Journey to the West from Daqin

Yu Ji smiled and said, "What's none of my business?"

"You are the emperor's courtiers, and you are looking for the emperor to eat. Why are you looking for us?"

Li Jue's voice came from behind, saying, "Concubine Yu, close the door quickly, don't let them see that baby!"

The ministers were stunned when they heard these words, what a treasure! ?

As a result, they peeked in, and their eyes immediately became straight.

Such a big and beautiful coral, hiss, so beautiful! !

All the ministers were dumbfounded, they had never seen such a beautiful and dazzling coral, even the coral next to the Dragon Chair in Zhangtai Palace was a size smaller than this one!

Li Jue felt that someone had discovered the baby, so he quickly covered it with a cloth and said, "Yu Ji, what are you doing, didn't you tell you to close the door!?"

It was Yu Ji who closed the door.

The officials outside the door were all dumbfounded. Such a treasure made their hearts itch, and they had already forgotten the smell of Li Jue's food.

in the room.

Li Jue put on a smiling face and said, "Concubine Yu, come on, you've done a good job. I'll reward you with a piece of tender meat. It's very delicious!"

After Yu Ji took it, she thanked her and said with a smile, "Master, you let me open and close the door on purpose, and let them see the coral. What exactly do you want?"

Li Jue said: "Didn't I say that you want to sell this coral to Zhao Gao? How can you sell it to him without being seen by others!?"

Guiguzi was very smart, and laughed beside him, "Master intends to use the mouths of these ministers to pass the news to Zhao Gao, and then force Zhao Gao to buy it."

Then he said again: "But, master, it's too deliberate to say this, and Zhao Gao is really willing to give up so much money. Besides, he might not be ashamed to ask you to buy coral!"

Li Jue said: "I know what you mean, don't worry, I will put this thing up for auction, and the highest bidder will get it. It is not necessary for Zhao Gao to have contact with me, but he will definitely bid the highest price!"

auction! ?

Guiguzi is very smart, but he has never heard of this word.

Li Jue's brief introduction is that he was praised by Guiguzi as a peerless genius, extremely smart.

The flattery made Li Jue blush.

After dinner.

The next day.

A news spread throughout Kuaiji that there was a huge coral to be auctioned in the West Lake Tavern in Suzhou.

The word auction is also spread, that is, each bids, and the highest bid wins.

Hearing that it is a big coral, many rich people and celebrities are staring at it, wanting to snap up it.

After all, Ying Zheng was going to meet everyone, and they would definitely win Ying Zheng's favor by showing this thing out.

Immediately, some people prepared money, and at night, they gathered at the West Lake Tavern.

Those who come here are all required to verify their capital, and their assets must be at least 1 taels of silver, and they will not be given any less.

Many big businessmen originally wanted to watch the excitement, and if they could, they would take pictures of things and sell them at a high price.

Or they bought it for their master's family and gave it to Ying Zheng as a political donation.

but.

I didn't expect the threshold to be so high. After watching the excitement, I would have to be worth over ten thousand, otherwise I wouldn't be eligible to enter the tavern.

And after these entered the tavern, they were also served with good wine and good food.

The dishes are some of the unique skills that Li Jue taught to the chef. There are different methods of frying, frying, stewing and frying.

And the wine is naturally Feitian wine.

Li Jue didn't give it for nothing, the main reason is that this West Lake Tavern belongs to the Hu family, that is, Hu Man!

But now Hu Man has returned to the Hu family and has taken over some of the Hu family's business, which naturally includes this tavern.

It can be said that this tavern belongs to Hu Man, and Hu Man belongs to Li Jue.

Li Jue is teaching his cooking skills to his own chefs to make their business better.The second is that Feitian Wine is to be spread at this time, to open up sales, and to open up fame!

as predicted.

The auction has not yet started, and the rich businessmen and celebrities who came here, as well as the nobles and high-ranking officials, are all full of praise for the dishes and wine!

They even forgot for a while, what they were here for, they only cared about eating, and kept shouting for more food and wine!

Of course.

These people can't eat for nothing, the auction is held here, but they have to pay for their meals!

A meal is not cheap, but these people can afford it, after all, there is money!

Moreover, the people in the tavern are all people of status, and the most unidentified are those big businessmen, and they have a lot of money, and they don't want celebrities, nobles and high-ranking officials to look down on them, so they will definitely give money.

Some people have even started to ask whether these Feitian wines and dishes can be packed and taken away.

Naturally, Feitian wine is available, but the dishes can only be eaten in the store.

There are also some shrewd businessmen who are considering whether this Feitian wine can be exported as an agent for them.

Regarding this level, Li Jue had also thought about it, and had already instructed the shopkeeper what to say and how to do it.

We will select qualified distributors and let them sell Feitian wine to the whole country, so as to gain fame and market!

However, the price will be fixed, and these big merchants will not be allowed to drive up prices or sell goods.

Talking two ends.

Big businessmen value profit, and they like good wine, but nobles and high officials value reputation, they taste delicious food, and they don’t forget that they are here to bid for coral!

That thing is said to be bigger than the coral around the emperor, if you buy it and give it to the emperor, it will definitely win the emperor's favor.

Maybe.

It's no problem to confer an official title.

at last.

After all the calls came out.

Guiguzi went out on behalf of his teacher, and appeared in front of the counter wearing a bamboo hat and gauze.

And there was a big coral in front of him, covered with gauze, and he looked around the crowd, immediately making everyone quiet.

He seems to have magical powers, everyone is looking at him and listening to his speech!

Guiguzi said: "The old man's surname is Wang, please call him Mr. Wang for the sake of saving face. In this auction of coral, please bid as much as you like, the one with the highest price wins!"

There was no nonsense, and the reserve price was directly quoted: "The reserve price is 3000 taels of silver, everyone can start bidding!"

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Whoa!

3000 taels of silver! ?

Everyone was in an uproar.

They had thought that coral was very precious, but they didn't expect it to be so precious. It cost 3000 taels, and it was the starting price.

None of the people present were mediocre, and it was obvious at a glance that the bidding price would definitely be higher.

as predicted.

Immediately, a big businessman started asking for a price, directly asking for 500 taels, with an increase of 500 taels!

The others followed suit and unceremoniously increased the price.

The bidding in the arena was very lively. They were all new to this method, but they did not budge.

Under such circumstances, prices have risen to record highs.

The back of the tavern.

Behind the curtain, Li Jue, Yu Ji, and Fu Su were sitting here, enjoying delicious food and wine.

Fu Su said: "Da Shangzao, your bidding method is quite unique, it makes people excited, and the bidding can't stop."

Li Jue smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's normal that the higher price gets it."

Fu Su said again: "You got the coral, why don't you just give it to your father, then he must be very happy and give you a big reward."

Li Jue said, "I don't want a reward, I just want money."

Fu Su said: "Father will definitely reward you a lot..."

As soon as he finished speaking, his face turned red.

The rewards given by the emperor are really few, and the first thousand gold is actually a thousand copper coins!

How much is that, a sling of money, in other words, that is one tael of silver! !

If gold is really given, it is also very picky, probably 100 taels or 200 taels or something.

The ratio of gold to silver in Daqin is about four to one, and 100 taels of gold is worth 400 taels of silver!

How much is that!

Li Jue's starting price here is 3000 taels, and only God knows how much it will cost in the end!

Waiting for Yingzheng to give the reward, it will be a loss!

Fu Su was speechless for a moment, but Li Jue said: "To tell you the truth, I auctioned the coral not for money, but purely to make Zhao Gao vomit some blood."

Fu Su was stunned, "Why does this have something to do with Zhao Gao!?"

Li Jue said calmly, "Because Zhao Gao also sent someone to bid for the auction, and the person who bid the most fiercely outside at this time was sent by Zhao Gao."

There was indeed someone out there asking for a particularly fierce price. It was a big businessman, and that big businessman didn't give the other big officials any face.

If there are high-ranking officials and nobles asking for a price, he will increase the price, and the high-ranking officials and nobles can't do anything to him.

Because, he is Zhao Gao's person.

Every high-ranking official and aristocrat has a caravan, and they will not manage it themselves, but leave it to the caravan to take care of it.

This person represented Zhao Gao's caravan, his status was not bad, and he even received military service, so he was considered half aristocrat!