Huang Xuan's first business in Spitsbergen was very successful, 20,000 pounds of wheat for 60,000 pounds of whale meat, using the unit he was familiar with, that is, 10 tons of wheat for 30 tons of whale meat.

By about 12 p.m., Huang Xuan's stall began to be surrounded in front of the stall, and more and more ship owners heard the news that whale entrails that had been abandoned in the port garbage dump had also been picked up, but due to the inconvenience of land transportation in the green port, the transaction proceeded extremely slowly.

Relying mainly on the sale of spices, Huang Xuan already had 3,000 florins worth of cash, which in the Americas could buy 600 Manhattan Islands. Many shipowners have taken a fancy to these small, lightweight, but expensive things, and they are more willing to return to Europe with spices in a cabin, rather than throwing away all the whale oil and converting it into grain.

Many of them believe that the price of whale oil will rise sharply in Europe this year, and Huang Xuan is an insider who knows the news. However, this did not prevent him from buying other parts of the whale, and the merchants had their own judgment, and they were happy to sell the whale meat, as well as the whale bones and internal organs, which should have been thrown into the sea, and it would be another 50 years, when the Dutch ships had more of them, that they would transport these parts to Europe and find a way to use them.

However, 400 years later, the textbooks say that whales are full of treasures. Its internal organs are rich in vitamins, and the price in the new century is much higher than that of whale oil, and whale bones and baleen are good raw materials for handicrafts, so the trade went smoothly under the principle of taking what you need.

Huang Xuan rented several warehouses directly to the port for 100 florins, so that he could disguise himself as having a ship to transport them. Whenever a deal is reached, Lorraine will put the other party's requested amount of materials in one of the warehouses accordingly, and Huang Xuan only needs to take the other party to see the goods once, and he doesn't need to care about it after the silver and goods are completed, until the other party finishes moving.

This method is safe and effective, Huang Xuan only needs to hide it for three days, and as for the later doubts, it will be put into the X-file. It's just that it's done very slowly, and tonight it looks like it's going to be in the polar day.

The wooden door opened and closed rhythmically, and the creaking sound made Hu Anxin anxious. As a Spanish merchant, this was his third visit to Svalbard, and before that, he had bought and sold iron cannons in Hamburg and wool in London, and he was familiar with European commerce, and he prided himself on being able to judge clearly, but the lack of funds made this judgment almost ironic.

Juan was eager to take Huang Xuan's inventory, especially the refined white sugar, and the barbarians only cared about the wheat and spices - although the grain was of good quality and cheap, Juan understood that it was the sugar that was really valuable.

With the current level of technology in Europe, it is difficult for cane sugar to achieve sufficient sweetness, and of course, brown sugar and even brown sugar are already satisfying to them, but Juan believes that the aristocracy will definitely like the whiter, finer and sweeter cane sugar.

After Huang Xuan negotiated with a Frenchman, he grabbed him and said: "Mr. Philips, I have informed the fleet, they can arrive in three days, we can trade in cash, you only need to wait for me for three days, I am willing to buy all the goods in your hand at the price of 12 florins per thousand pounds."

Huang Xuan shook his head apologetically and said, "Mr. Juan, I can't wait for 3 days." ”

He was telling the truth, but Juan thought it was a shirk. Seafarers are the most patient, they can wait a year for a monsoon, how can they wait less than 3 days, 3 days can not even prepare food and fresh water for a ship.

A Portuguese pushed Juan away, and when he saw Huang Xuan busy in the crowd, he could only stomp his feet and turn away.

……

Wei Lu sat quietly in his chair, resting his elbows flat on the armrests like a nobleman, and several of his men stood to one side, focusing their eyes on the table.

On the table was a handful of sugar.

Huang Xuan allowed people to take away the goods from the stalls as samples, and of course, only well-dressed shipowners or merchants were allowed to do so.

The big nose glued a few grains of white sugar and put them in his mouth, smashed it a few times, and put a few more grains.

The widespread availability of sugar in Europe was accompanied by the conquest of the American continent, and before that, the price of sugar was equal to that of gold, and Europeans even used it as medicine, but by the 17th century, sugar was also available to many well-to-do citizens.

However, it could never be as sweet as modern white sugar.

For a child born after the 90s, white sugar may not be sweet at all, and they are used to higher sweetness sugars such as fructose. However, for Europeans who still have the luxury of eating brown sugar, white sugar almost represents an advanced technology.

"It's really sugar." Big Nose licked his lips with his tongue and said, "It's so much better than the sugar we produce." ”

"Will it be a new product in China?" The big orange also tasted a few grains of candy and said: "Maybe a lot of it has been produced in China, otherwise how could it be sold to Svalbard." ”

"Maybe not a lot." Another tall Dutchman joined the discussion.

Wei Luwei still sat there, listening to the speculation of his men. The Viceroy of the East India Company was a very powerful position, but this theory was not universally applied globally, as in Svalbard.

Historically, there were several organizations known as the East India Company. The most famous is of course the Great British East India Company. And in the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company was fiercely competing with the Spaniards and the Portuguese for domination of Svalbard.

At present, it is the Netherlands who have the advantage, and in a few decades, the Dutch will have a complete monopoly on the whaling industry in the Arctic.

But until now, Wei Luwei has not dared to slack off.

It would cost thousands or more gold coins to buy the grain in the hands of the Guawa people, and without this money, what would the company use to buy whale oil. Whale oil is a strategic material, is it going to war?

Thinking of this, Wei Lu sat up slightly, and he said a little anxiously: "Are there any people from China or Europe recently?" ”

"Psyche just arrived last month, what's wrong?" There is something strange about the big nose.

"What is the situation in the country? What about Europe? ”

"It's all good." The big nose spat out and said, "Except for the British, without them, everything is peaceful in Europe." ”

"Englishman ......" Vluvi chewed on the name softly, he liked to do so, like a count in his homeland, but everyone who knew him knew that although Van Houg Vluvi had a fan in front of his name, he was not a nobleman, and perhaps he would only get the title of nobility when Svalbard became a completely Dutch territory.

"Your Excellency?"

Wei Lu came back to his senses, put his elbow off the armrest, stood up on the table, and said, "Klee, we also want to collect whale oil, using the CIF price in Europe last year." ”

"And what about these?" Big Nose pointed to the sugar and grain on the table.

Wei Lu swept it off the table in disgust, and said, "We must first ensure the supply of whale oil to the country, let the Spaniards buy these things." ”

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