The Rise of Iceland

After the price was negotiated, Bowers beckoned someone to bring paper and pen, and then signed an agreement with Stephen and Ulav. The agreement was in triplicate, stating how many leathers each person bought at what price, and then Bowers And Stephen's servant went down to withdraw money.

The servant opened the earthen jar and presented a silver spoon. Both Bowers and Stephen smelled the sweet and unique fragrance of royal jelly. As a glutton, the two had eaten famous desserts from all over the world, but the taste of royal jelly still made them feel good. Feel new.

　　 Steven took some out with a spoon, poured it on Bowles’ plate, and took another spoonful of it himself and took a bite.

　　 The mouth was instantly wrapped in a special fragrance and sweetness. This sweet but not greasy refreshment made the two of them take another bite.

　　 "Yes! This royal jelly is delicious, but I don't think it's honey, Ulav, can you tell me what this is?" Stephen wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, then looked at Ulav curiously and asked.

　　Ulav looked at his brother next to him, smiled and said: "The royal jelly is a treasure that my brother Olaf got. He can only tell you the history of it."

Olaf got up and looked at the governor, his eyes were neither humble nor overbearing, and he said in a calm tone: "Royal jelly is the precious honey I bought deep in the dense forests of southern Africa. At that time, I met a yellow-skinned person in the dense forest. I thought it was Tatar. Tatars, but in the end it was discovered that they claimed to be Inuit, a special ethnic group living near South Africa. These people were also recorded in the history of our Iceland. In the historical Sakya, they were called Unipad apes.

I saved an injured Inuit boy, this is Pikku. He is now my servant. In order to thank me, their tribe gave me the royal jelly they found on the South African plateau. According to them, royal jelly is The honey made from the essence of the plateau flowers and plants is unique to the South African plateau. It is more precious and valuable than ordinary honey. It is said that eating it can strengthen the yang, treat impotence and premature ejaculation, help the weak to restore health, and long-term consumption can also extend life. "

Olaf ran the train with a sincere expression on his face. Stephen and Bowers noticed that Pikku was a yellow-skinned boy this time. This surprised the two who had never seen a yellow man, and believed Olaf’s words. Seven to eight percent.

　　 "Pikku, salute the two Lords!" Olaf said sharply.

　　 Pikeku, who had prepared in advance, stepped forward and bowed, and then spoke the Inuit language.

　　 Stephen and Bowers laughed and raised their hands to signal Pikku to get up.

"I have only heard of people with yellow skin in the far East, such as Indians and Chinese. I didn't expect that there are people with yellow skin near South Africa. It's amazing!" Bowers looked at Pique. Curry was surprised.

Stephen said in remembrance: "When I was young, I followed Master Francis Drake to West India. The Indians there look different from this person, Olaf, you are so young but you are so good at talking and so brave. , I can go deep into the forest to explore, I appreciate you very much, you can come to me if you need it in the future."

　　 Olaf did not expect that his performance beyond his age and status gave Stephen a heart to love talents, and he hurriedly bowed to salute: "Thank you, my lord!"

　　 "I bought your royal jelly at the price of Mingguo's sugar. If there are more Powers in the next batch, you can buy it again!" Stephen chuckled and looked at his old friend beside him.

　　 Bowers smiled helplessly, and snorted coldly: "I will give it to you if you want it. Next time I will ask for it by myself. I won't notify you!"

　　 When the servant went to fetch the gold, everyone chatted a few more words, and then the two parties handed over the contract and the coins. Stephen stretched out to go to a nap. Bowers told the servant to follow Ulav to pick up the leather goods, and then left.

　　 Brothers Ulav and Olaf watched the servants move to the large boxes in front of them, opened one of them and saw a box full of gold coins. They couldn't help but feel a little excited.

　　 "Let's go back soon, it will be completely dark in two more hours, and the goods of Lord Governor and Lord Bowers must be delivered as soon as possible!" Ulav was the first to wake up and reminded hurriedly.

　　 After all, Olaf was the first time he saw a box full of gold coins. After returning to his senses, he hurriedly took Varitu, Pikku and others to lift up seven or eight boxes and leave the Governor's Mansion.

　　 The Governor's Mansion sent a steward and six servants to follow, and also led two carriages.

　　 "I heard that your Excellency didn't come here by car, so I brought an extra car to lend to you." The steward said politely.

　　 "Thank you!" After thanking Ulav, he ordered everyone to put the cash box on the car.

　　 When Olaf and Ulav were about to get in the car, the servant of Bowers appeared suddenly in the morning.

　　 "Sir Ulav, my master has invited you and Master Olaf."

　　Ulav and Olaf looked sideways, and saw that the door of the carriage not far away was open, and Bowers was sitting on the carriage waving his hands at the two.

　　 "A few of you, please." Ulav apologized to the governor's house manager and smiled and took Olaf to the front of Bowers' car.

　　 "Your Lord, do you have anything else to tell us brothers?"

Bowers smiled happily, nodded lightly at the two, and then said softly: "I'm just looking for two people just want to ask if you still have some inventory, if there is, I want to follow the negotiated price in the castle. All purchases. If there is another batch, I also ask for priority purchase. I don’t know what your opinion is?"

　　 Olaf saw that Bowers was more cordial than before. He guessed that it might be because Governor Stephen said to take care of himself, and of course he might want to get some goods.

Ulav thought for a while and said, "Okay, Lord, we have kept some goods, but **** skins are too scarce. We only have twenty-five sheets. Now there are only five sheets left. There is still some royal jelly. ."

　　 Olaf nodded and said, "Yes, we still have 20 cans of royal jelly. We were going to bring it back to Iceland, but you can sell it to you if you want it!"

　　 "That's great. How many **** skins are there? Fox or wolf skins are fine."

　　 "There are some more, but not much," Ulav said thinking.

Bowers laughed, and then ordered his servants to go home to fetch the gold coins, and then said: "I will let people take the money to pick up the goods, and I will pay you as much as I can, Ulav and Olaf, you two young people. Very good. I think you will become big businessmen in a while, so I am willing to be your friends like Stephen. You can also find me if you need it."

　　 "Thank you Lord Lord." The two hurriedly gave thanks. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

　　 Bowers closed the door, and the carriage gradually moved away.

　　Ulav and Olaf looked at each other and smiled, then turned and got into the carriage.

Valitu drove the car in front. The white slave was sitting in the car guarding the money box. Olaf was still excited. According to his estimate, "Forty **** skins and a hundred other skins totaled a little more than a thousand pounds. , The value of more than one thousand pound gold coins is nearly two thousand gold marks. If you change into silver marks, it is 20,000 gold!"

Hadar’s entire family property in Iceland is 20,000 silver marks, of which 10,000 was paid to Sigfors eight years ago. These assets are the accumulation of the Hadar family for generations, but in more than 70 furs. In front of him, Ulav easily earned the hard work of several generations of his ancestors. This kind of magic and change made Olaf amazed, but Ulav was still able to accept it.

After all, for the great nautical era, the income from planting is far less than the income from the Shanghai trade, and the income from the maritime trade is not as good as the colonial trade, because maritime trade is a transaction process of buying and selling. After the assets are invested, they take risks and go to other places. , Earn the difference.

　　 However, colonial trade does not require asset input. All commodities are obtained by plundering, and the commodities sold are full profits.

　　 Royal jelly was received by Stephen at the price of sugar. Now the price of sugar in luxury goods is twice that of honey, but top honey will narrow the price difference. A pound of sugar has sold for 40 shillings to half a pound of silver.

　　 A can of royal jelly weighs about 20 pounds. According to the price of forty shillings, it is 40 pounds a can. 60 cans sold for a total of 240 pounds, which is less than 500 silver marks. This is much higher than Olaf's expected income.

　　 Olaf is very satisfied with his income. Five hundred silver marks are enough to buy thirty guns.