Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 166 Auction

After about half an hour of explanation, everyone present had a new understanding of Ganjiang River. Before, they only knew that it was a river that brought disasters every year, but now it has become a rich river with piles of gold and jade.

The first hammer was to auction off a passenger route along the entire Ganjiang River.

"The Gan River starts from Qinghai City at the upper reaches, passes through eleven prefectures, twenty-four counties, and more than a hundred villages, until it reaches the ancient city of Dunhua at the lower reaches." Murong Mo paused when he mentioned the ancient city of Dunhua.

At this time, not only were the people in the hall in an uproar, but even in the boxes on the second and third floors, whispered conversations could be heard.

"Dunhua Ancient City. It is said that the Holy Kingdom of Haidong originated from Dunhua Ancient City."

"Is the Holy Kingdom of Haidong the same Holy Kingdom of Haidong that was once prosperous under the rule of a female emperor?"

"The Holy Kingdom of Haidong has disappeared for thousands of years, but the ancient city of Dunhua is still there. Is there anyone who wants to visit the ancient city of Dunhua like me?"

"Which scholar wouldn't want to visit the Haidong Academy in Dunhua Ancient City?"

"In the past, taking a horse-drawn carriage to the ancient city of Dunhua would cost a lot of time and money, which most people could not afford. If this route is open, would it cost a lot less time and money?"

"I would like to go to Qinghai City and take a look. It is said that the sky there is directly above your head and you can reach it with just your hand."

"If you say so, it's like you can poke a hole in the sky with a bamboo pole."

"Yeah, that's exactly what I want to try."

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Time passed by minute by minute, and Murong Mo felt that this topic had fermented enough, so he said: "It is conservatively estimated that the time taken to travel from Qinghai City at the upper reaches to Dunhua Ancient City at the lower reaches by boat will be one-fifth of the original time. In other words, it originally took five months to go there and back. If you take a boat on Ganjiang River, you can go back and forth in one month."

"With less time, the money spent will also be less. If you ride a horse or a carriage, you can also stay in an inn. But if you travel by water, buying a boat ticket is equivalent to paying the inn fee."

There was another round of discussion. The math was hard to do. It looked like, no matter traveling to study, visiting relatives and friends, or doing business, the cost of water transportation might be one-tenth of the original or even less. Everyone's abacus started clattering.

Murong Mo was not afraid of them calculating, but he was afraid that they would not calculate, so he left them enough time to calculate, because even if these people calculated over and over again at home, they would not be able to calculate more accurately than after his explanation at this moment.

When the chatter died down, he announced, "The bidding for a passenger route along the entire Ganjiang River is now open. The base price is one million taels, and the time limit is five years. Each bid increase must not be less than one hundred thousand taels."

As soon as he finished speaking, a quote came from the No. 4 box: "Two million taels." The price doubled with one increase.

"Girl, who is sitting in box number four?" Emperor Yong'an Yu Linghuan turned around and asked Qiao Lili. He never expected this to happen. Qiao Lili and Murong Mo had agreed in the imperial study that each bid should not be less than 100,000 taels. He thought that this range was too wide and was afraid that it would affect the final result of the auction. Unexpectedly, the first bidder directly raised the price to a huge amount of 1 million taels.

Qiao Lili flipped through the registration book: "Your Majesty, it's the Cao Gang." This auction was different from the usual ones. The usual auctions could be anonymous or use false identities, but this time it was not allowed. This time it had to be a real-name auction. If there was any falsehood, the auction result would be invalid and the deposit paid would be confiscated and added to the national treasury.

In other words, you can buy this route and use it, but the court has the final say on who is allowed to buy it and who is not.

Yu Linghuan nodded. The Cao Gang had no shortage of money, and this was a business they were very familiar with, so they had the determination to win.

At this time, someone raised the price again, "Two million and one hundred thousand taels." Box No. 1.

After hearing the price, Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan looked at Emperor Yong'an. Emperor Yong'an was puzzled at first, but then thought that there might be something wrong with the person who made the price, so he asked, "Who is this? Look at you two, you look like chickens with feathers blown off."

Qiao Lili rolled her eyes, indicating that she was too lazy to reply. She leaned on Concubine Yun's body, saying that she was done with it. She wanted to give up. She was unbalanced. Concubine Yun took the opportunity to hug her in her arms and kept stroking her back: "Why are you asking so many questions? You're tiring my good child."

"Ask your own son."

After spending a long time with Emperor Yong'an, she also understood the temper of this future eunuch. With Aunt Yun around, he was just a paper tiger.

When Emperor Yong'an saw Qiao Lili carrying her mother to commit murder, he couldn't look at Yu Jingyan, although his son might not give him much face.

"Third Princess, Yu Xinyao, your good daughter." Yu Jingyan didn't even flip through the booklet, because this private room was occupied by Yu Xinyao who drove away the guests inside when the auction was about to begin, causing the people from the auction house to have a hard time appeasing the original guests and finally putting them in the No. 1 private room.

He was not going to reply to him obediently. His next sentence almost choked Yu Linghuan to death.

"Father is really biased. Your princess can spend two million at a time, but your son has grown up, and you have never spent even ten thousand taels of silver on me." He stood up, dusted off the non-existent dust on his body, turned to the other side of the room and sat down, indicating that he was drawing a clear line between himself and Yu Linghuan.

"You kid, I didn't give her the princess's special share of money." When the queen married into the prince's mansion as a consort, she also had a large dowry, which was later given to Yu Jingwei and Yu Xinyao. Most of the queen's expenses in the palace over the years were sent to the palace by the two from these incomes. Otherwise, just embroidering a few handkerchiefs would definitely not be able to support the expenses of the queen's palace.

Yu Linghuan glanced at his son who was enjoying the fun and making trouble. To put it simply, from childhood to adulthood, he never spent any money on you, his son. However, his private treasury and the empress dowager's private treasury were all given to your mother. It was her own decision how much to spend on you. How could you blame him, your father? But did he dare to say anything? He didn't dare to say anything.

Anyway, ever since the children in the orphanage all had diarrhea, his son has been going against him in everything, seizing every opportunity to flatter his mother.

However, Yu Xinyao's opening offer of two million taels was beyond everyone's expectations.

But after thinking about it again, he understood that Yu Xinyao might not be really rich, nor did she really want to bid for this route. She just wanted to make an offer and find some sense of existence because Murong Mo was the one hosting the auction.

But at this moment, Murong Mo said: "The bidding deposit for private room No. 1 has not been paid, and the bid price reported is invalid." Yu Xinyao had just arrogantly entered the private room No. 1 when the auction was about to begin. She had no idea that a deposit was required for the auction. It was really embarrassing.

Qiao Lili covered her mouth to prevent herself from laughing out loud. Yu Jingyan turned her head to the corner. After all, she was the daughter of Emperor Yong'an, so it was not good for her to gloat in front of him. Yu Xinyao wanted to show off, but ended up pretending to be lonely. Who is Murong Mo? If you want to show off in front of him, he will break the gun for you.

"No bidding in the No. 1 private room."

This Yu Xinyao is just looking for trouble. Wouldn't it be better if she just watched quietly? She knows that no one will respond, but she still likes to throw her face in front of everyone. If her face doesn't fall to the ground, where else can she go?

"Two million, one time." Murong Mo knocked on the table with his small hammer.

When Yu Linghuan was rebuked by his eldest son just now, he didn't feel as bad as he did now. He let out a long sigh and comforted himself, thinking, "Never mind, I've known for a long time that children not born by Fei'er are unreliable."