Early the next morning, after Li Feibai got up, he had disappeared from Qian Zijun, thinking that Qian Zijun went straight to Jidu Temple for a sneak peek.

He shook his head secretly. Jidu Temple is a familiar road for Qian Zijun, can he still run away? He was not in a hurry to look for it, and after washing, he went straight to the East Side Courtyard.

Tang Xin'an got up early, sitting in the living room and drinking tea, accompanied by Tang Zilan, Tang Ziran and Zhou Zhenqing. Seeing Li Feibai coming in, Tang Xin'an stood up from his chair and said, "Let's go, let's go!" ”

Li Feibai nodded his head, led everyone out of the courtyard and got into a carriage, and went to Jidu Temple. At meal time, it has arrived near the Jidu Temple, the front is crowded, bustling, the carriage can no longer go forward, the group has to get off the car, walk towards the gate.

In front of the gate of Jidu Temple, it was crowded even tighter, and most people were crowded in front of the two big wooden signs to discuss. The group first went to a large wooden plaque to look at it, only to see a notice written on red paper pasted on it, which read: "Those who do not participate in the auction can go inside to observe the auction." There are all kinds of snacks inside, the price is fair, and the children are not bullied. Tickets are only sold for ten wen, with tickets you can visit the temple's halls, burn incense and pray to God, and have a big drama to watch, one should be free. ”

Someone said: "Didn't you say that those who participate in the auction can get three meals a day free?" We came all the way here, how did it become that we had to pay for food, and we had to pay for it when we went in, isn't this a lie? ”

Immediately, many people chimed in, saying, "Yes, yes!" However, some people retorted, saying: "If you want to say, people are not deceiving, you can participate in the auction, not only is it free to enter, but it is also free to eat and drink." ”

Someone said: "But you have to pay a hundred taels of silver!" ”

There are also humanitarians: "People don't write it clearly, but pay the silver to prevent some people from buying things but don't want them, and then they will deduct one hundred taels of silver in the form of liquidated damages." But if you don't get it, a hundred taels of silver will be a lot of money, and it will be returned to you. ”

Someone said, "Look at me, I have to have a hundred taels of silver." A burst of laughter ensued.

Someone said: "Then we can't get in!" ”

Someone said: "Ten cents to go inside to see the excitement, there is a free drama to watch, I think it's worth it!" Under his leadership, dozens of people rushed to the door, and they all took out money to buy tickets to enter the temple.

Tang Xin'an said: "Let's go over there and take a look?" The group moved on to another large wooden plaque. There is also a red piece of paper on the large wooden plaque, on which are written the rules for participating in the auction.

In front of the wooden plaque is a large case, and several scribes are sitting behind the desk to issue receipts to those who pay for the auction.

Tang Xin'an read the contents of the paper and knew what an auction was, to put it simply, it was a few people competing for a thing, and the one with the highest price would win. smiled and said, "Do I have to pay a hundred taels of silver to participate in the auction?" ”

Li Feibai said: "You are a distinguished guest invited by me, even if you participate in the auction, with your three words Tang Xin'an, you will not be a daughter." ”

Tang Xin'an was very useful, and said: "Don't think that I have a gambling contract with my daughter, and I won't spend money if I enter it." Don't worry, if there is no one to bid for the thing, it will be too embarrassing, and I will make a bid. ”

Tang Zilan was very dissatisfied! What does this mean? Isn't the implication that she is doomed! She thought that Li Feibai would refute, but when she saw Li Feibai smile, she didn't say anything, and led everyone to the gate, and her originally confident heart was a little apprehensive. After all, she had no interest in this auction before, and she didn't know what she would auction, let alone if she could sell 300,000 taels of silver.

That's why she agreed to bet with Tang Xin'an, because she suddenly knew the secret of Li Feibai and Guo Xun yesterday, so she was full of confidence in Li Feibai. But that's 300,000 taels of silver, not 3,000 taels, let alone 300 taels, someone has to spend real money to do it, and you can't do it with confidence. This is a matter related to the happiness of her life, and she can't tolerate a little failure, after a night of careful consideration, coupled with Li Feibai's unrefuted Tang Xin'an's words, she is obviously a little lacking in confidence.

Lin Zhiyuan led more than a dozen officials to stand in front of the temple gate of Jidu Temple, selling tickets to collect money.

After Jiyuan's No. 2 person Cao Zhiyuan had an accident, the No. 3 person Hua Xiujie was promoted by one level, and he, the No. 4 person, also rose by one level. It's just that the official documents of the imperial court haven't come down yet, and his grade has not been promoted, but he has taken over a few real power errands from Hua Xiujie, and he has tasted some sweetness. But he was not satisfied, and became even more anxious about the matter of collecting tickets for the temple.

There are two reasons for this; First, he has put too much effort into this matter, and he can't ignore it just because he has sweetness. Second, Li Feibai gave him an idea a few days ago, asking him to contract the admission fees of the Jidu Temple.

He didn't know what contracting meant, and as soon as Li Feibai explained, he understood.

After all, no one has ever done it to collect tickets, and no one knows how much money can be earned in a year, in order to save snacks for the county order, a person hands over a sum of silver every year, and the money for collecting tickets exceeds this silver, and the excess falls into the contractor's pocket, that is, it is earned. If the money for admission is not more than this money, the contractor has to make up for the shortfall, which is a loss.

He has negotiated with Zhao Xuefei that the annual contract fee is 10,000 taels, tentatively set for five years. In the event of a shortfall, the contract fee will be reduced. If it is profitable, depending on the amount of profit, the contract fee will be increased.

As for how much he can earn in a year after contracting the temple, he didn't calculate it anymore. Selling tickets really doesn't make much money, and at the end of the year, selling two or three thousand taels is considered to be high incense. But after you enter the temple, don't you need to burn incense and place offerings? Incense and offerings can not be taken out, can only be bought in the temple, these things are sold in the temple for one penny, the temple dares to sell ten wen, a doubling is ten times the profit, only these two items, bring 10,000 taels of income every year, should not be a problem.

Also, after you pray to God, you can't draw lots to tell fortunes? Fortune telling without money? Is the fortune teller able to enter the temple if he wants to? Earnings must not be divided equally each day? That's another piece of income.

Also, there is a merit box in each temple, and those who come in donate more or less? Donate more or less depends on whether you are sincere or not, which is another income.

In some major festivals, there must be more people coming to the temple. When there are many people, eating, drinking, and Lazar is the problem. Let some small stall vendors come in and do business, and collect some stall fees! If there are many people going to the toilet, the toilet will be dirty, so you have to hire someone to clean it from time to time, and collect a penny or two, which is not expensive!

And so on, he thought about all the ways to collect money and those who couldn't, and felt that earning twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver a year should not be a problem. Pay a contract fee of 10,000 taels, and you can still get 120,000 taels! This money is all clean money, and it is easy to spend it happily, which is more reliable than relying on power to make money.

But these are all estimates, and as for whether they can earn so much after contracting the temple, everything is unknown. Therefore, he wanted to give it a try before contracting, so that his heart was more or less scored. It happened that Li Feibai was going to hold an auction, and this was an opportunity, so he went to the door and discussed with Li Feibai!