In the envious eyes of everyone, in the sound of drums and music, a big fat man with a big belly and a round waist was invited to the stage. He was majestic and high-spirited, holding his head high, like a victorious general. He made a group gesture on stage, made a bright appearance, and then happily followed the Fan family's buddies to go through the formalities.

This businessman looks stupid on the outside, but he is actually very shrewd. He knew that with today's cannon, his name would be completely launched in the entire business district of North and South Zhili, Liaodong, Mongolia and so on. For this reason, it was worth spending the 300,000 taels of silver.

The following auctions of distribution rights in Hubei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places were carried out without shock, and they were basically sold at a price of about 50,000 taels of silver. Sichuan's distribution rights were an accident, and the competition was a little fierce, and the final deal was 90,000 taels.

Another climax occurred in the struggle of the Mongol ministries. Several of the Mongols seemed to be fighting not in a bid, but in a war, and several times they almost pulled out their knives. The family members of the Fan family, who were in charge of the order, were nervous, but fortunately, a few Mongolians finally knew that this was not their own land, and finally did not make too much trouble. In the end, the Horqin Department won the distribution right for 380,000 yuan. The Mongol came to power with a sense of pride, as if he had won a big victory.

When did the Mongols become so rich? Many people were puzzled and asked before they understood. It turned out that the Fan family allowed them to use wool, cashmere, cattle and horses and other livestock to offset the debt. Wool and cashmere are everywhere on the grassland, they are all things that they don't want to throw away, and cattle and horses are also everywhere.

Liaodong's bidding was quite calm. Several bidders looked at each other, and one of them quoted an offer of 400,000 yuan in stiff Chinese, as if it was not silver, but a pile of garbage.

At the bottom of the box is Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the competition is quite fierce. In the end, they were sold at the prices of 280,000 and 260,000 silver respectively.

Because Minguang was too far away and there were not many people who came to bid, it was not launched this time, and it was arranged to be held in Suzhou a month later. However, the Fan family who came had a generous gift. It's also a great joy for all.

The investment promotion conference ended smoothly. In a single account, the distribution rights were sold for 1.96 million silver, and the deposit was nearly 800,000 taels. The Jin merchants are almost crazy: what if they haven't sold a single item? I ordered all the goods for three years, and in the next three years, the profits were endless. A few days ago, they also complained about the Fan family's excessive spending. Now it's a good thing, the early investment not only came back with interest at once, but also made a lot of money. They have made up their minds in their hearts that they must correct their positions in the future and tie themselves firmly to the big boat of the Fan family...

And Fan Yubin, the initiator of all this, did not appear at the investment conference from beginning to end. He is on his way to Taiyuan, because the location of this year's autumn test is in Taiyuan.

There was nothing to say all the way, and on the seventh night of the first month of August, Fan Yubin and his party arrived in Taiyuan. The Fan family has a shop and a house in Taiyuan, and the housekeeper in Taiyuan has already arranged everything properly, which saves Fan Yubin a lot of things. The journey was hard, and everyone rested early after dinner.

The next day, Fan Yubin woke up leisurely. Fan Wu hurriedly came in to serve. Fan Yubin brought four family members this time: Fan Wen, Fan Wu, Fan Long, and Fan Hu, of which Fan Wen is a scholar. He went with the butler early in the morning to familiarize himself with the examination room and some small joints. After eating, Fan Yubin reviewed the content of the exam again. This is a triennial township test, and Fan Yubin doesn't want to miss it like this.

Before he knew it, when it was time for Shen, Fan Yubin stopped and stretched. As the saying goes, the big test is big play, and the small test is to relax and relax. It's better to go out and take a look at the old city of Taiyuan. When asked, Fan Wen hadn't come back yet. Fan Yubin didn't ride a horse, so he took Fan Wu, Fan Long, and Fan Hu to walk around Taiyuan City slowly.

After shopping for less than an hour, Fan Yubin was excited. The main reason is that there are too many homeless beggars in Taiyuan, all of whom are unkempt and yellow-skinned. Everywhere there are scenes of selling children and daughters. Fan Yubin doesn't have any panacea to solve this problem at present, but he can't help but feel a little sad in his heart. Also, it's too dirty, and the smell of feces and urine in the air is full.

"Hey, let's go back!" Fan Yubin sighed, turned around and walked back.

Turning a street, a spacious street appeared in front of me, the street was very clean, there were no homeless people and beggars on the roadside, and occasionally there were officials walking by, and when I asked, it turned out that the king of Jin lived on this street. As I walked, I saw a very large restaurant, which was a very magnificent courtyard. There is a lot of traffic in front of the hotel, and it seems that business is booming. The door of the hotel is very magnificent, there is a huge plaque above the gate, the book "Yueming Building", the font is vigorous and powerful, obviously from the famous family. Fan Yubin stopped: This restaurant has good business and an elegant name. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go in and have a bite to eat." ”

Xiao Er at the door saw the head of Fan Yubin and his party, and hurriedly greeted him, nodded and said, "Childe, there are a lot of scholars who have come to participate in the autumn examination in the past two days, the front hall is full, and there are a few private rooms in the backyard, but the price is a little more expensive... ”

Fan Yubin nodded slightly, and said softly, "As long as it's clean." ”

They walked through the front yard, into an elegant courtyard, and went up to a private hall on the second floor. The elegant hall is luxurious but not vulgar, elegant but not light, Fan Yubin is very satisfied. Xiao Er smiled and just wanted to speak. Fan Long opened his mouth, and he said sullenly: "Put some of the dishes at the bottom of the box in the store, and let my young master taste them." He has been with Fan Yubin for two days and is already familiar with Fan Yubin's preferences. I casually threw a piece of broken silver to Xiao Er, about two dollars. The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, he quickly took the silver, and went down to arrange it with a thousand thanks.

After a while, two maids came up, handed over towels and mouthwash, Fan Yubin cleaned his face, wiped his hands, and then sat down comfortably and took a heavy breath. A faint fragrance fills the air, refreshing the heart. Fan Yubin took another breath slowly, as if it was the fragrance of osmanthus. Fan Yubin slowly stood up, came to the window, and pushed open the back window.

Behind the small building is an exquisite garden full of flowers and grass. There are a few osmanthus trees in the garden with a faint sunset, emerald green and shiny leaves, layered, dense and dense. The goose-yellow flowers are like grains of rice, indifferent, graceful and quiet.