Chapter 57: The Age of the Merchant

"This is the worst era, but also the best era, this is an era that belongs to business, and it is also an era that belongs to the rise of the Tang Dynasty" - from the "Datang Times Yearbook"

An auction before the New Year in Chang'an officially ignited the New Year's atmosphere in Chang'an, and this auction in the form of a unique auction gave the Tang people a full sense of freshness.

The Tang people have never seen such a novel scene, and a product can actually play such a trick. This kind of value is still very much in line with the preferences of the Central Plains people, it can be said that the Chinese have liked a face since ancient times, and they are willing to suffer losses for that face.

Li Er was invited to this auction, but it was not announced with great fanfare, and he claimed to be a senior member of the DPRK and China, and his identity was above the eldest grandson Wuji, which attracted many officials and wealthy businessmen who were very admired, and frequently looked up at the box in the middle of the second floor, although they couldn't see the people in the box, but they could get in touch with the big figures in the political arena so closely, and they couldn't help but be excited.

Li Er took the eldest grandson queen who had just come out of confinement to sit in the private room on the second floor facing the theater stage, looking at the bustling crowd under the stage with relish, and the crowded heads.

"Xu Yang, this kid really enjoys it, I heard that this opera house was built two months ago." Li Er sat on a tiger skin chair, touched the soft tiger skin, and smacked his lips.

Empress Eldest Sun sat on a fox chair, holding Xiao Li Zhi in her arms, and said with a smile: "If you want to say that this will be enjoyable, this Xu Yang is really not simple, at the beginning he proposed in the newspaper that kneeling is not suitable for blood circulation, advocating sitting on the bench, now you see, how many people still kneel at home in the entire Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Er also laughed out loud and continued: "Yes, yes, yes, and the furniture factory in Xujiazhuang was also a big seller because of an advertisement in the newspaper at that time, I heard the shadow guard say that now the advertising column on the "Datang News" has risen to 5,000 a week, I really don't know where this kid's head came from so many ways to make money." ”

When Empress Eldest Sun heard this, she giggled, like a young girl......

The Grand Theater originally had more than a dozen boxes, but now they are all overcrowded, and the people sitting in it are either relatives of the emperor or important ministers of the court, and next to Li Er's box, it is the box of the eldest grandson Wuji and the box of Li Xiaogong, the king of Huai'an.

Xu Yang also brought Liu Mengli's two wives to Jin Shengman today, although the location of the private room was very tight, but he still secretly left a private room with a wide left vision and good acoustics for the second daughter, after all, this opera house was also built by himself, and he couldn't lose his family.

The maidservants brought wine and fruits, and Liu Mengli and Jin Shengman sat on fur chairs, chattering about the grand occasion of the auction downstairs.

"Husband~ Why are there so many people downstairs?" Liu Mengli said with a little surprise, after all, she was very surprised to see the bustling black heads in the audience.

Jin Shengman also answered: "Husband, who are these people?" ”

Xu Yang looked at the little celestial object who was sucking milk in Liu Mengli's arms, and said softly: "There are a lot of people here this time, I really didn't expect the face of the eldest grandson's family to be really big enough, this time, basically all the big families in Chang'an, as well as the rich businessmen with a little name, were all invited, and those who sat downstairs pulled out casually, and there was at least tens of thousands of family wealth in the family." ”

Xu Yang said so intuitively, Liu Mengli suddenly showed a surprised expression, she doesn't care about the family's belongings now, she doesn't know what the price of Chang'an has become, and she thinks it is the standard of living in Youzhou at the beginning.

"Then these rich businessmen are really rich, and our family only had more than 100,000 yuan at that time~" Liu Mengli sighed.

Jin Shengman still has no concept of Datang's money, they don't know for a long time, and the money Xu Yang earns is already an astronomical amount for them now.

"Oh, it's only tens of thousands, I'll take you tonight to see what real money is." Xu Yang showed a wicked smile, auction, auction, the highest bidder wins, this is not a sentence, but a war to show off wealth, for that face, Xu Yang knows that today's auction event will definitely make headlines tomorrow......

Xu Yang was chatting with his second daughter hotly, when he heard a cough in the hall, and saw a middle-aged man wearing the robe of a scholar of Nanshan Scholars ascended the opera stage and stood in the middle of the stage.

"Hey, hey, hey." I saw that the man was holding a microphone in his hand, which was the microphone with the small speaker that Xu Yang brought when he first crossed over. Two small speakers were placed next to the gentleman, one on the left and one on the right, and an amplification shell was added outside, the sound was just right, so that the people in the entire theater could hear his voice.

"Ahem, you might hear me?" The middle-aged man didn't seem to know that his voice had become louder, and asked the audience.

The audience was in a slight daze, and they were still shocked, what was the magic that made the man's voice suddenly become so loud.

Li Er, who was sitting in the top box, also leaned forward curiously, and he was also very curious about where this huge sound came from.

Seeing the shocked eyes of the audience, the middle-aged man seemed to comprehend, smiled, and said with a mouthful of white teeth: "I'm afraid you are all curious now, why did the voice below become so loud?" ”

Many viewers in the audience reacted and asked one after another, which made the smile of the man on the stage even brighter.

"Let me introduce myself first, my surname is Ma Mingzhou, Ma Zhou, is an editor-in-chief of the newsroom department of Nanshan Academy, and the well-known typesetting and editing of "Datang News" has always been in charge of it."

Xu Yang saw Ma Zhou introducing himself there, and shook his head with a smile, it took a lot of effort to choose the host of this auction, you can't find someone who is too young, you can't hold the scene, you can't find someone who is too old, you can't bring the atmosphere, and it's best to find someone who is often in contact with new things in the Tang Dynasty, and you must be able to keep up with the times.

Sure enough, Xu Yang personally came to visit, but this Ma Zhou was taken aback, although he didn't have much intersection with Xu Yang, but he has been friends with this famous figure in Chang'an for a long time, after all, most of the news he typesets every day is related to this magical Guigu disciple.

After understanding Xu Yang's intentions, Ma Zhou immediately expressed his willingness to help, Xu Yang was very excited, and had a meal at Ma Zhou's house, I have to say that Ma Zhou's vision is still very tricky, and the widow he married is also as beautiful as a fairy, not a half-old as said in the history books.

Ma Zhou's watch today really lived up to expectations, but he did not have stage fright at all in front of the audience, but became more and more excited: "Today's auction was informed by Guiguzi, and I am deeply honored to be here, since it is hosted by Guigu, that thing is naturally not ordinary, such as the microphone and the stereo, it is a secret treasure that Guigu does not pass on, it can expand the human voice dozens of times, I heard that the name is called a microphone, only Guigu has this one in the world." ”

Ma Zhou's words stunned the audience, and Xu Yang also shook his head with a wry smile, not knowing how Li Er would feel when he heard this.

In Li Er's box, Empress Changsun stared at the two speakers non-stop, and looked at Li Er from time to time, as if she was asking something.

Li Erguo really squinted his eyes, staring at Ma Zhou on the stage, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ma Zhou on the stage did not have so many concerns, shook off his embroidered robe, and waved his big hand: "As we all know, my Datang is now all over the territory at home and abroad, and there are countless rare treasures. Okay~ Then I declare that this auction is the beginning! ~”R1152