After the holiday, Zhao Chongyang himself had plans to go to Fucheng. He was going to see how his wharf was being built, and whether the Mancheng Xiang Restaurant, which he partnered with Wang Zhennan, was doing well? When it opened, he wrote a recipe list for more than ten kinds of dishes and handed it to Qian Xiaoan to bring over. Now, he's come up with some new dishes to be launched during the Chinese New Year.

Therefore, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, he asked his second uncle Liu Yubo to prepare a sword, sword and other materials to be brought, and transported them back to Zhaojia Wharf near Zhaojiazhuang by horse-drawn carriage, and then took a boat to Nanjing. Zhao Chongyang also brought a steamer and a liquor still to Nanjing this time. He plans to launch a steamed dish series during the Chinese New Year, and plans to increase the degree of low-alcohol liquor on the market through distillation, and launch high-strength liquor above 50 degrees.

This time, because they wanted to auction the treasure knife and sword, Zhao Chongyang had already asked Wang Zhennan to design and build a small theater that could seat more than 300 people in the original miscellaneous courtyard. If there is a drama troupe that runs the rivers and lakes, they will come to sing for two days and collect some venue fees. Now that the auction is going to be held, the advertisements were left in the original place, and they printed thousands of copies, and they posted them all in the streets and alleys of Nanjing.

On the 16th day of the lunar month, two swords were auctioned in the morning and two swords were auctioned in the afternoon. Bai Xiaohe, Liu Yubo, Zhao Chongyang and others are responsible for the auction.

The auction began, and Zhao Chongyang first announced the rules of the auction: first, those who participated in the auction must pay 50 yuan first. The second is that after the bidders succeed in the bidding, if they don't want it, then the fifty times will not be refunded. Second, the starting price is 1,500 guan, and each price increase shall not be less than 100 guan. After the three shouts are counted to three times, if no one increases the price, the host will sound the gong and make a final decision. This transaction price is the last price this person quotes. Fourth, all gold and silver transactions, if you give silver tickets, you will be given a handling fee of 100 taels for every thousand taels.

The auction began. Bai Xiaohe took out the auction knife: "Today, the two treasure knives and two swords that we auctioned in the Mancheng Xiang Restaurant are all blades that cut iron like mud and chop stones and copper, and now I will try to show you." ”

After speaking, Bai Xiaohe picked up the knife and cut off the iron on the table piece by piece, and chopped off the thumb-thick copper bar, the copper bar was broken into two, and the knife edge was not damaged. Bai Xiaohe used his sword to chop the stone again, whether it was a white stone or a black stone, he cut it down with one sword, and the sparks were shallow. The stone was broken, the fracture was smooth, and there was no notch in the blade.

Next, Bai Xiaohe announced: "Everyone is welcome to bring iron tools or stones to try." So some came up with their own swords, some with irons, and some with the hardest black stones, and no matter how they were sharpened, cut, or chopped, there was no damage to the blades of the blades or the edges of the sword.

At this time, two young men in gorgeous brocade shirts sitting in the front row stood up, and one of them was holding a sword-level broadsword in his arms. The other pointed to the knife and said, "You say that your knife here is a treasure sword, but do you dare to cut this dark iron treasure knife of my friend?" My friend's knife was sold for 5,000 yuan back then, and it was only sold because of favors. Any sharp knife that cuts against it is someone else's knife damage. Therefore, this knife has won the reputation of a King Kong divine knife.

Zhao Chongyang thought for a while: "Your so-called dark iron is a meteorite that fell from the sky, although it contains iron, tungsten, manganese, Ming, etc., but after all, there are many impurities, and the hardness and toughness are not as good as my hundred alloy steel." Then he said calmly: "It's okay to cut it, but if you damage it, you are responsible for it, and you can't ask the other party for compensation." ”

The two young men readily agreed. The one with the big sword in his arms came up to the stage and pulled the sword out of its scabbard, and everyone saw it: it was indeed a good sword! When the knife was unsheathed, the cold light shimmered, and there was no trace of rust. This shows that the owner cherishes this treasure knife very much, and wipes it clean at all times.

Zhao Congyang asked Qian Xiaoan to choose one of their two knives, held the knife tightly with both hands, the knife edge was upward, and he stepped on the horse, letting the other party use the knife to cut. I saw the young man in brocade with a knife, kicking with both feet, using all his strength, and yelling: Break! Slash down.

Boom! Sure enough, one of them broke in two, and half of it fell to the ground.

The young man felt how the knife in his hand had become lighter, and looked down to see that only half of the knife in his hand had fallen to the ground. "Ahh This knife is really powerful, and even the undefeated Vajra Divine Sword is not an opponent. It's really Sai Kong. ”

When Zhao Chongyang heard the three words "Sai King Kong", he immediately took over the conversation and said: "This guy is right, our treasure knife is called Sai King Kong." This first one is called Saizi No. 1 Treasure Knife. ”

Bai Xiaohe followed up and announced, "The auction of the No. 1 treasure knife of the word has begun, who has 1,500 yuan, a middle-aged man in his forties has 1,500 cards, and a person in his twenties has raised 1,600 yuan, and the young man in brocade clothes who was destroyed the treasure knife just now has risen directly to 2,000 yuan." Bai Xiaohe said: "This gentleman bid 2,000 yuan, is there anyone who offers higher?" 2000 runs once, 2000 runs twice ......"

-A teenager in a purple shirt bid 2,200 guan, and the young man in brocade immediately increased to 2,500 guan, and the young man in purple shirt paused for a few seconds. Bai Xiaohe announced "2500 times three times", and when he just lifted the hammer to knock it down, the young man in purple raised 3000 yuan, and the young man in the brocade robe immediately rose to 4000 yuan. Bai Xiaohe's sweet voice sounded again: "This gentleman has raised the number one of the word to 4,000, this is the number one treasure knife, is anyone willing to rise?" 4000 runs once, 4000 runs twice, 4000 runs three times. ”

Clang! One-shot pricing! Bai Xiaohe said: "Congratulations to this gentleman for obtaining the Sai King Kong No. 1 Treasure Knife." Please follow this gentleman to settle the account, and the treasure knife will belong to you. ”

Next, the auction of the King Kong No. 2 Treasure Knife began, and after several rounds of competition, the purple-clothed boy who failed in the first bid finally won the King Kong No. 2 Treasure Knife with 3,000 yuan this time.

Bai Xiaohe announced: "This is the end of the morning auction, and the auction of two swords in the afternoon." At the same time, I would like to tell you a good news, our auction house from today, began to open for business, to undertake auction business, where there are valuable goods to be auctioned, please find Mr. Qian of Mancheng Xiang Restaurant to contact. At the same time, our restaurant will launch a new series of dishes - steamed dishes at the end of the year, please taste them, and book the reunion dinner in advance. Thank you for coming! ”

In the afternoon, Zhao Chongyang taught several chefs to make steamed dishes, and the auction was led by Bai Xiaohe and others. With the experience of the morning, Zhao Chongyang did not need to be present at all.

When Zhao Chongyang sent a few dishes to the auction, the two famous swords, Weilong No. 1 and Weilong No. 2, were already famous swords. The Weizi No. 1 sword was snatched away by Tong Yanei, the son of the Tong Governor's Mansion, for 4,500 guan, and Weizi No. 2 was snatched by Yang Minggui, the son of Yang Dujian, for 3,500 guan. Two swords sell for 1,000 more than two swords. The four swords were sold for a total of 15,000 yuan, and one percent was handed over to the auction house, and the four weapons were actually worth 13,500 yuan.

The restaurant's business is now in a virtuous cycle, thanks to the launch of a series of stir-fried dishes with bean and soy sauce as seasonings, it has the obvious upper hand in competing with other restaurants that mainly stew, and even the hotel part is often full, so now the net profit of the entire restaurant is more than 6,000 yuan per month. But today, Bai Xiaohe sold four items at auction, and it took an hour before and after, and they earned 1,500 yuan, which is close to the hotel's net income for more than two days. Everyone says that this money is more than opening a restaurant to make money. He also said that this Zhao Chongyang and Zhao Gongzi are worthy of being a prodigy, and they actually came up with such a way to make money. Next, I went to some nearby counties to auction for a few days, and after coming back, I continued to auction in Nanjing Fucheng for two days, as of the 23rd of the lunar month, a total of 40 swords and 40 swords were sold, with an average of 3,000 per each, 38.24 million yuan, 24,000 yuan were given to the Mancheng Xiang Restaurant, and there were 216,000 yuan left.

At the same time, a young woman ordered 5 women's swords and 18 Weilong sword series from Liu Yubo, with an average of 2,000 pieces of swords, and 23 pieces of weapons could be earned 46,000 pieces by then. There is also one of the twelve major schools of martial arts, the Huashan Sword Sect sent people to order 40 pieces of various weapons, in addition to the ten swords are 2000 pieces, the rest of the judge pen, gun head, handguard hook cost less than one-fifth of the sword, according to an average of 500 pieces. After this is done, another 35,000 can be earned. The two families each paid a deposit of 5,000 yuan, and Liu Yubo asked them to come to Liujia Village in early February to pick up the goods.

When Liu Yuhua went back and told his father and cousin about the income from selling swords, the surprise in the hearts of the two was indescribable. Liu Erye sighed: "This sword and sword made of stainless steel are really a weapon to absorb gold!" "The income of more than 200,000 guan, excluding the steel itself and a small amount of labor money, the net income is 200,000 guan, which is more than the total profit from selling iron and other iron tools, not to mention that the sword is not bought at all.

In previous years, the net income of ironware, that is, three or four thousand, plus the spinning and weaving workshops, that is, six thousand, these six thousand kans were the supervisors of their rooms, and they worked hard to get half of them, and the other houses accounted for half. This year is different, only the ironware workshop made a net profit of 290,000 guan, half of which was given to the Zhao family, and they still had 145,000 guan left, plus the profits of the weaving and spinning mill, the total income was 150,000 guan, because most of it was the money earned by the ironware factory, and the ironware workshop relied on the money earned by their grandson in this house. Therefore, the other rooms are high-profile, their room is divided into 100,000 guan, and the other rooms are divided into 50,000 guan. In this way, it has only been two or three months since the expansion and opening of the ironsmith workshop, and they have 100,000 yuan of family property at once. Therefore, now his second grandfather and two uncles are simply obedient to him.