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Chapter 43 Sold for a sky-high price

Seeing that everyone was drooling, Zhu Biao suddenly had an idea!
"Come here! Get the wine vessel. Today, I will make an exception and give everyone a free drink!"

Not long after, a servant took out a lot of wine glasses, each of them scooped up a glass and started drinking.

"Ah! What a strong drink!"

"I've never tasted such a strong drink!"

"Enough! This is what men drink!"

Many of the people here are the family members of Huaixi military generals, and they almost all have the heroic spirit of military generals. This strong aroma of wine is very suitable for them.

Li Shanchang has been fighting with Zhu Yuanzhang for many years, but after one sip, not only does his head feel swollen and hot, but also his whole body feels hot, and he even has the urge to find someone to fight!

"Everyone, how do you like this wine?"

Zhu Biao asked deliberately.

"Prince, this is really good wine! Compared with the wine I drank in the past, it was just water!"

"Prince, how about selling me a jar of this wine?"

"Your Highness, I want two cylinders!"

Everyone quickly rushed to buy wine, but Zhu Biao refused.

"I am here today just for the auction. I understand everyone's feelings, but who can get it depends on their ability!"

So the auction in Zhuangzi began soon.

In order to save Zhu Biao's face, and because this thing was indeed a treasure, this batch of wine was auctioned in the first batch.

"Everyone! Here comes the prince's hand with three hundred jars of fine wine! One jar is five hundred kilograms. The one with the highest bid will get it! The starting price is 50 taels of silver per jar!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shanchang directly doubled the price: "100 taels per cylinder! I want them all!"

"200 taels, all of them!"

The one who shouted was Xu Da's eldest son Xu Huizu.

"500 taels! I want them all!"

This time it was Chang Yuchun's eldest son, Chang Mao, Duke of Zheng.

After several price increases, the price of a jar of wine soared to 1000 taels!

One jar costs 1000 taels, three hundred jars, that’s 30 taels!
It’s so much money, but people on site are still increasing the price!

"One altar costs 5000 taels!; I want ten altars!"

Li Shanchang increased the price again, but this time, he did not dare to say that he would take it all.

If one altar costs 5000 taels, then the old three hundred altars cost 150 million taels!
Not to mention that he doesn’t have that much money, even if he does have it, he doesn’t dare to spend it!
If he could really come up with such a huge sum of money, Zhu Yuanzhang might have to send people to ransack his house tomorrow.

"A jar is 5000 taels. Is there anyone who wants to increase the price? No one? Okay, I'll give the Korean father ten jars!"

This time everyone learned the lesson. No matter how good the wine was, the auction price was astronomical. Even the richest people in the Dai Ming Dynasty felt the pressure was high, so they stopped increasing the price.

The wine in the back was all sold for 5000 taels of silver. Some had more than twenty jars, and some had less, only three or five jars.

Fortunately, there were so many people here, and the three hundred bottles of wine were eventually sold out!
"The second auction item..."

At this time, Zhu Biao was so happy that he was too lazy to listen to them auctioning other things.

After giving 150 million taels of silver as a favor fee, Zhu Biao took away the rest.

When he returned to Liao Tiancheng's house and handed over the money to Liao Tiancheng, Liao Tiancheng was also shocked!
"150 million taels! Brother Zhu, how did you do it?"

Zhu Biao was also very excited: "I went to the auction today and happened to meet all the princes of this dynasty. They all have so much money and have nowhere to spend it. The price of a tank of wine has actually been increased to 5000 taels! Dear brother, we are rich!" Liao Tiancheng smiled happily and kept nodding: "I've made a fortune, I've made a big fortune! Now I can directly repay the millions of money given by the court! After excluding various expenses, we can still have a lot left!"

It seems that the tens of thousands of refugees have done nothing this time, and Liao Tian has paid millions of dollars for them. In fact, the young men of these families will soon be assigned to sell wine in various places.

From now on, these people will be his employees. People will never get tired of drinking wine. From now on, Liao Tiancheng's income will naturally continue to flow.

To a certain extent, this can be called a huge profit.

Liao Tiancheng did not hesitate and began to distribute the income immediately.

"This 100 million taels is to repay the principal to the court."

"Although I borrowed it for just a few days, I still paid 1 taels of interest, which is very nice."

"Based on the tax rate of fifteen per cent, this time we should pay 10 taels of silver. This 10 taels will be used to pay the tax."

"Brother Zhu and your father didn't ask for wine. One jar costs 5000 taels, and I'll give you 1 taels!"

"Besides, Brother Zhu has done such a great job for me, so the wages are worth it! 3 taels, just to show my appreciation!"

"Zhu Yuqing is very diligent these days, give her 1 taels!"

"How many are left? Oh, there are 34 left!"

"Two hundred craftsmen work hard to make wine. Each person is given 100 taels, and another [-] taels are deducted!"

"There will be 32 left in the end!"

It may not seem like much, but it is actually quite a lot.

In just a few months, Liao Tiancheng alone made so much!
Seriously, not only did the two hundred craftsmen make money, but the tens of thousands of victims also shared in the million-dollar income!

Zhu Yuanzhang and his son, as well as Princess Ning Guo, both took a share of the bonus!
The national treasury also received more income.

This is a deal that benefits everyone!
"Brother, don't say anything anymore! Brother, I will report to the court now! When I come back, we must have a drink and celebrate!"

Zhu Biao took the money and rushed back to the palace happily, placing boxes of money in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Father, this 100 million is Tiancheng's principal repayment to the court."

"This ten thousand is interest..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly dissatisfied: "We gave him a huge sum of millions, why did he pay such a small amount of interest?"

Zhu Biao was shocked: "Father, those 100 million yuan was said to be borrowed by Tiancheng, but in fact it was used to help you appease the victims! All in all, it is equivalent to him giving away 100 million yuan to the court for free! If someone else had done this kind of thing, , not only will they not pay interest, they will not even repay the principal. In order to finally stabilize the victims, we have to ask for a reward from your father! You will be satisfied!"

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his forehead and smiled awkwardly: "We were too greedy and wrongly blamed him. You are right. If it had been someone else, not only would we have spent 100 million yuan in vain, but we may not be able to really settle these victims! This kid Tiancheng , you have done us a big favor again!”

After secretly scorning him, Zhu Biao continued: "Father, these 1 yuan are taxes for the court. These [-] taels are benefits for us."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again: "This kid, wants to bribe us?"

"No, no, no, Father!"

Zhu Biao collapsed.

"Thirty jars of wine were made before. They were originally going to give each of us one jar, have you forgotten?"

"I haven't forgotten, but what does this 1 taels have to do with the two bottles of wine?"

"We didn't want it, but when we sold it later, one jar sold for 5000 taels, so he converted the wine into money and gave it to us."

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh and sighed: "Tiancheng, what a talent! Not only can you make money with your smart brain, but you can also be a good person! This is not a bribe, this is a favor!"

(End of this chapter)