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Chapter 160 Progress in Luoyang (Part )
  Luoyang West Street.

In a private room of a restaurant, Li Xiongzhen and Li Fei were treating Li Yongtu, a scribe from Luoyang County Government, to dinner.

"Li Shuli, let me toast you!" Li Xiongzhen raised his glass and toasted.

"Shopkeeper Li is too polite. We are all our own people. Li Fei is my clan brother, so there is no need to be so polite." Li Yongtu said modestly. He also saw that this shopkeeper Li Xiongzhen was by no means an ordinary person. He could make his Fugu family rich. The clan brother and his family are willing to act as assistants.

"Li Shuli, I wonder if the Luoyang County magistrate has any hobbies or connections with which he can build relationships? You have also seen that our Li's shop sells good things, but only noble people can afford them." Li Xiongzhen asked .

"Our county magistrate is a second-class Jinshi. He is very noble and will never participate in such mundane affairs. The county magistrate Pu Mopu is very lustful, but he has been in poor health recently. He has complained many times that even if a beautiful woman is present, he can't help it. how?"

"Oh, I can help solve this problem." Li Xiongzhen said.

"Really? If you can help Mr. Pu regain his glory, you will definitely get his care." Li Yongtu said with interest. This would also be very helpful to improve his status in the county government.

"I have a magic medicine that can help him, but it is very expensive and the quantity is very small. Li Shuli can take one pill back for him to try. Of course, you can also try one yourself first. There will be no adverse reactions." Li Xiongzhen packed up Ticket Road.

"Okay, I'll test it first and then present it to the county magistrate, otherwise I wouldn't dare." Li Shuli felt that it was better to be safer.

"Okay, then go to Li's store to get the medicine later." Li Xiongzhen said.

"Don't be late. Dinner is almost done anyway. Let's go to the store now. I just want to try it tonight." Li Yongtu has not been interested in his wife recently, and his family life is very disharmonious. He also wants to see if he can Improve it.

"Okay, let's go then." Li Xiongzhen said.

The group of people returned to Li's store, which was on a street and only took about ten minutes to walk.

Li Xiongzhen went in and took out the "Viagra" miracle drug given by Lin Feng and took out one pill. After thinking for a while, he used a knife to divide one pill into two halves and put each into a porcelain bottle.

This Viagra only has three versions and 21 pills in total, so Li Xiongzhen felt that he should use it sparingly. Lin Feng has said that only half of the medicine can be used for outsiders.

Li Xiongzhen walked out of the room and handed the two porcelain bottles to Li Yongtu. Secretary Li went home happily.

That night, Li Yongtu's wife enjoyed the pleasure she had not enjoyed for a long time. The shouting made the surrounding neighbors cover their ears all night long.

Early in the morning, Li Yongtu came to the county government office refreshed and refreshed. He had not been so tough for a long time. He made his wife docile and made him breakfast in the morning. He looked very happy.

When other officials in the county government asked him if he had some good luck, he also smiled and said nothing.

It wasn't until before leaving office in the afternoon that he quietly knocked on the door and walked into the Puxian Cheng's apartment. He mysteriously presented the magic medicine and assured that he had tried it last night and it was very effective.

Pu Xian Cheng has been worried about not doing anything recently. It is so embarrassing to leave so many beautiful brothel girls, but they can't do it at the critical moment.

When I heard Li Shuli's recommendation, I didn't dare to lie to myself even if I gave him the courage to do so, so I took the medicine and went to the brothel again.

This night, the Pu Da County Magistrate felt so good that he became a real man.

Early the next morning, Puxian Cheng came to Li Yongtu and asked him where he could find this miracle medicine.

Li Yongtu told him that this medicine was only available in Li's store, and the quantity was extremely rare. Li's store will organize a rare goods auction on the first day of April and invite him to participate.

Puxian Cheng immediately agreed upon hearing this.

The first day of April.

Night had just fallen, and the upper and lower floors of Li's store were brightly lit by candles.

The first auction of Li's store was held on the second floor of the store.

A platform was set up against the wall in the middle of the lobby on the second floor, with a square table placed on it to display the bidding products.

Several circles of chairs and coffee tables were placed under the stage, with tea and snacks already placed on them for the merchants who came to participate in the auction.

There is also a private room on each side of the second floor, which can accommodate about ten people. It is prepared for officials and women's family members who are inconvenient to show up.

Around seven o'clock in the evening, the second floor was almost full of guests. One of the two private rooms was occupied by Pu County Cheng and other Luoyang County officials, and the other was reserved for a girl from Spring Breeze Ten Miles.

After Li Xiongzhen welcomed the two groups of distinguished guests to the private room, he came to the booth in the middle of the lobby and said to the guests: "Thank you for visiting Li's store and participating in our first product auction.

Later, store manager Meng will introduce the products that need to be auctioned in the evening one by one. We were all given a number plate when we entered. Everyone can raise a sign to bid, or write it down on a piece of paper and give it to Shopkeeper Meng.

The principle of bidding is that the highest bidder gets it. After the bidding is successful, the money will be paid and the goods will be delivered. The payment will be settled in person, and there will be no regrets. Did you hear this clearly? "

"It's clear!" everyone in the audience replied.

"Then I won't take up too much of everyone's time. I'll ask Shopkeeper Meng to introduce the first item for auction tonight." After Li Xiongzhen finished speaking, he gave up the booth to Meng Xin.

After Meng Xin took the stage, he asked the waiter on the side to take the first auction item of the day, a Swarovski crystal necklace, which Lin Feng also took out from the cabin space.

This necklace has a classic swan shape and is extremely exquisite in workmanship. It shines brightly under the candlelight and attracts everyone's attention immediately.

Meng Xin raised the necklace and showed it from all sides before saying: "This necklace comes from the West. It is made of pure crystal and made with special techniques. It is absolutely unique in our Ming Dynasty. If you are interested, you can go to Watch in advance.”

Soon, several interested guests in the audience came up to take a closer look. While looking at it, they made a sound of admiration. Such exquisite craftsmanship was indeed unheard of.

Li Xiongzhen also wanted to make a splash at the first auction, so he took out this precious jewelry that spanned the ages.

"Shopkeeper, how do you bid for this treasure?" the guests in the audience asked.

"The starting price of this necklace is two hundred taels. If no one bids at this price, it will not be sold. Every time the price is increased, it will not be less than twenty taels. Now everyone starts bidding." Meng Xin hosted.

"Two hundred taels!"

"Three hundred taels!"

"Three hundred and fifty taels!"

……

The guests in the audience made bids one after another. Everyone knew the goods and knew that this was a rare treasure. Moreover, there were many wealthy people in Luoyang City, so the bidding became intense as soon as it started.

"One thousand taels!"

After a wealthy businessman directly raised the price to one thousand taels, the quotation stopped. Meng Xin looked at the bidding and asked repeatedly: "One thousand two times, is there any higher bid? One thousand two times, one thousand two three times! Congratulations to this distinguished guest, the crystal necklace is yours!"

This was the first item to be auctioned, and Meng Xin wanted to get off to a good start as soon as possible, so he didn't waste much time and quickly settled on a buyer.

The shop clerk delivered the crystal necklace on a tray, and the high-stakeholder generously took out a thousand taels of silver notes. After the clerk checked that everything was correct, he handed over the money and delivered the goods.

After the first item was successfully auctioned, the enthusiasm of the guests in the audience was aroused.

Meng Xin then auctioned off several pieces of coral, jade and other ornaments that Lin Feng had confiscated from his home. Although they were good, they were not very precious, and they were quickly sold at a price similar to the market price.

After taking pictures of several general items in succession, and seeing that everyone's interest had dropped, Meng Xin timely took out the second important item for the night, which was an empty mineral water bottle.

Meng Xin raised the mineral water bottle to show it back and forth and then said: "The next lot is this strange soft crystal bottle. It is crystal clear and looks like it is made of crystal, but it is soft and will deform when pressed hard, so we It's called a soft crystal bottle.

This bottle also has an extremely exquisitely designed cap, which can be capped whether it is filled with wine or water, without any leakage. "

Meng Xin explained and demonstrated at the same time. He put water into the bottle, closed the bottle cap, and stood upside down. Not a drop of water leaked out.

In the Ming Dynasty, various bottles were sealed with oil paper or wide rice dumpling leaves, tied with ropes, or plugged with cloth. There was no such exquisite bottle cap design. This highlight immediately attracted everyone.

"The starting price for this bottle is one hundred taels, and each increase in price must not be less than ten taels. Please bid." Meng Xincheng started the auction.

"One hundred taels!"

"Two hundred taels!"

……

"Eight hundred taels!"

In the end, this mineral water bottle was sold for 800 taels. The manufacturer of a certain mountain spring must have felt that the previous sale was really a loss.

Then Meng Xin took out a second mineral water bottle for auction, and fetched another seven hundred and fifty taels.

Finally, Meng Xin took out ten bottles of Xiningzhi and divided them into two groups for auction.

Before taking the first set, a maid was specially arranged to try it on the arm, and the auction started after the effect was demonstrated.

The base price for a set of five bottles is fifty taels, and each increase in price shall not be less than fifty taels.

The girl from Chunfeng Shili, who had been silent in the private room, immediately started calling out the price.

"Fifty taels!"

"One hundred taels!"

……

Seeing that the popular girls from Chunfeng Shili were interested, several high-rollers immediately became interested and increased their prices to buy it so they could have a good time together.

In the end, the first group of five bottles of Xiningzhi was bought by a young man at a high price of three hundred taels and given to a girl in the private room, which aroused a burst of envy among the girls.

Seeing how effective the gift giving was, the competition for the second group of gel-cleansing products immediately increased, and the bids were kept at five hundred taels before someone won the prize.

The successful bidder also immediately sent the object into the private room and made an appointment to listen to some music and drink some wine.

At this point, tonight's bidding event was successfully concluded. After Li Xiongzhen and others saw off the guests, they came to the private room where Pu County Cheng was staying.

Puxian Cheng immediately asked: "Shopkeeper Li, where is the magic medicine? Why wasn't it put up for auction?"

He came here just for this medicine. When he saw that the medicine was not sold, he was obviously anxious.

"Lord Pu, you know the efficacy of this medicine, but others don't know it. There are not so many medicines even if they are tried, and it is not convenient for this medicine to be auctioned in public, so naturally it has to be presented to you secretly. "Li Xiongzhen said as he took out two porcelain bottles, each containing half a pill of Viagra.

"Haha, you are right. This hidden disease is not easy to disclose to the public. Shopkeeper Li has thought carefully about it." Pu Xian Cheng said while looking at the porcelain bottle.

"Mr. Pu, this medicine is very precious. It also comes from the land of Western Yi, and I heard that it is extremely difficult to make. So our resources are very limited. We can only provide you with two magic medicines first. Please pay more attention to our Li family in the future. Shop." Li Xiongzhen said as he presented two porcelain bottles.

"Easy to say, easy to say, I'll take care of your shop, so I won't be polite." Pu Xian Cheng took the porcelain vase and kept it.

After seeing off Prime Minister Pu County, Li Xiongzhen called everyone together to summarize today's bidding activities.

"General manager, we got a total of more than 4,000 taels of silver in the evening auction, which is far more than our sales revenue in the previous five or six days." Meng Xin used an abacus to summarize and said.

"Of course, this auction sold all the good things given to us by the president, and I feel like we lost money on the sale." Li Xiongzhen said.

"General manager, making money is one thing, but more importantly it has expanded the popularity of our Li's shop. Next time we hold auctions, there will definitely be more wealthy businessmen, and they will be able to sell at a better price." Li Fei added.

"After all, we have established a relationship with the Luoyang County Government, so small problems should be able to be settled. After we make money, we have to quickly buy food and other items that are in short supply in Chengfugu and transport them back. This is our main purpose in Luoyang Purpose." Li Xiongzhen turned the topic to their main responsibilities.

"Yeah, I don't know if there's something going on with the president. Let's buy goods and transport them back while the trade routes are still open." Li Fei answered.

"General manager, what are the main items we purchase? I think the price of food is similar to that in Taiyuan. It is better to buy it there and save transportation costs." Meng Xin asked.

"The Sitong Express team that escorted us hasn't left yet. Meng Xin, please hurry up and purchase some saltpeter, sulfur and other materials and ask Sitong Express to take them back. Then bring 3000 taels of silver there. After arriving in Taiyuan, you can pick up some saltpeter, sulfur and other materials from my Li family home. When I purchased a batch of grain and shipped it to Fugu, I wrote to my father asking him to supply it at the lowest price," Li Xiongzhen said.

"This arrangement is more appropriate. I will purchase these supplies tomorrow." Meng Xin responded.

"Our first shot in Luoyang has been fired. Let's see what else we should pay attention to?" Li Xiongzhen then asked.

"I think the items we brought out in this auction are so good, but I'm afraid it will be troublesome if someone with ulterior motives tells Prince Fu's Mansion about it. I heard that the people in the Prince's Mansion are the most unruly." Meng Xin said worriedly.

"It's no better now than in previous years. The peasant army has attacked nearby many times. The Luoyang government office is also afraid of provoking a civil uprising. It shouldn't let the people from the palace go too far, but we have to keep a low profile. In addition, our own protective power is also We need to strengthen it. Fang Xiaolin and his gang will recruit about ten more people from the refugees outside the city to ensure that if anything happens, we will have the ability to fight back." Li Xiongzhen arranged.

"Yes!" Fang Xiaolin accepted the order.

　If you want to make money, you have to go to first-tier cities, and the Luoyang strategy has begun to bear fruit.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)