The county order of Jinling County is now concurrently served by Danyang Taishou Xun You.

Xun You is a person with high emotional intelligence, good at speculating on people's hearts and good at pretending to be stupid. His kind personality and long-sleeved dancing are just suitable for taking charge of Jinling, the core of Yangzhou, and even the future national capital.

The governor's mansion and other officials' mansions in Jinling had already been repaired, and Yuan Shu led his subordinates to Jinling quickly, and quickly adapted to this place and started work.

Soon, the deadline Yuan Shu had mentioned before was up, and all the merchants went to a landmark building built by Yuan Shu in the business district, the auction house.

In this era when daily necessities are basically commodities, there is really no market for this form of trading by auction houses.

Because the precious goods are not in the hands of merchants, but in the hands of many scholars or officials, they are not willing to do such a disgraceful thing, and they all get what they want by giving or exchanging with each other.

And Yuan Shu built this auction house not to auction goods, but to auction some other things.

For example, the right to sell goods in Yuan Shu's hands now, the right to lease shops in prime locations, and the right to operate large-scale farmland in the future.

These merchants looked at the cylindrical building and felt very novel. Inside is a hall that resembles a modern auction house.

Everyone sat down one by one according to the seat number marked on the invitation they received.

There were only four people sitting in the first row, that is, the four wealthy merchants of the late Han Dynasty.

Xuzhou Mijia, Chen Liuwei's family, Yizhou Wu family, Jizhou Zhen family.

Because half of the Jizhou Zhen family went to Yangzhou to become the Yangzhou Zhen family, the head of the four wealthy businessmen fell to the end.

The next businessmen sat in a row according to their own financial resources. And Yangzhou Zhen's family advocates are standing in the most central position of the auction table.

Although Yuan Shu is the initiator of this auction, as the lord of a state and the son of the Yuan family, it is impossible to stand up no matter what.

This is also the tacit understanding of all families in this era, everyone needs money, but they need face even more. How can I do business in person, but I am full of copper smell?

If you are a family, how can you be the same as a lowly businessman? These families began to secretly support some merchants as their backers, and lived in seclusion behind the scenes, waiting for the money to be collected.

Since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials, and the status of merchants was not even as good as that of farmers, so naturally they did not dare to fight with officials and families. Those who know each other should be their own money-making machines, and give the money to the back and local families in proportion.

This is the tragic situation of the merchants in the late Han Dynasty, it can be said that except for the four wealthy merchants who are still able to protect themselves a little, the other merchants are just fat sheep slaughtered by the Ren family.

That's why Yangzhou, a relatively safe area, is so attractive to businessmen. Don't always worry about local families suddenly taking away your goods or even money for various reasons.

Yuan Shu's various policies fully made the merchants feel a sense of respect and security that they had not felt for a long time. This is also the reason why there are so many businessmen who come to Yangzhou.

Otherwise, if it was just because of the small commercial tax, the merchants in Yangzhou would not have reached this level in such a little time.

However, although Yuan Shu was not able to come to the stage, he was still secretly in the background of the auction house to observe all this.

This auction is related to the bulk of Yangzhou's future income, and Yuan Shu cannot be nervous.

Standing on the auction table, Zhang looked at the many merchants in the audience, and suddenly felt a sense of superiority.

My goal was to sit in the last row below, but now I have jumped out of this circle and stood on the stage.

At this time, Zhang deeply felt the great wisdom of the deceased husband.

What is a small benefit? As long as you follow the right person and stand in the right position, what kind of benefits are not at your fingertips?

Although the current Jiangdong Zhen family is currently almost the same as the four wealthy merchants below, its status in the circle of businessmen is high, and its monthly income far exceeds that of the four wealthy merchants, and the reason is that Yuan Shu and even the entire Jiangdong are supported.

After calming down his mood, Zhang slowly opened his mouth: "Ladies and gentlemen, this time I would like to express my gratitude to you for coming on behalf of the entire Yangzhou government. ”

"This time, the governor asked me to hold an auction to find some dealers for some goods produced in Yangzhou. You can bid for the right to sell these items. ”

"Specifically, the Yangzhou government is responsible for providing a certain number of goods every month, and you can buy the purchase quantity of these goods every month, and then these goods will be sold to you at the reserve price every month according to the quantity they have obtained, and then the sales price of these goods in various places depends on your own ability."

"There are three items in this auction, wine, salt, and paper."

Speaking of this, even with Zhang's knowledge, I couldn't help but feel my heart skip a beat. The businessmen in the audience couldn't help but be shocked.

It's good to say that if it's a good wine, it's still very profitable and easy to sell.

But salt and paper!

Salt has been considered an important commodity since ancient times. Since there was no salt drying method at this time, salt could only be obtained by steaming, so the yield was not large. And salt is still indispensable for people, so it is very profitable to sell salt.

Among the four wealthy merchants, the Mijia and the Wei family all made their fortunes by selling salt, and the other two wealthy merchants also accounted for a small half of the business.

Zhang actually said that he wanted to auction the salt, which immediately made many people present think.

And paper, not to mention.

What only rich people can afford, if you have a ten-piece of money, there will be a lot of families rushing to buy it.

These three things are basically profiteering commodities that don't worry about not being able to sell, but only worrying about insufficient production. Even far more profitable than perfumes and mirrors.

Zhang looked at the faces of the beings in the audience, but he didn't have any ridicule in his heart, why wasn't he as shocked as them when he first learned the news? What's more, this is just the beginning, and the point is not yet said.

"First of all, I would like to show you the wines that we are going to auction this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of graceful ladies came out of the backstage, holding a plate with a flask and ten small glasses on it.

The ladies went up to the rich men, poured each of them a glass of wine, and then withdrew.

After the merchants picked up the wine glasses in their hands and drank them all, their faces suddenly changed.

The sound of heavy breathing suddenly filled the entire auction house, and I don't know whether it was the excitement of the spicy liquor or the discovery of the hidden benefits in it.

Looking at the excited faces of everyone in the audience, Yuan Shu in the background smiled slightly, this is what he wants.

This is a high-concentration liquor secretly made by Yuan Shu.

The technique of distillation is so common that even Yuan Shu knows it. Perfumes are made, not to mention spirits?

Zhang then said: "This wine can be supplied to you every month for 10,000 altars, and each jar is sold to you at a reserve price of 1,000 yuan. Next, we will auction the sales rights of this wine every month, and each auction will auction the sales rights of 100 jars per month, with a reserve price of 10,000 yuan, please bid. ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone below immediately began to scramble for an offer.

In the end, the sales rights of this 10,000 jars of wine alone were sold for nearly 30 million yuan.

Looking at the still surging crowd in the audience, Yuan Shu smiled happily.