Make a fortune by farming: The sweetheart of the first assistant family

Chapter 406 Who takes the lead?

The head of the Chen family looked at the little wine left in the cup, and then looked at the full bowl of wine in front of the head of the Wang family. He no longer cared about his face, and rushed over to grab the wine with the bowl in hand!

The head of the Wang family gave a slight sneer with a look of disdain, and while everyone at the table was grabbing the wine, he leisurely picked out his favorite dishes, enjoying ten dishes of delicious meat and vegetables all to himself.

Not long after, the head of the Chen family came back in disheveled clothes. He carefully held the small half bowl of wine that he had brought back. After sitting down, he exhaled a breath and cursed angrily: "A bunch of barbarians!"

The head of the Wang family made a sarcastic remark: "If you beat the barbarians, you are more barbaric than the barbarians."

After holding it in for a long time, the head of the Chen family retorted: "You are a good leader!"

The head of the Wang family is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water: "If I hadn't been a good leader, would you be willing to risk your skin to grab good wine? You're so good at what you get!"

The head of the Chen family was speechless.

Only a few of the guests present grabbed the wine, and those who didn't did not dare to make a fuss. They had to keep asking the servants who entertained them for drinks.

The news of the robbery of the wine reached Huo Yunchao's ears. At that time, he was discussing various bidding matters with Magistrate Wang who came to Pinglehou Mansion after finishing his official duties.

Zheng Shaoxuan frowned and came over to report that the wine had been robbed. There was a bit of dissatisfaction in his eyes: "Although we are customers, it is really rude for them to rob us like this."

Huo Yunchao laughed and said, "Brother-in-law, who started it first?"

He didn't feel offended at all. After all, he sent out invitations widely, but all the famous landowners and merchants were invited. It was a mixed bag, so it was not unusual for something like this to happen.

After all, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds.

Huo Yunchao never expected that all the guests he invited would be humble and polite people.

To take a step back, the guests' rush to grab the wine played into Huo Yunchao's ambitions. He had originally planned to sell the secret recipe for wine making.

The brewing industry has high entry barriers and requires strong assets.

Small businessmen and small landowners cannot meet the entry threshold. They must be large landowners and businessmen with strong assets.

Big landowners have endless food, and big businessmen have endless money. They are Huo Yunchao's target customers.

Zheng Shaoxuan replied with an unhappy look on his face: "It's the grain merchant boss who was caught by Xiao Fubao and was greedy for petty gains."

He has read poetry and books since he was a child and has been deeply influenced by traditional etiquette. He believes that a man should be upright and broad-minded.

From the bottom of his heart, Zheng Shaoxuan didn't like people like the head of the Wang family who couldn't stand up to the public. He could openly ask for breast meat from his family, but he had to hide it in his trouser pocket. This was too petty.

County Magistrate Wang was well aware of Zheng Shaoxuan's character. Seeing his displeasure when he mentioned the head of the Wang family, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Shaoxuan, have you ever asked how the grain merchant Boss Wang made his fortune?"

Zheng Shaoxuan shook his head: "I haven't asked yet, sir, please tell me."

Huo Yunchao listened attentively. He had sent people to inquire about the details of the four major families, and he had heard a little bit about the family history of the head of the Wang family.

However, Huo Yunchao likes to listen to the stories told by County Magistrate Wang and can always get inspiration from the stories.

Magistrate Wang waved his hand and said, "We will talk about Boss Wang's fortune later when we have the opportunity. Let's get down to business first, Yun Chao, tell me the maximum price of the auction item."

Zheng Shaoxuan didn't understand and asked: "Maximum price?"

Generally speaking, it is the lowest price. The first time he heard the word "maximum price", Zheng Shaoxuan was stunned for a moment before he realized it.

Huo Yunchao explained with a smile: "Brother-in-law, each item has a maximum price. Once someone bids to the highest price, the auction ends. If no one bids, the auction will be unsuccessful. For each item, each guest has one and only one bid. To qualify, a deposit is required.”

Zheng Shaoxuan listened carefully to Huo Yunchao's introduction to the bidding process and did not speak easily.

Magistrate Wang had an in-depth discussion with Huo Yunchao on the details of the bidding process. A quarter of an hour later, Magistrate Wang made his debut.

The head of the Chen family and others saw Magistrate Wang wearing official uniform and holding a wooden hammer. Shi Shiran walked to the temporary auction table set up by Huo Yunchao's servants.

Magistrate Wang knocked the wooden hammer and announced the bidding process: "Everyone, I will host the bidding meeting. Each lot has a maximum price, that is, the ceiling price. Please think carefully before participating in the auction. Each person has only one price per lot. One bid opportunity, the bidding price reaches the maximum price of the lot, and the bidding ends.”

Huo Yunchao was sitting on the main seat, drinking tea and observing the bidders. He held this unique auction not just to auction the secret recipe in his hand, but the highlight was coming later.

County Magistrate Wang raised the preserved meat in his hand and motioned for everyone to watch: "The first item on the auction block is the secret recipe for making preserved pork. Marquis Pingle should have told you before that the secret recipe for preserved pork is protected by the imperial court and is under my authority. Within the terms of reference, we ensure that the secret recipe and sales channels of this jerky are unique.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone turned to look at the head of the Wang family who had become a laughing stock for being greedy for petty gains.

The head of the Wang family ignored the strange looks from all directions. If he was so thin-skinned, he would have starved to death eight hundred years ago. How could he still be alive now? How about saving up the rich family fortune now?

Patriarch Chen held a grudge against Patriarch Wang for mocking him, so he took the opportunity to activate his taunting skill: "The whole world knows that you are a person who loves petty gains."

The head of the Wang family didn't move his eyebrows. He had no time to pay attention to the head of the Chen family. The other party's ridicule came in one ear and came out the other.

He was thinking about the maximum price of the secret recipe for dried meat, hoping to get off to a good start and be the first to snap up the secret recipe for dried meat.

The head of the Chen family didn't get the response he wanted. He chuckled a few times and savored the fine wine that he had finally snatched. Haha——

He is worthy of being Pinglehou who knows the best about food!

Pinglehou was actually able to brew such a fragrant wine. Unfortunately, the wine he grabbed was too little, so he couldn't drink enough.

The head of the Chen family glanced at the big bowl of wine in front of the head of the Wang family, and couldn't help but regret in his heart: if he had known earlier, he should have gone drinking with the man named Wang, instead of competing with others.

At this time, the head of the Chen family was full of trivial things. He had no sense of business and had no idea how precious and scarce the secret brewing recipe was.

The head of the Wang family watched Magistrate Wang and Huo Yunchao intently, trying to guess the highest price for the secret recipe of dried meat from their facial expressions.

Just at this time, a small businessman stood up and loudly quoted: "Three taels of silver!"

A merchant below laughed in a low voice: "Hey...you want to buy the secret recipe for dried meat with just three taels of silver?"

As expected, Magistrate Wang did not stop, but continued to ask: "Is there anyone else bidding for the secret recipe for dried meat?"

"Ten taels!" The head of the Wang family suddenly stood up, announced the price loudly, and looked around before sitting down.

The noisy front yard was strangely quiet for a while, and soon became lively again: "Boss Wang quoted ten taels at once, why don't we forget it?"

The vast majority of merchants did not dare or were unwilling to compete with the Wang Family Master for the secret recipe for dried meat, for fear of being retaliated against later.