Thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and said with some embarrassment: "Auction, as the name suggests, is to take out some items with higher value and sell them publicly, but unlike the traditional sales method, the traditional model is to put the items in a fixed store for sale, and the price is also clearly marked, because the potential buyers are basically only people from the county where the store is located, and the liquidity is extremely low." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"So in order to sell at a higher price, you need more competitors, after all, the more people who want to buy such an item, the price can be raised, and the auction is born."

"Before each auction, we will publicize the items in this auction, so that we can expand the range of potential buyers to the whole of Yizhou, and even the whole of Dahan, so that the number of buyers who come to the auction will increase, and the number of people competing for the same item will also increase, and then we will have a reason to raise the price, but we will not directly quote a high price to sell the item, but set a basic price, and everyone in the auction can bid, and the highest price will win."

As a merchant's son, Lei Qiu quickly understood the subtleties, but he was still a little worried and said: "The lord's idea is very good, but can this really increase the price, after all, the people who can buy these good things are either wealthy families or rich businessmen, and they all have a certain ability to appreciate, they should not blindly increase the price, and if someone wins the bid, they feel that the price is too high and don't want to pay, what should we do?" ”

Liu Xin smiled and said confidently: "Your two problems are easy to solve, first of all, I will talk about the process of the auction, first of all, to all potential participants, that is, those who have the status and financial resources to participate in the auction to issue invitations, only those who get the invitations are eligible to participate in the auction and enter the auction house." ”

"In life, there will always be a few enemies, if you and your enemies fall in love with an auction item at the same time, will you fight for it, and there are still so many people in the auction house watching, so can you lose face in the place? I don't think anyone wants to, so we don't need to worry about the price, it's just high, not low. ”

"Then there is the liquidated damages system, we will explain to the auctioneer in advance that if they win the bid, if they don't want to buy the item again, they must pay us 20% of the bid amount as liquidated damages, but I don't think anyone will choose to do this, the people who can participate in the auction are people with status, they won't do such a loss, after all, they care about their reputation."

Lei Qiu suddenly realized: "I see, the lord is talented, he can think of such a subtle method, I think that every lot can be sold at least about thirty percent higher than the list price, and these treasures like the lord is preparing to auction are probably more than ten times more than tenfold." ”

Liu Xin smiled and said to Lei Qiu: "Now I have no way to arrange for you to be an official, so I plan to hand over the auction house to you to take care of, what do you think of breaking the rules?" ”

After hearing this, Lei Qiu immediately nodded, and said seriously: "Thank you for your trust, I will definitely take care of the auction house in the future." ”

Liu Xin smiled with satisfaction: "You are very talented in breaking the rules, now I have a drawing and title deed of the auction house, you arrange workers to set up the auction house in the title deed as soon as possible, you calculate how much labor and material costs are needed, and when Zhang Wei hands over the gambling money to me, you will take it along the way." ”

Lei Qiu took the drawings and title deeds in Liu Xin's hand, shook his head and said: "No, no, I have become the lord's subordinate, where can I still ask for the lord's money?" What's more, my Lei family is also a small asset, and the materials and construction team needed to establish an auction house are ready-made, so the lord can rest assured that the auction house will be completed within ten days! ”

Liu Xin had no choice, knowing that it was impossible for Lei Qiu to collect his own money, so he had to retreat and say: "Okay, but the treatment I arranged for you must be accepted, and you can get one percent of the net profit from each auction as a reward." ”

As soon as Lei Qiu wanted to refuse, he was forced to retreat by Liu Xin's sharp eyes, so he had to reluctantly agree, but he already had an idea in Lei Qiu's heart, since he was loyal to the lord, then the Lei family was the lord's small treasury, and the money he received was best left for the lord?

Liu Xin saw that Lei Qiu agreed to his proposal, so he continued with a smile: "In my plan, in the future, the auction house will hold a small auction every month, a medium-sized auction every three months, and a large auction every year. We charge a commission of 20% of the auction price, but we have to work hard to find some discerning appraisers. ”

Lei Qiu nodded, taking Liu Xin's words to heart.

When Liuma returned to the Huang Mansion, Liu Xin saw Zhang Wei with a few servants, carrying five large and one small, and six boxes towards him.

Liu Xin looked at Zhang Wei and said with a smile: "Zhang Yingwen, you are ready so soon." ”

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Of course, how dare I snub Immortal Master Liu, but please forgive Immortal Master Liu, I only have three thousand taels of gold on hand, and I will replace the remaining two thousand taels of gold with five baht coins, will Immortal Master Liu check it now." ”

Liu Xin smiled, shook his head and said, "Forgive me, I don't dare to do anything with this money, I won't check it, you can take someone away." ”

Zhang Wei glanced at the two boxes distressedly, this was the wealth he had accumulated for half a year, but in order to eliminate Liu Xin's dissatisfaction with himself, Zhang Wei had to endure the pain.

So, Zhang Wei nodded and said some flattering words, and then left with the servant.

Liu Xin ordered someone to carry the two boxes to his room, and then left Lei Qiu and Su Jia to help them identify one or two.

Liu Xin opened the small box first, this small box is not big, only about one cubic meter, Liu Xin opened the box, and it contained the three thousand taels of gold.

Su Jia glanced at the gold that had been cast into strips in the box, nodded and said, "The total weight of gold here is forty-eight and five kilograms, which is a little more than the actual three thousand taels of gold. ”

Although 3,000 taels of gold sounds like a lot, one tael in the Han Dynasty was about equal to 16 grams of a modern unit, so 3,000 taels of gold is only 48 kilograms when converted into a modern unit.

Raichu picked up a gold bar, observed it for a moment, and said, "This gold is of sufficient quality, and every tael can be exchanged for at least five hundred five-baht coins." ”

In the Han Dynasty, every tael of gold could be exchanged for 480 five-baht coins, but the exchange rate would vary depending on the fineness of the gold.

Liu Xin nodded, and opened the second box containing five baht coins, this box is a lot, after all, two thousand taels of gold is equal to 960,000 five-baht coins, each five-baht coin weighs two to three grams, and the average net weight is 2,400 kilograms, and each box contains nearly 500 kilograms of five-baht coins!

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