Although Xiaohui said something after the auction of Business Alliance Station 0001 ended, the next three to four stations did not sell for a high price. Most of them were sold for between 160000 and 200000 East Sea gold coins.
Of course, the prices of these Business Alliance Stations were reasonable because their locations and conditions were average. They were not like the previous Station 0001, which was located in the center of one side and right next to A Pint of Incense.
Xiaohui did not follow the order of distribution. Instead, she arranged the stations according to the order of the auction. The main rule was that the stations with good locations would be auctioned off one after another.
Therefore, it was normal for some of the stations to sell for a lower price. This was what Yang Rui and the others expected. Overall, it was in line with Yang Rui's expectations.
"Representatives of the Business Alliance, we will now begin the auction of the sixth Business Alliance Station outside the pass. Number 0006. It is located in the center of the south side of the square. It is a good place with good Feng Shui. You can find the exact location from the blueprint. The starting price is 150000 East Sea gold coins. The ownership of the station is 70 years. Each bid will increase the price by 1,000 East Sea gold coins.
After a while, Xiao Hui solemnly introduced the location of a merchant union member's base. It was a prosperous shop located in the south, facing the north. This time, the starting price was also much higher.
Although the style of each Encampment was different, the design specifications and size were similar. However, in the background of the game, large merchants also paid attention to Feng Shui. The Encampment was a shop, so the Feng Shui of the Encampment was also very important.
"I bid 250000 East Sea gold coins."
As soon as Xiao Hui's voice fell, Zhu Rangong went all out again. He directly raised the price to a very high price, which was the same as the final price of Station 0001.
With just a single bid, the entire auction hall suddenly became absolutely silent. Everyone's gazes were cast in Zhu Rangong's direction. There were all sorts of expressions on their faces, and most of them were filled with admiration. This fellow was simply too rich.
However, there were also some people who frowned, some who were angry, and some who were even disdainful. It was inevitable that some of the Business Alliance members in the auction hall were crouching tigers and hidden dragons. They might not be convinced by Zhu Rangong.
In particular, Yang Rui was not the only one who knew about Zhu Rangong's background. Many of the Business Alliance members knew about his relationship with Zhang Rang, especially in the process of buying the Asahi Pill. Zhu Rangong's power had long been spread, and the person behind him was also spreading.
"I bid 300000 East Sea gold coins."
Everyone's surprise only lasted for two or three breaths of time before they heard another voice ring out in the auction hall. Unexpectedly, this person directly increased the bid by several tens of thousands of gold coins, but his face was extremely calm.
The people in the hall looked again, only to find that the person who bid was the one who competed with Zhu Rangong in the auction of Station 0001. It was a golden-robed old man.
"I bid 400000 East Sea gold coins."
Of course, Zhu Rangong also noticed this person. There was a slight trace of disdain on his face, and then he shouted again.
"I bid 500000 East Sea gold coins."
This time, the golden-robed old man increased the price more urgently than before. He was not weak like when he bid for Station 0001, nor did he hesitate or think. As soon as Zhu Rangong increased the price, he counterattacked with 100000 East Sea gold coins, and the bidding price of Station 0006 soared.
"I bid 600000 East Sea gold coins."
"I bid 700000 East Sea gold coins."
"I bid 800000 East Sea gold coins."
“.....”
The bidding of the two for Station 0006 entered the stage of close combat, causing the bidding price to go straight to 1000000 East Sea gold coins, which shocked everyone in the hall.
"Do you know the true identity of the golden-robed old man?"
In the backstage VIP room, Yang Rui's attention had already been attracted by the two. He was naturally the most familiar with Zhu Rangong, but he did not know the other golden-robed old man, so he asked Cheng Yu and Xun You on the side.
"I only know that he is from Yangzhou. His surname is Xu Ming, but I don't know his true identity. His registered merchant union member and rating are very ordinary. He is at the level of Level B or Level 3. He has not attracted much attention before …"
Xun You had been helping out at the large auction house for the past two days, so he was familiar with the members who came to participate in the merchant union's internal trade fair. He knew that there was a golden-robed old man, but he did not know the specific details.
Yang Rui nodded. It was normal for Cheng Yu, Xun You, and the others not to be aware of their strength during the registration and rating process. Yang Rui was a huge merchant alliance, and the members of the alliance were not willing to reveal their strength completely during the registration and rating process.
"Old man in the golden robe, although I don't know your specific origin, you should act according to your ability. Are you deliberately going against me?"
When the bidding price climbed to 900000 East Sea gold coins, Zhu Rangong turned to the golden-robed old man and said with a warning tone.
"Are you Zhu Rangong? I was just about to ask thee, but the auctioneer has already emphasized several times that every merchant alliance member can only have one station in Luoyang's Imperial City. Thou hast already snatched an excellent location, so what are thy intentions for continuing to snatch it? "
The golden-robed old man seemed to know Zhu Rangong and did not show any weakness in his tone. Instead, he turned the tables.
"Hmph, I, Zhu Rangong, do not only have one registered member in the merchant union. This time, I intend to snatch five or six stations of merchant union members so that each of my members can have one station to use. But what can you do?"
Zhu Rangong was a young and powerful man, so his aura was naturally more powerful. However, the other party did not show any weakness. If it were not for the auction, the two sides might have directly fought.
"Everyone, please pay attention to the rules of the auction house and the rules of the merchant union's internal trade fair …"
Seeing that Zhu Rangong and the golden-robed old man Xu Ming were about to quarrel, Xiaohui, as the auction host, naturally had to step forward and give both of them a warning. Only then did the situation in the auction house stabilize again.
"Everyone, please pay attention. If you are interested in station 0006, please continue to raise the price …"
"I bid 1000000 East Sea gold coins."
“.....”
Before Xiaohui's reminder fell, the golden-robed old man Xu Ming took the lead and began to bid. It seemed that he was ready to go all out after taking a fancy to this place.
"1000000 East Sea gold coins going once."
"1000000 East Sea gold coins going twice."
"1000000 East Sea gold coins going thrice."
"Sold. The ownership of station 0006 belongs to Xu Ming. The bidding price is 1000000 East Sea gold coins …"
On the other side, Zhu Rangong hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he did not bid again. From this, it could be seen that the financial strength of both sides was very strong.
The golden-robed old man took down station 0006 with a million East Sea gold coins, which also set off a climax of the station bidding. Although the locations of the following stations were very ordinary, the prices of each station exceeded 200000 East Sea gold coins, which was not a small level compared to before.
Since then, Yang Rui also had a deep impression of the golden-robed old man. At this time, Yang Rui did not expect that at some point in the future, he would have to deal with the golden-robed old man's faction frequently.
The next station auction was very lively and very smooth. The highest station auction was once again sold for 800,000 East Sea gold coins. It was also a competition between Zhu Rangong and the golden-robed old man, and the golden-robed old man finally obtained the station ownership.
This result surprised the internal members of the merchant union again. They were extremely impressed by the golden-robed old man's "combat strength" because they were very clear about the power represented by Zhu Rangong and the financial strength in Zhu Rangong's hands.
Of course, Zhu Rangong had participated in many station snatches from the beginning. He won stations for 4 or 5 members of the merchant union under Zhang Rang. The amount of money spent was also more than 1000000 East Sea gold coins. He was a big winner among the members of the merchant union.
As for the rest of the merchant union stations, the lowest price was more than 160000 East Sea gold coins. Most of them hovered around 200000 gold coins. Among them, 10 stations with good locations were more expensive by 50000 to 100000 East Sea gold coins.
Yang Rui let out a sigh of relief when all the 100 plus Commerce Alliance members' encampments were sold. It was not easy to sell all the encampments that had not been completed yet. At the same time, the price of each encampment was not low. Through this auction alone, Yang Rui had earned more than 23000000 gold coins in the East Sea!
Such a number could account for a certain proportion of the total number of gold coins issued by Yang Rui in the East China Sea. It was still very considerable. And the number of people who took out this amount of money was less than 100. It could be seen how rich these people were.
It was not known how the little emperor Liu Xie would feel if he knew about this figure. This area was almost given to Yang Rui by the little emperor for free. Even if it was regarded as Yang Rui's reward for the salaries of the civil and military officials, Yang Rui had only spent less than a quarter of this amount on the officials, even including the daily expenses of the little emperor's Han family members.
In any case, when this fact was brought up by Cheng Yu and Xun You, Guan Ning was the first to be struck by lightning. It was estimated that if the little Emperor Liu Xie knew about this matter, the result would not be good either.
After the auction of the merchant alliance's member residences in the morning, the two main events of the trade fair were over. Whether it was the distribution rights for several types of goods outside the border or the auction of the merchant alliance's member residences, both were considered to be successful.
As for the remaining half of the game day, there was no need for Yang Rui to continue to be present. Therefore, Yang Rui and Xun You used the Void Crossing Airship to leave Luoyang Imperial City and rushed to the battlefield in Jizhou.
Yang Rui temporarily left Cheng Yu and Guan Ning in Luoyang Imperial City. Among them, Cheng Yu was good at defense and was in charge of the entire Si Lizhou region. Guan Ning had been given the position of Henan's Governor. This was the place where Guan Ning displayed his talents, so it was all the more reason for him to stay.
Yang Rui used the Void Crossing Airship to first place Xun You in Hanoi County and let him and Huang Zhong control the county together. He also took care of the relief, stability, and comfort of the Liegeman NPCs in advance.
Yang Rui himself continued to participate in the process of defeating Yuan in Jizhou. In the nearly three game days that Yang Rui was away, the people of Defeating Yuan were not just resting. Instead, they were carrying out the "Three Refugee Policies". They were transferring the refugee NPCs formed in the region, stabilizing the people's hearts in the region that had already attacked Jizhou, and solving the food and clothing problem of the NPC Liegeman in the region.
By the time Yang Rui returned to Jizhou, the total number of NPC refugees in Wei County, Qinghe County, Zhao County, Anping Country, and the southern part of Julu County had exceeded 10000000. The scale of the displaced NPCs was extremely large.
This was especially so during the severe winter season. It was very troublesome to move this group of people. Even if they all chose a direction to go, some to Si Lizhou, some to Yi Zhou, some to Shrimp Island, or other regions, Yang Rui's troops could only temporarily transfer this group of people to Qingzhou and Yanzhou regions. They would be transferred again when the weather warmed up.
Of course, a large portion of the refugee NPCs were even temporarily relocated to Jizhou regions. They cooperated with the construction of the porridge stalls to ensure their survival.
The construction of the porridge stalls, the immigration policy, and the passionate advocacy of the rescued Liegeman had gradually stabilized the counties under Yang Rui's control. The biggest test of this was the transportation capacity.
Whether it was Yang Rui's troops or the three refugee policies that Yang Rui implemented, they all required food and clothing as the most basic guarantee. This posed a huge challenge to the already tight transportation capacity of Yang Rui's forces.
Originally, when Yang Rui went north to Jizhou to ask for Yuan, he had used the Business Alliance's mission to hire a large amount of transportation capacity. Now that he used this method again, although he still managed to mobilize a large amount of transportation capacity, it was still far from enough.
This was also one of the important reasons why Yang Rui chose to leave Jizhou for three game days and head to Si Lizhou to participate in the Business Alliance's internal trade fair. He had to leave some time to rest and reorganize while waiting for a large amount of supplies to be transported.
After three game days, the insufficient transportation capacity was finally able to meet the basic needs of the military and civilians. However, if he wanted to continue to push forward, he still couldn't completely guarantee the supply of supplies.
At this time, Yang Rui's pursuit of Yuan in Jizhou had already gone on for nearly 20 game days. In another 10 game days, the weather would suddenly warm up. Yang Rui had to make some more plans for this. Perhaps it was time to change the rhythm of the pursuit of Yuan?
"Everyone, what suggestions do you have for the pursuit of Yuan?"
As soon as Yang Rui returned to the Ji Province, he summoned Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xu You, and several other nearby generals through the Imperial Kanbing Guard to discuss this matter.
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