The rum easily gained the approval of Ai Yiman and Meade, especially Meade, who drank non-stop and was simply addicted.

"It's so delicious, this texture and this taste can be compared to the value of spices!"

Mead praised him extensively, and his words made Luo Lan's heart move and he thought about it carefully.

Spices are actually spices, such as pepper, peppercorns, garlic and the like.

These things are not worth mentioning in modern society, but they are treasures in the Norlan Continent, and only nobles can enjoy them.

In fact, in ancient Europe, spices were also treasures, and the first navigators sailed for spices.

That said, spices are high-end items that cost as much as gold.

"Meade, do you think the nobles of the North will like rum?"

Luo Lan opened his mouth to ask, everyone looked at him in confusion, Mead wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth, and gave a thumbs up: "I absolutely like it, the northern nobles mainly drink wine, but that thing is not much better than wheat wine." ”

The winemaking technology in this world is not good, and the finished product is naturally not good.

Luo Lan touched his chin, he had a bold idea.

Ai Yiman also showed a thoughtful expression, and after a while, she and Luo Lan glanced at each other and laughed at the same time.

A group of people looked at Luo Lan and Ai Yiman, who were looking at each other and smiling, and they were all confused.

The deputy director of the factory, Jige, said: "Distinguished guests, how many kilograms of rum do you plan to buy?" ”

He couldn't wait any longer, and Aiyiman snapped his fingers: "How much you want, according to the original price." ”

"How much to have...... We may brew thousands of kilograms every three months, do you want them all? ”

The winemakers were pleasantly surprised, and the coins were about to roll in.

Ai Yiman nodded, then shook his head again, his brow furrowed.

The winemakers suddenly became nervous, for fear that Ai Yiman would regret it.

Luo Lan motioned for the winemakers to be calm, and he took Aiman and Mead to speak alone.

"Open up overland trade, so that the northern nobles can drink rum, no longer limited to sailors, do you think?"

Luo Lan asked with a smile, and Ai Yiman nodded: "Well, rum is a good thing, we can even increase the price dozens of times for the royal family, but how to transport it to the Northern Continent?" Adri will search my ship. ”

Mead on the side opened his mouth, he understood why Luo Lan and Ai Yiman looked at each other and smiled just now, these two geniuses thought of a very tempting idea. Temptation's way to make money.

"Let's take a long detour, go north around the islands in the open sea, and don't let Yadri catch him!"

Mead gritted his teeth, he had realized that the rum business was a godsend.

Aiyiman shook his head and vetoed: "The open sea is too dangerous, once we encounter a storm, we will definitely die, we still have to take the East China Sea route." ”

Mead was dumbfounded, patting his thigh in annoyance.

Luo Lan paced a few steps with his hands in his hand: "You can disguise, sailors love to drink wheat wine, right?" ”

Ai Yiman's eyes lit up: "What do you think of?" ”

"This prince asks you to make money by selling wheat wine for me, and when you go north, the merchant ships will be full of wheat wine."

Luo Lan suddenly said forcefully, and the corners of her mouth curved.

Mead was taken aback: "Prince Luo Lan, you can't do this, the cost of shipping is high, and it is definitely a loss to transport wheat wine north......"

Before he finished speaking, Ai Yiman was already smiling and nodding: "Okay, happy cooperation." ”

Xiu stretched out his hand, and Luo Lan held it with her.

That's how the show is staged.

Mead was still confused, and Luo Lan kindly explained: "Ten barrels of wheat wine, mixed with a barrel of rum, is it possible that Adri will go to great lengths to destroy this prince's wheat wine?" ”

"I see, it's amazing!" Mead shouted, Luo Lan's plan was very simple, nominally selling wheat wine, secretly transporting rum, and selling wheat wine as the prince of the Sea Spirit Kingdom, and the Aiyiman fleet was completely forced to make a loss-making deal.

In this way, where will the Adri-Ide fleet take care of, it is good not to laugh to death.

"Ai Yiman, rum has arrived in the north, you need to find a reliable business partner, preferably a wine seller, sell wine in his name, and try to hide your existence."

Luo Lan admonished, Ai Yiman can't be denied, he knows this kind of thing better than Luo Lan.

The matter of sea trade to land trade was finalized, and Luo Lan himself did not expect that the rum that he had originally planned to sell to sailors at a low price could set off a huge storm in the northern continent and earn him countless foreign exchange.

"The problem of what to sell is solved, but the problem of what to buy is not solved."

After the cooperation was finalized, Luo Lan fell into deep thought again.

Ai Yiman said indifferently: "What do you want, I will transport it for you, but only a small amount, otherwise it will be destroyed by Adri." ”

Ai Yiman had given up on treatment, and she was thinking about rum.

Luo Lan rubbed his temples, his original plan was to buy iron ore and develop the iron smelting industry in the special industrial zone, so that he could distribute iron tools to farmers in the coming year.

But now it is obviously not good, iron ore is a valuable commodity, and it is impossible for Aiman to ship it in large quantities.

When several people were silent, the delicate Ellie suddenly jumped over.

Elle was processing documents in the palace just now, and after receiving the news from the cavalry, she came to the workshop to find Luo Lan.

"Luo Lan, I knew you were here, Daisy sent someone to tell you that it was already difficult to find sulfonite, and it is estimated that it will not be able to produce explosive bombs in half a month, and the mining activities will have to be stopped."

Ellie pulled Luo Lan and said, but her eyes were on Ai Yiman, "Who is she?" A merchant who buys rum? It's beautiful. ”

Ellie's tone seemed to be scolding.

Luo Lan asked, "I didn't issue a mining order." ”

"It was released by Rick, he wanted to find a gold mine to give to you, and by the way, he also trained some miners, but unfortunately there were not enough bombs, so he had to die without a problem." Ellie explained.

Luo Lan was stunned, didn't ask more, and introduced the personnel on both sides.

Ai Yimando glanced at Ellie a few times, and teased: "This person seems to have an extraordinary relationship with Prince Luo Lan, is he a princess?" ”

"Not really!" Ellie pouted, but her little face was secretly red.

Luo Lan waved his hand and said: "Don't interrupt, Aiyiman, transport some pyrite to me, a small amount is a small amount, it is better than nothing." ”

Aiyiman's fleet was choked by the throat and could not trade on a large scale, so Luo Lan could only let her trade on a small scale.

However, when they heard that Luo Lan wanted pyrite, Aiyiman and Mead were stunned.

"Your Royal Highness, what do you want pyrite for? That kind of thing is not as valuable as ordinary stones, and it is all over the land in the northern mining areas, and no one wants it. ”

Mead wondered, Luo Lan was stunned, and the surprise in his eyes couldn't be hidden: "Really? ”

"Of course it's true, pyrite is completely useless, and a lot of pyrite is mixed with black stone, which is an unfortunate ore, and you don't want to give it to others."

Mead said seriously, "Your Royal Highness, I advise you not to ask for pyrite, let's help you transport some good iron ore." ”

Hahaha!

Luo Lan was almost about to burst out laughing, he suddenly figured out one thing, that is, the metallurgical level of this world has not yet reached the point of smelting pyrite.

What is pyrite? It is the most important ore for refining sulfur, and it is generally not used to refine iron, because there are better iron ores that can refine iron.

But for Luo Lan, pyrite is far more important than high-quality iron ore.

As long as Daisie's refining technology is up to standard, there will be a steady stream of high-purity sulfur, and then a steady stream of gunpowder and explosive bombs.

After that, it is easy to open a mountain for mining, what iron ore, silver ore and gold ore can't be mined?

"Aiyiman, if you transport pyrite south, will Yadri be embarrassed?"

Luo Lan asked, Ai Yiman spread his hands: "No, just say that you stupid prince want it, you want pyrite to build the palace, because pyrite looks like gold, gold shining." ”

"Yes, Adri will die laughing......" Mead couldn't help but laugh first.

Luo Lan nodded and said okay, just think it's me who is a foolish prince picking up garbage.

As for why pyrite, Luo Lan didn't tell Aiyiman and Mead that it was a military secret.

In this way, the originally struggling sea trade blossomed, and the cooperation between Prince Luo Lan and the Pirate Queen was officially launched.