Emperor Hongzhi sat on the throne and stretched out his hand to give Wang Ji a follow-up examination.

Xiao Jing and Mu Bin waited nervously on the side.

Emperor Hongzhi was also worried: "Is my illness cured?" ”

Wang Ji closed his eyes and felt the pulse of Emperor Hongzhi, and after a while: "Your Majesty's pulse comes and goes fluently and smoothly, like a bead, you can rest assured, it is not a big problem." ”

Xiao Jing and Mu Bin smiled like a flower, happier than Emperor Hongzhi, and couldn't wait to kowtow to Wang Ji.

Emperor Hongzhi laughed: "I also feel that my body is better than before, and before March, my brain was always groggy."

If you watch it for a while, you will feel sleepy.

Today, I sat in the temple for an hour, still refreshed. ”

Wang Ji instructed: "Your Majesty still needs to get up in the morning to practice as usual, and not to sit in the palace for a long time. ”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly.

When Mu Bin saw the brocade guards outside the hall, he knew that he had something to report, and after he walked out.

After a while, he returned.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mu Bin with a straight gaze: "What happened to come to Fengtian Temple to report?" It doesn't hurt to be straight. ”

Mu Bin said: "Yan Chengjin bought all the brown sugar and caramel in the capital.

He also asked the vendors to shout and sell sugar, and also sold four taels of silver for a catty! ”

It is a violation of the law of the Ming Dynasty to buy out first, and then raise the price, disrupting the market price.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows and pondered: "Yan Chengjin knows the law of the Ming Dynasty and will not know the law and break the law, is this sugar any different?" ”

"Your Majesty, it is rumored that this sugar is as white as snow, as fine as sand, and as sweet as candied fruit, and the minister has never tasted it, so he dare not conclude." In front of the Emperor, you need to be cautious in your words and deeds.

As soon as Mu Bin's words fell, Liu Jian walked in, posing in a strange posture, and seemed to be holding something in his hands.

"Your Majesty, Xiangrui!"

Why did Liu Aiqing also come to report Xiangrui?

There was also a group of ministers behind, and all the people from the six departments came!

In the originally empty hall, there was a large group of people, just like the early dynasty.

With so many people coming to report auspiciousness, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian suspiciously: "What auspicious rui does Aiqing want to report?" ”

Liu Jian walked up to the palace and spread his hands in front of Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, look at this sugar, what a good sugar, Yan Chengjin is going to hold an official sale and sell its recipe!" ”

A moment later,

Yan Chengjin was announced to the Fengtian Palace, and Emperor Hongzhi stared at him with reproachful eyes.

In front of the imperial case, there is a small pile of white sugar.

The cabinet and the six ministers stood on both sides of the main hall.

Emperor Hongzhi spoke first: "This recipe is worth a thousand gold, why should you sell it?" ”

"Your Majesty, have you ever heard that there is a business called auction, which can sell objects for dozens of times the price?

This recipe is worthless in the hands of the ministers.

went to the auction house, but it was able to sell for tens of thousands of taels. Yan Chengjin said.

Auction?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Li Dongyang and the others, and Li Dongyang and the others were also confused.

They read poetry and books, and they are only eight buckets high, but they have never heard of this word.

Yan Chengjin explained: "Your Majesty and the princes can understand that the price is changed, or the price is saved. ”

Auction is from the West, and there has never really been an auction in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no such word in the classics.

Buying is closer to auctions, buying arose in the Song Dynasty, and you can understand it as soon as you say it.

"Can this recipe be sold for tens of thousands of taels?" Han Wen asked uncertainly.

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and said, "It can be sold for 20,000 taels." ”

The main hall fell silent.

……

It is rumored that Liangxiang is going to hold an official sale.

Selling white sugar recipes, selling the drawings of the big treasure ship, selling the forging process of the shuttle, in short, selling all kinds of items.

There is only one rule, the highest price wins!

The capital was boiling, and Wang Busui ordered people to spread the palace newspaper, and the propaganda was overwhelming.

Zhou Yu looked at the newspaper excitedly, white sugar is sweeter than brown sugar, and there is no peculiar smell, and this recipe is worth silver at a glance.

"Bring 10,000 taels, let's go to Liangxiang."

On the road leading from the capital to Liangxiang, Zhou Yu found that there were several times more convoys coming and going than usual.

I should have come to the auction.

He saw the Zhang brothers, driving a few Taiping cars, but the cars were loaded with cow dung.

The wide courtyard in front of the Aoyama Library was overcrowded.

Yan Chengjin changed the venue of the official sale to the library.

Zhang Xian sat in front of the imperial case, and there was a dense crowd of people under the stage, and the hour started on time.

Syllable!

After the shocking wood auction, the audience was silent, and everyone was curious, how to auction the law?

Zhang Xian was a little nervous, and read according to the rules given by Yan Chengjin: "Change the price on the basis of the starting price, and each time the price is changed, it shall not be less than five hundred taels, and the one with the highest price will win!" ”

The rules were very simple, and the gentry present understood.

"Get on the first object."

Xie Yu personally led a jujube red horse to come.

This horse has a bright coat and strong limbs, and it is a heavy horse from the point of view of its posture, and even those who don't know about horses can see that it is a good horse!

Zhu Houzhao stood up excitedly: "This is the little mare of the palace?" ”

"Your Highness, it's the Great Mare now."

Yan Chengjin asked him to sit down, so as not to disturb the order of the auction.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "The palace wants to buy it back, how much silver?" ”

At this moment, Xie Yu said: "This horse is a good breed in the Western Regions, and it can travel thousands of miles every day, and the starting price is 1,000 taels." ”

Lao Gao's dog official is really dark, Zhu Houzhao said: "When I bought it in this palace, it was only one hundred taels!" ”

The whole audience heard it.

Xie Yu's face was embarrassed, this guy is here to smash the field.

Yan Chengjin rescued the scene: "This horse is a horse ridden by the prince of the dynasty, and the prince combs it every day and feeds it with excellent feed."

What it eats is the most expensive forage in the whole Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, it will be sold for a thousand taels. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone had no objections.

Someone shouted 1,500 taels, and Zhu Houzhao was angry: "Lao Gao, this is a horse from the palace, don't sell it!" ”

Yan Chengjin saw that Zhu Houzhao was so serious, and thought for a while: "Your Highness has done the minister a favor, and the minister will return the horse to Your Highness." ”

Zhu Houzhao came over, and Yan Chengjin whispered a few words in his ear.

"Bengong will help you, and the horse will be returned to Bengong."

"Hmm!"

The next moment, He Neng shouted: "Ten thousand taels." ”

The audience fell silent, and the gentry who wanted to buy horses suddenly lost their voices.

10,000 taels of fools to buy it.

Syllable!

Shocked wood auctioned, deal!

At Zhang Xian's suggestion, another item was presented, "This is the recipe for white sugar, you are here for this, you don't need to say more from the official, the starting price is six thousand taels!" ”

Zhou Yu hurriedly shouted: "Six thousand five hundred taels!" ”

"Eight thousand taels!" The Zhang brothers shouted.

If you get this prescription and do it for a few years, you will earn it back.

After that, as much money as you make, you will make a profit.

The gentry also wanted to rob.

In the blink of an eye, it was added to ten thousand taels of silver.

As Yan Chengjin expected, for 10,000 taels of silver, no one will increase the price.

Zhou Yu was not stupid, and looked at Zhang Xian: "If I buy this recipe, you have to set up a note, you can't sell it to others, and you are not allowed to make sugar, only this lord is allowed to make it." ”

Zhang Xian looked at Yan Chengjin, only to see Yan Chengjin nodding slightly.

"Naturally!"

As soon as the words fell, the price was raised again, monopolizing the white sugar industry of the Ming Dynasty.

Fools don't buy it!

Even the gentry were involved.

But no matter how high the price is, there will always be a voice: "This palace adds a thousand taels." ”

Zhang Heling was angry and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Do you have any silver!" You don't have any money to add?! ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "I don't buy it in this palace." ”

Crouch~

Zhou Yu and the gentry present spat fragrantly, eager to beat Zhu Houzhao to death.

Emperor Hongzhi was dressed in Confucian clothes, and under the protection of Xiao Jing and Mu Bin, he squeezed into the crowd.

He was followed by Han Wen and Liu Jian and others.

Emperor Hongzhi came to Yan Chengjin's side, "What are you selling now?" I just heard someone quote 30,000 taels? ”

Yan Chengjin said: "Back to Zhu Ye, it is a recipe for white sugar." ”

At this moment, he was far away from Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao didn't know that his father was coming.

Han Wen was amazed: "This auction is really amazing, a prescription was sold for 30,000 taels." ”

Converted into the money of the Hereafter, it is only six million.

If six million sell Wang Laoji's secret recipe, I don't know how many people will buy it.

Yan Chengjin felt that it was cheaper.

However, Zhou Yu and Zhu Houzhao are on the bar, and the price is still increasing.