Although the city lord spent a lot of money to buy the white jade plate, the price of tea, silk or porcelain is not the highest in Khurumos. If these things could be brought to the Ottoman Empire, or even to the Byzantine Empire further west, the price would only be higher.
Therefore, from the perspective of the city lord, he will not suffer any loss if he buys the white jade plate. At worst, he could just sell it to those Ottoman and Byzantine merchants, and he could still make a small profit.
"Okay, let's look at the next item." Having just sold the white jade plate, Han Du was very happy. The slight unpleasantness instantly drifted away like smoke in his heart, and he enthusiastically devoted himself to making money.
Han Du happily pointed at the wine jar beside him and said loudly: "Everyone, at the banquet at the City Lord's Mansion that day, I think everyone also liked drinking. But all you drank was wine. I don't know if you want to drink it. Some wine from the Ming Empire?"
"Oh? It turns out there is wine from the mysterious East. How is it different from our wine?" Although the city lord spent a thousand pounds to buy a white jade plate, he really liked porcelain to the core. He held the white jade plate in his hand and looked at it carefully for a moment. The more he looked at it, the more he couldn't put it down. Naturally, he no longer had any resentment towards Han Du.
"Of course the Ming Dynasty has fine wine, and the wine I brought this time is not ordinary fine wine." After listening to Hader's story, Han Du said to the city lord with a smile.
The city lord suddenly became curious. He finally moved his eyes away from the white jade plate and looked up at Han Du.
Han Du deliberately did not speak directly, but instead procrastinated: "You have tasted tribute tea, seen brocade, and porcelain from the official kiln, but apart from tribute tea, other things are not considered to be worthy of supply." Something used by the royal family of the Ming Empire. But the next wine is a real tribute wine!"
"Real tribute wine?" Harder was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was doing and asked Han Du: "Master Marquis, what you are saying is, is this wine really the wine that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire drank?"
"Of course." Han Du nodded matter-of-factly.
Hader couldn't help but look excited. Today they had seen something. Even if only one cup of tea was a real tribute tea, they knew how precious the things used by the emperor of the Ming Empire were.
If Han Du had taken out the tribute wine from the beginning, people like Hader might not believe it. But first they were given a cup of tribute tea, and then they were bluntly told that silk and official kiln porcelain were not tribute. Now if they were told that this was tribute wine, no one would doubt it. Everyone would just think that if Han Du wanted to deceive them, why not just say everything was a tribute. Anyway, they couldn't tell the truth from the false.
Now that Han Du has an honest image in everyone's mind, naturally no one will doubt the authenticity of the tribute wine.
However, this wine was indeed the kind Lao Zhu drank. But at the same time, Han Du drank it himself. After all, he gave Lao Zhu so much wine, so it was only natural that he should keep some for himself.
After hearing Harder's report, everyone in the audience was in an uproar. Some people even couldn't help but stand up from their seats, as if they wanted to see what the tribute wine looked like. But the wine was put in jars, so they could only see each jar.
Seeing the longing looks on everyone's faces, Han Du smiled and patted away the seal of a jar of strong liquor.
A strong aroma of wine quickly spread throughout the banquet hall. As soon as everyone smelled the wine, they understood that it was indeed the aroma of wine. However, the fragrance was too strong and fragrant, something they had never seen before.
The only thing Khrumos has is wine, but the wine itself is low-alcohol wine, and its aroma is more fruity than wine. Moreover, although the aroma of wine is also unique, it is very light. If you don't taste it in person, you may not be able to smell the aroma even if you put your nose against the rim of the glass.
Therefore, when everyone was sitting so far away for the first time, they could easily smell such a strong aroma of wine, and everyone's curiosity was instantly aroused.
When Han Du saw it, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he said openly: "In our Ming Dynasty, when friends come, they have fine wine, and when enemies come, they have swords and guns. Today, I, Han Du, have landed in Hurumos, and I invite you all to drink together." A glass of wine.”
After that, he waved his hand to the maid to prepare glasses for everyone and pour the wine for them.
There was free wine, and it was real tribute wine. Everyone held the cups with extremely careful hands, for fear of spilling a drop when pouring the wine.
Han Du also raised his glass to everyone, "Do it!"
Let's drink together...
After drinking a glass of strong wine, everyone's faces quickly started to turn red. They had never drunk such strong alcohol before, and it was normal for them to react like this before they got used to it for the first time.
Everyone felt as if they had swallowed a ball of fire, but the fire could not burn them, but instead brought a ball of warmth to their hearts. When everyone slowly recovered, their physical and mental pleasure far exceeded the wine they drank before. Some people even think that such drinks are real wines, and the wines they drank in the past just tasted like wine.
But it’s just a cup, how can I satisfy my cravings? Everyone was holding wine glasses and wanted Han Du to continue pouring the liquor for them.
Han Du pretended not to see it and said with a smile on his face: "Now that everyone understands the benefits of this tribute wine, let's start the wine auction..."
Not surprisingly, Han Du sold another ten jars of wine for a sky-high price.
Taking advantage of the excitement of the crowd and the influence of alcohol, everyone was not so calm. Han Du put out the goods for auction one by one, including top-quality sugar, various works of art from the pirate treasure house, etc.
Especially the pirate treasures, some of which Han Du didn't care about at all, caused everyone in the audience to marvel when they appeared. Which dynasty's scepter, which princess's musical instrument, etc., attract everyone to bid every time.
Han Du didn't bother to investigate the value of these things carefully. In Han Du's opinion, these things are valuable antiques to the people of Hurumos, but they are of little use to Han Du.
Being able to take this opportunity to sell them for gold is worth it no matter what Han Du thinks.
As for the people below, there must be some who missed it, and Han Du didn't care. If this auction wants to be long-lasting, it must give some sweetness to the people below. If no benefit is given to others, then they may not come next time.
After all, although this auction method is novel, it is not irreproducible. On the contrary, this auction method is extremely simple. As long as you have seen it once, you will know what is going on. Anyone can easily create an auction by themselves.
Han Du bets that after today, there will be auctions in many places in Hurumos.
The auction method is not unusual at all, but what is strange is the rare treasures that Han Du can provide at the auction. If the people who come to support the auction can still miss something, then no matter how many auctions Hurumos has, Handu will always occupy a place in Hurumos.
The lively auction lasted from noon to the afternoon, and then came to an end amidst the excitement of everyone. Even though Han Du mentioned that there were no more goods, the auction was over, and others were clamoring excitedly for Han Du to continue.
In the end, it was Han Du who held a general goods sale in the manor tomorrow and welcomed everyone to come and buy, so as to appease them. But there will not be another auction tomorrow, but the goods will be put out for sale directly.
Tomorrow's sale was prepared by Han Du for Fu Yong and others. After all, they followed him all the way to Horumos. If he didn't give them a chance to sell goods, wouldn't he be cheating them?
Besides, the goods carried by Fu Yong and others are all in large quantities. Although none of them are high-quality goods, the weight of each item is not small. Such goods are only suitable for sale and will not be auctioned.
Fu Yong and others quickly expressed their gratitude to Han Du for taking care of him. Fu Yong and others have long known the identities of these people. For maritime merchants like them who rely on volume, it is impossible for them to sell their goods bit by bit. They all sell all the goods in one go. Even if the price is the first, it is better than if they choose to sell slowly in order to pursue a little higher price.
Selling a little bit may seem like you can get more profits, but it also wastes time. For maritime merchants, time is money. If you can go back earlier and make another trip, you can make more profits than selling slowly.
Therefore, the most favorite thing is to deal with big businessmen, because such people have the strength to eat their goods in one go.
Han Du helped Fu Yong up with a smile on his face and said softly: "You took the risk and followed me to Hulumos with your wealth. I can't let you suffer."
"Fu Yong, on behalf of everyone, will bear in mind the kindness of the Marquis. If there is any use in the future to benefit ordinary people and others, please just ask the Marquis to speak." Fu Yong gratefully bowed his hands to Han Du Gong and said sincerely.
Of course, Fu Yong said so. But in his heart, he didn't think that these maritime merchants could help Han Du. After all, Han Du was still the Marquis of Zhenhai of the Ming Dynasty, and his status far surpassed them.
He said this just to express their gratitude to Han Du.
"Haha, don't worry, if that day comes, I will definitely speak to you." Han Du patted the back of Fu Yong's hand and comforted him for a moment.
Fu Yong was very happy when he saw Han Du giving him face like this, and said repeatedly: "That's because the Marquis sees the grassroots and others..."
The two exchanged pleasantries with each other, and Fu Yong took the initiative to say goodbye. He couldn't do it without leaving. Han Du arranged for them to sell the goods tomorrow. If he wasn't grateful and went to inform others and make preparations in advance, how could he make it in time if he really had to wait until tomorrow?
Just as Han Du said, they risked their fortunes and came to Hurumos, wasn't it just to make money? This is the final step, and naturally the biggest thing is to make money!
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