Ten steps away from the table, there is a red rope pulling out the isolation belt to prevent anyone from rushing up, and everyone stands behind the red rope first.

"Be quiet, be quiet." Xu Jingchang took a wooden hammer at this time and knocked on the table heavily: "I think you all already know about the auction of the Red Mansion. ”

"From next month, there will only be ten Red Mansions in Beijing, and the previous Red Mansions will all be cancelled."

"Now auction the first one."

Xu Jingchang picked up an iron license plate beside him: "Red House No. 001, the winner of the auction, named by himself, went to the Ministry of Literature and Art to register and remake the business license." ”

"The starting price is 100,000 taels, the use period is ten years, and the re-auction will be re-made after the expiration of ten years, and the price will be increased by 1,000 taels each time, and no one will increase the price three times, even if you win."

Xu Jingchang briefly said the rules of the license auction, and the businessmen circled the income in their minds.

According to the population size of Jingshi, there are only ten Red Mansions, and the profits are quite considerable, after all, there were hundreds in the past.

"It's only 100,000 taels, this is cheap."

"The starting price is just that, it depends on the final bid."

"I heard that His Majesty intends to lift the curfew, the same as the Song Dynasty?"

"It's really fake, if it's true, this license is even more valuable."

The crowd was still talking about the price, and some people had already dropped a bombshell, saying that the emperor intended to lift the curfew and prosper the economy.

Historically, the Song Dynasty did just that, and the commercial economy has been greatly developed, like Kaifeng and Lin'an in the Two Song Dynasty, the Red Mansion once exceeded 10,000, because there was no traffic brought by the curfew.

Compared with the tens of thousands of Red Mansions of the two Song Dynasty Jingshi, the number of Daming Jingshi is now compressed to ten, which shows the high profit in it.

Moreover, the ancients had nothing to do at night, and they had to have a curfew, and there was almost no nightlife, and after arriving at the Red Mansion, they could only stay there at night, and they didn't dare to go out.

Now that the curfew is open, the nightlife will be richer, and there will be more stalls at night.

It is no wonder that when the commercial tax was collected some time ago, most of the businessmen supported it.

At this time, the red mansion license plate had not yet been filmed, and everyone was already discussing the lifting of the curfew.

"Where did you hear that? Is the message real? ”

"My relatives are working in the house of a scholar, how can it be fake."

"That Shangshu?"

"I can't say that, anyway, His Majesty has the idea of lifting the curfew."

"Then this license is worth it."

"Is it any wonder that merchants are willing to pay taxes, and the imperial court actually wants to lift the curfew?"

The crowd began to talk about it, and the heat of the curfew even surpassed that of the Red Mansion at once.

Because after all, a small number of people in the Red Mansion are capable, and the lifting of the curfew is a big deal for all businessmen.

At this moment, Xu Jingchang slammed the hammer.

"Start bidding now."

Xu Changjing's voice just fell.

"I'll give 150,000." The group performer Mao Xin took the lead in raising his hands and shouting in the crowd.

"Hold the grass."

"Mother's."

There was a lot of scolding all around, and Mao Xin was too ruthless, and he came up to raise the price by 50,000 yuan.

"Special mother, it's only 15,000 taels a year, and Lao Tzu can earn it back in a month." Mao Xin scolded in the crowd.

"Two hundred thousand." Zhou Hu, the group performer, then shouted in the crowd.

"Hiss" everyone gasped, and the first card just started and doubled directly.

200,000 sounds like a lot, but the average number of ten-year usage rights is 20,000 per year.

Soon.

"Two hundred and one thousand."

"Two hundred and twenty thousand."

The crowd was bidding one after another, obviously it could be 1,100 plus, but everyone was 11,000 plus.

Mao Xin and Zhou Hu looked at each other and thought to themselves, Your Majesty is right, Your Majesty will make more money than fighting.

Maybe everyone has not experienced the auction, most people are more excited, the first license after dozens of rounds of bidding, and finally reached 840,000.

The audience was in an uproar, and many people couldn't believe it.

Although there is a ten-year validity period, this is only the cost of the license and there is a separate tax.

"It reaches 84,000 a year, more than 7,000 a month, this money is not easy to earn, and you have to pay taxes." A middle-aged man beside Mao Xin muttered to himself.

Mao Xin said quietly: "There are only ten, and there were hundreds of them." ”

Zhou Hu didn't seem to know him, glanced at him, and said: "If it were me, the price would definitely increase, and the place would have to be bigger, otherwise there would be too many guests and no place to stay." ”

"If the curfew is lifted, some of the money will be made." There is also humanity behind them.

This sentence has won the hearts of the people, and everyone feels that as long as the curfew is lifted, 84,000 a year is really not much.

Soon, the second license plate started again, and in the middle, Mao Xin and Zhou Hu and a few others were holding in it to make-stirring sticks, lifting them from time to time.

When the price rose again to 840,000, there was a brief silence in the crowd.

Just when everyone wants to come to some kind of tacit understanding.

"Eight hundred and fifty thousand." Mao Xin, a-stirring stick, raised his hand again.

Anyway, the emperor said that it would be okay if no one followed behind, and then the emperor asked Mao Xin and Zhou Hu to make a family together and take the brothers to make money.

Mao Xin suddenly outbid the first one, and there was an uproar all around, looking at him one after another.

"What to look at, take one less one, and it will only get more and more expensive later." Mao Xin shouted.

When everyone heard it, it seemed to make sense, right?

"Eight hundred and sixty thousand." The middle-aged man who just said that he didn't make money raised his hand behind Mao Xin in a hurry.

"Eighty-one thousand."

Then several rounds were called on the spot, and the final price was 884,000 taels.

After that, it seemed to be said by Mao Xin, one is higher than the other, 900,000, 914,000, 936,000.

The penultimate shot was ninety-five, and the last one was directly sold for one million.

After all the filming was completed, everyone didn't expect that it would be more expensive the more they went to the back.

Before Mao Xin made a bid, everyone thought that it would be cheaper the further back it went.

The first one was Xu Jingchang's own family, and he was also happy to close his mouth, feeling that he was making blood.

After the ten shots were completed, someone immediately asked: "Will Jingshi never change in the future?" Always on ten licenses? ”

Sure enough, the surroundings immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Xu Jingchang.

Xu Jingchang was calm and relaxed, because these were all arrangements and routines arranged by His Majesty.

"The number of Jingshi will not increase in a few years, according to the method of the imperial court, it will be measured by population in the future."

"In December of the first year of Hongxi, according to the statistics of the household department, the population in Jingshi City was about 500,000, plus several nearby counties, there were more than 700,000."

"In the future, for every 50,000 people added to the city, a license will be added."

"Okay." The person who asked the question nodded.

The surrounding merchants also nodded, feeling that this was good according to the population.

Immediately, someone asked: "When will the licenses other than Jingshi be auctioned?" What is the starting price? ”

Businessmen from all over the country came to the scene, and sure enough, everyone paid attention again.

At this time, the population of Jingshi was the largest in the country, and it was close to 700,000 at its peak, but Zhu Gaoxu transferred a large number of military households and guards, so it decreased a lot.

Everyone came to Jingshi first, undoubtedly wanting to eat the biggest cake, and now the big cake can't be eaten, and you can still eat the small cake.

"I was about to say that." Xu Jingchang said loudly: "Don't just look at the Beijing Division, outside the Beijing Division, all over the country, there are licenses, when the auction will be, the starting price, you can go to the provinces to inquire, there will be announcements spread to the world." ”

"This business doesn't look at the store, and the shopkeepers can make a fortune wherever they go."

Hahaha, there was laughter all around, and they all felt reasonable.

As soon as the laughter stopped, the merchants were still discussing, and another person shouted: "I heard that the imperial court still needs to collect taxes, how much is this tax?" How is it priced? ”

"It depends on the size of the area and the number of girls." Xu Jingchang said: "Suppose you occupy an area of ten acres and have two hundred girls. ”

"A monthly tax of 1,000 taels per mu, and a girl a monthly tax of 10 taels, a total of 3,000 taels of monthly tax."

The size of the place and the number of girls usually represent the level of luxury and scale.

There is nothing wrong with collecting taxes in this way.

Some people think the tax is high, and some people think it's acceptable.

But this will be the high-end Red Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, after entering, drinking wine and eating, the expenditure is still quite large, with an average expenditure of twenty or thirty taels.

And ten taels a month, the average is only three dollars a day, which is really not expensive.

"Is it possible to get a license and expand and renovate?"

"One acre of land for every ten people, and ten acres of land for one hundred people, cannot exceed this area."

"What about those private ticks in the past? There are still people who do this at home, and the price is still low, doesn't this affect us? ”

"All of them are searched, and those who report will be rewarded." Xu Jingchang said: "In addition to the official license, there shall be no private private ones, everyone is welcome to report, once it is verified, there will be a heavy reward." ”

Many people at the scene were asking questions, and most of them were arranged by Zhu Gaoxu, which is equivalent to explaining everything and the consequences and hidden dangers, so that everyone can rest assured.

Finally, someone asked: "Is it true that the imperial court wants to lift the curfew?" ”

"Your Majesty and the ministers are discussing this matter, and if there is no accident, it will be decided this year." With Xu Jingchang's last voice, someone in the crowd shouted: "Your Majesty Shengming, long live." ”

"Hooray." Xi Xi screamed a few times at the scene, but everyone was still in a good mood and was very happy.

Whether they are in this business or not, if the imperial court lifts the curfew, it will be the most beneficial to the merchants.

One day at the end of May, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu summoned six Shangshu, left and right imperial history, Dali Temple Zhengqing, Jinyi Wei commanded envoys to the Huagai Palace.

After a few people entered, they found that the emperor's cabinet secretaries had also come in one after another, and they did not sit down to play after they came in as before.

"Sit down." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Everyone was also not polite, they had been with the new emperor for more than a year, and they also knew that the emperor was more easy-going, so they each found a place to sit down.

Zhu Gaoxu watched quietly, he put a huge long table in the Huagai Palace, and these people were also clearly distinguished, sitting on both sides.

The six Shangshu are on the left, and then the left and right are the imperial history, Dali Temple Zhengqing, and Huang Huai, Hu Guang, Hu Yan, Jin Youzi, Yang Pu and other cabinet secretaries, consciously sit on the right, Jin Yiwei commander Mao Xin looked at it, and sat in the last position on Huang Huai's side.

After they sat down, Zhu Gaoxu said: "Xia Butang, first of all, you can talk about how much the imperial court collects taxes in Beijing after this tax reform?" ”

The crowd listened intently.

(End of chapter)