He didn't have much time, but it wasn't that he didn't even have time to talk business

About 10 tons of wheat and rice, as well as dozens of kilograms of spices, were put down by Lorraine at a loading dock at the port, which almost caused the dutch and the spanish to break their heads

In order to cool down the enthusiasm of both parties, and also to let other captains hear the news, Huang Xuan decided to start the official trade early the next morning, at a price of 30 rials or 10 Florin per 1000 pounds, and in exchange for seafood such as whales

Florin is a gold coin, with 5500 currency units containing 110 ounces of gold

At the current price of gold, each Florin is worth about $ 6

Equivalent to rmb 0

2 per kilogram of grain

Huang Xuan seemed to have lost some money in this calculation

However, if the inflation rate for 400 years was taken into account, the price would have been much higher

If it weren't for the desolate arctic circle, it would have been a huge profit for the grain at hand

However, Huang Xuan was very grateful that he was not sent to a certain Indian jungle

He hoped that the travelers in the era of the big plane would have less of this kind of perversion and less of this kind of plane data

He carried a total of 1,500 tons of grain, equivalent to 3

3 million pounds and worth 33 000 Florin

This was a huge asset, enough to form a fleet

In addition, he brought tons of spices and refined sugar, compared to the sugar used in europe today

These exquisite candies have risen several levels in both taste and taste

In the area near the warehouse in Green bay, huang xuan set up a small stall

Behind him was a small warehouse with a capacity of several hundred cubic meters

In front of him, there were rice, wheat, spices and sugar at one time

Lord Governor general seemed to be very busy and did not come

Juan stood behind Huang Xuan with interest

The dutch of the East India Company seemed to be hiding at home

Only the passing sailors looked at Huang Xuan's stall and asked for the price, but when they heard that the sale started at 1000 pounds, they left one after another

A sailor risked his life to stay in a dirty ocean-going ship for three months, only to get 20 Florin, and to buy 1000 pounds of wheat, he could not eat it himself

Just like that, huang xuan sat in the warehouse area all morning

However, he was not discouraged

Yesterday afternoon, he had already understood that as long as the price was right, the captains in Green bay who were struggling for profits did not mind whether they brought back whale oil or food to europe, and for those ocean-going ships that caught whales, they could sell the oil at european prices

Even other parts of the whale, which were treated as trash, and received a large amount of food, earned two bucks, so why not

Hu An didn't think so

He advised huang xuan, "Mr

Fei Lipu, I can take all your food at the price of 18 Florin per 1000 pounds

Is that all

You don't have to think about it anymore

" "But you have to postpone the payment

" Huang Xuan shrugged helplessly, "I need cash

" The delay in payment was a small gadget invented by the dutch, and it was this country of mercantilism that invented the financial foundation of delay in payment, letters of credit, and so on

It also developed modern banking, which made the whole of europe willingly send wealth to Amsterdam, and then use the assets of the whole europe for commercial activities

Now, the spaniards had learned the same trick, but Huang Xuan could only say no apologetically

As a plane traveler, the most unbearable thing was to postpone

Hu An was a little unhappy

He spent two hours explaining why the delay didn't affect his income, but Huang Xuan, who was used to Lorraine's endless nagging, didn't change his mind because of the spanish saliva

He insisted on cash, but Hu An had little money on him

"Then you won't be able to sell it

" Seeing another dirty sailor leave the stall, Hu An said angrily, "You don't understand business, you don't understand

" "Whatever

" Huang Xuan was not ready to eat

He sat cross-legged with narrowed eyes, waiting for the next customer to come

The sun in svalbard was very comfortable, bright but not hot, and the light was soft, especially in an environment of 3 or 4 degrees celsius, standing in the sun, his heart was exceptionally warm

He was very quiet

Compared to Hu An, the latter was more like a businessman who couldn't sell anything

He just sat in the afternoon and the first real customer came

The dutch captain, goner, had an old four-masted sailing ship

His main job every year was to catch whales and cod

Occasionally, he did some transportation business, just like most businessmen in Holland

Later this morning, his second mate told him that a spaniard was selling wheat and buying the whole or split whale at a price of 1 / 8 of whale oil

He and the first mate laughed happily

No one would do such a stupid thing

But in the afternoon, he decided to take a look

Goner's ship encountered some ice when it entered the harbor

Although the keel was fine, it still needed to be repaired

The sailors had gone to longier to drink, and he wanted to stay at the port to watch the workers fix it

Since the ridiculous spaniard had not left, he wanted to enjoy it

This is probably the dumbest guy in the entire northern hemisphere

"Where did you get the wheat from

Paris

" As he spoke, gonaher laughed, revealing half the missing front teeth

Gunnar was dressed in a tight captain's uniform, which was certainly not gorgeous, but it was still clean - in a boat without fresh water, cleanliness was a privilege

It seemed like a guy who could afford wheat

Huang Xuan picked up a handful of wheat and sprinkled it in front of him, "10 Florin or 30 rials per 1000 pounds

" The captain rubbed the wheat grain indifferently, then threw one into his mouth and chewed it, "It's just ripened wheat

You didn't really bring it from europe, did you

" Gunnar spoke to Hu An

Because of the inherent superiority of the white man, he assumed that the spanish was the seller, and Huang Xuan, perhaps a slave

"I just need to sell it

" The answer was "Slave

" Gunnar became more and more curious

He rubbed another grain of wheat and said, "These wheat are yours

How much do you have

" "Mine, of course

" Huang xuan put down his hat, revealing a black inch on his head and said, "I can sell you 20,000 pounds now, if you want

" Twenty thousand pounds weighed about ten tons, which was the capacity of the small warehouse behind him

But he did not answer immediately

Instead, he opened the valley in front of him and looked at it carefully before saying, "I heard that you are willing to buy whales at the price of whale oil

Is that so

" "If it's any other part of the whale, trade it for wheat or rice

I don't have much cash on hand

" "If all your wheat is like this, we'll talk about the price

" "Of course

" Note 1: rials are often divided into 1 / 2, 1 / 4, or 1 / 8 for change

This rule is derived from other units of measurement

So to this day, the lowest unit on the london stock exchange is 1 / 8, not 1 / 10