Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 848 Dragon and Tiger Fight
Although Fu Nai and Yi Duli are elders, neither of them has a serious personality, so the younger generations are easy-going.

After a while, today's auction list was handed in via a post.There are four copies in total, and each stack is thick, with more than ten pages.

Brothers Cao Xiang and Cao Fu read a copy. Cao Fu handed the first half of the stack to his elder brother, and he read from the bottom half.Just as he thought, the top half of the stack is for small objects, and the second half is for real estate.

The first half of the stack is full of small objects, but they are broken into wholes.For example, in this one, there are ten gold hairpins in a box, the total gold weight is two catties and two taels, the fineness is 270%, and the base price is [-] taels of silver.

Not counting the style and handwork, just counting the weight of gold, these gold hairpins can also dissolve nearly 30 taels of pure gold, and exchange them for silver. The official exchange of gold for one silver ten is almost 300 taels of silver.

The low price of this auction was only 270 taels.

However, Cao Xiang didn't stop at all. It was so cheap, and there were many people who cared about it. Although the reserve price was low, it might not be cheap if you want to get it.

The main task for today, Cao Xiang has already heard from his younger brother.

Although they have been separated from the long house for several years, the cousin has taken care of them all these years, and now he even thinks about buying a house and real estate. Cao Xiang is grateful and ashamed.

He has become an official, a seventh-rank editor, with an annual salary of 45 taels of silver, and 22 stones and five buckets of Lumi.Not to mention subsidizing the family, even his own communication is not enough.

The Hanlin Academy is also the famous Qingshui yamen, and those foreign officials who come to Beijing to pay respect to each other have nothing to do with them.

Although foreign appointments are lucrative, Cao Xiang is not capable of being greedy.Otherwise, the two years in Luoyang would not have been so difficult.

You have to finish this term, and as for the future, Cao Xiang is also hesitating.

Cao leaned over there, put aside the ones marked with the property, and looked at the houses.There are so many clansmen here, even if they want to buy a property, they will not look at the small house. The possibility of the big house sharing the same land is high, and there will be more competition.

I have been used to living in large mansions since I was a child, and I have also seen other people's second-entry houses. Some houses are small, and I feel crowded when I look at them.Is it Sanjin?In the future, they will live in separate families, and there will be numerous servants following them, so they won't need too many houses.

Thinking in this way, Cao Fu will look at the total number of houses marked on the real estate. If there are more than [-] houses and less than [-] houses, he will mark the front with a brush and hand it to Cao Xiang who is next to him to copy the real estate information. onto a piece of paper.

As for the location or something, wait a while and then choose carefully.

Fu Nai just wanted to join in the fun, and didn't plan to buy anything at first, but he was a little tempted when he saw that among the small items in front of him, there were many cheap ones.

After a while, he picked out a pair of gold-cased pocket watches, the reserve price of which was only 600 taels of silver.Buy a new one outside, a pocket watch with a gold case, ranging from a few hundred taels of silver to thousands of taels.

The introduction of this list only wrote one sentence, each one weighs three or six dollars, and it is [-]% new.A pocket watch is a precious thing, even if it is not new, it must be well cared for.

Fu Nai hesitated for a moment, but still wrote down the serial number on the front of the pair of watches, and wrote an asking price of [-] on the paper, and wrote "Yizi-Jia" on the back, which was his hidden bid.

Yi Duli is more casual. His family has a lot of real estate and real estate, and there is a silver building. Naturally, he doesn't like these small objects, so he picks some antique calligraphy and paintings that are rare in the world.

Seeing the right one, he is not stingy when it comes to price.

Because he knew that among these gentlemen in the capital, there were some who swollen their faces to pretend to be fat, and there were quite a few who had leisure and money.Wouldn't it be frustrating if you miss out on something you like because you want to save a few bucks.

However, this antique cannot be seduced by a few words of introduction.You have to look at the quality of your eyes to be at ease.

He is not worried about this, because the antiques, calligraphy and paintings with a base price of more than a thousand taels are all displayed outside, and everyone can come and see them.

For those who disagree with this valuation, they turned off when they saw that the appraisers mentioned below came from several large antique calligraphy and painting shops in Liulifang.

Whether it's for entertainment, or for those who want to take advantage of it, they all get what they need.However, this is not the same as buying things in a store, because no one knows what the price is given by others.Even if the base price is cheap, you have to wonder if others are also interested in these things.

It's okay if you don't have something you like, but if you really look at something, it's really easy to think about it.

In my heart, I was really a little nervous.

The most nervous one was Cui Hua, the internal affairs doctor in charge of the bank.

Cui Hua didn't pay much attention to this auction.Although the auction results are not good and a backlog is formed, which is not good for the bank's money flow, it is not a serious problem, because the bank has opened for more than a year and has a lot of silver deposits, which can last for half a year.Those pledged properties and valuables such as antique calligraphy and paintings cannot be auctioned, so it is better to sell them slowly in the future.

You know, there are many people in the bank staring at these pledges.

After all, things like real estate and fields are pledged at [-]% to [-]% off the outside price.Antique calligraphy and paintings, among them, there are more talkers.

For example, an antique worth 500 taels outside can be pawned for 200 taels in a pawnshop, and 200 taels in a bank loan.The price offered by the bank is not higher than that offered by outside pawnshops, but the interest is lower.Those who are looking forward to redemption are naturally willing to pledge to the bank.

If these things can be dealt with according to the pledge price, the oil and water in it will be exciting to think about.

However, Dong Hua just thought about it.

He is already in his fifties, and he worked as a servant in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 30 years before he got to be a doctor. He is not incompetent, but timid and responsible, and he is a very stable person.Don't be in a hurry, don't get greedy, don't flatter, don't involve those useless things.

The reason why the sixteenth brother chose him is also the same.

Now, he felt his brow sweating, and he was a little anxious.

You know, the account department withdrew 80 yuan from the bank a few days ago, accounting for almost half of the bank's treasury.At the end of this year, when the flow of money is the most, if the auction of these pledges fails, it will take a few months for the bank to have no money for future loans.

Thinking of this, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, looked at the list in his hand, and carefully said to Elder Sixteen who was sitting next to him: "Master Sixteen, the first one is fine, but the reserve price on the second one is Isn't it taller?"

Elder Sixteen shook his head and said, "Not high. The estimated price is [-]%, which is much lower than the ones outside... As for the final selling price, it depends on everyone's luck..."

The seventeenth elder brother sat under the sixteenth elder brother, and he also had a list in his hand.

He is also a shareholder of the bank and is also eligible to participate in the auction.In fact, Brother Sixteen is also eligible, but in order to avoid leisure, Brother Sixteen did not plan to join the team.

Seeing that the seventeenth elder brother was watching carefully, the sixteenth elder brother leaned over and asked, "What do you plan to pick?"

Elder Seventeen pointed to the antique picture in his hand, looked at the reserve price of over ten thousand, frowned and said: "Brother Sixteen, the other side is fine, the antique calligraphy and paintings on these pictures have such a high reserve price, which is no different from the estimated price. , there are very few people who are willing to spend this money, I am afraid that the auction will fail, will they hold the money?"

After Shengjia returned to Beijing, Elder Seventeen's "vacation life" came to an end.Now, he is working in the Ministry of War and knows about the Ministry of Accounts borrowing money from the bank, so he is worried about Elder Sixteen.

The bank didn't know that it was related to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it even wiped out all the respectable clansmen in the capital. If it really couldn't open due to lack of money, Brother Sixteen would offend many people.

Seeing Elder Seventeen's worry, Elder Sixteen put a smile on his face, and said: "They don't have money, but there are always people who have money, and there are very few wealthy people in Beijing. Good things, don't worry about selling them. After asking the masters of those antique shops to estimate the value, there are quite a few people who are thinking about these things. If you ask me, it will hurt my ears. It’s just because of the clansmen, it’s hard to agree. After today, the auction was passed. There will be an auction for the objects at the end of the year, and the bidding is open. I also count on these objects to add more money to the bank, and I will be more confident in filial piety at the end of the year."

Seeing that Brother Sixteen had other plans, Elder Seventeen felt relieved.

The time for everyone to choose things to bid is one hour, Sichu ([-]:[-] am) to Wuchu ([-]:[-] noon).The time for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to sort out the hidden bids is also an hour, and the opening of bids will begin at the beginning of the afternoon ([-] o'clock in the afternoon).

Today, according to the decree, the supervisors are two young eunuchs serving as servants of the Qianqing Palace.One is Wei Zhu's disciple, Sun Changqing, and the other is Wang Taiping, both of whom Brother Sixteen knew.

As for the supervisor's clan, they are the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother.

In a large warehouse with no partitions next to the venue, white paper was pasted on all four walls, with the name of today's subject matter pasted on the top, and a vacant space was left on the bottom.

Thirty written notes temporarily borrowed from the six books, in a group of three, one sings the bid, one monitors, and one fills in the hidden bid price and invitation number written by everyone under the bid.

The reason why the temporary borrower did not use the internal affairs office's pen and post style was because he was afraid that the internal affairs office would show favoritism.And these borrowed postings come from three yamen, even if there are postings at home, those who participate in the bidding don't have time to think about doing tricks in the statistics, after all, there are others watching.

Not to mention anything else, there were more than ten people bidding for the box of gold hairpins in the first row of the list.After a while, the space left on the west side of the golden hairpin was filled.

Brother Sixteen happened to see it, pointed to it, and said to everyone: "If the price in your hand is lower than what is written on the wall, then there is no need to write on the wall."

Everyone responded, and continued to sing and write.

Due to the orderly arrangement, the statistics here are very neat.

After half an hour, the singing was over.

Looking at the four walls again, the writing is almost the same.

The sixteenth elder brother also ordered people to copy the bids, the highest price, and the number of the bidding post in order.

He himself was looking around with the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother.

As he expected, few people participated in the bidding for antique calligraphy and paintings with a reserve price of more than 1 taels of silver, but it does not mean that there are no bids.Just like a Warring States tripod, someone offered 8000 taels of silver.Looking at the invitation number on the label, it was "Jia Ding-Jia", which made Elder Sixteen startled.

The post starting with "Jia Ding" came out of his hands.The one marked "A" was given to Fujin, he remembered.Fujin mentioned that Concubine Yi wanted it.One or three.

Elder Sixteen has three friends' posts, and all the relatives he contacts have their own posts, so it's not his turn to worry about them.

Brother Sixteen didn't take it seriously at the time. If you want to talk about posts, Brother Nine can have six in his hand.Ask him, what do you mean?
I'm afraid it's not Yi Fei's meaning, but Jiu Prince's meaning.There are many merchants and wealthy households under Brother Nine, but their status is limited. It is normal to need a few more posts.

It's just a personal favor, Elder Sixteen didn't think much, and sent all his posts to Concubine Yi.

These businessmen are willing to spend money.Brother Sixteen's eyes lit up when he thought of the fabrics that the Ministry of Finance was going to shoot, and it was always inappropriate to put it on the Cheng family.It would be even better if someone mixed in.

It's just that merchants buy such expensive things and keep them in their hands to enjoy, isn't it a prodigal?
The person holding the "Jia Ding-Jia" post marked a Tang Dynasty calligraphy and painting in addition to the calligraphy and painting, and the asking price was 3000 taels, [-] taels higher than the reserve price.

Brother Sixteen looked at it and stroked his forehead immediately. It seems that this person's vision is not bad.He had paid attention to the Warring States tripod and Tang paintings before, and even a master appraiser did not dare to underestimate them.

Which one is it? All these elegant things are bought, even if you are a businessman, you can be regarded as a Confucian businessman.

The fifth elder brother stood next to the sixteenth elder brother, saw the familiar post number, and pointed it to the seventh elder brother with a smile: "Old seventh, I got a good plum vase, from the Tiansheng official kiln, serious and good, wait for it Hui Laoqi should take a good look at it."

Seventh elder brother smiled and agreed, his eyes fell on the few items he had bid on, and he didn't have his own post number.The above price far exceeds the price he gave.

He remained calm on the face, but in his heart he had to admire himself as the sixteenth brother.

On this auction list, the small items written on the first page have a low reserve price, and it looks like they can take advantage of it.The latter, even if there are more than the outside price or the same price, it will not be conspicuous.

Half of the bank's profits go to the internal treasury. It seems that the emperor's father's treasury, which was emptied due to the Northwest War, will be rich again for a while.

The sixteenth elder brother is always laughing and joking, not showing off the mountains or showing water, but he can relieve the emperor's father's worries, and he can't complain that the emperor's father loves him more.

After a while, the pen post style has already copied the first few columns.

He took out his pocket watch to see that the time was approaching, Sixteenth elder brother asked Cui Hua to hold it, and went to the venue to sing the sign with a few loud notes.

This sale is different from that of the Ministry of Internal Affairs over there. Not only is it a hidden bid, but also no deposit has been paid.

However, I'm not afraid of someone's refusal, because Brother Sixteen had something to say when he posted the post.In the case of Lai Biao, an equal amount of silver will be deducted from the shareholder dividend as a fine.If the bidder who holds the post of relatives and friends relies on the bid, the dividend mark of the relatives of the relevant shareholders will also be deducted.

At the venue, someone has already urged.

Seeing someone come out to sing the bid, the venue fell silent.

No one noticed that outside the private room with "A and B" hanging on it, there were two pale-faced, trembling faces, and occasionally looked back at the private room with a hint of fear.

On the stage in the middle of the venue, the loud-voiced Bi Tie Shi had already begun to sing.

Those who are impatient have already come out of the box and stood outside the box to listen.If you win the bid, you just smile; if you lose the bid, there is no scolding.

They are all people of status, most of them are sons and grandsons of dragons, so naturally they have some scruples...

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Guess what, the venue is full of sons and grandsons of dragons, who is that tiger?

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