Chapter 85: The Auction

In response to this word, the merchants had no choice but to agree with a smile.

But this time, there are still people who are dissatisfied:

"Hmph, what's going on, it's not fake news, right? Fun to lie to us? ”

"What kind of auction, one auction and two scattered?"

"Alas, I've waited so long, and I haven't had anything to fill my stomach, everyone, why don't we leave first?"

"So, you'll go first?"

"Uh, me, I'm not hungry......"

You pick me up, I'll let you go first, but no one will move a step, as if their butts are nailed to the ground. In the end, there is still humanity:

"Wait, I don't believe it's dark, Uncle Xu is still on the way."

"I hope that the sedan chair made by Uncle Xu will be slowly lifted on the road."

Of course, after the Xu family's subordinates left, the merchants had a different face.

"Bah, what kind of person, is the county uncle amazing, the county uncle can let us wait from morning to dark?"

Just here, there was a shout outside the door, Luonan County Uncle arrived!

The merchants were startled and hurriedly stood up, of course, not forgetting to protect the inch under their buttocks.

I saw Xu Qing wearing a casual suit, embroidered with landscapes, majestic and noble. There are four guards behind him, tall and mighty, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist. Yang Wen also came, following the guards.

Xu Qing stood at the door and glanced at everyone in the hall, laughed out loud, and hugged his fists:

"Let you just wait, the axle on the road is broken, sorry sorry sorry ......"

The merchants were busy talking about where they were, and asked Xu Qing if he had fallen and was cold. Xu Qing bowed again, and all the merchants also made a big salute, Xu Qing walked to the top of the lord and sat down, and said to the merchants in the hall: "Everyone, please take a seat." ”

"Come on, serve some snacks to the guests, and then bring two jars of immortal brewing," Xu Qing instructed Yang Wen, and said to the merchants present: "Everyone, it's late today, take two jars of immortal brewing for everyone to compensate." ”

The merchants were busy saying that they didn't dare, and Xu Qing waved his hand to let them sit down with peace of mind.

Yang Wen took out the immortal brew, and distributed the sugar and wine bowls produced in his own factory to everyone, but the two jars of immortal brew were placed in front of Xu Qing's eyes.

There was food to be delivered, and the people present were also swallowing saliva, sitting in the back, and the cat was trying to eat it. But the one sitting in front was bitter, so he could only take a piece and take small bites, wanting to leave a good image in front of Xu Qing.

Xu Qing smiled and said: "I, Xu, run a sugar factory, sell immortal brews, thanks to you walking around the north and south of the river, this makes my family's goods sell well, here, I thank you......"

When the merchants heard this, their hearts were also moved, and it was not easy for the merchants of this era to be affirmed by the scholars.

Xu Qing said to the servants who were waiting on the side: "Pour wine for you......"

I saw that the people lifted the hijab made by the immortals, and the lid of the altar was smoked, and a rich aroma of wine immediately filled everyone's nostrils. The merchants were both moved and surprised, moved that Xu Qing actually ate such a precious thing with them, and the affirmation just now was not a lie. What is surprising is that the rumored "cellar" and "special" immortal brew is really a grade higher than ordinary immortal brew!

Ordinary immortal brewing, they have also tasted a little, the rich aroma of wine, spicy throat taste, is really unforgettable. The key is that the people of the Tang Dynasty were open and heroic, and that kind of liquor just met the taste of the Tang people. But now smelling this "cellar" and "special" immortal brew, everyone only feels that the fragrance has not diminished at all, but the charm has become longer.

"Let me tell you a trick, the immortal brew of the Woxu family can be stored in the cellar, the older the vintage, the better the taste. The two altars in front of me have been collected for three years. Xu Qing said, and the person who poured the wine put down the wine jar again.

Xu Qing continued: "There are two hundred and thirty-eight altars in the follow-up, all of them have been auctioned today, come, you can taste them first." ”

The servants went to pour the wine, poured it one by one, and the merchants all sniffed it, but they did not drink it. After everyone had wine, Xu Qing picked up a cup of tea and said to everyone: "Come, everyone toast with me,"

Immediately, everyone in the hall raised their heads and drank.

A bowl of immortal stuffed belly, lips and teeth fragrant, abdominal cavity warm, all of a sudden, the merchants' faces were slightly red. This wine is really delicious! It is more fragrant and mellow than the previous immortal brew......

At this time, there were already merchants who were slightly drunk.

When Xu Qing saw this, he said to the merchants: "Do you know what an auction is?" ”

Everyone in the room shook their heads.

Xu Qing explained: "Take a chestnut, there are ten jars of wine here, and the reserve price is two hundred taels. If everyone wants to buy, you can say that a price is higher than 200 taels, and if someone else wants to buy, you must say a higher price, and the price increase is not less than 10 taels each time. Until no one is willing to increase the price, the highest price is obtained. ”

"Oh, as soon as the county uncle said that, we understood......"

The advantage of the auction is that the conflict between the two buyers and sellers is transferred to the buyer.

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and it was understood that people were teachers for confused people, and explained Xu Qing's words. In the middle of the night, the auction began.

"Ten jars of wine, let's watch the technical auction." Xu Qing said with a smile. The merchants were puzzled, what other technology do they need?

"Okay, this first ten altars are now auctioned, auctioned. The reserve price is 200, and the price is increased by 11 taels. Yang Wen listened to Xu Qing's instructions, took a hammer, and stood at the top.

A few people who were hot just now, but when it came time to buy it, they were also cowardly. Ordinary immortals brew fifteen taels and one altar, which is already a sky-high price, and non-big families can't afford it. But now, twenty taels and one altars, the quality has improved is good, but the price is too expensive. The annual output of five medium-sized households is only about 20 taels!

To tell the truth, there are really not many people who have two hundred taels in their hands, and most of them are entrusted by others to buy a small household with one or two jars, so they do not have much silver.

Yang Wen looked at Xu Qing embarrassedly, but Xu Qing was leisurely and complacent, closing his eyes there to recuperate.

At this time, someone tried to shout, two hundred taels.

All the merchants looked over to see who was so bold that they could come up with a huge sum of two hundred taels at once. They saw only a few small households, and they were discussing something together, and at a glance they knew that the small households had gathered together, and were ready to pay for the wine and then divide it. How we didn't expect that! The merchants are also busy looking for friends to make money, what seats, what east, west, north and south, they don't care, they also know, today's meeting, has nothing to do with who sits where.

But at this time, Yang Wen smashed down with a hammer and drank: "Okay, two hundred taels are sold!" Come on, lead the one who just bid, and go to the back to get the wine......"

What the? Is this the end of the auction? The merchants were stunned in place, at a loss, only to see that the person who had shouted the price before went to the back, and after a while, he brought out ten jars of wine.

Yang Wen couldn't help but say, and smashed another hammer and said: "The second batch of goods, ten jars of immortal brewing, the reserve price is two hundred taels, and the price will be increased by ten taels once, and the auction will begin!" ”