Zhu Houzhao exaggeratedly cried poverty, coupled with Gu Dayong and others secretly adding fuel and vinegar to the civil official group, which made the people more sympathetic to the royal family.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao also started the topic: "Now I want to start exhibiting and selling royal goods, I will let them offer a low price, implement an auction system, interested buyers can increase the price to compete, if an auction price is not increased after three times, it will be sold at this price!" Now let Liu Jin, the eunuch of the Bell and Drum Division, preside over the auction! ”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he handed the brass horn to Liu Jin, and then sat back by himself, with a kind smile on his face, without any treacherous appearance.

Liu Jin also began to shout at this time: "Let's start the first link, the luxury auction!" The first commodity is auctioned, the night pearl of the daughter country glass! This night pearl is placed in the house, which can make the bright room shine, and the official fortune is prosperous, and the business is rich and prosperous, with a diameter of one foot, and there is a fairy in Yaochi, and the starting price is five thousand taels! ”

The so-called Daughter Country Glass Night Pearl is actually a large-diameter glass bead made of molten glass cast in a mold, and the fairy in the glass bead is a fairy carved by a court carpenter and put it into the mold, the cost is less than one tael of silver, and Zhu Houzhao is now directly auctioned at a high price of five thousand taels of silver, which is equivalent to selling thousands of times on the basis of the cost price.

Although Zhu Houzhao was smiling at the moment, he was still quite apprehensive in his heart, he knew that the Ming Dynasty did not have this kind of large-scale glass product manufacturing technology now, and even Wang Xifeng's glass kang screen in the Dream of Red Mansions was regarded as a treasure, even Ning Guofu did not have to find Wang Xifeng to borrow it to put it, so Zhu Houzhao dared to directly price five thousand taels!

Five thousand taels is not a small amount in this era, Zhu Houzhao is worried that the rich people of the Ming Dynasty have this purchasing power, and the people who want to live in the capital will be the same as the people who live in the third ring road of Beijing in later generations, and they should be able to get this silver.

Wei Bin, who was standing behind Zhu Houzhao, was also a little bottomless in his heart, he knew the manufacturing process of these glass beads, and knew that these things were just turning stones into glass, and the emperor said that it was silica, but anyway, it was not worth a few silver, and now it was directly auctioned at a high price of 5,000 taels, and I don't know if anyone understands how to see through it.

"Emperor, did you say that someone would pay 5,000 taels to buy it?" Wei Bin couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Houzhao did not answer, and at this time, the large glass beads with a diameter of one foot were lifted up by the eunuch with a wooden tray covered with brocade, and the clean and transparent glass balls shone brightly, and the beauty in the glass beads was more and more set off, so this glass bead caused a sensation as soon as it was lifted to the front.

"Oh my God, such a big glass bead, the key is that there is a fairy in this glass bead, how did this grow in, this kind of treasure can only be found in the royal family, but it is only worth five thousand taels, in my opinion, at least ten thousand taels! I'll give six thousand taels! ”

At this time, a rich boy wearing a brocade robe with copper coins shook his fan and shouted.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile when he heard someone bid 6,000 taels, he was worried that the people of the Ming Dynasty did not have such a big purchasing power at first, but he didn't expect that someone added 1,000 taels as soon as he shouted the auction price, which shows that the Ming Dynasty is indeed rich in the people, and everyone in the world has money, and he is the poorest emperor, so he underestimated the purchasing power of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Bin also looked back at Zhu Houzhao with a look of surprise: "The emperor has someone bidding six thousand taels!" It seems that there are really fools who want to buy it. ”

"They are not fools, they think that this is a royal treasure, and now it can be worth five thousand taels, which means that it can be worth ten thousand taels if they are brought to Jiangnan!"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, and at the same time he was relieved in his heart, he believed that as long as the first person was willing to buy, it would mean that the people of Daming had this purchasing power, and he naturally did not worry that he would not be able to sell anything at this royal fair.

Liu Jin was also a little worried that no one would be willing to spend 5,000 taels to buy the broken things made of stones by the Royal Industrial Company, but he didn't expect that someone would increase it to 6,000 taels so soon, and he thought that he had a stake in the Royal Industrial Company, and if he sold it for 6,000 taels, it would be equivalent to the Royal Industrial Company earning nearly 6,000 taels, and he could get more than 100 taels from it! And he actually didn't do anything, he could earn more than a hundred taels from the glass beads that were less than one tael of silver, as soon as he thought of this, Liu Jin also laughed excitedly, and was busy knocking on the board and said, "Six thousand taels for the first time!" ”

But before the gavel in Liu Jin's hand was knocked on, a rich man wearing a watermelon hat shouted: "I'll give seven thousand taels!" ”

Before Liu Jin could react, another servant shouted: "My master is eight thousand taels!" ”

"Nine thousand taels!"

"Ten thousand taels!"

Gu Dayong was the childcare arranged by Zhu Houzhao, he originally thought that no one would be willing to spend five thousand taels to buy the glass night pearl that was less than one tael of silver, but he didn't expect that someone would increase the price to six thousand taels and then seven thousand taels or eight thousand taels so quickly, and when he came back to his senses, the price had already increased to ten thousand taels.

One of Gu Dayong's tasks as a childcare child is to raise the price, so he hurriedly shouted: "Thirteen thousand taels!" ”

In this way, Gu Dayong directly increased the price increase by three times, but he still looked around hesitantly, afraid that no one would continue to follow.

"Fourteen thousand taels!"

"Fifteen thousand taels!"

Who knows, as soon as Gu Da's words fell, the price had already been increased to 15,000 taels.

Gu Da didn't say a word, and shouted without hesitation: "Twenty thousand taels!" ”

But at this time, maybe 20,000 taels is indeed very high, people hesitated, but Rao was so, perhaps because considering that this was a royal treasure and a pearl of the night that had never been seen, some people still shouted: "Twenty-one thousand taels!" ”

Zhu Houzhao on the stage didn't know what to say, he desperately suppressed his excitement, and pretended to calmly watch the price soar to 20,000, but in fact, he knew what the concept of 20,000 taels was, which meant that he bought a big house in the center of Beijing with a few hundred yuan!

But the auction price was still rising, and Wei Bin was so dumbfounded that he couldn't speak, but at the same time, he was so excited that he couldn't wait to turn around and shout to Zhu Houzhao now: "Emperor, it's 20,000 taels, and someone is willing to spend 20,000 taels to buy this thing!" ”

Liu Jin didn't want to knock on the gavel anymore, he was afraid that he would knock too fast and miss the opportunity to let the glass night pearl continue to increase in price, because at this price, he could already earn more than four hundred taels!

"Twenty-five thousand taels! I must take pictures of this thing, none of you should rob it, I want to sell it to Jiangnan, and when the time comes, I can make 5,000 taels by selling it for 30,000 taels! ”

Gu Dayong started the last coaxing according to the method given to him by Zhu Houzhao, on the surface, he was very tyrant and domineering to buy, but in fact, he was deliberately luring these people to continue to increase the price, and directly explained that he was going to Jiangnan to sell to make money instead of being stupid and having a lot of money, that is, some wealthy businessmen who were originally a little rational saw this and continued to increase the price.

"Twenty-six thousand taels!"

"Twenty-seven thousand taels!"

However, this time, when the auction price rose to 27,000 taels, no one continued to shout, after all, the current price is too high, even in Jingshi, there are not many rich businessmen who can take out more than 20,000 taels at once, not to mention that this is still the eighteenth year of Hongzhi where there is not enough silver.

Liu Jinliang came back to his senses after a long time, and then slapped the mallet once with some reluctance: "Twenty-seven thousand taels, the first time!" ”

After a long time, no one responded, so Liu Jin had to shoot it slowly for the second time, and now he is looking forward to someone raising the price again: "Twenty-seven thousand taels, the second time!" ”

Liu Jin only sighed when he saw that there was still no one, and glanced back at Zhu Houzhao.

"Knock it, be content, 27,000 taels, earn more than 20,000 taels for nothing", Zhu Houzhao nodded and smiled.

Liu Jin nodded, thinking that no matter how much he said, he would earn more than five hundred taels, and he was indeed content, after all, the actual value of this glass bead was less than one tael of silver.

However, just when Liu Jin was about to knock down the third time, Xu Jing hurriedly shouted at this time: "Thirty thousand taels!" ”