Daming One Piece

Chapter 76 Orange City (Second update, please recommend, please collect)
"Haha... Mr. Guo, what do you think about our current speed? I estimate that it is at least fifteen or six knots, an hour, that is more than 100 miles, how about it? Use my boat to go to Orange City, at most it will be a few hours!"

As the speed of the boat got faster and faster, Shi Yiwen said to Guo Huaiyi who was behind him rather complacently.

In fact, the speed of fifteen or six knots, for the Sroop ship, as long as the wind is smooth and there is no strong wind, it must be sailing normally. If it encounters strong winds and waves, the speed will naturally drop, but even so, Faster than ordinary bird boats, those bow keels reinforced with iron bolts more than a foot long are extremely strong, enough to withstand the impact of waves.

"It's amazing! Mr. Shi, your boat is really amazing!..."

Guo Huai couldn't help being surprised, and when he spoke, there was another wave hitting the side and splashing on the deck. Although his clothes were wet, he was still walking around on the boat with great interest.

This ship really brought him too many surprises.

Perhaps, before the sun goes down, we will be able to reach the city of Orange.

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In 1622, the Dutch East India Company occupied Penghu and used it as a transshipment base for East Asian trade. In 1623, the Dutch built a simple walled city in "Yikunshen", which was the predecessor of Anping Castle. In 1624, after eight months of fierce fighting with the Ming army, the Dutch reached an agreement with the government, agreeing to destroy the forts and forts set up in Penghu, and at the same time transfer them to Taiwan Island in 1624.The Dutch rebuilt the large-scale castle "Orange City" on the site of the old walled city in the southern sea of ​​Taiwan.

In fact, counting the time, the Dutch entered Taiwan and Yan Siqi entered Taiwan one after the other, and Yan Siqi was several months before the Dutch.However, he did not have the support of the East India Company like the Dutch, and even had to rely on trade with the Dutch to maintain the operation of the stupid port.

In the evening of that day, Martil, who was on the watchtower at the mouth of Orange City Bay, saw a slightly strange-looking sloop sailing into the port.

"Where is this ship from?"

Since it is not a European ship of Galen style, it is not a Ming ship.

Not only the native soldier Martil was curious, but even the interpreter at the customs said in amazement when he learned that it was a merchant ship coming from Beigang.

"Master Guo, you mean, this is your ship built in Beigang?"

Interpreter He Guoli looked at the ship and asked curiously.

"Beigang can now build seagoing ships?"

"That's right,"

Guo Huaiyi nodded directly.

"This ship was built by us in Beigang. What do you think of this ship?"

"It looks good, but it's a sloop."

He Guoli said to himself.

Although it is a single-masted ship, it is also a sea ship!

"Master Guo, what kind of cargo is on this ship?"

"There's buckskin, there's sugar, and there's salt."

Deerskin and sugar are not the special products of Beigang, but the special products of Shengfan. The Taiwan plain in this era is a prairie, and there are a large number of deer breeding there. Shengfan eats venison and sells the deer skin to The Han people in Beigang have been exchanging various commodities for buckskin and sucrose from raw fans, and then sold them to the Dutch or sold them to Japan.

"Salt? What salt?"

He Guoli asked back.

The salt in Orange City is not made by itself, but bought from the Fanmin, so there is no demand for salt.

"Snowflake salt!"

Guo Huaiyi said quite proudly.

"Snowflake salt? It may not be easy to sell in this place!"

After a while, He Guoli looked at the snowflake salt in his hand in disbelief.

As an interpreter, although he has never done private salt business, he has seen many kinds of salt in the customs. No matter whether it is fan salt or official salt, it is inferior to this kind of salt.

This kind of salt is snow white without a trace of variegation. It is as small as fine sand. This is the first time he has seen this kind of salt. Although the snowflake salt in the past was white, it was still coarse salt grains.

"This... such snowflake salt is very rare!"

After being amazed, he dipped a little salt with his fingers and put it in his mouth. As soon as the salt entered his mouth, his eyes widened.

"My God, this snowflake salt doesn't taste bitter at all. There is such a good salt in the world."

He Guoli, who has lived for half his life, has never tasted any kind of salt, but all the salt tastes not pure, more or less with some astringency, bitterness and so on, even the so-called "snow salt", Somewhat astringent, like this salt only salty.

The snowflake salt in front of me is not only pure in taste, without a trace of miscellaneous smell, the key is that the color is also extremely pure, snow white and like fine sand, this kind of salt is indeed very rare.

"If this kind of salt is shipped to Fuzhou and Guangzhou for sale, it will cost at least five or six hundred and one catties."

He Guoli, who was a customs interpreter, immediately put a price on this kind of snowflake salt in his mind. The snowflake salt in Guangzhou and Fuzhou costs about four to five hundred yuan. Compared with that kind of snowflake salt, what kind of snowflake salt is there? Since its quality is better, the price is naturally higher.

"If this kind of snowflake salt is shipped to Fuzhou, the profit should not be bad."

Thinking about this in his heart, the smile on He Guoli's face became thicker and thicker. He did not make money as a translator by relying on the little money given by Hongmaofan, but by doing some other business as a translator, although he had never done private work. The salt business, but he still knows very well that such rare snowflake salt will definitely be sought after by rich people, and the profit of this salt must be extremely considerable.If you transport tens of thousands of catties of salt and make a trip, you can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver if you fail to guarantee it all at once.

What is interpreter?
It is said to be a general interpreter, but it is actually a maritime merchant and a businessman. For a businessman, information is undoubtedly the way to make money.

Just like right now, only he knows about this Snowflake Salt. Isn't this Snowflake Salt just the money sent to your door?
This kind of money delivered to your door, you have to earn it!

If you don't make money, then you will be really sorry for Mazu!
In fact, even as an interpreter, it is not easy to make money. He Guoli actually earns hard money. He receives the goods, and the Dutch take what is left over. Even if the goods are sold, they are carried on other people’s ships. All the year round is earning that hard-earned money,

If you don't receive any good goods, you will naturally earn even less.

Thinking of this, his heart became hot, and he looked at Guo Huaiyi and said.

"Master Guo, what is the price of this snowflake salt?"

Lest the other party didn't understand, He Guoli emphasized again.

"If the price is right, I will pay for all the salt!"

"All inclusive!"

Guo Huai was taken aback for a moment, and waved his hands again and again.

"I can't be the master of this matter."

(End of this chapter)