Although the city lord spent a lot of money to buy the white jade plate, the price of tea, silk or porcelain in Khrumos is not the highest. If these things can be brought to the Ottoman Empire, even further west
In the Byzantine Empire, the price would only be higher.
Therefore, from the perspective of the city lord, he would not suffer any loss if he bought the white jade plate. At worst, he could still make a small profit by selling it to those Ottoman and Byzantine merchants.
"Okay, let's look at the next item." Having just sold the white jade plate, Han Du was very happy. The slight unpleasantness instantly drifted away like smoke in his heart, and he enthusiastically devoted himself to making money.
Han Du pointed at the wine jar beside him with a happy face and said loudly: "Everyone, at the banquet at the City Lord's Mansion that day, I think everyone also liked drinking. But all you drank was wine. I don't know if you want to drink it.
Some wine from the Ming Empire?"
"Oh? It turns out there is wine from the mysterious East. I wonder how it is different from our wine?" Although the city lord spent a thousand pounds to buy a white jade plate, he really liked porcelain to the core. He held it in his hand.
He looked at the white jade plate carefully for a moment. The more he looked at it, the more he couldn't put it down. Naturally, he no longer had any resentment towards Han Du.
"Of course the Ming Dynasty has fine wine, and the wine I brought this time is not ordinary fine wine." After listening to Hard's story, Han Du said to the city lord with a smile.
The city lord suddenly became curious. He finally moved his eyes away from the white jade plate and looked up at Han Du.
Han Du deliberately did not say it directly, but instead procrastinated: "You have tasted tribute tea, seen brocade, and porcelain from the official kiln, but apart from tribute tea, other things are not considered to be worthy of supply.
Something used by the royal family of the Ming Empire. But the next wine is a real tribute wine!"
"Real tribute wine?" Harder was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was doing and asked Handu: "Master Marquis, what you are saying is, is this wine really the wine that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire drank?"
"Of course." Han Du nodded matter-of-factly.
Hader couldn't help but look excited. Today they had seen something. Even if only one cup of tea was a real tribute tea, they knew how precious the things used by the emperor of the Ming Empire were.
If Han Du had brought out the tribute wine from the beginning, people like Hade might not believe it. But first he let them drink a cup of tribute tea, and then bluntly said that silk and official kiln porcelain were not tribute, and now he told everyone
This was tribute wine, so no one would doubt it. Everyone would just think that if Han Du wanted to deceive them, why not just say everything was tribute, since they couldn't tell the truth from the false anyway.
Now that Han Du has an honest image in everyone's mind, naturally no one will doubt the authenticity of the tribute wine.
However, this wine was indeed the kind that Lao Zhu drank. But at the same time, it was also drank by Han Du himself. After all, after giving so much wine to Lao Zhu, it was natural for him to keep some for himself.
Hearing Harder's report, everyone in the audience was in an uproar. Some people even couldn't help but stand up from their seats, as if they wanted to see what the tribute wine looked like. But the wine was put in a jar, so they couldn't help but stand up from their seats.
Only one jar can be seen.
Seeing the longing looks on everyone's faces, Han Du smiled and patted away the seal of a jar of strong liquor.
A strong aroma of wine quickly spread throughout the entire banquet hall. As soon as everyone smelled it, they knew that this was indeed the aroma of wine. However, the aroma was too strong and fragrant. They had never seen it before.
Been there.
The only thing Khrumos has is wine, but the wine itself is low-alcohol wine, and its aroma is more fruity than wine. Moreover, although the aroma of wine is also unique, it is very light.
Without tasting it in person, even if you put your nose against the rim of the cup, you may not be able to smell the aroma.
Therefore, when everyone was sitting so far away for the first time, they could easily smell such a strong aroma of wine, and everyone's curiosity was instantly aroused.
When Han Du saw it, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he said openly: "In our Ming Dynasty, when friends come, they have fine wine, and when enemies come, they have swords and guns. Today, I, Han Du, have landed in Hurumos, and I invite you all to drink together."
A glass of wine."
After that, he waved his hand to the maid to prepare glasses for everyone and pour the wine for them.
There was free wine, and it was real tribute wine. Everyone held the cups with extremely careful hands, for fear of spilling a drop when pouring the wine.
Han Du also raised his glass to everyone and said, "Go for it!"
Let's drink together
After drinking a glass of strong wine, everyone's faces quickly started to turn red. They had never drank such strong wine before, and they had not gotten used to it for the first time. This kind of reaction was normal.
Everyone seemed to have swallowed a ball of fire, but the fire could not burn them, but brought warmth to their hearts. When everyone slowly recovered, their physical and mental pleasure far exceeded the wine they drank before. Some people even felt that they had swallowed a ball of fire.
I think this kind of drink is real
Fine wine, the wine I drank in the past just tasted like wine.
But it was just a glass, how could it satisfy their cravings? Everyone was holding wine glasses, and they all wanted Han Du to continue pouring them strong liquor.
Han Du pretended not to see it and said with a smile: "Now that everyone understands the benefits of this tribute wine, let's start the auction."
Not surprisingly, Han Du sold another ten jars of wine for a sky-high price.
Taking advantage of the excitement of the crowd and the influence of alcohol, everyone was not so calm. Han Du took out the goods for auction one by one, including top-quality sugar, various works of art from the pirate treasure house, etc.
Especially the treasures of pirates, some things that Han Du didn't care about at all, caused everyone in the audience to marvel when they appeared. The scepter of a dynasty, the musical instrument of a princess, etc., attracted everyone to compete for bids every time.
Han Du didn't bother to investigate the value of these things carefully. In Han Du's view, these things were valuable antiques to the people of Horumos, but they were nothing to Han Du.
usefulness.
Being able to take this opportunity to sell them for gold is worth it no matter what Han Du thinks.
As for the people below, there must be some people below, and Han Du doesn't care. If this auction wants to last for a long time, it must give some benefits to the people below. If no benefit is given to others, then maybe next time
It won't come.
After all, although this auction method is novel, it is not irreproducible. On the contrary, this auction method is extremely simple. As long as you have seen it once, you will know what is going on. Anyone can easily create an auction by themselves.
Han Du bets that after today, auctions will be available in many places in Hurumos.
The method of the auction is not unusual at all, but what is strange is the rare treasures that Handu can provide at the auction. If people who come to support can pick up and miss, then even if Hulumos has more auctions
Yes, Handu will always have a place in Hurumos.
The lively auction lasted from noon to the afternoon, and finally came to an end amidst everyone's excitement. Even though Han Du mentioned that there were no more goods, the auction was over, and other people were clamoring excitedly for Han Du to continue.
In the end, Han Du held a sale of ordinary goods in the manor tomorrow, and welcomed everyone to come and buy, so as to appease them. However, there will not be another auction tomorrow, but the goods will be put out for sale directly.
Tomorrow's sale was prepared by Han Du for Fu Yong and others. After all, they followed him all the way to Horumos. If he didn't give them a chance to sell goods, wouldn't he be cheating them?
Besides, the goods of Fu Yong and others are all in large quantities. Although none of them are high-quality products, the weight of each item is not small. Such goods are only suitable for sale and will not be auctioned.
Fu Yong and others quickly expressed their gratitude to Han Du for taking care of him. Fu Yong and others had known the identities of these people for a long time. Maritime merchants like them, who relied on volume, could not collect their goods one by one by themselves.
The sellers all sell all the goods in one go. Even if the price is a little lower because of this, it will be better than if they choose to sell slowly in pursuit of a little higher price.
Selling a little bit may seem like you can get more profits, but it also wastes time. For maritime merchants, time is money. If you can go back a little earlier and make another trip, you can make more profits than selling slowly.
Everything was earned back.
Therefore, what I like most is to deal with big businessmen, because such people have the strength to eat their goods in one go.
Han Du helped Fu Yong up with a smile on his face and said softly: "You took the risk and followed me to Hurumos with your wealth. I can't let you suffer."
"Fu Yong, on behalf of everyone, will bear in mind the kindness of the Marquis. If there is any use in the future to benefit the common people and others, please just speak up." Fu Yong gratefully bowed his hand to Han Du and said sincerely.
Of course, although Fu Yong said so, in his heart he did not think that they, the maritime merchants, could help Han Du. After all, Han Du was still the Marquis of Zhenhai in the Ming Dynasty, and his status was much higher.
surpass them.
He said this just to express their gratitude to Han Du.
"Haha, don't worry, if that day comes, I will definitely speak to you." Han Du patted the back of Fu Yong's hand and comforted him for a moment.
Fu Yong was very happy when he saw Han Du giving him face like this, and said repeatedly: "That's because the Marquis can see the grassroots and other people."
The two exchanged greetings for a few words, and Fu Yong took the initiative to say goodbye. He couldn't leave. Han Du arranged for them to sell goods tomorrow. If he didn't go down quickly to inform others and prepare in advance, he would really have to wait until
We won't start until tomorrow, so how come it's too late?
Just as Han Du said, they risked their fortunes and came to Khrumos just to make money, right? Now that they have reached the end, making money is the most important thing!