Today, the cement franchise in Guangdong Province was the first to be auctioned. During the Ming Dynasty, Guangdong's economy was far inferior to that of later generations due to the ban on the sea and other reasons. Although Xin'an was listed as a port open to the outside world last year, and the development speed is extremely fast, Guangdong is still not rich. According to the official statistics of the Ming Dynasty, the population of the entire Guangdong Province was about 1.1 million, but this data is very problematic, and later generations speculated that the population of Guangdong Province was about 6.6 million according to the speculation of the law of population growth.

The specific data of the population of the Ming Dynasty has always been a mystery, and even the current Zhu Youxiao suddenly can't count it. In Guangdong, the Li nationality is the second largest ethnic minority group, and the Li nationality is divided into "ripe Li" and "sheng li", the ripe Li refers to the Li nationality who are subordinate to the prefecture and county, plough the land and receive grain, and obey the dispatch, on the contrary, the Li nationality is born and the Li is hidden in the mountains, and the population cannot be counted, and the population data is not true due to the exile of the people, the concealment of the household registration of the rich, etc.

However, since Zhu Youxiao stepped up the switch, the two ports of Shanghai and Xin'an have faintly surpassed the old foreign port - Yuegang. Moreover, Zhu Youxiao wants to build the terminal of the Beijing-Guangchi Road in Guangzhou. All these made the businessmen present feel that the future potential of Guangdong Province is very huge.

The competition for the cement franchise in Guangdong Province was fierce from the beginning, although it was not as strong as that of Beijing, but it was more fierce than that of several other provinces, which made the cement franchise finally sold for 110,000 yuan.

The first provincial franchise auction was auctioned at a high price, which made the atmosphere of the whole scene more enthusiastic, and Zhang Guoji also began to be excited with the atmosphere of the scene.

"Today's second auction is the cement franchise in Fujian Province, with a reserve price of 20,000 taels of silver, and each increase is not less than 2,000 taels of silver." Zhang Guoji said loudly.

The economy of Fujian Province in the Ming Dynasty was still very good, when Guangdong was not fully developed, Fujian Province was an important province for overseas trade, and there were many maritime merchants in Fujian Province. According to official statistics, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the population of Fujian Province was about 1.7 million or more, but according to later speculation, the population of Fujian Province should have exceeded 10 million.

The auction of the cement franchise in Fujian Province was also very intense, and the final transaction price was slightly higher than that of Guangdong Province, reaching a price of 124,000 silver dollars.

The third auction was in Hu Quang province. The saying "Huguang is ripe, the world is full" appeared in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and it can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, Huguang has become the most important grain production base in the Ming Dynasty. Huguang is not necessarily the richest, but it is a granary of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Huguang suffered almost no serious natural disasters during the Ming Dynasty, and according to the predictions of later generations, the population of Huguang alone should have reached 16 million.

And according to Zhang Guoji's news, the future Jingguang Chi Road will pass through Huguang, which makes the competition for the cement franchise in Huguang Province more intense, and the price of the cement franchise in Huguang Province has exceeded 150,000 yuan, reaching 155,000 taels.

The fourth auction is in Jiangxi Province. Jiangxi in the Ming Dynasty is really a big province, its status is the later generations of Jiangxi is simply incomparable, it can even be said that Jiangxi Province is a fulcrum of the Ming Dynasty.

The rise of Huguang in the Ming Dynasty was directly related to the "Jiangxi Reclamation of Huguang". Among the more than 1.7 million people in Hubei during the Hongwu period, nearly one million of them were immigrants, and among the million immigrants, the immigrants in Jiangxi reached 700,000.

Moreover, in the 276-year history of the Ming Dynasty, 53 first assistants have been set up, nine of whom are from Jiangxi, tied for the first place with Zhejiang. From the Yongle year to the Chongzhen period, there were a total of 164 ministers, in addition to Zhejiang has 27 people, Jiangxi and Jiangsu are tied for the second, both are 22 people. Among all the champions of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi was nineteen, tied for the first place with Zhejiang. It can be seen that Jiangxi's status in the Ming Dynasty.

Especially in the early Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi's status was higher, Qian Qianyi once said: "At the beginning of the country, Mo Sheng was on the right side of the river, so there was a saying of 'Hanlin Duoji water, and the courtiers were half Jiangxi'. ”

By the middle and late Ming Dynasty, according to official statistics, the population of Jiangxi Province exceeded 6 million, and according to later speculation, the population of Jiangxi Province should be more than 20 million, you must know that by 2015, according to official data, the population of Jiangxi Province was only more than 45 million.

Although the bidding in Jiangxi was not as fierce as in other provinces today, the price rose very fast, and finally the auction price of Jiangxi's cement franchise reached 157,000 taels.

The fifth auction is in Hebei Province. Hebei Province was a newly established political envoy department by Zhu Youxiao, and at this time, Hebei Province was still a border province, and Xuanfu Town and even the entire Hebei Province had just completed the reorganization of the army, and people's hearts were fluctuating. All this makes the price of the cement franchise in Hebei Province only 82,000 taels, which is the lowest price today.

The sixth auction is in Henan Province. Henan Province has been hit by drought and plague one after another since the Wanli period. According to the records of the county chronicles of Henan at that time, there were three cases of "cannibalism", especially in Xinxiang County, which was the most serious, "Wanli sixteen years of famine, cannibalism, epidemic, the dead pillowed, to the point that they could not collect, and filled the ravines".

Henan was not a province with a large population during the Ming Dynasty, and according to later speculations, by the time of the Apocalypse, the population of Henan should be more than 10 million. Jingguang Chi Road must have passed through Henan, which also made the auction of Henan cement franchise at a very ideal price, and finally the price of Henan cement franchise reached 143,000 taels.

The seventh auction was in Zhejiang Province. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhejiang's status was very high, not only as a major economic province, but also as the only province that could compete with Jiangxi in terms of the number of officials. According to later speculation, Zhejiang Province has a population of about 25 million, and it is the province with the largest population density, with a population density of more than 200 people per square kilometer, which is more than 100 people higher than that of Nanzhi, the most populous province.

The auction of the cement franchise in Zhejiang Province is the highlight of the day, with a reserve price starting from 50,000 yuan, which is the highest reserve price today. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhejiang Province can be said to be rich in the world, with many businessmen and the most wealthy people.

The reserve price was 50,000, and the first opening soared to 100,000, and then it began to increase step by step from 100,000, and it broke through 200,000 between dozens of interest. After breaking through 200,000, the price rise began to slow down, until 250,000, which reduced the number of competitors to three.