An auction at the entrance of the armor factory is about to take place.

The first time the imperial court did it, there was no experience, that is, to let the people from the Ministry of Industry come out to decorate the façade, mainly presided over by Tang Yin, after all, Tang Yin is now a member of the Ministry of Works, and has been appointed by the emperor as the official representative of the mining industry.

Morning.

Outside the armor factory, many people gathered to see the excitement.

Ordinary people didn't care about the auction or anything, they didn't know what was going on here, and they stopped for a moment and left on their own. The people who join in the fun are more or less some of the wealthy, and many people still want to get a piece of the pie, or pick up a bargain or something.

The Zhang brothers' coal mine in Xishan can also make a lot of money for ordinary people, and after a year of operation, how can the income be three or five thousand taels of silver, if it can be developed well...... It is not a problem to earn 8,000 taels a year. In this way, even if it is worth spending ten years of earnings to buy coal mines.

Of course, more people want to pick up the leaks.

It is best that someone is afraid of offending the powerful, and they dare not stand up to participate in the auction, and the last 20,000 taels of silver can be obtained, and whoever buys it will take a big advantage.

Of course, there is a risk associated with this.

But Jingshi businessman, who doesn't have an official background?

What brother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and second uncle, maybe they are from wealthy families, if they dare to jump out to bid without any background, it is purely beyond their means, waiting for death.

Zhu Si also likes to join in the fun.

So when the court meeting ended that morning, he sneaked out of the palace gate with people and went to the armor factory.

The second floor of the nearby teahouse has been taken over by Zhu Hao in advance, and now the seats inside are all Jinyi guards dressed as ordinary spectators, in addition, there are also a large number of Jinyi guards roaming around the neighborhood in various identities to protect the emperor's safety at any time.

For Zhu Chen, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, there was a huge pressure today, and he was afraid of making a mistake, so he raised his spirit.

"I'm here, why haven't I started yet?"

Zhu Si sat down for only a while, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

As an emperor, to see the auction, of course, is a good show to start the gong directly, where is the reason to make the emperor wait?

Zhang Zuo said: "I have sent someone into the yamen to inform Mr. Tang, I guess it's going to be soon." ”

Zhu Si asked, "What about Zhu Hao?" ”

Zhang Zuo hesitated: "I should stay with the old son of Yang Ge, and I haven't seen others." ”

Accompanying Zhu Si to see the auction was Zhang Zuo.

On that day, Tang Yin was the host of the auction and would not come to accompany him, while Jiang Lun was ordered to accompany the Zhang brothers to the meeting, and he would not accompany Jun Qian.

As for Zhu Hao, originally Yang Shen meant to let him go to Tang Yin and Jiang Lun to listen to the information, but today Zhu Hao couldn't find anyone, so he simply accompanied Yang Shen to watch the auction, and at this moment he was waiting for news in another teahouse not far away.

"What if the auction starts and no one bids? Zhu Hao planned everything, right? ”

Zhu Si was a little nervous.

and Zhu Hao designed a pit with Yang Tinghe, if the other party is not tricked, or someone leaks the news, then buy this coal mine or not?

Zhang Zuo smiled: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Mr. Zhu said that how much it sells, or whether it is sold or not, has nothing to do with the overall situation. The point is that if we want to set this precedent, we will have to openly bid for it in the future, and if we do this a few times, we will have the silver for the southeast coastal defense. ”

Zhu Si smiled and said, "That is to sell the mining kiln, can you earn a lot of silver for me?" ”

Zhang Zuowei was embarrassed: "Mr. Zhu also said that selling the kiln is always an expedient measure, and when our kiln is sold to the people, a certain percentage of the minerals must be collected as a tax, and we will not suffer a loss." In the future, there will be more and more mining kilns managed by the inner government. ”

"Okay, okay, I know, and then send someone to urge Mr. Tang, it's time to start!"

……

……

The scene of the coal mine auction is not as lively as the imperial examination.

When Zhu Hao arrived at the scene, he found that the square outside the armor factory was sparsely populated, and most of them just came to see the excitement.

Zhu Hao, Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun came together.

Yang Tinghe asked Yang Shen to come to watch the auction, and did not let Yang Shen contact those Jin merchants, that is to say, the matter of negotiating the price has been done by Yang Tinghe and others.

"I don't know who's going to buy it."

Zhu Hao came to the second floor of the teahouse, stood at the window and looked over, and the square below was unobstructed, and he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

Yang Shen stood aside and asked with a smile: "Jingdao, in fact, there is a group of businessmen who are determined to win Zhang's coal kiln, do you know who they are?" ”

Zhu Hao said: "If it weren't for Hui merchants, it might be businessmen from other places...... As far as I know, all the merchants in the capital have their own chambers of commerce, and it is expected that there will be no willingness to compete within the chambers of commerce in the same area, so they should have been discussed a long time ago. ”

Yu Chengxun said with a smile: "It seems that Jingdao also knows something about the situation of merchants in the capital." ”

"Haha."

Yang Shen looked very relaxed, "Jingdao is right, it's actually a Jin businessman." ”

"Oh."

Zhu Hao took out a teachable look.

Yang Shen continued: "I heard that Your Majesty has found a Hui merchant to come to bid...... Guess how many they bid? ”

Zhu Hao said: "I think no matter how much they pay, in the end, it will be the Jin merchants who get the ownership of the coal mine, right?" ”

Yang Shen asked curiously, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zhu Hao said: "Since, as rumored outside, Your Majesty is determined to win the coal kiln, then the Hui merchants should be just a disguise, and the silver they produce is actually from Your Majesty, which is equivalent to all the money in the inner government." How much silver is there in the inner house now, I think...... Those who have a heart should know very well, right? ”

Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun glanced at each other, as if they hadn't even thought of this layer in advance.

Zhu Hao's so-called person who knows everything about the silver deposit in the inner government is needless to say that it is Yang Tinghe.

As long as Yang Tinghe told the Jin merchants how much silver the emperor could take out at most, then the Jin merchants would know the opponent's hole cards before bidding, and the auction would no longer be fair.

Yang Shen sighed: "Fortunately, Zhu Hao, you didn't inform Tang Bohu and the others about this matter, otherwise it would ......."

"It's not."

Zhu Hao smiled bitterly, "Brother Xiu, I don't need to talk about such things, I'm just afraid that Mr. Tang and they will also be prepared." I guess they have a solution, but I don't know. ”

"Huh."

Yang Shen still looked very relaxed, "Even if they have a way to deal with it, we all know what the situation is in the inner government, and what else can we do?" When they outbid the Inner Treasury, what will they use to fill the gap? The competition will not succeed, or it will be more lively. ”

Zhu Hao thought to himself, it was really ill-intentioned.

Knowing that there is not much money in the inner government, when the time comes, let the Hui merchants bid for more than the silver stored in the inner government, and the emperor can't pay the silver, wouldn't he be smiling and generous?

Doesn't the emperor want to lose face?

As he was talking, a person in an official uniform had already walked out of the armor factory, and Tang Yin was among them, and the auction was about to start.

……

……

Outside the armor factory.

There is a group of people who belong to the parties.

It was the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling brought by Jiang Lun.

“…… Big brother, I think the matter of the silver from the auction being deposited into the silver number is up for debate. ”

Zhang Yanling still wants to think about it.

Zhang Heling scolded: "If you want to discuss, just find your sister or nephew, don't come to tell me, I still have to discuss the bidding strategy with Meng Zai!" ”

Zhang Yanling asked puzzledly: "Aren't we selling coal kilns?" Why do we still have to bid? ”

"Nonsense!"

Zhang Heling flattened his mouth disdainfully, "You don't have a brain at first glance, and you don't want to think about it, in case someone deliberately lowers the price and others don't pay a high price, we can't arrange someone to raise the price in advance?" Even if it is messed up, the coal kiln is our own, and we don't have to bear any losses, so it's a big deal to auction it again. ”

"Oh, Gao Ming."

Zhang Yanling seemed to understand whether she understood or not, and suddenly felt that this big brother was very good at doing things.

Jiang Lun leaned over and whispered: "Two Hou Masters, the person who helped us bid is nearby, when you think the price is appropriate, just gesture with me, and I will tell them." But not too high...... The total price should be between 50,000 taels and 80,000 taels, if it is higher......"

"Got it! It's really verbose......"

Yesterday, Zhang Heling was still a little resistant to the auction of coal kilns, but now that the matter is approaching, he has become excited and looking forward to it.

The main thing is to grab the coal kiln, which didn't cost any money, and now you can actually see the cash, or such an exciting thing as bidding, and the price increase strategy was formulated in advance.

The Zhang brothers used to go wild, but now they have suddenly become civilized people in the business field, and they have begun to enjoy this feeling of the big waves of the market economy.

If the auction is completed, the money will go into their pockets.

If you raise the price because of yourself, you can make the coal kiln more valuable...... Tsk, that sense of accomplishment is not comparable to going out to grab a coal kiln and coming back.

……

……

After Tang Yin walked out of the armor factory, he held a trumpet-shaped megaphone in his hand.

"Quiet!"

Tang Yin shouted.

It didn't work.

Immediately, dozens of officials came out to maintain order at the scene.

Tang Yin waited for the noise to basically subside, and then said: "Today's auction is a few coal kilns in Xishan, and the specific information has been listed before, if you don't understand it, it will be listed in the surrounding bulletin board at the moment, you must be clear about the rules before bidding." ”

"What rules!"

Someone asked loudly.

Tang Yin said: "Everyone must be responsible for their own actions, and they must have enough silver before they can bid." What the auction obtains is the deed of these coal kilns, which the Ministry of Industry tentatively calls 'Mining License', and the government will safeguard all the rights and interests of its mines after obtaining them! Someone steals and occupies it, and Jinyi Wei will directly come forward to take it down and bring it to justice! ”

The people present instantly discussed.

Although they didn't speak loudly, it was clear that the merchants felt that it was fair.

The biggest problem facing the Daming mining industry is that the ownership is not clearly defined, which is now equivalent to an additional legal guarantee.

"Let's make it clear, if you shout the price indiscriminately, and you can't get the money in the end, you will be directly handed over to the government for justice! There will be a second auction, and the difference between the two bids must be borne by the person who bids out the first time! You are all businessmen, and you have ever bid for the goods, so you should know what is at stake, and you don't need to say anything about it! ”

Tang Yin first said the ugly words in front.

"Let's get started!"

Some businessmen are urging and can't wait to start bidding.

Tang Yin continued: "The reserve price for this auction is 16,000 taels of silver, and each increase must be 1,000 taels of silver or more, and a price increase below 1,000 taels of silver is not accepted. If you understand, let's get started!

"The reserve price is sixteen thousand taels of silver, who wants to take over?"

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