Chapter 713

The auction hall was crowded with merchants, and the noise was like a busy market.

Li Kaiyuan stood on the auction table and looked down. Cao Zhengyang, Ding Wu and other Qingzhou tycoons were there. Then his eyes stopped on Zhu Wuliu.

After all the merchants were seated, Li Kaiyuan introduced the use of the steam engine. According to the plan made by the imperial court, the four industries that the government mainly supported were textile industry, sugar industry, paper industry and mining industry. At present, the steam engine can only play an important role in these four industries.

Therefore, the workshops established this time are textile workshop, sugar workshop, paper mill and mine.

”…… These are the four kinds of workshops supported by the imperial court. According to different workshops, the prices of steam engines and their associated machinery will be different. "Li Kaiyuan said one by one.

Under the auction table, Cao Zhengyang said to Ding Wu, "brother Ding, I don't know which one you want to buy? "

" naturally, it's a mine. Now all kinds of ores in Qingzhou are not enough. If Liuzhou workshops are established in the future, they will not be enough. "Ding Wu said with a smile.

”It's natural, but the price of the mine is not low. The steam engine costs money, the mine costs money, and the imperial court will not give you a good mine. "Said Cao Zhengyang.

Ding Wu shook his head. "The emperor is a very smart man. If the imperial court eats meat, we should drink soup. If we want to eat the meat in the bowl, we have to weigh our own weight."

"Brother Ding is right, but it's not the same in England. It's said that the businessmen there have a very high status, and they can participate in the government and envy others. "Cao Zhengyang sighed.

Ding Wu doubts a way: "be? How does brother Cao know? "

Cao Zhengyang said in a low voice, "although I am alone in Qingzhou, the roots of Cao's family are still in Lin'an. According to the news from there, now the franceans are very close to the king of Chu. This story about western countries also comes from the king's residence of Chu. It's said that it's true not only in England, but also in Holland and France. It's true to think about the low status of businessmen in Dayu It makes people feel aggrieved. "

Ding Wu's eyes turned. After the death of the king of Wei, Ding Wanquan took his family to Qingzhou to settle down. Now he has put all his life on Xiao Ming, so he is very loyal to Xiao Ming.

So when Cao Zhengyang talked about such a sensitive topic, he could not help but be afraid, "brother Cao, now the status of Qingzhou businessmen has greatly improved. We should be satisfied. The west is the west, but our country has its own national conditions. It's better to say less about such things. "

Cao Zhengyang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed. He said to Ding Wu," where does brother Ding want to go? Cao just said it casually

Just as they were saying this, Li Kaiyuan had already begun to auction. The first mine steam pump, together with rail and tramcar, was sold for 200000 taels.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand taels." Ding Wu directly raised a high price, compared with when he was in Jinling City, the Ding family's wealth in Qingzhou has been greatly increased.

Not to mention the overseas trade, they made a lot of money from the dividends of these two wars, and now they are also rich and powerful.

"Two hundred and eighty thousand." Cao Zhengyang said casually.

Ding Wu looked at Cao Zhengyang and said, "brother Cao, you are really not authentic. Just now, you advised me not to take part in the business of the mine, so you have to face yourself. "

" brother Ding, I didn't say not to participate. " Cao Zhengyang said with a smile.

Ding Wu is not happy. Cao Zhengyang is becoming more and more arrogant now. Especially after the status of Qingzhou businessman has been promoted, Cao Zhengyang regards himself as the first rich family in the state of Chongqing, and has gathered a large number of businessmen around him, which has the flavor of the leader of Qingzhou businessman.

But his Cao family is rich, their Ding family is not empty, others are respectful to him, but he doesn't have to.

The inexplicable smell of gunpowder spread between them. At this time, Ding Wu called the price again, and Cao Zhengyang kept up.

Soon the price was raised to 370000 Liang. " At this point, Ding Wu stopped bidding because the price was too high.

The first set was sold, and Li Kaiyuan auctioned the second set. What Ding Wu didn't expect was that Cao Zhengyang continued to participate in the auction.

Then there was the third set and the fourth set. After winning six sets at one go, Cao Zhengyang stopped. Ding Wu could only win the remaining two sets.

Compared with other industries, the number of mining machinery is small and the price is high. In Ding Wu's opinion, the Cao family is ambitious.

After a fight, Ding Wu was defeated. At this time, other steam engines also began to be auctioned. At this time, Cao Zhengyang won some steam engines in every industry.

A total of 20 steam engines were photographed, and Ding Wu took six as planned.

The auction lasted for two hours. At sunset, all the steam engines were sold. At this time, the businessmen with mixed feelings left the chamber of commerce one by one.

Zhu Wuliu and shangguanyong are also going back. This time, they won the steam engine and the textile machine of the textile workshop, but they also spent all their silver.

Seeing off the merchants, Li Kaiyuan immediately goes to Xiao Ming's Xingyuan with the account book. He wants to tell Xiao Ming about the auction."The Cao family won 20 sets!" Xiao Ming has been correcting memorials since he came back from the military workshop. Li Kaiyuan's words surprised him a lot.

"Emperor, the ambition of the Cao family is really great. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid the Cao family will monopolize all walks of life in Qingzhou." Li Kaiyuan said that over the past five years, Li Kaiyuan has studied a lot of modern business theories provided by Xiao Ming, and now he has a clear understanding of monopoly.

"You're right. The Cao family is very rich. It's more than enough to buy us Qingzhou. Of course, it's the most profitable for him to support private workshops. But you have to worry that this is the state of Dayu. No matter how capable his Cao family is, he has to be a man with his tail between his legs."

After a pause, he said to Li Kaiyuan, "in this case, you should sort out the commercial law and give it to Pang Yukun. These two days, I have been in the morning court. "

Li Kaiyuan smiles and says," why didn't you remember? The commercial law is the best way to govern these people and businessmen. "

Xiao Ming glared at him. "You are still a businessman now. You forget that you are also an official of the imperial court."

This "commercial law" is a law tailored by Xiao Ming according to the modern enterprise law and other laws for the state of Dayu. The purpose is to crack down on the bad behaviors such as monopoly, speculation and profiteering.

As long as this law is implemented, he can deal with such a huge thing as the Cao family according to the law. Otherwise, if the capital expands infinitely, something will happen. He doesn't want his achievements to be stolen by these businessmen.

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