Chapter 9 Auction
Xia Xue comes from the future era of high-tech business, and is not at all rejecting making money, and likes it very much, unlike the ancients who valued agriculture over business, and emphasized righteousness over profit, especially shabby scholars who looked down on businessmen, and generally called businessmen "profiteers", or hypocritically denounced "money is the root of all evil". Xia Xue knows that all superstructures must be built on the basis of economy and money, and economy and money are the foundation of everything, so she doesn't think that "money is the root of all evil", she thinks that money is a good thing, and she can't do anything about it, so Xia Xue doesn't reject money, and she likes money and makes money in her bones. She is a practical person who will not pursue useless fame. She wants everyone to know that she is not only the Nine Heavens Fairy descending to earth, but also the God of Wealth. Use your own actions to slowly change the pedantic concepts of the ancients.
After Xia Xue killed the tiger, she asked Orion to help carry the tiger's corpse down the mountain, so she skinned the tiger with her hands, said that she would keep it as a souvenir, and then distributed the tiger meat to the hunters. Because this tiger also killed many relatives of these hunters, how can the hunters disagree with such a little fairy and great benefactor who avenged them. After Xia Xue brought the monster tiger's huge tiger leash back to the house of the eldest grandson Wuji's brother, and then auctioned it publicly, many wealthy and giant businessmen from Bohai County and nearby counties came to bid one after another.
Xia Xue asked the eldest grandson Wuji to be the auction host, and explained to him how to explain and how to auction, the eldest grandson Wuji was very smart and quickly understood. Then let Gao Cheng and Ouyang brothers and sisters help maintain order on the scene.
On the day of the official auction, the weather was fine, and the clear blue sky was cloudless and as clear as jasper.
The auction was held on a large open space in front of his cousin Gao's house.
Xia Xue specially let people set up a big shelf, hanging the huge tiger skin, such a big tiger skin really attracted the attention of the rich businessmen who came to bid and the crowd of onlookers, plus this novel way of selling The ancients have never seen it, the auction site is surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, crowded with people, and it is very lively.
Of course, the wealthy merchants who participated in the auction were seated in the VIP seats at the front.
The more people, the better, and this is what Xia Xue wants, because such an atmosphere is easy to stimulate the desire and passion of the rich to fight for wealth.
In ancient times, most of the rich people liked to show off and fight for wealth, and Xia Xue wanted to use their psychology of showing off and fighting for wealth to make a lot of money.
For the ancient Doufu, Xia Xue was most impressed by Shi Chong and Wang Kai's Doufu in the Western Jin Dynasty. Shi Chong was a wealthy gentry of the Western Jin Dynasty, and in order to show his wealth, improve his influence and social status, he fought for wealth. The object of his fight for wealth is Wang Kai, the uncle of Emperor Wu of Jin, Wang Kai is also rich in the world by virtue of his special social status. The two fight for wealth is manifested in all aspects of life.
In ancient times, sugar was more expensive and was a luxury, so Wang Kai ordered his family to brush the pot with sugar water, and after Shi Chong heard the news, he ordered his kitchen to use equally valuable candles as firewood. Wang Kai plastered the walls with precious red stone grease, and Shi Chong used precious spices and mud; Wang Kai used purple silk to make a 40-mile walking barrier, and Shi Chong used more valuable brocade silk to lay a 50-mile walking barrier.
As the emperor's uncle, if Wang Kai lost in the fight for wealth, the royal family would have no face, and Emperor Wu of Jin helped to abuse him, and even took a coral tree more than 2 feet high from the palace to Wang Kai and asked him to humiliate Shi Chong.
Wang Kai went to Shi Chong's house arrogantly and showed the coral tree to Shi Chong, but Shi Chong picked up the iron ruyi in his hand and beat the coral tree to pieces. Wang Kaizi was annoyed and angry, this is the emperor's thing, but Shi Chong was very calm, and said I will compensate you for a bigger one: As he spoke, he asked his subordinates to bring in a bigger and more beautiful one than this, and Wang Kai ran away.
Xia Xue remembered that it was reported on the Internet: In later generations, a town celebrated the Spring Festival, and everyone was immersed in the festive atmosphere of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, but there were two well-known rich families in the town, one surnamed Tian and the other surnamed Zhang. When the cannons were fired at the New Year's dinner, the Tian family's cannons rang out more than the Zhang family's cannons, and the Zhang family was not convinced, so they bought more than a dozen firecrackers and set them off; The Tian family was willing to give up, bought back dozens of hangings, and "covered" the Zhang family again. You come and go, as a result, the two families from noon to night, after buying and putting the firecrackers in the town's stores, and still feel that the fight is not enjoyable, and they both moved a box of money from home (the money in later generations is paper money), and began to burn money for the competition.
For the extravagant and wasteful rich, Xia Xue was of course not polite, and decided to use this auction to slaughter them.
Therefore, Xia Xue set the minimum starting price of the tiger skin auction at 500 taels of gold, and when bidding, the price was increased by 100 taels of gold each time. In the end, the highest bidder made three bids and no one responded to the price, and the hammer was struck.
The eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Cheng felt that it would be good if this tiger skin could be sold for 100 taels of gold, they were worried that the price was set too high and could not be sold, Xia Xue smiled and said: "No problem, it will definitely be sold, and it will be more than you think." ”
As soon as the auction began, as Xia Xue expected, it entered a white heat. When the rich get together, they are really like a group of aggressive roosters, you fight with me, without giving in, and no one wants to admit defeat easily and lose face.
The auction price soared all the way to 1,200 taels of gold.
After the price was high, some of the weaker rich businessmen could not resist, had to quit in decline, and finally only two rich businessmen remained, one was from the three Jin Dynasty Qiao Yuanwai, and one from Qilu rich businessmen, both of them are famous local rich businessmen, and the strength is strong, rich in the world.
First, this huge tiger skin is indeed rare in the world, priceless, and can be said to be a priceless treasure; Second, in order to show their wealth, in order to improve their influence and social status, and to save face. The two of you fight for me, and neither of them will admit defeat.
In the end, the auction price was speculated until 2,000 taels of gold, and the Lu businessman surnamed Guan was a little overwhelmed and had to withdraw gloomily.
The tiger skin was finally obtained by Jin Shang surnamed Qiao, and Qiao Yuanwai was like a winning rooster, his face was flushed with excitement. This novel and exciting auction model made him out of the limelight, earned enough face, and was addicted. In the envious and jealous eyes of the rich merchants and the common people, he proudly delivered 2,000 gold, hired a large number of bodyguards, and pulled away the huge tiger skin in a luxurious carriage.
The golden 2,000 taels of gold made Grandma, Mrs. Gao, eldest grandson Wuji, aunt Xian Yu, cousin Gao Cheng, and Ouyang brothers and sisters dazzled and dumbfounded, and they would not have thought that a tiger skin would be sold for so much money in the end.
Xia Xue knew that the auction model could stimulate the desire of the rich to get rich, and if the tiger skin was sold in an ordinary way, it would definitely not be sold for so much money.
Seeing that Xia Xue earned two thousand taels of gold so easily, everyone was impressed.
Xia Xue was still very filial and took out 1,500 taels of gold and gave it to her grandmother, Mrs. Gao, eldest grandson Wuji, aunt Xian Yu, and cousin Gao, and then rewarded the Ouyang brothers and sisters who had been following her to help each with one hundred taels of gold, Ouyang brothers and sisters were overjoyed, they grew so big, or the first time they had so much money, you know, one hundred taels of gold is a lot of money in ancient times or in modern times. "Always follow the fairy sister!" This is the common voice of the Ouyang brothers and sisters now.
The eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Cheng, who made a fortune with Xia Xue, were so happy that they smiled all day long. Seeing that Tianxian's daughter is not only capable, but also able to make money, and is also very filial, grandma, Mrs. Gao, and aunt are so happy that they can't close their mouths. Mrs. Gao became even more devout to the Buddha, burning incense and praying every day, thanking the Buddha for gifting her a good daughter.
Suddenly, now that he has so much money, the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Cheng, who were originally in decline and a little embarrassed financially, decided to renovate and renovate their residences, and wanted to build another mansion, and planned to buy a large number of fertile land. After Xia Xue heard their idea, she suggested that they could repair the old mansion they lived in now, but there was no need to build a new mansion and buy new land, because the war was about to spread to Bohai County, and Bohai County would not be their place to stay for a long time, and they needed to prepare for their future wandering.
Now the eldest grandson Wuji's family is like a god to Xia Xue, and of course no one doubts her suggestion, so the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Cheng began to buy a carriage for running on the road, and if they have money, of course they must buy a good carriage. They also began to buy horses, food, cloth, tents, medicine, weapons, and other items that required long journeys.