The 119th Chapter Agreement with the Big Businessman (2)

Facing Gould, Rurik tapped the table lightly, his serious face like that of an adult.

Rurik asked, "Gould, did you decide that we Russ will go south with your fleet after we complete the spring sacrifice?"

"Indeed, I'll sell your soaps, furs, and other stuff as soon as possible."

"Very well. So when are you coming back?"

"This," Gould pinched his fingers, "probably like in previous years, in autumn, probably when your father is going to go to Novgorod to collect the autumn tribute, and I will be back at that time."

"That is autumn? Very well. Now I promise you that when you return, I will make a tool that will turn ordinary ale into a flammable spirit. I make a promise with you that any The spirits I make, I'll only sell to you. What do you think?"

"Ah! That's great." Gould applauded.

"Okay. You are a trustworthy businessman, for this reason" Rurik thought for a while and said, "You know, I have a business agreement with the priest and the blacksmith, and we will engrave the agreement on the wood. Now please also You find a plank, we make a written agreement, and my father, the chief of the Rus people, serves as a witness to prove that our agreement is valid and protected by our Rus people. First of all, I will not betray the agreement. But you!" Rurik's eyes widened, "If anyone betrays the promise, we will face our crusade! Betrayal, I don't think the Ankras tribe will help those who betray the promise."

At this moment, Gould actually felt a deep threat. Rurik, who was sitting a few steps away, did he have the innocence of a child? There was murder in his eyes.

Gould paused for a moment. He was frightened by the salute before the soldiers, so he smiled stiffly to ease the embarrassment: "Ha! How can I betray? Rurik, your father is a witness, and I swear to Odin now that I will Loyal to the promise, you and I don't need to engrave the promise on the wood at all. If I betray it, the Ross tribe has the right to take my life and take my property. I am a principled businessman, and I deserve to be trusted!"

in principle? businessman's principle? ridiculous.

It's not that Rurik doesn't believe in the character of Gould, after all, businessmen are profit-seeking.

The businessman Rurik understood was the kind of madman who dared to commit any crime as long as he had three times the profit. Thinking of the course of history, when some wealthy businessmen went to the New World to crusade the so-called natives, they claimed to be virtuous gentlemen who brought civilization. They may have brought the civilization of the Old World, but they also undoubtedly brought death. And destruction, the reality is often so absurd.

"Gould,

I am willing to believe you. Rurik deliberately politely said, "I am different from others. You and I are not a low-level trade that buys a few fish, but a huge amount of trade related to future soap, wine, and even some other goods." Not just soap and wine, I'm really going to go south and buy some other goods through you. We must engrave the covenant on the plank, because our children and grandchildren will inherit our present covenant. You think, if a hundred years later, they will always remember the agreement of their ancestors when they see these wooden boards, and the descendants of you and me will always maintain a friendly relationship. "

At this moment, Gould was so moved that he almost cried. Otto was also taken aback. He had no idea that his son had such a long-term vision.

Gould slapped the table excitedly, and the wine spilled on the table. He was shocked by the fact that the future leader, Rurik, held him so highly at a young age. Doesn't this mean that he was actually protected by the Ross tribe?

"Yes! For the sake of our present friendship and the friendship of our descendants, this agreement must be engraved on the wooden board. I will send someone to the shipbuilder to find the strongest oak board!" After that, he ordered his men to find it. board.

After a while, a neat plank was brought over by Gould's servants.

"Rurik, the board must have arrived now, what kind of agreement should you and I have?"

"I" Rurik squeezed his chin, and the parties must remain serious and vigilant when signing a written document at any time.

One of the key items in the trade agreement with Gould is soap, which can quickly bring huge profits to both parties in the foreseeable future.

In addition, the sale of wine for profit must be engraved on the board, that is, the value of this matter has yet to be assessed.

Gould instructed one of his wise servants to have a knife in hand to scribe on the plank.

"My dear Rurik, explain the agreement, and my servant will inscribe it. I hope you know our rune."

"Of course." Rurik shrugged. "It's our language, how can I not master it? I've been studying with the high priest this winter."

"That's good, you can dictate."

The leader of the Rus people is here. Gould believes that the leader and his son have no intention of harming him at all, and both parties can benefit from future trade.

On the other hand, Rurik's provisions on the terms of the trade agreement are rather vague.

The two parties agreed that the first two terms were:

First, the Roth clan chief family and their descendants make soap, which is sold by the Gould Anclas family, and the specific price is negotiated by both parties.

Second, the Gould Onkras family transports ordinary ale, which is made into combustible spirits by the Ross clan chief family, and the spirits will be sold separately to the Gould Onkras family.

Two terms, Rurik is giving Gould a huge benefit, how could Li Gould not notice this.

This stout old guy was full of emotion, as if the Rus were going to create a golden mountain, and Gould and his descendants could share a lot of wealth without much effort.

But such a concession must be strange. Rurik looks like a child, and he has such an insight into things that is far beyond the current leader of the Rus.

A good leader knows how to make profits, and Gould knows this well, because he just spends a lot of money to support a vote of his subordinates who dare to work for him, as long as he can stably give out a lot of money as a reward. , the warriors he recruited have always been reliable.

"Rurik, you have given me a great favor, and you must have more plans."

"Of course! It seems that you have understood what I mean." Rurik raised his head and explained: "Gould, my trade is not only soap and wine, but also other things. There must be more Lots of stuff!"

"What else?" Gould was elated when he heard that there were still new trade possibilities, and he asked, "You said, I am happy to trade."

"Food!" Rurik said the word solemnly.

"food?"

"Yes! It's food. Gould, I need a lot of food. There's no wheat in Rosburg, at most a few onions. You have to import as much wheat from the south as you can! Even the food you bring in. It can be piled up into a mountain, and I still buy it with silver coins."

"Is this necessary?"

"Of course." Rurik stretched out his little head to further emphasize, "you get me wheat, whether you buy it or plunder it from someone, I just want a lot of wheat. You bring the wheat, and I will follow it. Buy everything at a price higher than the market price, and I'll buy as much as you ship."

Seeing that Rurik was very determined, Gould pinched his rounded chin beard, but he had to think about it.

Because of the pure grain trade, he organized the fleet to be a "porter" to earn the difference between the freight and the grain, and his profit was not high.

Youdao is a self-made businessman. When he pursues early capital, he is willing to do small business. As his strength grows, his business attitude must begin to be selective, and he is more and more loyal to doing risky transactions, such as sneaking to the Danes. The site Qiao Zhuang became a Danish businessman and made a lot of money.

Food trade does make a difference.

In this day and age, the allies of the Rus who live in the Svealan region have always been loyal to clearing the land for the cultivation of wheat. Although the local climate is very close to the Arctic, some hardy oats and rye can complete a growth cycle in the warm period. The total population of the entire Thinking Asia Alliance is only 100,000 people. They cultivated and planted with very backward methods. Although the yield per mu is very low, each tribe still has enough wheat to eat.

The reality is very miraculous. In fact, each tribe will not have a famine even if they do not eat wheat.

Everyone is facing the sea, and all the tribes are heroes in sailing. It is rude to say that their fishing skills are far better than farming.

All tribes have mastered weaving huge hemp rope nets, and many boats cooperate to carry out trawling operations. Although the taste of bread and bread is far better than that of cooked fish, the ancestors of the Swedes have never suffered from famine because of the lack of grain, and most feel that because of the lack of grain, the next year will be bad. .

The failure of the corn harvest would have led to famine in the Frankish kingdom and, in recent decades, the plundering of the Danes.

Unlike Scandinavia, Jutland has a milder climate, and the wheat fields on the peninsula also have a higher yield per mu. The Danes had a more solid food base than their northern relatives, so in the early ninth century Denmark had a larger population and more grain, milk and fish production. But the Danes still can't figure out how to increase grain yields. Perhaps the way to get more grains is to clear more land for cultivation.

When they planted the seeds, they entered the slack period, which used to be the traditional trade season. Now the chiefs of the Danish tribes are becoming more and more bold, and some people have made a lot of money and food through looting and even the scarce resources of women. Other clans who were jealous could not bear to be poor farmers, and more chiefs took their clansmen on the "road of slack farming".

Therefore, for the tribes of the Viking system, they are fully capable of continuing to survive in the famine years when they cannot enjoy millet. If they can eat millet, it would be better to buy it at a higher price. If it really doesn't work, then go ahead and snatch up the Franks or the Britons.

The current stage of civilization of the Ross tribe and his allies is still a clan society with a fishing and hunting economy, which is a bit behind the Danes.

In the Frankish kingdom, once the first year's crop failed, the next year's grain price could skyrocket to an astonishing level. The so-called nobles from various places hoarded food during the famine years, and then exchanged a small amount of life-saving food for a large amount of wealth from the civilians who were almost dying of starvation, and even acquired a large number of serfs.

Originally, the Frankish kingdom had a large number of homesteaders. Their measures to resist natural disasters are very fragile, and Europe in this time and space does not have the concept of disaster relief. After a drought and flood, the peasants, in order to survive, their families became noble serfs and then survived, which is an acceptable choice.

Rurik, who lives in the far north, has no control over the life and death of ordinary people in the Frankish kingdom. He allows the local nobles to harm one side like parasites. What does it have to do with the Ross tribe?

Rurik just needed a lot of food, and his explanation surprised Gould.

"I'll buy whatever you bring in, whether it's oats or rye. Peas, turnip radishes, onions, kale, or whatever else, I'll be happy to pay a premium if you bring it in."

"This is real?"

"Of course! I will buy as much as you ship. This must be engraved on the wooden board as a clause we have agreed upon."

Gould's winters have been spent in Roseburg over the years, and it's fair to say that he wouldn't be happy to winter again if he hadn't been able to buy a lot of animal pelts here. Rosberg can bring him a stable income for furs. Living here, he takes two maids to serve him all day long, and he also saves himself from quarreling with his five wives and concubines all day long in the south, and he ends up in peace.

The land in Roseburg can hardly grow any crops, and Gould's favorite food and vegetables are brought by himself to feed himself and his subordinates to thaw the sea ice next year.

The Rus did not farm their own land, but they could receive a steady tribute of wheat from the Novgorods.

It stands to reason that they did not lack wheat, so how could Rurik's attitude be completely different from his father's, and how could he have a very urgent need for grain?

Gould asked bluntly: "Rurik, are you going to buy food so hard that you Russ can eat at least a pound of wheat every day?"

"Of course not. The various foods you brought are really for eating. I don't plan to sell them to my clan. I plan to support a group of servants now. I need a lot of food for this."

servant? Gould was still Otto, and the two were one hundred percent wary of Rurik's words.

"Yes. It's a lot of servants, so Gould, I'm going to ask you to find me a batch of servants when you go south this year. I see that you have two very obedient Breton maids, and I want a batch of them too. maid."

"Maid?" Gould felt very strange when he heard Rurik's words. Because for Gould, the biggest role of the two Britton women is to entertain themselves in the boring winter in the north. If they still have children for this reason, Gould will give the illegitimate child a family name, which is impossible to share. property.

Looking at Rurik's age, what does this child need so many maids to do, is it possible that he is still honoring his father?

Thinking of this, Gould's eyes immediately looked at Otto with malicious intent.

"Rurik, you didn't mean to choose some servants for your father, did you? Oh, you're such a good boy."

Otto understood Gould's meaning in an instant, and he was horrified, and immediately refuted the absurdity of Gould's words, and then questioned his son's purpose.

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