The port authority was somewhat overwhelmed by the simultaneous arrival of fifteen Dutch galleons, the largest influx of ships at one time since the opening of the port.

Fortunately, the two gas cranes at the Chihkan Pier are more powerful, so it only took a day and a half for the general cargo on these ships to be unloaded.

The clever outsiders have now seen something famous: whether it is a dredger, a pilot boat, or a crane, these disturbing machines are all equipped with those cylindrical iron furnaces, the difference is only the number and size of the iron furnaces. Therefore, these machines are supposed to be powered by burning wood, which is a mysterious way of converting power, and the operator must be an Eastern magician......

Most of the goods brought by the Dutch this time were purchased according to the list given by the crossing public. The main goods were slaves and saltpeter. Indian products accounted for a large part of the other cargo: cotton and hides.

And the goods from Batavia natively, in addition to people, also included sumac, tin lead, rice, and various spices.

After 24 hours of continuous operation in the port area, all these goods were unloaded at noon the next day, so the poor Dutchman was once again dumbfounded: the port area was brightly lit at night, the Taijiang River was bright, and the thick pillars of light guided the pilot ship. The cranes in the dock area work continuously all night long, under a light like the sun.

The Dutch, who witnessed all this on the island of the tail of the northern line, all planned to go to the other side of the Taijiang River to take a look: the human desire for light is imprinted in the genes, and the 17th-century people, who were accustomed to reaching out and not seeing their fingers, could not resist this temptation.

However, it is not so easy to get to the other side. All people on the island must first stay here for 20 days and then undergo daily infrared temperature checks. After these are passed, only those who have no criminal record are eligible to apply to the police station to travel to the other side.

Of course, the above troubles have nothing to do with the Dutch leadership. The next morning, after waking up in the newly renovated red-brick garden-style merchant house on Dayuan Island, the new owner of the mall, His Excellency Putmans, and other businessmen first experienced the magic of the toilets of later generations - whether it was the running water, the smooth cement walls, or the toilet with a tin tank overhead, the users were amazed.

Next is breakfast time. Everyone began to enjoy a hearty breakfast of fried eggs, venison sausages, smoked fish, rice noodles, and mandarin oranges on the long table in the restaurant. Except for the fact that there was no bread, the rest of the food tasted quite good, and the navigators praised it.

Speaking of bread...... At the moment, there is nothing to be done about crossing the crowd. Taiwan's climate is not suitable for growing wheat, and the small amount of flour shipped from Hangzhou is monopolized by the northerners who love beef noodles and fried noodles through Zhongli, so the Dutch can only eat noodle soup now.

The agricultural companies had sown some experimental plots of wheat, but no one had any hope of a good harvest, because the agricultural companies were focused on barley and rye: the barley variety was mainly malting barley, and rye was fed by imported baby pimple Simmental embryonic cattle, so the shortage of flour could not be changed in the short term.

...... Back to the Dutch.

After breakfast, it's time to work. After the Dutch and their entourage went out, they walked along a short cement-paved "Shangguan Street" to visit Cai Feiming.

Cai Feiming's new office is located in Building 1 on this street. After the Dutch entered the door, they first expressed their gratitude to Tang Xiaoqiao: Everyone drank well last night. Next is the bathroom science popularization session: Cai Feiming had to point to the tall red brick water tower outside the window and began to popularize the principle of tap water to the red hairs.

After popularizing the truth that water flows to a low place, Lao Cai told them again: The current bathroom is only a semi-finished product, because the core parts of the brick press machine are still waiting in line for import.

But the problem would soon be solved: at least when the Dutch returned to Batavia in a few months' time, the Dacha would surely be able to produce sleek and shiny samples of tiles to stick to the walls of the merchant houses and then sell them to the red-haired people.

After chatting, everyone went to Chihkan Pier together.

Accompanied by Professor Luo, Director of the Port Authority, the key customers spent the morning visiting Chihkan Wharf, Chihkan Avenue, Chihkan District Government, and Taijiang Shipyard. By noon, the cargo warehousing lists of all 15 ships were calculated in time.

Now that the warehousing list has been calculated, it is naturally another round of hemorrhage here: most of the goods brought by the Dutch will be directly purchased by a certain force, and only a small number of Dutch will keep them for sale, such as spices.

As a result, Putmans had another stack of heaven and earth vouchers in his hand...... The Dutch are finally going on a shopping spree.

The industrial exhibition hall on Chihkan Avenue is full of dazzling industrial products.

From humble red bricks, cement, to beautiful glasses and bowls, and then to all kinds of raw silk, silk, porcelain, in short, all the goods that a certain force has on hand that can be exchanged for money are displayed and sold here.

In addition, with the departure of the Yuandou oil exploration ship not long ago, the exhibition hall also put out a big killer used to make a name for itself in time: kerosene lamps.

Only by collecting all seven dragon balls can you summon a dragon. After coming to Taiwan for more than a year, the crossing forces finally gathered the three major elements of iron sheet, glass, and kerosene to produce the invincible kerosene lamp in the world.

In the dark age of the 17th century, the kerosene lamp, which was bright and not afraid of the wind, and had no smell of oil smoke, was a well-deserved killer. This commodity can pass through the global market without hindrance, smashing the pockets of all the rich people. In addition, there is one of the most wonderful things about kerosene lamps: kerosene is monopolized by passing forces.

The current conditions of the traversal can be said to be countless times better than that of the Rockefeller of the year: the traversal can not only make a fortune on kerosene, but kerosene lamps are also a hot commodity. You must know that it is the 17th century, and human beings are far from developing to the age of sending mobile phones to the phone bill, so how much can an oil lamp composed of iron sheet and glass cover be sold for?

Why do you need 100 taels of silver?

100 taels? 100 taels is the cost, 200 taels up! Don't be too expensive and don't discount it. You have to study the shopping psychology of the big gentry, and the owners who are willing to pay 100 taels of silver to buy oil lamps don't care about paying 100 more at all. Do successful people know what it means to be successful? Successful people buy whatever they buy, buy the most expensive and don't buy the best!

Cough...... The above iron sheet is an affordable version, which is indeed not expensive; In the future, the crossing force will also launch all-copper business models, all-silver luxury models, all-gold premium models, all-glazed VIP models, and so on.

The Dutch are clearly knowledgeable. When a group of people crowded into the small black room to watch the performance of the kerosene lamp, Comrade Puttmans, who was a big man, immediately said that this thing was very wonderful, and that 300 lamps should be taken first.

There are 300 lamps passing through the crowd, and if there is not, the kiln area can be completed by working for a few days: all the iron parts and glass covers have ready-made molds, and the assembly line molding will come out.

Now the problem is that there is not enough kerosene.

Kerosene is just one of the by-products of petroleum. At the moment, Miaosu has just opened, and even the production of oil itself is very scarce, so it cannot supply such a large market. Fortunately, the red-haired people will not leave for a while, so Cai Feiming hurriedly explained: This thing is sold by production, and the large amount only needs to be estimated now, and before the fleet returns in the future, the lamps will be matched according to the actual kerosene stock.

......

And so it was settled. The Dutch then ordered a large quantity of raw silk, porcelain, glassware, and some cement for ballast the warehouse.

One traditional cargo is missing: Matsue cotton.

With the increasing production capacity of industrial products from the crossing forces, it is not cost-effective to import cloth from Songjiang. First of all, the current transportation capacity of the crossing forces in the Jiangnan area has been concentrated in the transportation of displaced people, grain and raw silk, and the transportation level of cloth has been repeatedly reduced.

Secondly, even if there is a spare space, it is more cost-effective to import cotton: small textile mills in the kiln area can produce high-quality machine canvas for sails and overalls, far exceeding the quality of the wood fabrics of the ancients.

This is the characteristic of an industrial country: only raw materials are imported, not finished products.

...... The red hair had just received a large amount of money that had not yet been hot, so he spent it again.

This kind of trade between the Dutch and the crossing power is in fact a copy of the later trade between the industrial and agricultural countries: the products of the industrial countries have high added value, so they are small in size and high in unit price. In this trade pattern, agricultural countries can only balance their trade by increasing the quantity of products.

So, when the salesmen returned to the merchant house in the evening and settled the accounts, they suddenly felt that the money was not enough......

The red-haired people sadly found that even though there were thousands of slaves to balance the trade, these thieves who did not play their cards according to common sense came up with all kinds of small and valuable good things to seduce people this time. If we had followed today's estimated manifests, a third of the ships would have returned empty-water by the day the fleet returned......

No way, the total value of slave saltpeter leather rice is far less than the total price of kerosene lamp raw silk porcelain, but the former is much larger.

As a result, the Dutch, who originally thought that they would be able to save some precious metals this time and balance their trade with only the goods, had no choice but to take out the silver coins at the bottom of the box in the hold again to buy the industrial products of the Dayuan.

......

As the saying goes: when God closes the door, he will open a window elsewhere.

God also said, "There must be a way before the chariot reaches the mountain."

So, just when the Dutch had habitually decided to pay for the money and come out to be Kaizi, things took a turn for the better.

First, three beautiful schooners were fully loaded and slaughtered out of the Taijiang River in a murderous manner—a scene that was seen by the Dutch, who walked every day.

Within two days, when the three schooners returned to Taijiang, Comrade Putmans was soon urgently summoned by Cai Feiming.

After the two sides met, Cai Feiming's first sentence was: "Do you want to take the job?" ”

"Huh?"

"Is there a job that needs to be dispatched as a thug? The pay is high. ”

"Oh...... Hit whom? ”

"Fight pirates."

"Is it an official?"

"An official was dead yesterday"

“......”。