Daning is rich and strong, the people are rich and strong, and the number of wealthy businessmen in Gyeonggi Province is naturally countless, but whoever mentions the name Lu Hou has to pick a thumbs up and say that he admires.

A self-made man was called the richest man in Gyeonggi Province in only seven or eight years, and it doesn't matter if he is really the richest man or not, his history is surprising enough and admirable enough.

More than ten years ago, there were not so many warehouses in Gyeonggi Province, and the goods sent to Chang'an from all over Daning had to be silted outside Chang'an City, and the goods were different from people.

There is no curfew in Daning, so the gates are strictly checked, and a large number of freight materials entering the city must be carefully inspected one by one, and every day, the caravans that stay outside the city gates and wait for inspection can be discharged far away.

In order to improve this situation, the cabinet sent a letter to His Majesty the Emperor, requesting that the two gates of the west and south of Chang'an City be used exclusively for freight entry and exit, but even so, because the inspection took too long, there were still so many caravans stranded outside the gates.

Lu Hou came to Chang'an City to do business, he was originally the shopkeeper of a commercial house, and he came to Chang'an City to collect accounts, and he was shocked by this scene after he arrived.

After thinking about it for a few days, he made a decision that changed his life, he borrowed all his relatives and friends, pawned out of the house, and scraped together a few thousand taels of silver to build a cantonment in Yishui County, Gyeonggi Province, but no one was willing to put the goods in Yishui County, which was more than 100 miles away from Chang'an City, so he almost lost all his family property at once.

But Lu Hou didn't give up, he kept holding on, and then met his nobleman...... A large trading house in Chang'an City because of the large amount of goods, worried about the damage of the goods, I don't know how to inquire about Lu Hou's cantonment, after putting the goods in, the shopkeeper of this commercial house actually felt that this business is promising, so he asked the proprietor of the firm to buy shares in Lu Hou's cantonment.

Under his mediation, the imperial court designated Yishui County as a freight warehouse outside Chang'an City, and even arranged for officials from various ministries to do things in Yishui County, and the inspection was mainly placed here.

With the capital injection, Lu Hou built a large number of tuncangs in Yishui County, and in addition to Yishui County, many were also built in Ancheng County and other places.

He also set up a large-scale convoy, the first two years were free delivery to major commercial houses into Chang'an, and even the inspection of entering and leaving the city gate did not need to be bothered by the people of the commercial houses, and his convoy took care of it single-handedly.

Because of the free delivery, many commercial houses in Chang'an City reduced their fleets, and from the third year, Lu Hou's fleet began to charge fees, but it was still cheaper than the major commercial banks to raise their own fleets, so it did not cause much resistance.

The expansion of the Lu family's wealth was extremely rapid, and in just a few years, they monopolized the land transportation business in Gyeonggi Province, so that most of the land transportation fleets in various places no longer went to Chang'an, and sent the goods directly to the local cantons.

Lu Zilu is already thirty years old, and his life in the first twenty years was not very exciting, and his family suddenly became rich, this kind of life change was simply earth-shaking for him.

So people become fluttery, and it seems inevitable.

Lu Hou was busy with business, so he neglected to discipline his son, the son of the richest man in Gyeonggi Province, he did not bully men and women, but liked to show off his wealth.

Lu Zilu stood on the second floor and held on to the railing and said with a smile: "If you don't believe it, you can bid to see, I can make another bid at the end, no matter who pays how much, I will increase the price, put it here, if someone can suppress me today, I, Lu Zilu, will never set foot in the boundary of Ancheng County in the future." ”

There was a commotion of people in the lobby, and someone said angrily: "I don't know how thick the sky is, I really think that I can do whatever I want with a few dollars in my family?" Ignore him, how to bid, how to bid. ”

"That's it, the one who got rich

The face is disgusting. ”

"Ignore him, this kind of person is the more you take him seriously, the more he thinks he is amazing."

A bearded man stood up and said, "Shopkeeper, don't delay the time, let's say, what is the reserve price?" ”

The shopkeeper of the gentle drizzle building cleared his throat and said: "The reserve price is not high, the guest who entrusted the auction of this store said, the reserve price is one thousand taels of silver, and the price increase is arbitrary, this auction is two hours, and it will end after two hours, and the one with the highest price will win." ”

The cheeky man who spoke before said: "Then I'll make a price for everyone first." ”

He raised his hand and shouted, "Two thousand taels!" ”

Lu Zilu, who was standing on the second floor, sighed: "It's boring. ”

The bearded man glared at him, but didn't say anything.

A woman sitting in the corner raised her hand: "Ten thousand taels." ”

jumped directly from two thousand taels to ten thousand taels, which made everyone present look away, and everyone looked at her, it was a woman with a veil, and she could see that she was in excellent shape when she sat there, and she should be very tall.

She spoke in a cold voice, and she didn't say anything more after shouting.

Lu Zilu, who was holding the lever, immediately laughed: "This is a little interesting, I will give 11,000 taels." ”

Everyone said that your rich man was only a thousand taels of price increase.

In another corner of the lobby, a woman wearing a veil raised her hand and said softly, "Twenty thousand taels." ”

A news that I don't know if it's true or not, it went straight to 20,000 taels, and many people who came to see the excitement felt a little incredible, if it was confirmed that the news was true, then it was understandable that the price was so high for people who cared about the matter, but now no one can be sure whether the news is useful or not.

Lu Zilu raised his hand: "Twenty-one thousand taels." ”

The cold woman before said, "Thirty thousand taels." ”

Lu Zilu: "Thirty-one thousand." ”

The gentle woman said, "Forty thousand taels." ”

Lu Zilu: "Forty-one thousand." ”

At this moment, everyone can see that the two women really want to buy the news, and Lu Zilu is the one who stirs up the situation, others are buying the news, he is simply to spend money.

Standing on the second floor, Lu Zilu looked at the cold woman: "Although you are wearing a veil, you should look very beautiful, what I don't like the most is to bully women, and I also love to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, so ..... You come to the second floor and take off the veil so I can see what it looks like, and how about I buy it and give it to you. ”

The woman snorted, and at this time she also came to a lot of sense, raised her hand and said, "Forty-two thousand." ”

Lu Zilu: "Forty-two thousand one hundred." ”

The cold woman raised the corners of her eyebrows: "It seems that you deliberately want to stir up the situation." ”

Lu Zilu said: "I said, I just want to prove that no one in Gyeonggi Province is richer than me, there are countless rich people in Daning, there are people outside the sky, and I naturally can't compare with some huge rich, but in Gyeonggi Province, I can still compare." ”

The gentle woman in the other corner raised her hand: "Fifty thousand taels." ”

Lu Zilu immediately looked at her: "Interesting, I like it, fifty-one thousand!" ”

In the box, Chen Ran couldn't help but snort when he looked at Lu Zilu's appearance: "Why does this person owe it so much?" ”

Shen sneered: "Just watch the excitement." ”

Chen Ran said: "Otherwise, let's raise the price?" ”

Shen Leng: "Don't go too far, if we buy it, it won't be a smash."

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Chen Ran smiled: "Don't worry, there are numbers, there will be no price increase, just play, isn't that Lu Zilu rich?" I'll see how long he can play. ”

Chen Ran raised his hand: "I'll add less, focus on participation." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly asked, "How much do you bid?" ”

Chen Ran: "One hundred thousand taels." ”

With a click, the teacup in Shen Leng's hand fell, and he looked at Chen Ran, his eyes were as wide as eggs.

Lu Zilu turned his head violently, and his expression became exciting: "I thought that today's scene was a woman, just me as a man, it seems that I still underestimate our people in Gyeonggi Province, and I have courage!" I'm out of 100,000. ”

He looked at the cold woman downstairs defiantly: "Can you still afford it?" ”

Chen Ran looked at Shen Leng: "This guy is crazy, how rich is his family, 100,000 taels of water to play?" ”

Shen Leng: "You're crazy......"

The people in the lobby didn't speak anymore, and the two women didn't seem to want to bid anymore, just a piece of news that couldn't be determined to be true or false, and the price was 100,000 taels, which was simply a fantasy, and no one believed it.

Lu Zilu couldn't wait for a response and then laughed: "I mean what I say, these two beauties, if any of you comes up and let me see the true face, I will give you the news of the purchase, but now that it has reached 100,000 taels, then I have to add one condition...... You get the idea. ”

At this moment, a little maid came out of one of the boxes where the gauze curtain was put down, walked up to Lu Zilu gently and softly handed him a piece of paper, Lu Zilu saw that this smiling girl looked cute and delicate, and couldn't help but pluck for a moment, and smiled: "Is your young lady trying to know me?" ”

He smiled and opened the note and looked at it, then his face changed drastically, and the smile froze on his face.

After a while, he tidied up his clothes and walked to the door of the box and bowed down: "I don't know if the proprietor has arrived, it's me who is presumptuous." ”

Someone in the box said lightly: "You can buy the news, and the silver will go from the books, even if you bought it for the public, I won't be too embarrassed by your father's side, and you don't have to worry too much, just fulfill your promise, don't come to Ancheng in the future." ”

Lu Zilu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the proprietor's lesson is that I will never set foot in Ancheng again in the future." ”

"The 100,000 taels of silver will go to the public account, but it will be deducted from your father's share."

The person in the box said in a flat tone: "The revenue of several cantonments in Ancheng County is only 100,000 taels in a few years, your father asked you to guard the business here, and your family only accounts for 20%, can I suspect you of embezzling the money of the business house for personal use?" ”

Lu Zilu's face was bloodless: "I don't dare, I really don't dare, the money comes from my own house, and I ask the owner to be magnanimous." ”

The curtain of the box was opened, and the two little maids divided the curtain on both sides, and a woman with a delicate temperament who seemed to be not a person in the world walked out of it and glanced at Lu Zilu: "Pack up your things and go, in the future, the tuncang in Ancheng County has nothing to do with your Lu family, let your father come to Ancheng to explain to me within three days, if the explanation is not clear, your family can also withdraw from the business in Yishui County." ”

"Yes......"

Lu Zilu swallowed hard and spat: "I...... Got it. ”

The woman walked to the railing on the second floor and looked down, then glanced back in the direction where Shen Leng was, and the corners of Shen Leng's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

Chen Ran also swallowed and foamed with difficulty: "That is to say...... Ahem, the tuncang business in Gyeonggi Province is also ours? ”

That woman, of course, is Lin Luoyu.