Chapter 2229: The Auction Begins

Naturally, Wang Quantai came here to look for Li Cong because of such a thing. Although lint's family affairs are not trivial matters, compared with Wang Quantai's affairs, it is really nothing. He came to Li Cong. Because of another matter, the price of Wujin in the Eastern Empire has started to rise, and it has reached 2100 taels of silver, which is 30% higher than the prices of the other three empires. The large amount of Wujin in his possession is still distributed according to the original sales volume. This amount is not very large. Can it be expanded? Li Cong has also heard of such things, but this guy doesn't know why the Eastern Empire Ugin will raise its price. Ordinarily, things like Ugin are the same as consumables. The price is basically the same. The price of this thing has never been reduced. This thing is like gold and silver. It is definitely a hard currency. , Li Cong also thought that such things could be speculated and sold before, but later he also saw that although such things are used in a large amount, they are not produced in a small amount. Some accountants have gone through a lot of investigation and calculation, and think that the black gold obtained by the people of Cao's House in the Southern Empire cannot be sold all at once. If it is really sold like that, this is really big. The problem is, it is estimated that the price of Wujin will be hit to 200 taels of silver. If this is the case, the assets estimated at the beginning of tens of billions of silver may shrink by more than 80%. Such a thing is absolutely impossible Yes, Li Cong himself is not a fool. He wouldn't do such a thing, so at the beginning, the people of Cao's Commercial Bank made a rule that every month, they would put about one trillion silver in Wujin to the Eastern Empire. It is 800 billion. It has been nearly 40 months like this. Basically, the price fluctuates by 3%. It seems that it has not affected the entire market. Now that the Eastern Empire has raised prices, if it is not fast If you rely on this to make a fortune, you will not have such a good opportunity in the future. Wang Quantai also made an investigation. Recently, the price of this thing started to increase because of an assessment by the Mercenary Alliance in the Eastern Empire. During the assessment, these people can use weapons. Such things are needed by everyone, especially those who are high-level warrior. Their weapons are priceless. Every battle requires maintenance. At this time, Ugin is needed. In the past, the battles were not so frequent, so naturally there is no need for this thing. But now that there are more battles, they will buy more. After calculation, Wang Quantai feels that he needs to supply at least 500 billion silver Ujin every month. If there is more, it is estimated that the Eastern Empire does not have the ability to eat it. However, he knew that apart from the huge black gold mine he found in the Southern Empire, the people of the Cao Family Firm had other channels to obtain these things. Some overseas islands had good things. There are a lot of mineral deposits in all places, and he knows more than a dozen of them, so there is no shortage of people in Cao's house.

Li Cong didn't say anything about Wang Quantai's statement. They were all thinking of the company. It would be impossible for such a person not to give others some benefits. As the great-grandson, Li Cong thought of giving this kid something. According to the tradition of their Wang family, this kid needs to follow Wang Quantai's old way. Although businessmen are pretty good now, many people still hope that As an official, after all, such positions as scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce have been lined up for hundreds of thousands of years. In this society, no matter what you do well, you are not as good as an official. Some officials in other empires, Li Cong, naturally do not have that ability up,

However, Li Cong can arrange some officials in the counties and cities occupied by Cao's Commercial Bank. They have nothing to do with the officials of the Eastern Empire. Hearing that Li Cong actually wanted to reserve the seat of a county magistrate for his grandson , Wang Quantai shook his head vigorously. What he wants is not those. Although the official position of Cao's House is similar to that of the Eastern Empire, he really has no idea of ​​letting his child be an official, because he is already an official. I have changed my previous thinking. In the past, I was thinking about the imperial examinations and other things. I want my children and grandchildren to do things and study honestly. But since this guy entered the Cao family After the business, he found that the original concept was no longer acceptable. Now businessmen can do some big things. For example, these things now, businessmen can do better than officials, just like now Like some officials of the Eastern Empire, their daily lives are not so good. Everyone who saw our Cao's firm nodded and bowed quickly, not for anything else, just because of these guys. It is very good to be a businessman who can control the officials like this. Wang Quantai hopes that Li Cong can let the descendants of his family also work in the Cao's firm. He thinks such a future It is definitely much better than those who were officials in the past. Looking at myself is a good example. In the past, I mixed with the people of the Eastern Empire and told them what they needed to know most, but my final outcome What's so good about it? There is no benefit at all. Don't mention how miserable my life was back then. If it wasn't for Li Cong's help, I still don't know where I went at this time. I always remember such things It is very clear that Li Cong also supports his choice. Since everyone has said that, he should be happy as the boss of this company, and he doesn't need to be so concerned about other things. In addition, Wang Quantai came There is another thing here, which is about the issue of more than a dozen prefectures in the Eastern Empire. Now that the Cao’s Commercial Bank in the Southern Empire has begun to build roads vigorously, should the Eastern Empire also start? Woolen cloth? You must know that more than a dozen counties and cities here are all by the sea. If the road is built here, it will be much longer than that over there. Even if you don't have that idea, you should plan it now, and you have to connect it.

In the past, these dozens of counties were all connected by sea ships. After all, it is good that they are some seaside cities, but now they have also seen the inconvenience of sea transportation, although this can save money. The cost is low, but the speed is really not good, and getting on and off the ship is really too troublesome. Of course, there are not many things in normal times, but if something happens, this speed may It will delay a lot of things. Wang Quantai also had the same meaning when he looked at Li Cong's face. Immediately sent my plan, such a preparation and said that I have only one meaning? You, an old man, are really not very honest. It seems that you were deceived by you, an old man in the past, so it's no wonder. He was really excited to see the benefits of the opening of the highway on the Southern Empire side. Just like now. Next to the road is the defense line of Cao's House, which is now open, but if the people of the Southern Empire really want to regain the lost ground, they may pay a huge price. Just like now, there are some gun towers on both sides of the highway. When the war started, troops could be garrisoned everywhere through the highway, and barbed wire was pulled up. This kind of defense line was used by the people of the Southern Empire. It's clear that an attack of 100,000 people may not have any effect. The Southern Empire is already doing it like a raging fire. Why can't we in the Eastern Empire? Besides, the business volume of the Eastern Empire is much smaller than that of the Southern Empire. After all, the Southern Empire connects dozens of provinces, and the Eastern Empire only has a dozen prefects. , Li Cong glanced at the plan brought by this guy, good guy, this thing is really good, they have already planned out the route and so on, about a dozen counties and cities with more than 40 All the county towns are on both sides of this common route. Although this kind of planning requires hundreds of miles of travel, to be honest, isn't this thing built to connect all the land under his hands? Come on, the total length of this continent is about 4650km. Based on the construction cost of the Southern Empire at 800,000 taels per kilometer, this road needs 5 billion taels of silver to complete. Of course, money is very important for Wang Quantai. It’s nothing to say, because he has the right to split the money. What he’s worried about is another problem, which is the problem of personnel. He will never use his own people to build this road. Because basically most of the labor force in these dozen counties and cities has gone to the wharf, and they have no labor force at all. Even if they do this, it is estimated that they can only recruit these people from the Eastern Empire. The monthly income of those peasants in the empire is less than one tael of silver. The Cao’s Commercial Bank will definitely offer 2 taels of silver a month to manage food and housing. Those who travel far can even take the Cao’s Commercial Bank. Transporting the network to the construction site, such preferential conditions will definitely attract a large number of people from the Eastern Empire to come and participate in this event. At that time, it will be really difficult for me to explain this matter. What should I do?

"Hehe, Boss, I'm almost done with other things, and the cement is almost ready for the mine. The large-scale ones are not easy to build, and the small-scale ones are still quite a lot. , as long as the money can be sent to my side, the work can basically start, but the road builder is a problem. If I post this notice on the east underestimation side, I guess there will be thousands of people immediately Thousands of people came to work with us, what the Eastern Empire government thinks is a problem, and the other is that the great nobles of the Eastern Empire also controlled a lot of land, those who leased it to us before Naturally, they won't do anything, but there are still many people who rely on their own people to plant this thing. When the time comes, the people on their land will go to our side, and they will definitely make a fuss about this matter. Yes, this kind of thing is not a big deal, but if the people in the Eastern Empire really make use of it, I can't stop these things, and I have to rely on you, the boss, to do it." This guy He said with a smile, in the past, Li Cong felt that Wang Quantai should be a very kind person, at least not the same as the one in front of him, everything needs to be calculated for a while, how can this be an honest person Well, it's up to me to offend people like this. Looking at the appearance of this old guy, he already knows what to do, just wait for his own authorization. Of course, the people of the Eastern Empire want to stop this matter, and they have already seen it. Population is also a very important resource. Yes, it can be said to be the most important resource. Now Cao's Commercial Bank has a million-level large city in more than a dozen cities in the Eastern Empire. If they continue to attract people, how much do they have to expand? Even if the people of the Eastern Empire were all muddy, they would definitely feel uncomfortable in their hearts. It is estimated that the people of Cao's house did not think of such a thing. After all, the levels occupied by the two sides are very different, so even if such a thing happens, they will not consider the problem at the same level. The matter of road construction was formulated by Li Cong at the beginning. stopped. In fact, the biggest problem now is the artificial problem. Just like the job market says. As long as you have money, you can have what kind of people you want to hire, if you are not satisfied. There are people from the headhunting company who you like to help you do things, but this era is different, there are only two employers, either from Cao's firm, or from the Eastern Empire. They are all engaged in things like the Cold War. If such a thing really comes out, it will not be a good thing for the development of Cao's House, but for their own road construction plan, such a thing is still a good thing. What must be done is the same as now. If you don't do it, you will have no prestige for your own words. Is there a bug in Wang Quantai's mind? Why does he help you to do things so much? Soon Li Cong said I have made my own decision in my heart, and I have to start from the navy, whoever has a door.

The war between the Eastern Empire and the Northern Empire has already begun, and there is no intention of lowering it. At this time, the Eastern Empire also has a lot of funding gaps just like the Linghu family. There is no problem with these people in the past. Besides, the tens of millions of Vietnamese slaves in the Eastern Empire are obviously not a very good place. If I offer a price of twenty taels of silver, I guess those people People will go crazy to help the people of Cao's House of Commerce to catch these slaves. For them, these slaves are so useless. If they can be used to offset the debts of Cao's House of Trade, they will be happy to do it Regarding this matter, Li Cong then stated his proposal. Wang Quantai agreed in principle, but there were also some who disagreed, that is, they cannot all use Yue people. To do this, there must be at least hundreds of thousands of guards. These people need to be resolved by themselves in the Eastern Empire. Now there is no shortage of money in the Cao's Commercial Bank, and the money has entered Cao Cao like running water. There are not many people who are worthy of trust. The Ouyang family receives tens of billions of dollars in capital injections from Cao's Commercial Bank every year. They have already worked very hard to help the Cao family. The people from the commercial firm have come to train people, but it is a pity that the output of less than 100 million people can only be produced every year. This kind of output can be said to be a drop in the bucket. Cao's commercial firm has a shortage of employment in the entire continent every year. More than one billion, plus some newly discovered islands, it will be even more. Although it has been urged for a long time, someone from the Ouyang family has also come to say that if it is quantity, not quality, we will It can be solved for you, but if something happens to these people in the future, or if the things you explain cannot be completed, this matter has nothing to do with us. You should understand such things. Think about it Here Li Cong gave up his plan to increase output. This is not a joke. He got a bunch of useless waste and wasted his own genetic medicine. He would not do such a thing. Be precise. I am very clear about this truth, and other people are also very clear about such things. None of them are fools, and they are all quite clear about this matter, but the road construction is Cao's firm The big plan set by the people in charge will never be changed. Li Cong can only grit his teeth and dispatch people from other places. When Wang Quantai was leaving, Li Cong also said a problem, that is, roads need to be built in various places. The thing is, Wang Quantai has already obtained the authorization from Li Cong here, and other people must come here if they are educated and talented. It's really big. Especially the transportation of cement in the past is too troublesome, so Li Cong specially appointed Wang Quantai as the chief planner of road construction. Don't you want to take care of some things? Right now, this matter is left to you. The report of those people If you come up, I think you can go and have a good talk with them, this is the most suitable for you, don't worry about anything else.

Send away this headache guy. Li Cong didn't have time to rest over there. According to the news from Linghu, what might be exchanged this time is a replica of the ancestral talisman. Such things are quite attractive to anyone, and Li Cong is no exception. As long as this thing can be found. You can research something by yourself. Doesn't it mean that everything in the world comes from ancestral talismans? If I can have such a thing, I really don't need to worry about it in the future, but Li Cong entered that system and didn't find out what the ancestor talisman is. It's because the system gave him a task because Li Cong saw the light magician. It has nothing to do with wanting to activate the light magician. There is a way here. You don't feel that this thing is actually not that big to yourself Relational, the most important thing is because this thing is not so simple, if you really want to get it, it can also help you, just do a task, Li Cong feels that he is already good, but when he sees I was also dumbfounded when it came to the mission, damn, to establish the Li Dynasty, on this planet, there must be at least 300 provinces in area and a population of more than 50 billion, so that you can start your own light magician, But such a request is really too difficult, and because of this, Li Cong took a look at all the forces he has on this planet now. At present, more than 8,000 provinces in the entire continent already have Li Cong's territory, but Most of them are of a commercial nature, and their own troops add up to less than two billion people. Compared with the troops that can be mobilized by the four empires at any time, it is too small. Even if your army can It is impossible for one enemy to have such a powerful ability. Li has never thought about building a country by force, but this is a bit too unrealistic. At least there is no such ability. The actual occupied area is the Southern Empire. About one hundred provinces plus more than 30 counties, twelve counties in the Western Empire, thirty-five counties in the Eastern Empire, and three counties in the Northern Empire, it can be said that because of the relationship with the Northern Empire The good reason is that on the surface, the actual control area of ​​the Northern Empire is the least, but in fact, there are hundreds of counties and cities that are now controlled by people from Cao's House of Commerce, which is quite a lot. It can be said that the scale can be ranked among the top ten on this planet, and besides these, Li Cong also controls more than 30% of the funds on this planet, which is already a very large number. It can be said that most of the economy on this planet is in the past, but how to use this thing is still a big trouble, the main reason is that there are too many gold and silver reserves on this planet, here Most of the currency in China is made of gold and silver, and the plug-in has been turned on, but it still cannot be completely controlled.

Before Li Cong thought about the economic reasons, the incident came. This time the incident was not an official matter, but his grandson Li Wei came back. Seeing this guy's dusty appearance, Li Cong also smiled. He knows everything about Li Wei clearly. It can be said that this kid has also seen the problem of life and death, and he will be regarded as a man in the future. Li Cong directly let this guy go to rest. After the Great Plains, they directly found the mine over there. Unfortunately, Piao'er's father died a few months ago. For this reason, Li Wei didn't think about going to the black big screen group. How to play and see, this kid found a problem strangely at this time, why does Piao'er's matter have such a relationship with him? Didn't he treat this guy as an ordinary friend of his own? At that time, this guy figured it out. It turned out that he already had feelings for this cute girl. This kind of thing made him feel a little ungrateful. What kind of person is he? Wasn't the former space magician the one I've been thinking about day and night? How could he have thoughts about others so quickly now? Are you a fool? Such a thing is a hurdle for anyone to pass, this guy needs to think about it for himself, since this kid is back. There is no need for Li Cong to continue to procrastinate. Now there is one more terrible thing to do, and that is to start this auction. Cao Jiashang has been preparing for this grand event for a long time , the airship has already transported all the trade shopkeepers in various parts of the mainland back, and they will need to appraise some valuable things at that time. The most precious thing is that I don’t say anything about the dozen or so people from Cao’s House who were shortlisted. Originally, Li Cong wanted to attract that mysterious force. Who knew that those people didn’t want to come at all. mean. Maybe the thing that ran out by itself is not very good. This can only be to attract these ordinary forces to come, as for some other people, they will not come at all, but it doesn't matter, at least this time things will not be wasted. Because the world will carry things that I will be very interested in. It was also for this reason that it was the third day after Li Wei came back. Li Cong announced that the auction would start in two days. This kind of thing came a bit suddenly for them, although they really wanted to understand why the people from Cao's House started it suddenly? But they also know that their curiosity may lead them to something. Besides, I didn't come here to satisfy my curiosity. What the people of Cao's House want to do is their own business, and it has nothing to do with us. That's why, They all started to set their sights on some other people. As for the people of Cao's House of Commerce, they didn't have the intention of paying attention to them. What about the good things you need, nothing else matters.

At this time, the major organizations have withdrawn their vision from other places. At this time, their most important thing is to obtain the Ossified Tianlu Pill. If this thing comes into their hands, it will definitely create a When super masters come out, it is impossible for anyone to refuse such a thing. At this time, the most depressing people are the people of Tianxiahui. They are fighting among themselves again. Those magicians want to go out and talk to Li Cong about this issue face to face. Yes, but the soldiers didn't let them go out, and when neither side refused to accept the other, the people from Cao's House came to send such news, telling them that the people from Cao's House were ready to hold the auction Now, they have calmed down a little bit, and they don't know what they said. In short, people from both sides arrived at the auction of Cao's House on time, but Li Cong observed it secretly, although their faces were full of With a smile, but it's a pity that these people don't know how to hide themselves. Whether it's drinking water or some other things, they hate their partners very much. How can such things be allowed? For them, they can't do such a thing. Many people from other large organizations have also come, but Li Cong basically knows what they brought, and he will not talk to those people. Come to trade, the things in Li Cong’s hands are what you all want, so I have the right to choose who will use my things. If you have what I need in your hands, you can also Such things are stipulated, but now is when I make the decision, and you don't have so many choices. The place where the transaction is made is found by the people from Cao's House, so you won't be afraid of what these people will do. , the surrounding can be said to be full of masters, and the people of Cao's House of Commerce have absolute ability to control things here. Li Cong also said from the beginning that any disputes are forbidden in the city. The original nine-level magic Master is an example. If you don’t believe in this, you can come out and try it yourself. Of course, someday it will be just a prison, but today you need an arm. Of course, if you have three heads and six arms, you don’t care. This thing is another matter, we will not cause any harm to you, this is your own business, but if you don’t have so many arms, it’s better to abide by the regulations of Cao’s House of Commerce, and it’s okay to come up There is no extra nonsense, because there are no people Li Cong needs, so Li Cong is too lazy to talk nonsense with them. The whole morning is for them to test the authenticity of the Ossified Tianlu Pill. Among these people, there are alchemists But no, but among these people, there are many people who know pills. They are very familiar with these things. In fact, they only need to smell the smell to know, of course. They don't dare to mess around with such a valuable thing. The final result is that these people think that the elixir is real. In fact, after the first two inspections, there is no need for other people to come to see it. It's just a matter of time, if all of this is checked, I don't know when it will go, and it's not their thing.

"Everyone, I believe that everyone is also a busy person, and it is impossible to have so much time to do things with me, of course. Just kidding. I know that it is impossible for everyone to go to my place, so let's go directly to today's That’s it. It’s about the thing in front of you. Everyone has checked it. Many people said it in the past. It may be because I produced some low-level pills in the past. So there will be many people I don’t believe that there are such advanced things here, but now I think everyone can rest assured that the thing in front of me is true. You don’t need to believe some rumors about me. Sometimes you don’t What I believe may be true. I won’t talk about other things now. Our auction is a hidden bid auction, which is divided into two. The team of Cao’s Commercial Bank believes that everyone is very happy. To be clear, the trading house of Cao's House of Commerce cannot be said to be the best trading house on the entire continent, but it is definitely the largest trading house. Even if they have never seen the treasure in your hand, they are definitely I've heard of the treasures in your hands, anyway, it's okay to give you a price, because I think everyone's things are very precious things, so the valuation team of our Cao's Commercial Bank will not use silver like this The small unit of measurement is used to estimate, so we use numbers to express it directly. The unit of this number is 100 million. If my team gives you a number of 300, it means that your things are all It is something worth more than 30 billion silver. The secret bid is divided into two rounds. The first round only needs to get the top ten people, and after the first round, we will announce the results of the top ten. The second round From now on, it can only be carried out among these ten organizations. As for those organizations that have not been announced, I am really sorry. The choice of our Cao's firm is absolutely fair, and each of the things will let ten evaluation teams For calculation, at the end we remove the highest score, remove the lowest score, and then average them to get your results. This is the simplest and fairest thing so far. I hope everyone can understand, and now we are conducting the first round of bidding When the thing Li Cong used was on the earth, such things would often happen, but this place is not on the earth, and many people have never heard of such things. In their opinion, Cao The people of Cao’s House of Commerce just like to make some weird things, but if you listen carefully, the things Cao’s House of Commerce said are very good. They didn’t think about these issues carefully before, but now they are worth it. We are all going to learn this stuff, not to mention the people at Cao’s House, they are very serious about doing this, most people basically think that way now, and it’s not a good thing to study these rules now At that time, what they need now is to take out their precious things. Li Cong's doing this is also to get out their things to the maximum extent, so that those who are lucky will not have any ideas is.

All the people in the first round have their own qualifications, but as long as they are in the top ten, some people will basically give out all their own things. If they do not have the qualifications for the top ten, stay There is no use in holding those good things, is it? What are we here for? I'm not here to travel, I'm not here to taste the delicious food of Cao's House, let alone to watch the fun, we all want to get what we need here, Cao's House has a lot of treasures, but now Ninety-nine percent of the people saw the ossified Tianlu pill on the stage. If they didn't have that kind of thought, they probably wouldn't need to come here. They are not fools. Looking at the people around, except for the few large organizations, other people are basically very worried. They all feel that the gap between their organization and these large organizations in front of them is really too big. They think that their organization is still very good, but today they all understand that their organization is considered good in that one-acre three-point land. When they encountered such a conference, they really didn't have enough to watch. Looking at the people from the four great empires and the four major sects, they didn't look around. They had already prepared their own plans, although there would be Some changes, but the time of change is definitely not the current one. The second round is when they need to change. They have been the most powerful force for hundreds of thousands of years. If they can't even enter the first round, That is simply too embarrassing, but there are only ten places, and it is not sure that they can really enter. This kind of thing is also very interesting. Many people feel the danger. Such a grand event can be said to be exposed. A part of everyone's strength, many treasures cannot be measured by money, but the people of Cao's Commercial Bank have the ability to convert them into silver, because many things here cannot be bought with money Things, since they are all such things, then this prerequisite can be discarded. Besides, this kind of selection is also beneficial to the people of Cao's House. It is very good if you are shortlisted, but if you are not If you are shortlisted, but we will know what you have. If we also have such things, then there is no need to waste time. We will go our separate ways in the future. But if we also need your things, then we will We need to have a good discussion. Although I can't get something like the Ossified Tianlu Pill, there is no problem with other things. It is not a problem to tailor one for you according to your organization. We The greatest ability of Cao's House is that it can have a large number of good things. As long as it is what you want, we can meet your requirements. (To be continued..)