Just as Marlin had selected a thousand elite warriors and began training, Garland, the governor of Cape Breton, suddenly sent a ship back to report to Marin that they had come into contact with the Indians on the island of Newfoundland......

It turned out that because the two sides had been fishing together in the Newfoundland fishery for a long time, mutual contact was inevitable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, for fear of being harmed by the Indians, the fishing boats on Cape Breton Island are generally far from the coast.

However, two months ago, a fishing boat on Cape Breton Island had to dock to replenish fresh water because it forgot to bring fresh water. Then, in the process of replenishing fresh water, the ship was surrounded by local Indians.

The fishermen were terrified, thinking that the Indians were going to harm them. However, the local Indians did not mean to harm them. Through gesture communication, the Indians called themselves Beothuk people, and they were very envious of the tools used by the fishermen of Cape Breton Island, and even the glass beads used to decorate the fishing boats. As a result, the Beotuks demanded a deal.

However, at first, the Beotuks took out fish. But the fishermen of Cape Breton Island are not short of fish, because they are fishermen. So, the Beotuks thought about it and took out the beaver skins in exchange......

Seeing the attitude of the Beotuks who did not trade and did not let go, the fishermen had to use the boat's knives, harpoons, fishing nets, and glass beads...... Even the pots and pots and black bread used by the fishermen on the boat, and the Beotuks, exchanged for hundreds of beaver skins......

Then, the fishermen, who had no tools, had to return first......

Originally, those fishermen were very complaining, and even felt that they were at a loss. After all, they are the people at the bottom and do not know the preciousness of those beaver skins.

However, as a new aristocracy, Garand is also very interested in luxury. As soon as I heard that the fishermen had returned with hundreds of beaver skins in exchange for the daily necessities on board, they were immediately shocked......

Before the appearance of Siberian mink in Europe, beaver fur was one of the most valuable furs in Europe. A complete beaver skin can be sold for 20 gold. Hundreds of beaver skins, but worth thousands of gold coins.

And the fishermen's boatloads of things in the market do not exceed 20 gold coins......

That is, in this peculiar trade, the fishermen earned hundreds of times. Of course, the profits must have been confiscated by Garand. Anyway, these fishermen don't know the price of beaver skins, a precious fur.

However, looking at the appearance of those Indians, it seems that they have more beaver skins over there......

In fact, there are also quite a few beavers on Cape Breton Island, which is controlled by Garand. However, Garland and the colonists were cautious and did not dare to go deep into the jungle easily to avoid being harmed by the grizzly bear until they finished cutting down the trees. As a result, Garland didn't get much beaver skins either.

However, this trade with the Beotuks inspired Garand - we dare not go deep into the jungle, and we lack manpower, but the Indians can......

The Indians had lived here for generations and had a lot of experience in catching beavers. In that case, why not exchange them for precious beaver skins instead of cheap goods?

So Garland sent a ship back to Europe to report the situation to Marin......

"Beaver ......" Marin was stunned.

Suddenly, he remembered that the French had not made their fortune by trading beaver skins in the original history.

Originally, in the seventeenth century, although the French had a weak navy, they did not dare to send troops to occupy the North American colonies, so as not to provoke Spain, which had a strong navy. However, there are still many French fur traders who secretly go to Newfoundland and Quebec and make a lot of money by trading beaver skins.

At that time, French fur traders sold intact beaver skins back to Europe, making a huge profit of up to 200 times. Later, although the profit was not so high, there were still dozens of times the profit.

The French used some ordinary iron pots, axes, swords, glass beads and other worthless goods from the Indians in exchange for a large amount of valuable beaver skins, and accumulated a lot of wealth.

"It seems that I can make money in this way of trading...... "Marin thought.

You know, in North America this year, there are at least tens of millions of beavers. Especially in the rivers and lakes of the Canadian bush, beavers are everywhere. Until the 21st century, the beaver was Canada's national animal.

"Wait...... I want to forget something......" Marin jerked up from his office chair and began to walk around the room, thinking about what he had forgotten......

Half a day later, Marin finally remembered:

"yes, Beaver, how did I forget this?" Marlin slapped his head.

Previously, when a group of perfumers were brought in from Rome, the master perfumers told Marin that to make high-end perfumes, especially those with a long shelf life, they needed to use fixatives. For example, musk, beaver and ambergris, among others.

However, ambergris is too expensive, and musk is also rarer than beaver. Therefore, the most used is actually beaver incense. However, in Europe, beavers are hunted in large numbers and have become very rare. Beaver fur has also become a precious fur.

In the case of beaver scarcity, beaver incense has also become an expensive luxury. Therefore, the production of high-end perfumes is also small. However, North America is different. There are so many beavers in Canada, as long as the Indians are taught to cut off the piriform gular sac that secretes beaver incense from female beavers, dry it and give it to Marin, and extract beaver incense with alcohol......

In that case, in the future, Marlin will make high-end perfumes, and the source of fixative will be very wide. After all, there are tens of millions of beavers in Canada. Moreover, beavers breed every year, and the Europeans have not killed the beavers that the Indians have killed for hundreds of years in Canada, so it can be seen that the beaver breeding ability is still quite strong.

Once the Indians were buying in bulk, a large number of beaver skins and the beaver glandular sacs of the female beavers were purchased. When the time comes, not only will you be able to make a lot of money on beaver skins, but also perfume fixatives will be extremely abundant. In this way, Marlin is fully equipped to produce high-end perfumes in large quantities. With a large number of high-end perfumes, the trade with Daming can also be carried out smoothly. Otherwise, how stupid is it to just spend money or exchange glass for it?

Even in Europe, high-end perfumes are in short supply. Because ambergris is extremely rare, and musk and beaver are not plentiful, high-end perfumes tend to be scarce and expensive.

If you follow the opportunity to buy beaver skins and buy a large number of beaver glands, then beaver incense will become a low-cost thing here in Marin. The cost of manufacturing high-end perfumes will be much lower than others, and it has an incomparable cost advantage and higher competitiveness......