For the imperial court to set the grain transshipment and sale bidding place in the grain store guild place, the major grain merchants naturally like it very much, Mi Fatzi arranged for people to deliberately vacate the largest mansion, and personally stared at it, cleaning the inside and out to be bright and dust-free.

And every time an official sits down, there will be a guild servant to bring good food and tea to the officials, and of course, according to different levels, there are also places to rest on the way.

This house was originally used by the major grain merchants to choose the head of the trip once a year, not to mention the spaciousness of the courtyard, there are rooms where the major grain merchants rested in previous years, and the doors and windows are facing the platform of the large courtyard in the middle of the yard above the ground, and the tables and chairs have been placed on it at this time.

The big grain merchants from the capital and all over the country, with curiosity and vigilance, as well as greed, walked in one by one.

Zhang Bin had already arranged for Zhang Santao to prepare a group of grain merchants, and took the major grain merchants to the place that had been divided in advance.

Of course, it is not only a businessman who came, today itself is a matter of great importance, not to mention that the prime minister of the imperial court, the deputy prime minister, the prime minister and other legendary big figures such as the prime minister and the prime minister are all present at the scene, and the major grain merchants are really the people who are really in charge, such as the Yu family and the Chen family, which are naturally the heads of the family, of course, behind the fat man, Chu Guogong and other forces that cannot see the light, so he had to let the fat man take the lead, but Zhang Bin had already found that there was a young man dressed as a shopkeeper next to the fat man, and most of them were the people in charge.

As for the Xiangzhou Han family and the Haozhou Han family, such matters cannot be completely left to the shopkeeper to decide, and there are descendants in the clan.

In addition, according to the requirements of the plan set by Zhang Bin at that time, each grain merchant can also bring four attendants and two bookkeepers, and the money brought by each merchant is guarded by the people they bring in their respective places in the front yard.

The bidding is not an auction, the major grain merchants naturally do not sit directly in the courtyard, Zhang Bin prepared a room for each of them, and even asked people to write the names of each grain merchant on the door of the room.

Under Zhang Bin's special arrangement, these small details all reflect the importance of these grain merchants, and unconsciously, the wariness of the grain merchants to the government has dissipated a lot, because they feel the respect and sincerity of the government.

Zhang Bin was an official and a person, and he knew that details determine success or failure, so he also paid special attention to these details.

On the other hand, if the officials who come here today are the same as in the past, and they put on a condescending, shouting, and domineering face towards the businessmen, although the businessmen are respectful on the surface, they will only be more vigilant in their hearts, which will directly affect the enthusiasm of the bidding, and it is not impossible to cause the failure of the bidding today.

Because, the credibility of the current Great Song Dynasty court and government is not very good, which is why Sima Guang in the Chongzheng Palace threatened three days ago that he would never believe that those businessmen would come up with a lot of money to participate in this bidding.

Because, Sima Guang knew in his heart that in the hearts of businessmen, the government and the imperial court were even natural enemies, and all the officials gave them the feeling that they were not trustworthy except for greed.

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Chen Wen had already led people into the rooms belonging to their Chen family, and since Sima Guang summoned him, he had spent two days meeting with many grain merchants inside and outside the capital.

In addition to the Chen family and the fat man, the major grain merchants inside and outside the capital will more or less give the Chen family some face, except for the reason that they and the Yu family are the largest grain merchants in the capital, naturally because of their relationship with the Cao Gang.

Of course, the Chen family did not have the ability to coerce each other, and his reason for persuading the grain merchants was also sharp - everyone jointly lowered the price, and allocated in advance the right to transfer and sell a certain road of grain that they wanted to bid for, and did not bid for each other as much as possible, so as to pay a small amount of money to auction the right to transfer and sell their respective target roads.

This reason is very convincing, and it can give the Chen family a face, so except for Mi Fatzi and the Yu family, all the other grain merchants replied to the Chen family, agreed, and formed a tacit understanding.

Of course, Chen Wen also went to find Mi Fatzi and Yu Jianshu, and the two naturally agreed face-to-face, but as soon as they turned around, they told Zhang Bin the news.

Chen Wen sat in front of the floor window of his room, where he could see the table and four chairs on the high platform in the courtyard.

Thinking of waiting for a while to sit on these four chairs, his heart was on fire, and his eyes were full of longing.

Wang Yan, the son of the prime minister, has promised him that as long as this matter is done, he will find a way to get him an official position, and it is by no means a loose official with no power and no real power to be awarded to the top few merchants after today's bidding.

Of course, when the time comes, it will inevitably be another sum of silver,

There is also that Sima University scholar, this is a member of the third grade, and he has promised to find him for anything in the future, although their Chen family also has a backer in the court, but it is still a step worse than Sima Guang.

Besides, there is such a thing as a backer, naturally the more the better.

Compared with these two major benefits, the bidding in today's plan to obtain the right to transfer and sell grain on the Huainan two roads is nothing to the Chen family.

Thinking of the huge harvest after today's bidding, Chen Wen, the head of the Chen family, was full of ambition in his heart, as if he saw that their Chen family had finally transcended the label of businessmen and recklessness, and began to enter the ranks of the real nobles of the Great Song Dynasty.

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At a certain moment, Chen Wen suddenly saw that a small official had added another table to the high platform and set up a chair, thinking that in addition to Han Xianggong and Wang Xianggong, Ji Xiang Wu Chong, and Sima Daxue, who would be this extra.

Although the young official named Zhang Bin was specifically responsible for today's bidding, he was not qualified to sit on the high platform with these nobles.

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"Father, Liu Quanshan and Zhang Yugang have done a lot of things over the years, and they have a lot of income every year, so they refused like this, isn't it good."

Surrounded by nearly a hundred entourage guards, in a spacious carriage pulled by four pure white tall horses, there was a desk between Prime Minister Han Qi and his son Han Jiayan, which was filled with all kinds of wine, fruits, and pastries.

Under the Great Song Dynasty, Han Qi, who was above hundreds of millions of people, shook his head and said with a smile: "Liu Quanshan and Zhang Yugang, two old goods, one is engaged in the medicinal materials and fur business, and the other is engaged in private salt. ”