Chapter 42: Spitsbergen (6)

Wei Luwei is the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Svalbard, but not the governor of the Netherlands in Svalbard, so his orders can only be passed within the East India Company. For business people affiliated with the East India Company, whether or not to follow the company's recommendations depends only on the distribution of benefits, and only those employees who work for the company will follow the order.
Therefore, not only did the number of people in front of Huang Xuan's small stalls not decrease, but the trading volume tended to rise. To his surprise, most people are reluctant to sell whale oil, even if he is at the European purchase price last year.
One day and one night, Huang Xuan sold 300 tons of food and all the spices, and the samples originally placed on his booth were also polished. However, because there were too many people in the trade, it was too late to put them on.
By the next morning, there were gradually fewer talents, but around the warehouse, there were a lot of sailors lying around. They mostly came to work as porters to make extra money, and a small number were sent by the captain. When there is no livelihood, they lie on the cold ground to rest.
Huang Xuan rubbed his eyes, hoping to relieve his overnight fatigue. His whole body was in a state of nervousness and hyperactivity. So far, he has received 3,500 florins. Although temporarily put into the plane channel, those The tall sailors did not know that he was always worried about how people with red eyes would move if someone shouted.
Fortunately, the red hairs are temporarily safe.
Another batch of grain was sent out of the warehouse. Huang Xuan took a sigh of relief, took out the registration slip in his hand, and shouted, "Who is Mr. Klee?"
Kelly was the big nose Huang Xuan had seen before. He bent slightly and rushed out of the corner of the wall. He grabbed Huang Xuan's hand and said, "Mr. Philips, it's me, don't shout."
"Oh." Huang Xuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well ..., Mr. Klee?"
"It's me." Klee's nose seemed to be sweating. He looked at the warehouse behind him and said, "Shall we talk inside?"
"Just here." Huang Xuan shook his head. He always paid attention to putting himself in the public eye. Even if he went to the warehouse to look at the goods, only by raising his vigilance could he reduce the greed of others.
"It's not very convenient here." Big Nose obviously dislikes this place, which is too striking.
Huang Xuan shook his head persistently.
"Okay." Kelly licked his lips and turned his head toward the door. "I want to buy your sugar. How much do you have?" He spread his clenched palms with yellow clenched inside. Xuan brought sugar.
"About 6000 pounds, maybe more, what's wrong?" Huang Xuan has been wondering why the spices are sold clean, but the sugar is not sold at all. He originally guessed whether it is related to a different plane. This plane In Europe has already had sugar, but I do n’t know, it is because the intentional people have refined the sugar as a sample.
"Make an offer." The big nose trembled slightly, as if frightened and excited.
Huang Xuan narrowed his eyes and tapped his fingers gently on the wall of the warehouse. After thinking about it, he said, "Do you want 6,000 pounds?"
"Yes." The Dutchman was a little impatient and asked, "I'll make a price. I don't have much time."
"I think we have to wait for Mr. Juan. He wants these cane sugar too. You see, his fleet will arrive in the afternoon."
Klee wrinkled his nose. He didn't like the Spanish name. He stared at Huang Xuandao predominantly: "Here from Guawa Island, I know you want to make a high price, don't play tricks."
"Really?" Huang Xuan didn't care about such low-level intimidation, and Huang's stupidest kid wouldn't change his mind. He shrugged, picked up the registration form, and prepared to call the next person.
Kelly had to cover the piece of paper with his palm and raised his other hand. He said before and after: "God bless you, my price will satisfy you."
"Maybe you can come back in the afternoon." Huang Xuan did not set aside the frostbite-covered hand, but put the hand holding the registration form behind his back.
"I'm leaving in the afternoon, take my boat, understand?" Klee looked around, and no one noticed himself. He decided not to follow Wei Lu slightly, he would go back to Europe, as long as he brought 6,000 pounds of pure white sugar, he could live well in any European country. Now, he has 8,000 florins in his hands, which is all his property ... well, plus a part of the money to buy whale oil. Wei Luwei is old and his old judgment is down. He bought whale oil at the price of European whale oil last year! Who would do such a stupid thing, even if a war really happened, the most valuable thing would not be whale oil, but more likely to transport difficult food, who cares about the war supplies, only the guy who was stunned by the knight .
"1000 florins per thousand pounds." Kelly couldn't help asking. He didn't have time to spend here. Who knows when Wei Luwei will think of him.
Huang Xuan's time is also very tight, but he still pretended to gesture: "Look, Mr. Juan has reserved this batch of sugar. I can't sell it to you."
"1100 Florin." Klee offered the price again, and suppressed the idea of ​​looking around.
"1400." This is Lorraine's suggestion. 14 Florin can buy a sheep and exchange half a ton of sugar for 100 sheep. It is fair ... But then Huang Xuan remembered the tulip again. In the case of Rolling, you can probably buy one-fifth "Forever Augustus". It's really perverted.
Klee wrinkled his big nose and countered: "1200. I only have so much."
Huang Xuan glanced at him and he could stay here for a day, so he shook his head firmly and said, "It seems that I have to wait for Mr. Juan."
Kelly gasped and rattled his fists, Huang Xuan looked at him indifferently, attacking the time-space traveler with level 22 clearance, then the other party had to have a strong backing.
Big nose left with regret, and he couldn't use all his assets to buy the sugar in Huang Xuan's hands. That would be too risky, although it would be more risky to offend the East India Company.
Turning the register to the next page, Huang Xuan felt very tired. He had never stayed up late to work, and now it was an experience.
Another British exchanged half a boat of wheat with a whale. The United Kingdom is a country that is accustomed to importing. After a few years, they will also import wheat from Norway. Huang Xuan just advanced the time.
In the evening, Huang Xuan's main job became an acquisition. He had to spend all the gold coins in his hand and bring metal products home, but it was a stupid idea, at least for now.
Open a warehouse at will, let the buyer order the goods by himself, Huang Xuan then waited outside the door, watching the sailors on the other side yelling and carrying bags of food, a green-eyed guy shouted loudly on the side: "Be careful, don't spill it."
The owner who wants to sell will unload the whale on the dock near the warehouse. After Huang Xuan ’s point, a large group of sailors who have received money will try their best to drag it into the nearby rented warehouse, and Lorraine will apply everything. The whale meat could be stolen from the wharf or warehouse by any means conceivable. If necessary, he would even stun the workers on the wharf. Anyway, he was lying on the ground and sleeping alone.
This is perhaps the happiest time in Green Bay in the last 10 years. All ship owners moored in the port have received this news. Not only will East Indian companies purchase whale oil at European CIF prices, but others are willing to buy any part of whales. And it can be exchanged for good quality food. Is there anything more enjoyable than making more money?
Only the owners of those boats tightened their faces. Due to the small size of the boat, most of them only split the most valuable whale oil after catching the whale. Only large ships weighing hundreds of tons were willing to bring the whole whale back to the port, and by the way Replenishing fresh water. In this feast, the boat owners can only comfort themselves. After all, the price of whale oil has risen. The vacant places can be rented to other owners, or take this time to go to sea again, this time no longer The whale body will be lost.
Huang Xuan still did not know that he changed the fate of many people. He dragged his heavy eyelids and yelled every name on the register, or collected money, or exchanged, or paid to buy every whale he saw, as to whether it was an Arctic whale. Still a minke whale, Huang Xuan couldn't care about it.
Filling the whale meat in a warehouse again, Huang Xuan picked up a dry towel and wiped Frost Frost's face, complaining: "Why not even Frost Frost here?"
"They should have given you whale oil to wipe your face." It was Juan who had disappeared for a day. His hair was stuck to the temples by the damp sea breeze, and it looked very sad.
"That smell is too fishy." Huang Xuan sucked his nose and said: "I thought you would not come."
"Do you still keep the sugar I want?" Juan was anxious, but he came back at the risk of overturning the boat.
Huang Xuan spread his hands and said: "Although you did not give me a deposit, I still left them in the warehouse, but I do not guarantee that they will be sold to you."
"Thank you, dear brother." Juan was so excited that he opened his hand and wanted to hug Huang Xuan and was evaded flexibly.
"1400 guilders per thousand pounds, or the equivalent of a whale." Huang Xuan did not resign at all because of Juan's enthusiasm. Every businessman was very enthusiastic in quoting money.
Juan exhaled and stared at Huang Xuandao: "We are friends, are we?"
"1400 guilders, or give it to someone else." The shells of this level were not even sugar-coated. Huang Xuan shook the register in his hand and said: "Come back to me after thinking well."
The Spaniard was still thinking. Big nose Kelly rushed out of the warehouse, carefully looked around, narrowed his eyes and looked at Juan said: "1400 Florin, I want it."
Huang Xuan spread his hands again and shrugged: "So, who of you most want to take 6,000 pounds of sugar? I want 8400 Florin."
"I!" The Spaniard and the Dutch spoke at the same time, then glared at each other, snatching their big noses: "Shall we talk first?"
"It's us." Juan retorted: "I ordered this batch of sugar."
"But I didn't pay the deposit ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Big nose obviously heard the conversation between the two. He took out a pocket on his body and shook it." Look, I have brought the deposit. " "
Juan raised his neck and shouted, "Me too."
To his loud voice, the big nose showed a slight flinch, but soon forgot the crowd around him, looked up, and said in Dutch in a word: "This is mine."
When Juan wanted to rebut, Huang Xuan stopped their conversation, 1400 Florin was already a very high price, otherwise Kelly would not consider it for so long, so the price increase is not necessary, he thought like this Tao: "Then two, at present I need whales more than Guilders, so who gives me the most whales first, and who will get this batch of sugar, how?"
"No problem." The two looked at each other, Juan said: "But it's too far to send oil here ..."
"Just stay on the ship." Huang Xuan was impatient and waited for the fake storage here. He ordered the warehouse behind him and said, "Every thousand pounds is a unit. You can take 1,000 pounds of sugar, right? "
"of course."