Chapter 41 Sixty thousand taels of silver
"Three auctions a day, and each county has only one agent..."
"Have you heard that? The Master entrusted Mr. Qin Ming to auction the exclusive agency rights of Cangshan grocery store..."
"Let the account prepare funds, we Wang Ding will take over the agents of at least seven counties!"
"Hiss~Agent power? There is actually such a method in the world, and he is worthy of being the Master..."
“…”
Within just one day, after posting a notice in the grocery store and Wu Qinming released the statement, the famous families and merchants in Yeyang City basically knew about the news, which caused a sensation.
The auction was held in Xianweilou, Dongshi City. The next day, when Wu Qinming came to Weixianlou, he saw that there was already a huge crowd of people, with at least two or three hundred people gathered together, most of whom were watching the fun, and only a few were preparing to participate. Wu Qinming was actually a little scared when he saw these people. He didn't expect so many people to come.
After entering Xianwei Building, Wu Qinming did not delay after surrounding the second floor, and stood on the high ground and said, "I believe everyone knows why I am here. The items in Cangshan Grocery Store currently include white jade paper and soap, which are unique treasures in the world. If you can get the exclusive sale rights, you can sell them exclusively in the county. I promise that except for the merchants who get the exclusive sale rights, no one can get bulk commodities at my Cangshan Grocery Store. And if the grocery store has new treasures in the future, it will also be provided to the exclusive agent."
The people present heard the sound of the wind. When they heard Wu Qinming confirming this matter and with him as a guarantee, many businessmen who were originally waiting and watching were also moved.
"If you have any questions, please ask now."
As soon as Wu Qinming finished speaking, an old man suddenly stood up and asked, "I dare to ask the second young master, how long is the exclusive agent's time limit?"
"One year, but merchants who have obtained exclusive agents this year have the right to renew their contracts first."
“Can the price of the goods be decided by us?”
"Of course, there will be an upper limit. If the price is randomly priced, I will regain the agency rights at any time."
"Second Young Master, which three counties are auctioned today?"
"Jingyang County, Nanhua County, and Jiangyun County." Wu Qinming said. In order to fire the first shot, the prosperity of these three counties is of medium level among the thirty-nine counties, and the best counties are not yet available.
After answering, ignoring the noisy discussion below, Wu Qinming said, "Since we understand, let's start auctioning the agency rights of the first county."
As he said, the people at the scene gradually became quiet, staring at Wu Qinming tightly, and the people around him stretched their necks to see. They were all looking forward to the price of such an unprecedented thing. In the eyes of everyone, Wu Qinming said: "The first county is Jingyang County, the lowest price... one hundred taels of silver!"
There was an uproar at the scene. The price was much lower than their expectations. It was not a problem to sell only one white jade paper, and the purchase price was 10 cents. It was not a problem to transport it out and sell it for twenty cents or even thirty cents. Even if it was a little conservative in a county, it was definitely not a problem to sell 100,000 pieces a year. It was a little bit of a profit of thousands of taels a year.
If soap is added, there are other products that cannot be estimated in the future. To be honest, although everyone has no experience, they all have a lot of money in their minds.
"Two hundred taels of silver!"
"three hundred!"
"One thousand taels of silver!"
"One Thousand Three!"
"One thousand three hundred and fifty taels!"
"One thousand five hundred taels!!"
The bidding price soared, and in a few seconds it exceeded one thousand taels, and then the price growth gradually slowed down. After all, the price was really not low, but it was slower, but the growth continued.
He called until 3,000 liang before he was taken down by a middle-aged man with red eyes. Wu Qinming glanced at him, and someone next to him whispered to him: "This person is from the Zhao family in Jingyang, and he serves as the Changcheng of Jingyang in the Dianke Office."
Wu Qinming nodded lightly. Dianke was one of the nine ministers, responsible for diplomacy between countries, and subordinates, pedestrians, translators, and officials, and the chief ministers of each county, and the chief ministers and deputy ministers of each county. After all, they are foreigners in Jingyang. They are considered to be relatively leisurely official positions. There are too many such officials in Yeyang City, so he cannot remember them all.
But this time he recorded it and was able to take out three thousand taels, which means that this family is not ordinary...
After hearing what Chen Ming said, it feels unusual to see these rich gentry again...
"Okay, three thousand taels, Jingyang's agency rights belong to you. I'll bring the money to my mansion in the afternoon to sign the contract."
"Can you use the land and the house be deducted?" the middle-aged man asked nervously, and Wu Qinming nodded lightly and said, "Yes."
The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and bowed and said, "Thank you, the second young master."
Wu Qinming waved his hand and said, "The following is the second county, Nanhua, the reserve price is also one hundred taels."
"five hundred!!"
"Eight hundred!"
"One Thousand Three!!"
“…”
The auction was held in a hot atmosphere, and in the end, Nanhua County sold 2,800 taels, while the most prosperous Jiangyun County sold 3,400 taels at a high price! The three counties together sold a total of 9,200 taels!
When he finally calculated this number, even Wu Qinming couldn't help but take a breath. What did he sell? It seemed that he didn't sell anything! He just sold a quota, why was it more than 9,000 taels? There are only three counties, and there are thirty-six in the next?
This is one thousandth of the tax revenue of the entire Daxia Kingdom last year? What if all the places were sold out? What if the places from the other five countries were sold? This is not counting the money for the goods!
Is this the charm of business?
Wu Qinming felt that he could not think, he was like this, not to mention the participants and the people watching the fun. What happened here quickly spread throughout Yeyang City at an extremely fast speed. This is the charm of wealth.
But when Wu Qinming came to Chen Ming with a bunch of land deeds, house deeds, boxes of gold, silver, and copper coins, he was sighed by Chen Ming: "Hey, it seems that he would teach you to get the money house out as soon as possible, but the bank can't get it. The money house manager will be the head office."
Wu Qinming was stunned and asked carefully, "Teacher, what is the money house?"
He felt that he always looked like a fool in front of Chen Ming.
Chen Ming looked up at him for a while, sighed and began to explain to him what a money shop was, so that Wu Qinming's eyes became brighter and brighter. In the next few days, he would come to Chen Ming to talk about money shop in addition to going to auction places.
Five days passed quickly, and the sales of quotas became more and more popular. The gentry from several surrounding counties sent people to auction the quotas. There were 15 counties in five days, and a total of more than 43,000 taels of silver were sold! In addition to the goods sold recently, Chen Ming's income exceeded 60,000 taels of silver in five days! The people in Cangshan Village were busy and even recruited workers in several surrounding villages.
The entire Yeyang City was sensational about this number and was looking forward to a higher number coming out. Yeyang City was completely infuriated.
It was at this time that an exquisite girl in a goose yellow dress rode a white horse and stepped into Yeyang City with great enthusiasm.
Chapter completed!