Although Fu Nai and Yi Duli are elders, neither of them is a serious surname, so a few juniors stay and are also easy-going.

One less time, there will be a pen post to hand in today's auction list. There were four copies, each thick with about a dozen pages.

Cao Xiang and Cao Fu brothers looked at a copy, Cao Fu handed the top half to his brother, and he looked at the bottom half. As he thought, the first half is small things, and the second half is real estate.

The first half is full of small objects, but they are broken into wholes. For example, this one, a box of ten golden hairpins, the total weight of gold is two catties and two taels, the fineness is ninety into five, and the reserve price is two hundred and seventy taels of silver.

Not counting the style of handwork, counting the weight of gold alone, these gold hairpins can also dissolve nearly thirty taels of pure gold, and exchange them for silver.

The low price of this auction was only 270 taels.

However, Cao Xiang didn't stay, such a clear cheap, there are many people who are worried about it, although the reserve price is low, but if you want to get it, it may not be cheap.

The main task of today, Cao Xiang has already heard from his younger brother.

Although they have been separated from the long house for a few years, their cousin has taken care of them over the years, and now they even think of buying a house and property, Cao Xiang is grateful and ashamed.

He has been out of office, the editor of the seven grades, the annual salary is forty-five taels of silver, and the rice is twenty-two stones and five buckets. Not to mention subsidizing his family, even his own social contacts are not enough.

The Hanlin Academy is also a famous Qingshui Yamen, and those foreign officials who enter Beijing to respect the ice have nothing to do with them.

Although there is a lot of oil and water in the foreign office, Cao Xiang is not greedy for it. Otherwise, Luoyang would not have had such a difficult time in those two years.

Left and right have to finish this term, as for the future, Cao Xiang is also hesitating.

On Cao Fu's side, he put aside the ones marked with Tian Property and looked at those houses. There are many clan relatives in this way, even if they want to buy a property, they will not look at a small house, and the surname of the big house and the field property may be big, and there will be more competition.

I've been used to living in a big house since I was a child, and I've seen other people's houses with two entrances, and some of them have few houses, and I feel crowded when I look at them. Three-in? In the future, they lived separately, and there were a number of people who followed, and they didn't need too many rooms.

Thinking about it like this, Cao Fu will look at the total number of houses marked with the property, more than 20, less than 40, so he will make a mark in front with a brush, and hand it to Cao Xiang on the side to copy the property information onto a piece of paper.

As for the location or something, I'll wait a while and then choose carefully.

Fu Nai just wanted to join in the fun, and he didn't plan to buy anything at first, but when he saw that there were many small items in front of him that were cheap, he was a little tempted.

After a while, he picked out a pair of gold-shelled pocket watches, and the reserve price was only six hundred taels of silver. I bought a new one outside, a gold-shelled pocket watch, ranging from a few hundred taels of silver to a thousand taels.

The introduction of this list is only written in one sentence, each weighing three taels and six dollars, ninety percent new. Pocket watches are expensive things, even if they are not new, they are still very cared for.

Fu Nai hesitated, but still wrote down the number in front of the pair, wrote an offer of eight hundred on the paper, and wrote three "B-A" on the back, which was his own secret mark.

Yidu Li is more casual, his family has a lot of real estate, as well as a silver building, for these small objects naturally do not look down, just pick some rare antique calligraphy and paintings in the world to see.

Seeing the right eye, in terms of price, he is not stingy.

Because he knows that among these masters in the capital, there are people who have swollen faces and fat people, and there are many people who have leisure and silver. Wouldn't it be frustrating to miss out on something that catches your eye because you want to save a few dollars?

However, this antique is not an introduction of a few words, which can hook people. You always have to look at the color of your eyes to feel at ease.

He is not worried about this, because the antiques, calligraphy and paintings with a reserve price of more than 1,000 taels are placed outside, and everyone can come to see them.

For this appraisal, if there are objections, I saw that the several appraisers noted below came from several large antique calligraphy and painting shops in Liulifang, and they also turned off.

Whether it's a pastime or someone who wants to take advantage of a small advantage, they all take what they need. However, this is not the same as buying things in a shop, because no one knows what the price is being offered. Even if the reserve price is cheap, you have to wonder if others have also taken a fancy to these things.

If you don't have something you like, it's okay, if you really look at something, it's really good to think about it.

I was really nervous.

If you want to say that the most nervous, it is Cui Hua, Lang Zhong, who is in charge of the bank.

Cui Hua didn't pay attention to this auction. Although the auction results were not good, and the formation of a backlog was very unfavorable to the flow of bank money, it was not a big problem, because since the bank opened for more than a year, there were many deposits of silver, and they could still hold on for half a year. Those pledged properties and valuables such as antique calligraphy and paintings cannot be photographed, and it is better to sell them slowly in the future.

You know, there are quite a few people in the bank who are staring at these pledges.

After all, things like real estate and fields are pledged at a price of 6 to 7 percent off. Antique calligraphy and paintings, there are more of them.

For example, an antique worth 500 taels of silver can be used for 200 taels of silver at a pawnshop, and a loan from a bank is 200 taels. The bank is not more expensive than the pawnshop outside, but the interest rate is low. Those who are looking forward to redemption in their hearts are naturally willing to pledge to the bank.

If you can deal with these things according to the pledge price, then the oil and water in them are exciting to think about.

However, Dong Hua just thought about it.

He is already in his fifties, and he has been in the internal affairs office for 30 years before he survives to the post of Langzhong, not because he is incompetent, but because he is timid and a very stable person. Don't be impatient, don't be greedy, don't flatter, don't involve those useless.

The reason why the sixteenth elder brother chose him is the same.

Now, he felt sweaty in his head, and he was a little anxious.

You must know that a few days ago, the household department withdrew 800,000 yuan from the bank, accounting for almost half of the bank's treasury. At the end of this year, it is the time when the money flows the most, and if the auction of these pledges is not successful, it will not be a few months, and the bank will have no money to lend money in the future.

Thinking of this, he wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve, looked at the list in his hand, and cautiously said to the sixteenth elder brother sitting next to him: "Sixteenth master, the front is fine, is the reserve price in the back higher?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "It's not high." Eighty percent of the appraisal is also much lower than the outside...... As for the final selling price, it depends on everyone's luck......"

The seventeenth elder brother sat under the sixteenth elder brother, and there was also a list in his hand.

He is also a shareholder of the bank and is also eligible to participate in the auction. In fact, the sixteenth elder brother is also qualified, but in order to avoid leisure, the sixteenth elder brother did not plan to participate.

Seeing that the seventeenth elder brother looked carefully, the sixteenth elder brother turned sideways, leaned over, and said, "What is the seventeenth brother going to pick?" ”

Brother Seventeen pointed to the antique one he saw in his hand, looked at the reserve price of more than 10,000 yuan, frowned and said: "Brother Sixteen, it's okay next to you, the reserve price of the antique calligraphy and paintings on these sheets is so high, it is no different from the appraised price, there are few people who can afford to spend this silver, I'm afraid it will be auctioned, will it press the silver?" ”

After the holy driver returned to Beijing, the "vacation life" of the seventeenth elder brother came to an end. Now, he is on an errand in the military department, and he knows that the household department borrows money from the bank, so he is worried about the sixteenth elder brother.

The bank doesn't know what to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it also has all the heads and faces of the clansmen in the capital, if it really can't be opened because of the lack of money, there will be more people offended by the sixteenth elder brother.

Seeing the seventeenth elder brother's concern, the sixteenth elder brother added a smile to his face and said, "They don't have silver, there are always people who have silver, and there are fewer people in this capital." Good things, don't worry about selling. Since I asked the masters of those antique shops to appraise them, there are many people who are worried about these things, and if I ask for them, they will wear out my ears. It's just that because of the clansmen, it's hard to accept. After today, there will be an auction at the end of the year for the unsold objects, which is a clear bidding. I also count on these objects to add more money to the bank, and at the end of the year, I will be more confident to honor the emperor. ”

The seventeenth elder brother saw that the sixteenth elder brother had other plans, so he was relieved.

The time when everyone chooses things to bid is an hour, from the beginning of the day (9 o'clock in the morning) to the beginning of the afternoon (11 o'clock in the afternoon). The time for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to sort out the secret bids is also an hour, and the bid opening will begin at the beginning (one o'clock in the afternoon).

Today, I was ordered to be the two little eunuchs who were on duty in the Qianqing Palace. One is Wei Zhu's apprentice Sun Changqing, and the other is Wang Taiping, both of whom are known to the sixteenth elder brother.

As for the clan relatives of this prison field, they are the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother.

In a large warehouse without partitions next to the venue, white paper was pasted on all four walls, and the names of the objects were pasted on the top, and there was a spare space below.

Thirty temporary borrowed pen posts from six departments, in groups of three, one person sings the bid, one person monitors, and one person fills in the hidden bid price and invitation number written by everyone under the subject matter.

The reason why I borrowed people temporarily did not use the pen post style of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was because I was afraid that there would be favoritism on the part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And these borrowed pen posts come from the three yamen, even if there are posts at home and participate in the bidding, they don't have time to think about what to do when counting, after all, there are still others staring.

Not to mention anything else, even in the box of golden hairpins in the first row of the list, there were more than ten people bidding. After a while, the space left to the west of the golden hairpin was full.

The sixteenth elder brother happened to see it, pointed to it, and said to everyone: "If the price in your hand is lower than what is written on the wall, then there is no need to write it on the wall." ”

Everyone responded, and continued to sing the bid, and write the mark.

Because of the orderly arrangement, the statistics here are very neat.

After half an hour's effort, the singing was completed.

If you look at the four walls, they are all written about the same.

The sixteenth elder brother also instructed people to transcribe these objects in order of the highest price and the number of the bidding post.

He himself accompanied the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother to watch around.

As he expected, there were few people who participated in the bidding for antique calligraphy and paintings with a reserve price of more than 10,000 taels of silver, but it did not mean that there were none. Just like a Warring States Ding, someone offered 18,000 taels of silver. Looking at the marked invitation number again, it is "Jiading-Jia", and the sixteenth elder brother was stunned.

This post that begins with "Jia Ding" flowed out of his hands. Marked with "A", he remembered that it was given to Fu Jin. Fu Jin mentioned that it was Concubine Yi who wanted it. One or three.

Brother Sixteen has three posts from friends, and the relatives he comes and goes with have their own posts, and it is not his turn to worry about it.

The sixteenth elder brother didn't think so at the time, if you want to talk about the post, the ninth elder brother can have six in his hand. What does it mean to ask for him?

I'm afraid it's not what Concubine Yi means, it's what Brother Jiu means. There are many wealthy businessmen under Brother Jiu, but their status is limited, and it is normal to need a few more posts.

It's just a personal favor, and the sixteenth elder brother didn't think much about it, so he sent all his posts to Concubine Yi.

These traders are willing to spend money. When the sixteenth elder brother thought of the fabrics that the household was going to shoot, his eyes lit up, and it was always inappropriate to press on the Cheng family. If someone mixes it, it's even better.

It's just a businessman's family, buying such an expensive thing and keeping it in your hands to enjoy it, isn't it a loser?

The one who holds the post of "Jia Ding-Jia", in addition to this calligraphy and painting, also marked a calligraphy and painting of the Tang Dynasty, and the opening price is 3,000 taels or 20,000 taels higher than the reserve price.

The sixteenth elder brother saw it, and immediately stroked his forehead, it seems that this person's vision is not bad. The Warring States Ding and Tang paintings, he had paid attention to them before, and even the appraiser did not dare to underestimate them.

Which one is it, if you buy these elegant things, even if you are a businessman, you should be regarded as a Confucian merchant.

The fifth elder brother stood next to the sixteenth elder brother, saw the familiar post number, and pointed to the seventh elder brother with a smile: "Old Seven, I got a good plum bottle, from the Tiansheng Official Kiln, serious and good things, I will take a good look at the old seven later." ”

The seventh elder brother responded with a smile, and his eyes fell on the few objects he had bid, and he did not have his own post number. The price above is far more than the price he gave.

His face was silent, but he had to admire his sixteenth brother in his heart.

This auction list, the small items written in the first one, have a low reserve price, and it looks as if they can take advantage of it. The latter ones, even if they exceed the outside price or are flat, are not conspicuous.

Half of the bank's profits went to the inner treasury, and it seems that the imperial father's bank treasury, which was empty due to the war in the northwest, could be rich for a while.

The sixteenth elder brother is usually giggling and laughing, but he can solve the worries of the emperor's father, and he can't complain that the emperor's father is favored.

One less time, the pen style has already copied the first few columns.

took out his pocket watch and saw that the hour was approaching, and the sixteenth elder brother made Cui Hua hold it, and went to the venue to sing the standard with a few loud voices.

This sale, unlike the Ministry of Internal Affairs over there, is not only a hidden bid, but also no deposit.

However, I am not afraid that someone will rely on the standard, because as early as when the post went down, the sixteenth elder brother had something to explain. If the standard is relevant, the same amount of silver will be deducted from the shareholder's dividend as a fine. If the bidder who holds the post of relatives and friends relies on the bid, the dividend seal of the relevant shareholder's relatives will also be deducted.

At the venue, someone has already urged again.

Seeing that someone came out to sing the mark, the venue quieted down.

No one noticed that outside the private room with "A and B", the faces of the two pen-posters were pale, their bodies were trembling, and they occasionally looked back at the box with a little fear.

On the stage in the middle of the venue, the loud pen post has begun to sing.

There was a person with the surname who was anxious, and he had already come out of the box and stood outside the box to listen. If you win the target, you just laugh; lost the target, and there was no one to scold the mother.

are all people with status, most of them are dragon sons and grandsons, so they naturally have some scruples......

(To be continued)