With the five million strings of cash, Nasr Noh was relieved.
Having money in hand means you won't panic!
By this time, Nasr Noh had learned quite a bit about the news regarding the auction of shops at the train station.
The winter of the first year of Yan Ning's reign was getting colder and colder.
On the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow began to fall in the capital, and soon the entire ground was covered in white.
The next day was the 20th of the twelfth lunar month.
The auction for shops for lease at Beijing Railway Station has officially commenced.
The auction venue was also very familiar to them.
It was on the third floor of the Beijing Bank.
Arriving at the familiar location, Nasr Noh couldn't help but shake his head with a smile, thinking to himself: This Beijing bank really makes money from everything!
Upon arriving on the third floor, the spacious rooms were already filled with people.
A huge, densely packed area.
Some are from Southeast Asia, and some are from the West.
However, most of them were local merchants from Da Gan Kingdom.
Nasr Noh looked around and saw some familiar faces among them.
It seems these people don't want to miss out on this great business opportunity at the train station!
At nine o'clock in the morning, Emperor Li Xin of the Da Gan Kingdom arrived here.
"His Majesty has arrived!"
A loud voice resounded throughout the room, and everyone immediately rose to their feet, knelt on the ground, and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"
"Get up!"
Li Xin waved his hand, signaling everyone to stand up.
Looking at the huge crowd in the hall, Li Xin smiled and said, "Today, you are the main characters. I'm just here to take a look."
"Lin Zian, you may begin!"
With that, Li Xin walked to a private room next door and sat down.
After everyone sat down, Lin Zian came to the front, took a booklet, and placed it on the table.
Several staff members pushed over a huge map of the shops.
Everyone looked up at the map in front of them, examining the exact location of each shop, and pondering which location they wanted to choose.
“I declare,”
Lin Zian announced loudly: "The auction for shops at the Beijing Railway Station is now beginning. All shops will be leased on a yearly basis, with a starting bid of five thousand strings of cash."
"The auction for Shop No. 1, located north of Beijing West Railway Station, is now open. Begin the auction!"
As Lin Zian finished speaking, a merchant from the Great Gan Kingdom raised his sign—"Five thousand one hundred strings of cash!"
"Five thousand two hundred strings of cash!"
"Five thousand five hundred strings of cash!"
One merchant immediately called out a price of 5,500 strings of cash, and everyone else looked at each other and stopped bidding.
Despite being the number one shop, the location is not good. It is located north of Beijing West Railway Station, far from the train station and main roads. Its biggest advantage is probably its proximity to industrial and residential areas.
Therefore, not many people were willing to bid.
Finally, a merchant from Jiangnan Province acquired Shop No. 1 for 5,500 strings of cash.
Next, the auction will continue with other shops.
There are many well-planned shops along the entire Beijing West Railway Station.
Apart from a few in very good locations, the other shops are pretty much the same.
Therefore, the merchants from various provinces of the Great Gan Kingdom were not in a hurry; they were content as long as they could secure a suitable location.
Moreover, the price was acceptable to them, ranging from five thousand to six thousand guan.
Anything a little higher, we won't accept.
Unless it's some wealthy businessmen who want to acquire all the neighboring shops and merge them together, they won't bid higher.
Before long, most of the shops along the West Railway Station in Beijing had been auctioned off.
However, there are still some shops in relatively good locations near Beijing West Railway Station that have not yet been auctioned off.
"Next, shop number sixty-six will be auctioned!"
As Lin Zian finished speaking, everyone in the hall turned their attention to the map hanging high above.
Shop No. 66 is located on the west side of Beijing West Railway Station, surrounded by spacious ground and situated on a major transportation route.
Most importantly, the official road leading to Xuanfu and other places was not far from Shop No. 66.
Such convenient conditions have made Shop No. 66 an ideal shop for many people to buy.
Even Nasr Noh was somewhat tempted.
Although Nasr Noh had already acquired twenty-four adjacent shops in the middle of the West Station of the capital, he was still ambitious.
"Starting bid: 5,000 strings of cash."
"The bidding will now begin!"
As soon as Lin Zian finished speaking, a merchant from Jiangnan immediately called out, "Ten thousand strings of cash!"
Instantly, the entire arena erupted in cheers.
Unexpectedly, the price of shop number 66 doubled as soon as it started selling.
Everyone turned around, wanting to see who was so wealthy and powerful.
However, just as these people turned their heads, they saw Nasr Noh holding up a sign and saying calmly, "Fifteen thousand strings of cash!"
Wow!
After only two bids, the price was already double the starting bid!
Everyone stared wide-eyed.
Shop number 66 has a great location, but it's not very big. If you want to do big business here, you'd need to take over all the dozen or so neighboring shops.
Only in this way can it play a very good role!
However, if just one shop has already commanded such a high price, how can the neighboring shops possibly set their prices?
However, just as everyone was wondering, another merchant made an offer—"16,000 strings of cash."
"Eighteen thousand strings of cash!"
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
