Extraordinary Sailing

Low Republic, Antwerp.

Boom!

The wooden door of the tavern was pushed open suddenly, and a slovenly figure rushed in, waving an order form in his hand.

Without waiting for the eyes to adapt to the slightly dim indoor environment, he opened his mouth and shouted eagerly:

"Mr. James, come on! Come on! Are there any tulip bulbs left? The Sark Empire has a big order!"

The middle-aged businessman who was hiding in a corner of the tavern, sitting around drinking with a few companions, quickly put down the wine glass in his hand after seeing the person coming:

"It's Mr. Fitch. There are still 400 kilograms of ordinary varieties harvested here in September, and 10 rare ones. The price."

At present, there are two main types of tulips in the market: ordinary varieties and precious ones.

Common varieties are priced by weight, while precious ones are priced by head. The price difference between them is even greater than the difference between copper fur and golden lion.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Fitch who rushed in didn't even listen to the price, and just waved his hand:

"I want them all! Where are the goods? Deliver them immediately!"

Naturally, he didn't have time to drink any more when he came for business. The tulip merchant named James hurriedly dropped his wine glass and rushed out after the other party.

The remaining merchants belonging to the Tulip Guild continued to drink and chat.

"It's another deal. It's a pity! The price of tulips has continued to rise recently, but the goods in our hands are almost sold out.

Moreover, the cultivation cycle of both rare and ordinary varieties is too long. Even if the market price rises, our supply in a short period of time is limited. "

"If I had known the market conditions earlier, I would have bought more in September even if the price was premium."

"Oh! Who said otherwise!"

All of you here are experts and know very well that there are only two ways for tulips to reproduce, one is through seeds, and the other is through tulip rhizomes.

If propagated by seeds, it takes 7-12 years to get ideal bulbs. It is never flowers that are traded in the bulk tulip market, but bulbs that are easy to store and transport.

Bulb propagation is simpler.

The bulbs of tulips are like onions. As long as they are planted in the ground, bright flowers will bloom in April and May every year, and the flowering period is only about ten days.

In September of each year, new bulbs will grow from the roots of tulips, and the new bulbs will be twice as large as when they were planted. If priced by weight, the value also doubles.

Therefore, new products will not be launched until September next year to meet the increasingly strong demand for tulips from customers.

"Hey guys, I have an idea to share with you guys."

Suddenly, one of the several tulip merchants present opened his mouth, and after seeing that everyone else was looking over, he said mysteriously:

"Guys, the biggest problem we face right now is the imbalance between the supply and demand of tulips.

But if we put 'next year's output', watch out! It is "the output in September next year", and it will be put on the market in the form of "guild standard sales contract".

Then make a clear agreement that when the tulip bulbs are harvested, they must be delivered at the current price. Isn't this the best of both worlds? "

The others were confused at first, not understanding how things that were still in the ground could be traded, but after slowly figuring out what he meant, the eyes of the people at the table suddenly lit up.

They all unconsciously lowered their voices and said excitedly:

"This matter can be done, seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"."

Although they don't have this concept yet, the world's first "futures contract" is destined to be released soon.

One thought of heaven, one thought of hell, oh, the great "Lord of Gold" bless!

St. Ivan's Cathedral in the center of the city has now been renamed "St. Iwen's Cathedral".

A certain independent side hall was full of students of different ages, and the professor in black uniform knocked on the blackboard:

"Come on, let's review the basics of economics we learned in the previous class. Can any student tell you what factors determine the price of a commodity?

Well, Mr. Osmond's hand is raised highest, so go ahead. "

A young man with short brown hair stood up excitedly, talking in the eyes of everyone:

"There are four main factors that determine prices. The first is cost, which determines the bottom line of prices; the second is the relationship between supply and demand. The stronger the demand, the less the supply, the higher the price;

The third is the information environment where buyers and sellers live, the more information buyers have, the more cost-effective products they can get; the fourth is efficiency, the fewer intermediate links.”

The "Garriott National University" located in the suburbs is still under construction, but in line with the idea of ​​His Excellency the Grand Duke, the recruitment of the first batch of students has already been completed.

Overcoming hardware difficulties, the teaching staff borrowed part of the rooms of the "Black Iron Cross Church" cathedral as classrooms, and started teaching work ahead of schedule.

At this stage, the "National University", which is positioned as the highest institution of learning in the Principality, has set up a total of seven disciplines in liberal arts (including literature, history, philosophy, art), law, finance, education, science and engineering, agriculture and forestry, and medicine.

Among them, science and engineering, medicine, liberal arts, and finance and economics are the main subjects, with both industry, education and research.

Moreover, the National University has entered the reserve list of the Pan-Continental organization "Red Maple Leaf College Alliance". According to the tradition of the Academy Alliance, some outstanding talents have the opportunity to be introduced to the path of the extraordinary in addition to the regular disciplines.

Although the extraordinary power in the New World is far from being as mysterious as the relatively peaceful Old World, it is also a power that most ordinary people can't hope to achieve in their lifetime, both because of knowledge and because of resources.

in addition.

Although the "National University" has not been established for a short time, its faculty is already among the best among all countries.

Art, history, science and engineering, agriculture, forestry, and medicine are all traditionally advantageous programs for witches, and the witches from the "Gate of Truth School" who come to work in the Principality can be said to be at home.

Although the conditions of the school need to be improved, the witches never thought that they could enter and exit the Church of the True God openly in their entire lives, and the clergymen greeted them with smiles, and the spiritual pleasure was no less than the material salary.

The wizards of the "Mechanical Immortality School" gave great support to "Engineering". Even if the extraordinary part is removed, what is left is the most cutting-edge dry goods of this era.

Dr. Taylor of the Vesalius School, Leon the potion master, and Ivan's students of the "Tree of Life School" all have profound attainments in the field of medicine or agriculture and forestry.

Even in the field of finance and economics, there are also the heirs of the group of top capitalists that Aiwen captured the Kingdom of Ilia back then.

In the finale, Ivan, the great wizard and grand duke, acted as the principal, with a far-sighted vision beyond the times.

Combining these strengths, "Garriott National University" has the foundation to become a world-class university, and will help the principality take off in the future!

certainly.

While improving the quality of the population, the pursuit of quantity has not been given up. The performance appraisal of "Mother of Water" Merrow started in August last year in 190, and has successfully completed the great goal of a net population growth of 5% in August this year. .

Coupled with the macro-guidance of the government in this process, the Nemansters, who are already mostly male, and the Atrians, who are mostly female, are also rapidly merging.

The principality is striding forward towards the grand blueprint of a single subject nation.

Aiwen also gave Earl Milan Snaite a new appointment as the son-in-law of the Hurons, as the Minister of National Integration and Chief Astrologer of the Principality.

At the same time, thanks to the "tree of rest" that continues to stimulate the inland areas on a large scale, they have completely turned the interior of the mainland into a state of absolute spirit that prohibits the birth of spirit bodies.

Coupled with the fact that the werewolves were trying their best to cull the existing spirit ghosts, it might take less than half a year for the Principality's "Westward Plan" to be officially launched.

In addition to the inherent "Black Sea Coastal Area", "Broken Star Sea Coastal Area", and the "Elbert Mountains" full of gold mines.

In addition, the "Upper Itasca Valley Region" on the south bank of the six Dalian Lakes in the central part, the "Lower Itasca Valley Region" from the lower reaches of the central river to the southern coastline, and the "Central and Western Great Plains Region" that crosses the main watershed of the Itasca River It is also possible to start the development of the first phase.

Starting from the most livable part of each area, we will fully explore the potential of this land from point to point.

At that time, don't say that the population growth rate is 5%, it will be 10%, and there will be places where 15% can be resettled, so that all the population figures can be converted into demographic dividends.

in addition.

With the victory of the international war and the steady improvement of the international status of Tulip and the Principality, a large number of investment and personnel from all over the world have poured into the Principality.

Aiwen also began to open up the free market in other economic fields after firmly grasping the people's livelihood field without wavering.

He is very clear that if the country's economy will not become a stagnant pool, it is necessary to give full play to the subjective initiative of all people and maintain the basic rules of the game where the capable will rise above the mediocre.

These students who are in class are one of the guarantees for him to maintain the established rules and his own dominance, or they are the royal party firmly united with the monarch Aiwen!

Every student is an extension of his dominance, and as he spreads to all walks of life in the future, his dominance will surely penetrate to the lowest level of the Principality.

The mainland country "Garriot Principality" seems to have become one of the emerging countries with the most development potential and competitiveness in this era.

As the country's various aspects of construction were steadily advancing, time suddenly came to the spring of 192 in the Haiyuan calendar.

White Swan Castle.

"That's it. Those ghost things that obviously came from ancient civilizations have almost sealed off the entire outer space. If we don't break through their defenses, we won't be able to leave Herag Star.

Most importantly, we don't even know which ancient civilization they came from? What is the intention of blocking the planet? Are you still under control? .”

Ivan and Geros, who had finally accompanied Stephanie back from Phalitis, were sitting opposite each other. On the table between them was a fist-sized weird thing that looked like a wooden "walnut kernel".

It was the "Scavenger" core brought back from space.

Aiwen knew that this should be some kind of "chip"-like controller, but in the absence of comparative information, it was almost impossible to interpret it.

However, Jeros, who had been frowning since seeing this thing, squeezed his forehead and said slowly:

"This kind of stuff... maybe I know where it's coming from."

Snapped--!

While speaking, Geros snapped his fingers, and the [Garden of Witchcraft Uruk Great Temple] opened.

"I may not have told you that the third era of ancient civilization, the 'Muriya Civilization', is best at biotechnology!"

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