Chapter 776 Bidding! The silver of the white flower is in hand! [Ask for a monthly pass!] 】

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Shandong, Jinan City.

Inside the prefect's yamen, Zhang Zhun was looking through a pile of information.

Tian Feng said with a smile: "My lord, this is the basic information of the people who are going to participate in the bidding, the total is an individual, and the competition is still quite fierce." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said casually: "If there is no competition, it will not be fun." ”

According to these information, there are really a lot of people who participate in the bidding, and they are all people with status. The most conspicuous is, of course, King De. It seems that this prince is ready to follow the Tiger Ben Army, and basically expressed support for Zhang Zhun's actions. The current imperial court is indeed not optimistic, and it is inevitable that he will take the initiative to break with the imperial court for the sake of his own future. Anyway, the relationship between him and Chongzhen is not very close.

Subsequently, it was Zhu Baowei and others, who were basically members of the Qilu Business Association. There are a total of four people in the Qilu Business Association participating in the election, Zhu Baowei is one of them, and the other three, whose names are a little unfamiliar, and several people that Zhang Zhun is familiar with do not seem to be among them. It feels like it's a bit of a reading with the prince. If the guess is correct, the rest of the Qilu Business Association must have joined forces with Zhu Baowei to secure a place.

The more powerful one is the Lin family in Linqing. Zhang Zhun estimated that this should be a joint group of merchants in Linqing. Because of the cut-off of transportation, Linqing merchants have to find a way out of their funds, and the Japanese market is obviously a good choice. The Zhou family in Texas also has relatively strong financial strength. If you are not mistaken, this should also be a joint group of merchants in Texas, and the reason is basically the same as that of Linqing. In the absence of a better way out of funds, the Japanese market is a good choice.

"Wu Haide?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly saw a strange and familiar name.

Isn't this Wu Sangui's cousin? He moved quite fast, and he actually participated in this bidding. Suddenly remembering Wu Sangui's expression when he was talking to himself, Zhang Zhun couldn't help frowning. Obviously, Wu Sangui had known about Wu Haide's actions in Shandong for a long time. Perhaps, this bid was also instructed by Wu Sangui.

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "What is the origin of this Wu Haide?" ”

Tian Feng replied cautiously: "He only came to register two days ago, and he didn't know too much about us, so he said that he was from Gaoyou in Jiangnan and wanted to do business in Shandong, and then he paid a deposit of 50,000 taels of silver. We all thought it was a little strange at the time, this businessman was careful and careful, as if he was such a generous person is really rare. But since he paid the deposit, we let him participate in the bidding. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

He understood that it was not Wu Haide's generosity, but most likely Wu Sangui or Wu Xiang's instructions to him to have a good relationship with the Tiger Benjun as much as possible. Since the Tiger Army has such a bidding action, of course they have to participate in it. Regardless of whether you can make money in the future, give Zhang Zhun a letter of nomination first. Not to mention that Wu Sangui is cunning, this ability to step on two boats is really perfect.

Whether it is Gao Qiqian or he Zhang Zhun, he is not a simple person. It's just that Wu Sangui, under the noses of the two of them, is living well. Zhang Zhunming knew that this guy was a big traitor in history, but at this time, he had a lot of changes about him. There's no way, others have always treated each other with a smile, and I'm really embarrassed to slap him.

In order to ensure the sincerity of the merchants, Zhang Zhun used a means to pay a deposit of 50,000 taels of silver for each merchant participating in the bidding. These deposits were converted into merit values and recorded on the books of the Political Affairs Department of the Metropolitan Governor's Office of the Tiger Army. In other words, the silver has fallen into the pocket of the Tiger Army, and you can only use it on the Tiger Army, and it is impossible to get the silver back.

Wu Sangui didn't ask anything, so he sent 50,000 taels of silver first, which can be regarded as a slight show of sincerity. I just don't know how much silver this kid looted when he was in Liaodong. Wu Sangui has such funds, what about Gao Qiqian and others? Zhang Zhun is looking forward more and more, when and what kind of way to find a way to extort all the family property from Gao Qiqian.

A merchant just received 400,000 taels of silver, which is a lot of money. As long as it is used properly, in one or two years, it will not be a problem to earn back a 400,000 taels. The key to the matter is not whether the market is good or not, but whether the bayonets of the tiger army are sharp enough and whether they can drive away other businesses. It is impossible to use force to drive others away, and then let your own people seize the market, and it is impossible not to make money.

Zhang Zhun now finally understands why so many people like power. In fact, in the land of China, as long as there is power, there must be money, and it is so easy to obtain money through power. No, it was easy to get 400,000 taels of silver into the account, not to mention the silver obtained from the auction quota for a while.

If you want to gain power, you must have strong force. Democracy and freedom or something, it doesn't fit with the word of this land. If you want to get ahead in this land, you can only rely on your fists. If you don't have a fist, you can use a knife. For example, the Japanese market had to be occupied by force, not only to drive away Zheng Zhilong, but also to submit all the Japanese emperor and shogunate.

While his thoughts were drifting, He Shi came in and reported: "My lord, everyone has arrived. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, stood up, and walked out with Tian Feng.

In the hall outside, all the representatives of the merchants have indeed arrived.

"Lord Governor"

"Lord Governor"

"Lord Governor"

Seeing Zhang Zhun appear, all the merchants hurriedly stood up and said hello.

"Hello everyone"

Zhang Zhun said happily.

"Everyone's coming, Zhang is grateful"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile while shaking hands with them one by one.

There is nothing hypocritical about this handshake, it is indeed sincere. Because, since others participated in the bidding of the Tiger Army, the relationship with the Tiger Army is also a lot closer. For Zhang Zhun, these people are his right-hand men in the economic field, and they must be vigorously cultivated. When they make money, it is equivalent to the Tiger Army making money. The more they earn, the more the Tiger Army earns.

The first to come up and shake hands with Zhang Zhun was the representative of King De. On such an occasion, it is impossible for King De to be present in person, so he can only send a representative. The representative of King De, Zhang Zhun has seen, is called Liu Wenxuan, who is also a big merchant in Jinan City. He is the puppet of King De, responsible for making money for King De in front of the scene, which is an open secret in Jinan City, and everyone present knows it.

Liu Wenxuan said respectfully: "The prince is slightly ill and can't come to participate in the bidding in person, and I ask the Governor to forgive me." ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "As long as the prince has a heart, it's fine." ”

It is impossible for King De to appear on such an occasion, and Zhang Zhun does not want him to appear, thus causing pressure on other merchants. However, in order to show respect, King De still found an excuse, saying that he was sick and could not come, which also meant to show respect to Zhang Zhun. This King De is quite good, if Chongzhen knew that he was doing this, it would be strange if he didn't smoke his board. But when I think about it, Chongzhen doesn't have the heart to worry about him, even King Lu Chongzhen can't control it, where can he manage the side King De?

After Liu Wenxuan, Zhu Baowei, Linqing Lin's family, Dezhou Zhou's family, and other business representatives came up one by one to shake hands with Zhang Zhun and express their greetings. They are all a little nervous, and they don't know if they can be selected for a while. In general, they are still looking forward to this Japanese market.

The most direct reason is that a few days ago, Shen Lingfei's fleet had returned from Japan. They don't know Shen Lingfei's profits for the time being, but from various indications, Shen Lingfei has made a lot of money this time. Judging from the information they have found, the Japanese market is indeed promising. If they miss the opportunity now, they will regret it later.

"Villain Wu Haide, meet Lord Dudu"

The last one is Wu Haide, who arrived in a hurry.

"Boss Wu?"

Zhang Zhun couldn't help but glance at the other party.

This Wu Haide, who is not at all inconspicuous in appearance, stood there as if he was a housekeeper, with a smile on his face. However, this person's behavior is indeed very humble, and no matter who he sees, he is full of smiles. If you are a little fatter, you will have the reputation of Maitreya Buddha.

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Wu Haide hurriedly lowered his head and said.

Zhang Zhun nodded casually in response. He was sure that this person must be Wu Sangui's servant or something, and he was specifically responsible for taking care of various businesses for the Wu family. At that time, many eunuchs were involved in commercial trade, but they were not good at coming forward and needed to find agents. Housekeepers and the like are the best choices.

Wu Sangui only greeted him two days ago, and Wu Haide participated in the bidding here, if there is no cat in it, Zhang Zhun will definitely not believe it. It seems that the Wu family is also quite interested in the Japanese market, well, this is a good thing. Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, as long as everyone actively participates, it is completely possible to kill Zheng Zhilong.

"Boss Wu welcomes you to come to Shandong to do business"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"Thank you Lord Governor for taking care of me, the villain is grateful"

Boss Wu hurriedly lowered his head and said.

Zhang Zhun nodded, returned to the middle of the hall, glanced at all the merchants with a smile, and said bluntly: "I won't say much about the purpose of everyone's coming here today." A merchant, four places, the highest price wins. Below, everyone will write their respective offers on a blank piece of paper. The four highest bidders will be announced in person. ”

The hall fell silent.

In this bidding, the method of secret bidding was adopted, that is, everyone wrote their own bids on a blank piece of paper, and then handed them to Zhang Zhun for review, and the four with the highest bids were drawn. I have to say that this method is more torturous than public bidding, and it tests the intelligence of merchants more, and at the same time, Zhang Zhun can receive more silver.

After all, everyone is in business, and if there is nothing special, they generally don't want to offend people. Especially when everyone's identities are very different, you should consider the feelings of others. For example, if King De offers 300,000 taels, others may be embarrassed to directly overwhelm King De, and even if they have the ability, they will not bid higher than this price.

However, stealthily bidding is different. Bidding secretly, no one knows how much the other party bids, unless it is selected, Zhang Zhun makes your bid public. If your bid is too low, then I can't complain about others, and I don't know that your bid can be ignored in such a situation. The only numbers that work are numbers in black and white

"Everyone, please"

Zhang Zhun made a gesture of please and said with a smile.

Pen and ink have been prepared on the spot, and on each piece of white paper, there are corresponding names of each business. Each merchant just had to come up and write down the amount of silver after his name. If you think they need to be measured for a long time, you're wrong. This kind of major event is basically discussed by each of them in advance, and it is easy not to change.

The basic principle is to strive within one's ability to the best of one's ability. If someone else's price is beyond their maximum ability, there is no way to do it. You can't just go up the price for a place? If the stomach is too big, it will kill people.

Sure enough, the individual quickly came up, wrote it all with a stroke of the pen, and then stepped away. Without the slightest hesitation from that merchant, it seems that it is really well thought out and will not make changes easily.

"Thank you"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

Tian Feng quickly put away all the blank papers, and then counted the results. numbers, of course, it doesn't take any time to arrange them. Soon, all the blank papers were sent to Zhang Zhun in order from high to bottom.

Zhang Zhun took the blank paper, looked at the merchants who were a little apprehensive, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, if you can go to Japan to do business, it is naturally the best." If I can't go for a while, I also have other businesses to take care of you. As long as everyone sincerely follows the Tiger Ben Army to do things, I guarantee that everyone will not run out of money. There's only one thing you have to worry about."

A group of merchants hurriedly stretched out their ears.

Worried about one thing? What are you worried about?

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "I'm worried that your family's treasury is too small to hold so much silver."

The nervous mood of the merchants slowly relaxed.

This Zhang Zhun turned out to be not so serious

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly and continued: "But it doesn't matter, if your family's treasury is too small to hold so much silver, I suggest that you store all the silver in the First Money Bank, and I, Zhang Zhun, will absolutely guarantee the safety of the silver." ”

The merchants below are all smiling.

This Zhang Zhun, by this time, has not forgotten to publicize the first money village of the Tiger Ben Army. Anyway, his suggestion is indeed to consider hiding the silver in his own treasury and not moving, it is better to take it out and circulate it. The risks are greater, but the benefits are just as great.

Zhang Zhun also smiled, then picked up the first blank paper, and announced loudly: "The first, Wu Haide 350,000 taels"

Everyone else couldn't help but look at Wu Haide the same. Before this, they really didn't know much about this Wu Haide, but they didn't expect that this person's bid was so high. 350,000 taels is completely beyond the psychological price of ordinary people, and it can be called a sky-high price.

In other words, this Wu Haide is iron-hearted, and he wants to get a place at all costs. It seems that this person is really optimistic about Zhang Zhun, and without thinking, he smashed 350,000 taels of silver on Zhang Zhun's body

Even Zhang Zhun couldn't help but wonder in his heart, how much family property has this Wu Sangui and his son Wu Xiang accumulated? The shot is 350,000 taels, which is really a bit scary. Zhang Zhun originally estimated that the highest bid would not exceed 300,000 taels, but he didn't expect that Wu Haide's shot would be 350,000 taels, which inevitably made Zhang Zhun wonder, how much money do those big officials in the imperial court have? Perhaps, the rumor that Li Zicheng copied 70 million taels of silver from his home is true? The magnates in the capital really have so much silver?

"Congratulations to Boss Wu"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"Tongxi, Tongxi, to be able to work under the hands of Lord Governor is indeed a blessing for three lives"

"Thank you to all of you for giving the villain this opportunity."

Wu Haide can indeed speak, and while thanking Zhang Zhun, he also did not forget to thank the others present. It seems that others bid low, not because their own strength is not enough, but because they give him Wu Haide's face. I know it's a scene, but it sounds comfortable. Therefore, Zhu Baowei and others also had a good impression of this Wu Haide, and they had the idea of making friends. Others have the strength and can speak, of course they want to make friends

Zhang Zhun smiled, picked up the second piece of blank paper, and announced loudly: "Second place, Lin Zhengxian, three hundred and ten thousand taels." ”

This Lin Zhengxian is the representative of Linqing's business. The strength of Linqing's merchants is strong, and at present, the transportation is cut off, and a large amount of funds are in need of a way out, and it is inevitable that the bid will be relatively high. Sure enough, Lin Zhengxian was relieved to learn that he was selected.

"Boss Lin, congratulations, congratulations"

Zhang Zhun said sincerely.

Zhang Zhun is quite happy to be able to control the funds of Linqing's merchants in his own hands. What he is most afraid of is that the big merchants in Linqing will flee to Jiangnan and take all the funds in Linqing with them. If this is the case, the Tiger Army will lack a lot of funds for development. In the days to come, the Tiger Army will need a lot of silver

"Tongxi, Tongxi, thank you for your support"

Lin Zhengxian hurriedly arched his hand and said.

After letting go of his thoughts, Lin Zhengxian's speech was also leaky, and the scene was very eloquent. Lin Zhengxian was selected, obviously much happier than Wu Haide, and he talked more, after all, the funds of Linqing merchants finally have a way out, and the future is still bright. With the development of the Tiger Ben Army, there is still a future.

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, and waited for everyone's laughter to gradually quiet down before picking up the blank paper and announcing loudly: "Third place, Zhou Hengsen, 206,000 taels"

This Zhou Hengsen is a representative of Texas businessmen. Like Linqing, Texas merchants are also cut off because of Caoyun, and a large number of merchant funds also need to find a way out, and they offer 206,000 taels, which is also relatively high, and they are obviously determined to win. However, their economic strength is still worse than that of Linqing, so the price is also lower.

"Congratulations to Boss Zhou"

Zhang Zhun smiled and congratulated.

"Thank you, Lord Governor."

Zhou Hengsen hurriedly responded, and at the same time bowed his hands to the surroundings to express his gratitude.

Of the four places, three have already come out, and only the last place is left, and Zhu Baowei's face is a little not good. He is determined to get this place, because he has already learned that after Shen Lingfei returned from Japan, he has gained a lot. He didn't know the specific income, in short, it was a figure that Shen Lingfei was quite satisfied with. There is a precedent for Shen Lingfei, and of course Zhu Baowei has to increase it.

It's a pity that his competitors are also very strong. His main competitor is the Dewang Mansion. King De is not only his own family, but also King Heng, as well as some other laid-off officials. Those officials who were driven away by Zhang Zhun all embarked on the road of doing business. King De is the prince, and they naturally gather around King De. Therefore, the economic strength of King De is also quite strong.

Zhang Zhun picked up the fourth blank paper, glanced at Zhu Baowei, and then looked at Liu Wenxuan, the representative of King De, his eyes were quite meaningful. In this way, Zhu Baowei's heart became even more nervous. This is the last spot. If he didn't have his name, he would have missed out on the Japanese market.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Fourth, Zhu Baowei, 261,000 taels"

When Zhu Baowei heard his name, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally been selected.

For this number, he still thought about it for a long time, it turned out to be 250,000 taels, and then he thought about it, and when he put pen to paper, he still added 11,000 taels. He originally estimated that as long as it exceeded 200,000 taels, he would be able to get the quota steadily, but then he was still not at ease and repeatedly increased the quota. Finally, the effort was not in vain, and I finally got the place.

"Congratulations to Boss Zhu"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"Joy, Joy"

Zhu Baowei hurriedly said.

He was the most nervous just now, but now he is the most relaxed. Because, with the least price, he got a place. Compared to Wu Haide, he saved almost 90,000 taels of silver. Ninety thousand taels of silver is already a heavy amount of money for a merchant.

Zhang Zhun picked up the fifth blank paper, glanced at it, and said to Liu Wenxuan, the representative of King De: "It's a pity that the prince's offer is 255,000 taels, ranking fifth. In the Japanese market, the prince has no way to participate for the time being. However, if the prince is interested, I have some other business to introduce to him. If he is interested, he can come to me and talk to me in person. ”

Liu Wenxuan hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

Zhu Baowei was shocked in his heart for no reason. The bid of the King of Good Danger was only six thousand taels less than his. If he insisted on the original price, it would definitely be King De who would be chosen, not him Zhu Baowei. He couldn't help but secretly thank God for his blessing. It's so dangerous.

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