This is exactly what the businessmen were looking for. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Their facial expressions have been very stiff since they entered the manor, and finally the corners of their mouths are curled, all of them are in the palm of their hands, and they are very confident in their strong financial resources.

They especially wanted to know where Ares's goods came from, but no one would be stupid enough to ask, and they knew very well that Ares would never reveal it, after years of being in the mall.

However...... Many of them had ill-intentioned intentions, and secretly decided to wait until the banquet was over, and immediately send his men to keep an eye on Ares until the source of the goods was discovered.

The birthday party was halfway overtaken by an auction, and strangely enough, the prince had no opinion, except for a little depression when he was taken away from his central position, everything else was normal, and he even had a strong interest in the auction.

He wanted to see if he had any of the rare treasures he needed—ivory.

Although Romania is now being swept up in war, this time he will return home with three large reinforcements, enough to repel the enemy's attack, not to mention the token of the descendants of Sparta.

Well, the questions that need to be considered after the end of the war are......

The Romanian king, who was old enough to be confused, pre-selected four successors to the throne, who either led his army into battle or, like the prince, sent to other countries in search of reinforcements, in the face of the barbarian crusades of Western Asia.

However, it is not who has the greatest credit to be able to ascend to the throne.

This is also the reason why the prince did not return to China for a long time, but held a birthday party in Venice, which could effectively deplete the troops of several other princes, and when the time came, he led reinforcements back to return home to repel the barbarians in one fell swoop, and in case he could not get the throne, it was not impossible to forcibly seize it.

So, why did he want ivory?

In his later years, the king's only hobby was collecting ivory, and before the war began, he announced in front of the entire royal family that for half a year, whoever succeeded to pay the best tribute of ivory would be given the throne.

The prince's idea was that if he could ascend the throne peacefully, he would try to shed as little blood as possible, and he would have to usurp the throne as a last resort.

......

The auction began.

The first auction item, of course, was the much-anticipated ginseng.

There are more than 100 ginseng trees of average color, and the starting price is 200,000 silver coins.

Zheng Fei leaned back in his chair and remained silent with a smile.

200,000 silver coins, in terms of purchasing power, are equivalent to three or four million US dollars, and only buying about 100 ordinary American ginseng is simply a sky-high price.

But even so, the wealthy giants were still willing to raise the price, because the owner of the Oriental Circus, who had left a great shock on them, personally said that this ginseng was real.

Even if they still have a little doubt, they don't have time to send people to invite experts, firstly, there are few people in Italy who understand ginseng, and secondly, if they hesitate a little, they will be taken down by other giant businessmen, they need this batch of ginseng too much.

Besides, this little money is nothing to them......

In the Middle Ages, the gap between the rich and the poor was unusually extreme, 99% of the money was concentrated in the hands of the rich 1%, not to mention that they were super-rich, and they were in the luxury business before the war began.

"500,000 silver coins!"

A giant merchant in a leopard fur coat increased his weight without blinking an eye, and what he was rubbing in his right hand was not an agate ball, but an intricately carved rhinoceros horn.

He hails from Tripoli, the largest port in North Africa.

"Six hundred thousand!"

Just a few seconds later, someone grabbed it.

"Six hundred and fifty thousand!"

......

Most of the merchants at the banquet were Venetian natives, and they also had a lot of money, but they were far from being able to compete with the giants of West Asia, so they could only watch from the sidelines, waiting for the auction of other goods to grab another box or two.

Ten minutes have passed like this, and the auction price has been raised to 1,150,000 silver coins!

This large sum of money is more than enough to buy the entire Abraham estate!

The duke's eyes became brighter little by little, and the thought of being able to divide fifty percent of the profits afterwards made him so excited that his nails pinched his thighs.

He is scheming, and he has long been carried away by interests.

At 1,150,000, there was silence and silence.

Whether it was the giant merchants participating in the auction or the surrounding spectators, they collectively held their breath and waited for Ares to announce the results.

Ares frowned slightly, looked at Zheng Fei as if inquiring, and said with a smile: "This rich businessman from the East, is he interested in increasing his weight?"

"Nope. ”

Zheng Fei lifted Erlang's legs, and according to the agreement, this action means that it can be finished.

"Congratulations! Congratulations to the ......"

"One and a half million silver coins!

The giant merchant from Tripoli roared to his feet, clenching the horn of the rhinoceros, determined to win! At this moment, his expression was like a leopard skin coat on his body, revealing a savage and ferocious aura.

He is in the rhinoceros horn and arms business, and his style of doing things has always been fierce and decisive, and what he wants, he must get!

When he shouted the number, the people were stunned for a moment, as shocked as they had seen a circus performance before.

One and a half million, that's really too much...... After the giant businessmen calmed down, they carefully considered it, and it was not worth spending such a large sum of money to buy a box of ginseng.

For a long time, no one raised the price, and the box of American ginseng successfully changed hands.

The giants who failed in the auction hated to swallow the breath in their throats and looked at the winner coldly.

They thought, "You should be proud, I will get my hands on that batch of ginseng sooner or later."

I heard that John Cena, the special mercenary of the Harrison family, is currently in Venice, and it is a big deal to give that guy 100,000 silver coins and kill people!

Leaning back in the chair, Zheng Fei couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

Giant businessman, silly and silly, this box of American ginseng is only worth 10,000 yuan at best, that is, 100 silver coins.

Only now do I realize that in this era when the New World was not yet known to the world, sailing is really a great profit!

Next, the auction is for the hides.

There were more than a hundred boxes, which were divided up by several giant merchants, and the local merchants in Venice did not even catch a single hair.

The gold nuggets from the Azores belonged to a wealthy merchant from Cairo.

Finally, native American specialties, cranberries and nuts.

Food often can't be sold at a high price, but Zheng Fei has his own way.

When the cranberries were auctioned off, the crowd was obviously not interested, but Ares smiled knowingly and said, "I think someone knows this thing better than me." ”

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to Zheng Fei.

Zheng Fei raised his eyebrows, walked over and pinched one, faced everyone, and smiled.

"It's called rare cranberry, it's called ruby in the East, many years ago, there was a small country that paid tribute to our Celestial Dynasty, after a long journey, everything else was rotten, only the cranberry remained fresh, so the Oriental pharmacists believed that it had the effect of perpetuating youth and could delay aging. ”

As soon as they heard this, the girls present suddenly became calm, and begged their fathers or husbands to buy them.

Under Zheng Fei's nonsense, each box of cranberries was sold for a high price of nearly 10,000 silver coins, which was divided among dozens of merchants.

Other American specialties are similar to this, if you can cheat, you can cheat, anyway, this group of rich people has money, and they just take out a little to buy "cosmetics" for their wives and daughters.

At this point, the auction seems to be coming to an end.

But..... And one last thing - mammoth tusks, the prince's thirst! )