At the end of the day, the street in front of Fengle Building was already overcrowded, and a large number of officials were dispatched from Lin'an Mansion to maintain order while directing traffic. And in front of the door downstairs, several tall and strong forbidden soldiers stood upright, with their spears crossed in their hands, which could block the door, and those who didn't know thought that this building was sealed by the government.

"All stand together, come one by one, see the rules clearly, and if you want to go in, spend a sum of money to buy a brand, and return the money with the brand after the fact. Rest assured, not a penny will be missing you! ”

In the open space in front of the door, several scribe-like men sat behind open tables, one of them was a little loud and kept explaining to everyone, and next to them stood a wooden sign with all kinds of rules written on it.

"I'm impatient to see, so you can tell me how much money you have to pay to go in and have a look, right?" This man was a little anxious, it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time, and shouted at the man standing there.

"Not much, a hundred Yao, who came to this Fengle Building, don't have this number on you, do you dare to enter? What are you doing today, you must also know that everyone who goes in is participating in the bidding, and this is just to prevent those who just watch the excitement, sorry, I don't enter in vain today. ”

His words made everyone dumbfounded for a while, one hundred yuan is not a small amount, even if it is the most expensive land price in previous years, you can buy seven or eight acres of good land in these two Zhejiang lands. Now it's just a door, even if it's a person with it, there is a little drum in his heart, who knows if it will be a meat bun beating a dog, and he won't go back?

"If you don't want to buy it, it doesn't matter, if you see it on the other side, the herbal tea shed costs a few pennies a bowl, and you can drink it until dark." The scribe pointed to the other side and said.

"If you don't believe it, please get out of the way, we have a printed sign in Lin'an Mansion, and my Lu Shuai is in charge, and there will be no less money if he says that he will return the money. If you can't bear it, then you can go in, and wait tomorrow to hear someone tell you a joke, why crowd here on this hot day to find discomfort? ”

The scribe's mouth is extremely poisonous, and some of those who can't get by have quietly retreated, and those who want to go in are hesitating, no one wants to be the first, after all, the wealth is not exposed.

A fat man in the group with a paper fan glanced behind him, and his eyes fell on a few people not far away, the leader of whom was a young man, who nodded almost imperceptibly.

"Let let, let let, a certain don't believe in evil, a hundred Yao, take it." The fat man pushed away the crowd and rushed forward, throwing out a bag, and the scribe on duty opened it to see that it was a heavy lump that shone brightly in the sun.

"Full red gold twelve taels and five dollars, shopkeeper Wang, this is your brand, please take it, you can bring two entourages when you enter, please go over there to register."

After the inspection, the scribe handed over a sign with a smile on his face, and there was indeed a big red mark of Lin'an Mansion on the back, and the word "one" was engraved on the front.

The shopkeeper nodded, and squeezed out of the line the same way, and when the few people saw him, they all greeted him.

"They said they would only let two people in." The shopkeeper said in a low voice while wiping his sweat.

"Well, so-and-so will be a long-term follower with him, and you can wait outside." Lian Xixian pointed to one of his guards, he was a little curious, it's all here, what does Song Ren want to do?

Re-registering the roster on the other side, the king's treasurer led them through the forbidden guarded door. Behind him, shouts rang out one after another, and some rich people rushed to get inside, all wanting to go in and see what was going on.

"What's so surprising about this, in the past, there were fresh young ladies in the Qinglou to comb their hair, isn't it all such a competitive price?"

On the corridor on the second floor, Xie Tang and Liu Yu stood side by side, looking at the flow of people gradually pouring in below, he already knew the general process, in addition to being more formal and rigorous than what he said just now, this so-called "auction" is not a new thing.

"If that's just the case, where did this Fengle Building come from?" Liu Yu shook his head, I am afraid that the following are all rich families in Lin'an City, and some of them will not be less valuable than these powerful people upstairs, if they want to make them take out the money, there must be something bright in front of them.

"Oh, what else is there to play? Is that it? Where Xie Tang pointed his fingers, several of his own soldiers were arranging the line, Liu Yu was noncommittal, and his appetite always had to be adjusted slowly.

One hundred yuan was used as a deposit, which was also a common method in later generations, and it was originally intended to reduce unsuccessful auctions. Liu Yu did this in order to distinguish the real rich, because that was his goal.

Xie Tang looked around with interest, he had already seen the palace people guarding the entrance between the women's buildings, and he didn't know which one had secretly run to see the excitement.

And just now, the sixty-eight-year-old Rong Wang Zhao and Rui quietly arrived in regular clothes, and the handsome of the western Zhejiang Lu and the Zhilin'an Mansion Xuan Weng were sitting in a building behind them, such a formation made him feel full of ambition.

In the spacious hall on the first floor, the shopkeeper Wang led people to a table by the steward of Fengle Building, and his face was a little uncertain when he looked at these ordinary furnishings. On weekdays, he always goes upstairs, but today there is an inexplicable extra hundred, and he only sits in this hall, how can he figure it out?

"Shopkeeper Wang, the upstairs are full of nobles, and the small ones can't, this is the best location below, please bear with me." His expression fell in the eyes of the steward, and if there was anything he didn't understand, he hurriedly persuaded him.

"Noble? How expensive it can be, open a price code. The shopkeeper Wang opened the paper fan with a "snap" and said disdainfully.

The steward's helplessness, he stepped forward and whispered a name, and the face of the shopkeeper Wang changed suddenly, and he no longer dared to ask to go upstairs.

"It's right here." Lian Xixian sat down indifferently, he had never sat in such a hall before, and looked around, allowing him to see something different.

Directly in front of them, a little above the gate, a large cloth was stretched into a square, and it was gray and gray, but there was no writing on it. Several men in household clothes were busy around, but he couldn't see what they were doing.

Gradually, more and more people entered, and some people who knew each other began to greet each other, and the neighbors of the king's shopkeeper were also acquaintances, and the hall suddenly became very noisy.

"Everyone, everyone!"

Suddenly, everyone in the hall heard an extremely loud voice, and the reason why I said this was because the sound was so loud that it shook my ears numb, and for a while the people in the hall stopped and looked around.

"Alright, it's full, close the door." Yang Xingqian took the microphone and said softly, this sentence was not as loud as just now, and everyone immediately saw him standing in the middle of the stairs.

The staircase to the second floor resembles a herringbone shape, with a wide staircase descending from above and branching down in the middle, just forming a small platform. And Yang Xingqian was standing on it, and next to him was the steward of Fengle Building, and his face was surprised because of his voice just now.

The number of takeaway signs is the same as the number of tables in the lobby on the first floor, and the signs are sold out, which means that there are no vacant seats. With Yang Xingqian's order, several family members immediately stepped forward to close the gate, and the forbidden army outside also raised their spears and sealed the exit of the gate.

"Thank you for coming, before you start, please listen to a tune, and please take a closer look at what you guys will send later."

Yang Xingqian clapped his hands after speaking, then put the microphone on a wooden shelf in front of him, and a team of guys came out from behind, serving some food to each table, and there was a booklet in the form of a booklet on the plate.

Lian Xixian's eyes didn't look at the table, the cylinder dragging a line on the second floor platform aroused his interest, and he couldn't tell what it was made of from this distance. And what made him even more puzzled was that he was on the stage, why did the voice come from all directions?

"Huh." The shopkeeper Wang flipped through the pamphlet, and his mouth snorted, which listed in detail the rules of the auction and all the items of the day, he had never seen such detailed rules, and even there was a limit on how much the price had to be increased each time.

"Isn't that a show lady, why did you invite her?" Xie Tang, who was leaning on the railing, was obviously familiar with her, and recognized her as soon as she appeared.

"Well, it's a lot of money." Liu Yu casually explained, this show lady is the biggest red singer in the city, in order to invite her to go out and sing a song, it can not be solved just by spending money, and hearing that all the people who come today are either rich or noble, which is the main reason that moved her.

He didn't understand what song the show lady sang, but when he heard the continuous applause, he knew that the effect was not bad, of course, this also supported the temporary erection of the sound work. Otherwise, in such a large hall, no matter how good her voice is, it is impossible to take care of every corner.

"Thank you Chrysostom of the show lady, I know that you are still unsatisfied, and so is the same, but today is the end of the day, everyone, please look over there." Yang Xingqian stretched out his arm and shook it forward, and everyone in the hall turned their heads and looked at the angle of his fingers.

Lian Xixian looked at the scene in front of him in amazement, and on the gray cloth above the gate, an image suddenly appeared, and he was surprised not because it was too big, but because the image was vivid, and the characters on it were all over the place, as if they were alive.

"After tonight, Jingshi should spread this vision, I don't know what kind of wonderful pen to draw this picture." Xie Tang had already been mentally prepared, but he was still shocked by the picture he saw.

Without waiting for Liu Yu to answer, he heard several deliberately suppressed exclamations from the other end of the road, Rao was like this, and he could still hear that it was all from a woman.

Unlike the others in the same room, Jing Niang's face turned red, and at this moment, she suddenly remembered the night of her wedding, although the light hit the wall at that time, and now it hit a gray cloth.

"Everyone!" Yang Xingqian looked at their expressions with some smugness, in fact, when he saw it for the first time, it was nothing more than that.

"The silk shop you see is the first place that will be auctioned today, please see, this is located on the side of the royal street in the city, there are very lively places on the left and right, and the people who live in the front and back squares, needless to say, some of you live there."

"Well, the rules are written in the paperwork in your hands, and the shop here occupies more than three entrances, and there is a warehouse and several wings in the back. There are three stewards, eight men, and more than 700 horses of various colors of silk and satin in stock, which can be checked and can only be seen when handing over. ”

"'Jixing Silk Village', the reserve price is 800 Yao, each increase in price shall not be less than 10 Yao, interested parties must hold up the sign when you enter the door, after the bidding of the three-way gong, it is a transaction, you are all clear, remember the three-way gong."

I have to say that Yang Xingqian has a lot of potential to be a host, maybe it is the edification of the shogunate career, in the face of so many people, he has no stage fright, Liu Yu thinks that he is going up by himself, and that's it.

"Now it's time to bid." With his broken drink, the guy behind him lost no time in knocking on the gong in his hand, although the force was not great, by the microphone so transmitted, it still shook in all directions, as if he was frightened by this sound, for a time the lobby was silent, no one raised a sign to ask for a price.

"If no one asks for a price in the end, or if no one asks for a reserve price, just sell it to him?" Xie Tang couldn't help but ask.

"Well, rules are rules." Liu Yu said talkatively, looking unconcerned.

In fact, it's nothing, this first shot is definitely going to be fired, in order to prevent the situation Xie Tang said, he has already made arrangements for Yang Xingqian, and he finally took a picture by himself, of course, the people he is looking for are all fresh faces, and no one will recognize them.

"So-and-so asked for it, eight hundred Yao, right?" A thin-looking man screamed a little tremblingly, then remembered and raised the sign in his hand.

"Okay, the shopkeeper on the 23rd once asked for 800 yao, is there anything high?" Yang Xingqian looked at his sign, lowered his head and checked the booklet, and called his surname and said.

"Eight hundred Yao for the first time."

"Boom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man behind him struck the gong.

"Is there a higher bid for a good silk shop?"

"Eight hundred Yao for the second time."

"Boom!"

After a while, when no one answered, he shouted again.

Everyone seemed to want to see what was going on, but no one spoke, Yang Xingqian looked left and right, and raised his right hand.

"Eight hundred"

"Nine hundred and fifty yao."

Before he finished speaking, a voice came from the corner, Yang Xingqian carefully distinguished the words on the sign, and looked down again.

"Okay, this shopkeeper Huang bid 950 Yao, 950 Yao for the first time."

"A thousand out of a certain one."

"One thousand and one hundred ya."

"One thousand two."

Liu Yu smiled slightly, since ancient times, businessmen have been the group of people with the fastest ability to accept, such a simple rule, once they understand it, they will soon be able to enter the state, and the chess pieces they have laid have not moved at this time.

"Nine thousand seven hundred!"

However, for a while, around this shop, the competition on the field has become white-hot, and there are fewer and fewer people holding signs.

Even Xie Tang knew that this price still did not reach the true value of the shop, not to mention the shop itself, the more than 700 horses of silk in the warehouse were worth a lot, and seeing that Liu Yu was not worried at all, he couldn't help but admire it a little in his heart.

Although this style of auction was not surprising to him, but in the Great Song Dynasty, such a bidding and fighting in the public is unprecedented, there is no restriction on status, as long as you have money, you can compete, and it is indeed the first of its kind for the Song people who are accustomed to trading secretly.

Don't look at the people sitting below are all dressed brightly, but he knows in his heart that how many of them are marionettes in other people's hands? Even his Xie family, who was in charge of a local steward, sat down in a dignified manner at this time, and others could imagine it.

"Fifteen thousand!"

Just as he was thinking, the number on the field was refreshed again, as soon as this number was called, the hall was quiet again, the estimated value of this shop was about 12,000, this price has exceeded a lot, and people who are good at calculation naturally know it.

"Fifteen thousand for the first time!"

I don't know if it's hot or motivated by the atmosphere on the field, Yang Xingqian's forehead oozes beads of sweat, but he doesn't have time to wipe it.

"Fifteen thousand for the second time!"

"Ten thousand"

"Twenty-three thousand!"

Just when everyone thought that the deal would be made at this price, the shopkeeper Wang raised the sign unhurriedly, and deliberately delayed it for a moment when he said the last three words, so that everyone's attention was focused on him.

"Boom!" After three quotations, with a crisp gong, the unrivaled shopkeeper Wang had the last laugh, he stood up and gave his hand again and again, saying that "conceding" was not stopped.

Looking at the lively scene below, Liu Yu frowned, which made Xie Tang on the side a little surprised, he didn't even expect this price, isn't he still satisfied?

Because he saw a familiar figure at that table, how could this person appear in Fengle Building and participate in the bidding in a grand manner?

At this moment, Lian Xixian, who was sitting below, seemed to sense it, raised the wine cup on the table and saluted him from afar, yes, this person was his opponent at the negotiation table. R1058