The Su Mansion sent people to find Ran Fang. They didn't want to hide it from anyone, nor did they want to let everyone know about it, but the matter had already spread in the city.
Therefore, many people later wanted to go to Ran Fang's house to find out some news about the auction.
It's a pity that Ran Fang had expected this a long time ago. From the next day, he closed the door to thank guests and no one could see Ran Fang.
Those people didn't get the news and turned back to the Su Mansion. Unfortunately, the Su Mansion didn't know anything either. People only thought that the Su Mansion and Ran Fang had reached some agreement.
For a time, there were a lot of speculations about Su Mansion and Ran Fang in the city, especially after Su Zhi brought a woman into the manor that day, but the woman did not come out when Su Zhi left.
This incident made people speculate that Ran Fang must be a person who loves beautiful women very much, and some people also have some contempt for Ran Fang.
Even so, people still wanted to get information about the auction from various channels, but found nothing.
At this moment, news finally came out from the commander's house that those who could participate in the auction would be sent an invitation letter. This invitation letter was the ticket to the auction.
The tickets are all sent out personally by the Commander-in-Chief and will also be registered in the register. No one will cheat, and don't try to steal other people's tickets.
At the same time, if you lose your ticket, you will also lose the qualification to participate in the auction.
But there is no news on when the tickets will be delivered and to whom they will be given.
So after people's enthusiasm for the auction subsided, they began to ask every day: "Is there anyone in the house who can send me tickets?"
"Do you know anyone who has a ticket?"
No one will tell whether their family has a ticket. After all, they are not afraid of thieves but also worry about thieves, so when the auction begins, no one knows who can participate.
It wasn't until the day of the auction that everyone was seen at the auction venue.
The venue for this auction was something that no one expected, especially in a courtyard with many tables and chairs. There were three names on each table, and next to the name there was a sign with the name of each house. Surname brand.
Although everyone present did not understand what it meant, they still sat down obediently according to their names.
As soon as they sat down, someone couldn't wait to speak: "Mr. Su, do you know which family that person is from?"
Su Shangqing glanced at the speaker and recognized it without looking at the sign on the table. This person was from the Yao family in Xianyang City.
He looked in the direction pointed by the Yao family, and after carefully identifying it, he shook his head with certainty.
"I've never seen him before. He shouldn't be a noble in Xianyang City."
Hearing their conversation, someone immediately gathered around them and echoed: "There are people from several families here that I have never seen before."
People from the Fan family at the next table also spoke up: "Yes, I heard before that the commander has always wanted to promote the integration of Great Qin. I'm afraid he will do the same this time."
The people from the Gong family said: "You have noticed, and I have also noticed that among the people who came to participate this time, it seems that none of the children of the clan have ever held any important official positions in the court."
The Yan family whispered the news they had received: "There is news that the commander has proposed that people who are officials should not do business. I am afraid this will be done from now on."
When the people from the Zuo family heard their chat, they had a look of rejoicing on their faces, and couldn't help but say: "If that's true, that's a good thing, but I don't know if there are other things besides those factories that are being auctioned this time. ?”
While the people of these families were discussing, there was a wooden platform at a certain distance from the tables, on which a woman dressed modestly slowly walked up.
Amid everyone's puzzled looks, the woman took a deep breath and glanced at the room next to the yard before she slowly said, "I am Xiang Jin, the host of this auction. I would like to send my regards to all members of the family."
"The sign with your last name in your hand represents you. If you like something, you can hold up the sign after I tell you the price."
"Lifting the sign once means increasing the price once, and the price added each time cannot be less than one hundred gold."
"Is there anything you don't understand?"
The various family members sitting on the chairs were a little shocked by the one hundred gold, but no one said anything. After all, it was not easy to get this opportunity.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Xiang Jin nodded with satisfaction, no longer as nervous as before.
She tapped the small wooden hammer on the table, and someone immediately walked in with a contract. They also drew on a wooden board what kind of factory it was, as well as some detailed information such as its floor plan and floor area.
"Okay, the first auction item is a glass factory outside the city. The starting price is 5,500 gold."
"Everyone starts bidding. Each time the sign is raised, the price will increase by one hundred gold."
"start!"
Someone immediately raised a sign, and Xiang Jin also took advantage of the situation and said: "The Yao family will increase the price once, 5,600 gold."
Seeing this, other people also started to raise placards. It was obvious that people knew how profitable this glass factory was, and they began to increase prices.
Ying Zheng, who was sitting in the room, looked at the auction outside through the glass with admiration in his eyes.
Beside Ying Zheng, Li Si and Fusu were also sitting there, all looking intently at the situation outside.
Especially when they heard those people increase the price, they all understood what Ran Fang meant. If people were to buy it directly, they probably wouldn't pay such a high price.
Just as the first round of the Han family came to an end, Ying Zheng looked at Ran Fang and asked, "Do you have anyone you like in this glass factory?"
Ran Fang shook his head, pushed a book in his hand in front of Ying Zheng, and said, "This is the list of families who came to participate in the auction, as well as some basic information about them."
"Your Majesty, please take a look."
After taking the list, Ying Zheng just glanced at it casually. He believed Ran Fang.
Ran Fang carefully selected these people for this auction. No matter who owns these factories, he will not care.
While looking through the list, Ying Zheng asked seemingly casually: "Have you heard that Su Wan from Su Mansion is in your mansion now?"
A wry smile appeared on Ran Fang's face, knowing that this kind of thing would definitely spread.
He wasn't surprised that Ying Zheng would know, but he didn't expect that Ying Zheng would ask so directly instead of conducting a private investigation, which made him very satisfied.
"I didn't expect His Majesty to know about this. It's true that good deeds don't go out and bad deeds travel a thousand miles away."
"Indeed, Su Wan has entered the minister's house."
"It was not my intention. Su Zhi sent him here specially."
"But it has nothing to do with this auction. Su Mansion's ability to participate in this auction is indeed due to their own strength."
The book in Ying Zheng's hand happened to turn to the page about the Su Mansion.
He lowered his head and glanced at the records about Su Mansion and the reasons for his selection, and realized that there was indeed no problem with this matter.
But thinking of people's comments about Ran Fang's lust, he couldn't help but say, "I believe you."
"But, how are you going to deal with Su Wan's matter?"
