Hua Ronghua and the others happened to be in a two-story attic, so they could see clearly without having to squeeze with the people below. Standing on it, she watched the people below praise the giraffe one by one, and some even knelt down on the spot to pray for a prosperous business and good health.

Poof! Hua Ronghua couldn't help laughing, begging a giraffe to bless him to make a fortune, these people are really too whimsical.

The old lady glanced at Hua Ronghua and rebuked dissatisfiedly: "Is it so formless in front of the divine beast? Alright, kneel down with me and make a wish to the beast! ”

"Kneel, kneel?" Hua Ronghua was startled, and he didn't expect that it would be his turn to kneel as soon as he finished laughing at others, "What kind of wish do you make?" That, you see, there are so many people who make a wish, how can the divine beast know who asked for what? Later...... "She really doesn't want to kneel in front of a deer!"

"It's a divine beast, how can you not know about this?" The old lady said and took the two children to the center of the room and knelt down, and Mama Qin and Niu Ya, who were waiting behind her, also knelt, Hua Ronghua saw that everyone's eyes were looking at him, don't mention the suffocation, and he couldn't explain to them that it was just a giraffe, and then it would be even more troublesome if they asked how they knew?

After thinking about it again and again, Hua Ronghua knelt down aggrievedly. I only heard the old lady praying there, "The divine beast is above, please bless my family Achu to return safely, please be sure to let Achu ...... safely"

After praying, everyone had a good look at the beast there before leaving, Hua Ronghua asked the old lady to take the child back, and he went to Fanwutang.

Now that the goods brought back by the fleet have been almost sorted out, the auction must be held immediately.

Because there is not such a large venue, and there are too many goods, Hua Ronghua adopts the method of separate auctions, such as spices, Jialanxiang and gold, silver and gold Beipeng do not have, so it has become a special tribute incense for the royal family, which cannot be auctioned, and for incense and agarwood, it is a component auction.

For example, posting notices, today is the spice auction day, a total of four auction venues, 800 catties of incense, 600 catties of agarwood, 300 catties of ambergris, 300 catties of frankincense, and then quote the reserve price, so that the major merchants can decide which auction to participate in according to the amount of silver they deposit.

On the second day of the auction, there is a one-day break for counting spices and collecting and paying cashiers.

For those merchants who did not buy spices, they were just arranged for them to play, either to see the mythical beasts, or to enjoy the singing and dancing.

Spices are mostly things that only nobles can afford, not to mention that although these spices are auctioned in Beipeng, they are scarce and expensive, but these auctioned overseas spices are different, although the price has been increased tenfold, it is still much lower than the price of incense in Beipeng, and the quality is even better, so the merchants who rushed to the auction do not know how many, and the auction of spices alone earned nearly 20,000 taels of silver.

The third day is the gem auction, the size and quantity of the four-color gems are different, and the reserve price is not the same, but it is still a sky-high price, the price of chrysoberyl is the highest, and the silver taels earned on this day reach 30,000 taels.

Then the next day, on the fifth day, the pepper auction begins......

In the past month, the Panwutang held a total of 15 days and 60 auctions, earning a total of nearly 500,000 taels of silver, and the goods brought back from the sea cost only one-thirtieth.

Huarong Huajian is now very skilled in doing these things, sorting out the auction goods, notifying the sellers, entering the market with a license, and the one with the highest price will get it, and then withdraw the working capital of Fanwutang, and hand over the rest to the treasury. So she took leave with the prince and wanted to accompany the child well.

The prince agreed, and told her to hurry up and make the hot air balloon.

Hua Ronghua felt that her scalp was about to explode, and the two children in the family pestered her to ride in a hot air balloon all day long after playing enough on the slide, why is even the prince eyeing this now? She really regrets not being at the beginning now, she knew that this was the case, so she wouldn't blow the hot air balloon into the sky and the earth! But now I can't pretend to be stupid, so I can only do it.

Fortunately, the craftsmen lent to her by the prince also did have two brushes, and according to Hua Ronghua's design, it took a month to finally make a small hot air balloon and send a chicken flying, and when it was found, the chicken was still alive with only one broken leg.

Later, based on this experience, it was re-modified, and it took another month to build a hot air balloon that could accommodate four people at the same time, and the test flight was also successful.

On the other hand, the auction is also coming to an end after three months.

In these months, the capital was at its most prosperous, and there was an endless stream of businessmen coming and going, and Fanwutang was overcrowded every day, and later had to send people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help. The auction also increased from four times a day every two days to six times a day, with nearly 3.4 million taels of silver and silver. It is equivalent to the tax revenue of Beipeng Fengnian for one year, which is equal to the income of Hua Ronghua for two years of exhibition and sales in Jiangnan, and after holding so many auctions, nearly half of the goods that have come back from the ocean are left!

Tasting the sweetness of shipping, the whole court was excited, and everyone wanted to intervene here, but fortunately, the prince synthesized Hua Ronghua's ideas, directly offered the emperor, and forbade private people to go to sea, otherwise they would be punished for treason; If the merchant wants to go to sea, he can submit an application to Fanwutang, and after checking that the merchant's vessel and personnel are qualified, he can follow Fanwutang's sea vessel to sail without paying a protection fee, but the merchant has to pay a profit for each successful transaction.

Moreover, Fanwutang is not responsible for the conversation and transaction between merchants and Fanbang people, so if those merchants really want to go to sea to trade, they have to send people to Fanwutang to learn Fanwu and the living habits of overseas Fanbang, of course, this learning also needs to pay a certain fee.

Despite being so harsh, there were still many merchants flocking to him, and for a while, Fanwutang became the richest department in the court, and even the household department was beyond the reach of the dust.

The red-eyed people couldn't help but focus on Fanwutang, but after all, it was the crown prince and the emperor who supported him, and he really didn't know what to do for a while, so the stumbling one came.

Although this said that Fanwutang was in charge of overseas business, it also generated income for the imperial court, so it should be owned by the household department; the other said that Fanwutang did not hand over all the income to the imperial court, and had a heart of disobedience; There are also people who say that most of the personnel of Fanwutang are civilian slaves, which does not match the dignity of the imperial court, and should be re-selected......

The prince looked at these people with ulterior motives and smiled slightly, stepped forward and said: "Father, from the establishment of the Fanwutang to the later exhibition and auction, the household department has not been in contact with this piece, and the household department is usually busy with the taxes of various states and governments, and it is already very hard to involve the affairs of the Fanwutang, besides, the tax and silver that should be paid by the Fanwutang are not less, as for the management of this piece, Erchen feels that there is no need for others to interfere anymore."

As for not handing over all the income, Erchen has a copy of the constitution of the Fan Wu Hall, and you can circulate it. Although nearly one million taels of silver have been withheld in Fanwutang in recent years, these are not locked in the treasury without moving. When the original Fanwutang built a sea ship to buy goods and go to sea, it was all from all over the money raised and borrowed from merchants, and now that it has money, it is natural to pay back these arrears.

And for those crew members who go to sea and come back from nine deaths, shouldn't they be rewarded? And the crew members who died in battle to protect merchant ships, shouldn't their families be compensated? There is also an auction, and the tea and snacks at the meeting do not need to be bought with money? If you are interested, you can come to the Fanwutang to check the account books, and the king guarantees that every account of the Fanwutang can be correct!

Also, everyone said that the people who are working for Fanwutang now are not decent. Then the king wants to ask all the lords, what kind of people are you planning to let come to Fanwutang? Is it a scholar who is familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics? When encountering pirates, can scholars fight with knives? Or is he a general who is familiar with military books and has strong martial arts? When talking to Fanbang people, can these generals understand the words of Fanbang people? ”

Quiet! The court just now had this ginseng book, and that one sentence spoke, but now it is silent.

The crown prince glanced at the quail-like ministers who hung their heads and continued: "Father, so the ministers think that they should let those sailors who have returned from going to sea tell their stories, firstly, let everyone know more about overseas countries, and secondly, let ignorant people know more about the difficulty of going to sea!" ”

Ignorant! What the prince said was a bit heavy, who was not an old man with long beard and crane hair above the court? Even if he called the emperor's uncle, there were several people, and some people wanted to protest at the moment, but the words slipped around and swallowed back. Now the prince's position in the court is more stable than before, not to mention the money that Fanwutang has earned in recent years, let's just say that the prince's thunderous methods in Quzhou are enough to make people frightened, and his attitude towards courtiers is becoming tougher.

The emperor sitting on it finally spoke, "In that case, then the crown prince is responsible for this matter." "The emperor didn't mention the word ignorance that the prince said.

After the prince followed the emperor back to the imperial study, the emperor looked at the prince meaningfully and said: "It's a good thing to release the prestige, but don't be angry!" ”

"Yes, Father!" The prince was respectfully trained.

The emperor shook his head, "I see that you have become more and more tough since last year, although it is good to have money, but many things also need someone to do, don't let people get out of your heart!" ”

The crown prince gave his hand, "Father rest assured, sons and daughters know it." When it comes to the Chinese New Year, the ministers will give additional silver rewards to the ministers. ”

"Heh, it's good to have silver, and I have the confidence to speak." The emperor laughed, and then said: "The prince has done a good job in opening overseas business to enrich the treasury. ”

"Thank you for the compliment. In fact, what Erchen wanted more was a musket, but he didn't want to go out this time and didn't find it, but he got a cannon, and he didn't know how powerful it was? The prince sighed leisurely.

"It's been almost two months, hasn't it? I think there will be news in the next few days. ”

Unbeknownst to anyone, the ship came back with a cannon and six shells, and it was one of the ships in Smith's fleet that ran aground in Pahang, and Smith was in a hurry to set sail, so he sold the guns and shells on board to the sea lord, and then left with the fleet. Hai Daren got artillery, and went around several nearby countries, bought some spices and precious stones, and then went to Beipeng, but for the first time, he sailed on his own and took a lot of unjust roads.

When he arrived in Beipeng Nanzhou, Haida people directly went to the capital with a secret letter, except for the most important thing that passed by this artillery. After discussing with the crown prince, the emperor decided to send someone to secretly go to Nanzhou to secretly transport the artillery to the ancient city of Jin in the north, wanting to use Beirong to test its power, but there has been no news until now.