Siyes's purpose is clear, in addition to courtesy, it is for profit.

Another point is that the Koval family is too close to the consortium in the Holy City, which makes the local consortium very dissatisfied.

Of course, Siyes is very rich, and the consortium he represents is also very well-funded, but when compared to his counterparts in the Holy City, they are just small shrimps and whales.

With the increasingly strong performance of their northern counterparts, Sieyès and others are also feeling the pressure and sense of crisis. Of course, in the eyes of the people of the Holy City, all the people of the provinces were inferior to them, including financial resources.

Although Sean was an aristocrat, he was enthusiastic about new industries, and he was naturally a fellow traveler of the emerging bourgeoisie in Genoa. At the same time, Sean does not like to eat alone, which can be seen from the tea cultivation and the procurement of foreign munitions when he was the commander of the Civil Defense Force.

Moreover, this is also business, since the Koval family focuses on the Holy City, strives to become the number one person in the Holy City, and disdains to associate with these "Southern Yankees", Siyes and the others naturally take the initiative to side with Sean.

Showing his kindness and achieving his goal, Siyes quickly left the suite.

Paul Feige, who had not spoken, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and asked:

"Viscount, the time for an offer is almost up, what is your final decision?"

"No. 3 iron ore area, 800,000 yuan, No. 7 iron ore area, 500,000 yuan; Sean said in a deep voice.

"Viscount, we could have saved a fortune. Feige said with great regret.

"Paul, we can't be too greedy. Sean laughed, "If we can't get the best mine, then we have to make sure that we have one of the second best iron ore and one coal mine." In fact, there is no need for us to hold all our resources in our own hands, and if we can't eat, we will die of death.

If it weren't for the fact that we are too far away from the iron and coal resource producing areas in the north and the cost of transportation is too high, we would not have to make such a big effort, and the industry in the south can only start from the most basic place, which is the price we must pay. Besides, we can't be choked by the northerners in terms of resources, and only by being independent can we have the ability to negotiate. ”

"Viscount, I admire your judgment and foresight from the bottom of my heart. Feiqi said.

"Very well, you go get busy, Albert can't wait. Half an hour later, I hope you can bring me good news. Sean nodded.

"Yes, Viscount!"

Bidding has officially begun.

Deep-pocketed and threatening to do whatever it takes, Styja Koval could not stop the enthusiasm of many bidders. Many people bid in groups, which gives them considerable financial resources.

The black resources that lie beneath the ground in North Genoa are nothing more than wealth in their eyes. But in Sean's view, that means a force, the power of industry, and the power of change.

This black power has in fact shown its power, in the roar of the steam engine, in the winding of spinning ingots, in the scorching barrel of a rifle.

But they are still being confined to cages. Once there is an opportunity, this cage will be completely opened, and it will burst out with the most powerful power, which will bring the most profound changes to this world.

All bidders were given a special room where they could confidentially write their bids, seal them in an envelope, and then come to the hall to submit them at the stipulated deadline.

Governor Byrne was present himself, and he and Stanley were together to open the quotation envelope.

Today is a good day for Byrne, and his achievements this year will be dazzling. For Stanley, although the mining area is in North Genoa and has nothing to do with Poitou, it is also a great excitement for him to participate in the bid opening.

The information brought by Siyes was crucial, and Sean finally won his target with two 800,000 against two 700,000 of the Kovar family.

The few remaining deposits all fell into the hands of the Koval family, which also shows the family's strong financial strength. It was just a battle of will, and Sdia Koval was disappointed, his offer of 700,000 was definitely far beyond the normal market price, but Sean still got what he wanted.

Sdia Koval wanted to see Sean depressed or in pain, but Sean never showed up at the bidding site.

Albert Pierre and Paul Feige delivered the envelope with the offer at the last minute.

"If the Koval family wants to change hands, consider the rose garden. Pierre shoved his business card into Styya's hand, "In fact, you made the Viscount pay an extra 400,000, congratulations, your goal has been achieved." ”

"I was so happy to hear that. Sidia said deliberately.

Pierre shrugged: "Good luck then!"

Within 24 hours, Sidia had to come up with a huge amount of more than 12 million yuan on behalf of the Koval family to the Governor's Palace, most of which was borrowed from the bank.

Of course, Sidia can also choose to give up, so that he will lose some margin, but because of the asymmetry of information, he paid a deposit of 4 million, in addition to the two deposits that will be returned in full, there is still 3.6 million, which is still a huge amount of money. If he gave up all after a year, he would lose 1.8 million.

Therefore, in order to avoid this huge loss, Sidia had to choose to pay 9 million yuan to obtain the mining rights of all the 18 mining areas that won the bid, and then pinned his hopes on the proven reserves in the next year, as soon as possible to evaluate the mining area, and sell the mining area, so that it may make a lot of money.

How to choose, it is obvious.

For those who failed to bid, it is also obvious who compares Sean with the Koval family, who eats good-looking and who is maliciously bargaining.

If Sean is just determined to win his eye, then the Koval family is killing everything, and the latter is too ugly and reckless.

So, their gaze on Stya Koval is very unkind. If Countess Koval had seen such a consequence that she had not foreseen, she would probably have thought twice.

"In the coming year, the Koval family will have a headache, pain and happiness. Sean said to his men.

"If they work hard, they may make a lot of money, but if they can't find a home, they may bleed hemorrhage. "But the bank advisers in the Holy City didn't tell them that several more large mines had recently been discovered in the north, and that the price of steel hadn't risen for years, and that people in Poitou didn't seem to care about what was going on in the north, except for what was most popular in the upper class of the north." Unlike us, our mineral deposits are completely in line with our shipbuilding program and our railroad program, and we produce and sell our own minerals. ”

"Therefore, do not be presumptuous for the sake of so-called authority and arrogance. That's a lot of money. ”

"Let's pray for the Koval family!"