After the "stamp duty" policy gradually took shape and began to be implemented, Hirate Honhide held a special auction in the castle town of Kishiwada Castle to make merchants near and far feel unique. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The concept of auction has existed in Fuso for many years. However, the world's understanding of this is still at the level of "the highest price gets", and has always only felt that this is a transaction method that cannot be put on the table in the market.

In particular, in the eyes of the merchants of Kaimachi, the only way for a decent person to bargain is to hold a tea party or appreciate art in a temple or a tea man's house, while conversing in a tactful and casual tone.

Therefore, they are a little disdainful of the "auction meeting" made by the "Kanto countryman" of Tieshou Tsuxiu.

However, the main content of the auction was the civil engineering, stone and bricks needed to build a new town in the south of Izumi, and the total price was two or three thousand.

Disdain is disdainful, but no one can't get along with money. Such a large list, including Kaimachi, a total of more than a dozen powerful building materials merchants are interested in undertaking.

According to the rules of the past, once you have an intention, you should prepare some exquisite gifts, send someone to establish a relationship with the retainer of the tie, and set the price after a series of secret conversations and transactions.

But this time, the tie made it clear that building materials were only purchased through auctions. Therefore, if you want to do this business, you can only send people to the designated place.

Of course, everyone will find it a bit troublesome. But it is the uncle who pays the money, and this trouble can still be overcome in order to make money. Therefore, the two largest commercial houses were sent out to act as agents, and the right to be tempted, and the small shops were all owned by the boss himself.

The auction will be held in the castle town of Kishiwada Castle. The site is an open-air compound with a high platform in the middle of which stands an officially appointed worker. Under the stage, there are two large wooden planks with notices on them, which respectively write the rules of the auction and the detailed description of the bidding objects. Coming down, there are more than a dozen makeshift small wooden pavilions on both sides, which are equipped with tables, chairs, pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

Idlers are allowed to watch, but they are not allowed to approach customers.

This time the way is "dark mark". In response to the needs written on the notice board, each merchant wrote down the price they were willing to give in the wooden pavilion, and then handed it over to the official. After the collection is complete, the commercial house with the lowest bid will be selected as the supplier for the construction of the city.

In order to curb potential disruptive behavior, Tie Hands also imposes certain restrictions, such as bids must be completed within one hour, and overdue bids are considered abandonments. Another example is that when all the prices are unreasonable, it is counted as an unsuccessful auction, and so on.

But in this first attempt, no similar hostility occurred. More than a dozen commercial houses honestly quoted a more cautious and conservative price, and the lowest bid was "Yasui House", which signed a contract with the tie Tsutsuhide himself at a price of 2,200 yuan. At the same time, the boss of Yasui also paid the stamp duty of 44 yuan very tactfully, expressing his support for the new policy.

Afterwards, the businessmen talked about it and felt that this "auction" was a good form. Although in the end, the government benefited and bought the cheapest goods, but in this open and clear environment, merchants also saved a lot of energy and no longer had to bother bribing important ministers.

Ten days later, another auction was held.

This time, the theme was changed to the pre-sale of rice.

Through preliminary land surveys and estimates, Ina Tadaji and others reported that this year's autumn harvest was in good shape, and that there would be a grain surplus of about 8,000 koku in addition to the necessary military food reserves. So the draw was ready to sell 5,000 koku.

The second auction will determine who owns the right to buy the rice.

Food is indispensable to all people's lives, and the demand is extremely high, and the price fluctuates according to the season and region, making it the most suitable commodity to stock up in this era. The quality of Izumi's rice is not low, and it has never been marketable. So after the news came out, the rice merchants in the territory came one after another.

With the foundation of success for the first time, rice merchants are psychologically prepared for "dark shooting". Unexpectedly, the tie fan show changed the bidding method to "open auction" this time.

The meaning of the "open auction" is that the 5,000 stone rice is priced at 2,500 guan as the reserve price, and 50 guan is the minimum increase, and the participants are bidding openly.

There is an incense burner on the high platform, and every time a new offer is made, one incense is lit and the old one is discarded. When the incense burns out, if no new offer appears, the current bidder wins the bid.

This time, the participants are still more conservative and cautious, and they are willing to raise prices after looking left and right. The final winning bid price was 3,950 yuan, which was not much different from the normal market price, and the tie did not make any excess profits.

But the gameplay of "open shooting" has caused several times more repercussions than "dark shooting".

The reason is that before the rice was sold, Fanxiu invited several artists and tea people, put some paintings and tea utensils, and in the name of "acting for the auction", they also joined the "price increase auction", which was regarded as a warm-up in advance.

These commodities were sold at a figure above the market price. The tea bowl with a valuation of 50 guan, some people are willing to buy it for more than 80 guan. The original price of calligraphy and painting is 20 yuan, and the high price can be called nearly 40 yuan.

Art auctions are the best way to capture the weaknesses of human nature. Wealthy people are willing to pay high prices, not necessarily because they really know how to appreciate art, but more because they want outsiders to think that they know how to appreciate art.

In the past, when I bought paintings and calligraphy, I could only hang them at home for exhibition, and the effect was limited after all. But the auction was different, in front of more than a dozen industry peers, as well as many onlookers.

Then, while the iron was hot, the tie held a third event a few days later – this time with real estate and luxury goods confiscated from the "Three Good Remnants".

It is conceivable that the goods in this scene are all damaged to a certain extent, or have committed some kind of taboo things, and there are not many people who want them. So this time the approach has changed again. Officially, it is called "price reduction and open auction". The rule is that the official first announces a high price that no one wants to accept, and then gradually lowers it until someone present is willing to take over, and then raises a sign to sign that the bid will be won at the current price.

Gold jewellery with slight notches, luxury houses with medical cases, this kind of goods, normally speaking, can only significantly reduce the price. But with this method of "price reduction and open auction", the degree of loss is much smaller, and there are always people who don't care about negative factors who are willing to take over.

Of course, Fan Xiu still hasn't forgotten, and once again got 20 works of art to support the scene. These artworks are still very popular.

With these three actions, the public is no longer at a loss for "dark auctions", "open auctions with price increases", and "open auctions with price reductions". The auction will be carried out on a regular basis.

From then on, in order to cheer himself up, the tie put most of the military and administrative purchases into the auction. However, the most eye-catching artworks have always been relatively low-priced artworks, which have caused even more shock than Fan Xiu expected.

For the rich, this is just an additional channel to show off their wealth, and it is not worth paying too much attention to. But creators are thrilled because they see a new way to make money.

In these years, the road to the emergence of young creators is very difficult, and they can only rely on the recommendation of big names to have the opportunity to be valued by the industry. The top artists had to rely on the daimyo and wealthy merchants to make a prosperous living. Those who are a little worse can only set up stalls on the street to sell, and a pair of calligraphy and paintings is only a few hundred at most, and they are not much better than the peasants.

However, in order to ensure the quantity of goods, the Hisho Honshu will not refuse to come to the artwork for the time being. Anyway, one or two finale lists are enough for each game, and the quality of the warm-up things is not too important. Historically, as long as the paintings are auctioned, they can be sold for at least ten times.

So a lot of people see a new opportunity in it: if a lot of people like my work and raise the price, won't they become famous in one fell swoop? Even if you can't do it, you can improve your family by taking a dozen or so hard money. If you have money, you can also find a trust to raise your own value.

For a time, the castle town of Wada Castle in Izumi Kunishi became a gathering place for down-and-out artists.

At first, I had to send people to collect hard work to find works of sufficient quality to look at. But after only a month, artists seem to be everywhere and can sit at home and choose as they please.

Sensing this trend, Hirate immediately decided to go with the flow.

So he paid a visit to Kyoto. Taking advantage of the soon-to-be-appointed "deacon of the government", Ise Sadako easily came into contact with a group of artists who had a deep relationship with the shogunate.

A few days later, Matsuei Kano, the world's No. 1 painter, suddenly praised the auction and praised Tsunohide as an "art supporter". He also sent a number of students to participate in the auction with their exercises, led by his son, Eitoku Kano, who was weak in his age.

Later, Kano Eitoku's painting was auctioned by two wealthy businessmen at the same time. The two guest officers refused to give in to each other and competed with each other, and finally the painting with a reserve price of 20 guan was sold at an outrageously high price of 340 guan.

As the news spread, people praised the successors of the "Kano faction", and the auction under Wada Castle on the shore also became famous.

Since then, not only Kai Town, but also rich people from Ishiyama, Kyoto, Amagasaki and other places have come here to open their eyes. Painters from all over the world rushed in droves, and also brought tea makers, blacksmiths, collectors and other related people.

After things got on the right track, Tieshou Fanxiu gradually improved the relevant processes and rules of the auction according to the memory of later generations, and also had a written deposit and commission system. A system of privacy guarantees has also been designed for unnamed buyers and sellers.

The show also asked people to sort out a piece of space that was dedicated to bidding. The frequency of the event is also fixed three times a month, on the 5th, 15th and 25th of the first lunar month. Because of this random rule, it was called the "Five Day Meeting" or "Five Day Market".

After this business model spread, some people gradually followed suit. However, either the transportation is not as convenient as that of Izumi Province, or the mismanagement is caught by someone, and it is far less famous than the "Five Days Festival" under Kishiwada Castle.

The tie has benefited a lot from this. But the focus of the transaction has always been on luxury items such as calligraphy and paintings, tea utensils, famous knives, and ancient books, which made him a little crying and laughing.

Fanxiu originally wanted to develop a trading channel for bulk goods and large-scale projects to pave the way for futures and securities. But so far, apart from himself, not many people have come to do this kind of auction commission.