"Today's weather is good, and the earth in the 17th century is not the same if it was not polluted by industrial civilization." Zhao Shijie, who walked out of the Governor's Palace, looked at the sky with a relaxed face, and seemed to be very satisfied with this negotiation with the Dutch. On the side, Liu Yun continued with a dark face and a little yin and yang.

"Yes, the price of a half-person-tall mirror is only 150,000 Spanish silver coins, is your Ministry of Foreign Trade crazy, do you know that now a palm-sized mirror has been fried to 50,000 taels of silver in Batavia and Guangzhou."

"I know, didn't you say this price early in the morning, it's about the same as we estimated, it's the price we calculated, and we also need to set aside enough profit to give it to the Dutch, you know we need the capacity of the Dutch, at least in Southeast Asia."

"But there's no need to give up so much. Well, you're getting more and more like Hu Xijing's girl. ”

"Haha, yes, maybe you should call her minister, if she is you would never dare to say that. Zhao Shijie smiled heartily. ”

"Uninteresting."

"Do you know why the Dutch are given such profits? That's because we desperately need the capacity of the Dutch, and Australia is about to fall into a food crisis. ”

To say that Australia's grain reserves mainly rely on a certain border post that has crossed over together to support the granary and the first two purchases, according to the statistical estimates that have been officially renamed the Logistics Support Department, the grain can last at least until the end of February this year, but the actual situation has changed, because the increase in the number of indigenous people, food consumption is too fast, and it will fall into a food crisis in mid-February.

After adding this trade, the Sea Blue will enter the dock repair yard for a major maintenance, except for the small number of technicians, the entire maintenance work is basically carried out by the ship's maintenance divisions, and the most important thing is that the military team will also load the Napoleon guns in the experiment and debug them, so as to obtain some key data for the next improvements, so the Sea Blue will not go to sea in the next month.

"No, I remember that when we crossed over, we opened up a large amount of wasteland and sowed seeds, except that there is no chemical fertilizer, even if the harvest is not high, it should be able to supply the entire base of food."

In response to the slogan of the Executive Committee's 1641 large-scale development of production and going hand in hand, in the absence of new immigrants, he urged the War Department to capture more than 1,000 indigenous people, and now there seem to be few voices of indigenous human rights in all people for the sake of development.

The increase in Manchester City's labor force will naturally bring changes to the food supply, even if you plan to do well, you will always dare to change quickly, don't look at the total area of 60 acres of arable land, which sounds quite high, but the low and terrifying harvest is simply a bit of an expense.

Perhaps this situation will not be resolved until the chemical sector officially removes the fertilizer, and the Executive Committee will have to take into account the purchase of grain in places such as Manila and Thailand in the Philippines. As you know about Batavia, it is probably impossible to raise enough 1,000 tons of paddy, otherwise Batavia will fall into a food shortage the next day, but the reality is also in front of you, if the Sea Blue sails to these places, it will inevitably cause the ignition on the way back to Manchester City.

"In order not to stop the Sea Blue, the Executive Committee has decided to hire Dutch ships to help us bring in food, which they are the only ones in Batavia."

"So that's why you're giving up so much of your profits to the Dutch people." Liu Yun asked again.

"Of course not."

"What's that, can't you be bribed by the Dutch?"

Looking at Liu Yun, Zhao Shijie smiled and said: "Your vision is not so low, doing business is about long-term, not a one-time transaction, if we raise the price too high, it is very likely that the Dutch will give up business with us, the profit is too small, why let people take such a big risk to do it." ”

"I understand what you mean, but it's just a little unwilling to give up such a big profit for nothing."

While Zhao Shijie and Liu Yun were walking and chatting, a young man named Zhang Tianwen, who stayed at the temporary residence of the Australian Embassy, ran towards the two in a hurry. Before the crossing, Zhang Tianwen was said to be studying physical education, and he had the physical strength to do it, although the Governor's Palace was not too far from the station, but it could be seen from his panting expression that he ran very fast.

"Brother Zhao, Brother Liu, it's not good, the immigrants rioted."

"Riot, how is it possible, those honest Ming people dare to riot, and they dare to riot within a few days of having a full meal." In Liu Yun's mind, the group of Ming people who walked out of the cabin and were dressed in tatters.

"It's true, Brother Liu, they are clamoring to go back now, saying that they won't go to Australia to work, if the army soldiers and navy soldiers didn't arrive in time, maybe they would all run away."

After listening to Zhang Tianwen's brief introduction, they didn't have time to think about it, and the three of them immediately ran towards the temporary office in Australia.

When he walked into the room, Wang Tiehammer was already sitting inside.

"The situation has basically stabilized, but a few of them have been injured, and I have already asked the military doctor to bandage them, let Wang Annian tell you about the specific situation."

"Well, the immigrants don't know where they heard the news that they were going to be sold into slavery in Australia, so some of them started to riot."

"No, I clearly told them that they went to Australia to work, and they were paid to get food and housing." Liu Yun looked puzzled.

"I'll leave this matter to you, I'll leave ten people to assist you, and I'll go back to the Sea Blue first." Wang Tiehammer, who had been sitting for a while, saw that this matter was obviously not investigated so quickly, so he took his leave.

At this time, several Ming Dynasty immigrants who took the lead in making trouble had been isolated in a small house by the soldiers, and it can be seen from the bruises on their foreheads and the blood stains on the corners of their mouths that they must have been taught a hard lesson by the soldiers just now.

"Very good, it seems that you are all fine, now who can tell why the trouble." Liu Yun asked lightly.

"Liu Dongjia, are you going to sell us as livestock to Australia as slaves, please don't sell us, okay, we will stay here to work for you. It was a sturdy man named Yang Jian who spoke.

Liu Yun has some impression of him, he is one of the first few thorns in the immigration, he usually loves other people's food when he eats, don't look at the look of begging at this time, and when Liu Yun and the others leave, it is definitely a different look.

"Hehe, very good, you, come out alone, let's have a good talk." Liu Yun looked at Yang Jian with an evil smile on his face, although his tone was very soft, it gave people a feminine feeling.

"Liu, Liu Dongjia, I'll talk here, okay?" Yang Jian stammered a little because he was a little scared, but the soldiers didn't give him a chance and directly lifted him out of the room.