Chapter 076: Arriving in Luoyang
On the fifth day after the auction, it was the arrival time of the strange things promised by Zhen Yi.
Outside the Zhen family's grocery store, early in the morning, servants and guests sent by various families gathered, ready to buy the strange things that their masters wanted as soon as the grocery store opened.
When the Zhen family transported strange things from their house to the grocery store, they saw many people gathered outside the door, and they had no choice but to enter the grocery store through the small door in the backyard.
After placing all the strange things on the counter one by one, Zhen Yi arranged for someone to organize everyone outside the door to line up.
He knew very well that with the temperament of those servants outside the door, in order to complete the task given to him by his master, once the door was opened, everyone would flock in, and there would be no way to trade at all.
At first, the servants and guests of various families were resolutely unwilling to obey Zhen Yi's arrangement, but if everyone did not line up, Zhen Yi would not open the door, so he was ready to line up later.
But at this time, there was an endless argument about who was in front, Zhen Yi had no choice but to temporarily find some wooden signs, write the serial number on them, and then let the people who received them line up according to the serial number.
After the order stabilized, Zhen Yi asked the little maid to open the door.
After that, the transaction went a lot smoother, but even at a high price of seven-tenths of the auction price, there were still many people who bought a lot of strange things at once, and as a result, not long after Zhen Yi opened the door, all the strange things were snatched up.
The people at the back of the queue didn't buy anything, for fear of going back and being blamed by their own master, so they came to Zhen Yi to ask for justice, and said that I lined up according to what you said, why don't you have anything like mine.
Zhen Yi was noisy, and finally had to lie that he would bring strange things again in the future, and asked them to wait patiently for a while.
Zhen Yi didn't know that Liu An would not send strange things later, and the subordinates he sent to find Liu An's so-called 'foreign country' had no result, but he didn't specify how much time he would have to wait, anyway, he would pass the matter in front of him first, and then there would really be no strange things, and he could delay time as much as possible.
After finally sending the last person away, Zhen Yi closed the utility shop, found Liu Bei, and counted all the profits.
Of these, 1249,000 dollars were obtained from the auction, and 5,788,500 were obtained from today's transaction.
Zhen Yi and Liu An received 37 shares, then Zhen Yi got 2,087,250 yuan, and Liu An got 4,870,250 yuan.
Looking at the number of Zhen Yi's money, it is only half of Liu An's, but it is not.
After he sold the glass porcelain bottle and sauce at seven-tenths of the auction price, he got another five million and six thousand.
However, Zhen Yi prepared for the auction, transported the goods to Luoyang, and sent out invitations, venue layout, wine and food, etc.
Moreover, the Zhen family is rich in the world, and millions of dollars are just a drop in the bucket of his family's assets, so the reason why he is so attentive to presiding over it in person is actually because of the follow-up profits.
If Liu An can continue to provide strange things and continue to hold auctions, then the profits will likely exceed the profits of all his Zhen family's current industries in a year.
After Zhen Yi handed over Liu An's due money to Liu Bei, Liu Bei then asked for his resignation.
Thinking that before the auction, Liu Bei agreed that he would use his uncle's five cans of fruit candy to attract the family to participate in the meeting, so Zhen Yi gave Liu Bei two horses and gave him 200,000 yuan as a thank you gift.
When Liu Bei came to Luoyang, he came by Zhen Yi's car, and there was really no horse to take back, he had been in Luoyang for a long time, and he was eager to return to report the results to Liu An, so he did not refuse Zhen Yi's kindness.
Early on the morning of the sixth day after the auction ended, Liu Bei and the dead soldiers who came with him left Luoyang on horseback.
On the other side, after Liu An arrived at the sour date, it was already evening.
Rest for the night in sour dates, and the next day, everyone continued on the road.
It is worth mentioning that in the past few days, Liu An has gained another 13 contribution points.
Among them, Liu An hesitated a little and added it to the charm.
When you go to Luoyang to seek officials, you must communicate with people, and the charm is higher or can have a miraculous effect.
It's just that after the charm value is increased from 51 points to 60 points, it takes 2 contribution points to increase it a little more, so Liu An gave up and continued to increase his charm. The remaining 4 points were left untouched for the time being.
At this time, Liu An also determined that 60 points is indeed the threshold for each attribute, and if you want to increase the attribute with the contribution degree above 60 points, you need 2 contribution points to increase the attribute by 1 point.
I don't know if I need more contribution after 70.
After having lunch in Juan County at noon, everyone then headed for Xingyang, but they didn't go far before they met Liu Bei and Liu Bei from Luoyang on the official road from Juan County to Xingyang.
When he got closer, Liu Bei dismounted and saluted, and Liu An also dismounted and returned the salute.
Liu An asked everyone to rest for a while, then stood by the official road with Liu Bei and chatted a little, asked about the Luoyang auction, and then asked Liu Bei to return to Luoyang with him.
Three days later, Liu An and his entourage finally arrived at Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty.
Luoyang City and Zhuo County are not the same, or in other words, many cities passed through since the south, which are much more prosperous than Zhuo County.
Liu An came here to have important things to do, and only observed the ancient capital of China for a while, and then followed Liu Bei to Zhen Yi's house.
Fortunately, Zhen Yi had not left at this time, Liu An informed Zhen Yi of the purpose of his visit, and Zhen Yi entertained Liu An, but as for seeking officials, Zhen Yi said that he could not do anything.
The relationship between the two is still a trading partner, and it is not close enough to seek official positions for each other.
During lunch, Zhen Yi informed Liu An that there were still many people from the big clan waiting for the arrival of strange things, and asked Liu An if he had brought goods this time.
Liu An told Zhen Yi that the goods were still on the way and would not arrive in Luoyang until night or tomorrow.
After lunch, Liu An refused Zhen Yi's invitation to stay overnight and left with everyone.
First found the tooth man, under the leadership of the tooth man, Liu An looked at several houses, and finally spent 380,000 yuan to buy a decent house in the west of Luoyang City.
Luoyang City, as a place where the Han magnates are concentrated, is extremely expensive, 380,000 yuan, in Zhuo County, you can buy a very delicate house with more than three entrances, but in Luoyang, you can only buy a medium two-entry mansion.
However, it cost 380,000 yuan, but the house here is much better than the house in Hanchang.
As soon as you enter the main hall, you can see the main hall, and there is a second hall next to the main hall where you can meet people close to you.
There are two east flower halls and side rooms on both sides of the guest hall, and on the south side of the gate is a row of south wing rooms, one warehouse and one kitchen, and two guest rooms.
On the inside, there are two bright and dark wings in the east and west, with a living room in the middle and bedrooms on both sides.
Further inside, there is the main house and the east and west ear rooms, and all the houses are connected by corridors, so you don't have to worry about getting wet in rainy and snowy weather.
There is also a small door on the outside of the east wing, which leads to the side courtyard, which has a breeding shed and thatched latrine for animals such as cattle and horses.
The reason why Liu An spent so much money to buy a house was because they had a large number of people on this trip, and it was inconvenient to live in the stable, and it was not easy to seek an official, so I didn't know how long they would stay in Luoyang.
More than 50 people lived in the stable, and after a long time, they might spend more money than the 380,000 yuan, and in the end, they couldn't leave anything.
Buy a house, at least this house has become Liu An's private property, and it's a big deal to sell it before Dong Zhuo burns Luoyang.
Moreover, Liu An is going to take out the newly drawn pigeons from the inventory and let them breed in Luoyang.
Before Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, Luoyang was still the center of the Han Dynasty, and arranging some people to raise carrier pigeons here would make it much easier to transmit information.