In December, the Acropolis was at its coldest time, and the icy cold wind drilled through the cracks in the collars of clothes, making people's hands and feet cold. Most of the pedestrians on the www.biquge.info road are wearing black cotton clothes full of patches, walking briskly on the dirty road. Hurry up and get into the room without cold wind early is the greatest wish of these pedestrians.

In the drunken immortal building in the west of the city, it is warm as spring at this time, very clean and tidy. There are a lot of copper stoves in the hall on the third floor, so that the whole hall can be kept at a comfortable temperature, so that the wealthy merchants gathered here do not feel the cold. The incense burner on the coffee table is lit with spices burning, making the whole hall fragrant.

Li Zhi had asked the juniors of the Drunken Immortal Building to set up their chairs according to the auction in the future, and at this time all the chairs were facing the stage in the west. Most of the wealthy businessmen from Tian0jin came, sitting on chairs and talking about today's auction.

Previously, Xu Mince had written the rules of the auction on the invitation sticker, and these big businessmen knew today's rules.

"This auction is such a strange thing!"

"The Li family has a lot of new ideas!"

"I'm here to see Strange today!"

"Don't say it, it's a good thing to be able to buy the Li family's goods. Look at Xu Mince, how much silver did he earn with Li Zhi? ”

"Tut, I'm going to buy a share of glass wine today! I'll sell it to Suzhou! ”

The crowd was talking when they heard a commotion coming from downstairs. Everyone looked at each other, walked to the window, opened it, and looked downstairs into the noise.

Everyone saw Lu Huarong.

Lu Huarong, the younger brother of Lu Hualin, who was also known to the Tianjin Qing Military Department, was about to break into the Zuixian Tower, but was stopped by Li Zhi's family.

"You can't go in without an invitation!"

"Your family invited a big businessman from Tian0jin today, and my lord Lu Huarong is one of the eight big businessmen of Tian0jin, why don't you let my lord in!"

Li Zhi's family took out the short stick pinned to his waist and said loudly: "My master Li Zhi has an order, and today the Drunken Immortal Building is chartered!" If there is no invitation, you are not allowed to enter, and the hard trespasser will take it! ”

Lu Huarong snorted coldly, and said to those Li family members: "Could it be that you dare to take me Lu Huarong in Tianjin?" ”

Several of Li Zhi's family members glanced at each other, stood up straight, and said loudly: "Take the hard intruder!" ”

Lu Huarong was about to scold, but he heard a cold shout from behind: "Who dares to break into the official's private banquet?" ”

Lu Huarong looked back and saw Li Zhi and Xu Mince walking over together. Lu Huarong saw the big red military attache uniform that Li Zhi was wearing, his face shriveled, and he lost his momentum a little - it was his eldest brother Lu Hualin, who was only wearing a cyan official uniform of the fifth grade. Although the military attache is not valuable, it is a four-grade official after all!

What's more, Li Zhi's strength is not only his official position, he is strong and strong, and he has just made great contributions to the aid and suppression, and now he is a celebrity around the governor. Xu Mince, who was standing next to Li Zhi, proved that Li Zhi now has a great relationship with He Shishou.

Lu Huarong looked at Li Zhi, gritted his teeth and said, "Li Zhi, do you invite me to a banquet?" ”

Li Zhi said lightly: "You and I have a grudge, have you forgotten?" It's okay if I don't invite you, right? ”

Lu Huarong was a little nervous when he heard Li Zhi say that he had a grudge against him, and said, "Li Zhi, the previous things have passed!" ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Whether it has passed or not, it is the judgment of the official, and you don't need to decide!" ”

Lu Huarong's face turned white when he heard Li Zhi's words. Li Zhi is now in the limelight, he not only has the support of the governor, but also it is said that he has raised one or two thousand strong families, and he is very powerful, and he is no longer a small person who can be bullied by the Qing Military Department. Everyone is talking about Li Zhi being promoted sooner or later.

Lu Huarong is now, and he doesn't want Li Zhiji to hang on to himself.

Seeing that Li Zhi held a grudge, Lu Huarong swallowed his saliva and said, "Li Zhi, now I want to do business with you!" You let me in, I'll buy your colorless glass! ”

Li Zhi said coldly: "I don't have much business to do with you!" Drop-off! ”

With Li Zhi's support, several family members greeted him with sticks and forced Lu Huarong down the steps at the entrance of the Drunken Immortal Tower.

Lu Huarong looked at Li Zhi, then at Xu Mince, gritted his teeth, and left silently.

Seeing that Li Zhi forced Lu Huarong away, the big businessmen by the window on the third floor all let out a "tsk" sound, and they all praised Li Zhi for his current prosperity, and his power was very different from before. If it was Li Zhi, who had no official position before, how could he be so tough in front of Lu Huarong?

The big merchants watched the bustle for a while, closed the windows again, and returned to their seats.

Li Zhi was in a good mood and walked up to the third floor of the Drunken Immortal Building.

Seeing Li Zhi walk into the hall on the third floor, the wealthy businessmen all stood up to greet Li Zhi.

"Li Ethics is here!"

"I've seen Lord Conduct!"

"Commander, don't come unharmed!"

Li Zhi took a look and found that six of the eight major firms in Tianjin had sent people, and some of them were even the heads of the families themselves. Coupled with Xu Mince beside him, except for Lu Huarong and the Lu family, the other seven major businesses have gathered. Li Zhi looked in the crowd, and then saw Dong Zhiyi, who sold Li Jiajing's cloth, and Xue Yuanwai, who sold alkaline noodles to himself.

Li Zhi arched his hand and said, "Sit down!" Walking to the stage, Li Zhi said: "Everyone knows the rules of today's auction. With 50 sets of wine utensils per month as a group, a total of 10 groups, everyone bids to buy each group of goods, and the highest bidder wins. The merchant who has won the bidding will pay a deposit of 100 taels to me, and then pay for the goods on a later date! ”

After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "The glass wine set has been on the market for half a year, everyone has heard of this product, and they all know how many taels they can sell wine glasses, and everyone does what they can when bidding!" ”

After Li Zhi said this, he asked the servants to take out a few sets of glass wine utensils, load them with soju and distribute them to the merchants, so that they could take a closer look.

The crowd looked at the glass again, and many exclaimed:

"Colorless and transparent, crystal clear!"

"Colored glass is common, and this completely transparent glass without bubbles is really rare!"

"I've seen the colorless glass sold by Xiyi, but it's much more expensive than the Li family."

"This glass is filled with soju, and it is like a crystal cup."

Li Zhi saw that everyone had glasses in their hands and appreciated them, so he asked Zheng Hui, the manager of the textile factory, to stand on the stage to be the host and start the auction.

The auction starts with a reserve price of 30 taels, and the price is increased by five cents.

"Thirty-one taels!"

"Thirty-one twenty-five dollars!"

"I'll give thirty-two taels!"

When the first group of glass wine vessels was auctioned, the buyers sitting below pondered that there were more opportunities in the back, and they were very cautious, and no one added them to thirty-five taels and five yuan, so that the Dong family, who sold cloth, picked up a bargain. Dong Zhiyi pondered that this wine set could be sold for forty or fifty taels when sold to Shandong, and he smiled happily.

In the second group, the competition began, and the price was directly pushed to thirty-six taels and five yuan, and finally Cha Yunke, the boss of Yuan Xingxing, grabbed the second group of drinking utensils. Chayunke is in the business of Tongfan sea trade, and he knows the market of luxury goods best, and he also has channels for selling luxury goods. He knew that the glass wine set he won for thirty-six taels and five dollars could make a lot of silver.

In the third and fourth groups, the price went up little by little. By the eighth group, the price had risen to thirty-nine taels, and finally Chayunk won the eighth group.

In the ninth and tenth groups, the price was stable at thirty-nine taels.

After the last auction, Li Zhi received a deposit of 1,000 taels and sold 500 sets of glass wine sets at an average price of 375 yuan. According to the situation of this auction, Li Zhi calculated the accounts, and calculated that the monthly profit of the glass workshop increased to 17,000 taels. That's about as profitable as a textile factory and a soap factory combined.

This is a lot of wealth that allows Lee Sik to do a lot of things.