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Chapter 742 Auction

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    Liang Xingxia pointed to the nearly a hundred buyers below the stage and upstairs and asked: "Fifty Lintao cows, one thousand one hundred taels, is there any increase in price? Is there any more?"

    Someone in the audience raised a placard again, and Liang Xingxia immediately said: "One thousand one hundred and fifty taels, are there any more?"

    Zhao Ran raised his sign again.

    "One thousand two hundred taels!" Liang Xingxia shouted: "Is there any more? Once! Twice!"

    "Bang!" With a sound, Liang Xingxia obviously accelerated the pace of this bidding, and immediately dropped the hammer: "Deal!"

    Zhao Ran was quite satisfied. He paid twenty-four taels for each cow. After the transaction was completed, he paid another fifty taels and asked the owner of the cow to send the cow from Lintao to Baihe, and then he could receive the goods.  Regardless of whether the price is high or low, being able to buy it is in itself a major achievement of Zhao Ran's trip!

    In the subsequent auction bidding, Zhao Ran bought another 600 sheep.

    Zhao Ran has already given some thought to how Hongyuan should be developed. There are large tracts of broad meadows here, which can be said to be rich in water and grass. It is uniquely endowed for the development of animal husbandry.  Half of the three tribes of people who originally lived here were grazing cattle, sheep and horses. However, it was destroyed by the eight-year battle of Baima Mountain. Now it can be said that "the people are in dire straits."

    Nearly four years have passed since the Battle of Baima Mountain, but the situation in Hongyuan has not changed much. The cattle and sheep that were all over the grassland before the war have disappeared. The tribesmen are still hiding in the mountains, forming strongholds to protect themselves.

    Zhao Ran didn't quite understand why he hadn't recovered, and he didn't know how Abbot Zeng Zhili of the White Horse Court and Yuan Hao of the Supervisory Court handled government affairs. However, it did not prevent him from taking pictures of a group of cattle and sheep here first, and he would investigate them in detail after he officially took office.  Because.

    The auction progressed very quickly. After the bidding for the previous twenty-two lots ended, the chief auctioneer Liang Xingxia stepped down at the end of the half - he only auctioned high-value bulk lots, and the groceries and low-value lots in the second half were left to other auctioneers.  Responsible.

    Liang Xingxia returned to the box, and there was a lot of excitement again. He congratulated Zhao Ran and Gu Lebuhun for the successful bidding, etc.  In the commotion, Cheng An stuffed another note into Zhao Ran's palm, and Zhao Ran calmly accepted it.

    The second half of the auction soon started again, and most of them were items with a total value of less than two hundred taels, or goods that Liang Xingxia did not want to get his hands on.

    ¡°For example, three good horses from Dawan were sold for one hundred and sixty taels of silver, so naturally it was Zhao Ran who took the shot.  According to the agreement reached with Tianlongyuan, he can bid for one hundred cows and ten horses at Jinbo Auction House every year. These three Dawan horses are in such good condition and the price is so low, of course he cannot let them go. After returning to the Ming Dynasty, at least  double!

    Another example is a pair of tooth carvings from Lou Lan, which sold for eighty taels of silver - Zhao Ran was not interested in such goods, so he remained unmoved.

    Another example is Safi¡¯s ten exquisite tapestries, which were auctioned for only one hundred and twenty taels of silver. Zhao Ran saw the long-bearded owner with a frustrated face

    These goods were all displayed on site. Among them, there were thirty Qingtang horses that moved Zhao Ran's heart. Zhang Juzheng was also greedy for seeing them. However, Tianlongyuan did not allow him to buy so many horses, and the owner of the horses was unwilling to take them apart.  To sell, Zhao Ran had no choice but to give up with regret.

    When it was the turn of Lot 36, the owner used a rope to string ten slaves on stage for display, seven men and three women.  According to the owner of the cargo, these slaves were the domestic slaves of a certain nobleman in Fei Ting's family. There were sixty-three of them in total. They were all young adults. They had worked in this nobleman's pasture for ten years and were all good herders.  Under the management of these slaves, the noble man's ranch prospered, the harvests were good, and his wealth became rich.  It's just that the nobleman has made great achievements, obtained a new fiefdom, and wants to move to a distant place, so he plans to sell all these slaves at once, so he gives a very low price, hoping that everyone can take care of this business.

    The auctioneer on the stage took over. He said that these slaves were all Ming people. There were forty-three men and twenty women, aged between sixteen and thirty-eight. The ones displayed on the stage were random.  The samples taken were nothing to hide.

    Zhao Ran looked at these Mingren slaves intently. Their skin was dark and yellow, their faces were full of weathered color, their eyes were slightly dull, showing a sense of numbness and helpless desolation.

    Zhao Ran sighed softly, I couldn¡¯t take you away four years ago, but now I can let you go home

    Cheng An whispered from the side: "These slaves were all captured from near Baima Mountain ten years ago."

    Zhao Ran nodded. Ten years ago, the Xia army broke through the White Horse Mountain Formation and captured an unknown number of people from the Ming Dynasty. Calculating their ages, the youngest of these Ming people was only eight years old, and the oldest was less than thirty. As for  Those who are older must have turned into a handful of loess

    Zhang Juzheng had blue veins popping out on his forehead, staring straight at the stage, clenching his hands into fists and biting his lips without saying a word.

      Sixty-three slaves, the starting price is 250 taels, the average price is about 4 taels per person. The price is really not high, far worse than that of cattle and horses. It can be seen that the nobleman of the Fei Ting family is really eager to sell.

    When someone raised a placard to bid, the price increased by ten taels at a time, and the price climbed all the way from 250 taels to 360 taels. Among them, the businessman from Safi in the far west was the most enthusiastic in bidding.

    When the Safi merchant shouted the price to four hundred and twenty taels, no one in the audience made a quote. This price was basically close to the market price of Ming slaves in Xingqing Prefecture, and it was not cost-effective to buy in large quantities.  The Safi businessman had a smile on his face, stroking his beard and looking at the stage, nodding frequently.

    The auctioneer shouted: "Four hundred and twenty taels, once! Is there any increase in price? Twice"

    When he was about to drop the hammer, Zhao Ran stuck the number plate out of the window and waved it.

    "Four hundred and thirty taels! New offer!"

    The Safi merchant looked back at the private room on the second floor. All he could see were a few heads and shadows in the window.  But being able to sit in the box, they must all be powerful people. He couldn't help but hesitate a little, but then gritted his teeth - Ming slaves in the East have always been in high demand in the Western Regions, and wealthy merchants are all proud to have Ming slaves.  If you sell just one, it can be doubled several times, which is a huge profit.  What's more, these slaves can help him carry goods on the road, which directly saves the porter's money. Why not?

    As for the dignitaries in the box upstairs buy it first, they really want it, and they won't be too late to consider it when they come back to find you. At the worst, sending it back may be a way to make friends!

    "Four hundred and forty taels!"

    Zhao Ran raised his sign again without hesitation.

    "Four hundred and fifty taels! No. 9 raises a sign of 450 taels. Is there any increase in price?"

    "Four hundred and sixty taels! No. 33 raises the sign for four hundred and sixty taels!"

    Zhao Ran leaned forward, glanced at the number 33 holding the sign downstairs, looked at each other with the Safi merchant, turned back to Liang Xingxia and said: "Shopkeeper Liang, please just ask for five hundred taels."

    The reason for increasing the price is to frighten the opponent, show your determination to win, and let the other party consider whether they are willing to offend you.

    The Safi merchant raised his sign again - five hundred and ten taels.

    Zhao Ran asked Liang Xingxia to continue shouting: "Five hundred and fifty taels!"

    Now the Safi businessman really hesitated. It was not that he couldn't afford the bid. He made a profit even if he called out eight hundred taels. But from these two bids, he heard the determination and displeasure of the distinguished guest in the box on the second floor, and he started to start again.  Consider the pros and cons.

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