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Heilongjiang General Mansion, Heilongjiang City.

As early as February, the sea surface began to melt, but the land was still covered with heavy snow. It was not until mid-March that merchants began to appear at the docks.

Heilongjiang City is four feet high and twenty miles in circumference, enough to accommodate 100,000 people.

Outside the city, there are two satellite cities.

One is a dock and port, and the other is a granary.

One big and two small, acting as horns to each other, not only have a diversion effect, but can also completely control this bay.

Over the years, 200,000 acres of farmland have been reclaimed near Heilongjiang City, where corn and rye are grown.

Now it is self-sufficient.

Heilongjiang City was built only three to five years ago, but it has already become the center of Heilongjiang, with a settled population of more than 30,000.

"Oh haha——"

At the pier, a thousand-stone fishing boat dragged a huge black creature and slowly sailed into the port. It caused a lot of waves along the way, and there were countless sharks following it.

A huge harpoon was fastened tightly to it, with a rope attached to the end, pulled straight by the ship.

Seeing this, more than ten small fishing boats in the port quickly gave up their positions and watched with envy as it entered the port.

"Whale, what a big whale -"

"You're going to make a fortune, Datou Zhao——"

Captain Zhao Datou stood proudly at the bow of the ship, with his hands on his hips, feeling very proud: "I have no choice but to find this thing just three days after I went to sea. This is the blessing of Mother Mazu."

"I deserve it, Datou Zhao, to get rich——"

The sailors on the ship were also very happy, and they were all arming themselves with each other, thinking about how to spend the money they earned.

Catching whales is very hard, and in return, the captain must spit out part of his money to reward the sailors.

Of course, you can also directly reward a fixed amount, but the capture success rate is not necessarily high.

Naturally, captains will habitually adopt the method of dividing profits. After all, once they don't capture it, they don't have to pay anymore, right?

The arrival of a whale made the whole port noisy.

Dozens of businessmen waited impatiently on the pier, and then stepped directly onto the boat to measure the size of the whale up close.

Zhao Datou, just like his nickname, has a larger head than ordinary people, and is extremely conspicuous on the deck.

Facing the eager observation of the businessmen, he took a bag under his eye, sat with great interest, and said as he smoked: "You have to take a good look, I won't accept it if you don't give it."

The merchants echoed casually, but their eyes were fixed on the whale, and they chanted without letting up for a moment.

"Light the incense -" Zhao Datou lit a stick of incense, smoking and waiting, enjoying himself.

The sailors were also accustomed to it. While wiping the deck, they packed the fish in the cabin and sold it to the small traders.

They were all familiar merchants, so the prices were transparent. They were weighed out and sold out in less than half an hour.

Only the businessmen who were watching the whales were still making plans.

This is a special way of buying and selling in Heilongjiang - Douyu.

As the name suggests, you buy the whole whale directly instead of buying it in pieces.

At this time, a group of businessmen rely on naked eye observation to calculate the profit, and then bid, so that the one with the highest price wins.

If the whale is larger than estimated, it will be a big profit; if it is smaller than estimated, it will be a loss.

Fishermen are also happy to sell whole fish because of convenience.

The whale is very big, and it is very troublesome to cut it up. It takes several days, plus the labor of hiring a butcher, which is time-consuming and expensive.

Rather than doing this, it would be more convenient to get cash directly.

Of course, the prerequisite for this kind of transaction must be that the whale is intact.

Once something goes wrong, you will be ostracized by the entire chamber of commerce, and no matter how many fish you catch, you will not be able to sell them.

Therefore, both buyers and sellers are very honest.

"The incense is almost finished -" Zhao Datou suddenly put away his pipe and shouted: "Masters, please make an offer quickly!"

A loud shout brought the businessmen back to their senses, and the abacus in their hands stopped.

"I'll pay you fifteen hundred dollars——"

"One thousand six!!"

"One thousand and seven——"

Prices rise and fall one after another, and the competition among merchants seems fierce, but they already have a tacit understanding with each other and will never make a loss-making transaction.

So, half a quarter of an hour later, the price stopped at 1,870 yuan.

Zhao Datou nodded and expressed satisfaction: "That's one thousand eight hundred and seventy yuan."

At this time, the businessman who made the bid came out with a sad face and an abacus: "Hey, the bid is too high. It seems that this one will lose money."

Zhao Datou squinted his eyes and didn't believe a word he said.

The rest of the merchants are not discouraged, because there are plenty of whales and there will be cheap ones.

In the blink of an eye, several waiters came to the deck carrying a box of silver coins, paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other.

Zhao Datou divided the money on the spot, dividing half of the silver coins according to the size of the credit.

The businessman, with dozens of people, pulled the whale to his own slaughterhouse and began to cut it up.

Fish fat can be used as candles, fish skin can be used as armor, and even leather boots...

Whales are full of treasures. In the eyes of businessmen with many connections, buying whales can only make more money.

The soap official had arrived early, looked at it with a smile, and received a hundred silver dollars in tax while sitting there.
Chapter completed!