Chapter 609: The Dragon Rises (4)
Next, one of the highlights of the evening, the trade with Oros, is over a period of three years.
This deposit is 200,000 yuan, the starting price is 600,000 yuan, and the price will be increased by 10,000 taels once the sign is raised.
Yiduli finished announcing this on the stage, but it was not as lively as Fang Cai.
Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother were no longer in their seats, but in a quiet corner on the west side, looking at the stinky beauty on the field.
Zhao Feng, the eunuch of the sixteenth elder brother, couldn't help but slap himself when he saw the embarrassed appearance of the sixteenth elder brother, and said with a sad face: "Master, they are all slaves, if they follow behind the master honestly, Guo Xi'er is not good to call the slave not." ”
The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said, "This thing is different from what you want to do." As long as he wants to spread the word to me and Cao Hao, even if you don't need Guo Xi'er to find you, you can find other reasons. Okay, don't cry and mourn with your grandfather, it's not cool to go anywhere to rest. ”
When Zhao Feng heard this, he knew that his master wanted to talk to Cao Hao, so he leaned over and retreated.
The sixteenth elder brother patted his forehead, turned his head to look at Cao Hao, and asked, "Fu Ruo, what should I do?" ”
Cao Hao breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was wine, not tea, otherwise he would have made a difficulty.
It was Cui Fei, the steward of Prince Jian's mansion, who came out of the "donation banquet" and stopped Zhao Feng, the eunuch of the sixteenth elder brother, and asked him to bring a few words to Cao Hao.
It's nothing more than that, as a member of the royal family, he was promoted by his master, and he had the heart to repay him, and he also asked Cao to fulfill it. He also proposed that the person who sat first in the bidding table was the shopkeeper of his business.
In the first position, there is a businessman who is not outstanding, and he is not well-known to the world.
If it weren't for Cui Fei's post, Cao Hao and Sixteen Elder Brothers would not have imagined that this fat man with a Henan accent would be from Prince Jian's mansion.
Now this post, the so-called "fulfillment", is nothing more than asking Cao Hao to raise his noble hand and leave him the share of alcohol sales outside his mouth.
Although the wine exported from the mouth is not as profitable as the Oros trade and the Sino-Mongolian tea ceremony, it is also a large bidding.
The deposit is 60,000 yuan, and the starting price is 180,000 yuan.
The reason why Cui Fei handed over the post was because he had seen the battle in front of him, and he didn't know what to do with it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have hurriedly called Zhao Feng to pass the word.
Prince Jian is a well-known eyelier who will repay, no matter whether this Cui Feijing has not been instructed by him, even if he raises his brand, if Cao Hao does not give face, I am afraid that this grudge will be settled.
Moreover, he was able to make people the first to sign up for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which also helped Cao Hao's strength.
"Fairness, justice, and openness", that's.
From the first day of this bidding, Cao Hao knew that this would happen today.
It's just the beginning, everyone can't make up their minds, and many people are marionettes, waiting for the masters behind the scenes to speak.
Those who are embarrassed by Cao Hao, who are not familiar with the charter and want to see the excitement, made this time no one directly find Cao Hao and seek to cheat.
Before Cao Hao, he wondered if he had underestimated people's surnames.
"What can I do, Cui Fei shouldn't be careful, but his master is not easy to offend. Since it is said that 'it will be fulfilled', then it can only be fulfilled by thinking. Cao Hao thought for a while.
"Huh?" When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he was a little worried, and said in surprise: "How can this be? There is no such thing as an impermeable wall, and after all this commotion, I don't know how many people are waiting to grab your pigtails. If you really dare to do anything in the bidding, although you don't have to offend Yarjan, the others you offend will go to the sea. ”
It's not easy to cheat openly.
Cao Hao sighed in his heart, he didn't have enough experience.
After this bidding, there were many mistakes.
When his eyes swept to the prince's seat, Cao Hao was attracted by the blue and white porcelain bowl over there.
In order to entertain this group of distinguished guests, the tea sets on this occasion are all high-quality internal products.
Cao Hao thought for a while and whispered a few words to the sixteenth elder brother.
When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he went to worry, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's hard for you, if you can still think of this, then I'll go to the stage again." ”
As they spoke, the two quietly returned to their seats.
Zhao Feng was already waiting in his seat here, and the sixteenth elder brother commanded in a low voice.
The seventeenth elder brother turned to the side and said to Cao Hao, "Where is this?" The stage is lively, and the price has already reached 930,000. ”
Because Ma Qi and He Yi looked over with the words of the seventeenth elder brother, Cao Hao was not good at telling the truth, so he responded casually: "It is the sixteenth master who has two orders, and the seventeenth master will know in a while." ”
The seventeenth elder brother is a smart person, and when he saw Cao Hao being so vague, he knew that he was asked in front of a bad person, laughed, and said: "I really didn't expect that these guys who don't look obvious and dewy are so rich." Raise a sign once, it is Prince Peshuo's silver for a year, but they don't even blink an eye. ”
Cao Hao nodded and said, "No farming is unstable, no work is not rich, and no business is not living." Most of the people in the seats there are leaders of industry and commerce, and they seem to have accumulated a lot of wealth. ”
When the seventeenth elder brother heard this, he said with a smile: "It seems that if you think about it well, you should accept two people who can do business." ”
When Cao Hao heard this, his heart moved.
There was a slightly hoarse voice from the stage, and someone had already raised it to 1.1 million.
Cao Hao, Seventeen Elder Brother and others all looked at the auction seat, and there were three people who held signs one after another, and the one with the highest arm was Wang Lusheng.
The remaining two, one is Yangzhou Cheng Mengkun, and the other is a middle-aged man with a somewhat fierce appearance.
In the end, the Cheng family is rich, not something that ordinary people can compare, and finally won the right to trade with Oros with 1.26 million taels.
Although Wang Lusheng was annoyed, Cao Hao was only glad for him.
Of the three major bids, this Oros trade was supposed to have the lowest starting price and the lowest expected bid price. However, because of Cui Fei's words, Cao Hao changed his mind, and this Oros trade right is afraid to become the highest auction price.
The Wang family has some roots in Shandong, but it is nothing to the capital.
If you really monopolize this deal, it may not be a blessing.
Yidu stood on the stage, and the final word was made, his sweaty face was full of smiles, but his heart was a little miserable.
The venue is large, and the speech is like shouting.
After half an hour, he was already a little unbearable, and he felt that his throat was on fire.
In the next item, Yi Duli looked at the auction project brochure in his hand, and before he could speak, he saw the sixteenth elder brother striding forward and walking onto the stage.
"Lord Yi is hard, please take a break for a while, Brother Rong Ben will say a few words." The attitude of the sixteenth elder brother was very kind.
Itulith was like an amnesty, and if it weren't for the public eye, I am afraid that he would have burst into tears.
Yidu stood down, and the sixteenth elder brother looked at the auction seat and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to be so enthusiastic, you must also have patriotic thoughts." These transactions are either for the vassals or for other countries, and they are an opportunity to promote the prestige of the Qing Dynasty. In order to reward you for this patriotic thought, after discussing with Chief Cao, Brother Ben decided to jointly petition the emperor: in the trade of Mongolia, Oros, and Nanyang goods, these three merchants and colleagues are allowed to sell domestic utensils on behalf of them, and as for the categories included, the emperor still needs to approve them. ”
In a word, it almost didn't make the two hundred and fifty people in the bidding table boil.
There was already a lot of discussion, and if it weren't for the fact that he hadn't been carried away by the news, and remembered that there were quite a few princes and Baylors sitting in this room, someone would have protested loudly.
Why didn't you say it earlier, if you said it earlier, how could Cheng Mengkun easily take away all the Oros trade.
Cheng Mengkun got this unexpected joy, but his face was not revealed, and he looked at the stage as if he didn't care.
The reason why he didn't leave any silver and fought for the Zhongmeng tea ceremony was because he knew that the Jin merchant Fan family and the Wang family were in the auction seat.
Both of them are on the outside.
The Wang family is still budding, but the Fan family is one of the best families in the Jin Dynasty at that time.
Although it is not as long as the Cheng family, the family background should not be underestimated.
Cheng Mengkun was afraid that he would lose both sides with the Fan family, so he avoided the Sino-Mongolian tea ceremony.
As for the Nanyang trade, among the people who came were the Fujian Fang family, the Guangzhou Pan family, and the Zhao Wang family, all of which were involved in the Nanyang trade, and they all had the support of the capital's magnates behind them.
Cheng Mengkun came here to make money, not to offend people, so he should avoid it.
Among the three major tenders, only the people who did the Oros trade were miscellaneous, and the previous scale was not large, which was an opportunity.
Unexpectedly, it was a big pie that fell on top of my head; Many people looked at Cheng Mengkun's gaze, and it was like putting a knife.
Although everyone knows that there are still two business routes that have not been filmed, and the profit is greater than that of Oros, they also know that the price is afraid that it will double again.
Who let this time add the bait of the gluttonous vessel of the inner vessel?
Even if there are no other fine things, as long as you can get the export trade right of blue and white porcelain from the official kiln, the profit is already very considerable.
Many people have already made up their minds, no matter what, they want to take pictures of business. Even if the money is not enough, there is no fear, people who have been trading for several lifetimes, who have no relatives and friends, there is always a place to get money.
On the stage, the sixteenth elder brother has already gone down, and Yi Duli, the host of the bidding venue, has re-entered the stage.
His face was already sweaty, he looked much refreshed, cleared his throat, and said, "The next item is a big item, and two small items ......."
It was an accident, and then an accident.
This time, the bidding was for the Nanyang trade volume, but it was different from the Oros trade of Fangcai.
Fang is the whole auction, but now it is zero auction, one is 60% of the total trade volume, and one is the remaining 40%. As for the two general categories of goods, and various configurations, most of them are in accordance with this configuration.
The two companies must coordinate and communicate on the price of goods, and must not arbitrarily disrupt the market, otherwise they will be disqualified.
The first bid was 60% of the trade volume, and the bid was 450,000 yuan.
The price did not increase according to six or three times the previous margin, but it changed from one trade to two trades, and the profit had to be divided into a lot.
Cheng Mengkun didn't have anything on his face, but he didn't know whether he was surprised or happy in his heart.
really took advantage of a lot, but I don't know if Cao Hao has the heart to respond?
Cheng Mengkun thought about seeing the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao talking to each other, and always felt that this was divided into auctions, like a temporary idea.
Some people have already had the courage to ask loudly, why don't you shoot the whole thing, and everyone is not without money.
Yi Duli was already prepared, and replied loudly: "Although you are doing business, you represent the face of the imperial court. If it is exclusive, no one supervises it, and does something that harms the country and the people, isn't it regrettable! If you change to two, you don't have to worry about this anymore. ”
Yidu straightened his face, and he also had a bit of majesty, and with these loud words, even if he was dissatisfied in his stomach, he didn't dare to say anything in his mouth.
Cao Hao didn't look at Yiduli bidding, but lowered his head and looked at the bidding sequence chart.
Since the beginning of this Nanyang trade, the large projects and the mid-range projects have been divided into four or six.
Although it is not the full share, the trade volume of Nanyang still attracts many people's itching. Although it is Nanyang, in fact, the goods that go from the Guangzhou port are not only Nanyang, but also the East and the West.
Domestic ceramics have always been the most popular among foreigners.
It is the porcelain that comes out of the kiln, and when it is shipped out of the sea, it can be sold for gold; In the case of an official kiln, this profit has multiplied several times.
Moreover, this porcelain is much cheaper by sea than the land route between the Sino-Mongolian tea ceremony and the Oros trade.
Guangzhou Pan family, the representative of the Thirteen Foreign Firms, this is Pan Xuemin, the sister-in-law of the Pan family, one of Wei Xin's friends in Guangzhou. According to the news, the reliance behind their family was originally Shuncheng Wangfu.
After Mububa was deprived of his title, it is not known whether they took refuge in the new prince or if they had defected to another family.
The Fujian Fang family, a well-known maritime businessman, is inextricably linked with the eighth and ninth elder brothers.
According to the Wang family, it is Wang Lusheng.
When Yidu stood on the stage and had already shouted out a million, it was the above three people who were still holding signs.
When it reached 1.4 million, only Wang Lusheng and the Fang family were left.
Cao Hao watched from here, quite puzzled.
Isn't Wang Lu obsessed with wealth and starting to overwhelm himself?
When the trade volume of Oros was raised, he was already unable to reach 1.2 million, and now he is shouting 1.4 million, and his face is not the slightest hectic, what is the reason?
Cao Hao thought in his heart, and couldn't help but look over there a few more times, just in time to see someone quietly leaning over and nodding to Wang Lusheng.
"One million four hundred and seventy thousand, one hundred and forty eight thousand, one hundred and forty thousand, one hundred and fifty thousand...... 1,150 times twice, 1,500,000 twice, 1,500,000 three times, winning the bid! Iduli stared closely at the bidding area, looking at the number plate that kept being raised.
The person who won the bid was Wang Lusheng.
"Hehe, sixty percent...... 1.5 million ......" Brother Jiu laughed in a low voice, but the Tenth Elder Brother on the side only felt terrible, as if he could hear the movement of Brother Jiu grinding his teeth......* Cao Hao's eyes were already wide open, and he recognized that the person sitting next to Wang Lusheng was Zheng Woxue who was dressed as a man.
Although he had heard the thirteenth elder brother say a few times that he wanted to let his female shopkeeper see the world, Cao Hao did not expect that Zheng Woxue would really show up.
It's not that it discriminates against women, but now it is advocating etiquette and religion, and there are many constraints on women.
Today's meeting is the official surname, and if a businesswoman shows up, there will inevitably be some trouble.
After another round of fighting, the remaining forty percent of Nanyang Trade's share was also auctioned off, and the high price was 1.3 million.
"Ten million taels smaller, Fu Ruo." The sixteenth elder brother looked at Cao Hao, but there was no joy on his face, and there was a little more worry in his eyes: "In the future, I'm afraid you can't be lazy anymore......"
Cao Hao nodded, and there was a little emptiness in his heart inexplicably.
Although when I saw the amount of the guarantee before the auction, I already had a bottom in my heart that I could auction 10 million taels of silver, but when I saw it, I still felt a little unbelievable.
Sure enough, it was the power of the whole country, and it was convenient to make up money, and the three-year covenant was completed.
The spirit that had been tense for a long time suddenly relaxed.
Cao Hao couldn't help but despise himself, although he has always been hard-mouthed, saying that he is not afraid of unsuccessful bidding, as long as there are interests to drive, businessmen will flock to him. But, in fact, a hard mouth is just a hard mouth, and he has no bottom in his heart.
At this point, no matter what happens next, today's bidding conference has been considered a success.
I don't know if it was because of the hard work, or what, in the next Mongolian tea ceremony, the Fang family, who had just lost in the Nanyang trade volume, did not raise their cards again.
The two bids for the Mongolian tea ceremony were contested among several Jin merchants, and after one million, the remaining three big families of the Fan family, the Wang family, and the Kang family competed with each other.
In the end, it was the financial resources that had the final say, and the Fan family invested 60% of the trade volume at a price of 1.9 million taels.
The remaining Wang family and Kang family continued to fight for the remaining forty percent, which was not easier than Fang Cai.
Because the Wang family is new and lacks financial resources, they are crushed by the Kang family, and they are already ruined.
In the end, it was the Kang family who took 1.5 million yuan to take a forty percent share of the tea ceremony, and sometimes, the silver is silver; Sometimes, silver is just a number, especially if it is someone else's money.
Cao Hao sat in the audience, listening to Yi Duli shouting at the top of his voice, he was already bored.
The two hundred and fifty businessmen who attended the meeting, the two hundred and fifty people who watched, and the officials of the six departments of the prince and Baylor, all had any mood, and few people could stay out of the matter like Cao Hao.
Cao Yin and the Seventh Elder Brother were not only happy for the victory of the bidding, but also proud of Cao Hao's ability, and like the Sixteenth Elder Brother, they were worried.
"You won't be an old scalper in the future, will you?" Cao Hao felt that he had hot eyes looking at him, as if he picked up the tea cup casually, looked at the bowl secretly.
But there is more than one person, the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother and others all look at this.
That kind of intense eyes, Cao Hao only felt that his scalp was numb...... * Tangquan Palace, the royal car is here.
Kangxi sat in front of the window, carrying a brush, but his arms were shaking.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough......" He bowed slightly as if he was about to cough his lungs out, coughing endlessly.
Wei Zhu stood on the side, anxious, but he didn't dare to say anything about the imperial doctor.
After a while, Kangxi stopped coughing and asked with squinted eyes.
"If you go back to the emperor, it's already the first moment of Shen Chu (3:15 p.m.)." Wei Zhu leaned over and replied.
"It's the beginning of the year, noon...... Well, almost......" he muttered, his voice inaudible.
Wei Zhu lowered his head, still waiting for Kangxi's orders, but he didn't hear a voice for a long time.
After a while, I heard a faint snoring.
Wei Zhu raised his head and looked at Kangxi who was snoring on the side of the kang, and his heart felt heavy.
Your Majesty, you're old......
(To be continued)