Jinbo Auction House’s eleventh winter auction was held as scheduled. Among them, auction item No. 7 attracted particular attention. This was a batch of snow lotus produced in Kunlun Mountains. According to Jinbo Auction House’s standardized process, it was recorded as Kunlun Mountain Dragon.
Yamaguchi No. 1 indicates the place of origin and batch.
There are a total of eighty snow lotuses in this batch, each with sixteen leaves. They are all individually placed in sandalwood boxes, making them appear to be of the highest quality.
Snow lotus has better curative effects, so it is not cheap in the market. Especially in the past month, the market price of Kunlun Mountain snow lotus has been rising day by day, and has increased by 30%. But when the starting price of this batch of auction items was revealed, it was still
Many wealthy businessmen who participated in this auction were greatly surprised - the total price was 320 taels, equivalent to four taels per flower!
This price is comparable to the current market price!
What is this concept? The current market price of four taels is the retail price. Generally, the wholesale price is five taels lower than the retail price, and the bulk wholesale price is one tael lower than the general wholesale price. Once this low price comes out, it means that Kunlun
The price of alyssum has doubled!
As the auctioneer, Liang Xingxia asked twice in a row, and the audience was silent. Everyone was obviously unable to accept such a high price. The owner of the goods was Li Xingjiu, a businessman from Zuochuan Village under the Kunlun Mountains. After he took the stage, he handed over the batch of goods in his hands.
Snow Lotus made a lot of noise, saying it was very effective and so on, but the audience was still silent and no one accepted the offer.
Li Xingjiu was not in a hurry, he seemed to have expected it, and he always had a smile on his face.
Zhao Ran, Gao Dayanei, Ye Lihuaide and others sat in the west side room and watched with cold eyes, drinking tea and leisurely.
After a while, a merchant in the audience finally raised a sign and quoted the base price of 320 taels. Li Xingjiu's face showed slight surprise, and his eyes wandered around the audience, as if he was looking for something.
But the auctioneer Liang Xingxia on the stage suddenly accelerated his pace and soon made the final decision.
Gao Yanei in the wing clenched his fists and muttered "360 flowers." Zhao Ran and Yeli Huaide raised their glasses and clinked their glasses lightly, smiling at each other.
The next lot No. 11 is surprisingly another snow lotus, but it is not the Kunlun Mountain Snow Lotus. It is marked as Tanggula Mountain Gongci Peak No. 1. There are 30 pieces in total. The starting price is 60 taels of silver. The price of the Kunlun Mountain Snow Lotus has just been reached.
Due to the influence of the price of Duo 4 taels, the transaction was finally completed with a total price of 80 taels, an increase of 60% from the market price.
Lot No. 15, Ortai Mountain No. 1 Snow Lotus, was also affected. The price increased by 50% and was sold at 3 taels of silver per flower.
That night, Li Xingjiu, a businessman from Zuochuanzhai, hurried to Yanhui Tower. In a secret room in Yanhui Tower, Li Bingjin was hugging two young and beautiful prostitutes. When he saw Li Xingjiu arriving, he signaled to the two prostitutes.
go out.
Li Xingjiu picked up the wine cup on the table, drank it in one gulp, and licked his lips: "My mouth was split because of the shouting on the stage. Now I have some admiration for Liang Xingxia. This job is really not that easy!"
Li Bingchun smiled, filled Li Xingjiu's cup, and asked, "How's it going? Looking at you like this, do you think you're done?"
Li Xingjiu nodded, then shook his head: "The price has gone up, but it is others who have raised the price."
"Oh? Someone can afford such a high price? Who is it?"
"I don't know about this. I haven't seen it before. I came down to inquire about it and I heard that it is a merchant from Lingzhou."
Li Bingchun said calmly: "This person does have some brains, so let's let him make a profit. What is the final transaction price?"
"That's four liang and one flower."
Li Bingjin was stunned for a moment, and then complained: "Why don't you increase the price to buy? At least there are people bidding, such a good opportunity... How did you arrange it? If you take the opportunity to raise the price to 5 taels or even 6 taels, wouldn't you get twice the result with half the effort? !”
Li Xingjiu's face turned red: "My nephew is going out for the first time. I originally wanted him to have some experience. I thought it wouldn't be difficult... but someone intervened... He is inexperienced..."
Li Bingchun said: "Forget it, I didn't make any mistakes. I understand your thoughts. It's not wrong to want to help the younger generation. I just need to give you more tips to make him smarter."
Li Xingjiu nodded repeatedly, and then asked cautiously: "Erlang, what do you think is going to happen next? Do you have any instructions from Shiren?"
Li Bingchun waved his hand: "The plan has been decided, what more orders do you need? Your Excellency has spread out the stalls, you and I will do as we are told, and we will continue in three days. The starting price is 6 taels, one hundred flowers!"
In the first month of the eighteenth year of Jiajing, the entire Xingqing Mansion was agitated about two major events.
One is that the current Xixia leader Li Qianshun changed the Yuan Dynasty to Zhenguan, abandoning the reign name Yongan that had been in effect for three years since he ascended the throne. Zhenguan was the reign name used by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. The seventeen-year-old Xixia leader changed the Yuan Dynasty to Zhenguan. The ambition is self-evident.
The entire Xingqing Mansion's top management was busy with the matter of changing the Yuan Dynasty. Grand ceremonies were held, the king worshiped heaven, and amnesty was issued. Each event became more lively than the other. When the Gaotai Temple located in the north of Xingqing Mansion held a grand ceremony, the entire Xingqing Mansion Everyone was excited about it.
Secondly, the political impact may not be as dramatic as the change of the country's ruler to the Yuan Dynasty, but it is also well known among the dignitaries, wealthy gentry and businessmen. The price of Kunlun Mountain Snow Lotus has already begun to appear on the water sign of Jinbo Club. The price has been soaring. The price of the sixteen-leaf snow lotus has reached 18 taels per flower, and the selling price in the market has reached 24 taels! The market price of the eight-leaf snow lotus has directly exceeded 50 taels, and it has doubled in just over two months. Ten times more!
Affected by this, the Tanggula Mountain Snow Lotus, Ortai Mountain Snow Lotus, Bayan Har Mountain Snow Lotus, etc. have also been rising all the way, increasing by seven to eight times.
The Snow Lotus is different from the dromedary camels that have been hyped before by the Jinbo Club. They grow on the top of mountains and are born in the cold ice and snow environment. There are not many of them. Although this world is full of spiritual energy, the Snow Lotus is not like the world where Zhao Ran came from. Although it is rare, it can be considered valuable, so the price can be said to increase immediately when it is speculated.
Humans are social animals and have a strong herd mentality. With the price of snow lotus rising all the way, not only the high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but also the rich and small business families with a few spare money at home also took out their money and began to sell it in various industries. Go to the drug store to buy it. After all, the curative effects of snow lotus are there. Who doesn’t suffer from three diseases and five calamities? If you can’t buy snow lotus when you are in urgent need of it, wouldn’t you be desperate?
Only those poor families, or ordinary people in Hirado who have just made enough food and clothing, have not been involved in this wave of speculation about snow lotus. The price of snow lotus is 1 tael per flower, 10 taels per flower, and 20 taels per flower. They cannot afford it either. .
In the hot market of snow lotus, those who have contributed the most are those businessmen who are very speculative and gambling. They go around looking for snow lotus, and then hoard it to watch the golden waves. The price of snow lotus on the water sign changes every day. Then they happily calculate how much their wealth has increased. Some people even pawn their property or even borrow money from everywhere to eat all the snow lotus that appears on the market in order to get rich overnight.
Zhao Ranmao was in the teahouse in the garden behind his clubhouse. The charcoal on the small red clay stove was burning brightly, and the water in the copper pot started boiling after a while. Zhao Ran took the copper pot off the fire and placed it in the teahouse.
Three cups of hot tea were brewed on a tea table made of natural teak root carvings. The green leaves in the tea cups stretched out soothingly and danced gently in the boiling water.
Gao Yanei took the tea cup to the tip of his nose and took a deep sniff. He couldn't help but sigh: "Chengdong's family makes good tea. The color and fragrance are really refreshing. Although it is a bit bitter, the bitterness is sweet and the aftertaste is endless! Since I started drinking,
After drinking Cheng Dong's tea, I can no longer get used to the tea at home, with all the messy condiments, milk, and whatnot! Unfortunately, the adults in my family are used to it, so I have to endure it."
Zhao Ran tightened the snow leopard fur coat tightly wrapped around him, smiled and praised, "Gao Yanei has become a refined man from now on", and then asked Ye Li Huaide: "Are you ready, young marquis? When will we go to war? Let's go.
Let’s serve wine to the young Marquis.”
Ye Lihuaide used an iron hook to pull out a pile of peanuts from the ashes under the stove. While peeling the shells, he said: "It's almost done. I'm just waiting for the last batch of leather armor to see if I can catch up with this shipment.
If I can make it in time, I will buy another batch of thick clothes for the sons and daughters. If I can't make it in time... I didn't think the peanuts from the far west were good before, but now the way they eat them, I didn't expect them to be so delicious..."
Just as he was talking, Liang Xingxia opened the thick curtain and came in, holding a scroll in his hand. He smiled and said to Zhao Ran: "Dong Cheng, look, I received a good item today."