Zhu Houzhao burst into tears of poverty, and Gu Dayong and others secretly added fuel to the fire to lead the conflict to the civil service group, which made the people more sympathetic to the royal family.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao also began to the topic: "Now I want to start the exhibition and sale of royal goods. I will ask them to offer a low price and implement an auction system. Interested buyers can compete with each other at a price. If no one raises the price after the auction is decided three times, it will be sold at this price! Now let the eunuch of the Bell and Drums Office preside over the auction!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he handed Liu Jin the brass trumpet, and then sat back himself with a kind smile on his face without any treacherous appearance.

Liu Jin also started to shout at this time: "The first step is to start the luxury auction! The first product auction is the glass night pearl of the Kingdom of Women! This night pearl can be placed in the house to make the bright room bright. If you are an official, you will have a prosperous official career. If you are doing business, you will have a wealth of wealth. With a diameter of one foot, there is a fairy in Yaochi inside, and the starting price is 5,000 taels!"

The so-called glass night pearl of the Kingdom of Women is actually a large-diameter glass bead made of mold casting liquid glass. The fairy in the glass bead was just a fairy carved by a palace carpenter into the mold, and the cost was less than one tael of silver. Zhu Houzhao is now auctioned at a high price of 5,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to directly increasing the price by thousands of times on the basis of the cost price.

Although Zhu Houzhao had a smile on his face, he was still quite nervous. He knew that the Ming Dynasty did not have such large-scale glass product manufacturing technology, and even Wang Xifeng's glass kang screen in Dream of Red Mansions was regarded as a treasure. Even Ningguo Mansion had to borrow it and put it on, so Zhu Houzhao dared to directly price 5,000 taels!

Five thousand taels are not a small amount in this era. Zhu Houzhao was nervous that the wealthy people of the Ming Dynasty had this purchasing power. I think those who lived in the capital would be as rich or noble as those who lived in the Third Ring Road in Beijing in later generations. They should be able to give out the money.

Wei Bin, who stood behind Zhu Houzhao, was also a little confused. He knew that these glass beads were made and knew that to put it bluntly, these things were just turning stones into glass. The emperor said that it was silica, but it was not worth a few silver anyway. Now he started with a high price of 5,000 taels. I don’t know if anyone understands it.

"Your Majesty, do you think someone will pay 5,000 taels to buy it?" Wei Bin couldn't help asking.

Zhu Houzhao did not answer, and at this time, a large glass bead with a foot diameter was lifted up by Neihuan on a wooden pallet with brocade. The clean and transparent glass ball shone with luster, and the beauty in the glass bead was more and more pure and clean. Therefore, the glass bead caused a sensation as soon as it was carried to the front.

"Oh my God, such a big glass bead, the key is that there is a fairy in this glass bead. How did it grow into it? This kind of treasure can only be found in the royal family, but it is only worth 5,000 taels. In my opinion, at least 10,000 taels! I will pay 6,000 taels!"

At this time, a rich young man wearing a brocade robe with copper coins and patterns shouted with a fan.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing when he heard someone bid 6,000 taels. At first, he was worried that the people of the Ming Dynasty would not have such great purchasing power, but he did not expect that when the auction price was just called, someone would increase 1,000 taels. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was indeed rich in the people, and everyone in the world had money, and he was the poorest emperor, so he underestimated the purchasing power of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Bin also looked back at Zhu Houzhao with surprise: "The emperor has offered 6,000 taels! It seems that there is a fool who wants to buy it."

"They are not fools. They think this is a royal treasure. It can be worth 5,000 taels now, which means that it can be worth 10,000 taels if you take it to Jiangnan!"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, and at the same time he felt relieved. He believed that as long as the first person was willing to buy it, it means that the people of the Ming Dynasty had this purchasing power, so he naturally would not be worried that the Royal Expo would not be able to sell anything.

Liu Jin was also worried that no one would be willing to spend 5,000 taels to buy the broken things made by the Royal Industrial Company with stones, but he didn't expect that someone would add 6,000 taels so soon. He thought that he had a stake in the Royal Industrial Company. If he sold it for 6,000 taels, it would be equivalent to the Royal Industrial Company making nearly 6,000 taels, and he could get more than 100 taels from it! In fact, he did not do anything, and he could make more than 100 taels from glass beads that cost less than one tael of silver. When he thought of this, Liu Jin also laughed excitedly and hurriedly knocked on the board and said, "The first time six thousand taels!"

But before the wooden hammer was knocked on Liu Jin's hand, a rich man wearing a watermelon hat shouted: "I'll pay 7,000 taels!"

Before Liu Jin could react, another servant shouted: "My master paid 8,000 taels!"

"Nine thousand taels!"

"Ten thousand taels!"

Gu Dayong was a child care arranged by Zhu Houzhao. He originally thought that no one would be willing to spend 5,000 taels to buy the glass night pearl that cost less than one tael of silver, but he didn't expect that someone would increase the price so soon to reach 6,000 taels and then 7,000 taels and 8,000 taels. By the time he came to his senses, the price had already increased to 10,000 taels.

One of Gu Dayong's tasks of childcare was to raise the price, so he hurriedly shouted: "Ten thousand three thousand taels!"

In this way, Gu Dayong directly tripled the price increase, but he still looked around hesitantly, fearing that no one would continue to follow.

"Ten four thousand taels!"

"Ten thousand taels!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Gu Dayong finished speaking, the price was increased to 15,000 taels.

Gu Dayong shouted without hesitation without saying a word: "Twenty thousand taels!"

But at this time, maybe 20,000 taels were indeed very high, and people hesitated for a moment, but even so, perhaps because considering that this is the royal treasure and the big night pearl that has never been seen, someone still shouted: "Twenty thousand taels!"

Zhu Houzhao on the stage no longer knew what to say. He tried hard to suppress his excitement and watched the price soar to 20,000 yuan calmly. But in fact, he knew what the concept of 20,000 taels was, which meant that he bought a large house in the center of Beijing for a few hundred yuan!

But the auction price is still rising, and Wei Bin is so dumbfounded that he can't speak, but at the same time he is so excited that he wants to turn around and shout at Zhu Houzhao now: "Your Majesty, it's 20,000 taels, but someone is willing to spend 20,000 taels to buy this thing!"

Liu Jin no longer wanted to knock the wooden hammer. He was afraid that he would knock it too quickly and missed the opportunity to let the glass night pearl continue to increase the price, because at this price, he could already make more than 400 taels!

"Twenty-five taels! I must buy this thing. Don't snatch it from any of you. I want to sell it to Jiangnan. At that time, you can earn 5,000 taels if you sell it!"

Gu Dayong began his last gouging according to the method given to him by Zhu Houzhao. On the surface, he was very rich and domineering to buy it, but in fact he was deliberately tempting these people to continue to increase the price. It directly explained that the reason was that he wanted to sell it to Jiangnan to make money instead of being stupid and having too much money, which made some of the originally rational wealthy businessmen continue to increase the price when they saw this.

"Twenty-six thousand taels!"

"Twenty-seven thousand taels!"

However, when the auction price rose to 27,000 taels this time, no one continued to shout. After all, the current price is too high. Even in the capital, there are not many wealthy businessmen who can give out more than 20,000 taels at once. Moreover, this is the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, where there is not enough silver.

Liu Jinliang came to his senses for a long time, and then he slapped the wooden hammer once reluctantly: "Twenty-seven thousand taels, the first time!"

After a long time, no one responded, Liu Jin had to take a second shot slowly. He is now looking forward to someone increasing the price: "Twenty-seven thousand taels, the second time!"

Seeing that no one was still there, Liu Jin sighed and looked back at Zhu Houzhao.

"Dang, I'm contented. 27,000 taels, and I'll earn more than 20,000 taels in vain," Zhu Houzhao nodded and smiled.

Liu Jin nodded, thinking that no matter what he said, he would have earned more than 500 taels, and he was indeed satisfied. After all, this glass bead is actually worth less than one tael of silver.
Chapter completed!