The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 146 Auction
The prince brought dozens of marinated eggs back to the palace to honor his father, queen and queen.

Xia Hongdi lay reclining on the bed, teasing the two-month-old little prince, and stuffing a marinated egg into his mouth from time to time.

Hearing that someone begged to go to Uncle Zhongqin's mansion, rushing to donate food to compete for a place in the imperial examination, he was very proud and readily agreed.

The prince said again: "Father, I heard that the house in Dongcheng is almost finished. Can I go and see it? Just listen to their lively talk."

Empress Gao also became interested, looking at Xia Hongdi, Xia Hongdi was speechless.

This empress really likes to run outside the palace, she must have been spoiled by Mrs. Zhongqin, a jealous woman!
Seeing that the queen gave birth to another good son for me, I will take her out for a walk, hey, the palace is really boring.

In mid-autumn, a cloudy day was chosen, and the entire east city was under martial law.

Xia Hongdi took Empress Gao, the prince, Princess Jingyao, and Uncle Zhongqin's family to check and accept the mansion in Dongcheng.

The shops separated by a concrete road from the river bank have glazed windows on the front and back, and linen cloth called curtains hang down.

A group of people chose a shop to be a restaurant and went up to the second floor, facing the Yangliu River, sitting by the window, looking down, you can see the flowers and trees in the small courtyard downstairs, and you can also see the green willows and willows on the Yangliu River embankment. Clear river water.

Opposite the bakery, there is a row of golden osmanthus trees outside the window, with an intoxicating aroma.

"smell good!"

"Your Majesty, I have transplanted more than 500 Osmanthus osmanthus trees. The fragrance may have filled the entire East City."

"In winter, this tree will freeze to death, right?"

"It shouldn't be a big problem to tie straw to the trunk and prepare for warmth."

"There are such a large area of ​​sweet-scented osmanthus trees, this land will not worry about selling them!"

"Hey, then I'll leave this to Your Majesty, I'm just responsible for completing the project and supervising it!"

"The street shop is good, come to this restaurant to eat, just because of the scenery, I am willing to come! Go into the house and have a look!"

Cuihua was also one step behind Queen Gao, chatting with her while walking.

"Your Majesty, the cloakroom made by Uncle Zhongqin is very interesting. You can take a look later!"

"Okay, cloakroom? Is it for clothes and hats?"

"Well, clothes and jewelry are fine. They are prepared for the hostess, so that she can store her clothes conveniently."

After entering the courtyard, they were divided into two groups. Heiwa took Xia Hongdi, the prince and others to the study in the front yard, and Cuihua took the queen and Princess Jingyao to the mistress bedroom in the backyard.

When entering a stranger's bedroom for the first time, Empress Gao felt weird.

Cuihua smiled and said, "Just treat it as a sample, buy something and put it on the table."

Thinking about it this way, it is indeed the truth.

"Wow, Queen Mother, the ground is so clean! Is this tile? There are peonies on it!"

"The floor made of these tiles really looks clean, not bad! The design and color are also good!"

Cuihua wanted to see the ancient cloakroom. After searching for a while, she finally saw a single door next to the master room.

Push it in and be amazed.

This small room with about [-] square meters uses a U-shaped layout to divide the storage area and the dressing area. The wall next to the door is in the shape of a retro nine-square grid.

Outside the Jiugong grid are several glazed doors that can be opened, and jewelry boxes can be put into the grid for easy access at any time.

On the left and right walls are wardrobes made of huanghuali wood. Inside the wardrobe, there are rails for hanging dresses and large drawers for stacking clothes.

In the center of the cloakroom, an elevated candlestick is placed to break the plain atmosphere and serve as an embellishment.

The dressing area is placed in front of a large glazed window opposite the door, with a bronze mirror, a dressing table, and two chairs with cushions and backrests.

On the dressing table, there is also a blue and white porcelain plum vase, which can be filled with flowers at any time.

Imagine, if the hostess of this room wakes up late, when the sky is bright, she opens the curtains of the glass window, the sun shines into the cloakroom, sits on the armchair, and the maids help her to dress up slowly, how can she do it? Beautiful words.

Empress Gao and Cuihua admired it quietly for a while, and in this summer's No. [-] cloakroom, they both said: I want it!

In the front yard, Xia Hongdi looked at the big window of the study, and said bitterly: "My study is not so luxurious!"

Hei Wa was speechless: "Your Majesty, the wool comes from the sheep, and the luxury house configuration should not be too cheap."

"Hmph, if this big house doesn't sell for 5 taels of silver, I can't spare old man Wei!"

"Actually, these four mansions, Your Majesty, you can put them up for auction. The highest bidder wins. A few days before the auction, take a house as a sample and let people have a look before you can auction it off!"

"There is also this shop, which can be rented or sold. The location here is so good, and it will never be sold cheap!"

"What about the other 200 or so houses? This house is not bad! It smells like sweet-scented osmanthus, and it's so convenient to go to restaurants and buy things not far away!"

"Or, you can choose some good locations and take a picture. Anyway, this area is all commercial housing. Commodity products are for trading and making money."

"We should call Wei Shangshu to listen, all day long, if there is something, he won't sell it!"

Feeling that I have spent a lot of money in the past few months, and I can see that I will get paid, Xia Hongdi's mood improved.

"Brother Jin, have you heard? What kind of auction is going to be held in Duobao Pavilion!"

"What is an auction? How is it auctioned? What is being sold?"

"I know, I know, an auction is just bidding, and whoever has the most money will sell it to whoever!"

"This auction is said to be the house in Dongcheng. No, it's finally finished."

"This house, I don't know how much money it costs, the boss has a piece of land, and only three hundred households have been repaired!"

"Anyway, it's not for us ordinary people to live in!"

"The courtyard you entered here has a bit of family background. You can think about it. It is estimated that the people who bought that piece were wealthy people. Do you think it is beautiful to be neighbors with rich people?"

"Let's go, let's go to Duobao Pavilion to join in the fun."

The shopkeeper of Maitreya Buddha in Duobao Pavilion explained to the guests that before the auction, they organized a viewing of the house. However, the viewing required tickets, five taels of silver per person, and a period of three days.

"This Duobao Pavilion is too good at doing business, you need tickets to see a house!"

"Hey, isn't it just people like us who join in the fun and don't spend money? The rest are those rich people!"

"Gao, this method is not ordinary high!"

There were nearly a thousand people who just signed up for inspections. It seems that Dongcheng has attracted the attention of many people in the past six months.

After looking at the houses on the second day, the legends about how well the houses in Dongcheng were repaired flew to all corners of the capital.

"It's worth it, it's worth it, this house, the decoration, it's too extravagant, the tiles and colored glaze are all attached to the ground, ouch, that one is clean and bright!"

"I'm afraid the three-time mansion will be sold for a sky-high price. Even the imperial palace may not be so well repaired. Really, it's too extravagant!"

The real rich man kept his face and walked around after seeing the house, wandering around the environment of Dongcheng.

I have to say that this osmanthus has added a lot of points to this environment, and the sweet and greasy fragrance is very good.

After three days, Duobao Pavilion began to be auctioned.

On the first day, the shops were sold. In addition to Empress Gao who left one to open a hot pot restaurant, Xia Hongdi also left five for others, leaving fifty second-story shops and thirty single-story shops.

For a single layer, the base price is 1000 taels of silver, and the price will be increased by 50 taels for each sign.

On the second floor, the base price is 2000 taels of silver, and the price is increased by 100 taels for each sign.

Fat shopkeeper, in charge of the overall situation, holding a wooden hammer, standing in front of a table, bowed his hands to the guests who came to the auction, and said with a smile: "Thank you for coming to the first commercial house auction in Duobao Pavilion!
We are auctioning a total of [-] shops today. After paying the auction price within one day after the auction, you can handle the transfer of the house deed. It doesn't matter if you come first, first come first! "

With the sound of a wooden hammer from the fat shopkeeper, the first set of two-story shops was put on the shelves.

"This shop is located in the best center of Yangliuhe Street in Dongcheng District. It is divided into two floors. There are eight private rooms on the upper floor, and the hall downstairs. It can be used as a restaurant, and the view from the window is excellent!

2000 two auctions, you can't buy it at a loss, you can't be fooled, don't hesitate, if you like it, quickly raise the number plate in your hand! "

"Two thousand one hundred and two hundred!"

"Two thousand five hundred taels!"

"3000 taels!"

"Three thousand five hundred taels!"

"5000 taels!"

It may be that the people of Daxia are not yet familiar with this kind of auction, and before the price rises slowly, they will automatically bring the house price up one by one.

In the end, the first set of shops was sold for 2 taels of silver. Now there are shops in good locations in the capital that are as expensive as 2 to [-] taels, and [-] taels is not considered high, and it is still within the acceptable range.

After opening, the business immediately boomed. The largest shop on the second floor sold for 5 taels, and the smallest shop on the first floor sold for 8000 taels.

After the auction, a total of 160 million taels of silver were sold!
As for the entire East City, including the cleaning of the Yangliu River and the reconstruction of the embankment, the cost of all the projects was only 300 million taels of silver.

However, the house hasn't started selling yet!
On the second day, it was the highlight. For the courtyards that entered the first place, fifty of the courtyards with the largest area and area were selected, and the four aces entered the courtyards together for auction.

Many nobles have sent people here, as well as many merchants and officials. At a glance, there are as many as four to five hundred people.

The fat shopkeeper laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes. The first thing he took was when he entered the courtyard.

"I believe that anyone who has seen the house will have an impression of this No. [-] courtyard. This is the gateway to the East City. It is a greenway when you go out. It is only a quarter of an hour away from the Children's Paradise. You can bring a bowl of mutton soup home from the restaurant, and it is still hot. Yes, not to mention everyone, even the fat man wants to buy one!"

"Let's not talk nonsense, once you enter the courtyard, the base price is 5000 taels of silver, and the price will increase by 500 taels once you raise the sign, let's start!"

"Five thousand and one hundred taels!"

"6000 taels!"

"7000 taels!"

"Eight thousand!"

"Ten thousand!"

In the end, the No. 3000 courtyard house was sold for [-] taels.

In less than an hour, fifty sets of courtyard houses were sold out, with a minimum of 2 taels of silver.

When it was the turn of the four three-entry mansions, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Among them, the competition for the three-entry mansion closest to the academy was particularly fierce.

"10 taels, is there any more, 10 taels once!"

"11 million!"

"11 million once, 11 million twice!"

"13 million!"

"Fare increase on the fifth, 13 once!"

"15 million!"

In the end, the royal house was sold at a high price of 15, and the remaining three houses were not neglected, and were sold at prices of 12, 13, and 14.

The auction has come to a successful conclusion!

Total income: 170 million taels of silver.

Once you enter the courtyard, there are 246 seats left. If you dare to release it, it will be sold out in less than three days!
Uncle Zhongqin said to Wei Shangshu: "My lord, don't worry, wait until the surrounding houses are auctioned off and the market price rises, then sell slowly! Anyway, the capital has already returned."

Wei Shangshu nodded his head, not in a hurry, not in a hurry, not only all the capital has been recovered, but there is also a slight surplus.

Since the capital has public toilets, trash cans, and cleaners who sweep the floor, it is really getting cleaner every day, and he is willing to go out for a stroll from time to time.

It really serves multiple purposes!

(End of this chapter)