Chapter 100 The high price made the county government rich!
The county government hall, which should have been quiet, was now as busy as a vegetable market.
All the big buyers couldn't wait for Su Cheng to start the auction as soon as possible.
Upon seeing this, He Captou hurriedly spoke to the side: "Everyone, please be quiet, my lord will start the auction right away!"
As soon as they heard that it was about to begin, everyone immediately silenced and focused all their attention on Su Cheng.
Su Cheng didn't show off, he stood up and said slowly: "This auction is for 10,000 acres of farmland rented from ten other counties!"
"This county also knows that everyone wants to get these 10,000 acres of land, but there are more wolves and less meat. If it is auctioned at one time, it will inevitably lead to a situation where one family is the dominant one, and others will not be convinced."
"The county has come up with a compromise solution, which is to auction a thousand acres of land."
"In this way, it will be convenient for you to manage."
"Of course, if you think this method is not feasible, then it is not impossible to auction 10,000 acres at once."
"Just in this way, do you think you will be the final winner?"
Auctions also require skills.
If all 10,000 acres of land are leased to a large family, then this family will definitely become a super wealthy family.
Other large households will not agree, and the county does not want to see the existence of such super large households.
After all, once this person becomes rich, it will be difficult to control him.
As the county magistrate, Su Cheng naturally did not want a disobedient super-rich family to appear in his county.
The big business owners frowned when they heard this and were a little surprised. They didn't expect that Su Cheng would separate the fields and auction them off.
However, Su Cheng's words also gave them a wake-up call.
Are they really sure they can compete with other big players?
If it is divided into 1,000 acres for auction, there will be at least ten quotas, but if 10,000 acres are auctioned together, there will only be one quota.
Of course, the former has a greater chance!
Although the income is less, at least you can make money, which is better than not being able to rent any land, right?
This county magistrate is amazing!
I was convinced in a few words, but I still felt that my idea was a good one.
And if it is divided into ten auctions, the price will definitely rise, which will make the county magistrate earn more.
"Since the county magistrate has already thought about it, let's rent it according to one thousand acres!"
"My Li family agrees!"
"The Wang family agrees!"
The big business owners quickly reached an agreement and felt that it would be more appropriate to auction the land based on one thousand acres.
Su Cheng was not surprised by this, but smiled and said: "Very good, then I will tell you the rules now."
"The starting price for bidding is one thousand acres. If you rent it for one year, the starting price is six thousand taels!"
"If you rent for two years, the starting price is ten thousand taels!"
"If you rent for three years, the starting price is fifteen thousand taels!"
“Now let’s start the auction of the thousand acres of farmland in Xincheng County, which is closest to us!”
Su Cheng rented these fields for three years from other counties, and this auction is also divided into years.
Of course, he believes that these big investors will choose three years.
This starting price is already very favorable.
You must know that this drought has affected several surrounding states. Now there is a food shortage everywhere. The price of food has increased from 300 to 600 Wen/stone before to one tael of silver/stone now!
Food prices have doubled!
The grain of these large households was preserved during this drought, and they used hybrid rice, which increased grain production tenfold per mu.
Originally, one acre of land could only produce 90 kilograms of grain, but now the grain output of one acre of land has directly reached 900 kilograms!
These large households have a lot of grain in their hands and sell it at high prices. I don’t know how much money they have made these days.
So starting in three years, fifteen thousand taels is nothing to these people.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, everyone at the scene fell silent.
No one expected that it would be so cheap?
But after a while, someone reacted and quickly raised their hands and shouted:
"Master Su, fifteen thousand taels, I'll rent it for three years!"
As soon as these words came out, others were immediately reminded.
"Hmph, I want to rent it for three years for fifteen thousand taels. If you dream, I will pay you sixteen thousand taels!"
"I'll pay eighteen thousand taels!"
"I'll pay twenty thousand taels!"
Because the fields in Xincheng County are closest to Liuhe County, they are easy to manage and have become fragrant steamed buns.
The price suddenly soared to 20,000 taels!
Seeing this scene, He Shaotou swallowed his saliva.
The county magistrate's method is effective. He deliberately offered a low price for the nearest field to let these people compete with each other.
If this trend continues, let alone twenty-five thousand taels, even thirty thousand taels will not be a problem.
Even Su Cheng was a little surprised when he saw such a wealthy businessman who was blushing.
These guys really don't recognize each other when they fight.
It seems that I still underestimated the financial resources of these people. This drought has made these people extremely rich, and all of them want to continue renting fields to grow hybrid rice.
Just as Su Cheng was deep in thought, a roar interrupted his thoughts.
"I'm offering thirty thousand taels!"
This roar immediately silenced the scene completely.
Su Cheng raised his head and looked at this person, and it turned out to be the person who was called Wang Laoliu before.
Looking at the silent crowd, Su Cheng smiled and said: "The price of thirty thousand taels is indeed a high price. Is there anyone who offers a higher price?"
No one answered.
The price was beyond their expectations.
"Thirty thousand taels once!"
"Thirty thousand two or two times!"
"Thirty thousand two or three times!"
Su Cheng slapped the gavel and laughed: "Okay, since no one bids again, then Wang Laoliu will get this field!"
"Come here, bring me the papers!"
Su Cheng is very cautious in doing things and must leave a written record of everything to prevent the other party from regretting it.
Wang Laoliu quickly signed and pledged the money, and asked his servants to bring the money in.
Su Cheng asked Mr. He to go down and count the numbers, and he continued to auction other fields.
This year's drought has caused food shortages in various places, and food prices have skyrocketed. Now the fields have become a hot commodity.
And Wang Laoliu won the first piece of land, which stimulated other big households.
There are only ten places, and if one is auctioned off, there will be one less.
"The thousand acres of land in Wan County are now being auctioned and the bidding begins!"
Su Cheng also enjoyed the feeling of an auctioneer for a while, and the gavel seemed to have turned into a hammer to seal the deal.
As the gavel was being photographed, the big players below were calling out the price one after another.
In the end, the land was sold for 28,000 taels.
The competition for the subsequent eight plots of land was also fierce, and the prices remained high.
The price of almost every piece of land is more than 25,000 taels.
Even when it came to the last piece of land, the big players who had not snatched it began to exert their efforts, and the price was actually as high as 35,000 taels.
At this point, the auction, which lasted for half a day, was finally over.
By this time, the sky had darkened.
"Okay, everyone, this auction is over, and everyone is happy!"
"By the way, the county heard that Shenjia Cloth Store will launch a new stocking tomorrow. If you are interested, you can go and take a look."
At this time, Su Cheng did not forget to promote business for Shenjia Clothing Village.
Those big companies agreed to this one after another, and each said they would send someone to take a look tomorrow.
They didn't know what the new stockings from Shenjia Clothing Store were, but they had to give Su Cheng this face.
After Su Cheng sent away the big investors, he immediately asked the people below to calculate the total price of the auction.
All this money must be classified into the county government treasury and must be clearly counted and recorded so that it can be checked at any time in the future.
Su Cheng did not dare to be careless with such a large amount of money. Although he did not eat lunch or dinner, he still stayed at the county government office to wait for the results of the counting.