"Three hundred thousand taels!" When everyone at the scene was talking, a red number plate was suddenly raised, and a middle-aged man sitting next to Li Renhe shouted at Chai Shixiu on the stage.

As Li Hongyu's uncle, Li Renhe naturally wants to fully support the overseas trade led by Li Hongyu, and it is imperative to obtain one of them, Li Hongyu is a pit and no one can pit him.

"Three hundred thousand taels!" Without waiting for people to react, a big man next to Qin De, who was sitting at the same table as Li Renhe, immediately raised the red number plate in his hand and announced loudly.

Qin De had a faint smile on his face, and whispered something to Li Renhe, as Li Hongyu's future father-in-law, he was definitely not afraid that Li Hongyu would cheat him on overseas trade.

Originally, Qin De was still suspicious about overseas trade, but Qin Yue sent him a letter describing the great prospects of overseas trade, which made Qin De finally make up his mind and raise money everywhere to prepare for a go.

Others may be very troublesome in fundraising, but Qin De is different, he has Li Hongyu, the son-in-law of the new champion, and the rich businessmen in Xiangyang City are willing to lend him money, everyone knows that Li Hongyu is a celebrity in front of Emperor Wanli, so he wants to take advantage of Li Hongyu's line.

Li Hongyu secretly glanced at Qin De, who looked a little proud, and a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, he forgot to count Qin De just now, so that he could control nine suppliers, which was close to half.

"Three hundred thousand taels!"

Just when people stretched their heads to Li Renhe and Qin De, secretly guessing the identities of these two people, a voice sounded in the hall again, and they saw a blue number plate being held high by a big man.

This time it was Li Hongyu's official father-in-law Zhao Deyi, the big man who held the card was Zhao Deyi's subordinate, Zhao Deyi was slowly and methodically sipping tea there, looking leisurely.

"What's going on?" Seeing this situation, there was an uproar at the scene, and the people in the hall exchanged their heads and whispered to each other, and they were confused by Zhao Deyi's actions for a while.

It stands to reason that Zhao Deyi is a northern businessman, and there is no need to follow the southern businessman to push the price to 300,000 taels, and the north and south have their own quotas, which means that he has to pay tens of thousands of taels more for this.

"Who is this, such a big deal?"

"I had a relationship, it seems to be the father of the new science list!"

"No wonder, Xinke's Zhao Bangyan and Lord Qincha are good friends, so naturally they want to help Lord Qincha."

"You don't know, one of the two people who held up the sign before is the uncle of Lord Chincha, and the other is Lord Chincha's future father-in-law."

"I see!"

……

Soon, the people at the scene knew the identities of Zhao Deyi, Li Renhe and Qin De, and whispered to each other, and the three of them naturally made friends and friends after coming to Yangzhou City, so their identities were not a secret.

"Tell me, why are they raising prices so high? It's not good for them! ”

"It's not good for them, but it's good for Lord Qincha, and those who are interested in this thing don't follow up with their price increase."

"On the surface, it's 300,000 taels, but who knows if it's 30,000 taels or even 3,000 taels in private."

"This is a bureau set up by Lord Qincha to take out more silver from our pockets."

"It seems that the imperial court is crazy about money, and even this kind of thing that can't be put on the table has been done."

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Subsequently, the people in the hall discussed the motives and purposes of Zhao Deyi, Li Renhe and Qin De to raise prices, and most of them believed that this was a bureau set up by Li Hongyu to collect money.

Li Hongyu looked at the scene in front of him quietly, the reaction of the businessmen was already in his expectation, and the bidding of Zhao Deyi and the three was indeed deliberately arranged by him.

In addition to collecting more money, another important purpose is to find out among them merchants who are really interested in overseas trade and have the strength to do so, so that everyone can unite in overseas trade in the future.

Although there are many famous businessmen and giants in Yangzhou City now, for Li Hongyu, he only needs eleven people, no, if you count Han Wenkui, you only need to find ten more people.

Therefore, Li Hongyu is not worried that the businessmen will regard the price increase of Zhao Deyi, Li Renhe and Qin De as a bureau set up by him, and he wants to find out people with real business vision and political sense from the many businessmen in Yangzhou City.

"Brother Li, Brother Yang, there is something wrong with the taste here, the three people who paid the high price are all relatives of Lord Qincha, will Lord Qincha make a cage for us to drill?"

Han Wenkui glanced at the businessmen who were talking around him, and whispered to Li Hongyu and Yang Li'er worriedly, 300,000 taels is not a small amount, and he doesn't want to just go down the drain.

"Brother Han, since everyone can see that this may be a game, then Lord Qincha won't be able to see it?" Li Hongyu knew that Han Wenkui was worried about being deceived, so he replied with a smile.

"That's right!" Han Wenkui was stunned when he heard this, and nodded subconsciously, how could Lord Qincha's shrewdness make such a low-level mistake?

Subsequently, Han Wenkui's eyes lit up, if this is not a bureau, then doesn't it mean that Li Hongyu's relatives are very optimistic about this overseas trade, which undoubtedly contains huge business opportunities.

"Three hundred thousand taels!" At this time, Yang Li'er raised the red number plate in her hand with a cold expression, and shouted coquettishly, unlike Han Wenkui, she participated in the bidding this time not to do business but to save Yang Xiaotian and other family members, so she would not mind the price.

"Three hundred thousand taels!" Han Wenkui groaned slightly when he saw this, and then he also raised the number plate, the so-called wealth and danger are sought, he doesn't want to miss such a good opportunity, it's a big deal to start over, anyway, his ancestors were also born recklessly.

"Three hundred thousand taels!"

Stimulated by Han Wenkui and Yang Li'er, some red and blue number plates were held up one after another on the spot, and those businessmen who were interested in overseas trade would definitely not back down.

Moreover, none of those merchants will offer a lower price than 300,000 taels of silver, after all, this is in full view, and the merchants have their identities and status, and no one will lose face for the difference in the price of tens of thousands of taels of silver, and at the same time, it can be regarded as support for Lord Qincha.

"Big brother, the eldest lady bid 300,000 taels."

Zhang Tieniu noticed that Yang Li'er raised the red number plate in his hand, so he said to Zhang Tieshan on the side, "It seems that the eldest lady has really made a lot of money this time." ”

"Humph!" Zhang Tieshan couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and said with disdain, "She is a white wolf with empty gloves, where is there so much money, if you can't take it out at that time, you will wait to die!" ”

"Big brother, this overseas trade is indeed a good way to make money, should we join in the fun?"

Zhang Tieniu laughed, Yang Li'er was in a catastrophe this time, and he could breathe a sigh of relief, and after looking at those holding the number plates, he whispered to Zhang Tieshan with interest.

"Not a bad fart, this is an excuse for the court to make money."

Zhang Tieshan snorted coldly, and said to Zhang Tieniu in a low voice, "Besides, you don't know the virtues of those people in the government, even if you can smoothly trade with overseas countries, which guys in us only have to drink soup, and you have to be afraid to take risks, this is not a good deal." ”

"Otherwise, why would those salt merchants and grain merchants still stand still?" As he spoke, Zhang Tieshan secretly glanced at the place where the merchants of the Salt Merchants Association and the Grain Merchants Association gathered, and said in a low voice.

In the Ming business world, salt merchants and grain merchants are the most powerful and wealthy merchants, but after the auction, no one in the two major chambers of commerce has raised their cards, and the taste is very intriguing.

Li Hongyu was also secretly paying attention to the movements of the merchants of the Salt Merchants Association and the Grain Merchants Association at this time, and he had already expected the cold reaction of the businessmen of the two major chambers of commerce, after all, these two chambers of commerce controlled the two most profitable industries in the Ming Dynasty, so they naturally did not take the mirror-like business of overseas trade to heart.

In addition, the people of the Salt Merchants Association and the Grain Merchants Association have close ties with the officialdom of the capital, and they have the shadows of various factions in the capital behind them, so they are not very afraid of Li Hongyu.

Although Li Hongyu is now a celebrity in front of Emperor Wanli, the rising star in the officialdom is fledgling and has no foundation in the officialdom, so those salt merchants and grain merchants are not very afraid of Li Hongyu with the forces behind them.

Besides, the status of the merchants of the General Chamber of Salt Merchants and the General Association of Grain Merchants is noble, and it is not easy to express their attitude until the end.

Compared with the salt merchants and grain merchants, the merchants of the Tea Merchants Association and the Cloth Merchants Association were more active in this matter, including Zhao Yulong, a total of three cloth merchants, and two tea merchants participated in the bidding

Compared to salt and grain, tea and cloth are two of the three goods that are most in demand overseas, and the rest is porcelain.

As a result, the tea merchants, cloth merchants, and porcelain merchants were very interested in the imperial court's overseas trade, in contrast to the cold attitude of the salt and grain merchants.

The people Li Hongyu really values are those tea merchants, cloth merchants and porcelain merchants, although the salt merchants and grain merchants are powerful, but they have nothing to do with overseas trade, although those overseas countries also need grain and salt, but if they are transported from Daming, it will be more than worth the loss.

This is also the reason why the salt merchants and grain merchants have not made a move, because their business is not compatible with overseas trade, so naturally they have no interest in participating, and the reason why they came here today is more to see the excitement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are now eighteen people bidding 300,000 taels, including eight with blue cards and ten with red cards, is there anyone still bidding?"

Just as the people in the hall were buzzing and whispering, Chai Shixiu on the high platform asked in a loud voice, judging from the current situation, the eight quotas in the north are already full, and the remaining two of the twelve quotas in the south need to be decided by drawing lots from those merchants who are less than 300,000 taels.