On the high platform, the master of ceremonies of Shecan Lotus opened his mouth and praised this shop as if there was nothing in the sky and no in the earth.

It's no wonder that the master of ceremonies is so hard-working, it is lunchtime, and under A-Yao's careful preparation, even the big pot of rice is full of color, flavor, and flavor, which arouses people's appetite, and they don't have the heart to talk about anything on the stage at all.

The master of ceremonies is a well-known figure in this state, a mouth can say that the black is white, and the dead are alive, and this auction is the beginning of the little marquis, and the entire court is standing behind him, and he does not dare to have the slightest slackness, and he is very eager to use twenty points.

In order to attract the attention of the audience, he even put good words up as if he didn't want money, and just blew the originally ordinary shop into the sky and the earth.

"Having said this, what should be said is also clear, how the shop is, I think all the villagers and elders also know it, and they will not say much in this small matter. This exquisite pavilion has a starting price of fifty taels of silver. ”

Only fifty taels?

As the master of ceremonies fell, there was a rare silence at the scene, such a good shop, why did it sell so little?

It's fifty taels, the master of ceremonies nodded. It's not a good location, and the house is old, so it's almost an addition.

Although the truth says this, the words cannot say it. Seeing that it attracted everyone's attention, the master of ceremonies changed his words:

"Qingcheng has been cold in recent days, and it is the time when the sun is at its peak at noon. I hope that the sky will be beautiful and make this day warm up as soon as possible. ”

The master of ceremonies is also the master of seeing people and talking about people, and the two things that have nothing to do with the auction are completely unrelated to the auction, and they are all pulled together by him, and they are not abrupt at all.

What are these ordinary people most concerned about sitting in the hall on the first floor lately? That's not the Shen family, it's this spring cold that concerns itself!

The shop is good and cheap, and you can also get a good luck, buy it!

For a while, the atmosphere was warm, and many people were gearing up.

"How good is this shop?"

In the compartment on the second floor, Ah Yao stopped her chopsticks and frowned at the scene on the high platform.

"Ah Yao, don't worry about asking for the price, there is not enough money and Daddy." Hu Jiuling patted his chest, looking wealthy.

"It's not a matter of silver......

Ah Yao shook her head, hesitating about it, and someone below had already started to shout the price. This humble shop quickly climbed from fifty taels to two hundred taels, and this was also the price that A-Yao had estimated at the beginning.

"The purpose of this shop is to make money, and the price is too high. My daughter looked at a few other rooms at the time, and waited for the next one. ”

She did business to make money, and before she could start, she folded in a lot of unnecessary silver, which inevitably outweighed the loss.

is worthy of his daughter, Hu Jiuling nodded approvingly. Businessmen must be well informed.

From a business point of view, he completely agrees with Ah Yao, but after switching to that fatherly heart, he hopes to satisfy his beloved daughter's wish with a little insignificant silver.

"Since Ah Yao wants..."

"Five hundred taels!"

Without waiting for Hu Jiuling to report the number, the little marquis who ate a whole bowl of rice got up and pushed open the door of the compartment, and he stood at the door with his fence in a dark robe, and shouted loudly down.

Who? More than doubled at once!

Following the sound, I saw that in the middle of the second floor, the little marquis with sword eyebrows and starry eyes was standing there upright, obviously there were no superfluous movements and words, but just standing there, he gave people a sense of inviolable sacredness and solemnity.

The ordinary people on the benches were silent, picking up chopsticks to pick up the rice, and the empty rice bowls were also pretending.

Contrary to these people, the silk merchants in the second-floor cubicle reacted completely differently. No matter what the master of ceremonies says, they have their own judgment, the Shen family's shop is just a little place, not to mention the old house, the location is not very good, there is really no need to rob it.

Dingtian is worth two hundred taels, this is the voice of most of the businessmen present, and most of them thought of going together with Ah Yao at this point.

So when the people below were fighting hotly, they didn't interfere too much. Slowly eating the "coarse tea and light rice" that I had not tasted for many years, I leisurely and comfortably heard the five taels of silver below being added little by little. Just when the body and mind were completely relaxed, an abrupt voice came.

Five hundred taels?!

This voice seems to be the little marquis who has heard it at the military salary banquet.

You can't go wrong! The rice stuck in his mouth choked his throat, and there was a violent coughing sound in many compartments. After the sound subsided, many people such as the Sun family and the Qian family in the private room on the west side suddenly felt bad.

They seemed to be competing with the Hu family just now?

Little Marquis and the Hu family?

Folded his hands and prayed silently, but he still couldn't resist the chill that jumped up his spine.

And the follow-up reaction of the little marquis made this chill turn into an ice pick. Standing in the focus of everyone's eyes, Lu Jingyuan raised his chin, and an eye knife floated towards the master of ceremonies.

"Still not going on?"

"Wait...... Dingbei Hou bid five hundred taels of silver, who else wants to increase the price? After trembling slightly, the master of ceremonies forcibly remained calm.

Then he was afraid that someone would risk the disapproval of the world, make trouble, and shouted repeatedly: "Five hundred taels for the first time, five hundred taels for the second time, and the third time, no one has increased the price, then congratulations to this good shop, which was auctioned by the Marquis of Dingbei at a high price of five hundred taels of silver." ”

"Huh?"

A cold snort came from the second floor, and the master of ceremonies shuddered, and hurriedly raised his head with his fists and asked, "Master Hou thinks, what's wrong?" ”

Lu Jingyuan looked back, looked at the silly girl sitting inside through the open door, and nodded slightly at her with his eyes facing each other. Before she could react, he had already turned his head and said in a slightly gentler voice: "This shop was originally given to the girl of the Hu family." ”

For the Hu girl?

After hesitating for a moment, the master of ceremonies quickly reacted and changed his words: "This shop was auctioned by Dingbei Hou at a high price of five hundred taels of silver and given to the Hu family girl, and the owner of the shop will be the Hu family girl in the future." ”

As the master of ceremonies spoke, all parties reacted differently. The people sitting on the benches in the hall were envious of the Hu family girl for having such a good senior brother, and they were competing for a good shop, so they sent it to her. However, there are 500 taels of high prices there, and most people are also convinced.

In the compartments on the east and west sides of the second floor, the merchants re-examined the attitude of the little marquis towards the Hu family. If this morning's welcome was only because the Hu family girl was in charge of the auction, then the little marquis's move now could not be ignored no matter what. After thinking about it, the merchants in the east showed joy on their faces, with the little marquis as a backer, what will the Hu family worry about in the future, it is good to follow the Hu family; And in the west compartment, there was a gloomy fog, especially the Sun family, the Qian family and other families who were fighting for a few "good shops" in front, it would be too late to celebrate the results of the battle, and the whole person was almost pierced into a sieve by the surging ice blade.

Why can't you figure out going against the Hu family? These are kicking the iron plate, aren't they?

And the father and daughter of the Hu family, who are located in the middle compartment and are closely related to the whole thing, didn't think about it so much at all.

At this moment, Ah Yao was completely in ecstasy, stood up, she looked at the door, and asked in disbelief, "Brother Jing gave me the shop?" ”

This girl is so sweet to call "Brother Jing". Satisfied, Lu Jingyuan's expression softened more and more, "I was originally prepared, but who knew that you fell in love with this inconspicuous one." ”

As early as the moment he knew that this girl was going to do business on her own, Lu Jingyuan had already made up his mind to set aside the shop where the Shen family was located in the center of the city and occupied the widest area for her. Anyway, the deeds that Shen Moci stole out were all in his hands, and no one could care how to use them. As for public power and private use? Even the emperor's uncle won't say anything, how dare others say more!

Who knew that she had fallen in love with a remote and dilapidated place, originally he disdained it, his girl, it is rare to do business, of course, everything must be used the best, as for making money and losing money, it doesn't matter, anyway, he earns enough for her to lose. But just on the third floor, I heard her say all kinds of ideas about the shop, and her original ideas slowly began to change. Since it was what she wanted, it was here. As for the shop that was prepared earlier, does anyone stipulate that two can't be given away at the same time?

"What can be looked at by Brother Jing are all good things, I am new to business, and I am a new hand in all aspects, this is enough."

"Well, I'll use that room later."

Later? After a little hesitation, Ah Yao figured out that she would definitely grow her business slowly. Clenched into fists, she nodded firmly.

Thanks to the time he said this, the little marquis had already turned around and entered the compartment, and all kinds of gentle promises were completely isolated from the door, otherwise they would be heard by outsiders, especially those businessmen in the western compartment, and they would not have to fry the pot, and they might have a heart disease when they got older.

The people outside were saved, but the elderly man who guarded the three empty rice bowls in the compartment and at the table began to feel uncomfortable.

Ah Yao didn't think about the impact of Xiao Houye's move, because she was simple-minded and simple-minded, and she couldn't think of so many things. What she couldn't think of was clear to the experienced Hu Jiuling. After knowing that this move was beneficial to the Hu family, it was too late for others to be happy, but when it was his turn, he was in a complicated mood.

Although the Hu family is an imperial businessman, he has tried to avoid getting caught up in the court battle over the years. The reason why it is not too complicated is that the situation between the DPRK and China is too treacherous and changeable, and he cannot completely control it with his mind and knowledge, and he will capsize if he is not careful. He's still like this, what about A-Yao?

Aside from that, he was keenly aware of another.

Previously, in front of everyone, the little marquis had always called Ayao "junior sister", but this time he changed his name to "Hu family girl". It doesn't sound like much at first glance, but just by changing the name, the meaning completely changes.

This wolf cub's mind is becoming more and more obvious.

Thinking of this, he became more and more depressed, and after he said that he wanted to pay for the five hundred taels of silver was easily rejected by the little marquis, this depression reached its peak.

The reason for the little marquis's refusal is very simple, "The auction is mainly to compensate for the military salaries recruited by the imperial court, and the money is in the hands of Ben Hou, but it is changed from the left to the right, and it doesn't matter if there is more or less." ”

Look, this righteous and bright bending the law for personal gain, how could the imperial court appoint such a person as a marquis!

It was completely different from what he thought, and Ah Yao, who was slightly entangled with the price of five hundred taels being too high, was completely relieved when she heard this, and smiled sweetly at Brother Jing.

Seeing her like this, Hu Jiuling was even more depressed. But no matter how depressed he was, the outside auction still had to continue.

Xiao Houye's sudden actions completely shocked the Sun family and others, and in the second half of the auction, they were completely dumbfounded. On the contrary, the merchants in the other side of the compartment who had been instructed by Hu Gui spoke frequently. Several families have followed the Hu family for many years, and they have a tacit understanding with each other under the acquaintance of each other, and they often see that one party bids, and the other is convenient to stop automatically, and will not raise the price to a higher price.

In this way, several families have bought a lot of shops at a fairly low price. After getting cheap, they didn't forget the Hu family, unlike Shen Jinshan, who was heavily guarded against people, Hu Jiuling has always adhered to the principle that everyone makes money, and the business conditions of the Hu family's shop, and the merchants who are familiar with each other generally understand. Whenever I encounter a shop suitable for the Hu family, several of them will stop together, no one shouts the price, let the master of ceremonies say that the sky is outrageous, the reserve price is placed at that ordinary people can't afford it, and in the end, this shop can only be auctioned.

And the shop that was auctioned off was pinched in the hands of the little marquis, and it was not all a matter of his words to which one to give and whether the price was high or low.

In this way, even though Hu Jiuling, who was depressed, did not shout a price from beginning to end, the Hu family got the fattest piece of meat in this auction.

With the little marquis as a backer, the rise of the Hu family is inevitable, and no one dares to object to this. The Sun family, the Qian family and other merchants were glad to have grabbed some good shops in front, and the merchants who followed the Hu family were satisfied with the shops at a low price, and the ordinary people who came to join in the excitement were satisfied.

At dusk, a number of luxurious or simple carriages crowded Yunlailou in front of the building, and everyone who participated in the auction banquet went back with a happy face.

Joy spread throughout the streets and alleys of Qingcheng with the scattered crowd, and the whole city was filled with a joyful atmosphere for a while. And in this ubiquitous jubilation, the Shen family is like the dirty and swaying gate that has just been installed at the door, a scene of wind and rain.

In this bleak atmosphere, Shen Moci, who had been unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes.