The royal exposition that Zhu Houzhao wants to open is not only an auction of luxury handicrafts, but also the purpose of attracting investment.

After all, the original purpose of the World Exposition in history and the later World Exposition was for trade, and Zhu Houzhao opened the Royal Exposition to allow merchants other than the Eight Tigers to have trade relations with the Royal Industrial Company.

Although the main products of the Royal Industries Company are only soap, glass products, and soap, Zhu Houzhao believes that these three products can establish a huge industrial scale in the Ming Dynasty and even the whole world, just like tea, porcelain, and silk.

Zhu Houzhao felt that only in this way could he have more wealth and make the Ming Dynasty a powerful empire.

Therefore, after the end of the luxury handicrafts, Zhu Houzhao asked Liu Jin to announce that the next expo would enter the new product ordering link of the Royal Industrial Company.

And the first item, of course, is soap!

Soap is now a well-known new thing in Jingshi, and most people also know that the beauty of soap is that it is not only cleaner to wash clothes, but also cleaner to wash the body, and the price is also cheaper.

Many merchants actually have long wanted to order soap in bulk to sell in other regions, but unfortunately the soap was made by the emperor, and the former source was basically monopolized by Wei Bin and other eunuchs, so these merchants suffered from no ordering channels, after all, not everyone could contact a court eunuch like Wei Bin.

The role of the Royal Exposition is to provide a bridge between merchants and the royal industry, and now Zhu Houzhao has used the Royal Exposition to give businessmen an opportunity to order the goods of the Royal Industrial Company, because Zhu Houzhao made the soap with the words "Royal Industry" at the beginning, which also made many people know that it is produced by the Royal Industrial Company, although they do not know what the company is.

But gathering so many merchants can only be won by the one with the highest order price, that is, bidding.

Selling products in bulk through bidding was naturally more beneficial to Zhu Houzhao's Royal Industries Company.

Although bidding is in favor of the Royal Industries as a supplier, the merchants are still motivated, as long as the price is not so high that they think they will lose money if they bid at the price, they can accept it, after all, the Royal Industries products are cheap and practical, and they are not available on the market today.

The shop of the Eight Tigers, as well as Xu Jing and other merchants, all participated in the competition, and Zhu Houzhao allowed the Eight Tigers to participate in the competition, but did not allow them to open a green channel for their stores because they were the founders of the Royal Industrial Company, and the Eight Tigers had no opinion, after all, the Royal Industrial Company was also their industry.

Because of this, the soap product alone received orders worth more than 20,000 taels of silver on the same day, and it was calculated on a monthly basis in the future, which means that the orders were more than 20,000 taels per month.

In addition, there were orders for glass products, which included glass bowls, glasses, glass plates and other glass products that were put on display one by one for merchants to order, and the deposit for glass products alone made the Royal Industries Company earn more than 70,000 taels of silver.

Then there is soap, soap is not difficult to manufacture, it is nothing more than soap and spices, so the difference between the price and the soap is that the cost is higher, and the use of high-grade spices is just higher, and the price is naturally higher.

However, after Liu Jin's experiments proved that the soap was indeed more fragrant after washing his hands, there were still many merchants who purchased it, and the Royal Industrial Company also received orders worth more than 20,000 taels of silver that day.

On the first day of the Royal Exposition, Zhu Houzhao's Royal Industrial Company received more than 500,000 taels of silver, while he himself received more than 300,000 taels, which was more than 300,000 taels even after deducting the cost, which was more than enough to pay the 200,000 taels of rice owed by the regimental battalion and the forbidden soldiers.

Liu Jin and the other Eight Tigers were also very happy, after all, this time they themselves almost all earned more than 10,000 taels of silver, which was the income they had to accumulate for several years before, but they didn't expect to be able to collect so much silver in one day just by opening the Royal Expo.

"Emperor, this royal expo is really cost-effective, how did you think of it, if we open it every day, does it mean that there is so much income every day", Liu Jin couldn't help asking.

"How is it possible, the purchasing power of the people of the Ming Dynasty is limited, is it really when the silver grows on the tree, how can anyone spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy things every day! This royal exposition is enough to open once a year, as long as the merchants who participate in the royal exposition make money, there will naturally be more businessmen coming next year, and we will make more money at that time, and the businessmen who cooperate with us will be polite, and also publicize them more, in addition, we will have to prepare in advance next year, and when the time comes, we will recruit more merchants from Korea, Japan, and the South Seas and the West, and sell our things to farther places and make more money. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

The Royal Exposition is not over yet, and according to Zhu Houzhao's wishes, it will be held for three consecutive days, after all, there are more businessmen who will come to cooperate with the Royal Industrial Company after hearing the news.

What's more, a series of products such as glass goblets and glass bowls have to be exhibited, after all, it is an expo, and people have to take a look.

However, before the first day of the royal exposition ended, Qin Dongyi, the imperial historian of the city patrol, learned about the royal exposition held by His Majesty the Emperor on Qipan Street outside the Daming Gate because of people's discussions.

Although Qin Dongyi didn't know what the Imperial Exposition was, he knew that if His Majesty the Emperor was on the street, it would be a very serious incident, and he couldn't ignore it as the Imperial History of the City Patrol.

So, Qin Dongyi hurriedly rushed to Qipan Street with his soldiers on the same day, and saw Zhu Houzhao doing business with his own eyes, but he didn't squeeze in because there were too many people.

Qin Dongyi, the imperial history of the city patrol, had to find a Xiucai to inquire about the reason, only to know that the emperor wanted to open a royal fair to sell his royal treasures because he was poor, and let the people bid, for a while, Qin Dongyi couldn't help beating his hands and paused:

"This is not nonsense, now the Ming Dynasty is the old government of the Three Pavilions, which can be described as the peace and prosperity of the country, but the Son of Heaven is forced to come out to sell goods, what does this mean! This is simply a disgrace to my Ming officials! ”

After Qin Dongyi, the imperial historian of the city patrol, realized the seriousness of the problem, he ordered people to strictly guard this area to prevent accidents, and at the same time personally rushed to the yamen of the military department and informed Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, about this matter.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Why do you have to be like this, how can you embarrass me and other civil and official affairs, Emperor Daxing has worked hard for 18 years, how can he get to the point where he wants you to sell the imperial property! Take the old man to the cabinet! ”

Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, and Qin Dongyi, the imperial historian of the city patrol, both rushed to the cabinet, and it happened that the Hanwen of the Hubu Shangshu was also here and was about to leave, and Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, directly grabbed the Hanwen of the Hubu Shangshu:

"It just so happens that you're there, so don't go! How did you act as a household secretary, and you actually asked His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to sell royal goods on the street! And it's just to marry the queen and bury the emperor of Daxing! You don't have a face, we still have a face! ”

Xu Jin, who was emotional, roared directly at the Hubu Shangshu Hanwen, and the Hubu Shangshu Hanwen looked stunned, and only understood after Qin Dongyi, the imperial historian of the city, explained the reason, and couldn't help crying sadly for a while: "This, this, how can this make the old man embarrassed, how can he be embarrassed, isn't this making people say that I am incompetent!" ”