Iron Dynasty

As the number of mirrors is getting smaller and smaller, the atmosphere of the auction is getting hotter.

There was a lot of bidding on the spot, and 500 mirrors were auctioned off one by one. The merchants who bought the mirrors would get a small wooden plaque. At that time, they would pay the money at the Chamber of Commerce with the wooden plaque and take the mirrors away.

Sixteen thousand taels.

16,500 taels.

...

The auction continued from the morning to the afternoon. At the end of the five hundred mirrors, there was only one left. At this time, the voice of bidding became louder and louder.

One thousand seven thousand taels.

Eighteen thousand taels.

Twenty thousand taels!

When the last voice was finalized, the auction scene fell silent, and all the mirrors in this auction were sold out.

Li Kaiyuan laughed so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes. The five hundred mirrors brought at least six or seven million taels of income to the Chamber of Commerce this time. He also knew the cost of these mirrors. Among all the commodities in Qingzhou, mirrors are truly a huge profit. .

At the end of the auction, all the people on the scene left, either complacent or sighing.

Five hundred people who auctioned off the mirror stayed behind, and at this time, they took the wooden sign to Li Kaiyuan to get the mirror.

Because this mirror is only 10,000 or 20,000 silver, these merchants mostly buy silver bills, silver, or gold directly, but few merchants use goods to offset it.

It's not a block trade after all.

When it was time to collect the money, the people in the chamber of commerce immediately got busy, counting the silver taels, carrying the silver taels, and handing over the mirrors to the auctioneer.

It was busy until the evening when the auction really ended.

At this time, Pang Yukun and Xiao Ming appeared, looking at the gold, silver and silver bills and other items in the place, and the two laughed contentedly.

The money in the treasury was abundant again this time.

His Royal Highness, the transaction amount this time has been counted. This is the account book, you can take a look. Li Kaiyuan said to Xiao Ming holding an account book.

Xiao Ming opened it and looked at it. It recorded the records of each auction transaction, a total of 500 records, and a total of 7.2 million taels were written on the back of the account book.

Seven million two hundred thousand taels.

Pang Yukun's beard trembled and his face was full of smiles. These 7.2 million taels were enough for Xiao Ming to carry out several major projects.

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction and said, Send these silvers into the treasury and spend them together.

Yes, Your Highness. Li San responded and immediately called the soldiers outside to escort Yinliang to the treasury in the Qingzhou government office, where the Qingzhou government treasury was located.

All the tax revenue of the Great Yu Kingdom is here, and the money earned by the Chamber of Commerce not only leaves a part of the turnover, but also basically arrives here, and the government government pays it according to the conditions of each state.

Once the auction was over, Xiao Ming was relieved. Seven million two hundred thousand taels was enough for him to build another twenty or thirty Galen ships.

But obviously he can't give all the money to the army. A large part of this money must be invested in the people's livelihood of the six states, making money with money.

Moreover, as his stall grows larger, there are more and more places to spend money.

For example, in this Bowen College, for those admitted to Bowen College, all board and lodging are free. This is also to allow poor scholars to devote themselves to their studies without worrying about the future.

After all, Bowen College is the core talent export destination that will drive the development of Qingzhou in the future.

After leaving the Chamber of Commerce, Xiao Ming did not go through the main entrance of the palace this time, but entered through the side door.

Because he knew that at this time, there must be many people outside the door asking for advice and wanting to discuss the mirror with him.

However, he made up his mind that this mirror would not sell the right to sell it like perfume soap. At that time, he made a lot of money, but for his monopoly business, it was a loss.

It took about ten days for the mirror thing to fade away in Qingzhou. At this time, the Chamber of Commerce officially began to sell mirrors.

The businessmen who stayed in Qingzhou immediately flocked to the Chamber of Commerce, but many were blocked from the door.

Chamber of Commerce members are given priority. Li Kaiyuan explained to a group of businessmen.

The membership system of the chamber of commerce has been running, and now the number of members in the chamber of commerce has reached thousands, and these people will get discounts in terms of speed and price when picking up goods in Qingzhou.

Moreover, some members of the chamber of commerce have already considered the issue of settling in Qingzhou. After all, they bought members with a huge amount of silver taels, and only when they settled in Qingzhou could they always get the information of the chamber of commerce.

For example, this mirror, these members visited the mirror before the trade fair.

Many conveniences made them gradually recognize their membership.

Li Kaiyuan said this, and some members of the Chamber of Commerce showed a proud smile. Among the crowd, they seemed to be higher.

Some businessmen who have not joined the chamber of commerce began to hesitate to join the membership.

The expressions of the businessmen were seen by Li Kaiyuan, and he smiled secretly in his heart. All of this was in Xiao Ming's plan. The commercial center of the Great Yu Kingdom was gradually shifting to Qingzhou.

In Qi Wangfu, Xiao Ming has long stopped thinking about the seven million taels of silver. In his eyes, these products are really pure low-end products. The only thing is that this mirror has some technical content.

But this was far from what he was after.

Qingzhou's industry is only in its infancy, and there will be more products with higher technology content coming out one after another.

These commodities are produced by the talents cultivated in Bowen College.

And his current task is to engage in several major projects, one of which is the reinforced concrete city wall of Cangzhou.

During this time, Zhan Xingchang has been preparing building materials in Cangzhou, and the steel workshop has also been producing steel bars. Now the conditions are in place, only construction is needed.

The news that Wang Xuan brought the barbarians to study artillery really made Xiao Ming very worried.

Before Shanhaiguan was broken, Cangzhou was just a small city. It wasn't until the barbarians came in that Niu Ben led people to build the city wall. In fact, the city wall was not very strong.

Later, the strengthening of Zhan Xingchang was only to increase the firing position of the artillery, and the city wall was still not much strengthened.

If the barbarians really come with artillery, this city wall is really dangerous, at least the city gate is easily penetrated by artillery shells.

Therefore, after the supply of silver taels this time, he not only sent tens of thousands of slaves, but also allocated silver taels to hire local people in Cangzhou to participate in the construction of the city wall.

This is also to compete for time with the barbarians, because with the national strength of the barbarians, if you really find a craftsman who understands artillery skills, I am afraid that it is only a matter of time to produce artillery.

Based on this situation, Xiao Ming planned to personally go to Cangzhou to arrange the construction of the new city wall.

Outside the palace, Ziwan had already prepared a carriage for Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming arrived at the door and instructed: The textile mill must not be slack, and when the king returns, he must see the sails.

Aster nodded and said, Your Highness, you have to be careful when you go to Cangzhou.

After all, he looked at Niuben, Lu Fei, Luo Xin, and the two thousand cavalry. After capturing a lot of war horses from the barbarians last time, Qingzhou's cavalry has expanded a lot again.

It's just that Aster is not thinking about this, but she thinks that Xiao Ming's visit to Cangzhou is not just for the city wall.