The auction became more and more popular because the number of mirrors was getting smaller and smaller.

The sound of bidding on the spot was heard one after another, and five hundred mirrors were auctioned one by one. These merchants who bought the mirrors would get a small wooden sign. At that time, they would pay the money at the Chamber of Commerce with the wooden sign and take the mirror away.

"Ten thousand sixteen thousand taels."

"Ten Sixty-Five Hundred Taxis."

“…”

The auction lasted from morning to afternoon, with only one left in the end of five hundred mirrors, and the sound of bidding became higher and higher.

"Ten thousand taels."

"Tener than 18,000 taels."

"Twenty thousand taels!"

The last voice was finalized, and the auction site fell silent, and all the mirrors at this auction were auctioned off.

Li Kaiyuan smiled so hard that his teeth were gone. Five hundred mirrors brought at least six or seven million taels of income to the Chamber of Commerce this time. He also knew the cost of this mirror. Among all the products in Qingzhou, the mirror is truly a huge profit.

At the end of the auction, people at the scene left one after another, either full of complacent or sighing.

Five hundred people who were auctioning the mirror were left behind, and at this time they held a wooden sign to find Li Kaiyuan to lead the mirror.

Because this mirror is only 10,000 or 20,000 silver, most of these merchants buy silver notes, silver, or gold directly, but few merchants use goods to offset them.

After all, this is not a bulk transaction.

When it was time to collect the money, the staff in the chamber of commerce immediately became busy, counting the silver, carrying the silver, and handing the mirror to the auctioneer.

I was busy until the evening, and the auction was really over.

At this time, Pang Yukun and Xiao Ming appeared. Looking at the gold, silver and other items on the ground, the two laughed with satisfaction.

The treasury's money is abundant again this time.

"Your Highness, the transaction amount this time has been cleared. This is the account book, please take a look." Li Kaiyuan said to Xiao Ming with a book book.

Xiao Ming opened and looked at it. It recorded the records of each auction transaction. There were a total of 500 records, with a total of 7.2 million taels written at the back of the account book.

"Seven million, two million taels."

Pang Yukun's beard was shaking and his face was full of smile. The 7.2 million taels were enough for Xiao Ming to implement several major projects.

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction and said, "Take these silvers into the treasury and spend them uniformly."

"Yes, Your Highness." Li San responded and immediately called the soldiers outside to escort Yin Liang to the warehouse in the Qingzhou Prefecture Yamen, which is where the Qingzhou Prefecture Treasury is located.

All the taxes in the Great Yu Kingdom are here. In addition to leaving a part of the turnover of the money earned by the Chamber of Commerce, it is also basically here, and the government office will spend according to the situation of each state.

After the auction was over, Xiao Ming felt relaxed, seven million and two hundred thousand taels, enough for him to build twenty or thirty Galen ships.

However, obviously he could not give all the money to the army. He had to spend a large part of the money to invest in the people's livelihood of the six states and make money with money.

Moreover, as his stall becomes bigger and bigger, there are more and more places to spend money.

For example, in this Bowen Academy, all food and accommodation for anyone admitted to the Bowen Academy is free of charge, which is also to allow poor scholars to devote themselves to their studies without worrying about any worries.

After all, this Bowen Academy is the core talent export site that will drive the development of Qingzhou in the future.

After leaving the Chamber of Commerce, Xiao Ming did not go through the main entrance of the royal palace this time, but entered through the side door.

Because he knew that at this time, many people must have been asking for a meeting outside the door to discuss the mirror with him.

However, he made up his mind that this mirror would not sell the sales rights like perfume and soap. He made a lot of money at the time, but for his monopoly business, it was a loss.

The mirror was noisy in Qingzhou for another ten days before it gradually faded away. At this time, the Chamber of Commerce began to officially sell mirrors.

The merchants who stayed in Qingzhou immediately flocked to the chamber of commerce, but many were blocked outside the door.

"Chronicles members are preferred." Li Kaiyuan explained to a group of businessmen.

The membership system of the Chamber of Commerce has been in operation. Now the number of members in the Chamber of Commerce has reached thousands. These people will get discounts on the speed and price of goods in Qingzhou.

Moreover, some members of the chamber of commerce have considered the issue of settling in Qingzhou. After all, they bought members with huge amounts of silver, and they could only get information from the chamber of commerce when they settled in Qingzhou.

For example, this time, these members visited the mirror before the exhibition.

Many conveniences have gradually recognized their membership.

Li Kaiyuan said this, and some members of the chamber of commerce showed smug smiles. Among the people, they seemed to be higher.

Some businessmen who did not join the chamber of commerce began to hesitate whether to join the membership.

The expressions of the merchants were seen by Li Kaiyuan, and he laughed in his heart. All of this was in Xiao Ming's plan, and the commercial center of the Great Yu Kingdom was gradually shifting to Qingzhou.

In the Qi Palace, Xiao Ming no longer cared about the seven million taels of silver. In his eyes, these products are really pure low-end products. The only thing this mirror is still technically compatible.

But this is far from what he pursues.

Qingzhou's industry is only in its infancy, and more products with higher technological content will be launched one after another.

These products are produced by talents trained in the Bowen Academy.

His current task is to carry out several major projects, one of which is the reinforced concrete city wall in Cangzhou.

During this period, Zhan Xingchang has been preparing building materials in Cangzhou, and the steel workshop has been producing steel bars. Now the conditions are met, but the construction is only a shortage.

To be honest, Wang Xuan brought the news that the barbarians studied artillery, which really made Xiao Ming very worried.

Before Shanhaiguan was broken, Cangzhou was just a small city. It was not until the barbarians fought in that Niu Ben and his men rushed to build this city wall. In fact, this city wall was not very solid.

Later, Zhan Xingchang strengthened it just to increase the shooting position of the artillery, and the city walls were still not much reinforced.

If the barbarians really come over with artillery, the city wall will be really dangerous, at least the city gate will easily be penetrated by shells.

Therefore, after the silver was sufficient this time, he not only sent tens of thousands of slaves, but also allocated silver to hire local people from Cangzhou to participate in the construction of the city wall.

This is also to compete with the barbarians for time, because with the barbarians' national strength, if they really find craftsmen who understand artillery technology, it may be only a matter of time before they can produce artillery.

Based on this situation, Xiao Ming was preparing to go to Cangzhou in person to arrange the construction of the new city wall. After all, Zhan Xingchang and him were still far behind.

Outside the palace, Ziyuan had prepared a carriage for Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming arrived at the door and ordered: "Textile workshops must not be slackened. When I come back, I must see the sails."

Ziyuan nodded and said, "Your Highness, you must be careful when you go to Cangzhou."

After saying that, he looked at Niu Ben, Lu Fei, Luo Xin and the two thousand cavalry. After seizing many barbarian war horses last time, the cavalry in Qingzhou expanded a lot again.

But Ziyuan was not thinking about this, but she felt that Xiao Ming went to Cangzhou this time not just for the city wall.
Chapter completed!