The Rise of Iceland

Korank is worthy of being an old businessman, with a loyal and honest face, and then he gave a good price in a persuasive manner. In fact, the leather of this grade in Amsterdam is enough to sell for 500 guilders, but Hagrid and others do not want to delay too much. Time, and at the same time, the price of 460 guilders is already higher than that given by the Governor of Dublin and Lord Bowles.

　　 "Okay, sir, it's your price!" Hagrid discussed with Ulav and Hudit for a while, and then agreed to Kuranke's offer.

　　 "May God bless you! Sir. You are really an excellent businessman and navigator!"

　　 Kurank complimented Hagrid uncontrollably, and then took out the check and the agreement to fill out.

After Hagrid signed and confirmed that it was correct, Kuranke picked up an agreement and put it in his pocket, and said, "Tomorrow morning is Friday, and the bank will go to work. Please Mr. Hagrid to wait on board after confirming that the cheque is correct. I am I will personally bring people to pick up the goods."

Hagrid glanced at the string of zeros on the check, nodded, and smiled: "I don't dare to care about the big bill of two hundred and twenty thousand. As long as the check can be discounted tomorrow morning, it will be no problem to send it to your house. "

　　 "Please don't worry about this. The credibility of the Kolank firm is also well-known throughout the Netherlands, and we will not do anything dishonorable." Kolank said solemnly.

"Yes. The reputation of the Kirank firm has always been very good." Hagrid agreed casually, and then remembered that there are really not many powerful merchants such as Kirank. If you don't catch him, the royal jelly may be sold for a long time, so He recommended, "Our royal jelly is also the top ingredient in desserts, and it has medicinal value. Don't you want some?"

　　 "Oh?" Kuranke raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "I have always been curious about what royal jelly is. Since your Excellency has spoken, please let me open my eyes."

　　 Pikku took out a half can of "Royal Jelly" from the side, this is the half can of Olaf, Ulav and others drank sugar water.

　　 opened the lid and smelled the sweet scent and finally a hint of fragrance, Kuranke smiled and said, "Can I taste it?"

　　 "Of course you can." Hagrid said, handing over a spoon.

　　 "It's delicious. This kind of royal jelly is indeed different from ordinary honey, and the fragrance is also unique. At least I haven't eaten any dessert with such a refreshing fragrance. I think it will be favored by big people."

　　 Kuranke took a bite, then took out the handkerchief, wiped the spoon, and returned it to Hagrid. He asked, "Does royal jelly come from? What is the price of a gallon?"

　　 Hagrid looked at Olaf, Olaf gave a wink, so Hagrid shaped the "royal jelly" into a treasured dessert with mysterious and primitive colors according to Olaf's words, and then the price was the same as the white sugar from the heavens.

　　 Since only Daming can produce white sugar at present, in Europa, white sugar is a rare and precious dessert, much more expensive than honey.

"Yes, if royal jelly is a treasure from Siberia, it is also worth the price!" Kuranke thought for a long time, and finally nodded, "but royal jelly is a new thing after all. Mr. Ge, you can be a third cheaper, I think you can buy more."

　　 Olaf originally planned to sell at the price of honey. The price of two-thirds of sugar is actually slightly higher than that of honey. He thought about it and nodded to Hagrid.

　　 "Yes. There are still forty or fifty cans on my ship..."

　　 "I want it."

　　 Hagrid agreed and signed another contract after negotiating an agreement with Kurrank.

　　 The amount written on the cheque received this time is 60,000 guilders, worth 3,000 pounds.

　　 After Kirank left, Hagrid handed the check to Olaf and said, "You made 7,000 pounds by selling royal jelly. Tsk, it’s amazing!"

　　 Olaf was thrilled. He knew that the seven thousand pounds in this period was not the eighty thousand soft coins a few hundred years later, but it was actually seven thousand pounds in silver.

　　 Seven thousand pounds is equivalent to more than seventy thousand and nearly eighty taels of silver in Ming. Although it is only a small amount of money for the real rich of Ming or Europa, it is also equivalent to the entire net worth of a small businessman.

When the East India Company was first established 28 years ago in the United Kingdom, the company’s capital was only 72,000 pounds, but it was raised by more than 100 people. Of course, investors invested small amounts of money, but this also showed that 7,000 The pound is worth a lot.

You know, a cow is only 4 pounds, and a pure Shire horse is less than 9 pounds, and a villa in central London is only three or four thousand pounds. Of course, there is no concept of house speculation, and the price is not high.

　　 In any case, Olaf’s income this time is worth the original Hadar’s two or three decades of planting and grazing in Iceland.

　　 Luxury goods are the most profitable at any time.

　　 Olaf was also satisfied with his income, so he added a purchasing plan to the original plan.

Olaf originally wanted to earn his first pot of gold from maple syrup, and then took the money to buy a boat and dozens of his own white slaves. The budget was more than 4,000 marks, but now he earns more than 13,000 marks. , Olaf is as good as buying an armed merchant ship directly, and then buying some cannons, so that he can also have an armed.

　　 The next morning Hagrid took Olaf with him to the bank, and arrived at the counter after a candle was burned. After verification, the two checks were both authentic and valid, and then they were re-deposited into Hagrid's account.

　　 Hagrid applied for ten more checks, and then left with Olaf.

　　 Going back to the ship, I happened to meet Kuran with his servants and vehicles waiting. After a few words of greeting, he began to carry the fur and royal jelly. After waiting to send Kuran away, Old Bud arrived with a few carts of food.

　　 At this time, Ulav also came back. In the morning, he sent sailors to learn how to assemble windmills from Troy, and it was now after a turn.

　　 Seeing that the sun was already rising high, it was estimated that it was almost noon. Ulav ordered the sailors to carry food and couldn't get out of them. Olaf and Hudik took Olaf to the shipyard to buy a ship.

There are countless shipyards at the Dutch Wharf. When you come out of the berthing area, cross the bridge and then go east, you will see a big river. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com This is the Zan River, which leads to the canals extending in all directions in Amsterdam to the west. And the Grand Canal that runs through the North Sea.

Hebei Bank is a row of large factories, most of them have their doors open, and some have basically shaped wooden boats pulled out. Standing outside, you can see the windmills and tall winch cranes in the shipyard. Olaf walked in Later, I realized that the windmill used the coastal wind to create power to make logging and sawing wood, which were used to make boat boards.

　　 You can’t carelessly buy a ship. Several people have left four or five houses in a row. They all asked about the situation. They were basically the same, except that there were almost no existing ships. Even if one or two ships were too small, they did not meet Hagrid’s requirements.

　　 If it is made to order, it will take three days at the earliest if the materials are ready, and it will take more than ten days if there is no material.

　　 After a round, Hagrid decided to wait for the best, so after discussing it, he went to De Grote Shipyard, a medium-sized but large-scale shipyard.

The reason why the ship was booked at De Grote Shipyard was because other shipyards advertised that their shipyards had built merchant ships for the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company, but the staff of De Grote Shipyard told Hager and others , Their chief shipbuilder, Mr. Henrik Hubbert, built a warship for the "Nordic Lion" Gustav II in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

　　 That is a warship named Vasa, the flagship of the Swedish King Gustav II to form the navy. In the future, it will rely on it to lead the powerful Swedish navy to defeat Poland and Denmark and dominate the Baltic Sea.

With this example in the front, the warship naturally went to De Grote Shipyard, so Hagrid paid a deposit of 38,000 guilders and ordered three armed merchant ships and one mixed-sail merchant ship, one of which was the Austrian armed merchant ship. Raf's.