"Oh? Wang Liang, what do you think?" Li Xiu saw that Wang Liang seemed to have different opinions, but the other party was from a humble background. Li Xiu discovered that his eloquence and image were good some time ago, so he promoted him to be one of the main tasks. However, Wang Liang seemed to have not adapted to his identity and was a little timid when speaking, and he did not have the style of the previous stage at all.

"This..." Wang Liang was still a little hesitant at this time, but seeing Li Xiu's encouraging eyes made him finally pluck up some courage, "Your son-in-law, you found that the nobles disdained to bid with merchants today, and the merchants did not dare to bid with the nobles, but I think today is just an exception, because the ones you invited were not ordinary people."

"Oh? It seems a bit interesting, you continue to say it!" Li Xiu seemed to have some clues when he heard Wang Liang's words, and immediately encouraged him again.

Seeing that Li Xiu was not angry, but encouraged himself, Wang Liang couldn't help but increase his confidence. He immediately said: "The nobles and officials you invited today are all the top groups in Chang'an City. A considerable number of people are important officials of the court. They are usually busy with government affairs. If it weren't for your sake, I'm afraid that even if it was ten days, I wouldn't want to invite them. As their identity, I would naturally disdain to bid with merchants."

When he said this, Wang Liang paused for a moment and then said, "But when the auction is held in the future, I am afraid that these important officials will basically not come again. Instead, their nephews in their families generally like the excitement and will definitely be interested in the auction. These playboys in Chang'an City will not care about their identities or identities. They must get what they like. At that time, they should be able to break the situation where the nobles and businessmen are clearly distinguished from each other!"

"What he said makes sense!" Li Xiu couldn't help but praise him when he heard this. It seemed that Wang Liang was not only eloquent but also had a quick mind. He had never thought of this before.

Getting Li Xiu's praise made Wang Liang's courage increase a little bit again. He continued: "In addition, I think you are a little worried about your son-in-law, because there is a huge gap between the nobles and the merchants. Even if these top nobles do not come today, some small nobles or noble children will still make the merchants afraid, unless everyone's face is covered so that the auctioneer does not know each other's identities at all, so that everyone can let go of their concerns and compete for bidding."

"Cover your face?" Li Xiu was stunned when he heard Wang Liang's words, then suddenly slapped his thighs and said, "This is a good technique. If we give everyone who participates in the auction, let everyone wear masks to participate in the auction, and recognize people based on the number plate, wouldn't that be enough?" Li Xiu slapped his thighs excitedly, and he seemed to have seen such a hidden identity auction in later movies and novels.

"This..." What Li Xiu didn't expect was that as soon as he said that several managers showed a difficult expression. After a while, a bold manager said, "Mr. Concubine, our auction house was also opened by the court. If the auction was carried out in this way of hiding his head and revealing his tail, it would probably damage the face of the court and might even attract impeachment from the censor!"

"This...this is true." Li Xiu couldn't help but say a little discouraged when he heard this.

"The prince-consort doesn't have to be too discouraged. Auctions are often held in the future. If you encounter special circumstances, you can also hold some different auctions, such as the hidden identity you mentioned, or the auction where merchants or nobles are invited separately. If you hold it once or twice, no one will say anything!" At this moment, Wang Liang said again.

"What you said makes sense, it's because I'm a little anxious. However, the first auction was held so successfully today, and you have made great contributions. If you continue to work hard in the future, you will definitely make the auction house prosperous so that you can live up to the trust of the court in us!" Li Xiu nodded with relief when he heard Wang Liang's words, and then praised.

After receiving the praise from Li Xiu, Wang Liang and several other managers hurriedly and modestly stated that they were all commanded by Li Xiu, otherwise they would have no way to start. Li Xiu was willing to accept such flattery, after all, what they said was the truth.

After dinner, Li Xiu personally sent Changsun Wuji, Ma Ye and others away. When he returned to the auction house, Wang Liang and several other managers had already begun to lead the officials to calculate the profitability of the auction. As a result, except for various expenses, the net profit exceeded more than twice. Of course, this is mainly because the auction items are all mortgaged goods, and the mortgage price is already low, and the atmosphere of the auction is warm, which makes the final transaction price relatively high.

Of course, those who bought goods did not suffer any losses. Except for a few people like Ma Ye and others who bought goods at prices higher than the market price, a considerable number of other auction items had transaction prices lower than the market price. After all, those who participated in the auction were not stupid. Even in the atmosphere of the auction, many people remained rational and did not let the auction items exceed the market price. In this way, naturally, some people picked up a lot of cheapness.

Now Li Xiu summarized the gains and losses of this auction, and then let everyone go back to rest. After all, Wang Liang and others have been here for the auction these days, and they have not been home for several days. And they have been busy all day today, and everyone is exhausted. As a boss, he cannot ignore the health of his subordinates, so he asked everyone to go back and have a good rest. It is not too late to do the rest tomorrow.

The first auction was held very successfully, especially among merchants, which caused a great sensation. After all, this is a very novel trading model. As long as a merchant with a little vision, you can see the advantages of this trading model. Of course, this auction is not something that everyone can play. First of all, you must have resources in your hands and also appeal, otherwise you will not be able to play it at all.

Of course, not everyone cannot play. For example, some merchants were inspired by auctions and began to apply this trading model to their own business. For example, if a silk merchant, if he had a lot of silk in his hands, he could summon merchants who needed silk to auction together. The price in the end was higher and he didn't have to worry about anything related to human favors. It was purely a competition of financial resources, which was much more worry-free than before.

In addition, the success of this auction also made the officials at the auction house feel confident, especially Li Xiu took out part of the profit and distributed it to them as a reward, which further stimulated their enthusiasm. So a few days after the first auction, they began to prepare for the second auction. Of course, this was a forced force. After all, the bank received too much collateral, which occupied a large amount of copper coins, and put it in the bank only occupied the warehouse, so it would be better to exchange it for copper coins to be circulated.

The auction house was in full swing, and Xu Jingzong also began to separate the bank's mortgage business and set up a special sanitation database. However, it was independent. In fact, a small hall was opened next to the bank's office hall. If there were people handling the mortgage business, just go to the next sanitation database. This would also free the bank and avoid becoming a pawn shop.

It is worth mentioning that as the banks got on track, the Changsheng databases of various temples in Chang'an City were also hit hard. After all, the Changsheng database also needs to be mortgaged for borrowing money, and it would be good to give you a hundred dollars for a thousand citations. In comparison, the banks have a lot of conscience and the interest rate is pitiful. No one is a fool. Naturally, they know which one is better for them. Moreover, the bank has a court behind it. With the current prestige of the Tang Dynasty, it is not comparable to the Buddha.

The attack on Changshengku is undoubtedly a worse injury for all temples in Chang'an, because the monks and Taoist Records led by Wei Zheng had previously forced the temple gates to be blocked and then forced all monks to participate in the assessment. Only monks who passed the assessment can get the certificate of sacrificial certificate issued by the court. Only those who have the certificate of sacrificial certificate can be considered a real monk and thus have the power to preach. Monks who did not pass the assessment will force themselves to return to secular life at one time. If you want to become a monk again, you have to wait until the next court assessment three years later. As long as you can pass the assessment, you will be given a certificate of sacrificial certificate.

If a monk dares to preach without a certificate, he will be sentenced to exile immediately as long as he is verified by the court. In an era of extremely backward transportation in the Tang Dynasty, exile was second only to the punishment of beheading. If he was exiled to places like Lingnan, it would be basically more miserable than the death penalty, because at least he knew that he was the death penalty, and he could also let his family collect the body after death. If he was exiled to Lingnan, he would not know when he would die, nor where he would die, let alone collect the body.

Li Xiu has been paying attention to the situation of the monks and Taoist readings. According to the information he received, Wei Zheng and Fu Yi were really trying to deal with Buddhism. The proportion of monks who passed the assessment was even less than one ten. For example, there were three or four hundred monks in the temple before, but only more than thirty people passed the assessment. The rest were all dismissed home, and the severance payments were paid from the temple.

Faced with this situation, all the temples naturally complained, but under the strong suppression of the Tang Dynasty, these temples could not cause any big storms. After all, the army of the imperial court directly surrounded their temple gates. Although they have left now, no one dares to bet that there has been no first time. Therefore, for a while, the monks in Chang'an City have returned to secular life, and the popularity in various temples has also dropped greatly. Many temples can't even find monks who are a wise man, so they naturally cannot receive pilgrims like before.

After cutting down the number of monks, Wei Zheng and others will attack the land under the name of each temple. Although they had issued a decree to confiscate the land under the name of the temple, they had not been able to implement it. After all, the resistance to this matter is too great. However, the number of monks in the temple has been greatly reduced. Even if the temples want to stop this matter, they may be powerless.

However, what Li Xiu did not expect was that the monks and Taoist Records used the certificate to cut down the number of monks, which brought another unexpected benefit, but it was precisely because of this incident that also brought him a big and small trouble.
Chapter completed!