Tang replied: "They are from Australia. When they are well taken care of, ordinary people can buy tickets to see it."

Today is a holiday. When the couple were talking at home, their son Lu You was in the auction hall of Luoyang Exchange.

"In how many days will you leave Beijing?" Lu You asked.

Li Zuqia nodded and said: "We have to rush back before the trade wind comes. This time we have to transport hundreds of people to Australia. These few hundred people are just the first batch. The second batch will be transported next winter. It is estimated that the number of people may be two to three thousand.

Your Majesty promised not to send officials for five years. You can farm there!"

Lu You said: "If you can cultivate it, your profits will be huge."

Li Zuqia chuckled: "I plan to get some tribesmen from Chuzhou. In the last Huainan case, the Li family was implicated a lot. Not only were they imprisoned and exiled, but several families were also fined and punished to the point of bankruptcy. I will take the tribesmen there.

In Australia, open a store near the gold mine and get some land for farming. In a few decades, although it is remote, the population there will be more and more, and the Li family will definitely become a prominent family in Australia."

It is impossible for the treasure-hunting trio to steal gold from gold diggers. The only direct way for them to make profit is to collect taxes.

Excessive taxes will dampen the enthusiasm for gold mining, so you won't actually make much money.

The real money is elsewhere.

For example, most of the people who went out to sea to pan for gold were poor, and most of them couldn't even afford a boat ticket. They could only take the boat on credit from the treasure hunting trio, and then use the gold they found to pay off their debts and interest.

They can also engage in human trafficking, transporting women from Japan and Nanyang and selling them to Australian gold diggers as wives.

You can also build ports and towns, encourage members of the expedition team to open shops, and then transport goods from Nanyang to wholesale to the shops. Both ports and shops can tax, and other fleets that hear the news will also have to pay taxes to them.

There are also ways to seize land first, or buy it from the indigenous people, or directly drive the indigenous people away.

The main members of the expedition team are all big landowners and shop owners. Even if the court sends officials in the future, it is impossible to confiscate the land and shops, and the explorers can make continuous profits.

"The starting price is 200 guan, and each bidding price must not be less than 10 guan. This is a rose gem given by the Queen herself. It is only given to nobles and cannot be bought by ordinary people. There are only three auctions in Luoyang. If you miss it this time,

There will be no next time. Interested bidders can come and take a closer look..."

Regardless of whether they would participate in the bidding or not, businessmen in the auction hall rushed over to observe the gems up close.

After a while, the auction started.

The first one was sold at only 520 coins, and the second one was sold at 780 coins. The third one... was not only the last one, but also the one with the best quality, and the bidding soared to 1,460 coins.

1460 Guan Ke bought more than 200,000 kilograms of rice in Luoyang, and ended up buying a natural silica stone.

A censor who wanted to be promoted through meritorious service secretly took note of the last big buyer and planned to check whether he was involved with any official.

It doesn't have to be revealed immediately, but it may be used someday.

Lu You exclaimed: "Is this kind of gem rare in Australia?"

Li Zuqia chuckled.

When more and more fleets rush to Australia after hearing the news, the price of rose stone (opal) will decrease year by year. Although it is impossible to sell it at a cabbage price, such sky-high bidding will definitely not happen again.
Chapter completed!