The auction was held in the lobby of the Salt Chamber of Commerce, and the auctioneer was from the Salt Chamber of Commerce, and when Liu Han and Gu Wei arrived, the hall was already full of people, which made Liu Han a little surprised, because according to the registration, only eight merchants participated, and two of the eight had a relationship with him.

"I've seen my lord!"

The merchants who participated in the auction saluted one after another, greeted everyone with a smile, and deliberately stopped in front of Zhen Niang to say a few words.

"Yo, my lord, the slave family is a small business, and I hope that the adults will take care of it. ”

Zhen Niang smiled, her eyes were full of affection, she couldn't stop discharging, she laughed, Gu Wei was much more subtle, Liu Han also smiled, and gave Zhen Niang a look, and Zhen Niang secretly returned her eyes.

Among the crowd, Liu Han was not surprised to see a few acquaintances, Jin Liang of Sanyou Yanhao, Ji Ning and Zheng Yao of Huaiyang Society, and many old acquaintances.

But whether it is Zhen Niang's salt number, or Sanyou salt number, or Huaiyang Society, they are all small salt numbers, and the real big salt numbers are in the hands of the Yu family, the Lu family, and the Zhang family.

There was also an acquaintance standing in the corner, Wang Ze, with a faint smile and a hint of arrogance.

I didn't see it, Gu Wei saw it, and smiled: "Prince Wang is also here." ”

"The Wang family's thousand-year-old family is also engaged in such a cheap business as business?"

Without waiting for Wang Ze to speak, Liu Han rushed in front and sneered, Wang Ze smiled disappreciatively: "It's not a secret that the family is in business, but even so, it's not good to come forward in person, I'm just watching the excitement today to see where this wealth falls." ”

"Baiweixuan, Daye, is your royal family's property. Liu Han asked.

"Don't dare to lie in front of adults, Baiweixuan belongs to my family, and Daye belongs to the Xu family. Wang Ze was very frank: "I'm not in Yangzhou, my brother asked me to take care of it, but I don't understand this, and I don't know what to do. ”

"There's nothing to say about this auction, it's just who has more money and who wins, and as for the way to do business, I'm afraid my brother will have to ask the people. He pretended to be stupid with a smile, put Wang Zezhi in front of Liu Han, and prepared to watch the play with bad intentions.

"Let's stop standing, sit here, it's about to start. Gu Wei said with a smile, they were still standing here, and the auctioneer in charge of the auction was standing there, not knowing what to do.

A few people sat down, and Mo Qi walked up to the stage: "Everyone, this auction is hosted by this government, and the auction of salt fields totals 922 acres, all of which are the criminal property of Wei Zhen's case and Sheng Huai's case some time ago. ”

The auctioneer is a middle-aged man, a well-known auctioneer in Yangzhou, and he came up to explain the composition of the 922 acres, which are divided into 16 pieces and auctioned one at a time.

"Now the auction begins, the first salt pan, this salt pan has eighty acres, located in..."

The auctioneer introduces the location of the salt pan and how much it has produced in the past....

"Brother Wang," Liu Han looked at the auctioneer and introduced: "Sheng Huai sent seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver to your Wang family, and this silver belongs to the stolen money and must be returned." ”

Wang Ze was slightly stunned, frowned, and said: "I don't know about this, so let's do it, I will send a letter to my brother, if there is really such a thing, it should naturally be returned and handed over to the court." ”

"It's so good, we're all in trouble. Liu Han said with a smile, Gu Wei and the two of them were always smiling on the side, Liu Han's move was provocative, according to the rules of officialdom, this silver can be wanted, for a high-ranking scholar like the Wang family, it will not be asked at all, Liu Han not only wants it now, but also asks for it in person, which is undoubtedly sweeping the face of the Wang family.

But Wang Ze endured it casually, and his attitude was very sincere.

The auction was very smooth, there was no fierce scene, each piece of salt field was increased three times at most, Jin Liang successfully pocketed the five salt fields in the phase totaling more than 260 acres, Zhen Niang gained even more, won 300 acres of salt fields, and the two of them almost won half of the salt fields.

The two brought by Wang Ze also won more than 100 acres of salt fields, and the rest was divided by the other four.

Everything went smoothly and completely unexpectedly, which made Liu Han wonder, what is this ancestor of the Wang family doing?

Liu Han didn't believe Wang Ze at all, what came to buy Yantian, if the Wang family wanted to have this meaning, they would have started a long time ago, so why wait until now.

This time, what trick is the Wang family playing?

Liu Han felt a little headache, and Gu Wei saw his doubts and called him to his carriage.

"What's the matter?" Gu Wei asked with a smile.

Liu Han sighed deeply, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I really don't understand this time, that old ancestor is really incomprehensible!"

Gu Wei smiled incomprehensibly and shook the folding fan in his hand: "You are in the game." "Oh, please give me advice. Liu Han clenched his fists.

"The people are shrewd, but they don't know much about these families, the ancestors of the Wang family are learning from you, how to maintain the influence of the family?

In terms of the Wang family, there was a Wang Bo in Yangzhou, and now Wang Bo has gone to work, and now Yangzhou is represented by me as the assassin, Yangzhou County is represented by Moqi, and the Lu family, the Yu family, and the Zhang family, have been surrounded or deterred by you, for a period of time, the hand of the Wang family could not reach Yangzhou, and the ancestors of the Wang family used this hand to open a salt number in Yangzhou. ”

Liu Han nodded suddenly, but then shook his head again: "If you want to do this, you should come secretly, and make such a big fanfare,...."

"It's not wrong to make a big fanfare, what can we do? I estimate that the imperial court will soon ask us to leave Yangzhou and return to the court, as soon as you leave, who else in Yangzhou will care about them?"

Liu Han was dumbfounded and smiled bitterly, but he was still not sure in his heart, what was the ancestor of the Wang family pondering?

In the next few auctions, Hanhai Trading Company became the biggest winner, pocketing thousands of acres of mulberry cotton fields, and also receiving five or six workshops, with a total of more than 400 looms, but then, Hanhai Trading Company sold all these hundreds of looms, and it was relatively cheap.

Liu Han didn't pay attention to these anymore, the next few auctions just went to see it, and then he didn't pay attention to it, Kang Cheng Liu Huo personally sat down, and at the same time, the long-delayed weaving workshop partner selection was also decided during this time, and the workshops of the Lu family, the Zhang family and the Gu family were selected.

The harvest made Liu Huo and Kang Cheng very excited, and Kang Cheng drew up a huge plan, ambitious and ready to show his strength, but Liu Han did not approve this plan.

"Jiangnan is rich, Wu County is the focus in the future, and going to the sea is even more important, in the next few years, you have to build a fleet, don't be in a hurry, just build two ships a year, but you don't expect the head office to give you much silver, everything, you have to rely on yourself. ”

Kang Cheng thought for a while: "Then the profit I pay to the head office will be reduced." ”

"There is no problem with this, you discuss with Lao Huang, this time we have collected a lot of cotton fields and mulberry fields, weaving mills and embroidery houses can be built, but one thing, you must remember, don't think about monopolizing the market, we can't monopolize the market, sometimes sharing can make us get greater benefits." ”

Kang Cheng was a little confused, but there was one thing, he understood that Liu Han paid more attention to dyeing cloth, and the raw materials and formulas needed for dyeing cloth must be firmly controlled in his hands, and he never understood why he didn't let the trading company get involved in the salt industry, and the profit of salt production was the largest.

"Don't keep thinking about salt," Liu Han saw his thoughts at a glance: "Remember, the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, our development has made these turtles in the south of the Yangtze River deeply fearful, if they get involved in the salt industry again, they may be even more uneasy, we could have cooperated in the future, they will not agree, on the contrary, they will set up layers of obstacles." ”

"The subordinates understand," Kang Cheng bowed his head in response: "I just feel a pity, what a good opportunity this time." ”

Liu Huo smiled, Kang Cheng didn't know yet, but he knew, Kang Cheng looked at him puzzled, Liu Han smiled: "The matter of salt, I have already made arrangements, remember, Sanyou Salt has my shares, in addition, Zhen Niangna, there are also, you just know this." ”

Kang Cheng suddenly realized: "The master is still shrewd, and his subordinates are dull." ”

"Is Liu Tie still in the manor?" Liu Han asked, Liu Huo nodded: "Brother Tie led someone to take over Piaomei Garden, by the way, master, the ghost is not yet famous, you can give it a name." ”

"The villa has been formed, it should have a name," Liu Han pondered slightly: "The ghost is sorrowful, then call it Mochou Villa." ”

"Mochou, Mochou Villa, good name!" Kang Cheng happily complimented: "Ming'er, I'll ask someone to engrave a plaque." ”

After Liu Tie came back from Wu County, he has been cultivating in Mochou Villa, and after entering the realm of the grandmaster, his progress has become slow, even if he cultivates diligently in the villa this time, the progress is not big, Liu Han asked Qingling to test it for him, unfortunately, Liu Tie has no spiritual root, and he can't set foot on the path of cultivation in this life.

Liu Tie didn't care much about this result, he didn't have the slightest interest in cultivating immortals, and being able to step into the realm of a grandmaster had already exceeded his expectations.

If it weren't for the power of the Hidden Immortal Gate, Liu Han would not have progressed so fast, in just a few years, he would have jumped into the top-grade grandmaster in one fell swoop, becoming the most likely young man to step into the realm of the great grandmaster in the past ten years.

Liu Han was preparing to leave, the court's treatment of Sheng Huai had not been done for a long time, and a letter from the palace asked him to retry Sheng Huai, Liu Han didn't understand a little, Sheng Huai obviously wouldn't say anything, and the retrial was in vain, which made him a little irritable.

Before judging Shenghuai, he went to the Piaomei Garden, which was also auctioned, and there was no flaw in the procedures.

This garden is famous in Yangzhou, from the appearance, the garden is not luxurious, even a little shabby, however, into the garden, the scene has changed greatly, all kinds of pavilions and pavilions are intertwined in the plum blossoms.

Every small building pavilion is inconspicuous at a glance, but it can be carefully figured out, but it is carefully carved, Liu Han has seen the world, and he can't help but admire when he enters this garden.

At this moment, the plum blossom period has passed, and there seems to be a faint afterfragrance in the garden.

The rockery in the back garden does not look tall, but it is a strange rock, there is a green pine on the mountainside, and there is a gurgling water flowing down the mountain nest.

Liu Han walked around the rockery three times, but he didn't see that there was a secret room in it.

"It's so striking, you say, there's really a secret room inside?"

Liu Tie was also watching, and he didn't see any clues, he couldn't help but shake his head: "Here?"

With the cultivation of the two of them, if there is a little abnormality, they can't escape their eyesight, Liu Han went up to open the mechanism, Liu Tie hurriedly stopped: "It's better to belong to it, in case this Wei Zhen has a grudge and sets a trap." ”

Liu Han smiled, did not insist, Liu Tie stepped forward, and after turning Xiao Song's direction, the gurgling stream slowly disappeared, and the stone on the left pushed forward, revealing a hole. 2k reading web