The Shanghai Business District, Fuhe Auction House, is very lively at this time, although the official auction has not yet begun, but there are already many people who have come here, and then find acquaintances or simply do not know each other to talk.

Today's auction is a little different from the usual auctions, because this auction is also a little charitable.

In order to expand its influence in the auction market, and at the same time to promote the auction as a new type of transaction, the Fuhe Auction House, which was founded by the Royal Assets Division and several major businessmen, has recently planned to carry out a series of big moves.

Their goal is to target the field of philanthropy!

Of course, these charity auctions have not been held before, so they are still conducted as normal auctions, but when the auction is carried out, a few items are temporarily arranged for charity auctions.

One of the charitable items is not small, a piece of jade donated by Jia Wenbai, the county magistrate of Shanghai, and the proceeds from the auction will be used for the funds of the orphanage and nursing home.

Of course, jade is just ordinary jade, and the actual value is only a few dozen taels of silver, but the people at the auction house regard this jade as a real finale commodity.

Because in fact, many people who appear in the auction house today are here for this seemingly ordinary jade, and when the time comes, what high price will this jade fetch will be, to be honest, the auction house itself does not know.

Because Jia Wenbai's name is too big, this kind of thing can't be predicted at all!

Of course, there was no talk about this before, because it was the first time they did this kind of thing, and they were not ready to make a fuss all over the city, so as not to ruin their reputation, they just wanted to announce the news temporarily when they were auctioning on the spot, and then test the on-site reaction.

If the auction is successful, then they will publicize it later, and then they are going to hold a real charity auction, not just a temporary auction of a few charity items in a normal auction, as it is today.

Yang Cheng also appeared in the auction house in the evening, and now it is the height of summer, the weather is very hot, not to mention that everyone is busy during the day, so this auction is held in the evening, and there is a dinner when it is over.

This has just arrived, Yang Cheng saw so many people, and his heart was also a lot more settled, looking at these dozens of people today, it is estimated that his meniscus mirror has a chance to be sold.

Because among these dozens of people, none of them are ordinary characters, those who wear brocade robes and bring servants know at a glance that they are decent, and those who are slightly worse dressed and do not talk with those old men and buddies know that they should be agents of the powerful and rich without asking.

When the time comes, the price shouted by these unattractive people should be higher than those old men who wear brocade robes and bring servants!

Yang Cheng observed everyone, and at the same time also stepped forward to talk, these people who came today are all people with good status, even if they are those agents, they don't have any money, but they often handle affairs on behalf of powerful families, and when they sit up in business, they inevitably have to deal with them.

Yang Cheng is in Shanghai, that is also an old acquaintance, when he was studying in Songjiang Academy before, he often went to the Qinglou with his classmates to hold poetry meetings or something, and among these classmates, naturally there are some powerful people and gentry.

Therefore, Yang Cheng soon saw a familiar person, the father of one of his classmates!

As a junior, he naturally wants to go up and say hello!

"Song Shibo!" Yang Cheng stepped forward to greet him in a regular manner.

At this time, the middle-aged man in front of him also looked back at Yang Cheng, he didn't think about it at first, but in the end he remembered who Yang Cheng was, and immediately showed a kind smile and said: "It turned out to be Yang Shi's nephew, I didn't expect to see you here, I heard that bastard boy in my family say before, you went back to Jiujiang!" ”

This Yang Cheng and his son are classmates in Songjiang Academy, although this kind of relationship is not as good as the same year, teachers and students, but it is also a very strong relationship, according to the social atmosphere in the early years, if Yang Cheng ran to his house that day, it was okay to sleep with his maid.

Of course, not now, the Tang Empire explicitly prohibits human trafficking, abolish all slaves, even those taken in the name of adoption, etc., all of them will be abolished, and the original owner shall not restrict his freedom to come and go, if you want to hire a servant, it can only be a hiring, and the two parties are not legally a master-servant relationship, but an employment relationship!

Therefore, when the master wants to use lynching to imprison the servant's personal liberty or all kinds of beatings, it will be a violation of the criminal law!

The marriage law of the Tang Empire clearly stipulates that the Tang Empire is monogamous, including the aristocracy, is monogamous, and the imperial marriage law does not recognize the legal status of various concubines such as side rooms, outer rooms, flat wives, and rooms.

Of course, the royal family is special, because the law only governs the subjects, and the royal family does not belong to the civil legal system, but directly to the government of the clan.

However, the Zongwu Office has also formulated relevant rules, and the royal family only recognizes monogamy, and the emperor and the crown prince are special examples, in addition to the canonization of the queen and the crown princess, they can also canonize a number of concubines, while other members of the royal family can only have one concubine, and will not canonize other formal concubines.

At the same time, the title system of the Tang Empire also stipulates that whether it is a clan title or a foreign minister's title, its inheritance model is to follow the elder system, and it is limited to the son-in-law, and the concubine has no inheritance right.

Of course, what I said above is just that the law or royal regulations do not recognize concubines and the like, but in fact, the fact of polygamy still exists, not to mention these powerful people in ancient times, even if it is a rich man in later generations, people are willing to take a few of them, and the law does not allow him to marry two wives, but it can't prohibit people from raising a lot of juniors!

Therefore, in the society of the Tang Empire, there is a fact that concubines are common, but legally, the imperial laws do not recognize them.

Of course, in order to make the transition, and also to avoid some unscrupulous families directly driving out those concubines who have lost their labor force, the Tang Empire also issued a special regulation, that is, it stipulates that the concubines accepted before the eighth year of Xuanping are not wives, but they are also considered de facto marriages, and the woman can unilaterally propose to stop the de facto marital relationship, and the man shall not stop it, and pay relevant alimony. If the woman is unwilling to cease the de facto marriage, she may continue to maintain the de facto marriage, and if the husband has passed away, the offspring children will also have to bear the obligation to support them. If the husband offers to dissolve the de facto marriage, the husband is also required to pay alimony.

This article is specially used to protect the power of concubines, otherwise, as soon as the empire is abolished, it is estimated that many families want to drive those old and decrepit concubines out of the house, this regulation can ensure that these old and decrepit concubines can get alimony, in order to avoid the man not giving or delaying not to give alimony, this money is directly collected by the tax authority, and then distributed to the concubine's account.

In the Tang Dynasty, unless the Ministry of Taxation does not know, or simply the taxpayer goes bankrupt directly, otherwise it is impossible to collect taxes!

Today's social situation and even the atmosphere are very different from those of more than ten years ago, and the maids at home can no longer be used casually to entertain guests, unless they themselves are willing to ......

The Yang Cheng in front of him and his son are classmates, although this maid can't be entertained, but she really wants to come over as a guest, and she should still have food, drink and fun.

Although the man surnamed Song also heard his son say that this Yang Cheng is not good at reading, he also heard that this person is still a good person, although he has no talent for reading, but he will not mess around every day, at this point, he still appreciates it.

His son wants to study and become an official, and after he becomes an official, the relationship is naturally not bad, and there must be connections in the officialdom, but it cannot be lacking in other fields.

This person should be of a little use to his own son in the future!

This is how this man surnamed Song really feels about Yang Cheng at this time!

Yang Cheng naturally didn't know what messy things the man surnamed Song was thinking in front of him, he just stepped forward to say hello and chat a few words in an attitude that he couldn't be rude, this is not really trying to build a relationship or anything like that.

After chatting a few words, the topic of the two people inevitably came to this auction, during which Yang Chengcheng learned from the mouth of this man surnamed Song that today's auction is a little different from the usual auction, in addition to the regular auction, there will be five items that are charity auction items, and the proceeds will be donated to orphanage nursing homes.

After Yang Cheng heard this, an idea flashed through his mind, charity auction? Donate the proceeds from the auction? That's kind of interesting!

And the man surnamed Song also learned from Yang Cheng that there was a mirror in Yang Cheng's company in today's auction, and after hearing this, he recalled it slightly, and then looked at him with surprise: "Some time ago, you shot the advertisement for the lady mirror on the newspaper page?" ”

Yang Cheng nodded slightly, and then showed a satisfied expression!

This advertisement now seems to have a good effect, and many people now know such a thing, and then know the three words of lady's brand.

Even if they hadn't seen an issue of the newspaper advertisement before, they would have heard about it more or less!

This is enough for Yang Cheng!

After hearing Yang Cheng nod and admit it, this man surnamed Song just showed that you are awesome, I will not accept anyone, so I will obey your expression!

He hadn't seen this advertisement before, but he heard that a fool had put a full-page advertisement in the newspaper just to sell a mirror, and at that time it was a joke, saying who was so stupid!

It's a few thousand taels of silver, just to advertise for a broken mirror!

If this kind of thing is replaced by himself, it is absolutely impossible to do it, not because he can't afford this money, but because the man surnamed Song thinks that he is not stupid to this extent!

And now it seems that this Yang Chengcheng is this stupid fork!

But looking at Yang Cheng in front of him, he speaks and behaves like a well-educated gentry, and he doesn't see that his brain is abnormal, why do he do such a stupid thing!

It's a pity!