Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

The nearest port to Longyearbyen is called Green Bay. Only in June and August every summer, the ice floes in the bay will melt, and large ships will come in and out at this time, and its prosperity is no less than that of Amsterdam. Green Bay is indeed green. There are 113 days of extreme daylight in summer here every year. Not only people who are used to seeing glaciers, but also Huang Xuan, who has just set off from Brazil, also thinks that this harbor is called green. Especially on the sunny hillside, all kinds of flowers are colorful, except for the still cold air, the short section is completely southern scenery. Marset seems very proud of this. He is a Dutchman born in Spitsbergen, but he has never left Longyearbyen except for fishing. This year is said to be a bumper year. He is ready to find a job. The benefits of going out to sea with a big boat are much higher than fishing alone. For Chinese people living in the 21st century, Longyearbyen is not even a small town. Perhaps we can call it a large village. The permanent population here is about 1,200 people. People will flock to it, and even so, Longyearbyen is the largest city in the entire Spitsbergen archipelago, housing one-third of the entire population of the archipelago. Seeing this scene, Huang Xuan, whose confidence had just been aroused by the jellyfish, shrank again. This time when he went out, the supplies he carried were mainly food, and sugar and spices could only be regarded as incidentals, but as long as he thought that there were only a thousand people under his feet He felt discouraged, 1,500 tons of grain, is it possible to sell 1 ton to each person? But Marset didn't notice Huang Xuan's depressed mood. He originally just accompanied Huang Xuan to Longyearbyen. Now that he has arrived, he is about to leave. He is anxious to find a boat to get out. There is still one month left in summer It's too late. "Wait." Huang Xuan held Marset first, and said with the last effort, "Where is the government here?" "East India Company? Is it here?" Huang Xuan blinked, behind him was a dozen or so bungalows surrounded by He originally thought it was a residential house, but he didn't expect that it was the headquarters of the famous Dutch East India Company in the archipelago. Not even a single guard. "Where are people?" Huang Xuan looked at the closed door and asked strangely. "There should be a group of fishing boats arriving at the port today, and the governor will naturally go to the port." Marset was a little annoyed, and he didn't want to waste his precious time on a guy from Java Island. Well, maybe Gouva, who cares? Breathing out a breath of white air, Huang Xuan tightened his clothes and said, "I'll go to Green Bay with you." "Whatever you want." As long as Marset can go to Green Bay, that's fine. Huang Xuan followed Marset dejectedly. This emotion lasted until Green Harbor, and then was replaced by infinite shock. For this era, Green Harbor may be a huge port. Two sailing ships with a displacement of 200 tons are docked near the road. According to the information provided by Lorraine, the largest ship that can be built in this era is only 600 tons. , similar to a destroyer during World War II. However, the stupid sailboat couldn't make Huang Xuan open his mouth and couldn't close it. What attracted him was the huge stone platform on the shore and the huge body on it. "That's, a whale!?" Huang Xuan's voice was trembling, and he forgot to cover up and said it directly. Lorraine's translation made a heavy (chong) sound. Fortunately, Marset was also immersed in excitement and didn't care. A voice next to his ear said, "That's the first batch of whaling ships coming back. I'm going to get on board to find a job." So, in the huge Green Bay, Huang Xuan could only stand there alone, watching more than a dozen people Diligently dissecting a whale. From a young age, Huang Xuan knew that blue whales were the largest animals in the world, and once thought that all whales were as huge as blue whales, but when he really saw these huge monsters, he could only show shock. Now, seeing dozens of whales being divided into pieces, Huang Xuan's shock began to turn into saliva again... As for the legendary guilt, the guilt of eating whales? If eating beef is only delicious, then eating whale itself should also be happy—especially in this era, when whales are common commodities rather than rare animals. I just don't know how to sell the whale, but the important thing is that it doesn't cost energy to transport this thing. "This is a baleen whale suborder, a baleen whale, a minke whale, and weighs about 9 tons. The one next to it is a baleen whale, a humpback whale, and weighs about 30 tons. In addition, there are two gray whales on the sailboat to the south, weighing about 9 tons. They are about 28 tons and 35 tons respectively. No toothed whales have been found so far. In addition, the largest number is arctic whales, with a total of about 70.” After speaking, Lorraine began to talk about whales again. I don’t know when he started Lorraine tended to spread knowledge to Huang Xuan, not only during travel, but also in daily life. Huang Xuan didn't care, as long as he didn't make too much noise and talked more. "Lorraine, how do you sell whale meat in the international market?" This is the core issue that Huang Xuan cares about. Lorraine quickly searched, and said: "Because of whaling restrictions, the price is gradually increasing. The price of better parts, such as lean meat from the tail of whales, can reach 60 US dollars per kilogram, but the price of ordinary parts is only 60 US dollars. About US dollars." "It's not too high." Huang Xuan's enthusiasm dropped a bit, but seeing the large number of thousand-ton whales in front of him, he felt inspired again. He looked around and asked again. Lorraine said: "Do you know where the governor is?" "There is a large group of people 300 meters ahead on the right, you can ask about it." Of course Lorraine put energy conservation first.

Wiping his red nose, Huang Xuan raised the scarf covering his face a little, and walked to the right against the fishy sea wind. All the boats parked here were two to three hundred tons, and not only sailors were cutting up the whale meat , and Dutch sailors standing guard against the wind, and the Dutch standing in the middle of the crowd with their hands behind their backs, talking to a few guys in high hats. When walking a hundred paces away, Huang Xuan was stopped by a guard. This was a spearman. In the army sequence of the 17th century, he existed to protect musketeers, but in Spitsbergen, his rank was clearly Extraordinary growth. From Huang Xuan's forehead and eyes showing his scarf, the guard could see that this was not a white man, so that was enough. The guard put the spear on the ground, blocked his sight with his body, and said, "hoi, go aside." "I He's an employee of the East India Company." Huang Xuan shrugged. At any time, it would be inefficient to reason with the chief soldier. He didn't take off the scarf because he couldn't match his mouth, so he just moved his lips slightly to let Lorraine said on his behalf: "I have brought the whole ship of grain, and I want to see the Governor." Today's Green Bay is in great chaos. How would the guard know if a grain ship arrived? Staring at Huang Xuan, he said loudly, "Indigenous, take off your mask." Huang Xuan obediently pulled down his mask, moved his lips as little as possible, and said, "Soldier, you just need to do your job well and you're done." Okay, I want to see the governor, but you can’t decide whether to see me on behalf of the governor, understand?” The Dutch in the crowd seemed to have heard the voice, and a guy with a feather on his head said something to the people around him What, another soldier came over and said, "Let him go, the governor said he wants to see him." The spearman looked at Huang Xuan with hostile eyes, but stepped aside, Huang Xuan shrugged again, and came here All of them are guys who can't get along in Europe, even criminals. If Spitsbergen had not become the center of whale hunting, the East India Company would never have thought of this piece of land located in the northernmost part of the world. Therefore, it is unnecessary to discuss politeness with these people. "You are?" Huang Xuan pulled off the hat on his head and bowed slightly. "Fan Houge • Weiluwei." An old guy with a haughty expression. This is Huang Xuan's first judgment. He is older than the people around him. At the same time, as the center of the conversation, he is the first person to speak. Huang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Governor, I represent Yoma • Mr. Ollila sends you my greetings." Huang Xuan's judgment was correct, but Wei Luwei thought he had heard of his name before, so he waved the guards away and said, "Mr. Ollila Really?" Huang Xuan smiled lightly and said, "It's the president of Nokia, sir. I sent a batch of food here by fate, and it was originally intended to be sold." Everyone around laughed, especially one with a big nose. , Pressing his hat and saying: "Come to Spitsbergen to sell food, boy, we are the ones who feed the whole of Europe." Arrogant guy. Huang Xuan's second comment, but he still smiled and said: "Nokia has just been established, and I don't know much about the situation, but the food has arrived, and the fleet has left, so I want to find a buyer sell the food." "Oh?" Wei Luwei was obviously interested, although he was called the governor, but he was completely different from the Hong Kong governor as understood by the Chinese. The East India Company in the 17th century Just like the Dutch colonial advance army brought out the Ministry of Tertiary Industry Development, and the latter is the source of colonization, so the actual identity of the Governor is a businessman, a greedy businessman with force. "Mainly rice and wheat, with a little spice and sugar, all good stuff." Spice and sugar have just passed their peak prices in Europe, but are still expensive commodities, and as for grain—Europe is always lack of food. The rise of the Netherlands is largely due to its fishery supplying a large amount of food. According to the theory of technology, it was the Dutch who invented a method that can remove fish intestines with a knife, and the wheel of history began to turn. up. "They're all good things." Big Nose was honest, but he was stopped by Wei Luwei's stern eyes just after he sighed. The ship can transport your goods now." Huang Xuan knew that this guy wanted to lower the price, but he really couldn't wait any longer, if he couldn't complete the transaction within three days, he would take the batch of grain home and lose a few dollars for nothing million kilowatt hours of electricity. Besides, he wasn't actually going to ship it away. "Lorraine, can't we take a batch back?" Looking at the whales being divided, Huang Xuan couldn't help lowering his head and said, "Anyway, you just stuffed them directly into the channel of the plane, and we take them away, so why pay for these rubbish "If you're satisfied with just taking away a dozen or so whales, that's okay." Lorraine didn't object, "It's just that if these Dutchmen attack you, I can't guarantee your safety. The current level of the base is only 22 Level, the use of energy through the channel of the plane has a high loss, once the energy consumed exceeds the storage capacity, you will not be able to go back." "You can't even beat the people of the Middle Ages?" "The Middle Ages will not be after the Renaissance " Lorraine corrected: "Your body strength can't even resist a spear piercing. Facing so many people, I think the cost-effective ratio is too low." "What's the cost, it's a mess.

"Knowing that he could only endure exploitation, Huang Xuan also calmed down, gritted his teeth, and said, "Mr. Governor, there is a lot of food. If it is really impossible to transport it all, I can keep some here until the fleet arrives next year." Besides, but I would trade grain for Longyearbyen's whale meat. Wei Lu squinted his small eyes and looked at Huang Xuan, "Keep some?" He seemed to be thinking about whether this was a bribe, and the Dutchman, who was wearing orange like a big orange behind him, said at this time: "We can transport whale oil to Europe by ourselves. Svalbard doesn't need food, and neither does it." Whales are needed. Everyone laughed again. Whale oil is the fat layer of whales. It is an important industrial raw material and fuel. It is also the main edible oil in Europe. It can be used to make margarine, soap, kerosene, etc. If the whale boat is too small, people will divide the whale oil and throw the rest of the whale into the sea. Hearing Lorraine's explanation, Huang Xuan regretted a little, but said with a smile: "Mr. Governor, I can buy the whole whale. In short, the price is negotiable. "

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