"Twenty taels?" Xu Da's family was very strict, and Xu Yungong was not a person who did not eat minced meat. In the early Ming Dynasty, the price of silver was high, and twenty taels was enough for a family of five to live without worries for a whole year.
Only bought his disgusting wooden sign that was soaked in sweat?
"Twenty taels is already a child!" The skinny man had an ugly flattery smile on his face.
"That piece of glassware is worth at least a thousand taels! You two look like rich and powerful people at first glance, but you want to buy such expensive things. Do you still care about the drop in the bucket?"
"We have some internal information here." The skinny man looked around furtively, then lowered his voice. "My second uncle is the one who pours night incense for His Highness King Wu's house. He accidentally heard His Highness say the day before yesterday that the number of glazed vessels released here today is limited."
"If I had entered the village later, all those top-quality glazed wares would have been bought up by those who entered the garden!"
Before he could say anything more, a fat woman with a short stick and an armband suddenly appeared. With one quick step, she grabbed the skinny man's wrist and lifted her clothes without hesitation.
"Wow! Another killer who sells license plates! He took advantage of our village!"
"You want to get food from Prince Su's mouth? What a courageous dog!"
"What a tough shrew! How dare you capture your grandpa!" The man screamed in pain and continued to curse.
"Hoho! Another one with a shit head on his head!" The fat woman gave the man a slap in the face unceremoniously, and the businessmen around him took a few steps back unconsciously. When did the Ming Dynasty have such a strong woman? The man's face immediately became visibly swollen. The woman turned sideways, revealing the red armband pinned on her shoulder: "Do you recognize the words? 'Wang Ming Street Patrol' is just two words different from the Wang Ming flag sign! His Highness the Young Prince pinned it on my mother's head personally!"
"I have been ordered by the prince to punish scum like you!"
"Come with me to see Commander Li now!" He said, flying up and kicking the man's calf, and the man knelt down with an "ouch".
"Aunt Feng!" Both of them knew this tough woman, she was Feng, the first wife of Zhuangtou Wanggui. Feng was originally the famous Hedong Lion in Zhuangzi. After being given the mission of supervising sanitation by Zhu Su, he became even more prestigious in Zhuangzi. The farmers called him "the head of the inner village", and he was even better than him in the village. The useless Zhuangtou husband has more face.
"Hey, it's the two young gentlemen!" Feng finally recognized Li Jinglong and Xu Yungong. "Are these two gentlemen here to look for Prince Su? The prince is in the restaurant and not in the garden, but they are looking for him in the wrong place!"
With that said, he majestically called a child from the village to lead the way for the two of them, and he continued to patrol the streets with his armband high and mighty.
The two of them arrived at the restaurant next to the garden, and the person they greeted downstairs was Shen Sen, the eldest young master of the Shen family. Before dinner time, there were not many guests at this time. When Shen Sen saw the two young princes, he hurriedly and respectfully led them to the private room upstairs. In the elegant room, Zhu Su was sitting by the window, waving the fan of "bringing in wealth" as if he were a noble person.
"Fifth Uncle! (Your Highness)" the two of them greeted.
"You two are here." Zhu Su smiled and asked the two of them to sit down. The dog beside him poured a bowl of tea for them. Li Jinglong still had the leisure to drink tea and asked impatiently: "Fifth uncle, what's going on? How come so many people came suddenly to such a humble person?"
"Then what is the auction? Someone just took the number plate and wanted to sell it to me for 2 taels. A pair of number plates costs 20 taels of silver!"
"Hiss! Twenty taels!" But Zhu Su took a breath of cold air and cursed bitterly: "These scalpers who have killed thousands of swords, the last one who was captured only dared to sell them for ten taels, and this one actually sold them for twenty taels. ? Dare to make money on my head? This is the first time I’ve come here and I’m not even embarrassed to sell tickets. His scalper dares to give twenty taels for his tickets?"
He turned around and asked the commander to ask Li Rongjia to send manpower. He could not just rely on the neighborhood committee aunt, but the guards must also join in capturing the scalpers. A huge profit like twenty taels for a number plate will soon turn the auction tickets into a fragrant bun for these urban foxes and rats. After being targeted by this group of bastards, the order of the auction and even the entire market will be affected from now on. How to guarantee it?
Of course, the main reason for Zhu Su's anger is actually: he is short of money now.
Zhu Su had no intention of not paying back the money he owed the Shen family. He sincerely wanted to win over the Shen family as a business partner. The Shen family has a rich background and a small population, so it's just right for them to be responsible for business. Although he is a prince and has knowledge and ideas for future generations, but he has no one at hand, how can he make his business bigger and stronger?
If it weren't for the assistants and shopkeepers supported by the Shen family, he wouldn't even be able to run this temporary theater and restaurant!
If you want to win over the Shen family, you can't just rely on exploitation, you must make it profitable. This is the long-term solution. Before that, the money owed to the Shen family must be paid off. The bank's bank account has been drained to its entirety. Now Zhu Su wants to saw off a copper plate from the middle and turn it into two flowers. How can he allow these opportunistic scalpers to take advantage of him?
What's the difference between using my auction idea to make money and grabbing money directly from my, Zhu Su's pocket?
If they take twenty taels more, the price of the glassware at the auction may be twenty taels less!
Now Zhu Su's eyes have long turned into the shape of copper coins. He is wooing the Shen family and building a lot of construction projects, but he can only do it today. Looking down at the long queue of wealthy businessmen at the entrance of the garden, it's like looking at walking money bags.
Mine, all mine!
Seeing that Uncle Wu, who had always been calm and wise, was in a crazy state, Li Jinglong and Xu Yungong looked at each other and did not dare to ask any more questions. They could only drink tea pretending to be calm while watching the flow of people downstairs. After a quick look, I realized that not everyone needs to queue up to enter the garden. Many carriages stopped directly at the door, and then someone personally welcomed the nobles in the carriages into the garden. The sharp-eyed Li Jinglong also discovered that many of these people were the second generation who hung out with him in Yingtian City...
"So many distinguished people are here?" He was a little surprised. He thought that only businessmen were here.
Xu Yungong curled his lips. He has learned more than Li Jinglong since elementary school. Not only the nobles, but also the families of the civil servants in the court came this time.
I am afraid that many of the businessmen queuing up at the entrance of the garden are housekeepers in charge of business in the families of civil servants!
It can be said that almost all the rich people in Yingtian City are here.
So what exactly is an auction? What on earth is your highness doing?
Zhu Su didn't answer, but looked eagerly at the theater below, which was still crowded with people. As a temporary auction venue, this theater can only accommodate about three hundred people. I had previously estimated that this number of rich people in Yingtian Mansion could afford to buy glass Buddha statues. It seems that some businessmen from other places got the news and came all the way here.
As expected of the Shen family, which was originally said to be as wealthy as any other country, its wealth is still spread all over the south of the Yangtze River. This propaganda work exceeded Zhu Su's expectations.
Sure enough, the merchants could be heard wailing one after another below. The shopkeepers who had registered the number plates had already begun to close the stalls. It seemed that all the seat number plates for the first auction had been released. Zhu Su looked at the sun and saw that the auction was about to begin.
I have trained Shen Wang on the auction process and speaking skills for several days, and I don't think there will be any problems again. As a member of the royal family, it is not appropriate for me to appear on such occasions. All I can do at this time is wait for the good news.
Zhu Su was thinking about the auction and didn't say a word. Li Jinglong and Xu Yungong looked at each other and didn't dare to say a word. The three of them sat quietly in the private room until a burst of rapid footsteps broke the stagnant atmosphere in the private room.
Zhu Su's chamberlain, Xiang Deng, was seen running in in a panic. He, who had become more and more particular about the conduct of the general manager in recent days, was actually sweating on his forehead. He almost rolled into the private room, his hands and feet still shaking. He seemed to be so surprised that he didn't even bother to greet the three of them. He just cried and laughed and said to Zhu Su:
"Crazy... crazy, Your Highness, everyone is crazy..."
"Eighty thousand taels! Only 20 items were sold, and nearly 80,000 taels were sold!"
"Your Highness, let's send it!"
(End of chapter)
