"That's a good idea!"

"Okay what? Wouldn't it be better for one person to have it alone? Besides, if you look at the people in this hall, which one didn't pay a mortgage of a thousand gold? You can't afford it, and there are many people who are willing to raise the price. It's your turn to share the profits?"

"That's right!"

"Shhh——, stop talking, I'm going to make a bid!"

I only heard the sound of a copper bell ringing from the piano platform, and the middle-aged man shouted, "The female plant is auctioning and shouting—"

The bell was still ringing, and there were already countless arms holding the red inscription and shouting, "Five hundred gold—"

"Six hundred gold—" a young man with a somewhat pale face shouted Jane.

"Okay, six hundred gold, is there any price increase?" The middle-aged man's deep voice roared.

"The old man gave seven hundred gold." The old man who had just taken his seat raised his hand and shouted.

The middle-aged deacon was very proud: "Okay, this old man has 700 gold, is there any price increase?"

The young man gritted his teeth: "I'll raise the price to eight hundred gold."

"Okay, this son has eight hundred gold, is there anything that should be priced?"

The seat was silent. I only heard the middle-aged deacon's voice echoing: "Eight hundred gold for the first time, eight hundred gold for the second time, is there any price increase?" Okay!" I heard a bell ring: "Eight hundred gold is sold, hand over the female plant to this son, and eight hundred gold will be deducted from the mortgage."

Everyone watched with envy as the servant carefully carried the orchid madder to the young man's case, and the middle-aged deacon asked, "Does Childe still want to participate in the auction of male plants?"

"That's nature." The young man smiled proudly: "I am the brother of Suijun, so what does it matter if I have another 800 gold?"

"It turned out to be the son of Suiguo, disrespectful and disrespectful." The middle-aged deacon bowed down and said apologetically: "It's just that Huai Xiang has rules, and Gongzi only has 200 gold left in his account, and he still needs to pay another 300 gold to participate in the auction."

"What?" The young servant beside the young man was a little stunned: "What is the reason? Are you afraid that my son-in-law will not be able to pay the price?"

"Stand down!" The young man waved his hand absently, "Then please ask the master and my servant to go to the car to carry the gold!" What is the suffrage of three hundred gold?"

At this time, someone suddenly shouted, "Dare to ask the master's family, if I fail to win this time, will the deposit be refunded?"

The middle-aged deacon raised his hands high, looked around and saluted, "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the rules, if you fail to win the auction, you can only return 90% of the gold and return 900 gold, and the 10% deposit will be regarded as the expense of this auction."

"What's the truth? Why did you deduct 100 gold for nothing if you didn't get the shot?" The crowd was indignant.

"This is the territory of Hubei country, and high-end wine shops gather in wine courts." The middle-aged deacon said with a threatening tone: "The wine and delicacies on your table, the gold wine utensils, and the maids shuttling, what is not the money of the Prime Minister's Mansion? Naturally, you have to pay for participating in the auction, so what can you say?" qs

It sounds reasonable, plus it's someone else's place, and when everyone enters the wine garden, they all see the neatly armored halberd guards in front of the wine shop, and their own family is just a money bag and a drum, not as hard as other people's fists and bows, what else can I say? Forget it, it's better to be safe!

The auction continued, perhaps because he wanted to recover the capital because he was deducted 100 gold, and the auction of Xiongzhu was more enthusiastic. In the end, Sui Gongzi won the auction at a high price of 900 gold, and returned satisfied with a pair of orchid madder.

"Don't be discouraged, listen to me." The middle-aged deacon ascended the piano platform and shouted, "This time, there are ten plants and five pairs of orchid madder to be purchased, and your gold deposit can be used until the fifth day, and if you still can't win the auction, you will return 900 gold." During the five days of participating in the auction, everyone can come and go in this winery, and all the food and beverage expenses will be written off by the Prime Minister."

"Okay—" Everyone rejoiced, and in this way, the hundred gold was worth it.

At the fourth watch, Lin Bo returned to the Yi trading company.

The bronze high-speed car did not make a detour, nor did it deliberately accelerate, and calmly drove straight into the Yi trading company. Pushing open the door of the main room, Wu Kui was sitting quietly in front of the desk meditating, and some symbols that no one could understand had been circled on the parchment in front of him.

"The Valley Master." This call pulled Wu Kui back from his contemplation, and he raised his eyes and responded, "

Uncle is back, what's going on?"

"Sui Gongzi has purchased a pair of orchid madder for a total price of 1,700 gold. Huaiqing stipulates that even if all the merchants participating in the auction fail to win the auction, they must withhold 100 gold to offset the expenses."

"Humph! Expected." Wu Kui snorted lightly, "Have you delivered all the money you need to him?" Is there any flaw!"

"I didn't expect Huaiqing to have this hand, I paid the 1,000 gold for the money I brought into the city, and I don't have so much cash on hand at the moment!" Limber was sweating a little on his head.

If Huaiqing knows that Sui Gongzi is actually a child, he will be vigilant. Because of a patina mountain, Suihu has formed a deep enmity in the sea of blood, as long as it is harmful to Hubei, Suiguo will do its best." Wu Kui's words were indifferent: "You go with me to get gold, and then hand over to Sui Gongzi."

"No!"

In the early morning, a four-horse bronze chariot drove out of the north gate of Fancheng, driving to the faint green mountains in the suburbs, and gradually the mountain road was deep and yellow, and it seemed to enter the barren mountains that were inaccessible, and the roar of fierce beasts and Xiao Xiao horses in the sound of the mountain forest wind faintly. Limber couldn't help but tremble, and finally gritted his teeth when he wanted to speak.

After a while, the cart stopped, and Wu Kui said lightly, "It's here." Lin Bo got out of the car first, and then stretched out his hand to help Wu Kui get out of the car. Rubbing his eyes and looking around, he couldn't help but be shocked - the grass and trees were reckless, and this horse and cart could actually enter the valley! Looking at the front of me again, the cart stopped on a huge rock platform that protruded abruptly, and next to the rock was a big tree that three or five people could not hug, with branches like arrows, it was really a huge green hedgehog.

"Uncle come with me." Wu Kui went around the back of the green "hedgehog", and pushed aside the thatch swaying in the wind, revealing a shallow cave like ruins, and reached the end of the road after three or two feet of entering.

Lin Bo was stunned, Wu Kui took out a small hammer in his sleeve, walked to the mountain rock at the end of the cave and slammed it to the left, the black boulder rumbled and slid to the right, and a hole as high as a person suddenly appeared at the bottom of the cave, and a dry heat suddenly rushed out of his face.

Wu Kui turned around and said, "Come in with me!"

Although Limber was no longer panicked, he also entered the cave cautiously. As soon as I entered the cave, I was surprised, there was a soft felt under my feet, and the wind lanterns inlaid in the walls of the cave on both sides had no oil smoke. After three or five feet of darkness, a turn, a light in front of the distance, as if out of the hole again.

When I walked near the light, it was an unfathomable patio. Looking up, a blue lonely sky hangs high in the sky, a white cloud is leisurely, a piece of sunlight is shining down, through the fine copper mesh halfway up the patio, falling at the bottom of the cave into a neatly arranged "light brick", the bright and warm patio faintly permeates a strange sense of mystery.

"The secluded well, like the eternal light of the sun and the moon." Wu Kui suddenly whispered a sentence.

"The valley lord has to believe in it with all his heart, why do you sigh?" Limber understood and asked back softly.

Wu Kui smiled faintly: "Because of this, I feel that I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders." After that, he pointed to the stone caves on all sides of the patio that had been opened: "Uncle, look, this is the Fancheng Treasury of the Nanlin Society. More than 60,000 gold are stored in the north cave, more than 60,000 gold are stored in the south cave, 120,000 yuan of Qi knife money are stored in the west cave, and more than 300 pieces of jewelry and jade treasures and antiques are stored in the east cave. All things considered, it's roughly around 200,000 gold."

"Oh my God! The old man has been in the society for many years, but he didn't know that the wealth of a society was rivaled by the country!" Limber exclaimed.

"Nope. This is just one of the coffers of the Yi trading company. For the sake of the Orchid Madder, the master has collected some resources from his treasury in advance and hid them in this cave, waiting for me to tell you in detail."

Wu Kui sat down on the ground in front of the stone table in the middle of the patio, and Limber turned back and came out of the cave, taking out a jar of fruit wine with a sweet mash fragrance from the car. Wu Kui poured two bowls and invited Lin Bo to sit opposite him, Lin Bo refused at first, he usually always regarded himself as an old servant, Wu Kui repeatedly gave in, and then reluctantly sat down.

The two touched a bowl, and Wu Kui asked, "Is the overall plan of the social leader clear?"

"I only understand some branches and leaves, but I don't know the whole picture." Limber replied honestly and unceremoniously.

Wu Kui elaborated on Rongyi's plan to use orchid madder as bait to lure everyone in Hubei to grow grass and be greedy for profit, give up fishing and farming, and then destroy the overall economy of Hubei. Limber sighed with emotion when he heard it

At the end, he sighed: "The leader of the society is so commanding, even if he has no last resort, it is really very human. The old man should obey his own decision, and do not frown."

"I mean, it's a great move for my uncle to add fuel to the fire in the Jujiuyuan today. However, if only the price of orchid madder rises to a sky-high price, at most it can only attract the nobles of the Hubei country, and I am afraid that it will not be able to shake the foundation of the other country."

Lin Bo leaned forward slightly: "Valley Lord, please make it clear, what you need to do for the old decay, you will definitely not hesitate to rush."

Wu Kui smiled leisurely: "There is nothing else, please ask my uncle to find more manpower to purchase from the people, and the price of madder and bluegrass will also be speculated, at least to more than five times the current market price." As for how much it costs......" She looked at the stone caves around her, "Nanlin Sheshe has invested a lot of money to set up this game, so as to hit it with one hit."

"No! It only takes a month or two to teach the whole country to plant grass for pleasure and not to fish and farm."

"Okay, let's take two thousand gold and send it to Sui Gongzi first, and ask him to send some people to burn the fire of orchid madder more vigorously."

The two of them discussed some more details, until the daylight on the patio turned into moonlight.

Although Rong Yi's game is exquisitely done, there is also a person with a discerning eye above the court of the Eguo Kingdom, and this person is the son of Ekun.

Since Huaiqing attacked Langu and returned, the Prime Minister's Mansion, which should have died down, did the opposite, and recruited the world's giant merchants and high-rollers who were willing to buy the seedlings of orchid madder to the world, attracting Fancheng to become a place of luxury with gold and silver. This kind of behavior aroused the vigilance of E Kun, but even the impeachment of the Hou Yu Fang was like a mud cow into the sea.

I don't know whether the Hou deliberately ignored his own book, or Huaiqing, who single-handedly held power, deliberately stayed in the middle and did not send it, and the helpless E Kun had no choice but to force the harm of Lanxiang madder in public at the time of the Great Dynasty, and strongly advocated the writing to prohibit the sale and planting of this thing.

This statement was like a boulder entering the pool, which immediately caused an uproar, and the temples of Echeng were in a great uproar. Now not only Huaiqing, but also the clan ministers of Echeng are not spending huge sums of money to buy orchid madder, or to marry, or to make huge profits. E Kun's words are to cut off their financial route, how can he be willing to let him go gently?

The ministers all cursed E Kun, or reprimanded him in person, or discussed behind his back, scolding E Kun for being a white-headed eunuch who married a and did not have children, scolded E Kun for being an unscrupulous descendant who could be compared with the son of the family back then, and scolded E Kun for blocking the road to a strong country and enriching the people of the Zhou royal family! The viciousness of his attack made even Hou Yufang blush when he heard it.

However, after all, he is the king of a country, and it is not the same to be so noisy and shouting in the court, although the old clan scolded and scolded the Ekun, but the Ehou Yufang smiled magnanimously and said: "You Shao'an don't be impatient, Ekun is on the book, but it is just the angry words of a concubine, what a word! Huai Xiang planted orchid madder on a large scale, so that Fancheng flowed gold and silver, business and travel gathered, my Hubei ten taxes drew one, and the income of the treasury in January was comparable to last year. In such an act for the benefit of the country and the people, why should the widow not do it?"