The auction officially began, and Wang Ziteng handed the megaphone in his hand to the eunuch next to him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The first round of bidding is two dealers in Huai Province, please write a quotation in a stick of incense, and when the time comes to hear the gong, stop writing and hand it to the palace maid next to you. The top 10 bidders advanced to the second round. ”

The eunuch's characteristic shrill voice sounded, and Prince Zhongshun reached out to pick up the tea in front of him, and nodded quietly in one of the directions.

Lin Ruhai has now built more than 10,000 acres of salt pans in the south of the Yangtze River, and the hoarded salt is more than 40 million catties.

Although it is not that the salt produced in each province can only be supplied to the two agents of the province, if you want to make a lot of money for export, it is undoubtedly the best to get the distribution quota of the province.

Huai Province has a well-known amount of salt, so it is also the place where the competition is fiercest.

This is Jia Lian's intention.

The first round will mobilize everyone's emotions, and then in the back, when the others see that they have lost this place, the other provinces will also do their best.

After all, in some mountainous areas and plateau provinces, not coastal areas, the efficiency of salt production is not so high, I am afraid that it will have to be transported from coastal places, and the cost will be higher than that of coastal areas, so if that kind of place is released from the beginning, the price of the auction is not satisfactory.

The emperor sat at the top, and the small movements of these people below could not be seen, but as far as the eye could see, it was still quite chilling.

However, his eyes swept to the prince, who was sitting upright and did not move at all, and he felt a little more comforted in his heart.

The reason why he likes this prince is because of his indisputable nature. There is also the character of being upright and cherishing siblings.

Compared with his other sons, if this son ascends to the throne, at least he will not be wiped out.

Jia Lian's gaze followed the emperor's gaze to the prince in the front row.

At the age of about thirty or forty years old, he was wearing a bright yellow dragon in the air, and his face was not smiling.

Thoughtfully, Jia Lian looked at the other princes again.

The others, although their clothes were also gorgeous, were all other colors of choice. And only this one had clothes similar to the color of the previous emperor.

As if sensing Jia Lian's gaze, the prince's eyes raised slightly, and he glanced at Jia Lian lightly.

The eyes of the emperor of the imperial study who looked at him were the same as before, Jia Lian's heart was suffocated, and he hurriedly bowed his head weakly.

Well, this man is quite old......

Thinking of the Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty in the later generations, the corners of Jia Lian's mouth twitched.

I heard that this lord was brought up after the old Prince Yizhong got off the horse.

It's been almost five or six years now.

Prince Zhongshun and Prince Heshun are eyeing each other, but this one can sit still.

The time for a stick of incense arrived, and Huai Province was the key place to scramble, except for a few self-aware, almost everyone quoted the price.

Even the highest price soared to 300,000!

The last one is also one hundred thousand, and the last price of the winning bid is two hundred thousand and one tael......

Yes, this person was also selected last time for five thousand and one taels......

In the case of a small official move, he was still able to be shortlisted, which shows the luck of this person.

The ten people selected were in the column, and in the open space in the middle, there were another ten low tables.

Now ten people know each other's offers, so the first place must also increase the price in order to keep their first place, otherwise if they are overtaken and become the bottom two, they will be eliminated properly.

When I first read the rules on paper, everyone had not yet realized it, and there were really only ten people at this time, so I realized the tension and apprehension in my heart.

The eunuch's characteristic shrill voice returned, and the second pillar of incense began to ignite.

The other people in the hall were also taken aback by the 300,000.

This is only the first round......

According to this trend, everyone will exceed this price in the second round, unless he wants to eliminate.

Jia Lian didn't have any idea of the 300,000 taels of silver here, but this didn't prevent him from hearing the chatter around him.

"That is the shopkeeper of the first silver village in Jiangnan, and he is also an imperial businessman. Most of the gold and silver of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were purchased from them. ”

A younger minister spoke to his colleague, who nodded and agreed.

"Also, the interests of the official salt are too great, and it seems that they also want a piece of the pie."

"Not only them, look at the old man sitting over there, I heard that he runs a splendid workshop, and he can't withstand this temptation."

Hearing this, Jia Lian looked at the legendary shopkeeper, who was about the same age as Jia Zheng, with a smile on his face, very calm and relaxed.

The time for the second pillar of incense soon came, and when a gong sounded, the palace maid would hold up the card, and everyone took a deep breath.

The first place is still the first silver village, but the difference between the second place and the first place is 300,000!

The difference is 300,000!

The second round of offers for the second place is 450,000!

The first silver village actually increased by 450,000 all at once!

750,000 taels of silver, even the emperor at the head was sideways.

The information of the First Silver Village had been placed in front of his imperial case as early as the selection of election qualifications.

But unexpectedly, this silver village is different from other imperial merchants who hold their thighs, and this money bank has become an imperial merchant purely by its own strength.

And his current actions are tantamount to announcing to everyone that he is bound to gain agency power in Huai Province.

Prince Zhongshun's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at this first silver village, the expression on his face was not very good-looking.

Second place is his people.

According to the rhythm driven by this person, as long as he still wants to get the agency of Huai Province, he will inevitably pay a very huge price.

In the second round, two 400,000 were eliminated, and then eight people were left to compete.

The 750,000 in the first round gave a lot of pressure to everyone, the atmosphere became more solemn, and the surrounding discussions became louder and louder.

"First Silver Zhuang is crazy, does he know who he is fighting against?"

"Yes, who in this Kyoto doesn't know that the Confucian Family Silver Village is now Prince Heshun's money basket."

The concubine of the Kong family "died violently", and all the Kong properties under her name were beheaded by the Kong family. The exiled people were put down, and as a matter of course, all of them went to the palace of Prince Heshun.

Not everyone is blind, and of course they know what it is.

But the emperor didn't say anything, and it was their turn to speak.

The second place is 450,000 yuan, which is Kong's money bank.

After the rumors that Jia Lian had let Jia Yu let him out, although everyone found that although the Kong family was still safe and sound after the Kong family was wiped out, it was discounted in the hearts of the people.

Everyone is willing to go to other money banks, and try not to be in Kong's money bank.