Chapter 54: Auction of the Hundred Workshops
It was a young man in the cabin who spoke, this young man did not wear a mask, wore a brocade robe, his waist was tied with a wide belt, his shoulders were wide and his waist was narrow, his eyebrows were handsome, and he was heroic, and the young man's expression was very angry, there had never been such a situation before, Baigongfang had been in the business world for more than ten years, and his reputation was great, and the merchants who received the invitation were all eager to rush to it, and it was very glorious, like Hanhai Trading Company, which had not yet been encountered.
The masked man shook his head, "Let them get on board." ”
The young man was stunned for a moment, and then asked puzzledly, "Why?!"
"Baigongfang is a business, not a gang, Baigongfang is famous in the business world, relying on reputation, not force, force is only the backing of interests. The masked man turned his hands behind his back, still looking at the two figures on the shore, the boat had already sailed that way, no one had gone out to pass the word just now, but his order was carried out to the letter.
"Hanhai Trading Company came from the Western Regions, and it is possible that they don't know about our Hundred Workshops," the masked man turned around and left the window, slowly walked to the front of the case, and picked up a file: "After Xu Yuan received our invitation, he asked his colleagues in the imperial capital about our Hundred Workshops, he was still before Liu Han arrived in the imperial capital, and even he didn't know about us, and Liu Han didn't know about it. ”
The mask man flipped through the file: "The strength of Hanhai Trading Company is extraordinary, this Liu Han is also ambitious, you see, this Liu Han has set up a branch in Jixian County, Jinyang, Chang'an, Guzang, and recently sent people to Jiangnan to set up a branch in Jiangnan, some time ago, the auction of Hanhai Trading Company was extremely successful, with a profit of millions, such a big business, we can't ignore it." ”
The young man finally did not look angry, the boat had already carried Xu Yuan and them over, the masked man looked through the file, the young man walked to the window, the sky gradually darkened, and the last trace of afterglow rippled on the water.
Xu Yuan got on the boat, and a young man greeted him, introduced himself as Deng Shen, the deacon of the Baigongfang, and led the two to the cabin.
There are already some people in the cabin, all of them are merchants who were waiting on the shore just now, a few of them are still known from far away, they are all famous merchants in the imperial capital, and the other few people do not know each other, but they are probably also famous merchants.
Soon a maid sent tea, water, melons and fruits, Xu Yuan was about to serve it, Liu Song gave him a look, and Xu Yuan suddenly let go of his hand.
"This tea is a fragrant piece before the rain, it is a good fragrant tea, Xu shopkeeper can taste it, the taste is very good. Deng Shen saw it, introduced it quietly, and took a sip leisurely.
Xu Yuan is also an old Jianghu, he understands that he has been seen through by others, and he didn't distinguish the explanation, picked up the teacup, smelled it first, and then took a sip, and then sighed comfortably: "Before the rain, good tea! I heard that this pre-rain incense piece is only two or three catties every year, and it has to be offered to the palace every year." ”
Deng Shen smiled reservedly: "The shopkeeper Xu has a wide range of knowledge, this incense piece before the rain is only three catties a year, all of them are paid tribute to the palace, we are also lucky to get a little, today's auction, the invited are all VIPs, and they dare not treat each other with coarse tea." ”
Deng Shen gave Xu Yuan a very good impression, polite, magnanimous, and a faint pride in humility, but considering the prestige of Baigongfang, it is normal to have such pride.
A masked man came out of the back cabin, the merchant who was still whispering quieted down, the masked man glanced at the cabin, everyone suddenly seemed to have a feeling, this person was paying attention to himself, Xu Yuan also had this feeling, he immediately smiled, nodded and smiled at the masked man.
"Welcome to come to the auction of this workshop, we are old friends, Hanhai Trading Company Manager Xu is participating in our auction for the first time," the mask man looked at Xu Yuan, Xu Yuan nodded, and the mask man said gently: "If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask Deacon Deng." ”
"Thank you." Xu Yuan replied, and suddenly didn't know what to call it halfway through the speech, so he had to give it up: "Xu apologized on behalf of the shopkeeper of the trading company, before receiving the invitation from your shopkeeper, my shopkeeper made a plan to go to Jiangnan, and was ready to leave before receiving the invitation from your shop, and it was too late to change the itinerary, and I asked the owner to forgive me." ”
The masked man said gently: "I understand, our invitation was sent too late, this is our mistake, please don't mind, you can come, I am very grateful." ”
Xu Yuan secretly admired when he heard this, this kind of bearing and this mind is difficult for ordinary people to reach, no wonder the hundred workshops can do so well.
"Without further ado, they are all old friends, or the old rules, the items in this auction, this workshop has requirements, please pay attention to the shopkeepers. ”
After the masked man finished speaking, he picked up the small wooden hammer and tapped it gently, and a beautiful maid came out with a tray.
"This first auction item is called Rainstorm Pear Blossom," the masked man said, "This is a hidden weapon, for a martial artist, a hidden weapon can change the entire outcome at a critical moment." ”
The masked man gets up to uncover the red silk on the tray, revealing its true face.
Rainstorm Pear Blossom, a swarthy cylinder, small and delicate, with a strange thing next to it, a cortical strip.
The masked man first picked up the strange strip of leather, slipped it over his wrist, and then attached the swarthy cylinder to it, which turned out to be an outfit.
"Rainstorm Pear Blossom has twenty-four steel needles," the masked man said, showing his arm to the crowd, and then pointing to one of them: "The launch machine is included here, the range is ten steps, and its power, please see." ”
As the masked man spoke, someone had erected an arrow target at the stern of the cabin, and the masked man raised his arm, but he didn't know how to move, and he heard a buzzing sound, and a cool breeze blew through the cabin, and a circle of black dots appeared on the opposite arrow target.
There was a low exclamation in the cabin, Xu Yuan had no cultivation, and he had no feeling for the hidden weapon, but Liu Song was very shocked, this hidden weapon was mounted on his arm, and there were so many of them, it was almost difficult to dodge in such a short distance.
"Short range, large number, stealthy launch," said the masked man, "This is the characteristic of Rainstorm Pear Blossom, and after launch, it is easy to install." ”
As he spoke, he took off the dark cylinder, and someone next to him brought a box of steel needles, and he installed the steel needles one by one, and then showed them to everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there is no poison on this steel needle now, and if you apply poison to the steel needle, it will be even more powerful. ”
Liu Song's face changed drastically, if this was the case, almost no one could escape.
"Well, this is the structural diagram of the rainstorm pear blossom. ”
There is a maid next to him unfolding a picture, which is the structure of the rainstorm pear blossom and the production method of the steel needle.
The masked man returned to his place, picked up the small mallet and announced: "The starting price of the rainstorm pear blossom is 20%, and the sale is limited to 100 pieces, if you are interested, please bid." ”
Xu Yuan was stunned, what does this mean?
"Our Baigongfang auction is different from other auctions, we auction molecules," Deng Shen saw Xu Yuan's doubts, so he explained: "One hundred, the price of each one is three hundred taels, the profit is two hundred taels, one hundred pieces, and the total profit is about 20,000 taels, so the starting price is actually 4,000 taels." ”
Xu Yuan was still puzzled: "Why limit the sale of 100 pieces?"
"The power of the rainstorm pear blossom is very great, if this kind of secret weapon is allowed to circulate, it is a great threat to the rivers and lakes, in fact, this hidden weapon is prepared for those nobles, they have no cultivation, and when they encounter danger, they can have a certain ability to protect themselves. So, we don't want this thing to fall into the hands of the charlatans. ”
Xu Yuan still didn't understand, but it was not easy to ask, so he pretended to understand and nodded.
"Twenty and a half!"
Someone made a bid, Liu Song glanced at Xu Yuan, Xu Yuan saw from his eyes that he wanted to take this thing down, but Xu Yuan didn't move, Liu Han's instructions were very clear, no need to buy anything.
"Sancheng!"
"Three into two!"
"Three into three!"
The bids alternately rose, and soon approached 50%, and after 50%, the bids were cautious.
Xu Yuan secretly calculated in his heart, fifty percent, the remaining profit of the merchant is still 10,000, but in fact there is not so much, after the production, it will cost some money to sell it, and then calculate the waste products during processing, the actual profit may only be about 8,000 taels, of course, this is also a huge amount of money.
"Six-in-five!"
After someone shouted the price, the cabin fell silent, and after asking three times as usual, the masked man dropped the gavel and announced the deal.
The masked man handed over the drawings to the merchant on the spot, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised, you must know that this is a secret auction, if the merchant encounters any accidents on the way back, the hundred workshops are not to lose both people and money.
He suddenly thought of a question, if the merchant did not abide by the agreement and secretly produced secretly, how could this hundred workshops be controlled?
He asked Deng Shen for this question, and Deng Shen smiled proudly: "It is not unreasonable for the shopkeeper Xu to have such worries, and such things have happened before, so we have our supervision methods, and those who violate the agreement will be severely punished, and we will not only recover all profits, but also recover all over-produced products." ”
Deng Shen's expression was very relaxed, Xu Yuan and Liu Song were shocked, this is a huge project, if it is just monitoring, Xu Yuan can come up with five or six methods in an instant, but if it is to recover all the over-produced rainstorm pear blossoms, it will be too difficult, it can be said to be an impossible task.
But the confidence shown by Deng Shen made it impossible for them to doubt it.
"As for the danger," Deng Shen added, "no one dares to rob the merchants invited by the Hundred Workshops, and we will ensure that the merchants return safely and smoothly." ”
Xu Yuan and Liu Song exchanged glances, the strength of the Hundred Workshops is so strong, from the accent of the quotation just now, we know that in addition to the imperial capital, these merchants also have Jizhou, Qingzhou and Bingzhou, there are hundreds of miles back and forth, so many merchants, such a long distance, will the Hundred Workshops send people to protect them?
If this is the case, the strength of the Hundred Workshops is simply unimaginable.
There are more and more doubts about Xu Yuan and Liu Song's whereabouts, and the Hundred Workshops are becoming more and more mysterious in their eyes.
Deng Shen has been observing Xu Yuan and Liu Song, it is not a simple invitation for Baigongfang to invite merchants, each merchant has to go through a detailed investigation, this auction did not invite Hanhai Trading Company, but the auction is about to start, but the Supreme suddenly proposed to increase the number of places, which increased the Hanhai Trading Company.
He didn't understand, why did His Excellency break the routine and have to add this trading company?
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