As night falls, the lights come on.

The more than 300 seats in the Mochizuki Building have already been booked, and everyone is eagerly waiting for the auction to begin.

Wang Jian stood on the stage, I don't know if it is a psychological effect, he always feels that the people sitting in the audience are all fat and big-eared, and there is a greedy gaze in his eyes.

Zheng Yuqiao and they didn't know what an auction was, let alone the specific process, so Wang Jian had to let Yao'er disguise herself and make a cameo appearance as an auctioneer in person.

There is a group of businessmen and gentry sitting or standing at the bottom, no matter if they want to break their heads, they will not know that the person on the stage is the emperor, and they spend more money in order to see the face of the sky, and fight for your life.

Wang Jian raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then a huge curtain behind him began to open slowly, and he took a long stick and lit the curtain and said, "Everyone be quiet, behind me is the ranking chart of the feast in three days." I saw that the position due north on the map was a big "emperor" character, and there were ten seats on each side of it.

He also reminded: "Please be optimistic, the rules are very simple, everyone bids for their favorite seats, and the higher the price wins." Whoever bullies the weak and prohibits others from bidding by coercion and inducement will be punished as treason. At the same time, I hope everyone bids rationally, if anyone wins the seat at that time, but can't come up with the money, it is a crime of deception, I hope you understand! ”

Some people in the audience were suddenly frightened and their faces turned green, it turned out that they wanted to suppress people with their power early on, and they were not allowed to bid arbitrarily, but no matter how big the momentum was, it was not as big as the emperor's, since the bidders had the emperor's protection, they didn't dare to make a mistake.

"At the same time, this auction is to show the benevolence of the emperor and enjoy with the people, so no matter whether they are rich or poor, they are all the emperor's people and can participate." In fact, at the beginning of the sale of the auction tickets sold at a high price to exclude the poor, this Haitian feast is a game for the rich, and Wang Jian regarded himself as a gimmick, just like the rich of later generations spent money to buy a meal of the stock god Warren Buffett, which is a truth.

"All the silver taels obtained from this auction will be filled into the treasury as military funds, and at the same time, in order to commend the dedication of everyone present for the country's worries, the twenty people who are shortlisted for the feast will receive verbal commendations with the emperor," Wang Jian paused and said the highlight of today's auction: "Also, the last two nominal merchants will also receive a pair of plaques mentioned by the emperor himself, with a theme of their own choice, and the number of words is limited to seven characters!" ”

This exciting news immediately blew up the venue, and there is such a good thing, they originally thought that spending money was to have a meal with the emperor, as a capital to brag in front of their peers in the future, it is a matter of spending money to buy face, I didn't expect that there is also a plaque with the title of the imperial pen can be taken, if the previous dinner with the emperor is the face of the individual, then the plaque is the face of the store, and even the face of the entire family, which can be passed down from generation to generation, so they are as excited as playing chicken blood, and they are bound to win, Many people even sent their servants to hurry home and get some silver taels.

"Okay, now the auction begins, and the first auction is the leftmost character No. 20. Prices start at 10,000 taels of silver! As Wang Jian announced the official start of the auction, the atmosphere suddenly reached an unprecedented climax.

The auction went smoothly, and under Wang Jian's clever encouragement, the first eighteen seats were soon auctioned off.

Wang Jian's face bloomed with joy, and he sold nearly one million taels of silver in one night, and the speed of the money caught up with the printing of money.

And the fiercest competition is the two seats closest to the emperor, that is, Tianzi No. 1 and Tianzi No. 2.

"100,000, I'll give 100,000!" Qian San of the grain shop in the east of the city has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, his family is the largest landlord within a hundred miles of Jinan City, and the most important thing is money, so he is not interested in the seats in the front auction, what he wants is a plaque. He was also the one who wanted to buy a seat from Lao Liang that day, but later the news spread in Jinan City, and he didn't look for Lao Liang again.

Wang Jian said excitedly: "Squire Qian paid 100,000 taels, is there anything higher?!" ”

"I'll give 110,000!" Another small landowner said.

"One hundred and fifty thousand!"

"150,000, 150,000, is there anything higher?!"

Wang Qianqian stood next to him and watched the numbers in these people's mouths rise suddenly, as if those numbers represented not silver at all, she opened her mouth in surprise and muttered: "Crazy, they are all crazy." "Over the years, what has surprised her is not more than a day today, where did she think, Wang Jian just sold a meal, two plaques, and actually sold them at a sky-high price, you know, Dolgon attacked Jinan City and suffered countless casualties, and he only robbed more than 300,000 taels of silver. And Wang Jian first sold the tickets for the auction, and then sold the seats for the Haitian feast, and earned more than one million taels at once. At this moment, she felt that her perception of the merchant world had been subverted by Wang Jian.

After several rounds of fierce competition, the last seats, which were also the two closest to the emperor, were purchased by Qian San of the grain shop and Liang Si of the money village at sky-high prices of 300,000 and 400,000 yuan, and they were also the two richest people in Jinan City.

Liang Si drew a charge, and carefully took the seat number in his hand, with four big characters written on it: "Tianzi No. 1", he couldn't help but sigh: "With it, there is a talisman, the emperor's imperial pen is more effective than any door god, the door god can only block the little ghost, but the one in my hand can block the cool officials, which can't be bought with money!" He turned his head to look at Wang Jian and said, "I heard that this idea was given to the saint by you, young man?" ”

At the beginning, Zheng Yuqiao listened to Wang Jian's introduction to the auction, and was somewhat resistant, as a rich emperor from all over the world, how could he come up with such a way to collect money. He can't say that the current saint is greedy for money, and he has planned all this just to collect the fat and ointment of the people, so he can only follow the emperor's instructions and detain this greedy basin to Wang Jian, the incarnation of the emperor.

Wang Jian nodded proudly, Liang Si also knew that the idea of collecting money was made by Wang Jian through the inside line of the governor's family, and nodded approvingly, he admired Wang Jian's talent very much, so he said: "The young man is a good method, he was promising a year ago, the old man has a granddaughter, or Yun Ying is not married, can you be the one who is rich?" A hundred years later, all the old man's family property will belong to you! "This Liang Si has a son, and this son also gave birth to a daughter to him, this family business is considered to have no successor, so he has always wanted to find a young man with business talent to join their family, but he didn't expect to take a fancy to Wang Jian today.

Wang Qianqian was very speechless on the side, this old man's eyes are really poisonous, and he is the first person in the past, and he actually wants the emperor to be rich!

Wang Jian smiled "haha", he looked at Liang Si looking shriveled and lean, presumably the same is true for the granddaughter who gave birth, where can he see it? The mere figure does not meet Wang Jian's aesthetic requirements, he refused: "Xie old man love, in this troubled times, I'm afraid that business is not easy to do, besides, I have no intention of doing business, I only want to be a career, I want to share the worries of the emperor and seek well-being for the people." ”

When Liang Siyi heard this, he thought that Wang Jian also looked down on businessmen, how did he know that Wang Jian disliked his appearance, and said to himself: "Hey, since ancient times, businessmen have been lowly, and it is the old man who has climbed high, but the young man does not spend a single soldier, but he has made up hundreds of thousands of dollars of silver for the emperor. ”

Wang Jian was praised by the richest businessman in Jinan, and he was very proud, and wanted to show off in front of Wang Qianqian: "When it comes to making money, there are two kinds, stupid people earn people's money, and smart people earn money." ”

Wang Qianqian heard what he said strangely, and asked curiously, "Oh? Does it make any difference? ”

Wang Jian pretended to be a veteran business master, and said: "Like a thief, a rogue, or even as strong as he Dolgon, it belongs to the first type of instream, that is, to earn people's money, this method is relatively simple, because your object is people, as long as you are ruthless and poisonous enough, so that people are afraid of you, afraid of you, others will obediently give you their own money." ”

The two of them also felt justified when they heard this, and they both nodded.

"What about the second one? What is the more intelligent one? ”

Wang Jian paused, "The first one has no technical means, it belongs to the kind that does not enter the stream, and the second one is much more difficult, because your object is money, and the money itself is dead, and it is useless for you to scare people with the set of scaring people, you have to find a way to make the money automatically run into your pocket, and the money that can make money is a more clever way to make money." ”

Liang Siyi heard it as if he had been empowered, and he sighed: "The young man can have such knowledge, the old man has been taught!" "He is not like a bandit, what he earns is money, and he naturally feels more deeply.

Wang Qianqian looked at Wang Jian with admiration like a fan girl, and only felt that he was the most domineering and talented person in the world.

Seeing the admiration of the talented woman who is called "Jinshu" by the world also makes Wang Jian even more proud. In fact, where did Wang Qianqian know that these theories were also used by Wang Jian to scare the ancients by watching the business war dramas of later generations.

Wang Jian said: "Actually, the old gentleman does not have to be presumptuous, I believe that with the manifestation of the saint, he will soon attach importance to the contribution of businessmen to my Ming Dynasty, and the inscription written by the saint to you is the best proof." ”

Liang Si didn't believe Wang Jian's words very much, the world has been prejudiced against businessmen for thousands of years, even if this young man is a celebrity around the emperor, it is difficult to influence the emperor's opinion. However, if he didn't believe it, he still nodded and praised the emperor for his wisdom and martial arts, and bribed Wang Jian with 5,000 taels when he left.