The Rise of Iceland

　　　　 Icelanders generally do not have a meeting price in the process of buying and selling, but Hadar, who owns a merchant ship, is obviously not included.

　　 After a simple bargaining with Hong Luode, you can get a matchlock gun for fifteen silver marks, and a pack of lead bullets and gunpowder for half a mark.

　　 Hadar bought ten matchlock guns and five boxes of ammunition, and paid a deposit of a box of Mark silver coins.

　　Iceland has no standard currency. There are British silver pennies and shillings in a box of silver coins, and there are golden Rhine shields. This thing looks like gold is actually not high in content, and it is also used as silver coins.

　　 Hongrod calculated it for a long time, and Olaf estimated it would have an hour.

In the end, Hong Luode counted a box of silver coins and gold coins plus one hundred and sixty marks. Then he calculated for a while, rubbing his forehead and said, "I will charge you one hundred and sixty marks as a deposit, a total of one hundred and eighty. Mark, I am writing to send someone to Copenhagen, it will take a month at the earliest."

　　 Olaf lightly kicked his father's heel, Hadar got up and shook hands with Hongrod: "Happy cooperation! Elder Hongrod!"

　　 After the two agreed on a time, Hadar said goodbye and left.

　　 The father and son first ate some dry food, then Hadar sent Olaf back to the Southern District Church School, and then left.

　　 Today is Sunday, Olaf’s roommates Tom, Sollac, and Zerimi, the child of another Dagang local businessman, will not come back until the afternoon.

　　 Olaf, after meeting his teacher Amiye, followed Pastor Yi Luji to do miscellaneous tasks, preparing for Sunday Mass.

　　 After a series of activities such as prayer, sacrament, hymn, etc., Olaf also felt tired. He drank a glass of grape juice, ate a few mouthfuls of pancakes, and went back to the dormitory to take a nap.

　　 When I woke up, the three roommates all came back one after another.

Olaf returned to the boring and boring missionary school life here, but he gritted his teeth while studying hard. After all, he was too young to do many things on his own. As long as he waited five or six years, he was ten years old. After the age of six, you can be valued by people and accomplish many things independently.

　　While attending classes and singing chants every day, Olaf is also thinking about some ways to make a fortune. This is what he has attached most importance to in recent years.

　　 Iceland is limited by its small population and low productivity. In fact, apart from geothermal resources, which can soak in a hot spring, there is almost no way to get money.

　　 From around the tenth century to the present, Icelandic walruses have been hunted and killed by Icelanders because of their precious ivory. Before the Black Death spread, Icelanders were able to live well by exporting rare animal skins and walrus tusks.

　　 But now that the population of Europe has been greatly reduced, and years of war have allowed countries to invest funds in recruitment, munitions, shipbuilding, colonization, etc., the demand for luxury goods has greatly reduced, and of course Iceland cannot provide it.

　　As a result, the current Icelanders rely on the rich seafood resources of the North Sea and the sheepskins on the island to survive, and they have to pay various taxes and fees not lower than those collected during the Catholic period.

　　 Olaf knows very well that his father has to pay taxes when he sells sheep, and when the grain grows up, he will pay taxes and fees. Basically, this year's field output can be taxed by deducting the rest of the ration.

If you want to make real money in Iceland, apart from the development of planting and breeding, you can only increase fishery income. However, agriculture relies on advanced planting management techniques, and fisheries relies on advanced boat tools, as well as storage and preservation and pickling. Follow-up question.

　　 Neither of these problems can be solved by Olaf.

In fact, in Europe today, if there is a ship with start-up capital and courage, it is most profitable to go to the Far East to run a business, but the prerequisite is to seek the consent of the three countries of Britain, the West, and the Netherlands, and pay sufficient protection fees. Otherwise, control the Far East business. The armed merchant ships of the Three Kingdoms can be pirates at any time.

　　 Olaf measured his age and family funds, and finally gave up the possibility of running a business overseas, instead focusing on agricultural development.

　　 Several continents and countless nation-states are ranked first in agricultural cultivation, and it is undoubted that the distant ancient country of the East ranks first in any century.

　　 is still the Ming Dynasty of the Heavenly Kingdom, leading Europe several times in agriculture alone.

Olaf had studied civil servants in his previous life and learned a lot of knowledge about history and politics when preparing for the exam, so he remembers that the Ming Dynasty gave birth to three collections of biotechnology categories, namely Li Shizhen’s "Compendium of Materia Medica", Xu Guangqi’s "Nongzheng Quanshu", and Song Yingxing "Heavenly Creations".

Olaf remembers that these three books in history were introduced to Europe one or two hundred years later. At that time, Tiangong Kai's iron-making and fire-making bellows helped Europe open the door to the industrial revolution, raising silkworms, planting, spinning, and making sugar. The ceramic lamp industry has also been rapidly improved, but the contemporary Qing Dynasty was still surrounded by the aura of the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong. The old man Shiquan even listed Tiangongkaiwu as a banned book, so that it became clear hundreds of years later. Engraved plates can only be seen in Japan.

Olaf knows that he is the only one who can understand Chinese characters in all of Europe. As long as he can ask British merchants to bring these three books back, he will study them slowly and take them out bit by bit. Sooner or later, he can become the richest man in Iceland and Northern Europe. The richest man even the richest man in Europe.

Olaf is well aware of the value of these three books. They are the crystallization of the wisdom of an ancient civilization of five thousand years. If they are translated and disseminated by themselves, Europe’s backward agriculture, heavy industry, and light industry will soon be completely upgraded by one or two grades. Faster to catch up with the East.

　　 Of course, Olaf will not do this. The first is the remaining incense love for the ancient eastern country. He hopes that Daming will be strong.

　　Secondly, Olaf did not do him any good.

　　 There are also prescriptions in "Compendium of Materia Medica", and Olaf thinks that it is enough to be used by European doctors who will be bleeding after victory. This will not only make money, but also guarantee his own life.

"Nongzheng Quanshu" can increase planting yield. As long as you learn, your family’s more than 24,000 acres of arable land can increase the yield by two, three, or even three or four times. This is the increase in annual income. Over time, it only depends on planting. You can become a monopoly.

　　 Not to mention "Heavenly Creations", this encyclopedia is the supreme program to enhance the foundation of agricultural and industrial development, and as long as you get it, you can change the situation in Europe.

　　 Olaf feels that he must get these three books. The only way to buy these three books is to rely on Britain, Spain and the Netherlands (the United Republic of the Seven Provinces of the Netherlands).

But Olaf’s family is too far away from Spain and the Netherlands, and there are no relatives or friends. Hadar is only familiar with the businessmen in England, so Olaf couldn’t bear it and wanted to go home quickly, and asked his father to ask the British businessmen to buy a batch of Ming Ming. books. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

　　 After a few days of suffering, it finally arrived on Friday afternoon.

　　 The three children who were looking forward to hearing the familiar copper bells and horse neighs while scrubbing the floor, it was Yorte who came.

　　 In the evening, when it was just night, Yotte drove the carriage to take Olaf and the three back to the village.

　　 Olaf and Solrak got out of the car and went home.

　　 Entering the house, Half with the pale blond hair and Gailny, who is close to white hair, cheered and hugged Olaf.

　　 "Oh, my dear brother and sister. Do you miss your brother?" Olaf rubbed the hair of the two younger siblings that only reached his chest, and said relaxedly.

Half had thick eyebrows and big eyes. The corner of his eyes left a small scar because of mischievous knocks. He admired the second brother who had beaten the village invincibly. He was very curious about the outside world. He asked, "Brother, you are not at home. Elrond (the kid in the next village) they bullied me, I can't beat him..."

　　 "I'll talk to Halek, you will find him if you have something to do." Olaf smiled and patted Half on the shoulder.

　　 With a cheer, Half opened his hand and said, "If Brother Halek can help me, I will beat Elrond and the others!"

Gailny’s two eyes were big and round, and the sky-blue eyes looked like pure Vatnajökull. She inherited the gentleness of her mother and touched Olaf’s face softly and asked: "Brother Olaf, why are you losing weight? I miss you so much!"

This week Olaf was immersed in the conjecture of the "Science and Technology Readings" of the Far East, so he didn’t think about it. He smiled and hugged his sister, patted his shoulder, softly relieved: "My brother misses you too. Gailny, do you have a good time? eat?"

　　 The moonlight shone at the door, stretching out the three figures of brother and sister Olaf.

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