In the past, some European and American countries caught whales in large quantities just to get whale oil. Once the whale oil was removed, they threw away all the remaining whale carcasses. It wasn't until after the size of ocean-going ships that they began to use whale meat, whiskers, bones, tendons, etc.

Whale meat is mainly consumed by Nordic countries such as Norway and Denmark, as well as island nations such as Japan. The beard bone is mainly used as women's underwear, and in the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", the heroine was stunned by tight underwear. However, it was not until the mid-18th century that this process was further advanced, when they inserted a ribbon whalebone or wood or metal piece into the center of the front of the women's underwear, and then bent the baleen in advance according to the curve of the body, embedded in the body, and on the top of the corset, a curved baleen was also embedded horizontally, and the back of the baleen seemed to be straight, forcing the shoulder blades to make the back appear flat. The seams of the cloth are also ingenious. It is said that the age of the corset can be judged by the number of embedded baleen and the treatment of the seams.

If the above is used as waste, the real impact on modern whaling activities is the particularity of whale oil, as a mechanical oil, whale oil is very high-quality, this rare bio-oil is mostly used in rocket engines and metal industry, and it is also a very good lubricant, calendering oil, surfactant, and even if cetaceans are so rare, the latter two uses are still used today.

It can be said that the use of whales in modern society has basically reached the highest value, of course, our use of all living things has reached a peak, but because whales are overused, they have become scarce. In the face of the whales composed of countless hills, Huang Xuan's mood was both excited and frustrated.

Spitsbergen is located in the Arctic Circle, and historically, at the beginning of the current era, Svalbard was the center of the entire Arctic whaling, with the Netherlands, England, France, Spain, Portugal, the former maritime powers and weak countries all touching this area, and the Arctic whale is on the verge of extinction after more than a century of hunting.

In the 21st century, the Japanese have shifted their hunting position to the South Pole, so the problem arises, Bergen mainly hunts Arctic whales and a small number of other whales, but in Huang Xuan's time, the total number of Arctic whales known to scientists may not be as large as that of Green Bay at the moment, and how to sell Arctic whales has become the biggest problem.

Mr. Governor didn't know what Huang Xuan was thinking, but he was obviously very interested in Huang Xuan's proposal, with the technology and spending power of the 17th century, he lost far more whale carcasses than could be used, he smiled at the two people beside him, and said, "What should I call Your Excellency?" Mr. Ollilah's messenger, or Mr. Nokia? ”

"You can call me Huang Xuan, my father is Dutch." Huang Xuan said sorry to his father in his heart, and continued: "If you want, you can call me Philips, or Unilever is no problem. ”

Regarding his strange name, Veluvinunu obediently read: "So Mr. Philips, what price do you want to exchange for our whales, or rather, how much grain do you want to exchange it for?" ”

The sailors were still toiling around, but the officials of the East India Company were already crowded, most of them had little status in Europe, and naturally it was rare to see a yellow man, let alone a yellow man who spoke fluent Dutch.

Huang Xuan secretly shrunk his hand in his sleeve, and when he took it out again, he was already full of wheat, he opened his hand, stretched it out in the air, and said, "Mr. Governor, what price should be given for such wheat?" ”

Wei Luwei didn't look at the grain in Huang Xuan's hand, but just smiled: "It depends on what price you are prepared to buy whales." ”

A group of people laughed again, and it must be said that the habits of Europeans in this era are really crude and disgusting.

Huang Xuan smiled and put away the wheat, ignoring the ridicule of the people around him as nothing, he didn't know how many times he had encountered such a situation since he was a child, for example, his annoying cousins, who often liked to gather around and laugh at others, but once the ridicule was ignored, these people would feel uncomfortable.

The big-nosed Dutchman was obviously not very comfortable, he tilted his head and said: "This father is Mr. Philips from the Netherlands, this archipelago belongs to the Dutch, you should let your father talk." ”

Huang Xuan was about to answer, but someone said in a non-standard Dutch: "Really? ”

But he was a European from outside the circle. His hair was shiny and his clothes were tied around his waist so that the sea breeze could not disturb him, and his costume was clearly quite different from that of the gentlemen of the Dutch East India Company around him.

Wei Lu closed one eye slightly, then looked at the big orange beside him, who shook his head.

The Europeans who interjected took a step forward consciously, stood in front of everyone, and said, "When did this archipelago become Dutch?" ”

This time, he was in Spanish.

In the 16th century, Spain was a superpower, and it was because of its oppression that the Dutch came to prominence, so most Dutch people, even if they don't speak Spanish, always know when they hear it, just like many Chinese today don't know English, but when someone speaks English, they also know how to scold a "Yankee" or banana.

The Spanish were extremely hateful to the Dutch, and at the beginning of the 17th century, the Dutch, who had not yet established their world hegemony, had just begun their career as coachmen on the sea, and the Spaniards were naturally very resentful of their former little brother as their big brother. So when it was discovered that the person who interjected was a Spaniard, the Dutchman's nose turned red.

Huang Xuan took a step back, not ready to get involved in the battle between the two, not to mention that according to Lorraine, Svalbard was originally discovered and named by the Dutch, and according to the logic of this era, this is naturally the Dutch.

However, the new Spaniard's interest in fighting was obviously not as strong as his interest in Huang Xuan, and he pretended to straighten his hat elegantly and turned to Huang Xuan: "Mr. Philips, please forgive me for my recklessness just now, and apologize for overhearing your conversation. ”

Huang Xuan shrugged and said, "It's okay. "Unintentionally, unintentionally, the Europeans are all hypocritical.

"Mind if I look at the wheat you brought?"

"Of course not." Huang Xuan poured half of the wheat into the other party's hands.

"Very plump grains, if in Europe, 1,000 pounds would be worth 50 silver coins." The Spaniard smiled and handed the wheat grains to Huang Xuan and said, "My name is Juan, do you mind if I join this deal?" ”

"Of course not." In fact, Huang Xuan was very welcoming, he turned his gaze to Juan, and said, "You want to trade with me for rials?" "The rial is the Spanish silver coin, which is still considered hard currency.

"Florin can too." Juan smiled and glanced at Wei Luwei.

In front of the banknotes, Wei Luwei also forgot about the hatred of the country and the family, pushed the big orange next to him away, and said, "Did Your Excellency Philips bring wheat?" ”

"6 boats, and rice, sir."

Lorraine faithfully translated Huang Xuan's words, and this sentence completely detonated the enthusiasm of the big noses.

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