Extraordinary Sailing

Antwerp, Low Countries.

Bang!

The wooden door of the tavern was pushed abruptly, and a rough figure waved an order form in his hand, rushing in fiercely.

Without waiting for his eyes to adapt to the slightly dim indoor environment, he opened his mouth and eagerly shouted:

"Mr. James, hurry! Hurry! Do you have any tulip bulbs? The Sack Empire has a big order!"

The middle-aged businessman who was hiding in a corner of the tavern and sitting around drinking with a few of his companions hurriedly put down the glass in his hand when he saw someone coming:

"It's Mr. Fitch, the common variety I harvested in September here is 400 kilograms, and there are ten treasures, the price..."

At present, there are two main types of tulip trading on the market: ordinary varieties and treasures.

Ordinary varieties are priced by weight, while treasures are priced by head. The price between them is even greater than the difference between copper and golden lion.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Fitch, who rushed in, didn't even listen to the price, and waved his hand:

"I want it all! Where are the goods? Delivery immediately!"

When the business came to the door, naturally, he couldn't care about drinking any more. The tulip merchant named James hurriedly dropped his glass and followed the other party and rushed out.

The remaining businessmen who belonged to the Tulip Guild continued to drink and chat.

"It's another sum. What a pity! The price of tulips has continued to rise recently, but the goods in our hands are almost out.

Moreover, the breeding cycle of both rare and common varieties is too long. No matter how high the market price is, our supply in a short period of time will have a limit. "

"It would be nice if I knew the market conditions earlier. Even if the price was a premium, I had to purchase more in September."

"Oh! Who says it's not!"

All the experts here are very clear that there are only two ways to reproduce tulips, one is to reproduce through seeds, and the other is to reproduce through tulip rhizomes.

If it is propagated by seed, it takes 7-12 years to get an ideal bulb. It is never flowers that are traded in the bulk tulip market, but bulbs that are easy to store and transport.

Bulb propagation is simpler.

Tulip bulbs are like onions. As long as they are planted in the ground, bright flowers will bloom in April and May every year, and the flowering period is only about ten days.

In September of each year, new bulbs will grow from the roots of tulips, which are at most twice as large as when they are planted. If it is priced by weight, the value also doubles.

Therefore, new products will not be launched until September next year to meet the growing demand for tulips from customers.

"Hey! Guys, I have an idea to share with you."

Suddenly, one of the tulip merchants in the room spoke up, and after seeing everyone else looking over, he said mysteriously:

"Everyone, the biggest problem we face right now is the imbalance between supply and demand for tulips.

However, if we put ‘next year’s output’, pay attention! It is the ‘output in September next year’, which is put on the market in the form of a ‘guild standard sale and purchase agreement’...

Then make a clear agreement that when the tulip bulbs are harvested, they must be delivered at the current price. Isn't this the best of both worlds? "

At first, the others were confused and didn't understand how things still in the ground could be used for trading, but when they slowly figured out what he meant, the eyes of a table of people suddenly lit up.

Unconsciously lowered their voices and said excitedly:

"This can be done, second!"

"Seconded!"

"..."

Although they do not yet have this concept, the world's first "futures contract" is destined to be released soon.

One thought of heaven, one thought of hell, oh, the great "Golden Lord" bless!

......

The Cathedral of St. Ivan’s city centre has now been renamed "St. Ivan’s Cathedral."

An independent side hall was filled with students of all ages, and the professor in black uniform knocked on the blackboard:

"Come on, let's review the basics of economics learned in the last class. Which student will tell you what are the factors that determine the price of a commodity?

Well, Mr. Osmond has the highest hand, you can tell. "

A young man with short brown hair stood up excitedly and talked in the eyes of everyone:

"There are four main factors that determine the price. The first is cost, which determines the bottom line of the price; the second is the relationship between supply and demand. The stronger the demand, the less the supply, the higher the price;

The third is the information environment where buyers and sellers are in. The more information buyers have, the more cost-effective goods they can obtain; the fourth is efficiency, with fewer intermediate links..."

The "Galliott National University" located in the suburbs is still under construction, but in line with the principle of your Excellency the Grand Duke, the enrollment of the first batch of students has already been completed.

The faculty and staff overcame the hardware difficulties and borrowed part of the rooms in the cathedral of the "Black Iron Cross Church" as classrooms, and started the teaching work ahead of schedule.

At this stage, it is positioned as the "National University", which is the highest institution in the Principality, and has a total of seven disciplines including liberal arts (including literature, history, philosophy, and art), law, finance and economics, education, science and engineering, agriculture and forestry, and medicine.

Among them, science and engineering, medicine, liberal arts, and finance are the main subjects, and both industry, university and research are available.

Moreover, the National University has entered the preparatory list of the Pan-Continental Organization "Red Maple Leaf College Alliance". According to the tradition of the college alliance, some outstanding talents have the opportunity to be introduced into the extraordinary way outside of the conventional disciplines.

Although the extraordinary power in the new world is far from being as mysterious as the relatively peaceful old world, it is also a power that most ordinary people can expect in their lives, both because of knowledge and resources.

In addition.

Although the "National University" has been established for a short time, its faculty is already among the best among the countries.

Art, history, science and engineering, agriculture and forestry, and medicine are all traditionally advantageous projects of witches. The witches who come to the Principality by the "Truth School" can be described as a fish in water.

Although the conditions of the school need to be improved, the witches never thought that they could enter and leave the church of the true **** in their entire lives, and the priests all greeted them with smiles. The spiritual pleasure is no different than the material salary.

The wizards of the "Mechanical Immortality School" gave the "Engineering" tremendous support. Even if the extraordinary part is eliminated, what is left is the most cutting-edge dry goods of this era.

Dr. Taylor of the "Visari School", Leon, the master of potions, and the students of Aiwen of the "Tree of Life School", all have profound accomplishments in the fields of medicine or agriculture and forestry.

Even in the field of finance and economics, there was also Irvine who had captured the kingdom of Ilya, the heir to the handful of top big capitalists.

The finale was Irvine, the great wizard and grand duke serving as the principal, with a far-sighted vision that surpassed the times.

"Galliott National University" has the foundation to become a world-class university.

of course.

While improving the quality of the population, the pursuit of quantity has not been let go. The performance appraisal of "Mother of Water" Mellow began in August last year, and by August this year, it has successfully completed the great goal of 5% net population growth. .

In addition to the government's macro guidance in this process, the Neimans, who have a majority of male population, and the Atrians, who have a majority of women, are also rapidly merging.

The Principality is making great strides towards the grand blueprint of a single-subject nation.

Ivan also gave a new appointment to Count Milan Snette, as the Huron son-in-law, as the minister of national integration and chief astrologer of the Principality.

At the same time, thanks to the continuous urging of the "rest trees" in the inland areas on a large scale, they have completely transformed the interior of the continent into a state of absolute spirituality that prohibits the birth of spirits.

Coupled with the all-out efforts of the werewolves to culminate the existing spirits and ghosts, it may not take half a year before the Principality’s "Westward Expansion Project" can be officially launched.

Except for the inherent "Black Sea Coast", "Smashed Star Sea Coast", and "Elbert Mountain" which is full of gold mines.

In addition, the "Upper Itaska Valley" on the southern bank of the Six Dalian Lakes in the central part, the lower reaches of the central rivers to the "Lower Itaska Valley" on the southern coastline, and the "Middle and Western Great Plains" across the main basin of the Itaska River. You can also start the first phase of development.

Start with the most essential and livable parts of each area, and fully explore the potential of this land.

At that time, not to mention that the population growth rate is 5%, or 10%, and 15% may be resettled in some places.

In addition.

With the victory of the international war, the international status of Tulip and the Principality has been steadily improved, and a large number of investments and personnel have poured into the Principality from all over the world.

Aiwen also firmly grasped the people's livelihood field and began to open up the free market in other economic fields.

He knows very well that if the national economy does not become a stagnant water, it is necessary to give full play to the subjective initiative of everyone and maintain the basic rules of the game for the capable and the mediocre.

The students who are in class are one of his guarantees for maintaining the established rules and his own dominance, or that they are the royal party firmly united by the monarch Ivan.

Every student is an extension of his dominance, and as the future spreads to all walks of life, his dominance will reach the most basic level of the principality.

The "Principality of Galliot", a mainland country, has suddenly become one of the emerging countries with the most development potential and competitiveness in this era.

In the steady progress of the country's construction in all aspects, time suddenly came to the spring of 192 years in the Haiyuan calendar.

White schwanstein castle.

"That's it. The ghosts that are obviously from ancient civilizations have almost blocked the entire outer space. If we don't break through their defenses, we don't want to leave Hrag.

The most important thing is that we don’t even know which ancient civilization they came from. What is the intention of blocking the planet? Are you still out of control? ...."

Aiwen and Jeros, who had finally returned from Falettis with Stephanie, sat opposite each other. On the table between them was a fist-sized weird thing that looked like a wooden "walnut kernel".

It is the core of the "Scaverer" brought back from space.

Aiwen knows that this should be some kind of "chip"-like controller, but it is not easy to interpret it without comparison information.

Seeing that Jeros, who had been frowning since seeing this thing, squeezed his forehead and said slowly:

"This kind of stuff...maybe I know where it came from."

Snapped-!

While talking, Jeros snapped his fingers, and [Witchcraft Garden·Uluk Temple] opened.

"I may not have told you that the third-age "Muria civilization" in ancient civilizations is best at biotechnology!"