The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Emperor Hongzhi sat on the throne, stretched out his hand, and checked Wang Ji's pulse again.

Xiao Jing and Mou Bin waited nervously on the side.

Emperor Hongzhi was also worried: "Has my illness been cured?"

Wang Ji closed his eyes and felt Emperor Hongzhi's pulse. After a moment, he said, "Your Majesty's pulse comes and goes as smoothly and smoothly as a ball. You can rest assured that there is nothing serious."

Xiao Jing and Mou Bin smiled like flowers, happier than Emperor Hongzhi, and wished they could kowtow to Wang Ji.

Emperor Hongzhi laughed loudly: "I also feel that my body is better than before. Three months ago, my mind was always groggy.

If you watch the music for a while, you will feel sleepy.

Today, I sat in the hall for an hour and still felt refreshed. "

Wang Ji told: "Your Majesty still needs to get up in the morning to practice as usual, and do not sit in the palace for a long time."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly.

When Mou Bin saw the Jin Yiwei outside the palace, he knew that he had something to report, so he walked out.

After a while, he came back.

Emperor Hongzhi looked directly at Mou Bin: "Why did you come to Fengtian Hall to report the matter? It doesn't matter if you just tell me."

Mou Bin said: "Yan Chengjin bought up all the brown sugar and malt sugar in the capital.

He also asked the merchants to sell sweets for four taels of silver per catty! "

Buying out first and then raising the price disrupts the market price and violates Ming law.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows and thought thoughtfully: "Yan Chengjin knows the laws of the Ming Dynasty well and does not know how to break them. Is this candy any different?"

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, I have heard that this sugar is as white as snow, as fine as sand, and as sweet as candied fruit. I have never tasted it, so I dare not judge." In front of the emperor, you need to be careful about your words and deeds.

As soon as Mou Bin finished speaking, Liu Jian walked in, posing in a strange posture, and seemed to be holding something in his hands.

"Your Majesty, auspiciousness!"

Why did Liu Aiqing also come to express auspiciousness?

A group of ministers followed, and all the people from the six ministries came.

In the originally empty hall, a large group of people appeared, as if they were attending a morning court.

So many people came to express their auspiciousness, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian doubtfully: "What auspiciousness do you want to express my love?"

Liu Jian walked up to the imperial court and spread his hands in front of Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, look at this candy, how good it is. Yan Chengjin actually wants to hold an official sale to sell its recipe!"

After a while,

Yan Chengjin was announced to Fengtian Hall, and Emperor Hongzhi stared at him reproachfully.

In front of the royal desk, there is a small pile of white sugar.

The cabinet and six ministers stood on both sides of the hall.

Emperor Hongzhi spoke first: "This recipe is worth thousands of gold, why should I sell it?"

"Have you ever heard, Your Majesty, that there is a business called auction, where objects can be sold for dozens of times the price?

This recipe is worthless in my hands.

I went to the auction house and could sell it for tens of thousands of taels. "Yan Chengjin said.

auction?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Li Dongyang and others, who were also confused.

They have read poetry and books and are very talented, but they have never heard of this word.

Yan Chengjin explained: "Your Majesty and the princes can understand that the price is changed, or the purchase is rushed."

Auction came from the West. Auction did not really appear in the Ming Dynasty, and the word does not exist in the classics.

Pu-mai is closer to auction. Pu-mai emerged in the Song Dynasty, which is easy to understand.

"Can this recipe sell for tens of thousands of taels?" Han Wen asked uncertainly.

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and said, "It can be sold for 20,000 taels."

The hall fell silent.

…

It is said that Liangxiang is going to hold an official sale.

They sell sugar recipes, blueprints for treasure ships, shuttle forging techniques, in short, all kinds of items are sold.

There is only one rule, the one with the highest price gets it.

The capital was in an uproar. Wang Busui ordered people to spread the news out of his residence, and the propaganda was overwhelming.

Zhou Yu looked at Di Bao excitedly. White sugar is sweeter than brown sugar and has no peculiar smell. This recipe is worth his money.

"Take ten thousand taels with you and let's go to Liangxiang."

On the road leading from the capital to Liangxiang, Zhou Yu found that the number of convoys coming and going was several times more than usual.

He should be here to participate in the auction.

He saw the Zhang brothers driving a few flat cars, but the cars were filled with cow dung.

The courtyard in front of Qingshan Library was overcrowded.

Yan Chengjin changed the venue of the official sale to the library.

Zhang Xian was sitting in front of the royal desk. There was a dense crowd under the stage, and Chenshi started on time.

Snap!

When the gavel was taken, the entire audience fell into silence. Everyone was curious, how to auction it?

Zhang Xian was a little nervous and followed the rules given by Yan Chengjin: "Change the price based on the starting price. Each time the price changes, it must not be less than five hundred taels. The one with the highest price will win!"

The rules were very simple and the gentry present understood them.

"Get the first object."

Xie Yu personally led a maroon horse.

This horse has bright coat and strong limbs. Judging from its body shape, it is a heavy horse. People who don’t know anything about horses can also tell that it is a good horse!

Zhu Houzhao stood up excitedly: "Is this my little mare?"

"Your Highness, she is a big mare now."

Yan Chengjin asked him to sit down so as not to disrupt the order of the auction.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "I want to buy it back, how much money will it cost?"

At this time, Xie Yu said: "This horse is a fine breed from the Western Regions. It can run thousands of miles in a day. The starting price is one thousand taels."

Lao Gao is indeed a bad official. Zhu Houzhao said: "When I bought it, it was only one hundred taels!"

Everyone heard it.

Xie Yu looked embarrassed, this guy was just here to cause trouble.

Yan Chengjin came to the rescue: "This horse was ridden by the prince of the dynasty. The prince combed it every day and fed it fine feed.

What it eats is the most valuable forage in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, it will cost one thousand taels. "

As soon as this was said, no one had any objections.

Someone shouted one thousand five hundred taels, and Zhu Houzhao became angry: "Old Gao, this is my horse, you are not allowed to sell it!"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao being so serious, Yan Chengjin thought for a while: "Your Highness, please do me a favor. I will return the horse to Your Highness."

Zhu Houzhao came over and Yan Chengjin whispered a few words in his ear.

"I'm just helping you, and the horse will be returned to me."

"Um!"

The next moment, He Neng shouted: "Ten thousand taels."

The whole place fell silent, and the few gentry who wanted to buy horses suddenly fell silent.

Only a fool would buy it for ten thousand taels.

Snap!

The gavel was photographed and the deal was done!

At Zhang Xian's signal, another item was presented, "This is a recipe for white sugar. You are here for this. I don't need to say more. The starting price is six thousand taels!"

Zhou Yu quickly shouted: "Six thousand five hundred taels!"

"Eight thousand taels!" Zhang brothers shouted.

If you get this recipe and do business for a few years, you will make money back.

No matter how much money you make in the future, you will make a profit.

The gentry also wanted to grab it.

In the blink of an eye, ten thousand taels of silver were added.

Just as Yan Chengjin expected, no one raised the price for ten thousand taels of silver.

Zhou Yu was not stupid either. He looked at Zhang Xian and said, "If I buy this recipe, you have to create a document saying that you are not allowed to sell it to anyone else, and you are not allowed to make candy. Only I, Lord, can make it."

Zhang Xian looked at Yan Chengjin and saw Yan Chengjin nodded slightly.

"nature!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the price was raised again, monopolizing the white sugar industry in Ming Dynasty.

No fool would buy it!

Even the gentry got involved.

But no matter how high the price is, there will always be a voice: "I will add a thousand taels."

Zhang Heling was angry and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Do you have any money? If you don't have any money, what can you add?!"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "I don't want to buy it."

If you don’t want to buy it, what price do you call? From ten thousand taels, you call it thirty thousand taels!

Zhou Yu and the gentry present were vomiting fragrance and wanted to beat Zhu Houzhao to death.

Emperor Hongzhi, dressed in Confucian clothes, squeezed into the crowd under the protection of Xiao Jing and Mou Bin.

Followed by Han Wen, Liu Jian and others.

Emperor Hongzhi came to Yan Chengjin and asked, "What are you selling? I just heard someone shouting thirty thousand taels?"

Yan Chengjin said: "Go back to Mr. Zhu and sell a recipe for white sugar."

At this moment, he was far away from Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao didn't know that his father was coming.

Han Wen was amazed: "This auction is really magical. One prescription actually sold for thirty thousand taels."

Converted into future generations' money, it's only six million.

If the secret recipe and signature of Wong Lo Kat were sold for 6 million, I don’t know how many people would grab their scalps to buy it.

Yan Chengjin felt that it was cheap.

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