Chapter 20: Novel Auctions (Part II)
The timber had all been sold, and the second item was presented, a delicate sandalwood box with a black solid wax-like object the size of a human head, which looked a little disgusting.
The audience in the audience all poked their heads to look up, only Xu Yang smiled and watched everyone's reactions, and with a wave of his hand, the narrator handed over a crescent-like scimitar.
Xu Yang carefully cut off a small piece with a knife, and then ordered the little servant to light it on a silver plate on the stage, and the green smoke floated up, and the whole hall seemed to have a strong fragrance.
"As we all know, since the whale entered the city, the whaling industry has become more and more developed, and now almost every three days, a whale will be caught along the coast, the whale is full of treasures, the skin can be made into clothing, the meat can be eaten, and the oil can be used as a lamp, but there is a most valuable place on the whale, I don't know if you know?"
Looking at the Hu people who were a little puzzled in the audience, the corners of Xu Yang's mouth turned up slightly, "That is a substance secreted by giant whales, in our ancient Central Plains Han Dynasty, there were fishermen who salvaged this kind of thing, that is Long Yanxiang." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, Long Yanxiang, a spice that is hard to find in the Tang Dynasty, is generally found for royal use, and there are very few that can be auctioned outside.
The eldest grandson almost didn't jump up from the box, she hadn't used Long Yanxiang for a long time, there was such a big piece here in Xu Yang, and Li Er on the side also ignored the eldest grandson who was a little out of shape around him, squinting his eyes and carefully looking at Xu Yang's auction of this thing under the stage.
In fact, Xu Yang was embarrassed to say that Long Yanxiang was the feces digested by whales, and what the ancient Han people fished from the sea was also excreted by whales in the sea. This thing smells fragrant though lit. But it always feels weird. I didn't keep it in the village for my own use, and I plan to put it up for auction today.
Some people in the audience have already begun to shout and ask for the price, after all, they are all here with their female dependents today, and if women want to say that they are crazy, the concept of silver is simply no concept.
Xu Yang also obeyed the will of the people, stretched out a finger and said: "A whale only has one piece of Long Yanxiang, so I won't pit you today, and I will start with a thousand times." Each price increase shall not be less than 100 yuan, okay, the auction begins. ”
The first to be exported was actually from the Changsun Wuji box, 1,500 yuan, the sound was extremely crisp, but when I heard it, it was not a wife, it seemed that it was the continuation of the eldest grandson Wuji, an old guy who was newly married, and it seemed that he was also spoiled, after all, he has been managing the iron smelting of Datang now, and it is really unbelievable to say that he has no money Xu Yang.
However, soon Hu merchants began to offer. They are barbarians, and they always have a strange smell on them. The smell and smell can't be washed off, so they also like to use some scented things to cover up the smell on their bodies, but they are obviously not generous, and they are very boring to raise a hundred times at a time.
When the price rose to 2,300 guan, a female voice suddenly came from the private room of Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, 3,000 guan, which shocked everyone at once, and it looked a little fun.
Then there is the speculation between several county kings, who are also county kings, and if they can't buy it, they really don't have face.
The final price was set at 4,500 yuan, and the flowers fell to Li Xiaogong's house, looking at Li Xiaogong's painful expression, Xu Yang also shook his head, although his son Li Chongyi and himself are good brothers, but the one with the highest price can not blatantly make profits.
Li Er was a little curious, the eldest grandson didn't move beside him, just staring at the auction under the stage.
"Does Guanyin like it or not? If you don't want me to ask for that Long Yanxiang directly, the money will naturally not be missing Xu Yang's kid. Li Er said in a relaxed tone.
"Your Majesty doesn't need to be like this, the concubine doesn't have much interest in this piece of Long Yanxiang, anyway, a whale can be caught every three days overseas, and the concubine doesn't want to be cheap here Xu Yang's kid."
Li Er smiled, shook his head and said: "Tonight, this kid, it's not me talking nonsense, it's not a little bit of money, Guanyin can wait and see what happens, according to my understanding of him, it's really not amazing, look at it, it will be more lively later." ”
As we all know, Xujiazhuang has many factories, paper mills, glass factories, cement factories, tea mills, bicycle factories, etc., the things produced by these factories are generally given priority to Chang'an supermarket chains, and only the remaining excess will be sold to some vendors for them to sell in Chang'an.
And Xu Yang sold a membership card for the first time today, and claimed that those who hold this card can have priority access to the supply of goods produced in Xujiazhuang, and if it is a large-scale wholesale, the price will be reduced by two percent.
This is a great opportunity for traders on the Silk Road all year round, although Xu Yang bought a small card, but that card, can mean countless wealth.
The merchants surnamed Zhaowu Jiu went crazy, the Uighur merchants also went crazy, and the Xueyantuo people who occupied the Silk Road also went crazy, and only those of them in the Western Regions knew what it meant to be able to get cheap goods in the first place.
So before Xu Yang could quote, a representative of Kang Guo surnamed Zhaowu Jiu shouted at the top of his voice: "This membership card is bound for my Kang Guo, and I ask you to give me Kang Guo a face." ”
Before he could finish speaking, the Uighur merchant group, an old man, stood up and shouted: "If you have money, you will make money, and this opportunity is not given by others, although we Uighur merchants do not have much money, but if we get together, we can at least come up with 10,000 dollars, and whether we can get it or not depends on our ability." ”
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were in a daze, what is the situation? Why would the old Uighur merchant name the price of 10,000 guan for a small card? Could it be that the old eyes are dizzy?
Xu Yang on the stage smiled very happily, and said in a gentle voice: "Presumably, there are already Hu friends here doing business on the Silk Road, knowing how much silver I will earn from selling my Datang goods to the Western Regions, I won't say much here, the starting price is 5,000 yuan, the old rule, the minimum price increase is 100 yuan, and the auction will begin." ”
The representative of the surname Zhaowu Jiu was a middle-aged man, standing up, his face was stern, and he said in fluent Chinese: "Our business group surnamed Zhaowu Jiu has been doing business in the Tang Dynasty for four or five years, and we have been doing business for a long time on the Silk Road. ”
Business associations? It is another new word, and many of the civil and military officials are puzzled, and it is no wonder that the audience of this commercial association is all businessmen, and they really don't know much about the scholars.
"Your Majesty, what the hell is this business association?" Empress Changsun was also curious, "And what else does the merchant of Kangguo say, what is it?" ”
Li Er smiled slightly, it can be said that the business association of Datang knows Xu Yang best is him Li Er, after all, the two of them discussed all night in the imperial study.
"This business federation is probably like a county government to the people, it is a place of unified management, and now it is managed by Du Ruhui, who teaches at Nanshan Academy, to unify the prices of Chang'an and manage the merchants of the world. This organization has only been launched for half a month, so now some businessmen know about this organization. Li Er's tone was very relaxed, it seemed that this organization had made him think of something good.
"Five thousand five hundred." The old Uighur man didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, but first quoted his own price.
"Six thousand." After Xue Yantuo's businessman discussed it, he immediately followed the price.
The man surnamed Zhaowu Jiu looked around for a moment, and said in a firm tone: "Seven thousand guan!" ”……
"11,000 times!" The Uighur old man wiped the sweat from his forehead, for this merchant card competition, this is the highest price that their Uighur merchants can make up, they have all seen the merchants of the Western Regions with cards, 10,000 guan can only be turned over in two years, and they will earn more in the future, so for this auction war, the Uighurs must do their best.
"Eleven thousand five hundred!" The man surnamed Zhaowu Jiu was discussing something fiercely with the people around him, and finally it was decided, and the price was increased by five hundred guan, which was also the highest price they could offer.
"Twelve thousand!" Xue Yantuo's representative stood up, but he asked in a somewhat excited tone: "We Xue Yantuo don't have enough cash, I don't know if we can use cattle and sheep instead?" ……”…… (To be continued......)