"Meet Second Master Sun."

"Brother Sun, you're finally here!"

When Boss Liu and Boss Qin saw who the person who came, they immediately got up and saluted. However, it can be clearly seen from the speeches of the two that Boss Liu and this Second Master Sun are more unfamiliar, while Boss Qin is obviously more familiar.

But Second Master Sun didn't treat the two of them favorably just because he knew Boss Qin: "The two of you have been waiting for a long time, sit down." ”

The talkative man is definitely the best commentator, Liu Yifeng just turned his head to look at him, and he began to explain: "This is Second Master Sun, a person from Xuzhou." He was one of the people who followed the Maritime Administration and the Navy to explore Dongshan Prefecture, and it is said that he contributed to the establishment of the castle. ”

There are many people who don't know Second Master Sun, and they all understand when they hear what the man said: This Second Master Sun is a veteran figure in Dongshan Prefecture.

Dongshan Prefecture is not much poorer than the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate and the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate. At that time, many commercial houses along the coast of the Ming Dynasty learned that the Maritime Safety Bureau had built a city in Dongshan Prefecture, and hurriedly brought what they thought was high-value goods, but most of them did not bring anything back, and the goods brought by the Maritime Safety Bureau were also bought by the Maritime Safety Bureau at the bottom price.

Isn't there a worthless specialty in Dongshan Prefecture?

Of course there is, and that's fur.

But there is a problem, the most valuable fur producing area in Dongshan Prefecture is basically monopolized by Sun Erye, and only the commercial houses from Xuzhou have made a lot of money.

Hearing this, Liu Yifeng couldn't help but ask: "Is this second master Sun from a big family in Xuzhou?" ”

"No, he is just an ordinary tenant, and those who followed the fleet to break into the world back then were basically the same as us: from a civilian background."

The eyes of all the people suddenly lit up, and the eyes that looked at Second Master Sun were full of longing.

"Second Master Sun's ship was lost and ran aground, and they landed further north on a sampan before the fresh water ran out. After landing, he met the Inuit and survived with the help of the Inuit. ”

The experience of being rescued by the Inuit made Sun Erye establish a friendship with the Inuit, and even taught himself the language of the Inuit. Later, after the imperial court recognized the Inuit as the descendants of Xianbei, Sun Erye became one of the channels of communication between the Maritime Safety Bureau of Jishan City and the Inuit.

"So what does this have to do with his monopoly on the most valuable fur producers? Could it be that the most valuable source of fur is Inuit territory? ”

After looking at the chatty man and nodding, Liu Yifeng probably guessed what the most valuable fur in Dongshan Prefecture was.

The territory of the Inuit is basically in the northernmost part of the North Temperate Zone, which can already be regarded as the Polar Circle. The most common animals are walruses and seals, but the most valuable furs in Dongshan are certainly not the skins of these two animals, as walruses and seals can be found everywhere from the Aleutian Islands onwards.

When Liu Yifeng's Nanyang-class treasure ship arrived at the 28 Islands, he basically casually encountered a reef high above the sea surface, and he could see walruses or seals perching on it. It can be seen from the strange expressions of the crew on the treasure ship that the people who run to Dongshan Prefecture all the year round are basically not uncommon walruses and seals.

There were also large numbers of elk and musk oxen near the Polar Circle, but both animals were everywhere in Alaska at this time. Liu Yifeng remembered that when the Nanyang-class treasure ship entered Qishan Bay, elk and musk cattle could be seen on the shore from time to time, and it was definitely not these two.

Looking at the white robe and scarf on Second Master Sun's body, it is already obvious that the most valuable fur in Dongshan Prefecture: polar bear.

There may also be arctic foxes, but the arctic foxes are too rare for the Chinese civilization circle, and there are them in the northeast. Of course, it is not the native fauna of the Northeast, but it migrates all the way from the Arctic Circle along Siberia.

"It's a white bear."

The talkative man raised his head violently, he was about to say the answer "Snow Bear" after brewing for a long time, and then enjoyed everyone's attention, but Liu Yifeng's words robbed him of all his attention.

Although these people didn't think of it as a polar bear at the first time, they all reacted after Liu Yifeng's reminder: "It turned out to be a snow bear." ”

Snow bears? It seems that the Han people in this era gave the polar bear a name, which is quite vivid.

Seeing that Liu Yifeng had sucked all his attention, the talkative man hurriedly said, "Yes, it's Snow Bear." ”

He was afraid that Liu Yifeng would say something to steal the limelight, so he immediately explained: "Did you see the white coat on Second Master Sun?" That's Snow Bearskin. ”

"I heard that as long as you can bring a complete snow bear skin back to the Central Plains, you can exchange it for more than 100 acres of land!"

"Bragging!"

"I'm serious!"

The talkative man's ears were red, and he tried his best to argue, but everyone knew that his red face was not because everyone didn't believe him, but because he was exposed and bragged, annoyed and angry.

How much polar bear fur costs in Daming is definitely not known to them at the bottom of the people, but it is definitely very expensive, because Boss Liu and Boss Qin set up this battle today, fighting for an opportunity to hunt polar bears.

"Two, there's something I want to say in front." Second Master Sun sat in the middle of the Eight Immortals Table, separated Liu Qin's two bosses and their subordinates, and said, "Snow bears are very difficult to hunt, even if they are me, they often run for nothing. So no matter which of you wins this place, I want to tell you: having a place does not mean that you will definitely gain something. ”

Boss Qin, as a local trading house in Zhushan, was mentally prepared for the difficult hunting of snow bears, while Boss Liu, who came from Jianglong in Zhushan City, began to be a little undecided.

He would not suspect that Second Master Sun was lying, he was a veteran figure in Dongshan Prefecture, one of the people with the highest status in Dongshan Prefecture, and a representative of the Xuzhou faction in Dongshan Prefecture, so it was impossible to tell a lie.

And don't look at how strong you and Qin San are fighting, in fact, in the eyes of Second Master Sun, both of them are people from the Dengzhou faction.

The distribution of the people's power in Dongshan Prefecture is very simple, with four major factions: Dengzhou faction, Xuzhou faction, Shuntianfu faction and Fujian faction.

Among them, the strongest are the Xuzhou faction and the Shuntianfu faction, and more than half of the commercial houses in Dongshan Prefecture are from these two places.

So even if Qin San and Second Master Sun have some personal relations, Second Master Sun will not favor him, this is for the two of them.

Thinking of this, Boss Liu respectfully bowed to Second Master Sun and said, "Second Master Sun, can the younger brother ask why there is not necessarily a harvest?" ”

Second Master Sun was not annoyed that someone questioned him, and after politely returning the salute, he said: "The snow bear is very smart, and it is very water-based, it can dive into the water to catch seals and walruses to eat." In the past few years, we have hunted too many snow bears, and these beasts have learned to be smart, and when they see someone approaching, they don't even want food, and they plunge directly into the sea. You wait for it on the water, it may have landed and run a mile away. ”

Polar bears are the most watery subspecies of bears, and other bear subspecies swim at the surface of the water at most, and polar bears can dive to chase prey.

"What about traps?"

Second Master Sun shook his head: "The place where the snow bear lives is basically covered with snow, or it is a tidal flat area, and it can't be dug at all. ”

There were no large-scale hunting traps in this era, which were the product of post-industrialization, and the large-scale hunting traps of this era were still dominated by traditional traps.

Then Sun Erye talked about a hunt two months ago, more than 100 of them hunted a snow bear, and successfully introduced the hungry snow bear into the encirclement by relying on the early deployment. However, the snow bear was very alert, smelled the smell of human beings and was ready to flee decisively, but the way back to the sea was blocked by people who were crazy rowing boats and landing on the beach, and there were people in other directions.

There was only one in the direction of the sea with a thin layer of ice, because the ice in the pond was too thin, and the Inuit who participated in the hunt also said that not to mention snow bears, they could step on the ice any person who stood on it, so there was no defense.

Unexpectedly, the snow bear actually stretched out its forelimbs from the back of the runway, lay on it, and slid out with its hind legs gently staring at the ice. The people who caught up behind thought that the thin layer of ice was strong enough, so they chased after it in a hurry, and the ice broke after only a few steps.

Fortunately, it was caught in time, but it was a serious illness and no one died.

After listening to this story, Boss Liu hesitated even more.

This quota is not something that can be obtained by defeating Qin San, and it is necessary to pay a large sum of money to Second Master Sun's firm. If you pay the money and end up empty-handed, the loss is really too great.

"Brother Liu, don't come to join in the fun." Qin San seemed to have good intentions, but actually said with a slight mockery: "Hunting is not as simple as chasing a few rabbits on a horse on the grassland as you understand. ”

It's good that he didn't say this, Boss Liu was already retired, as soon as he said this, the young and vigorous Boss Liu slapped the table directly, why did he have to go down with him Qin Sanbar.

Seeing that the ugly words had been said in front, Boss Liu insisted on fighting, so he said: "Since this is the case, then according to the rules, you each choose 5 people, and the one who wins 3 games first will get the quota." ”