King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 234 Huge amount of money, Xia Yuanji was almost strangled to death
The auction place is brightly lit.

None of the officials participating in the auction left. They were all sitting together, helping each other, sorting out, and calculating the quotations of the merchants for each state, prefecture, and place of their choice.

Finally, after a long day of busy work, repeated calculations and comparisons, the quotations from all the merchants were finally gathered together, the rankings were listed one by one, and the results were finally released.

As the data registered on the paper came into view, all the officials involved in the calculation and comparison were stunned on the spot with extremely wonderful expressions, looking completely in disbelief.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu's expression couldn't help but condense, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious in his heart. Could it be that because of the secret shooting this time, many businessmen were disgusted, or that they were more conservative in taking action?

As a result, the result of this auction was not ideal?
Thinking of this, he narrowed his eyes and asked in a slightly surprised voice:
"Everyone."

"What's going on here?"

"Are you not satisfied with the current results and the compiled data?"

"Or is it that I thought things were too simple before, and the secret shooting method failed to break up the alliance of these merchants?"

Ministers: "????"

As for the so-called merchant alliance, just the quotations on the pieces of paper in front of you and the places you like, there is no other so-called alliance here. Everyone is behind each other's backs, and they all go to other people's land for auction. .

"Just now, we have repeatedly totaled and calculated several times, and the silver taels obtained from the auction of all state capital's refined salt sales rights totaled 132 million taels of silver."

"It's that we are too satisfied. We never imagined that the results would be like this."

It can be said that after being an official for so many years, the data on the paper in front of me and the money on the paper can almost be considered as the total tax revenue of the imperial court for several years or even ten years.

what what?
What are you talking about?
What does dissatisfaction mean? Please don’t be too satisfied with this result.

"I'm not dissatisfied."

"For a land with one state and one city, the highest bids are from Suzhou and Hangzhou. The second place is Yingtianfu City."

"None of these places offer less than ten million taels of silver."

And why did everyone show such expressions and behave like this? It can only be said that the current data has really subverted their knowledge over the years, and obtained a result that they could not even dream of.

Hearing such shocking figures, even the officials who had known the results before and participated in the repeated calculations were once again shocked and stunned on the spot.

As he spoke, Xia Yuanji's trembling voice was filled with sobs at some point, his pupils slowly began to turn red, and his old face was full of excitement.

"This...auction."

If they hadn't been concerned about their appearance and felt that the occasion was inappropriate, they would have been so happy that they jumped up holding each other in their arms.

After a while, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, was the first to come to his senses. With an excited expression, he raised his head and looked over at Zhu Gaoxu's position. He responded with a trembling voice:

With such data, who can hold it and see it without being confused or confused?
Please, the current demeanor and look are the result of these people trying their best to restrain themselves.

"Your Majesty."

"Other more ordinary state capitals, the lowest offer is no less than five million taels of silver."

"I really didn't expect that I, Lao Chen, will be able to see so many silver coins in my lifetime."

This statement came out.

The so-called alliance has long become a ridiculous joke.

Compared to the shock of the ministers, Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing aside with a solemn expression, looked no better than the people in front of him at this moment. He was also a little confused and unbelievable about this number.

One hundred and thirty-two hundred million taels of silver!
What is this concept?
Even if I know that there are many merchants, wealthy businessmen, and invisible wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty, I want to take this opportunity to bleed these people and cut a wave of leeks.

But he never dreamed that these bastards could be so wealthy and spend so much money. This is only the income from the auction of agency rights. It does not include the time when salt merchants buy refined salt from the imperial court and sell it. At that time, the imperial court will also make profits. When the salt merchants make money, the imperial court will also follow suit. make money.

Under such circumstances, the Ming court would probably no longer worry about the so-called silver.

I'm short of money or something, I'm afraid I'll never be short of money again.

used
There will be a steady stream of income coming in to supplement.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly stood up from his chair, with his hands on his hips and his face full of excitement, he walked back and forth and shouted excitedly:
“good good”

"Great, great."

"Ha ha ha ha."

While speaking, he couldn't help but pull Xia Yuanji, who was very close, and gave him a big bear hug.

The sudden action and excitement were of no importance, and almost caused Xia Yuanji to hold his breath completely.

Seeing this, looking at Xia Yuanji's old red face, with the air coming out more and less taking in, the ministers standing aside looked a little anxious, and they hurriedly reminded:
"Your Majesty"

"Okay, okay, stop shooting."

“Mr.

"a while."

The rest of the story was not said.

However, Zhu Gaoxu was not a fool, and he instantly understood what these people meant. At the same time, he also discovered the inappropriateness of his behavior just now because he was too excited.

Then he let go of Xia Yuanji in front of him. Seeing his slightly pale face and breathing heavily, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but reveal a hint of embarrassment and apology on his face. He stretched out his hand to gently pat Xia Yuanji's back. Unreasonable.

"Old man Xia, old man Xia."

"Are you okay? Is there nothing wrong?"

While speaking in relief, he turned and yelled at the door, saying:

"Come here, hurry, hurry, hurry. Call the doctor."

"Master Xia is not feeling well."

"Let them come quickly and show Old Man Xia how happy he is. When he is so happy, he can live a good life before his eyes. Old Man Xia cannot die."

"hurry up"

Xia Yuanji: "????"

Ministers: "."

Are you doing this for the good of others, worrying about their health, or are you cursing others?
Seeing Zhu Gaoxu looking like this and saying such words in his mouth, Xia Yuanji came back to his senses and regained his composure. His old face turned livid, he rolled his eyes at him, waved his hands and said quickly:
"Your Majesty."

"It's out of the way, it's out of the way."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine."

"I can't die yet, I can't die."

(End of this chapter)