>Monopolize nutmeg, mace and clove>Become the most powerful institution in the worldmake it make sense.. you expect me to believe continental europe was crackfiending like Tyrone Biggums for some of dat spice? its absurd. clearly the spices are just a front.
>>many kilograms of expensive stuff?Now does it make sense?
>>541589213>id pay a year's wages for some NUTMEGno, not reallysounds like a jewish scam if you ask me. >sell worthless spices at great expense to cryptojewish nobles using state coffers>profit
>>541587906This anon is onto something...
>>541589618Nigger.
>>541587906Spices were in very high demand among the European upper classes, and as a monopolist the VOC could make them pay whatever it wantedThey were low volume, super high margin. Almost the perfect trade good for the era
>>541589876^seecalled it.its literally >>541589618
>>541589950Retards like this have utterly ruined the board
