Zhao Ziliang always thought that the merchants of Chang'an City were rich, but he still underestimated the richness of these merchants' family assets, and when the last and best advertising space began to be auctioned, the merchants' offers made him jaw-dropping.

"Now for the auction of the first class advertising space, this is the best advertising space, I believe that there is no need for General Ben to say, all the business owners and proprietors should understand how much the value of this advertising space is, the starting price of 5,000 guan, each increase in price shall not be less than 500 guan, is there a monk of 5,000 guan?"

After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he looked at everyone, and the businessmen were a little hesitant, worried that making a move too early would expose their strength, but some people still couldn't help it, and a voice with a somewhat strange tone came out: "Six thousand guan!" ”

Zhao Ziliang and everyone followed the voice, only to see a middle-aged foreigner with a western face standing up and raising his hand, this person was wearing a foreign hat, and his clothes were no different from those of the Tang people, but his appearance and eyes clearly showed that he was a Persian.

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Which firm are you a representative of?" ”

The Persian merchant saluted Zhao Ziliang and said, "If you return to the general, the villain is Chajim, the representative of the Persian trading house in the West City!" ”

"Shopkeeper Chajim, please take a seat!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, and said: "Okay, the shopkeeper of the Persian Commercial Bank in the West City bid 6,000 yuan, is there any higher price than this?" ”

This price is a bit lethal, not that it is large, but that the price is directly increased by 1,000 yuan, which is twice as much as the price increase requested by Zhao Ziliang for each time is not less than 500 yuan, obviously, Cha Jim does not want to waste time, his meaning is obvious, people with insufficient financial resources should not wade into this troubled water.

Sure enough, the shopkeepers of several trading houses who were preparing to participate in the competition were scared away. However, it is obvious that not everyone is afraid of the Persian trading houses, and not all the trading houses do not have the financial resources of the Persian trading houses, so I saw a dignified middle-aged man stand up and said: "General, below is Liu Chenglin, the owner of the Liu's leather trading house. It's not too early, there will be a curfew in half an hour, and Liu will bid 10,000 yuan! If the next person to increase the price can't pay 20,000. It's better not to stand up, lest you be embarrassed! ”

This tone is simply overbearing, but he didn't break the rules, and others just scolded this guy in their hearts for being crazy, why did he treat money so badly?

In other words, although the vast majority of people look at the middle-aged person unpleasantly, they are actually envious, jealous and hateful, but they have to admire this person's domineering and courage in the shopping mall.

Zhao Ziliang was happy to see this situation, so he smiled and said, "Okay." Liu Caidong is so courageous, General Ben appreciates it very much! Is there anyone who is higher than Liu Caidong's monk? ”

Zhao Ziliang was a little puzzled when he said this, and after speaking, he asked the right palm Gu who was standing next to him: "Doing a leather business makes so much money?" ”

Right palm Gu said in a low voice: "General, I heard that the relationship between the Liu family and the military is intertwined, and the military orders a large number of leather goods from Liu's Leather Goods Company every year to make leather armor. There are not only mink capes worth thousands of yuan, but also leather clothes suitable for ordinary people, and wholesale takeaway! ”

The two had just finished speaking. Someone stood up and bid, this time it was a Japanese who stood up, Zhao Ziliang saw that this person looked no different from the Tang people, but his pronunciation was inaccurate and the words were not clear, so he guessed that this person was Japanese.

"I bid 20,000 yuan, I am Futiangang of Sunrise Commercial Bank in the West Market!" This middle-aged Japanese man wears a modified Tang costume. The pigtails on the top of the head are also only done by the Japanese, and men in the Tang Dynasty would not make their hair like this.

The right member of the wailang whispered beside Zhao Ziliang: "This Sunrise firm is involved in many businesses, such as exchanging silver for copper coins, making dried seafood, pearl agate, and doing business as long as it makes money, and its strength is not bad."

Not to be outdone, Chajim of the Persian trading house. When the price is raised to 30,000 yuan, it is obvious that these three are the best commercial banks that want to compete for the first best position in the first class advertising space, although other businesses have the heart, but they are not confident in their financial resources, or have financial resources, but they are worried that they will not be able to recover the cost, and some businesses may still be waiting to wait until the critical moment to make a move.

Liu Chenglin, the proprietor of Liu's firm, raised his hand and shouted: "Fifty thousand! ”

It only took two rounds of bidding to raise the price to 50,000 guan, and the fierceness of this competition was beyond the imagination of all merchant shopkeepers and proprietors, and this time Liu Chenglin directly raised 20,000 guan, which scared everyone.

The Japanese Fukudagang is a little unable to hold on, if it continues like this, in the end, I am afraid that the price will be raised to more than 100,000 yuan, or even to more than 200,000 yuan, it is very possible, such a price is too high, and the risk is too great, if such an advertising space does not have such a good effect, it is likely to lose all your money.

The Japanese did not speak out again, leaving only the Persian merchant Chajim and Liu Chenglin of the Liu Merchant House still bidding, apparently trying to fight to the end.

Although Persia was destroyed by the Great Food Country, there were still many Persian merchants in Europe and Asia, who were worried about being persecuted by the Great Food Country, so they left their homeland and came to Chang'an.

When the price was raised to 110,000 guan, there was weakness, and the two of them only added 11,000 yuan, obviously, Liu Chenglin was determined to get these advertising spaces, he would not hesitate every time he raised the price, and he didn't take time to think about it at all, as long as the Persian Chajim raised the price, he immediately followed, which made Chajim's heart start to beat the drum, 150,000 guan is Chajim's psychological bottom line, if it exceeds 150,000, he can't take out more cash.

When Liu Chenglin shouted 160,000 guan, and checked Jim for a long time without raising the price, Zhao Ziliang knew the result, and he asked: "Liu Caidong bid 160,000 guan, is there any higher than him?" 160,000 for the first time, 160,000 for the second time, 160,000 for the third time, deal! Okay, the first class advertising space No. 1 position belongs to Liu Caidong of Liu's leather goods firm, please Liu Caidong to handle the relevant documents here, tomorrow the Japanese general will send someone to your house to get money, all the merchants who get the advertising space must do their own banners, the easier it is to attract the attention of the people, the better! On the sixth day of the ninth month, you merchants can bring your men and banners to the gate of the forbidden army school, and we will arrange for you to go in and hang banners, I hope that you will start the banner of your firm during the martial arts examination, so that the people of Chang'an and even the whole Tang Dynasty know the reputation of your firm. ”

The shopkeepers of the merchants who had purchased the advertising space smiled happily when they heard Zhao Ziliang's words, and they all got up and saluted Zhao Ziliang, "Thank you General Jiyan!" ”

Returning to the Yamen of the Military Election Department of the Ministry of War, Zhao Ziliang summoned all the officials to discuss the matter and asked: "Right Zhanggu, how much did the eighty advertising booths sell for in total?" ”

The right palm Gu took the abacus, crackled the calculation, and immediately reported to Zhao Ziliang: "General, a total of 1.38 million yuan!" It's a money grab! ”

The other officials were stunned when they heard the number.

"Ahem!" Zhao Ziliang coughed twice and said: "Now that the money is available, the next thing is to really do things, the residence and food of the martial artists must be arranged properly, the residence must be guarded by soldiers, and it is strictly forbidden for them to fight and make trouble. In addition, the food of the martial arts lifters should be uniformly procured with ingredients, the ingredients should be fresh, clean and hygienic when cooking, and the kitchen should be guarded by special personnel to prevent poisoning and other incidents, and everything possible should be done so that the martial arts lifters can devote themselves to the big competition without worrying about other things! Is it all clear? ”

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang said: "You must work hard, you must do things as your own things, you must have a sense of responsibility, not cheating, after the end of this martial arts test, if you succeed, the general will reward you all, talented people, the general will personally recommend them to be promoted; People who work hard and dare to take responsibility have money to reward, this time we got so much money, and there will be tickets after the official start of the martial arts examination, these money will definitely not be spent, and some of the money that cannot be spent will reward you for your good performance, I hope you will not let this general down! ”

All the officials were full of enthusiasm by Zhao Ziliang's words, and they all said that they would do their best to assist him in organizing the martial arts examination.

On the morning of the next day, Chen Xuanli personally went to the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War and sent Zhao Ziliang the roster of generals and schools that he had preliminarily selected from the guards.

After some screening, Zhao Ziliang immediately determined the specific personnel, and immediately sent personnel to gather the selected generals for closed management, so as to prevent them from contacting the outside world before the martial arts examination began.

Left Xiaowei.

A middle-aged general led a team of soldiers through the sentry inspection and walked into the Zuo Xiaowei military camp, and quickly found a lieutenant through inquiry, "Is it Huaihualang General Liu Shusen?" ”

Liu Shusen looked at the middle-aged general in front of him and the team of soldiers behind him, a little surprised, and nodded suspiciously: "I'm Liu Shusen, I don't know what happened to this general?" ”

The middle-aged general handed out a waist card and said: "I am sent by the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, and I am ordered to ask General Liu to go with us to perform an official business, we have negotiated with Zuo Xiaowei's mansion, this is your order, you have a tea time to pack up two sets of change of clothes, and you don't need to bring anything else!" ”

Liu Shusen was stunned, and hurriedly said: "The time for a cup of tea is too short, I have to talk to my family!" ”

"No, we'll send someone to inform your family! Please."

This kind of thing is now happening in the sixteen guards of the capital, and many generals have been transferred out and gathered in a barracks of the left prison guard. (To be continued.) )