The night before the auction, Shi Luosheng and Zhou Yun got together to deduce the specific details of the next day's auction. Zhou Yun said: "The large piece of land in the west of the city was divided into nine auctions, and the starting price of each was 50,000 taels of silver. The Yu family will not be able to use more than 800,000 taels of silver now, the Huang family will only have 400,000 taels of silver at most, and the silver available to our Zhou family is only 500,000 taels. ”

Shi Luosheng nodded after hearing this: "This time, the Huang family withdrew from the auction and lent the money to Yu Zhen. Then Yu Zhen can use 1.2 million taels of silver, beyond which he has to borrow from a loan shark. And Yu Zhen's goal is to get at least seven pieces of land, and then build a commercial city in the west of the city. In other words, we have to auction the price of each piece of land to more than 170,000 taels of silver, so that Yu Zhenhua's silver can exceed 1.2 million taels. But they were all sold at a price of more than 170,000 taels of silver, and the master's 500,000 taels of silver was only enough to auction two of the land, and Yu Zhen could still easily take the remaining piece of land, and in the end he would still have seven pieces of land in his hand. ”

Zhou Yundao: "Yes, if they all bid for more than 170,000 taels of silver, we will lose in the end." ”

Shi Luosheng shook his head and said: "We have to change our strategy, we can't compare with him who has more silver, in terms of financial resources, the master is at a disadvantage, since Yu Zhen has more silver, then let him spend more silver and tie all his silver to that land." Tomorrow we will proceed according to the original plan, the cost of each of the first six pieces of land will be more than 170,000 silver, and we will fight against Yu Zhen for the last three pieces of land. ”

Zhou Yun nodded, and said with some emotion: "Tomorrow's auction determines the life and death of my Zhou family, I can't avoid it if I want to, if I don't participate in the auction, the Zhou family may be able to survive for a few years, but in the future, I can't escape the fate of being slowly eaten by Yu Zhen." And now to participate in the auction, we at least have the strength to fight, of course everything is fine if we win, the Zhou family can continue to prosper, in case of losing the old man, there is nothing to regret, this life is worth it, the big deal is that the old man left Xiaocang City with his family, and then found a place to start over. ”

Shi Luosheng comforted: "Sir, don't worry, we won't lose tomorrow." ”

The next day, Zhou Yun took Zhou Chu and Liu Zitong to the auction site in the west of the city, and saw Yu Zhen and Huang Shanyu, the head of the Huang family, coming from the opposite side. Yu Zhen smiled: "Brother Yun, I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard that you were sick two days ago, and the younger brother planned to visit you, but after thinking about it again, maybe Brother Yun saw me, and his condition became even more serious, so wouldn't I be guilty." Hahahaha. ”

Zhou Yun disagreed: "Don't worry about my brother, Zhou's little illness has already been cured, but Brother Yu has to pay attention to taking care of his body recently, and he may fall ill in a few days." After speaking, he said to Huang Shanyu beside Yu Zhen: "I thought that Brother Huang would not come when he quit the auction, but I didn't expect to come, two days ago I heard that Brother Huang and Brother Yu have formed a family of children and daughters, these days I have been ill, and I haven't had time to prepare gifts, and when I get married next month, Zhou will prepare another generous gift to come to the door to ask for a glass of water and wine." Oh, thinking that the two of you will become a family in the future, I really congratulate Brother Yu. ”

Zhou Yun's words mean something else, the Huang family is such an only daughter, after marrying into the Yu family, won't the Huang family's business belong to the Yu family, this so-called two families become one family means that the Huang family's business will also belong to the Yu family in the future.

Huang Shanyu couldn't hear what Zhou Yun meant, and said with some displeasure: "Brother Lao Yun cares, the marriage between the Huang family and the Yu family was decided privately by the little girl and Shaoshang themselves, and I, a father, saw that my daughter had a favorite person, and it was too late to be happy, so I naturally agreed to their marriage." As for the Huang family's business, it doesn't just belong to Huang, the entire Huang clan has a share. In a few years, when Huang is old, he will choose an excellent person from among the nephews of the clan to take care of it. ”

Huang Shanyu's words can be regarded as an answer to Zhou Yun's words, and at the same time, he also told Yu Zhen that the in-laws belong to the in-laws, but the business belongs to the Huang family, not me, and the business of the two families will never become one.

Yu Zhen's face did not change, and he smiled and said: "That's natural, the two of us are in-laws, we support each other in business, there is no competition, let alone a merger, even if we want to merge, it can only be a merger between the same industry, are you right?" Brother Yun. After speaking, he smiled strangely at Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun pretended not to see it: "It seems that Brother Yu is bound to win today's auction, and Zhou also has a plan to come to the west of the city to develop, and Zhou will ask Brother Yu for advice when the auction is held." ”

"Haha, the three of them are all well-known businessmen in my Ogura City, and they have also contributed a lot to the development of Ogura City over the years, so don't hurt the harmony in this auction, and the development of the west of the city will depend on the three of them to continue to contribute in the future." A group of people came over from behind, led by Song Xun, the Taishou of Kokura Castle.

The three of them hurriedly saluted Taishou: "See Lord Taishou." ”

Song Xun waved his hand: "It's almost time, three of you, please come in." ”

"The auction is the vacant land in the west of the city, the specific location I believe everyone here should be very clear, I will not repeat it, this time the whole piece of land is divided into nine small pieces of bidding separately, the starting price of each piece of land is 50,000 taels of silver, each increase in the price is at least 5,000 taels, and the bidding for the first place will begin." After a brief introduction by the auctioneer, it was officially announced.

According to Shi Luosheng's strategy, Zhou Yun's first six auctions were all around 165,000 taels of silver, which was all within Zhen's expectations, and Yu Zhen won all of them at the price of 170,000 taels of silver.

This price is already much higher than the market price, although the merchants on the scene know that they have no drama, but the price of the final auction also makes many people smack.

When it was the turn of the seventh piece of land to be auctioned, Zhou Yun took the lead in raising the card: "160,000 taels of silver." ”

From the reserve price of 50,000 taels to 160,000 taels, the audience was restless, and everyone looked towards Yu Zhen. Yu Zhen also calculated in his heart that there were a total of 1.2 million taels of silver available this time, and more than 1 million taels of silver had been used up in the previous six pieces of land. Now there are less than 200,000 taels of silver left, and these 200,000 taels will be over as long as a piece of land is auctioned. The funds that the Zhou family can use are more than 500,000 yuan, less than 600,000 taels. If there are 200,000 taels of land, the Zhou family can only take two pieces at most, and the last piece of land is still their own.

Thinking of this, Yu Zhen was not in a hurry, he slowly added up, and after a few rounds, the price shouted to 200,000 taels of silver, and Zhou Yun also successfully won the seventh piece of land. The process of the eighth auction was the same, and Zhou Yun also won the eighth piece of land at a price of 200,000 taels of silver.

Seeing that Zhou Yun won two pieces of land in a row, Yu Zhen smiled happily instead, and said to Huang Shanyu who was sitting beside him: "These two pieces of land cost Zhou Yun 400,000 taels of silver, and now he has only 100,000 taels of silver left to use, and I still have 200,000 taels here, look at how he fights with me for this last piece of land." ”

Huang Shanyu also couldn't understand Zhou Yun's playing style: "No, Zhou Yun doesn't need to spend 400,000 taels of silver to buy these two pieces of land, if he directly lets us auction them off at a price of 200,000 taels of silver when he is the seventh, then the remaining two pieces of land will have no one to compete with him, he can take them all for a maximum of 100,000 taels of silver, but now he has spent more than 100,000 taels of silver." Brother Yu, be careful of Zhou Yun's ulterior motives. ”

Yu Zhen said nonchalantly: "Brother Huang is too worried, what can this old man do, it's just crazy, don't worry." ”

Although Huang Shanyu felt that there was something wrong with it, he couldn't say anything wrong for a while, so he had to give up.

"The following auction is the last piece of land today, this land is located in the center of the whole land, the reserve price is still 50,000 taels of silver, the auction has begun, please bid." The auctioneer proceeds with the process below.

Yu Zhen shouted at Zhou Yun: "Brother Yun, you don't have much silver available now, this time I will give 120,000 taels of silver, do you still have more silver?" ”

Zhou Yun frowned, ignored Yu Zhen, and shouted to the auctioneer, "150,000 taels of silver." ”

Yu Zhen was a little anxious when he heard this: "Wait a minute, I want to ask Lord Taishou, the rule of this auction is to pay all the silver on the day the bidding ends." If someone on the scene maliciously raises the price, and in the end there is no money to pay, I wonder what Lord Taishou will do with that person when he arrives? ”

Someone in the crowd watching the excitement below immediately responded: "Yes, the original reserve price of 50,000 taels of silver is now being fired so high, what should they do if they can't hand over the silver then?" Originally, I wanted to buy a piece. ”

Taishou Song Xun stood up with a smile and said, "Everyone, please rest assured, all of you here are well-known figures in Ogura Castle, and I believe that such a thing will not happen." However, if this situation really occurs, the official will not tolerate it, and maliciously raise the price on the spot, and if he fails to hand over the silver afterwards, the official will confiscate all his property in the city. ”

Yu Zhen listened to Song Xun's words and relieved himself, and said to Zhou Yun: "Since Lord Taishou said so, then I also believe that such a thing will not happen, and I will pay 160,000 taels of silver." ”

"170,000."

"One hundred and eighty thousand."

"Two hundred thousand." Zhou Yun gritted his teeth and quoted the price again.

"Impossible, how can your Zhou family have so much money." Yu Zhen is really anxious now, 200,000 taels of silver has reached his limit, and if he adds more, he will have to borrow usury. Even if the last piece of land is taken at that time, when the facilities are built, renovated, purchased, and finally opened, it will be at least a year or two later, and by that time the interest on the loan shark alone will be enough to buy another piece of land.

Zhou Yun laughed, took out a silver ticket of 700,000 taels of silver from his arms, waved his hand at Yu Zhen and said: "The last piece of land is bound to be obtained by our Zhou family, in addition to the 400,000 taels used in the first two pieces of land, I still have 300,000 taels of silver, if Brother Yu can bid more than 300,000 taels, I have to admit defeat and leave." ”