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Several gorgeous carriages came out of the Jin Chamber of Commerce Hall in the southern city of the capital. In front of each car are two horses. The style of the traveler can be seen in general. These carriages did not enter the inner city along the world-famous Chongwenmen Street, but turned east.

The saying "rich in the east and expensive in the west" in the capital refers to the inner city. In the outer city of Jingshi, except for the southern city outside the Chongwen Gate, which is the most prosperous distribution center for goods from the north and south, the rest of the east and west of the outer city are inhabited by the people.

The north of the outer city is mainly stationed in Beijing.

To the east of the outer city, the most famous building is about the Jing Garden of Ning Han, the eighth son of the emperor. Jing Garden is located on the shore of Beihu Lake. Between the lakes and mountains, a large number of scribes gather every night to drink and chant poetry. Famous prostitutes sing and are romantic, which is a scene in Beijing.

The carriage of the Jin merchants did not go to the shore of the North Lake, but stopped at the South Lake, which was connected to the North Lake, and entered an extremely spacious courtyard.

The owner of the Rishengchang ticket number, Lu Yong, and several wealthy businessmen in Jinzhong got off one after another. A servant in Tsing Yi came over and took care of the horses.

A few wealthy merchants passed through the hall and walked along a clean road paved with blue bricks to a three-storey, majestic circular masonry building.

Lu Yong held his hands behind his back, looked up for a while, and his eyes widened. The helmsman of the Jin Shang ticket number who is on the line with the Son of Heaven has such confidence and qualifications. Commented: "This place is kind of interesting. ”

The "manager", who accompanied the guests over, wearing a blue uniform and a nameplate pinned to his chest, introduced with a sincere smile: "Commander Lu, our Xinfeng Auction House asked Mr. Shanziye to design and spend 50,000 taels of silver to build this venue for auction. As the commander of the road, when the third floor, please! ”

Lu Yong laughed, took the lead, and led the Jin merchants to the third floor.

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The second auction of Xinfeng Auction House started at 2 p.m.

With the passage of time, near noon, there were constantly carriages and sedan chairs, and the horses arrived in the east of the outer city, located in this manor in Hupang, Nanhu.

There are a variety of restaurants with different styles of cuisine at the venue. Regular attendees can only be seated in a restaurant that resembles a liquor store. Although the decoration style of the restaurant is very elegant, it feels much lower than the outsiders who enjoy the food in the private rooms on the second and third floors.

Leng Zixing is eating a bowl of mutton noodles in a noodle restaurant with a few peers. In the noodle restaurant, you can sit and eat noodles while sitting in the noodle restaurant with glass windows, and you can see a spacious indoor hall with excellent vision. Not to mention the taste of knife-cut noodles and whether the mutton soup is authentic, at this point, a bowl of noodles is twice as expensive as Zuixianlou, and it is still worth it.

Several tall, good-looking beauties dressed in cyan "suit uniforms" greeted guests in the spacious hall. The slim-fitting trousers make it more and more obvious that they have thin waists and straight legs. Many people linger and forget to return, and the beauty is delicious.

Leng Zixing shook his head twice and said to his peers: "Today's auction, if it starts with fifty taels of silver, our pawn shops will have to close." ”

He was able to come here because his mother-in-law Zhou Rui's family asked for an invitation for him. It is said that if you want to come to this auction, you have to pay a deposit of at least five hundred taels. Where did he have so much silver?

A man with a sheep's beard said categorically: "Impossible. With such a posture today, the starting price is at least 100 taels of silver. If there are good things, it is not impossible to start shooting for thousands of taels of silver. ”

Everyone who said this nodded, "Definitely." The first time was a bit rushed. I heard that today's wealthy businessmen in Beijing were invited. Jia Tanhua always wants to give us pawnshops a way to live, right? ”

The financial firms of the dynasty have different titles according to their business. There are: money bank, silver number, pawnshop, account office, ticket number, etc.

The money bank and silver number are mainly used to exchange silver coins and identify the quality of silver coins; pawnshops engaged in pawnbroking and usury; The account bureau lends money to people and collects usury.

The ticket number, its most typical business, is the exchange of foreign places. At the same time, after the development of the ticket number, it also operates deposit and lending business.

It can be seen that after the auction house increases the value of the goods, it will not crowd out the living space of the pawn in society. Auction houses, to some extent, can be said to be high-end pawn business.

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In a box on the second floor, Lin Zhiyun and Lin Xinyuan were eating snacks and drinking tea together. The tea was delivered by Jia Huan to a maid in a long blue dress in the venue.

The beautiful maid Yu'er pouted, sat on the soft couch, and said, "Girl, these women are too improperly dressed, right?" No wonder I heard that he was fighting with Oiran in Jiangnan. Pondering these things all day. ”

Not to mention the women in "fancy clothes" outside, they serve the maids with nameplates outside the box, and their skirts are not worn by serious girls. Too tempting - confusing. The waist of the skirt is thin. Hu-like clothing.

Lin Xinyuan is still that handsome, but after getting married, his experience over the years has become much calmer. He was laughing in his heart: she was not a serious girl. When he went to change his clothes, he glanced at a few girls who looked like teachers outside.

Lin Zhiyun smiled and didn't speak.

The food and tea here are really expensive. He's good enough to let people eat here, right? But there is a way to make money. Don't worry about her.

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Time passed gradually. At nearly 2 o'clock, more than 300 people participated in the auction and gradually entered the auction hall.

In a private room on the third floor, Prince Shun, who came in civilian clothes, was talking to a couple in their twenties.

The conversation was very pleasant.

This does not quite match the image of the old prince. Prince Shun is a prince who is very close to the center of power. You can imagine what he usually does. It can also be inferred from the long history of his royal palace.

The man is wearing a scribe's coat, tall and handsome, a bit like the film and television star Hu Ge. As he spoke, there was a wind of a scribe coming through. Gentle. Yongchang Ma Lin Chengkai became friendly with Jia Fu, and he was invited by Jia Huan.

Princess Yongchang was about twenty-three or fourteen years old, and in an environment where it was common to marry at an early age, she had been married to Lin Juma for many years. She is wearing a dark cloud leopard coat, her skin is like snow, and her temperament and appearance are very outstanding.

It's just that her temperament is not as graceful and luxurious as a noble lady, but more fresh and elegant, charming and moving. Slender figure. It has the youth and delicacy of a girl, and the richness and maturity of a young woman.

Undoubtedly, this is a very beautiful and charming woman!

In the luxurious box with classical Chinese style and decoration, there are only three of them. Lin Juma smiled and said: "Uncle Huang, Jia Ziyu doesn't invite King Beijing to come, I only play drums in my heart, don't be cheated by him." "Everyone in the capital knows that Jia Huan is short of silver. The Jin merchant ticket number will not keep a secret for Jia Environmental Protection.

Princess Yongchang is the younger sister of the Emperor of Yongzhi. In terms of seniority, Lin Yuma has to be called Uncle Prince Shun.

Prince Shun smiled slightly, and was about to speak, when his ears moved, "Listen! ”

Through the glass window in front of the box, I saw the empty space in front of the venue, and a middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper walked in and said, "Welcome to all the outsiders, masters, and nobles to our Xinfeng Auction House." ”

If you welcome the door! Not surprising. To Prince Shun's surprise, the shopkeeper's words were clearly transmitted to the box on the third floor.

It's remarkable.