Chapter 200： The effects of strait closure

In fact, the impact of the Ottoman closure of the Black Sea Strait is far greater than what Edel and others imagined. Among them, in Constanta, Romania's largest port city, the effect has now become apparent.

On Rayford Street where Constanta Trading Company is the most concentrated, people are now panicking about the news, and they are all talking about it.

"The Ottoman has closed the strait due to the war, and now my company’s ship is full of cargo and can’t get out now."

A decently dressed middle-aged man sat at the table and said worriedly to his friends around him.

"My company is not the same. I only got the order for 3 days, and the factory is working overtime for production. Now that the Strait is closed, I can only discuss a solution with the trading partner who placed the order."

Another friend tells what he knows. "I heard that the government has negotiated with Bulgaria to ship it out?"

After hearing the news, the middle-aged man spoke with disdain. "This road is not a last resort, I won't use it."

"Why?"

"Those Bulgarian barbarians require a 20% transit fee, and the transportation fee is extra. In addition, the Bulgarian rail freight has also increased in price, now it has increased by 50%."

It seems that this middle-aged man is also well-informed, and even knows the situation that the government is still talking about.

"What, it's so expensive. If that's the case, the more we sell, the more we lose."

"Why don't these Bulgarian barbarians grab it."

"They are robbing."

Seeing friends who are getting more and more angry, the middle-aged man can only sigh. "Now I only dare to take orders from Germany, Austria and Russia. I dare not take orders at all because I am afraid that the freight is too expensive and there is no profit."

Hearing what he said, the friend still talked about it angrily. "A year ago, it was the Bulgarian barbarians who were too kind to them that made them so lawless now."

Of course, they are not the only ones who are dissatisfied with the closure of the strait. In this famous Hawker Trading Company on Rayford Street, Hawke Selder, who is at the helm, is also worried.

This Hawke Selder is also a legend. He was born in a small fishing village in Tulcea. He has been interested in the sea since he was a child. When he was 18 years old, he ran into a cargo ship as a sailor. Relying on his hard work and ingenuity, he quickly emerged as a sailor. At this time, he was admitted to the sailing school with the money he saved from running a boat for several years, and he also stood out in the class by virtue of his excellent grades.

After graduating from school, he worked as a first officer and captain. With his years of hard work, he bought a bankrupt merchant's sea boat. Then he returned to his hometown to recruit people to make his fortune on this sea boat. Some people may ask, this is just an excellent hardworking person, and there is a legend. The key is that after he recruited these people from his hometown, he taught them what he had learned without reservation.

You must know that the cost of training the captain's first mate was not low, and he himself had suffered. But he still taught his knowledge to his fellow villagers. And these fellow villagers are very grateful for his selfless help, they work very hard, and some people want to do it alone, but he also provides the tips they know. As a result, more and more people convinced him, and his business has grown with the help of others, consciously or unconsciously. Now the Tulcea Chamber of Commerce composed of him and his fellow townsmen occupies 45% of Romania’s shipping industry and is definitely the leading overlord of the shipping industry. .

Now the Ottoman closure of the strait has the greatest impact on them. Of course he has to discuss the current situation with his fellow villagers.

In his living room, there are more than ten people sitting there, all of them are frowning, including Hawke.

"From what I said, this war might end soon. Didn't Germany have all reached the edge of Paris? We waited patiently and it is estimated that it will end."

An optimistic person, seeing everyone at a loss, said some optimistic words to enlighten everyone.

"This news of you is outdated. Now Britain and France have withstood the German offensive, and the situation has become stalemate. I think the German army is so powerful, and Britain, France and Russia are crowded with people, and this war has been fought."

A man with better news than the optimistic guy continued. "If the strait is not closed, now is a good opportunity for us to make money. Now freight rates have generally increased by 35%, and there is no worries about freight. I heard that freight owners all over Europe have made a fortune, and only we are trapped here. If this goes on, the sailors will run away. Mr. Hawke, what do you say to us."

Following this questioning, everyone's eyes focused on Hawke Suld. Seeing everyone looking at him, Hawke, who was in his 40s, stood up and spoke. "I understand what you mean. It's just that shipping can't go out at all now. But we all still need to live, and we have to raise a bunch of sailors to help us work. Now I have a way, I don't know if you want to listen."

"Speak."

"We listen to you."

"Hawk, your justice is famous, and we trust you."

Seeing that everyone believes in themselves, Hawke said directly without concealing it. "Thank you everyone for trusting me so much. Now I have two options. The first is to gather all our ships outside the strait and temporarily open a new freight company to take orders for these ships."

Hearing what Hawke said, someone asked. "How to distribute this profit?"

Hawke continued. "The people who ship the profits get 85%, and the rest is evenly distributed to those who have no ships outside the strait. Let me first talk about myself. There are four ships outside the strait, two 4,000-ton bulk carriers, and one 9,000-ton truck. Ship, a 6000-ton tanker."

Everyone knows that Hawke has seven ships, the most among them. Now he is willing to use the profit to distribute evenly among the people in the strait, which is also very righteous. So people on other boats outside the strait also spoke of their own boats.

"I have two ships outside the strait, a 5,000-ton bulk carrier, and a 4,000-ton bulk carrier."

"I also have two ships outside, a 6000-ton bulk cargo and a 4000-ton oil tanker."

"I have a 6000-ton car carrier outside."

"And I……"

Soon everyone reported their ships. Hawke calculated that there were 17 ships outside the strait. It seemed that a not-so-small shipping company could be formed.

Everyone chooses the lead for this new shipping company, who is in charge of operations, who is in charge of money and other issues. Originally, they wanted Hawke to run the shipping company, but because he didn't want to give up, they re-selected one.

After solving the ship outside the strait, we will now deal with the problem of the ship trapped in the strait.

Watching everyone waiting for him to come up with a way, Hawke said what he thought of. "As for the ships trapped in the strait, I planned this way. You see, Ottoman, Austria, and Hungary have been waiting and the Russian economy has been completely cut off. Maybe we can act as an intermediary and buy their goods in our own name. And then transferred to another country?"

Everyone is a shipping company, and knows exactly what is produced in various places. This is the first thing people who are impatient to say. "This is a way. Ottoman wool and cotton and other items are also very marketable in other countries. Russia is also very popular in grain and oil. German machinery and equipment are also very popular. Now we are doing this and the profit is definitely not low."

When someone agrees, someone opposes it. "But in this way we have to take a big risk, maybe we will be caught and shot."

Everyone knows this very well. Isn't this just smuggling? It's smuggling during the war. It really takes a lot of risk.

There are still people who are greedy by the huge profits. "If you don't do this, we will all starve to death. To be shot is to die, isn't it to be starved to death? At least in this way, you can leave enough wealth for your family."

Everyone was motivated by these words. They are all rich people who want them to live like they hadn't made a fortune before ~ ​​www.novelhall.com~ No one wants to, and now this road is their last resort, and they can say anything. Want to blog.

At this time, Hawke said the safety measures he had prepared. "Our reselling is indeed very dangerous, but we don't take all the profits, and we share part of the profits with the port officials of various countries, so that we can be stable."

After hearing what he said, everyone was relieved. They were running the boat because they had to deal with these officials a lot, and they were also clear about the faces of the port officials of the surrounding countries. There is nothing they dare not take. Although this reduces their own profits, it also insures a lot. At least these officials are afraid of being dragged into the water when they are in danger.

So after discussion, everyone agreed that everyone does shipping, and no one is timid. Otherwise, if a ship with cargo sinks, don't drive people crazy with compensation.

So everyone agreed to Hawke's method, and then everyone began to discuss what to do to keep their profits. And Hawke himself didn't think about how powerful the temporary solution he came up with because of the strait cut off would be in the future.

PS is finished, Mantou takes a nap and prepares to write today's two chapters. Thank you to the book friends who have never abandoned Mantou. You have tolerated the waywardness of Mantou before. Thank you everyone. Mantou bows and thanks.

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