"This year, our Jade Merchants' auction will invite dignitaries from the capital and Jiangnan to attend."
He Fangzhi expressed his pride when talking about the auction he had been planning for a long time.
He had been preparing for this auction for a year and even spent a lot of money to build a Mulan boat for this purpose.
This Mulan boat can accommodate up to a thousand people and is extremely luxurious. The pillars in the guest rooms are all painted with gold. There are definitely not so many wealthy businessmen and dignitaries invited, but if you add the sailors, cooks, maids, guards, dancers and singers... it is almost enough.
Now everything is ready, the only worry is that the auction lacks a treasure to stand out, and this piece of agarwood is the most suitable one!
He Fangzhi, who was always self-assured, said excitedly: "This piece of agarwood will definitely fetch a sky-high price at my company's auction and make history!"
The Mulan boat carried goods from Lingnan and overseas on its outbound journey from south to north, selling all kinds of imported goods along the way, while the return journey was from north to south, picking up dignitaries at various ports to board the ship and come to Lingnan to participate in auctions and avoid the winter cold.
The Mulan boat is now on its return journey and will arrive in Lianzhou within a month. The auction will also be held on an auspicious day.
He Fangzhi also hoped that this auction would change the stereotypes of people in the north and south of the Yangtze River about Lingnan and attract more noble people to Lianzhou.
They still have some good places in Lingnan.
"Auntie, let's put that piece of agarwood back in the warehouse for safekeeping! You go in first!"
The pirates who delivered the food to the Zhang brothers ate it in front of us.
"He's wasting his time talking to you. Is he trying to impress He Fangzhi?"
The young man is unworthy of being a young man. He has made a really bad plan.
Zhi Yiya guessed that the Zhang brothers wanted to secretly repair the fishing boat and return during the few days of rest, so she took advantage of the situation and put laxatives in our food.
Zhi Yi was not shocked by himself before he thought about it. I feel that after taking classes with Master Yang for so long, and without the guidance of Manager Jiang who has a lot of clever ideas, nothing has really changed. It seems that people should read less and study less!
Instead of arguing over the gifts that He Fangzhi gave to my aunt, why not go straight to the person who gave it to me!
As soon as Mulan said that, the eyes of all the older generations in the He family lit up!
"How about this? You rent him your worst shop on North Street at 10% of the market price."
Unexpectedly, their lives became more and more prosperous after they arrived on the deserted island!
"It's to know whether people have any grudges against them."
He Shao spoke up and directly threw the choice to Mulan: "Half of the agarwood is awarded to Mulan as a reward for my serious attitude towards work."
At this moment, outside the tent where the Zhang brothers lived, Zhang Zhao spoke with difficulty: "Brother, is the meal we gave you okay?"
Originally, the fishermen were going to leave Haizhou Island and go out to sea again before the weather at sea stabilized. We all said that we were going out to sea to avoid the wind or rest and would return to Cangsha Ferry.
I thought Miss Jiang was in need of support right now, so I had to take the opportunity to do her some harm: "Although the agarwood is yours, think about who found it?"
"It's just that, little brother, when He Fangzhi was in the He Mansion, they tried every means to dissuade Zhi Yiya from cooperating with my aunt because of her status as a fugitive."
Mulan praised her own wisdom: "If they want to climb down from the low branch of Shopkeeper Jiang now, they have to pretend to impress him."
The cold-hearted villagers of Yeli Village also said that they wanted to ask the village doctor to check on the Zhang brothers, but the brothers quickly declined, saying that they had medicine with them and would be sick after a few days of rest.
It was because the pirates delayed taking the antidote, so they were in trouble, and it was hard for the Zhang brothers to believe that they were under the control of people outside the village.
If we want to delay time by waiting for reinforcements, then the first priority is to slow down the pace of the Zhang brothers and slow down our return to the Sunan Islands.
"Since it's something sent by Shopkeeper Jiang, let's divide it among those who invested in Shopkeeper Jiang. This time, He Jing and I contributed money and effort."
Hehe, everyone is like me, who will quickly turn against Miss Jiang and hug her calf after being taught a lesson by her.
Jiang Lili also felt that Mulan was stupid. She actually knew how to refuse but also accepted. I had to promise some disadvantages: "Seventh brother, the agarwood shopkeeper gave it to him and it is his."
We only regret that we looked down on others because of their status as the shopkeeper Jiang and his arrogant words. We didn't want to make friends with him.
"That's what you said."
The Zhang family claimed to be indigenous fishermen from a deserted island somewhere under the sea and were very experienced in the South China Sea. If we had told Captain Chen's fleet that our boat was fine at that time, and these cold-hearted and mean-spirited fishermen would have offered to give us a ride home, we would have been exposed!
Anyway, if not half of the agarwood is mine, it will run away. I am slow, so I let the guy slowly raise the conditions and increase the price step by step.
But we did not choose to make it public at the first time. Instead, we told the fishermen that we were not feeling well and that we were going to find something to eat outside the mountain. After we had eaten our fill, we could set off with our family.
He Shao fell into deep thought after hearing He Lin's request.
"You must have been deeply impressed by this scene. Tsk tsk, everyone was arguing so fiercely that their faces were red."
Jiang Lili heard what the patriarch said. I bowed to Mulan and asked, "What does Seventh Brother think?"
The laxative was released by a group of talented pirates. There were too few pirates to meet up with Wen Qiao to gather intelligence, so a team of one man with special skills was sent over in a canoe. The remaining pirates and Escort Master Cen and others stayed on the island to protect Manager Jiang.
"So Fang Zhi, if he wants to bring that piece of agarwood to his auction, he should discuss it with his brother Mulan."
Mulan acted hesitant and said, "Especially, I want to ask Miss Jiang's opinion. Why don't you write a letter to ask Miss Jiang's opinion? After all, his auction is still early."
Mulan praised Shopkeeper Jiang in a subtle way: "Zhi Yiya now gives away agarwood whenever she wants. It's such a small piece, and it's only been the first month since we went to Haizhou Island. I knew there would be a lot of treasures in her hands in the past!"
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Mulan was not shaken at all: "Brother, the shop you have is not enough, you want to open another one."
Mulan's words hit the nail on the head. Before the dinner ended, the elders of the He family were racking their brains to think of how to impress He Fangzhi and win his favor.
The agarwood has no market value, so I am worried that I will suffer losses if I sell it.
When they were ready to set sail, the Zhang brothers found that the boat was ready.
"Well, brother, he also knows that you are a coward, so he has made a firm decision."
Knowing that the two Zhang brothers were able to travel together, the fishermen just asked them to take a good rest and recuperate.
On the day Xin Che and Zhao Pinghou went to the sea to meet the fleet, Zhi Yiya and Xin Cheng were guarding the south coast of Haizhou Island, being extremely cautious.
One of the sources of profit for the auction organizer is the commission from the auction of various treasures. According to the rules of the underworld, the trading company will take 10% to 20%. If that piece of agarwood is sold at a sky-high price, then Jiang Lili will be able to sit back and count the money.
Manager Jiang asked the pirates to do something to the Zhang brothers' large fishing boat.
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