The Rise of Iceland

　　　　 Everyone in Hadar’s longhouse was chattering. After a while, they basically agreed. Everyone agreed to give up selling French **** skins this year and plan to ship all the fur to Europe.

　　 "Hadar, how about you say something?" Hager laughed and asked his brother Hadar for his opinion.

"But we live far away on Vinland Island, West India. In the future, no matter if we want to develop population and armaments, we will have more and larger ships. Now we have offended Denmark, and if we offend France and Britain, how can we find shipyards to build big ships?" Hadar thought for a while and asked a sharp question.

　　 Ulav, Kadir and others were choked for a while, Olaf frowned slightly, but then unfolded again.

　　 Heine laughed and said: "The head of the Netherlands is a group of profit-seeking businessmen. As long as the price is right, they will definitely be willing to build ships for us, and their ships are also the best in the world."

Olaf added, saying: "We in Northern Europe are Denmark and Sweden competing for supremacy. Denmark is defeated. Sweden must re-represent the Protestant forces against the Holy Roman Empire. The future of Europe will definitely be endless wars. The Netherlands, as a small emerging country, must We will seize the opportunity to develop the economy. As long as we have money, they will take orders for as many ships as we go to Amsterdam!"

The "United Republic of the Seven Provinces of the Netherlands", famous for the Netherlands, has a small land area but a large population. It is known as a sea chariot. The Netherlands was the sole hegemon of the sea in the 17th century. The rise of the United Kingdom in the middle and late 17th century was only The little brother of the Netherlands, if it were not for France to launch a war and capture Amsterdam, the Netherlands would even become the arbiter of European affairs. Unfortunately, in the end the "Sun King" would dominate Europe.

So Olaf and Heine proposed to go to the Netherlands to buy ships, Hadar and others, and they recognized it. Although the Netherlands is still a second-rate country, it is a fact that Dutch merchant ships are all over the world, and Dutch merchants are loyal and excellent in business. The quality is obvious to all. "Doing business with the Dutch is the most assured" is a European proverb.

In fact, they don’t know that waiting for the large-scale emergence of Dutch warships in a few years will be the beginning of their dominance of the world. At that time, Britain and France will have to be cautious at sea, because by the middle of this century, there will be one out of 20,000 ships in the world. Five thousand ships fly the red, white and blue striped flag of the Netherlands.

　　 "Well, we won't have to sell our fur to the French in the future." Hadar looked around for a week and found that everyone was in favor and agreed.

Hagrid squinted his eyes and said coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that we didn't have a national backing, and I was afraid that French and British warships would come to expel, I would have never wanted to lose so much money to the French in vain! We would have to sell iron this year. Buy two armed merchant ships!"

　　 "Yes! I'm going to buy an armed merchant ship, which can protect our Thor's Hammer and Hope, but also protect Wenlan, and can carry more cargo when going to sea, which is great!" Yotte also nodded in agreement.

Ulav also agreed: "Yes! Every spring and summer, we have French and British boats catching cod, just east and south of our transit corner, and we also dry and marinate it on the Nova Scotia Peninsula on the opposite bank of the Cabot Strait in the southwest. We make cod and wait until the fall is full of dried cod and return to Europe. A ship of dried cod can sell for two thousand pounds. Oh my God! These cod are our wealth, and they are all plundering our money! With armed merchant ships we can drive these fishing boats away!"

　　 Hadar also deeply agrees in everyone's hearts.

In the past, I was worried about offending Britain and France. At the same time, I was afraid to dominate Wenlan and surrounding resources because of my limited strength. Now I know it is almost clear that both Britain and France are involved in the European war. Before the end of the war, there will be almost no national forces around Wenlan. , Then this time difference is when oneself waits for others to expand rapidly, grabbing wealth and fighting resources alone is the first step.

Hadar was still a little worried about whether there would be other changes in the war in Europe, so he looked at Ulav and exhorted: "The warm southeast wind is getting stronger. At this time, I will be able to reach Ireland in less than half a month by riding the warm currents of the Central American Mediterranean. I think you, Hudick, and Hager can take leather goods, wine, and pickled cod back to Europe together. One is to find out about the situation of the European war, and the other is to go early to clear the goods slowly. If things happen This is what we expected, so you can go directly to the Netherlands to buy a ship, and then bring back white slaves and armaments!"

"it is good!"

　　 Everyone agreed in unison.

　　 "In order to prepare more goods, I personally took people to catch cod to make kippers. Hudike, you and Hagrid lead the people to continue hunting beavers. We must save enough money to build ships and buy guns, plates, and even cannons!"

　　 "Prepare for another month, and you can set off at the end of April!"

　　 Herut Manor entered a fast-paced mode after the meeting. Every day, Icelanders, white slaves and savage slaves divided their work into building houses, mining stone and wood, fishing, hunting, etc.

Olaf is still training the Icelandic teenagers in the manor every day. These more than 20 people are his future confidant team. Olaf decided to wait until these teenagers become mature soldiers before choosing young white slaves as their subordinates. Of course, The premise to support these is that Olaf must have money to buy white slaves, because the white slaves of Hulut Manor must be controlled by Hadar, and Olaf has no right to ask for it.

Olaf himself didn’t have much talent in his previous life. It’s not easy to get rich now. However, when he was a child, he lived with his uncle in the countryside for a period of time. He participated in the planting of corn, pumpkins and other crops, so the Indians generally planted them. The three sisters of "corn, pumpkin, and kidney bean" felt that he had the ability to grow them.

　　 The Indian crops have been spread to Europe and even Asia a long time ago, but the real large-scale cultivation is still two hundred years later.

　　 Corn is the grain that supplements rye and wheat. Pumpkin contains sugar, kidney beans are edible, rich in protein, and beans can be used to squeeze oil. These three things are based on the foundation as long as they are developed properly. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

And Olaf is not idle in the winter. He used his brain to think about the original products in North America and Canada. In addition to the rare furs such as **** skins, there are actually two future fist industries. The French have not discovered it now, and it may cost a hundred. Westerners will discover its economic value only after a year.

　　 That is maple syrup and American ginseng. The climate and environment at high altitudes in eastern Canada, which is the northern part of western Quebec, is similar to that of Changbai Mountain. Here, American ginseng, the sister of northeastern old ginseng, is produced.

The entire Celestial circle of the Far East has always had a great demand for ginseng, but now ginseng is controlled by Houjin, and sales will be restricted in the future. Except for the part that can be produced in North Korea, it is basically becoming rarer and rarer, which indicates that the price will increase. The more expensive.

　　 Olaf thought that if American ginseng was brought to the Far East, it would be a business in exchange for huge wealth.

Olaf thought of maple syrup because later Canada’s national flag had maple leaves, and there were a large number of maple trees in southern and eastern Canada. The sap of these maple trees could be used to make maple syrup and maple syrup. It was said to have medical value, and the price was far. Twenty to thirty times the super white sugar.

The luxury goods consumed in Europe now are spices and sugar. The climate in Wenlan is not suitable for sugarcane planting, but there are many natural maple trees. Maple trees can be seen everywhere in Wenlan and the western coast. Making maple sugar is absolutely profitable. good business.

　　 Olaf knows very well that American ginseng is the most profitable, but at present not only he, but the entire Herut family is not able to earn this money, because there is no merchant ship to the Far East, let alone the strength to go to the Far East.

　　 The planting of agricultural products such as corn can be put on the agenda, but this requires the investment of manpower. Olaf can only advise his father to do it, and his own real way to make money is to consider only maple sugar.