Seeing Li Yuntian looking at him, Lu Dezhong's face was immediately full of smiles, looking very respectful.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly and said hello to him, then looked away, and secretly sighed in his heart that Lu Dezhong had hit a big luck and picked up a big bargain in vain.

At this moment, no one, including Zheng Boxin, knew that Emperor Xuande had promised Li Yuntian before he left Beijing, and after quelling the rebellion in Jiaozhi, he would let Li Yuntian pass the city of Jiaozhi Yuntun to trade with the Nanyang countries once a year in exchange for funds to rebuild Jiaozhi, and the goods of trade naturally came from Jiaozhi.

In other words, the merchants who had obtained the right to trade in Jiaozhi were responsible for providing those trade goods, and then Li Yuntian traded with the Nanyang countries in the name of Jingshi Jiangwutang, which saved a lot of trouble and collected huge taxes from it.

The reason why I say that the huge tax is because overseas trade usually obtains windfall profits several times or even more than ten times the usual, so the tax rate is much higher than the tax rate implemented by Cochin.

However, Li Yuntian did not intend to keep all the taxes from overseas trade, and planned to use half of the taxes to develop Jiaozhi, and the other half was handed over to Emperor Xuande, which became the funds of Emperor Xuande's inner treasury.

The so-called inner treasury refers to the emperor's private treasury, as opposed to the treasury of the household department, which is called the outer treasury.

Among those in-demand commodities in overseas trade, porcelain is undoubtedly among the top three, and there is a huge profit margin in it, which is why Li Yuntian named the porcelain franchise to three.

Moreover, with the development of the Jiaozhi economy, the people's personal consumption capacity will also be increasing day by day, and the consumer market potential of Jiaozhi is huge.

"The three places are full, and there is no boss who holds up his card? If not, after the next three sounds, the right to operate the porcelain of Jiaozhi will belong to the three bosses who hold the card! ”

Seeing Lu Dezhong raise the number plate in his hand, the master of ceremonies immediately became excited, raised the small red flag in his hand and shouted at the people in the audience, "One ......"

In order to create an atmosphere, the master of ceremonies deliberately dragged out the end of the "one" very long, and his eyes scanned back and forth in the crowd, looking for possible targets to raise signs.

Everyone at the scene whispered to each other, everyone was a well-known figure in Yangzhou's business community, and naturally knew the identities of Zheng Boxin, Wang Yu and Lu Dezhong.

Zheng Boxin and Wang Yu are relatives of Li Yuntian, so they naturally want to cheer Li Yuntian, and it is normal for the two of them to raise their cards, but Lu Dezhong's signs are really unexpected, and everyone thought that it would be the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce who won the third place.

After all, Lu Dezhong is a well-known salt merchant, if he deals in porcelain, it is equivalent to crossing the industry, there is no need for this at all, it seems that he wants to curry favor with Li Yuntian, but this price is really a little bigger.

It is worth mentioning that due to the decentralization of the commercial franchise and mining rights of Jiaozhi by the imperial court, it was not only for the purpose of raising military expenses for the counterinsurgency army, but also for the post-war reconstruction of Jiaozhi.

According to the relevant rules formulated by Li Yuntian, investors must invest a certain amount of money in Jiaozhi's business every year within five years of obtaining the franchise and mining rights, otherwise the investor's franchise and mining rights will be cancelled.

This means that after Lu Dezhong obtained the Jiaozhi porcelain franchise, he would continue to invest a certain amount of money in the porcelain business of Jiaozhi in the next five years, rather than buying it, otherwise he would deviate from the original intention of the imperial court to delegate the Jiaozhi commercial franchise.

Since the three places are full, the businessmen present will naturally not raise their cards again, first, Jiaozhi porcelain in the eyes of everyone can not make money at all, and secondly, Zheng Boxin, Wang Yu and Lu Dezhong are all well-known figures in Yangzhou's business circles, who can afford to offend them when they are full.

"The Cochin porcelain franchise belongs to the owners of No. 1, No. 2 and No. 23." When the master of ceremonies counted to "three", he waved the small red flag held high in his hand down, and then pointed to the three people who had just raised the sign with the small red flag and announced it loudly.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian smiled and took the lead in applauding, and under his leadership, the scene immediately applauded, congratulating Zheng Boxin, Wang Yu and Lu Dezhong for obtaining the porcelain franchise of Jiaozhi, and the three of them smiled and bowed their hands to the people around them.

Although the porcelain franchise was initially unpopular, it was finally successfully sold, which can be regarded as a good start for the transaction of the commercial franchise and mining rights of Cochin.

In the ensuing transaction, the master of ceremonies launched the franchise of those Jiaozhi business was not shocked to be taken down, because most of the businessmen who came this time were holding the mentality of joining in the fun, so most of the people who raised the cards were members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce.

With the passage of time, the trading of the Jiaozhi general material franchise gradually came to an end, and the reserve price of the commodity trading rights launched became higher and higher.

As an indispensable need in the lives of the common people, the franchise of medicinal materials, the franchise of grain and the franchise of cloth are the last three businesses in the franchise of general materials in Jiaozhi.

Among them, the reserve price of the medicinal herb franchise is 30,000 taels of silver, while the reserve price of the grain franchise reaches 40,000 taels, and each franchise has three places.

The Zheng family started with medicinal materials, so Zheng Boxin took away a place for the franchise of medicinal materials, and the remaining two places were taken by people from the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, and the other was won by a medicinal material merchant in Yangzhou.

As the saying goes, the people take food as the sky, and grain is a necessary commodity for the people at any time, so when it was the turn of the grain franchise, Li Yuntian's long-awaited bidding finally broke out at the scene.

Yangzhou's grain merchants association is the second largest business group in Yangzhou's business community after the salt merchants' association, the grain merchants of the grain merchants association are not only wealthy, but also very optimistic about the future grain business of Jiaozhi, so there are several big grain merchants who want to try their luck to win the grain franchise of Jiaozhi.

In the unlikely event that Li Yuntian put down the rebellion in Jiaozhi, then Jiaozhi, which has millions of people, will bring them huge profits.

In addition, they didn't think that Li Yuntian would joke about his career in Jiaozhi, since he went to pacify Jiaozhi, then he must be sure, before the battle of Black Bull Town, who would believe that the Xiaowu army could defeat the elite of the Han King's rebels?

In addition to the General Association of Grain Merchants, the merchants of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce who operate the grain business are not to be outdone, they were originally just small and medium-sized local grain merchants, and they gradually developed and grew dependent on the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce.

As members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, they believe that Li Yuntian can quell the rebellion in Jiaozhi, so they will not let go of this opportunity to expand the market.

Wang Yu also joined in the bidding for the grain franchise in Jiaozhi, and in view of the importance of grain, Li Yuntian must firmly control this channel to avoid turmoil such as price hikes.

As a result, the competition for the grain franchise gradually evolved into a battle between three members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and three members of the General Association of Grain Merchants, and as the two sides continued to increase prices, the atmosphere at the scene could not help but become tense, and people's faces showed excited looks.

Obviously, neither the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce nor the Grain Merchants Association wants to be overwhelmed by each other in the bidding, because this is not only a commercial competition, but has become a face-saving showdown between the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and the Grain Merchants Association.

Li Yuntian sat leisurely in his seat with a teacup, and while tasting the hot water in the cup, he looked at the scene in front of him quietly, which was exactly what he expected to see.

Although the higher the bidding price, the better, Li Yuntian will not let the two sides continue to fight, which not only spoils the harmony of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and the General Association of Grain Merchants, but also disturbs the atmosphere of the scene.

"Wait a minute!" Therefore, when a member of the grain merchants' association pushed the price up to an astonishing 100,000 taels, Li Yuntian put down the teacup in his hand and stopped the bidding on the field.

Seeing Li Yuntian speak, people looked at him one after another, not knowing what he was going to do.

"100,000 taels is already more than double the Jiaozhi grain franchise, and if you wait for another bid, you will only lose both." Li Yuntian glanced at the people at the scene, and said in a deep voice, "This official hopes that you can value harmony and don't hurt the harmony between each other because of this matter." ”

"According to this official, since you all want to do the grain business in Jiaozhi, it is better to discuss with each other and see if anyone is willing to join forces with others to form a business to win the grain franchise."

As he spoke, Li Yuntian looked at the businessmen who participated in the bidding, and loudly proposed a proposal, and explained, "In the newly established business, the income obtained will be distributed according to the proportion of capital contribution, and this will also be indicated on the business license." ”

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but feel a commotion, and they were surprised by Li Yuntian's mention.

Obviously, the more those people fought, the more money Li Yuntian would get, and no one thought that he would prevent the people from the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and the Grain Merchants Association from continuing to bid, which made it difficult for people to understand for a while.

As for Li Yuntian's monopoly right to unite and form a business to get grain, the people present disagreed, which involved a problem of domination, and the current business name of the Ming Dynasty is mainly a family industry, and no one will share the management of the business with others, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

The three members of the grain merchant association suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, in fact, they were not willing to bid any further, after all, what they bought was only an option for the Jiaozhi grain franchise, and there was a great risk in it, and they could not guarantee that the money would be wasted.

Besides, 100,000 taels is already a huge amount of money, and if it is more, it will affect their current business, if it weren't for the fact that the three of them rode south, they would not have gritted their teeth and held on, and they would have already had the intention of retreating.

With Li Yuntian's suggestion, the other two members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce who participated in the bidding immediately went to Wang Yu's place, and the three of them muttered something there.

"Lord Earl, we have already discussed and are ready to set up a business to take the franchise of Jiaozhi grain, the villain will hold 30% of the shares, and the other two will each hold 30% of the shares."

The three of them quickly finished discussing, and Wang Yu then got up and said loudly after arching his hand at Li Yuntian.

The scene was quiet in an instant, and people looked at Wang Yu and the three of them in surprise, no one could have imagined that the three of them would reach an agreement so quickly, and Wang Yu's capital contribution in the business was the least, wouldn't this mean that the Chen family behind Wang Yu would lose control of the Jiaozhi grain business?

But then again, the Chen family's wealth is very powerful, even if it only accounts for 30% of the proportion, it must be firmly in control of the Jiaozhi grain business in his hands, how can others get involved.

Although this explanation is reasonable, there is one point that does not make sense, could it be that the other two members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce are willing to suffer this loss? The two could have withdrawn from the bid, but it was puzzling that they didn't.

"Would you two like to do this and set up a business with him?" A subtle smile flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and he asked the two members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce quietly.

"Lord Qiqi, I am willing!" Without the slightest hesitation, the two replied in unison and saluted Li Yuntian together.!^!