Chapter Eighty-Eight: The First Auction in History

Soon, Hu Yi read out the auction rules according to Yao Yun's previous instructions.

"The reserve price of a stone of snowflake refined salt is one tael of gold, and the one with the highest price will get it, and the price increase will not be less than 100 dollars each time, and once the quotation is made, it shall not be reversed......"

When the businessmen heard this, their faces showed solemn expressions.

Gold in this world is also very expensive and rare, and one or two pieces of gold are converted into knife coins in Xidu about a thousand knife coins (different regions, gold, and knife coins are of different fineness, and the final number of exchange will also fluctuate.) ）

Here I have to mention the currency of Zhuxia, the metal currency has completely replaced the natural shell coin, in the summer dynasty there are copper shells, knife coins, shovel coins and so on.

In the Xia Dynasty and the surrounding vassal states of the Xi Kingdom, the sword coins were most widely used, and the knife coins included large knife coins, medium knife coins, and small knife coins, 1 large knife coin = 2 medium knife coins, and 1 medium knife coin = 5 small knife coins.

The purchasing power of the big knife coin is very strong, and under normal circumstances, a stone of grain is only about a dozen knife coins, which means that a big knife can buy more than ten catties of grain.

One tael of gold = a thousand big knives, you can buy a hundred stone of grain, about 10,000 catties of grain, enough for a family to eat for a year or two!

It can be said that the reserve price of one stone of snowflake refined salt and one tael of gold is not low, and one stone of ordinary coarse salt is only a hundred dollars, and this reserve price is directly ten times that of ordinary coarse salt!

However, although the faces of the merchants were heavy, no one had any objections, and last autumn they bought snowflake refined salt at twenty times the price of ordinary coarse salt, but no matter what, it was not a windfall.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Hu Yi shouted: "Start bidding!"

"I'll give you a tael of gold and five hundred dollars from the Chamber of Commerce!" someone said loudly holding a wooden sign.

"Han Jiaren, you are too petty, Lao Tzu is two taels of gold!"

When Hu Yi heard this, the price suddenly exceeded last year's selling price, and his face suddenly became happy, and he pointed to a bearded man and said, "This brother bid two taels of gold, is there anything higher?"

When Han Jiaren, a businessman surnamed Han, heard this, his old face turned red, and he just wanted to make an offer, but the sound of bidding behind him sounded one after another.

"The horse caravan bids two taels of gold plus two hundred dollars!"

"The Yue people caravan bid two taels of gold plus three hundred dollars!"

......

Han Jiaren trembled, and shouted loudly: "I, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, bid three taels of gold!"

The price was as high as three taels of gold at once, and many caravan leaders were stunned, last year, a stone of snowflake refined salt was only two taels of gold, and now it has risen to three taels of gold all of a sudden.

Of course, this hesitation is only for a moment, because the benefits they reap, the price of gold in front of them is nothing.

The Izumo caravan's sword brother had not made an offer, and at this time, he broke the brief silence.

"Izumo caravan, four taels of gold!"

When Hu Yi heard this, he trembled all over, and an increase in price was one or two gold, and his whole body was not worth the price.

"Four taels of gold, four taels of Izumo caravan, is there a higher price, this is snowflake refined salt, sold in limited quantities, there is no such store in this village after that, if you want to buy it, you have to wait for next month, hehe, next month will not be so cheap!"

Hu Yi sweated all over his body excitedly, and involuntarily recited the lines that the king taught him.

When the businessmen heard this, their hearts suddenly sank, they also understood this truth, they had already seen the business opportunity of this snowflake salt, now is the best time to stock up on snowflake salt, if you miss it, you will have no chance.

"The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce bids five taels of gold!"

"Lao Tzu gave five taels of gold plus three hundred dollars!"

......

The huge houses resounded, and the sound of bidding was endless, and they were crowded, as if they were in the middle of the city.

The bald dragon in the partial room smashed his mouth, he was a dragon, although he had no concept of money, but he still understood the value of gold, and when he heard that it was directly quoted in gold, and the price was crazier than the other, he still sighed infinitely in his heart:

"Are these merchants crazy, when did gold become so worthless, Shizi, now this price is probably fifty times that of ordinary coarse salt, it's crazy!"

Yao Yun smiled when he heard this, the price of salt in this world is high, and Xidu doesn't feel anything because the salt produced and sold to the people of Xidu is cheap salt, but when it is sold to foreign merchants, it is different, and the price of ordinary coarse salt is ten times that of grain.

In other places, the price of salt was often dozens of times the price of grain, and this was due to the parity of the local monarch.

"Uncle Long, the price of salt is already high, coarse salt is very expensive for ordinary people, this snowflake refined salt is for nobles to eat, what is so strange about this price, you wait and see, the price can go up!"

The bald dragon stopped arguing with Yao Yun, and said arrogantly: "This snowflake essence salt is quite profitable, you have finally done a reliable thing." ”

Yao Yun understands the arrogant temper of the bald dragon, he said that it is very good, that means very good, Yao Yun has automatically filtered the arrogant words of the bald dragon directly into "kneeling and licking" praise.

Sure enough, not long after Yao Yun said that the offer could go up, an astonishing number had already been reported in the main house!

"The Izumo caravan bids seven taels of gold!

"Gold seven taels once!"

"Golden seven two twice!"

"Gold seven, two, three times! Deal, congratulations to the Izumo caravan for the first stone of snowflake essence salt, hahaha, congratulations brother, you have made a fortune!"

Seven taels of gold!

The bald dragon and Wu Tong looked at each other, and the eyes of both of them showed an incredible color, this snowflake essence salt is simply more expensive than gold!

No, it's clearly golden gold!

Wu Tong's whole body trembled with joy, and his gray beard floated with it: "Great King, seven taels of gold, seven thousand knife coins, this is seventy times that of ordinary coarse salt, God bless Xiguo, this is a sign of great prosperity!"

Compared with the excitement of Wutong and the bald dragon, Yao Yun seemed very calm, what God blesses Xiguo, the omen of great prosperity, this is too far-fetched.

And Yao Yun was not satisfied with the price.

"Alas, it's only seven taels of gold!"

Wu Tong and the bald dragon's laughter came to an abrupt end.

"Shizi, you are not satisfied with seven taels of gold, this is seven gold cakes, one gold cake is enough for a family to eat for a year or two, how much do you want to sell?"

Yao Yun stretched out his hands and said, "At least you have to count on both hands!"

The bald dragon shook his head: "Impossible, others are not stupid, ten taels of gold and one stone of salt, you are afraid that you are poor and crazy!"

Yao Yun smiled: "The merchants are black-hearted, in some places, they can sell a stone of coarse salt for a tael of gold, and this is still sold to the people, but this snowflake refined salt is sold to the nobles." ”

Bald Dragon: "Can you really sell it for ten taels of gold?"

Yao Yun ignored the bald dragon and said to himself: "This is the first one, everyone is just testing the water, and there will be less and less snowflake essence salt in the back, and the merchants will definitely not be able to sit still, maybe they can really reach ten taels of gold!"