Hearing the news of the Ming family's asking price, Fan Xian frowned slightly, as if he hadn't expected the other party's response to be so fast and so ruthless, but in fact, he was still calm in his heart. This was expected, and the Ming family was not alone. Pigs waiting to be slaughtered, although the incident happened suddenly at the moment, but they are as scheming as Ming Qingda, so there must be better ways to deal with it.
When Eunuch Huang and Guo Zheng heard the news, their spirits were lifted, and their buttocks, which had been sitting quietly for a long time, finally moved forward, listening to the voices in the courtyard expectantly.
Only Xue Qing still looked like an old god, sipping the good tea in the bowl.
This is already the fifth bid, and it was not one of the goals of the Ming family, but they chose to bid at this time, the purpose of which is naturally to be the first horse in the current situation where all horses are silent The more important reason for the arrogance of Zhongxia Xifei and his group is that they are using a method that seems like a rogue to delay time and slow down the process.
So this round of bids seemed particularly boring, even boring, far less intense than the first round when Xia Qifei and the Lingnan Xiong family were fighting each other, and even worse than the previous rounds.
The Ming family's price was extremely low, and no sincerity could be seen at all, but Ming Qingda didn't care about this at all, and watched his son and the shopkeepers in the clan dawdling with time with a smile on his face.
It took a few quarters of an hour for a round of bidding, and the Ming family calculated the accounts, as jerky as a first-time brother, calling the price, as shy as a young girl, and handing over the kraft paper bag, as inconvenient as a toothless old woman .
Anyway, it was as long as it could be delayed, from the owner to the account room, the cooperation was extremely tacit, and it made everyone anxious, but there was no way to find out what the problem was. The official in charge of singing the ceremony from the Transit Department had already started to yawn standing on the stone steps, and the fifth bid was not over yet.
Xia Qifei's price has been holding down the Ming family by a large margin, but the three rounds of bidding have not stopped, and no one can skip to the next link.
The Jiangnan merchants around began to chat and drink tea. These old foxes could see what old man Ming had planned, and they knew that within today, they would probably only be able to open to the fifth bid.
The sun in the sky moved westward slowly but firmly, and the Ming family's speech and movements were slow and muddled. A little bird landed in the courtyard and looked curiously at the yawning and chatting people around. It seemed that it didn't quite understand why everything in this yard seemed to be in slow motion.
The Ming family is in no hurry.
Jiangnan merchants are not in a hurry.
Eunuch Huang and Guo Zheng are not in a hurry.
Jiangnan Governor Xue Qing is even less anxious.
I don't know if the robbers in the second and fourth rooms will go crazy when they encounter this kind of slow-fire cooking, but Fan Xian still hides some anxiety between his brows under the small observation of everyone, and his heart is clear and full of admiration The sophisticated kung fu and shameless methods of the Ming family.
The sun was getting to the west, dragging the shadow of the gate of the inner treasury as long as a girl's skirt. The little bird that didn't even find a single grass on the stone steps raised its head and looked around, full of resentment. After two cooing sounds, it flapped its wings and flew away.
When the gong sounded at the announcement, the firecrackers that represented the successful conclusion of the bidding for Neiku did not go off, because the third bid for the fifth bid had just ended, and Xia Qifei once again "difficultly" defeated the Ming family and won the marketing right of North Glass. The first day of Shineiku's New Year's opening for bidding will be forced to end.
All the businessmen in the courtyard sighed, stretched their waists, and wiped away their cold sweat with some lingering fear. Fortunately, the Ming family took action at the end today, and the time wasted abruptly. There are still a few drops of soup left in this fat and oily inner library.
Eunuch Huang and Guo Zheng looked at each other and smiled with relief. Xia Qifei's move really caught them by surprise, but fortunately, the other party who dragged on in the end lost all momentum. Presumably the Ming family should make proper arrangements for tomorrow's affairs tonight.
Fan Xian sat on the chair, raised his head, and crossed the high wall of the mansion, squinting at the redness in the sky, but he couldn't see the setting sun anymore.
The house began to be cleared, the bids were sealed, and the banknotes and tools brought in by the merchants did not need to be taken out again. One was for convenience, and the other was for safety. , Suzhou Prefecture's four-yamen joint defense will closely guard this inner treasury, which can be said to be the safest place in the world.
The soldiers began to put seals on the rooms in the corridor and outside the flower hall. The merchants had already come out, standing in the courtyard and chatting together. When they saw the old man and young master of the Ming family coming out of the first room, everyone hurried In the past, when we greeted and saluted, everyone spoke in a low voice, but the focus of the discussion was naturally the robber in the second and fourth rooms.
With a sullen face, Xia Qifei led his men to stand under the wall closest to the gate of the inner treasury, where it was dark.
While discussing, everyone looked at that place, at the group of people in the dark, and thought of the previous methods of these robbers, and felt more and more panicked.
At this time, the four members of the main hall also came down.
"I've seen Eunuch Huang." "I've seen Master Xue." "Master Fan, you have to leave something for the little one to eat."
The merchants rushed forward all of a sudden, surrounded the four big officials, and those who greeted each other saluted and complained about their grievances. It was extremely lively. Fan Xian couldn't help laughing. Looking at the somewhat annoyed Lingnan Xiong's family, Xiong Bailing, he comforted him and said jokingly, "There are still eleven bids, why are you in a hurry?"
The spokespersons of all the families complained in their hearts, thinking that among the remaining eleven items, the Ming family was determined to obtain the eight items that were bound, and there was no food for themselves.
Fan Xian sighed again and said, "There are too few sub-items, and there will always be someone who won't get their turn. This is the court rule, and there is nothing I can do about it."
As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately thought of Fan Xian's original proposal, and their eyes lit up when they heard him say the word "rules". Xiong Bailing suddenly chuckled, and said in a low voice: "This rule...is not made by man."
These merchants did not win the benefits today, and of course inevitably have a certain hunger for tomorrow's items.
Ming Qingda, who had been watching coldly from the crowd, frowned, knowing that the imperial envoy was secretly inducing those merchants to compete with his Ming family for shares, he sneered in his heart, but smiled lightly on his face, and looked at Eunuch Huang imperceptibly. glance.
Eunuch Huang understood, and interjected with a smile, "Everyone, our family thinks the same way."
Everyone couldn't help being overjoyed, thinking that even the representatives in the palace agreed to the proposal of subdividing the items, which seemed to be achievable. Unexpectedly, Eunuch Huang then sighed and said: "It's just a pity that the court rules are here, who dares to do anything... This matter, we can only wait for our family to return to Beijing, and go to the ancestors of the Queen Mother and His Majesty to speak for you. Our family dares to say that next year will definitely be better than this year.”
Everyone was stunned, their faces were extremely embarrassed, but they were scolding this eunuch who could only speak nice words in their hearts.
During this period of time, Fan Xian was talking with everyone, but in fact his mind was paying attention to the Ming family. He found that the old man Ming suddenly encountered today's changes, but his mind was still clear, and his emotions seemed not to be affected in any way. Judging Things are still extremely fast and accurate, and there are some small concerns.
Since the purpose is to force the Ming family to lose their mind, it seems that... it is necessary to increase the bargaining chip.
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As soon as the work of closing the warehouse was finally over and the defense was complete, the gate of the inner warehouse house was slowly opened for the second time in this day, and the fresh air from the street poured into the courtyard, which cheered up everyone and decided to go back at night No matter how easy it is to negotiate, we will come back to win the bid tomorrow. It is already this season, no matter what Ming family or Fan family you are, you have to grab a few deals to do it.
By this time, from Fan Xian's few words, all the great businessmen have heard the intention of a certain force in the court, which is to target the Ming family. Attracted by the lure and guided by the power, the merchants began to salivate at the Ming family who had never dared to confront it head-on. The leaders of several big families headed by the Xiong family in Lingnan and the Sun family in Quanzhou looked at each other and laughed strangely. It was planned to have dinner together at Jiangnanju in the evening.
Everyone secretly discussed to grab the Ming family's bid, and of course paid attention to the movements of the Ming family's master, and found that the Ming family's master was talking to the imperial envoy at this time. The old man and the young man were smiling and very affectionate. In fact, they are all hypocritical professions to the extreme. Naturally, they can do this kind of superficial kung fu, and everyone is not surprised.
When he was about to leave, he saw the imperial envoy lightly beckoning Xia Qifei and his party who had been staying in the shadows over.
The businessmen stopped walking out, looking at the scene in front of them curiously.
Fan Xian looked calm, looked at Xia Qifei with a slight smile, folded his sleeves in front of him, and made a gesture that only the two of them could understand, but said in his mouth, "Mr. Xia, today you are showing off."
Xia Qifei smiled, cupped his hands and bowed around: "It all depends on the humility of the bosses."
No matter how much the merchants held grudges against him, they knew that the other party was a gangster after all, so it was best not to offend him face to face, and they could see clearly that this person was Fan Qinchai's confidant, so they responded with a few words, It is said that Mr. Xia has not made a song for ten years, but he became a blockbuster, and so on.
Ming Qingda squinted at the enemy who suddenly appeared in front of him, and suddenly asked, "Master Xia, why are you suddenly interested in doing business?"
The arena fell silent.
Xia Qifei lowered his head, then slowly raised his head after a while, looked at this generation of masters of the Ming family, and said with a half-smile: "Although Xia has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, his family has been doing business for generations. I also want to inherit my father's behest."
"Oh?" Ming Qingda's eyes became more and more wrinkled, and he asked wearily, "It turns out that Xia Dang's family is also a merchant family for generations, but I don't know where they are doing business. Maybe I also had friendship with your father back then."
All the businessmen looked at this scene curiously, and after hearing this conversation, they were also very curious about what Xia Qifei's family originally did.
Xia Qifei quietly looked at Ming Qingda's face that often appeared in nightmares, and he didn't know what kind of emotion was surging in his heart. After a while, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, and he said quietly: "Friendship is naturally there, my Father, is your father, does Master Ming not know him?"
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Some people in the venue didn't understand this sentence, Xiong Bailing began to dig his ears subconsciously, Ming Qingda was slightly startled, looked at Xia Qifei in front of him, and didn't speak.
Although Xia Qifei didn't know why the Imperial Envoy had let him reveal his identity in advance, standing in front of the Ming family again was his strongest wish over the years, and today's dream came true, which made him extremely excited.
But he still remained calm on the surface, but his right hand hanging by his side and hidden in his sleeve trembled a little. He looked at Ming Qingda and said calmly but faintly:
"Brother, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, don't you know Xiao Qi?"
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Xia Qifei is the seventh young master of the Ming family! It was the rumored seventh young master of the Ming family who was supposed to inherit the property of the Ming family, but disappeared mysteriously in the end!
All the businessmen in the field looked at Xia Qifei in disbelief, as if they saw a fierce ghost crawling out of hell, or a monster that should not have existed in this world. How can this be? Although no one dared to discuss it, everyone can guess that it was the old lady of the Ming family and the master Ming in front of him who killed the seventh son of Ming. Why is he still alive and has become the master of the Jiangnan Water Village? boss
Ming Qingda stared blankly at Xia Qifei in front of him. He stared at that face for an unknown amount of time, and suddenly his body began to tremble. He finally saw a familiar shadow from this face. Little brother, that skinny body that was beaten by himself with a whip, that face full of resentment and pleasure of revenge!
"father!"
At this time, Ming Lanshi was also extremely shocked and terrified, looking at Xia Qifei, the legendary uncle, like a dementia, but found that his father's body was on the verge of collapse, and hurriedly supported him.
From Ming Lanshi's point of view, today's inner treasury courtyard is like a private house, and he can't stay for long at all. He helped his father who seemed to have aged a lot in a moment, and led the family members to walk outside the inner treasury courtyard.
The merchants in the field were still staring at Xia Qifei in shock, discussing something softly.
When the Ming family reached the gate, to everyone's surprise, Ming Qingda, the master of the Ming family, broke free from his son's support, forced himself to stand upright, and turned around.
The face of the master of the Ming family was a little pale, but he used his strong self-control ability to restore the temporary calm. He looked at Xia Qifei in the courtyard and said calmly: "Master Xia is joking, my poor seventh brother died of illness more than ten years ago. , please don't tell this kind of joke to tease the old man's heart."
The merchants were silent, knowing in their hearts that it was fortunate that the old man of the Ming family stood up and turned around and said such a sentence at this time, otherwise, if he was shocked and exposed his empty door, and let this news spread around without the Ming family's refutation, this situation would be very serious. It's getting harder to control.
Fan Xian tilted his head slightly, looked at the old and tired master of the Ming family on the stone steps, and sighed in his heart, "It's a pity, I admire you."