Chapter 42: Spitsbergen (6)
Viluvi was the Dutch East India Company's Viceroy in Svalbard, but not the Dutch Governor in Svalbard, so his orders could only be passed within the East India Company. For the merchants who were subordinate to the East India Company, the advice of the company depended only on the distribution of profits, and only those who worked for the company would obey the orders.
Therefore, not only did the number of people in front of Huang Xuan's small booth not decrease, but the trading volume had an upward trend. To his slight surprise, most people were reluctant to sell whale oil, even if it was at the European purchase price last year.
In one day and one night, Huang Xuan sold 300 tons of grain and all the spices, and the samples that were originally placed in his stall were also taken away, but because there were too many people trading, it was too late to put them on again.
By the next morning, there were fewer and fewer people, but around the storehouse lay a streak of sailors, most of whom had come to work as porters to earn extra money, and a few had been sent by the captain. When there is no work, they lie down on the cold ground to rest.
Huang Xuan rubbed his eyes, hoping to relieve the fatigue of the night, his whole person was in a state of nervousness and excitement, so far, he has received 3500 florins, although he has temporarily put them into the plane passage, but those tall sailors don't know, he is always worried, if someone shouts, how will the red-eyed people move.
Fortunately, the red-haired ones are quite safe for the time being.
Another batch of grain was sent out of the warehouse, Huang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, took out the registration slip in his hand, and shouted, "Who is Mr. Klee?" ”
Klee was the big nose that Huang Xuan had seen before, he bent down slightly, ran out from the corner of the wall, grabbed Huang Xuan's hand and said, "Mr. Philips, it's me, don't shout." ”
"Oh." Huang Xuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "En......, Mr. Klee?" ”
"It's me." Crane seemed to be oozing sweat from his nose, he looked at the warehouse behind him, and said, "Let's talk inside?" ”
"Here it is." Huang Xuan shook his head, he always pays attention to putting himself in the public eye, even if he goes to the warehouse to see the goods, only by increasing his vigilance can he reduce the greed of others.
"It's not very convenient here." Big Nose obviously doesn't like this place, it's too noticeable.
Huang Xuan shook his head insistently.
"Okay." Klee licked his lips, turned his head in the direction of the door, and said, "I want to buy your sugar, how much do you have left?" As he spoke, he spread out his clenched palms, and all he was holding was the white sugar brought by Huang Xuan.
"About 6,000 pounds, maybe more, what's wrong?" Huang Xuan has always wondered why the spices are sold cleanly, but the sugar is not sold at all, he originally guessed whether it was related to the different planes, and Europe in this plane has long had sugar, but he didn't know that it was entirely because someone with a heart took the sugar as a sample.
"Make a price." The big nose trembled slightly, as if scared and excited.
Huang Xuan squinted, his fingers lightly tapped on the wall of the warehouse, thought for a while, and said, "You want 6,000 pounds?" ”
"Yes." The Dutchman was a little impatient and asked, "Make an offer, I don't have much time." ”
"I think we'll have to wait for Mr. Juan, who wants the cane sugar too, and you see, his fleet will be there in the afternoon."
Klee wrinkled his nose, he didn't like the Spanish name, he stared at Huang Xuan condescendingly: "Hoi, from Guawa Island, I know you want to offer a high price, don't play tricks." ”
"Really?" Huang Xuanke didn't care about this kind of low-level intimidation, and the stupidest kid of the Huang family wouldn't change his mind because of this, he shrugged, picked up the registration form, and prepared to call the next person.
Klee had to cover the paper with the palm of his hand, raised his other hand, and said with a respectful voice, "God willing, my price will please you." ”
"Maybe you can come back in the afternoon." Huang Xuan did not remove the hand covered with chilblains, but put the hand holding the registration form behind his back.
"I'm leaving in the afternoon, take my boat with me, understand?" Klee looked around, and no one noticed him. He decided not to follow Wei Lu Wei anymore, he wanted to go back to Europe, as long as he brought 6,000 pounds of pure white sugar, he could live well in any country in Europe. Now he has 8,000 florins in his hands, which is all his possessions...... Uh, plus a portion of the money to buy whale oil. Weilu is slightly old, and the old judgment has declined, and he used last year's European whale oil price to buy whale oil! Who would do such a stupid thing, even if there is a real war, the most valuable thing will not be whale oil, but more likely to transport difficult food, who cares about the damn war materials, only the guy who was carried away by the title.
"1,000 florins per thousand pounds." Klee couldn't help but offer, he didn't have time to spend here, who knows when Wei Luwei will think of him.
Huang Xuan's time was also very tight, but he still pretended to say: "You see, Mr. Juan has already ordered this batch of sugar. I can't sell it to you. ”
"1100 florins." Klee made another offer, holding back the urge to look around.
"1400." This is Lorraine's suggestion, 14 florins can buy a sheep, and half a ton of sugar in exchange for 100 sheep, which is also fair...... But at this time, Huang Xuan remembered the tulips again, if it was 1400 florins, he could buy about one-fifth of the "Forever Augustus". What a pervert.
Klee wrinkled his big nose and bargained, "1200." That's all I have. ”
Huang Xuan glanced at him, he could still stay here for a day, so he shook his head firmly and said, "It seems that I have to wait for Mr. Juan." ”
Klee gasped, his fists rattled, Huang Xuan glanced at him indifferently, attacking a time traveler with level 22 clearance, then the other party must also have a strong backing.
The big nose left abruptly, he couldn't use all his assets to buy the sugar in Huang Xuan's hands, that would be too risky, although it was even more risky to offend the East India Company.
Turning the register to the next page, Huang Xuan felt very tired, he had never stayed up late to work, and now it was an experience.
Another Englishman exchanged a boatload of whales for half a boatload of wheat, Britain is a country that is used to importing, and in a few years, they will also import wheat from Norway, Huang Xuan just brought the time forward.
In the evening, Huang Xuan's main job became acquisition, and it was a foolish idea for him to spend all his gold coins and carry the metal goods home, at least for now.
Huang Xuan waited outside the door, watching the sailors on the other side shouting and carrying bags of grain, and a green-eyed guy shouted loudly on the side: "Be careful, don't spill it." ”
The owner of the ship who wanted to sell would unload the whales on the dock near the warehouse, and after Huang Xuan's order, a large group of sailors who had collected the money would try their best to drag them into the nearby rented warehouse, and Lorraine would use all the means he could to steal the whale meat from the dock or warehouse, and if necessary, he would even knock the dock workers unconscious, and he was not alone in lying on the ground sleeping.
This was perhaps the happiest time in Green Bay in the last 10 years, and all the shipowners anchored in the harbor got the news that not only would the East India Company buy whale oil at CIF European prices, but also that some would be willing to buy any part of the whale, and that they could exchange it for good quality grain. What could be more gratifying than making more money?
Only the owners of those small boats tensed their faces, because of the small size of the boats, most of them only divided the most valuable whale oil after catching whales, only the large ships weighing hundreds of tons were willing to bring the whole whale back to the port, and replenish fresh water by the way, in this feast, the small boat owners can only comfort themselves, after all, the price of whale oil has risen, and the vacated space can be rented to other ship owners, or take this time to go to sea again, this time never lose the whale body again.
Huang Xuan still didn't know that he had changed the fate of many people, he dragged his heavy eyelids and shouted every name in the register, or collect money, or exchange, or pay for every whale he saw, as for whether it was an arctic whale or a minke whale, Huang Xuan couldn't care.
Filled with a warehouse of whale meat, Huang Xuan picked up a dry towel to wipe Frost's face, and complained, "Why is there no antifreeze here?" ”
"They should have given you whale oil to wipe your face." It was Juan, who had disappeared for a day, his hair stuck to his temples by the damp sea breeze, and he looked very depressed.
"It smells fishy, too." Huang Xuan sniffed and said, "I thought you wouldn't come." ”
"You still have the sugar I wanted, right?" Juan was in a hurry, but he risked capsizing to rush back.
Huang Xuan spread his hands and said, "Although you didn't give me a deposit, I still left them in the warehouse, but I don't guarantee that I will sell them to you." ”
"Thank you, dear brother." Juan was so excited that he opened his hand and wanted to hug Huang Xuan, but he was nimble and dodged.
"1,400 guilders per thousand pounds, or the equivalent of a whale." Huang Xuan was not at all relieved by Juan's enthusiasm, and every merchant was enthusiastic in quoting money.
Juan exhaled a white breath and stared at Huang Xuan, "We are friends, aren't we?" ”
"1400 guilders, or to someone else." This level of cannonball was not even sugar-coated, Huang Xuan shook the registration book in his hand and said, "Come to me again after thinking about it." ”
The Spaniard was still thinking about it, and the big-nosed Klee rushed out from behind the warehouse, looked around cautiously, squinted at Juan and said, "1400 florins, I want it." ”
Huang Xuan spread his hands again, shrugged his shoulders and said, "So, which of you most wants to take 6,000 pounds of sugar?" I want 8400 florins. ”
"Me!" The Spaniard and the Dutch spoke at the same time, then glared at each other, and the big nose rushed to say: "Did we negotiate first?" ”
"It's us." Juan retorted, "I ordered this batch of sugar. ”
"But I didn't pay the deposit." Big Nose apparently heard the conversation between the two, and he took out one of his pockets, shook it with a bang, and said, "Look, I've brought the deposit." ”
Juan craned his neck and said loudly, "Me too." ”
The loud, big-nosed expression of a cringe at him, but soon forgot about the crowd around him, raised his head, and said word by word in Dutch: "This is mine." ”
When Juan was about to refute again, Huang Xuan stopped their conversation, 1400 florins is already a very high price, otherwise Klee would not have thought about it for so long, so it is unnecessary to raise the price, he thought like this: "Then two, at present, I need whales more than guilders, so, who brings me the most whales first, who will get this batch of sugar, how?" ”
"No problem." The two looked at each other, and Juan said, "But it's too far to send the oil here......
"Just stay on board." Huang Xuan was impatient to wait here to disguise and put it into storage, he nodded at the warehouse behind him, and said: "Every thousand pounds is a unit, whoever prepares the corresponding goods first can take away 1,000 pounds of sugar, no problem, right?" ”
"Of course."