Chapter 241 They regret it!
Liu Xiaoxiao said hurriedly: "My foot is healed again, I'm fine."
"That's fine." Qu Fufeng nodded.
When they were discussing the process next, he was cautious and kept a distance from Liu Xiaoxiao, fearing that she would "lose her balance" and fall on him again.
Liu Xiaoxiao was so angry that she almost died.
After completing the process, seeing Qu Fufeng was about to leave without hesitation, Liu Xiaoxiao could no longer hold back and called out to him.
"Sir Qu, are you really married? Is your wife really more beautiful than me?" She asked unwillingly.
Qu Fufeng frowned slightly, thought for a moment, waved to his subordinates, and gave a few instructions.
"What are you going to do?" Liu Xiaoxiao didn't understand his actions and was a little confused.
"You will know later." Qu Fufeng did not say it directly.
Soon, Qi Xingrou arrived.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" She looked at Qu Fufeng anxiously.
"It's nothing, I just want to let others see how beautiful my wife is." Qu Fufeng nodded in the direction of Liu Xiaoxiao.
Qi Xingrou blushed immediately and punched him lightly on the shoulder.
"You're making a fuss again. Be careful or I'll scold you. If you don't need my help, I'll leave now."
As soon as Qi Xingrou appeared, Liu Xiaoxiao immediately became terrified.
She is not one tenth as beautiful as this girl.
With such a beautiful lady, it’s no wonder that Qu Fufeng looks down on her.
Liu Xiaoxiao immediately gave up the idea of seducing Qu Fufeng and rehearsed honestly.
"See? I didn't lie. My wife is beautiful!"
Qu Fufeng finally found an opportunity to show off his wife. He was in a good mood and worked even harder.
[Mr. Qu is so childish. He called Rou Mei over just to prove to Liu Xiao Xiao that she is not as pretty as his wife.]
When Lu Li saw Qi Xingrou suddenly leave, she thought there was some big news, so she went to see it secretly, but she didn't expect it to be such a small matter.
The few people who overheard her thoughts: …
Qu Fufeng is such a boring guy.
Qi Xingrou returned to the private room and found that everyone was looking at her strangely. She touched her face in confusion.
What happened?
Why are you looking at her like that?
But fortunately, everyone just glanced at her and continued with their own business.
On the surface, An Miaoyi was making tea, Lu Yanshi was drinking tea, and Lu Linlang was knitting.
In fact, the three of them were all listening attentively to Lu Li's thoughts while eating melons.
[Wow, the Prime Minister is here too. Isn't he the one who is most pessimistic about steam carriages? ]
[Hahaha, you thought it wouldn't be noticeable if you covered your face with a fan? Prime Minister, you are so stupid.]
[How could he be so miserable that he couldn't even buy a private room ticket. ]
Fortunately, Lu Li secured the position of Prime Minister.
Lu Yanshi: Great! The Prime Minister, who has always been against continuing the research, is actually paying so much attention to this auction in private.
【Master Gu is here too. 】
[Wow, Mr. Gu is so smart that he even sold other seats in the private room. ]
[He actually increased the price to sell it, thirty-five taels of silver per person. With this calculation, he still made a profit...]
Lu Li paused for a moment.
The others all answered silently in their hearts: Five taels.
[Forget it, I don’t know how much he earned, but he definitely earned back the money he spent on the ticket.]
[I didn't expect that Mr. Gu had such a business mind. ]
Addition and subtraction of numbers over 100 were a bit complicated for Xiao Jinlui, so she simply gave up the calculation.
Lu Yanshi nodded silently. He hadn't expected that Gu Changqing actually had some knowledge in making money. Next time he could ask him if he had any good ideas on how to make money.
Time passed quickly as I listened to Lu Li chattering away in my mind.
The official auction will begin soon.
Liu Xiaoxiao attracted a lot of cheers as soon as she appeared on the stage.
She raised her hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then spoke according to the script given by Qu Fufeng.
After saying a bunch of nonsense, she finally made the point for today.
"A total of ten steam carriages will be sold at this auction."
Everyone was a little unhappy when they heard that only ten were sold.
After all, no one in the whole of Daxia owns this steam carriage except the emperor.
Who doesn’t want to have the same style as the emperor?
It's so prestigious to open this.
Qu Fufeng pretended not to hear their complaints.
The main parts of steam engines are now made of high-quality metal, and the cost of raw materials is also very high. When assembling, it all depends on the skilled Mo family, and other people really don't have that ability.
It can be said that the steam carriage is a purely handmade custom product.
If too much is sold at once but the goods cannot be delivered, it will also affect the reputation.
So he discussed with the Emperor and Concubine Min and decided to sell only ten steam carriages for the first session. Those who bought tickets later could reserve the steam carriages in the back first.
Soon, the first carriage went on sale.
The starting price is fifty thousand taels.
After all, it costs 12,000 taels of silver to build a car. The previous R&D costs must also be recovered.
They were afraid that if they set the price too high, those people would not be willing to raise the price, so they set a more moderate price.
After all, the assets of An's family, the richest man in Daxia, were only a few million taels. It would be inappropriate to sell it at too high a price.
"The minimum bid is one thousand and two taels of silver. If no one raises the price after three times, the deal will be finalized." Liu Xiaoxiao introduced the rules.
"First time, fifty thousand taels, is there anyone who wants to bid higher?"
Soon, someone from Room A-3 reached out and showed a sign that added another five thousand taels to the price.
"The distinguished guest in Room 3 of Jiazi has raised the price by five thousand taels of silver. Is there anyone else who would like to increase the price?" Liu Xiaoxiao looked at everyone with a smile on her face.
Someone among the individual travelers below held up a sign that read one thousand taels.
"Distinguished guest No. 58 has raised the price by 56,000 taels. Is there anyone else who wants to raise the price?" Liu Xiaoxiao asked with a smile.
Soon, there was an endless stream of people vying for the spot in the private rooms and the lobby.
After constant bidding, the first steam carriage was moved from Beiyong to the capital, and the Hao family, who specialized in selling jewelry, bought it for 130,000 taels of silver.
The nine cars behind were all worth no less than 100,000 taels of silver.
Qu Fufeng understood that at the appointed time, one hundred thousand taels of silver would be the bottom line for the steam carriage.
It can't get any lower than this.
Otherwise, those who bought the car will definitely be unhappy.
Gu Changqing was dumbfounded when he saw these offers. One hundred thousand taels! He might not be able to earn that much money in his entire life.
I’m afraid we won’t be able to afford this daughter’s dowry.
But then he thought, he would also get a share of the profits from the sale of the car. Maybe when his daughter gets married next year, he will have a steam carriage.
Gu Changqing became happy again.
…
After the auction ended, a bunch of businessmen came to register to buy the car.
Those ministers who did not donate money regretted it so much that they pinched their thighs until they were purple.
This overwhelming wealth was about to hit them in the face, but they refused it.
They regret it!
The second and third elders of the Qu family cried until their eyes were swollen.
He earned millions of taels of silver in one day.
This year, you must have made tens of millions of taels of silver.
The more they thought about it, the more distressed they felt, so they decided to shamelessly go to their eldest brother and ask, is it still too late to donate money and buy shares?