The scene that was still lifeless was like a nuclear bomb with an explosion of more than 20,000 kilograms in the evening study hall after seven o'clock in the evening, and the surging murderous aura surged among the crowded businessmen, and the eyes of many people radiated a crystal green light like animals, and with the eyes of staring at the prey to be slaughtered, they closely followed my expression, Wangcai's movements, and the clerk's mouth.

Obviously, they have just realized that it is not for nothing to be ordered by their master to travel thousands of miles to get here, at least the title of honorary nobleman is enough for those merchants who have no background in the Chamber of Commerce and do not want to be foot merchants to snatch their heads.

Although many people tried their best to pretend to be indifferent, the sneaky hand-to-ear and subconscious small gestures of stroking their pockets all revealed the reality that the gold coins in their pockets were not very abundant, and several businessmen with good relationships had even begun to whisper carefully and decided to cooperate in bidding.

I calmly took in everyone's expressions, licked my dry lips with my tongue, and now every one of them dangling in front of my eyes is a moving cash cow, and the longing for wealth makes me a little uncontrollable, and my sick mouth is dry, just like when I get out of high school, I am as nervous and hot as blocking the alley where Banhua must go home.

I was proud of the way I threw out the biggest auction item first, like a fishing bait, which is like a man dying of thirst in the desert who suddenly discovers an oasis.

You must know that whether it is ancient China or the Western Middle Ages, merchants have never been a legitimate industry to enter the stream, especially many traders in Europe, who are basically unpopular Jews in various countries, they are just like Shylock mentioned in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks with an obscene expression, and smelly bacteria all over their bodies, swaggering and deceiving everywhere, becoming a set of selfish, greedy, liars, lowly speculators, and many notorious negative examples.

All the noble lords, even the poor serfs, did not like them, but they were inseparable from them in daily life, especially the expectation that every caravan that entered their territory must pay various taxes, and this kind of chaos of love and hatred was mixed together, resulting in a very embarrassing social position of merchants in the real society.

On the one hand, they are spurned, many worldly rules and regulations and harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, shackles around the neck are suffocating, even if they are robbed, no one is willing to help them, the safety of the caravan basically depends on the protection of hired mercenaries, but often the mercenaries who take the money do not do serious things, and in turn covet the goods of the employer, killing people and overselling goods from time to time.

On the other hand, the closed manor system in the Middle Ages prospered the feudal economy of a small region, but caused a certain degree of market rigidity, and there was no mutual intersection between the two territories except for the trivial territorial disputes of the nobles, and the spices and luxury goods that were indispensable in the life of the nobles could only be transferred and sold through these merchants who were looking for money.

"I know that the journey is not peaceful now, many bandits who disrupt the order are running around, robbing passing caravans without humanity, taking every piece of goods that are soaked with your hard sweat for their own use, and even more discredited, kidnapping hostages without credit, renegeing their promises, and extorting money and property, this kind of behavior will surely be judged by purgatory, and God the Almighty will never forgive murderers with filthy souls!"

The expression of righteous indignation I pretend to be familiar with the road, the vivid expression is like a stage play on the face, plugging in a feather is no different from a roaring rooster, I don't know and think that the person who was robbed is me who is puffing up at the moment.

"For the sake of safety, you must not have carried too many valuables on the road, especially in the bidding on this occasion, the extremely important gold coins, and I believe that many people are already sighing to themselves, complaining that God does not care about their fate, and let the opportunity to make money slip away from their eyes......"

I smiled and said, in a luring tone commonly used by brainwashers in MLM organizations, to help everyone relieve their troubles in a nuanced manner, so that they could relax their vigilance and gradually fall into the bureau I had arranged.

"Is there anything else you can do, noble Earl?"

A white and chubby merchant with a jewel ring on his hand asked in the crowd, his small eyes that were about to be squeezed by fat flesh radiated a hungry essence, and as soon as his voice fell to the person next to him, he added: "Is it possible to bid first and then pay?" Merciful Lord? ”

Are you all monkeys? The kung fu of climbing along the pole is self-taught, and I want to empty the gloves of the white wolf or what, thinking that I am one of those stupid nobles with fat brains and developed limbs?

I shook my head in denial of his question, and motioned for the clerk to take out another agreement that had been prepared a long time ago and show it to them: "In order to help everyone who has come all the way here, will not return empty-handed because of the little things in their pockets, for those who do not have enough gold coins with them, we provide a humanized lending service, you can borrow money from my lord's treasury to participate in the auction, and make money with money, in technical terms, borrowing chickens and laying eggs!" ”

The shrewd businessmen immediately got together again, humming and discussing, leading the heads of most people in this era at high speed, I seem to see countless precision integrated circuit boards overloaded with electric sparks, each expressing their own opinions on the analysis of loans, bringing various benefits and disadvantages to themselves, in a sense, I think it is businessmen who promote the progress of society, because they are always tirelessly pursuing more, more economical, faster!

"Your Excellency, what is the amount and interest of your loan? We need to get an approximate value in order to calculate the possible benefits, and we need to know that not all the transactions under the sun can be seen at a glance, even if it is as noble as you, we have to give us enough time to think about whether the business is worth it or not. ”

An old gray-haired businessman raised his hand in the crowd so that I could find someone to ask me a question, and behind him stood several friends in similar attire, presumably businessmen from the same chamber of commerce or regional powers.

"I need to introduce a new concept here to help people understand, and that is the shareholding system."

I walked slowly down from my throne and came to the merchants who had listened intently to what I had said, and the gathering here today had greatly opened their closed eyes, and many new words that had never been heard of came out of the mouth of a noble earl, so that many people sighed in private, fortunately I am not a merchant, otherwise their market share would have been squeezed out, and there would not have been even a piece of crotch cloth left.

"Your loan only needs to be repaid to me within a certain period of time, without any interest or fees, but according to the amount of your loan, I will calculate the proportion of my shares in the project you bid on, and receive dividends on my shares on the settlement date of each month until you repay the loan."

"If you are unable to repay the gold coins within the specified date, I will revoke your right to operate the project you bid on, and you will also bear liquidated damages equivalent to the highest value of the project to be built, not more than 50%. Of course, a loan requires collateral, which can be a token of your identity, a legally binding written agreement, or other items of roughly equal value to ensure that I will not lose all my money because of your withdrawal. ”

"In addition, in order to ensure that the money I lend can be used where it should be used, each of you must have a full-time clerk appointed by me to supervise every step of the process."

I patiently explained the rules I had set one by one, trying to make everyone understand that there was no secret deal, and I hoped that they wouldn't treat me like an idiot who didn't understand economics.

"When the contract expires, we can start to negotiate the next step of the cooperation plan, of course, some important construction projects, will gradually redeem the right to use in my name, I will provide the stage, you go up to perform, harvest honor and flowers, and of course, there is a considerable performance fee."

The merchants immediately gathered together to discuss according to their proximity, and I looked at the red-faced and red-eared crowd around me with satisfaction, as if I were watching ducks stripped naked and jumping into the oven.

There are also some wealthy businessmen who stand by and watch coldly, waiting for me to announce the next projects to be auctioned, which is the root cause of their risky and huge sums of money to come to this poor and remote rural town, not some incomprehensible Rausch loans and joint-stock systems.

"Okay friends, the auction will officially start tomorrow, if you need to apply for a loan, please go to the clerk to register and fill out the form after the meeting, now be quiet, let my palace minister Wangcai announce the bidding project, I hope you listen carefully to every word that comes out of his mouth, and don't miss any good opportunities that can make you money."

I sat back on my throne and waved my hand to Wangcai, "Let's begin." ”

Wangcai saluted me respectfully, then pointed to the clerk beside him, opened the thick parchment scroll and read it aloud: "The projects participating in the bidding are: the forest owned by the Earl, the timber in it can be cut down, but every two trees must be cut down and replanted with a sapling and guaranteed to survive, wild beasts can hunt, but they must be hunted according to the prescribed number and registered......"

Every time the clerk says a project, it will definitely cause the exclamations and shouts of the people below, and the state is like a little fan chasing stars, and a subtle movement of the idol will be exchanged for crying screams.

The merchants stared anxiously at the clerk they had brought, quickly jotting down as much useful information as possible on the parchment, and some of the small merchants waited in frustration, and could only remember as much as they could by their own memory.