"Back to your Majesty, I am here this time, firstly, to congratulate your Majesty and bring joy to the palace."
Cui Hongmo cupped his hands towards Li Xuan, and then said cautiously, "Secondly, yesterday, those stewards from the aristocratic families blocked the door again and kept begging me to wait. They wanted me to ask if there is still liquor for sale in the Prince's Mansion?"
"Selling liquor?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan looked startled.
Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde looked tense and said quickly: "Your Majesty, if there is not much liquor left in the manor, we can directly reject the stewards of those aristocratic families!"
"Need not!"
Li Xuan waved his hand directly and said: "Go and tell the stewards of the aristocratic families that I am happy today. I will take out the remaining fifty bottles of liquor and find a place to sell them publicly. The one with the highest price will get it!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde looked happy and quickly bowed their hands.
Immediately, after reacting, everyone was stunned again.
Fifty bottles of liquor? Public sale? The highest bidder gets it?
I frowned and thought hard for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, how to sell it this way?"
"Um?"
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment and glanced at Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde. It wasn't until they felt uncomfortable that Li Xuan sighed softly.
"Just find a spacious teahouse or restaurant, and then put these fifty bottles of liquor into a group, one bottle into a group, two bottles into a group, three bottles into a group, and ask the rich and powerful businessmen from aristocratic families to quote prices one by one. Who will pay for it?
If the price is high, we will sell it to whomever! This method is called auction!"
"this?"
This time, Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde understood.
However, they couldn't help but widen their eyes with surprise on their faces. This method was so unscrupulous and they liked it so much.
But, why can the king come up with such a method?
Thinking about it, the eyes of the two people looking at Li Xuan couldn't help but be full of weirdness.
"What?"
Li Xuan glanced at the two of them strangely and asked, "You two haven't understood it yet?"
"Go back to your Majesty, both of us have understood it!"
Cui Hongmo quickly replied.
"So, why don't you quickly spread this news and find a suitable auction location? The auction will be held tomorrow morning!"
"yes!"
Cui Hongmo quickly reported the incident.
Immediately, the two of them bowed respectfully to Li Xuan again and retreated.
"Your Majesty, do you really want to auction in this way?"
After the two left, Li Chang said cautiously.
"What do you think is wrong?" Li Xuandao.
"Your majesty, I'm just here to lift it up. You have already told His Majesty, Duke Su and others how much a bottle of wine costs. And now, you are using this method to make all the nobles from aristocratic families compete for these fifty bottles.
Will liquor be used by those powerful people from aristocratic families..."
Li Chang did not dare to continue talking about the rest.
However, Li Xuan seemed to understand and nodded with a happy face.
"What you said is very reasonable! In this way, at the auction tomorrow morning, the base price of a bottle of liquor must be five guan, and the price will increase from this basis! In addition, in order to prevent the powerful people from the aristocratic families from colluding and wanting to collude secretly, first use
It's a villain's work to buy these fifty bottles of liquor at a low price and then divide them up privately.
You arrange a few servants in advance, and if they dare to collude privately, they can bid me the price and buy it back myself!"
After hearing this, Li Chang was stunned, "Your Majesty, there are at least three thousand bottles of liquor in your brewery!"
"So what?"
Li Xuantan laughed and said, "You have to know how much grain is used to brew these liquors? Moreover, according to the grain stored in the brewery, how much liquor can continue to be brewed in the brewery?"
"this?"
Li Chang looked startled, then a trace of shame flashed in his eyes, and he quickly saluted Li Xuan.
"The king is wise, but the villain is narrow-minded!"
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded, "Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is still short of food and cannot use grain to brew liquor without restraint. Therefore, according to the grain reserves of the village, it can brew up to 30,000 bottles.
For such a small amount of liquor, His Majesty, Duke Su and others will definitely have to ask for it from me. The two of them, Doctor Sun, the old man, and even the head of the Cui family in Qinghe, I have to prepare for them.
Even if you, the housekeeper, Xue Rengui, and all the close relatives in the house should be given some liquor, in addition, if the house is planning some big events, they will all have to drink liquor.
Calculating this, the liquor that can be sold to those powerful families is only a few thousand bottles at most.
In this case, it is necessary to sell the liquor that I have worked so hard to brew to some people who are willing to pay!"
At Li Chang's age, he has worked for many bosses, but this was the first time he met a boss like Li Xuan.
The family is obviously rich enough to be envied by everyone, but it appears to be very poor to the outside world.
He treated his relatives and servants very generously and rewarded them with anything worth thousands of gold. As for outsiders who had nothing to do with the king, the king was so stingy that Li Chang would feel guilty when facing those outsiders and nobles.
However, this method made Li Chang excited again.
With such a proprietor, how could they be dissatisfied?
at the same time.
In Tai'an Palace, Li Yuan was overjoyed after hearing the report from the servants sent by Li Chang. He was even happier than he was about having an heir.
"Hundred gold reward!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The servant who reported the news was also an old man who had served Li Yuan for many years. He expressed his joyful thanks to Li Yuan for his reward.
Then, Li Yuan shouted: "Li Chong."
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Li Chong quickly cupped his hands and said.
"Xuanba finally has an heir. I must go to congratulate you on this great joy. Quickly pick up some items from the palace, pick up two experienced old ladies, and follow me to Lijiazhuang!" Li Yuan hurriedly ordered!
road.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Chong responded quickly.
Immediately, he walked out quickly.
However, the two objects Li Yuan wanted were the most common objects in Tai'an Palace.
Soon, Li Zhong took several servants, carried several large bags of belongings, and followed two old ladies behind him, and followed Li Xuan to Lijiazhuang.
At this time, Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde also came to Lijiazhuang to inform a group of nobles about the liquor auction mentioned by Li Xuan.
At the same time, some servants were also sent to select some wealthy mansions and send invitations.
Suddenly, the entire city of Chang'an began to fall into a commotion again.
His Royal Highness the King of Jin has an heir!
The King of Jin was so happy that he agreed to sell the remaining fifty bottles of liquor in his house!
As for whether there are really only fifty bottles left, the dignitaries of these aristocratic families don't have much doubt.
Because, in the concept of these powerful people from aristocratic families, such a famous liquor must not be too much. Moreover, how could a dignified King of Jin deceive the people of the world because of this matter?
As for the auction where the highest bidder goes, all the dignitaries of the aristocratic families also looked confident.
That's fifty bottles of liquor. With their financial resources, they can definitely buy one bottle and take it home!
Therefore, all the dignitaries of the aristocratic families just asked their housekeepers to prepare some money, and then looked forward to tomorrow's liquor auction!
At the same time, Li Yuan also rushed to Lijiazhuang with an excited look on his face.
As soon as he entered the other courtyard, he hurriedly ran to Li Xuan's main house.
Seeing Li Yuan, Li Xuan's eyes flashed with helplessness, but he was also very happy.
Especially after seeing the two old ladies behind Li Yuan, the smiles on his face kept coming!