Regardless of whether Zhang Guang is selfish or righteous, at least his construction is very feasible, and the Yazhou Office now really needs such a living facility. So the working group quickly got through the plan and decided to ask the executive committee when they contacted the base camp the next day. Moreover, Zhang Guang also said that he had worked as a plasterer on the construction site before, and this simple shower system only needs to provide materials from the base camp to complete the installation work by himself.

"It's really multi-skilled!" Ma Li Ke sighed: "There are so many people in the Ministry of Information Industry, why did the Executive Committee pick you to the working group, I can understand now." ”

Of course, the construction plan of the bathroom is just a small episode, and everyone knows very well that they signed up for the working group to come to Yazhou, not just for enjoyment. The most important task of the working group at the moment is to open up the market for Sanya's goods in Yazhou, to bring as many people from Yazhou as possible to Sanya, and to guard against hostile forces. As for how to divide labor and carry out the work, the working group has had many discussions before coming to Yazhou, and now it is mainly to check the various plans, and then add some details in combination with the actual situation they have learned.

After breakfast early the next morning, Marik and Mu Xiabai were in a group, Qiu Yuan and Feng Anan were in a group, and they went to visit the two firms of "Anfu Xing" and "Furuifeng", which had business dealings before. He Xi went out alone a little late, and he didn't tell anyone else where to go, so he walked away slowly. Zhang Guang went to the market alone, and he needed to buy some materials for making honeycomb coal, such as coal, charcoal, lime, and so on. Zhao Xiaoruo stayed in the office to look after his family, and by the way, he unpacked and classified some items that had not been sorted out the day before.

When Marik and Mushabai arrived outside the "Anfu Xing", a guy at the door ran over and asked, "Are the two of you from Haihan?"

Marico nodded, and before he could introduce himself, he saw the guy running into the store and shouting, "Boss, Haihan's master is here!"

Soon the shopkeeper who had dealt with the traverser last time greeted him, and although he saw that these two people were a little faceless, their strange clothes and short hair were exactly the same as the group of people who came last time, and they immediately stepped forward to salute, exchanged names, and then welcomed the two in. （.）

"If you don't come again, you're going to find the door!" The shopkeeper Zhang took the two to the back hall to sit down, and after the tea was served, he said anxiously: "I wonder if the two of you came to Yazhou this time, but you brought the kind of glassware you traded last time?"

"The goods we traded with your bank last time have you sold out?" asked Mariko, a little incredulous. If this is the case, then the executive committee is likely to underestimate Yazhou's consumption power.

"It sold out in just a few days, and then there were customers who came to the door. I don't know when you will be able to visit again, and I went to Yazhou Water Village to find Lord Luo, but Lord Luo also said that he could not get in touch with you. Shopkeeper Zhang said happily: "By the way, as for the large amount of saltpeter, sulfur, coke and other materials you mentioned last time, the Despicable Trading Bank has also prepared a lot recently, and it can be shipped at any time." ”

"Wait. Marico was not carried away by the good news of the shopkeeper Zhang, and asked with some doubts: "Didn't your bank also traffic the glassware of the Francophone from Guangzhou before?

"It's not being made clear. The shopkeeper explained apologetically: "Here's the thing......"

If it is only Yazhou, the sales of glass products are not much different from the speculation of the Executive Committee, the sales object of this luxury goods is relatively narrow, with a population of 20,000 in Yazhou, the people who really have the ability to consume luxury goods are only double digits at most, and the sales of glassware in Yazhou have always been unpopular. However, this "Anfu Xing" is not only a store in Yazhou, but also has stores in Danzhou and Qiongzhou Fucheng in the north of Hainan Island. Only a few days later, the head office of Qiongzhou Fucheng came to inquire about the source and inventory of this batch of glassware, and Zhang Zhang's shopkeeper knew that the supply of goods in Guangzhou had been cut off for several months, and the price of glassware on the market remained high, and the inventory of the head office of Qiongzhou Fucheng had already been sold out, and it was currently a situation where there was no market.

At this critical juncture when there is a lot of silver but nothing to sell, several sets of glassware sent by Yazhou "Anfu Xing" immediately attracted the attention of the head office. Of course, it doesn't matter who supplies the head office, whether you can seize this wave of market and make a good fortune is the important thing. So the messenger of the head office rushed to Yazhou and asked the shopkeeper Zhang to quickly organize the supply of goods and transport them to Danzhou and Qiongzhou in the north.

Shopkeeper Zhang wanted to organize, but he couldn't get in touch with the Haihan people at all. The last time the Yazhou Action Team came to the store to discuss business, out of prudence, Schneider did not leave a specific contact information, only said that he would visit Yazhou every month in the future. When this matter came to an end, the shopkeeper was in a hurry, and every day he was like an ant on a hot pot, and he specially sent Xiao Er to guard the door, and if there were Haihan people, they would immediately reply, which was the scene they had seen before.

It dawned on Marik that it was the interruption of the supply of goods from Europe, which caused the current tight situation in the market. If it is really as the shopkeeper Zhang said, even the market in Guangzhou is out of stock, then it is conceivable that Qiu Yuan and Feng Annan, who went to visit another "Fu Ruifeng" at this time, should have encountered a similar situation to their own side. As for why there was a large-scale out-of-stock phenomenon at this time, Marico, who had spent time making up for the history of the 17th century before leaving, happened to guess that.

At present, the East Asian glass trade was basically monopolized by the Spaniards, but in fact, around the 17th century, the power of the Spaniards at sea had shrunk rapidly, and both the transportation capacity and the armed forces were not as good as before.

In 1588, Spain and England fought a naval battle in the English Channel that changed the history of the world, with more than 130 warships, more than 30,000 sailors, and thousands of ship-borne guns.

The Dutch War of Independence, which began in 1568, was another war that sharply depleted Spain's maritime power. The war lasted for forty years, until in 1609, when Spain, devastated by the constant foreign wars, was forced to sign the so-called "Armistice of 12 Years" with the Netherlands, which de facto recognized the independence of the Dutch Republic.

However, this did not end there, as the Civil War of the Holy Roman Empire broke out in 1618 and quickly developed into a large-scale international war involving all of Europe, known as the Thirty Years' War in Europe, which lasted until the defeat of the Habsburgs in 1648 and the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia. Spain, one of the great powers in Europe, was not immune, and its Habsburg League was the protagonist of the thirty-year-long war, and Spain was dragged into this mud pit and never stood up again.

In 1621, the Dutch took advantage of Spain's miraculous war and decided to go to war again. After this war, the two countries fought until 1648, and it was not until the aforementioned Treaty of Westphalia was signed that the two protracted wars of Europe and the Eighty Years' War of Jose ended at the same time.

Less than a year earlier, the Marquis de Spinola had won one of the most famous victories of his career, capturing the strategic Dutch city of Breda, one of the few Spanish victories since the war resumed. By the way, it is worth mentioning that the famous painter Velázquez's masterpiece "The Surrender of Breda" is about the surrender of the Marquis of Spinola after this battle.

In order to hold this forward position, Spain had to call in a large number of civilian merchant ships to ensure the sea supply line between Spain and the Netherlands across the narrow English Channel, and Britain and France on both sides of the English Channel were Spain's belligerent opponents at this time, such a supply line was a nightmare for the Spanish logistics. As a result, the number of merchant ships from Spain to East Asia was greatly reduced during this period, and a corresponding variety of goods from Europe became in high demand in the East Asian market, including glass products from Europe.

Although brutal wars took place on the other side of the globe, they inevitably had an impact on the commercial trade of East Asia as the Age of Discovery began. Of course, in Marico's view, the effect of this effect is very positive, and it also provides an opportunity for the crossers to make money, and if they can get the glass workshop into production at the moment, at least in the short term, the output will not be sold. Due to the leading production technology, the production cost of the public has an overwhelming advantage, and when the Spaniards return to East Asia after the European war, I am afraid that they will find that this market has already been occupied by the Haihan people who suddenly appeared.

If it weren't for the executive committee appointing a working group to Yazhou, then I don't know when this market information would be fed back to the crosser, and now I only need to use the radio to contact the base camp to inform the market changes, and it will only take a few days to put the glass kiln into operation, and this income will be enough to earn back the expenditure of the working group.