Chapter 388: Additional Funds
On the day of the auction, it can be said that there is a lot of attention in Weizhou, even if some chambers of commerce, because of the coordination relationship, do not prepare to see a doctor on the first day, they buy cattle and horses, but they also participated, because the auction was attended by Han Qi, some Weizhou officials, and some Qin Fenglu personnel.
The movement is so big, even the privy deputy envoy Han Qi has been here for most of the time, Qin Fenglu's chief official, how can he not come, Fengxiang Mansion is not very far from Weizhou, especially for such a big transaction, maybe most of the money will stay in Weizhou, but even if a small part of the commercial tax is paid, it will make Qin Fenglu have tens of thousands of extra funds.
For local roads, tens of thousands of yuan is already quite a lot of money.
The whole opening ceremony is very grand, when it is determined that the materials have begun to be delivered to Lingzhou, Han Qi calmly participated in the opening ceremony, his preliminary work has been done quite well, as long as the materials arrive, the rest of the work can be carried out, the materials go to Lingzhou, at least it will take more than 10 days, he can go back in time.
As a privy deputy envoy, participating in this auction can be regarded as giving these people a huge face, and such a specification can only be compared to the auction of the Daimyo's Mansion.
In that auction, he was not the only privy deputy envoy, Ouyang Xiu of the Imperial Historical Observatory, Ye Qingchen, the third envoy, and Cao Di of the Privy Deputy Envoy Quan Zhihe Province, all of them were participants, and the status of any of them was not much worse than him Han Qi.
However, in the northwest, such a large-scale chamber of commerce is still dominated by the level of privy deputy envoys, and this is the first time, and the businessmen are very enthusiastic, and the officials are also enthusiastic.
Of course Han Qi knew this, at the opening ceremony, after making a simple speech, and then stepped aside, Han Qi was not the protagonist, and the auction was in full swing.
The horse itself is a scarce material, and it is lacking in any chamber of commerce, not to mention, this horse is not a local horse in the Northern Song Dynasty, but a truly outstanding Western Xia horse, this batch is considered the first gun, Han Qi specially selected some, at least, some have hidden dangers, or are sick, or injured, are not among them.
The quality of this batch of horses is even higher than that of ordinary Xixia horses, not to say that thousands of horses, but also almost, it can be said unceremoniously that they are all horses.
Such a horse, for the pursuit of logistics chambers of commerce, is simply a temptation that is difficult to refuse, before, has been prepared, the quantity to be ordered, this time, up a notch.
Among them, there are well-informed people who know that in the First Battle of Western Xia, a large number of cattle and horses were captured in the northwest, but they don't know the specific quantity, let alone the specific grade, just a simple plan, and it started.
The chambers of commerce don't know Han Qi, let alone Han Qi's purpose, he has never thought about collecting money, and the purpose of doing this is also for the better development of Lingzhou.
On the premise of no selfishness, he used his ability to influence the entire Weizhou Conference, no matter how you say it, this is the beginning of this cannon, in this case, Han Qi will not let this fail, and will definitely bring the best.
But to this extent, no one expected, this is a rare opportunity, if you miss this, the future auction, will there be such a good quality, no matter what, you should seize this opportunity.
In fact, these people really guessed correctly, although Han Qi did not completely take the most essential part, but it was already above the level, among the remaining horses, under the selection of the military, under the consumption of the large-scale construction of the railway in the back, the best ones were singled out, and the next few transactions, basically, did not exceed this time
In this sense, what these chambers of commerce are pursuing is also right, so the craze that has been triggered has begun to spread, especially after negotiating a maximum price, they can buy freely within the maximum limit.
From the first day, the trading of cattle and horses began to create new highs, itself, Han Qi and others estimated that the price of horses was about 100 guan, and on the first day, it had broken through 115 guan, and this price, in fact, was also the default ceiling price of these chambers of commerce.
Ordinary horses are a little higher than ordinary good horses, Xixia horses, etc., their general price is between 80-120 guan, and the best horses may be as high as four or five hundred, or even thousands, but these, even in the whole transaction are a minority.
The Liao State brought all the cattle and horses that could be mobilized, and it was impossible to take out those thousands of horses, even in the Liao State with a large number of horses, thousands of horses were also a very small part of it, which was rare for the generals of the army, even if they were more eager for silk, they were rarely sent to the Northern Song Dynasty, unless they were missed.
Among the millions of horses, there may only be a dozen horses, even in the army, not enough to be divided, let alone placed in the trade fair.
Therefore, these horses are only horses in the sense of the Northern Song Dynasty, and in the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia, they are at most good horses.
Then his price limit is only about 150 guan, and for a large herd mixed with good horses and ordinary horses, the average price of 115 guan is not low.
In the eyes of these chambers of commerce, this extra money is just a gift to Han Qi, it seems that it is only an increase from 100 to 115 guan, and the total number has increased by 15%, but this is a huge transaction of 200,000 horses, even if it is consistently improved, it also represents a massive increase in the total trading volume, let alone 15 guan.
When the first day of trading came to an end, all the cattle and horses have been traded, 8,000 horses, all traded, according to a batch of 15 guan, just the price of the horse on the increase, so that the day's turnover rose by 120,000 guan, and by extension, if all the transactions are according to this price, the entire horse transaction, will increase by one million.
Even if it is formulated by Lingzhou collegial today, even if more than 20 million livestock have been obtained, but one million guan is still a very high number, and one million more guan, maybe the northwest will have more funds and power in the future.
On the first day, a total of 1,000 chambers of commerce shot, however, in the end, only more than 300 horses, the largest of which was a chamber of commerce, obtained 400 horses, he almost completed the auction of 20 groups, the average price was as high as 125 horses, it can be said that it was the action of this chamber of commerce, which increased the overall price.
After the first day, when all the goods settled, when the horses fell into the hands of various chambers of commerce, the news about the good quality of this batch of horses began to spread, sometimes, after listening to the master's inspection, what I saw was only a part of the thing, but when I really bought it, it was a full range of viewing, and these were more able to see the most subtle quality.
It is a mule or a horse, pulled out and slippery, among these chambers of commerce, there is no shortage of the most, in fact, or these carriages, goods or something, no need to choose, directly loaded with soil, on the first day of the day after the end of the cattle and horse conference, there are at least more than 200 carriages, set on the horses from the auction.
Xixia horses are very famous, but more fame is actually passed on by the military, these horses, by chance, flowed into the Central Plains, and they can't fall into the hands of their chambers of commerce, which is not a question of whether there is money or not.
It is impossible to compare who has money with the chamber of commerce, if the merchants want to, they can mobilize hundreds of thousands of funds, but whether it is background, power, and some unspoken rules and the like, none of these horses have become the means of transportation for the caravan.
Now, they can try these Xixia horses for themselves, and try the power of Xixia horses for themselves.
Although the whole auction was carried out at a fast pace, it only took about 4 hours to complete the auction of all the horses, that is, the cattle were slightly delayed, and when the transaction was completed, there was still an hour before it was dark.
Some of these 200 carriages are circling around Weizhou City, constantly circling, and some of them run directly to the nearby counties or towns.
They didn't have a precise tool, but they could use experience to test the horse's various data over a fixed distance.
Of course, there is not enough time to do a long test, but a short distance test, and a long time or two of travel, can also test some things.
Soon, when night fell, 100 of the 200 carriages returned, and the rest could be tested for a long time.
In just 2 hours, it is not possible to test a comprehensive data, but in the hands of an experienced driver, it is already possible to test some things.
Perhaps these coachmen are not as good as these masters in some potential things about horses, but with 20 or even 30 years of experience, they can already judge the role of the horse in the carriage as long as they drive the horse, and it will not take a long time.
Very good, that's right, it's very good, the horses of Western Xia, in a high latitude place, plus there have been some Western Regions horses and Mongolian horses of some bloodlines, long-term life in the bitter cold land, their explosiveness, endurance, and even weight-bearing capacity, quite outstanding, can not be said, it is natural, the most suitable carriage of horses, but it is above the level, coupled with its own natural advantages, these, is a very suitable kind of horse.
When the news spread in Weizhou, the real change began, and that same night, these chambers of commerce, in addition to some tandem between themselves, made a large-scale appointment with Qianzhuang.
After this news reached Han Qi, Han Qi was already confident about the next changes, which was a good thing, but it had not been finalized yet, and he had not made corresponding adjustments!
When the sun rose the next day, when the Weizhou Cattle and Horse Conference had not yet opened, the news about the evening finally came, and among the more than 50 chambers of commerce that participated in the Weizhou Conference, 47 of them contacted Qianzhuang and added funds, and the amplitude was very large.