huang Xuan stalls began to be surrounded. More and more ship owners heard the news. The whale giblets that were originally abandoned in the port dumps were also picked up, only because of the inconvenience of land transportation in Lugang. , The transaction proceeded extremely slowly.
Mainly relying on the sale of spices, Huang Xuan already owns 3,000 Florin in cash, and in the Americas, this money can buy 600 Manhattan Island. Many shipowners are fond of these small, light, and expensive items. They are more willing to return to Europe with spices in a cabin rather than throwing away all whale oil and converting food.
Many of them believe that the price of whale oil will rise sharply in Europe this year, and Huang Xuan is an insider who knows the news. However, these did not affect his acquisition of other parts of the whale. The merchants have their own judgment. They are happy to sell the whale meat, whale bones, internal organs and Huang Xuan. These parts should have been thrown into the sea. In 2014, they waited until the Dutch had more ships before they would ship these parts to Europe to find ways to use them.
However, the textbook 400 years later said well, the whale is full of treasure. Its internal organs are rich in vitamins, and the price in the new century is much higher than whale oil. Whale bones and whale whiskers are good raw materials for handicrafts. Therefore, under the principle of taking each one, the transaction is going smoothly.
Huang Xuan rented several warehouses directly to the port at a price of 100 florins in order to disguise as a ship. Whenever a transaction is concluded, Lorraine will put the amount of materials requested by the other party in one of the warehouses accordingly, and Huang Xuan only needs to take the other party to see the goods once. Until the other party finishes moving.
This method is safe and effective. Huang Xuan only needs to hide for three days. As long as people are suspicious later, they put it in the X file. It's just that the speed of doing this is very slow. It seems that it needs to be spent in polar days tonight.
The wooden door opened and closed rhythmically, and the squeaking noise of Juan was anxious. As a Spanish businessman, this is his third year in Svalbard. Before that, he bought and sold iron cannons in Hamburg and wool in London. He is familiar with European business. He is proud of being able to make clear judgments. However, the lack of funds makes this judgment almost ironic.
Juan wanted to use his brain to take the inventory in Huang Xuan's hands, especially the refined white sugar. The barbarians just cared about the wheat and spices-although the quality of these foods is good and the price is cheap, Juan understands that it is really valuable Are those sugar.
At the current technical level in Europe, sucrose is difficult to achieve sufficient sweetness. Of course, brown sugar and even brown sugar have satisfied them, but Juan believes that nobles will love whiter, finer and sweeter sucrose.
After Huang Xuan talked with a Frenchman, he grabbed him and said, "Mr. Philips, I have notified the fleet that they can arrive within three days. We can get cash transactions. As long as you wait for me for three days, I am willing to 12 Florin acquires all the goods in your hands for every thousand pounds.
Huang Xuan shook his head apologetically and said, "Mr. Juan, I can't wait for 3 days."
He was telling the truth, but Juan thought it was shirk. Seafarers are the most patient, they can wait for a year for a monsoon, how can it not wait for 3 days, 3 days can not even prepare food and fresh water for a boat.
A Portuguese pushed Juan away and saw Huang Xuan busy in the crowd. He only stomped his feet and left.
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Wei Lu sat quietly on the chair, like the nobility, with his elbows lying flat on the armrests, with several hands standing on one side, focusing his attention on the table.
On the table is a handful of sugar.
Huang Xuan allows people to take away the goods in the stalls as samples, of course, only those shipowners or merchants who are dressed in bright clothes can do so.
The big nose sticks a few grains of white sugar and puts it in the mouth, smashed it a few times and put a few more grains in it.
The widespread availability of sugar in Europe was accompanied by the conquest of the American continent. Prior to this, the price of sugar could be equivalent to gold. Europeans even used it as a medicine, but by the 17th century, many wealthy citizens could also get Sugar.
However, it can never be as sweet as modern white sugar.
For a child born in the 1990s, white sugar may not be sweet at all. They have become accustomed to higher sweetness sugars such as fructose. However, for Europeans who still have the luxury of eating brown sugar, white sugar almost represents an advanced technology.
"It's really sugar," Big Nose licked his lips with his tongue. "It's much better than the sugar we produce."
"Will it be a new product in China?" Big orange also tasted a few sugars and said, "Maybe many have been produced in China, otherwise how can it be sold to Svalbard."
"Maybe not much." Another tall Dutchman joined the discussion.
Wei Luwei was still sitting there, listening to the guesses of his men. The Governor of the East India Company is a very powerful position, but this theory is not universally applied globally, such as Svalbard.
Historically, there have been several organizations named as the East India Company. The most famous of course is the British East India Company. In the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company was fiercely competing with the Spanish and Portuguese for Svalbard's dominance.
At present, the Netherlands is dominant. In a few decades, the Dutch will completely monopolize the whaling industry in the Arctic.
But so far, Wei Luwei has not dared to slack off.
To buy the food in the hands of the Guawa people, it would cost thousands or even more gold coins, and without the money, what would the company use to buy whale oil. Whale oil is a strategic material, is it going to fight?
Thinking of this, Wei Lu sat up slightly, he said anxiously: "Is there anyone from China or Europe recently?"
"Posek just arrived last month, what happened to UU reading www.uukanshu.com?" The big nose was a little strange.
"How is the domestic situation? What about Europe?"
"It's fine." Big nose exhaled. "Except for the British, without them, everything is peaceful in Europe."
"British ..." Wei Luwei chewed the name gently. He likes to do it, just like the Earl in his hometown, but everyone who knows him knows that although Fanhouge-Wei Luwei There is a fan in front of the name, but he is not an aristocrat. Maybe when Svalbard becomes a Dutch territory, he can get the title of aristocrat.
"Master Governor?"
Wei Luwei recovered, lowered his elbow from the armrest, stood up on the table, and said, "Clee, we also need to collect whale oil, using the CIF price in Europe last year."
"What about these?" Big nose pointed at the sugar and food on the table.
Wei Luwei swept it off the table in disgust, saying: "The supply of whale oil to the country must first be guaranteed. Let the Spanish buy it."