Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Whose family is this? Get out of here! My husband said this fish was given by His Majesty and he won't sell it no matter how much money you offer!"

Zhao Si was immediately frightened, his face turned pale as paper, and he slapped the woman twice in the face.

"What are you yelling about? This is the current emperor. Why don't you kowtow and apologize?"

After saying this, he knelt down first and kowtowed three times to Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This country woman doesn't know etiquette. Please spare her life!"

The woman finally reacted and knelt down as well.

Zhu Youxiao was speechless about Zhao Si's wife, but it was not easy to argue with her, so he just waved his hand to signal them to get up.

Then he asked the Embroidered Uniform Guard to spread the news that Zhao Si was going to sell fish.

In less than half an hour, the people who had blocked Zhao Si's door before appeared again.

And this time, there are more people!

"Hahahaha, Brother Zhao has finally come to terms with it!"

"That's right. What can you do with a fish? It would be more practical to exchange it for some silver."

"Our master said that the price is still the same as before, two hundred taels of silver. As long as Brother Zhao Si nods, we can settle the deal now!"

"........."

As soon as these people entered the yard, they started arguing.

Zhu Youxiao, Sun Kangwang and others hid in a nearby room and watched everything that happened in the yard through the broken holes in the window.

However, Zhao Si did not reply to these people immediately, but said with a smile.

"Please don't worry, it's not that I don't know how to appreciate it, but it's not right to sell this gift from the emperor so easily."

"Can we wait a moment, and discuss the price after an incense stick, how about that?"

At first, those people didn't quite understand what he meant, but as time passed, and after several waves of people came to the Zhao family, someone finally saw through it and pointed at Zhao Si and cursed him with a smile.

"You are so good, Zhao Si'er, are you planning to raise the price?"

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Si would have only nodded and bowed when he saw these people, but now Zhu Youxiao was sitting in the side room, and he was not afraid at all. He rolled his eyes at the man and said unhappily.

"What do you mean by asking for a higher price? I'm not going to set a price, just call out the price. Whoever offers the highest price will get the fish!"

"If you don't want to buy it, just go now. No one will stop you."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else burst into laughter.

After a stick of incense, the small courtyard was already full of people. Almost all the wealthy and prominent families in the city had sent their housekeepers over.

Only then did Zhao Si turn around and walk back into the house, and together with his wife, carried out the swordfish.

"Let's get started! The highest bidder wins the royal swordfish!"

Chapter 151: Your Majesty! The fishing fleet out to sea...

As soon as the words fell, an incredible auction began in this yard.

"Two hundred taels!"

In the morning, the man called out his price again, kicking off the auction.

Then someone shouted loudly, "Three hundred taels!"

"Five hundred taels!"

"Seven hundred and fifty taels!"

"........."

The range of the prices these guys shouted was so high that even Zhu Youxiao in the side room was numb!

Damn, are you so rich?

No!

This trip back to Beijing will have to be postponed.

At the very least, we have to empty the pockets of the rich families in Zhangzhou before we leave...

But then he changed his mind. It was impossible to empty the pockets of the rich families in Zhangzhou!

On the way back, I won’t take the boat, I’ll ride a horse the whole way!

Travel by land, slowly from one prefecture to another......

Anyway, in the first year of Chongzhen in history, which is the next year, there will be no major moves from the Jiannu side.

I can just slowly wander back this year...

The people outside were bidding slower, and the price had already reached one thousand and two taels of silver.

"One thousand and fifteen taels!"

"One thousand and twenty taels!"

"One thousand and twenty-five taels!"

"The Mao family in the west of the city, one thousand one hundred and fifty taels!"

At this point, everyone else was raising the price by five or ten taels, but suddenly someone jumped out and raised the price by more than a hundred taels, leaving everyone else stunned.

The Mao family's housekeeper looked around at the others with a proud look on his face: "Who else!"

"A bunch of stingy poor bastards dare to covet the gift from the emperor?"

What can you do with one thousand taels?

A soldier in the Shenji Camp only gets seven cents of silver a month!

The monthly expenses for an ordinary family of four are only about two taels of silver, which includes food, clothing and housing!

One thousand taels is enough for a family of four to spend for forty years!

In the side room, Sun Kangwang, You Tong and others were grinning as they listened, wishing they could pluck a hair from Zhu Youxiao and auction it off.

Of course, this is just a thought...

After the Mao family’s housekeeper finished speaking, no one stood up to bid.

After all, they don't have the financial resources like the Wen, Liu and other families. Going bankrupt for this fish is a consequence that most people cannot accept.

"If no one raises the price, then this imperial swordfish will belong to the Mao family!"

Zhao Si felt his legs were weak, so he simply sat on the bench without getting up. He suppressed his excitement and spoke to everyone.

Everyone's eyes shifted to the Mao family's housekeeper.

The Mao family's housekeeper naturally knew what they meant, and turned around and shouted to the servants outside the door.

"Go back and bring the silver back!"

"Yes!"

There was a response from outside the door, followed by the sound of footsteps leaving.

About half an hour later, the sound of a carriage was heard.

Then, they saw the servants of the Mao family carrying four boxes and squeezing in through the crowd.

The four boxes were opened one by one. Three of them were filled with round silver winter melons, and the remaining one was filled with silver ingots.

"Bring me the scale!"

Zhao Si's voice was trembling as he shouted behind him.

But there was no response for a long time. When he turned around, he saw his wife lying on the ground with her eyes rolled up.

"What the hell, with just this little money, you're already happy with the lottery?"

Zhao Si cursed angrily, saying that his wife was unreliable and that he couldn't handle the matter of weighing the silver.

After thinking about it, he realized that His Majesty was sitting in the side room anyway, and he was watching the whole process here. If the Mao family dared to tamper with the money, His Majesty would definitely support him.

So he waved his hand and said, "Take the fish away. The Mao family's reputation is trustworthy. I won't weigh the silver!"

The others wanted to stay and watch him weigh the silver, but after hearing what he said, they had no reason to stay and left the yard one after another.

The Mao family's housekeeper also saluted towards Zhao Si, directed the servants, picked up the swordfish and left.

After everyone left, Zhao Si finally breathed a sigh of relief. He opened his mouth and wanted to shout a few times to vent the excitement in his heart, but then he remembered that Zhu Youxiao was still there, so he quickly closed his mouth again.

He stood up, walked tremblingly to his wife, raised his hand and slapped her in the face.

Snapped!

Only then did her daughter-in-law react. Her eyes opened wide and she let out a long moan. After her body trembled twice, her expression gradually returned to normal.

But when she saw the silver in the yard, she went up and hugged Zhao Si's thighs.

"My dear, am I dreaming?"

"Is this silver really ours?"

At this time, Zhu Youxiao walked out of the side room and couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.

"Yes, it's yours!"

One fish, more than one thousand taels!

Ten fishes cost ten thousand taels!

Catching thirty fish a day should be no problem, right?

What does that joke on the Internet say?

Not rushing or slowing down, 30,000 a day, 300,000 in 10 days, 30 million in 100 days, and 100 million a year!

It is better to buy a large semi-trailer with a loan than to go to Tsinghua University or Peking University. If I buy a large semi-trailer with a loan, I will not be afraid of my three sons..........

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The layout is small!

With so much money, we must upgrade the technology tree, build aircraft carriers, build nuclear bombs, help Europe plow the land, and help America purify the air...

We are qualified environmental defenders!

When Zhao Si's wife heard this, a look of joy appeared on her face and she rushed towards the four boxes.

He gnawed the silver winter melon and the silver ingots one by one. When he saw the teeth marks left on them, he grinned and laughed.

After a while, he was pulled by Zhao Si and kowtowed several times to Zhu Youxiao.

"I thank your majesty for his grace!"

Zhu Youxiao could fully understand their feelings. After all, he was also very excited at this moment.

The countless fish in the sea were all valuable money to him at this moment!

However, suddenly the sound of rapid horse hooves interrupted Zhu Youxiao's fantasy.

Everyone looked back and saw a Jinyiwei stumbling in from the door. He tripped as he entered and rolled on the ground with his face scratched.

But he didn't even bother to wipe the blood off his face. He turned over and knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao, speaking breathlessly.

"Your Majesty, the fishing fleet is going out to sea..."

Zhu Youxiao's heart tightened, and he shouted loudly: "What happened to the fleet?"

The Jinyiwei took a deep breath and answered quickly.

"His Majesty!"

"The fishing fleet encountered the Portuguese!"

"Dozens of fishermen's sampans were sunk, and none of the fishermen on the boats survived!"

"what?!"

Zhu Youxiao was stunned and grabbed the Jinyiwei from the ground.

"Say it to me again!"