Chapter 44: You're Still Too Tender To Play With Me (Part 2)
Bulinna gritted her teeth and raised the small hammer in her hand, saying loudly: "Five thousand five hundred gold coins..."
Before he could even say "deal".
Suddenly someone shouted loudly: "I'll give 7,000 gold coins."
Everyone in the room turned around, and a young man stood up with embarrassment. The young man's face turned bright red as he saw everyone looking at him.
The businessmen found this a new face and whispered among themselves, wondering who he was.
Bulin was overjoyed and just about to speak.
Just then, Mars roared in anger: "Young man, who are you? You should know that after obtaining all the rights, not only do you have to set up a chamber of commerce locally and provide export goods, but also take out a guarantee deposit of real gold and silver on the spot. These two things together, it's not something that ordinary people can afford."
That young man excitedly stuttered: "Th-th-this... what's this? Although our winery isn't big, as long as I get the exclusive operating rights, from now on all the wine will be exported by me. Even if my winery can't produce that much wine, I can buy it from other places and export it. Just this one item alone, I'll make a fortune."
The businessmen present suddenly realized and understood. Ah! Even if I don't produce it myself, after getting the exclusive rights, can't I just resell it? Isn't this our old business? With the Sinaian guard troops backing us up, what's there to fear? After having a severe punishment system in place, those smugglers wouldn't dare to cause any more trouble in this area.
These people did not know that the young man was actually Ye Feng's pawn.
Have to say, Ye Feng is indeed a personal trash.
He accurately foresaw the collusive action of businessmen, who would definitely reach some kind of agreement in private to divide interests and lower the auction price for the sake of maximizing their profits.
He then shamelessly placed a number of his confederates among the merchants, and whenever he thought the bidding was going too low, he would quietly give them a pre-arranged signal, rubbing his nose or slightly raising his hand. These confederates would immediately start to bid up the price.
Mars let out a cold snort and shouted loudly: "I'll give nine thousand gold coins."
The young man was not to be outdone and called out: "I'll give 9,500 gold coins."
Mars stared at him, his eyes almost spitting fire, and said: "I'll give you 12,000 gold coins."
Ye Feng nodded slightly behind, and the young man seemed to be unable to bear it, sat down with a face full of unwillingness. Ye Feng turned his head to look at Oola standing beside the stage, very surprised. I don't know where this movie emperor-level actor came from.
It is unknown whether the Duke's family's indulgent education of him was a success or a failure. This little guy has always been lax in his discipline, running around everywhere when there is nothing to do, and it is not known where he met these strange and eccentric people.
Ma Er saw the young man with his head hung low like a defeated fighting cock, his hands on his hips, shaking his big belly, and laughed triumphantly: "You're still too tender to fight me."
Brynn tapped his small hammer heavily and called out loudly: "Quiet, please keep quiet."
Mars looked around with satisfaction and sat down with a smile.
The hall fell silent, paused for a moment, and when no one spoke up, he said loudly: "Very well. 12,000 gold coins. Once."
Everyone in the venue stared intently at the small hammer in his hand, with only Burlin's voice echoing in the hall: "12,000 gold coins, twice... 12,000 gold coins, three times."
Brynn slammed the small hammer down on the table, and a huge sound reverberated through the hall. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he said loudly: "Very well, deal! The right to export Xynian wine is obtained by Mars for one year."
The hall was filled with thunderous applause for a moment.
Niya let out a soft sigh and felt some moisture in her palms. She looked down to find that, at some point, a large amount of sweat had seeped into her hands.
Only the voice of Burlin echoed in the hall again: "Next item..."
After the auction ended smoothly, everyone walked out of the venue and only then did they realize that it had unknowingly turned dark. This auction lasted for a whole day, and now people finally felt exhausted all over their bodies. The situation at this auction was truly exceptionally tense, with each bid movement calculated in thousands of gold coins, the tension was no less than a bloody battle.
The duke and his entourage arrived at his study. As soon as the door closed, Nia could no longer suppress her excitement, she threw herself into Diana's arms and shouted with joy.
Under Ye Feng's meticulous planning, the auction was extremely successful. The proceeds from this year's exclusive rights auction exceeded half of Xiniya's total tax revenue for the year, meaning they didn't need to do anything and could get more than half of their previous income without any expenses.
In addition, for those goods that were not sold under exclusive rights, they can continue to collect taxes. According to Nia's conservative estimates, this year's tax revenue in Xinya is at least twice as much as before.
The duke brought out his treasured fine wine and poured a full cup for everyone, including Oola. Ye Feng hummed: "I'm rich, I'm rich, I don't even know how to spend it..."
Everyone raised their glasses and said "Cheers!"
Everyone drained their cups in one gulp.
Nina put down her wine glass and said, "I wonder if next year's trading rights auction will be better than this one?"
Ye Fengdao said, "Don't worry, as long as the city gate of Xiniya is in our hands, those businessmen will rush to give us money. Only the person who gets the monopoly this year will benefit, and by next year, he won't be able to help but increase his bid."
In his memory, companies with a monopoly on business were invincible and unrivaled.
The next few days, the Governor's Mansion was even more bustling.
Nina and Diana spent the whole day in the study room, holding tax returns and expense accounts, calculating this and that, without even taking time out to eat.
Ye Feng and they spoke, always with a nodding "uh-huh" or "ah" in response. When pressed, Diana slammed her hand on the table and shouted: Don't get in the way here! She shooed him away like a fly.
Aurore was busy raising funds and registering grain, and looking for places to store them. There was no way, before the repeal of the circulation law, that such a large quantity of grain could be transported out, even if some could be smuggled out. And her two beautiful little maids were also like her, always unable to find people.
Ou La then got the "giant sum" he had never thought of since he was a kid, buying a large pile of various snacks, toys and strange things every day, locking himself in the house and declaring that he would make up for his lost childhood in these few days.
So, Ye Feng has been enjoying the most leisurely time since he came to Xiniya City, every day is just strolling around, eating and feeling a bit bored with himself.
That evening, he hummed a little tune as he trudged back from outside.
As soon as he entered, Aphrodite's maid jumped out from the gatehouse and blocked his way.
She stood with her hands on her hips, puffing out her chest as she glared at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng blinked his eyes and said, "What's wrong? Do you want to hear me tell the story of how I fought against the evil dragon again?"
The maid's eyes flashed with a hint of panic, and she took a few steps back, saying: "My mistress requests that you come to the rear courtyard for a chat. There is something important to ask."
After finishing speaking, he turned his head and ran away quickly.
Ye Feng found it strange that they were supposed to be busy finding a place to store their grain, so how could they suddenly have the free time to come and chat with him?
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