The Rise of Iceland

　　　　 The big city of Amsterdam is full of rivers and artificial canals. Goods are transported in the canals by small boats and ships, which is extremely convenient.

　　 But the most prosperous area is the southern area. The northern area is relatively remote. Because of its remoteness and underdeveloped commerce, there are many large and small handicraft workshops, which can be regarded as the prototype of an industrial park.

Olaf took a look on the road and found that many of them are the production of shipboard supplies and shipbuilding parts, and some are workshops for making fishing gear and nets. These are the pillar industries of the Netherlands, and it makes sense that the surrounding processing industries have also become prosperous. Among.

　　 Entering the yard, Valitu shouted loudly: "Is anyone there? Is Master Troy here?"

"Who?!"

　　 With a dull and hoarse voice, an old man with trousers covered with sawdust walked out of the room.

　　 I found Ulav and others. The old man said three sentences in Dutch, German, and English, but everyone did not understand. Olaf replied in Danish and Latin.

The old man let out a sigh and said in his half-baked Danish: "It turns out to be a friend from the north, why? Did you ask me to make a windmill? I have built more than a dozen windmills on your Danish peninsula in Jutland. workshop."

Jutland is a peninsula in northern Germany. It belongs to Denmark as a whole. It is regarded as the largest piece of land in Denmark. It faces the North Sea to the west. Therefore, the cold current from the North Sea has a long period of conservative strong winds on the west coast. In order to take advantage of the wind, Denmark has also built constructions on the west coast. Many windmill workshops.

　　 After Valitu, who had been to Denmark, whispered to Olaf and Ulav, the two understood that this Troy could be invited by Danish officials to make a windmill, which shows that he is really a master.

　　 "Hello, Master Troy, we want to buy a windmill and watermill equipment, and we want to go back to China to install it on our own. I wonder if you can make it?" Olaf stepped forward and asked politely.

Troy seemed to be well-informed. He was not surprised that a teenager of Olaf came to speak. He smiled kindly and said, "Hello young master. I can do windmill equipment and waterwheel equipment, but you must have specifications, such as How old, but I’m worried that if you take the equipment back and install it in place, if something goes wrong or it doesn’t work, then blame me for selling you a fake guy."

"We need ordinary windmills like ours near the Dutch coast. If you are worried about our poor installation, can you please advise my servant? I can pay you extra." Olaf thought about Troy and said it was right. , Said after discussing with Ulav.

　　 Troy thought for a while and nodded: "Okay. But it takes ten days to make two sets of equipment. You can let your subordinates study in my factory these days, but I can't guarantee to teach them."

　　 "This will do!" Olaf nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your generosity."

　　 After a while, Ulav and Troy settled on two watermill and windmill equipment at a price of 16,000 dongs.

　　Troy said that he needed to purchase wood and iron processing parts to make equipment for Ulav, and that the money was required to be settled in advance.

　　 Non-financing is the characteristic of this era, because the buyer’s demand is greater than the seller’s.

Ulav could only agree, and then Troy sent an apprentice to invite the associate of the Windmill Guild to testify. Ulav and Troy signed a commission agreement, the association’s associate also signed the deposit, and Ulav paid 16,000 dongs. check.

　　 The contract is in triplicate. The purchase of windmills is different from the shortage of food, so the buyer does not need to pay taxes, but Ulav saved a lot of money.

Among the white slaves on the boat, there are three or four people who have carpentry and mason skills. After all, they are born from poor people and are always versatile. Olaf and Ulav wanted to send them back to find Troy to learn, so as not to bring back to Wenlan to install. But it's disgusting.

　　 It was already afternoon when I returned to the pier. The church bell in the distance told everyone that it was the fourth hour, and it would be dark after another half an hour.

Olaf remembered that he should be able to buy the most advanced timekeeping tool in Amsterdam now, the self-ringing bell, so he was ready to look for it in the store when he was free tomorrow, and buy a few self-ringing bells. He was numb to the life of estimating time, or I miss the days when there are watches. After all, there are clocks and watches to have an accurate concept of time.

　　 On the way, Olaf, Ulav and others found a restaurant to eat some pork patties and boiled mussels, so they were not hungry when they returned to the boat.

Hudik and Hagrid had already returned to the ship. Ulav and Olaf reported on today’s situation to the two people. Hudik nodded and said: "You did a good job. As expected, you are all on your own. You deserve to be the son of Hadar. !"

Hagrid also praised the two men hesitatingly, and then said: "Me and Hudick have also gone through all the procedures. Our fur goods and royal jelly are listed for sale in the afternoon. It is estimated that someone will find it tomorrow. After all, Beaver Leather is a tight item."

　　 seemed to be for Hagrid's words, his voice fell short, and a man's voice sounded outside, speaking in Danish.

　　 "Are Mr. Hagrid and Mr. Hudick here? I am a friend of Mr. Putmans, here to buy goods."

　　 Hagrid and Hudik got up hurriedly to go outside, Ulav asked, "Who is Putmans?"

　　 Hudike replied casually: "It is the manager of the exchange. When we got the tax card, he knew we were going to sell **** skins, so he said that he would introduce someone to him. I didn't expect it so soon!

　　 After a while, Hudick and Hagrid led a man in a dark green woolen trench coat into the room.

　　 "Mr. Kiran, please sit down." Hagrid invited the man to sit down ~www.wuxiahere.com~ and accompanied him to the seat.

　　 "I heard Mr. Putmans say that you have **** skins on your boat. Can you see if the leathers are good, I think I will buy them all!"

　　 Kuranke looked at his 40s or 50s, his face was well-earned, and he asked eagerly as soon as he sat down.

　　 This style and image look like an agent of a big man. Hagrid and Hudick felt like they suspected that he might be Putmans' subordinates, but no matter who buys things, they are customers.

　　 "Please wait a moment." Hagrid nodded, and instructed Pikku to get a **** skin, as well as **** skins, wolf skins, etc.

　　 After a while, Pikku and a white slave sailor came in with the leather goods. Seeing the unique luster of **** skin, Kiran couldn't help but stand up to take it, touched it and smelled it.

　　 "It's this year's new leather, okay! This kind of leather is really good." Kiran picked up the **** and wolf skins and looked through them again, always admiring them.

Putting down the furs, Kuranke sat back in his seat with a serious face, and said to Hagrid without squinting his eyes: "Mr. Hagrid, your **** leather is very good. The only flaw is that the leatherworker’s methods are too rough, but the whole is still Top grade, how many goods do you have?"

　　 "44 **** skins, 30 **** skins, 30 mink skins, 6 bear skins, 12 white wolf skins, 16 fox skins, and 52 squirrel skins."

　　 Speaking of his own leather goods, Hagrid is very precious, and then asked: "What price can Mr. Kirank offer?"

"I hope to buy at the price of previous years. In Amsterdam, the price of **** skins is generally around 400 guilders, which is already higher than other regions. However, in recent years, **** skins are getting less and less. I can give you 460. The price of Dutch guilders... As for the price of **** skins, it is lower... Yes..."