From Pirates to Sweeping the Worlds

"Sir Fan Long, why is this different from before?"

"Yeah yeah."

"I hope to adopt the old method and directly pay to buy the grain from the farmers or nobles."

"..."

The venue at this moment was even more lively than a vegetable market.

Many businessmen looked anxious, their fat faces turned red, and some even had beads of sweat on their foreheads.

Seeing them getting anxious and angry, Fan Long felt particularly relieved. "See, you businessmen don't dare to show off in front of me anymore."

"Why don't you behave like a gentleman anymore?"

Once their own interests are involved, the boundary between them and hooligans is no longer clear.

Fan Long still wanted to watch the excitement, but several excited businessmen were about to rush to the podium. The soldiers outside heard the noise and rushed in. Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, he had no choice but to step forward to stop it.

Bang bang!

Fan Long knocked heavily on the table several times. Although the businessmen were very excited, they still forced themselves to calm down and listen to him.

He waved his hand casually, signaling the guards who were blocking the more agitated merchants to retreat.

After looking around at the anxious merchants again, Fan Long slowly began to speak: "I have some news to share with you. Please listen to it before deciding whether to participate in the auction."

"First, this is Queen Lit's decision. I have no right to change it."

"Second, all the grain in the kingdom can only be sold by farmers to the Netherlands Grain Co., Ltd., which is directly under the royal family."

“Third, after selling 5 tons of grain this time, we will not sell more grain again until the next harvest.”

"Alas, we are suffering too. The country has just experienced several years of natural disasters and man-made calamities, and the food supply is a bit insufficient. However, in order to ensure that people from all over the world can have food to eat, Queen Lit will reluctantly sell some of the food. I hope everyone can understand."

Listening to the inflammatory speech of the consul on the stage, the merchants in the audience were still indignant, cursing the Kingdom of the Netherlands for not following the moral code of war in their hearts. "Shit, why are you crying poor? If I hadn't known that you hired so many civilians, I would have believed your lies."

"You still want me to be considerate of you, but who will be considerate of me? Do you know how much less Bailey I will earn this way?"

Seeing that everyone on the stage was silent, Fan Long said directly: "Of course, if you decide to participate in the auction, please wait here for a while. If you don't want to participate, you can leave directly."

After saying that, Fan Long opened the door directly and made a gesture of invitation.

Those who can become a big businessman are not fools. They cannot leave foolishly and give the opportunity to make money to others.

Ten seconds..., thirty seconds..., one minute...

After waiting for a full minute, no one left. Instead, many merchants said, "Sir Governor Fan Long, let's get started."

"Yes, Governor Fan Long, don't waste any more time."

"Yes."

"Yes."

Echoes came and went.

Seeing this, Fan Long smiled and said again, "Let's start now. Each batch of grain is 500 tons, the base price is 1 million Baileys, and each increase in price must be no less than 5 million Baileys."

When the merchants heard this, their faces turned ugly, as if they had been constipated for many days. "Damn, this was our highest grain purchase price before, how come it has become a low price now?"

At this moment, these cunning and greedy businessmen were disgusted, but they had to hold it in.

Fan Long did not give them the chance to complain again.

Bang!

He picked up the gavel at hand and slammed it hard on the table, indicating that the auction had officially begun.

Everyone fell silent and the scene was very quiet for a while.

Seeing this, Fan Long frowned slightly. "These merchants are not trying to intimidate me, are they?"

Half a minute later, seeing that no one had made any bids, Fan Long sighed and said, "What a pity! It looks like the first batch of grain will be unsold."

After saying that, Fan Long slowly raised the auction hammer and was about to declare the auction unsuccessful when a weak voice rang out, "1 million Baileys!"

This voice was so shocking that it attracted everyone's attention.

Fan Long also looked over in surprise, and when he saw the person who made the bid, this person's information quickly flashed through his mind.

His name is Ortiz. He is from the Kingdom of Julu and is a very influential businessman there. He owns three large sea vessels and eleven medium-sized merchant ships, and is quite powerful.

Of course, in front of the many bigwigs in this conference hall, it is still not good enough.

Fan Long quickly retracted his gaze, his mind racing, and without much hesitation, he brought down the auction hammer.

Bang!

"1 million Baileys sold!" Fan Long announced loudly.

At this moment, everyone was furious and secretly cursed, "Damn, that damn Lao Liu is waiting here."

Now the faces of these businessmen were so gloomy that water seemed to be dripping out of them.

On the contrary, Ortiz had a huge smile on his face, with the corners of his mouth almost reaching the back of his head.

Regardless of the mood of the audience, Fan Long said again: "Next is the second batch of food, the reserve price is still 1 million Baileys."

Bang!

"Start shooting."

After Fan Long finished speaking, Ortiz stood up again and raised the price loudly: "1 million Baileys!"

His action undoubtedly ignited the anger of the crowd. "Damn, this old guy is not done yet, right? Does he think we are fools?"

The crowd no longer cared about their image and started bidding: "1 million Baileys!"

"1 million Baileys!"

"..."

"2 million Baileys!"

"..."

"3 billion Baileys!"

Bang!

"3 million Baileys, once"

Bang!

"3 million Baileys, twice"

Bang!

"3 million Baileys, deal"

As the auction hammer fell, these big merchants who were in urgent need of food joined the fierce bidding.

The transaction price was getting higher and higher, with the highest price reaching 3.5 million Baileys.

This shows how ruthlessly these unscrupulous merchants pushed down the price of grain in the past. The current price is more than twice what it was before.

Xia Jieren watched the entire simple auction and was shocked by the financial strength of these big businessmen.

In just less than two hours, the merchant who bought the most food purchased 5 tons of food, spending at least 25 billion Beli.

There is little information about this businessman, except that he is from the World Government.

But Xia Jieren doesn't care about that. As long as he can come up with the money, then everyone will be good friends. Otherwise, huh~.

After the auction ended, everyone left.

However, at this time, except for Ortiz, the merchants, regardless of whether they had made any gains or not, all looked unhappy.