Li Shimin

Chapter 362 The Auction Begins

"Xuanba, these old wives are old men in the old man's palace, and they have the most experience in taking care of pregnant women!"

Li Yuan introduced.

"Thank you old man!"

Li Xuan hurriedly cupped his hands to salute and thanked him, and then called Zi Yun to take the old ladies up to take care of Cui Mi.

Afterwards, Li Yuan began to explain and narrate to Li Xuan like an old lady.Li Xuan was dumbfounded when he heard this, he had never thought that the old man had such profound insights in this regard.

Then, when Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others were about to come to Lijiazhuang, when they heard the happy event in the other courtyard, they also laughed and said various congratulatory words to Li Xuan.

in the afternoon.

Zheng Mingde and Cui Hongmo returned to Lijiazhuang.

"My Majesty, we have already sent people to be in charge of the major families in Chang'an City, as well as all the powerful and wealthy merchants, to send name cards. Your Majesty will auction off fifty bottles of liquor in the tea house in Dongshi tomorrow!"

"Very good!"

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Tomorrow, I will ask the housekeeper to bring Xue Rengui and other personal guards, and bring the fifty bottles of liquor to the teahouse for auction."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde nodded quickly, and then retreated out with a look of reassurance.

"Xuanba, what fifty bottles of liquor?"

Inside the room, Li Yuan looked at Li Xuan suspiciously.

"Old man, those aristocratic family officials want to buy my liquor, but I don't have much liquor, so I plan to auction it publicly, and the one with the highest price can buy my liquor..."

Li Xuan explained the auction to Li Yuan in detail.

After listening, Li Yuan looked at Li Xuan with the same weird expression.

Immediately, he quickly chuckled, "Xuan Ba ​​is really unique!"

As for Li Xuan being the king of Jin, if he was so focused on business affairs, would he be impeached by those officials and attract some criticism? Li Yuan would like to see who would dare to show up at this critical moment of great joy?

However, because it was the first time that such a business event as an auction appeared in Datang, not only Li Yuan, Li Shimin and others did not pay much attention to it.

Even those from powerful and powerful families didn't realize the power of this kind of auction at all.

Under everyone's expectation, the time soon arrived at Si time on the second day.

The scorching sun was rising in the east, and the streets were bustling with people. The teahouse in Dongshi was already crowded with dignitaries and families.

Even, if you look carefully, you can see Cheng Zhijie, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other ministers who just finished the morning court also rushed over in a hurry.

On the first floor of the tea house, according to Li Xuan's request, it was changed into a huge auction venue,

Except for the front, there is a small table.

In the rest of the places, there are tables, some chairs, a teapot, some teacups, and some plates of food on the table.On the side, there are several small signs with numbers written on them.

When Li Xuan slipped in through the back door, it was already full of dignitaries from various families.

In a corner close to the auction stage, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others inevitably met Cheng Zhijie, Li Xiaogong, Qin Qiong and others.

"Cheng Zhijie, why are you here?"

"Hey, Qi Guogong and Wei Guogong, you are not going to deal with the government, why are you here?"

Cheng Zhijie didn't reply, but sneered and asked back.

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and the others couldn't help but stare and remained silent.

However, all the dignitaries around couldn't help laughing in a low voice.

In this area, all the dignitaries such as the county kings, dukes, and dukes in the court, as for the other officials, they are attached to sit.

On the other side, there are a lot of families.

"Your Majesty, all the dignitaries from the aristocratic families in Chang'an City are almost here!"

In a corridor on the third floor, there was a table where Li Xuan, Li Shimin, Li Yuan and others sat one by one.

Just by stretching your head, you can see the situation on the first floor clearly.

Li Xuan stretched his head to take a look, the tables on the first floor were already full of people.

Seeing this, he nodded in satisfaction.

"The auction can begin!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Chang was overjoyed, bowed respectfully to Li Xuan, Li Shimin and the others, and then walked down.

On the first floor, seeing Li Chang walking up to the auction stage, all the family members and dignitaries who knew Li Chang subconsciously shut up and looked at Li Chang curiously.

"My lords, the little old man is the housekeeper of His Royal Highness King Jin's residence. This auction is because my family has a happy event in the residence. The only [-] bottles of baijiu left are auctioned off to you lords at a price. "

After taking the stage, Li Chang held a big iron horn, and first gave a brief introduction to everyone in the venue,
And when Li Chang introduced it, Xue Rengui had already brought several Jin prince's personal guards, brought up the fifty bottles of liquor, and put them on the table.

Fifty bottles of liquor were neatly placed together, and everyone couldn't help but be excited.

Seeing this, Li Chang chuckled, picked up a bottle of white wine, and continued to introduce.

"This kind of baijiu is the baijiu brewed in Dawangzhuang. One bottle is one catty. The reserve price for a bottle of auction is five guan.

"In addition, gentlemen, please take good care of the small wooden plaques in your hands. The numbers on this plaques are your ID numbers. If you take pictures of liquor, you need to take this wooden plaque and money to find the little old man to buy it. .”

After speaking, Li Chang breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the crowd in the arena.

On the third floor, Li Yuan and Li Shimin looked at the fifty bottles of liquor on the table, and their eyes lit up.

"Xuanba, can I participate in the auction for these liquors?"

Li Xuan glanced speechlessly at Li Shimin and Li Yuan who were eager to try.

"If the two of you participate in bidding, who else would dare to bid?"

"Xuanba, it's really a pity to sell this fine wine to those cysticercoids!"

Li Shimin sighed softly, his eyes were still fixed on the fifty bottles of liquor, his face full of reluctance.

On the side, Li Yuan also showed agreement.

"There is still some white wine in the village, I will give you [-] bottles each for the two of you later!"

Li Xuan said.

"Fifty bottles?"

Li Shimin and Li Yuan both looked happy, and then a trace of doubt flashed in their eyes.

Last time, he remembered that Li Xuan said that he only had three or four hundred bottles, and he, Cheng Zhijie and the others took away more than 200 bottles, and now Li Xuan auctioned off another fifty bottles, and would sell them to him and others again. The old man has a hundred bottles.

In this way, there are at least [-] bottles of baijiu in Xuanba Manor!
"Xuan Ba, how many bottles of liquor do you have in your estate?"

Unable to bear it, Li Shimin continued to ask.

"A thousand bottles!"

Li Xuan said.

"what?"

Hearing this, both Li Shimin and Li Yuan were shocked.

"A thousand bottles?"

Now, Li Shimin couldn't bear it anymore, "I remember, didn't you still say yesterday that there are only three or four hundred catties of liquor in your estate?"

"what?"

Li Xuan was stunned, and explained with a serious face, "Yesterday, it was indeed only four hundred catties, but in the past few days, another batch of baijiu in the brewery has been brewed, and it becomes one thousand catties!"

"I see!"

Li Shimin didn't suspect anything else, and nodded with joy.

"In the afternoon, I will ask Li Wei to go to your estate to buy wine with money!"

"Ok!"

Li Xuan nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally got these two.

But around, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and the others had strange expressions on their faces.

Once again, they saw that their master was deceiving His Majesty in a serious manner.

(End of this chapter)