Chapter 67: The Auction Ends
Because of the appearance of Viscount Jefferson, the atmosphere in the auction room was very poor, but it did not affect the auction price, and all the items in the back were auctioned at a high price.
After that, the last lot of the auction appeared, Starry Skylight.
The auctioneer told the story of Horman the Great and the starry sky in beautiful language, and then began to describe the characteristics of the starry sky light, talking for nearly twenty minutes before preparing for the auction.
However, before the auction, the garrison began to ask people who did not participate in the auction to leave, and if they wanted to auction it, they would either transfer 100,000 gold carats to the Imperial Bank or pay 100,000 gold carats in cash.
So, something happened that even Lear didn't expect. The merchants of Port Lear were divided into more than 30 groups and participated in the auction under the banner of various trade chambers. These merchants used the magic checkbook to transfer money in order, but in just ten minutes, the auction house's account had an additional 3.7 million gold carats.
Lear couldn't help but call Watson in and asked, "This kind of bribery has happened before?"
Watson smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord, this is normal. If you don't, they'll be suspicious. You know, businessmen never believe in fairness, only in profit. In other words, they only believe in one kind of fairness, and that is that they are fairer than others. ”
Lear sighed, "Fortunately, it wasn't these merchants who led Port Lear. ”
Watson smiled, "But the merchants lead the merchant alliance empire. ”
Lear smiled wryly and said, "yes, I forgot about those pesky vampires. "The relationship between the Shang Alliance and the Homan Empire was extremely poor, and the two sides fought 23 local wars in 500 years, with a maximum of 600,000 people participating in the war at one time. If it weren't for the mediation of the alliance and the threat of orcs from outside, the two countries would inevitably fight a full-scale war.
The serving officials of Port Lear did not participate in the auction, but some nobles remained.
In the end, fifty-seven individuals or groups participated in the auction, and Lear received five million and seven million!
After the auction of Starry Sky Light began, there were only a dozen bidders, and most of them sat there as spectators.
When the bid for Starry Sky reached two million, only five people remained who continued to bid.
One was Baron Humphrey, the other was the executioner Viscount Jefferson, and the other three were all agents of the great nobles of the Homan Empire in Port Lear.
After the price reached three million carats, the three agents gave up the auction in good faith.
In fact, on the day that the Starry Sky Light appeared, the great nobles of the Homan Empire with the highest status or the most wealth received the news, after all, the Juggernaut weapon represented extraordinary significance. However, they also knew that if Count Lear really wanted to sell the Starry Sky Light and put it in the auction house of the imperial capital, he could sell it for at least five million with a little operation, and the intention of the auction on his own territory was self-evident, that is, he didn't want to leak out at all.
If it was before, those big nobles would have to come to a performance of a strong dragon to suppress the earth snake for the sake of the Sword Saint weapon, and they would even use a teleportation array worth millions of gold carats to teleport over and personally participate in the auction.
However, when they learned that the general in Port Lear had become a superior swordsman, they all extinguished this thought. Count Lear has already ranked among the ranks of the great nobles in terms of wealth alone, but he lacks the background and strength, and can only be regarded as an upper-class noble, not a big noble.
But now that the Lear family has a high-ranking swordsman, it means that Count Lear is already an undoubted nobleman.
With a total asset of 5 billion gold carats and a high-ranking swordsman, it is the entry standard for the great nobles, and there are no more than fifteen in the entire Dutch Empire. Of course, this does not include the Holman royal family, the three fiefdom royal families, and the six grand ducal families.
Naturally, the Lear family could not have five billion gold carats in cash, but the value of Port Lear was immeasurable, and the annual tax revenue accounted for three percent of the total income of the Holman royal family, which was very staggering.
Therefore, most of the big nobles who were qualified to participate in the auction gave up the bidding, and there was no need to form a grudge with the new nobles of the Heman Empire, only three big nobles came out to test it.
In the end, only Baron Humphrey and Viscount Jefferson were still bidding, and except for a few foreign nobles, most people knew that Humphrey was nothing more than Lear's spokesman - they already regarded Humphrey as Lear's father-in-law.
Jefferson is still the same, scolding and scolding while bidding, scolding and thinking at the same time. He is only in control of the Viscount family, and three million gold carats is the limit, and if he uses more, there may be problems with his territory's funds. Of course, after all, it is his personal territory, and no matter how bad it is, it will not be much worse, but the quality of life will be greatly reduced in the future.
However, Viscount Jefferson liked the starry light very much, and made a bid through gritted teeth, and finally pushed the price to four million.
Four million, not to mention in Port Lear, even in any city in the Starry Sky Continent, is a huge fortune.
Baron Humphrey turned a deaf ear to Jefferson's calls, bidding unhurriedly like a complete gentleman, and his tepid appearance annoyed Jefferson even more.
"Five million!" Baron Humphrey gracefully raised his white-gloved right hand.
If you don't count this starry light, the title deeds of all the properties of the Winston family together are only worth 4.5 million gold carats. Some poor and small barons have a net income of only seventy or eighty thousand gold carats a year. One of the poorest baronies in the Homan Empire suffered from disasters year after year, and its income did not exceed 1,000 carats for three consecutive years.
Jefferson finally couldn't afford the price, and jumped out of the box to attack Humphrey.
But the guards of the auction house and Humphrey's men immediately surrounded him, and he could only shout and curse.
Ness herself was not angry when she was scolded, but she was so angry when she saw her father being scolded, Lear had been holding her back just now, and now she found an opportunity to hold down the button and scolded loudly: "You scoundrel shut up! Scold my father again, I will let Brother Lear beat you." Beat you up into ...... You're so ugly, beating you into a pig is all about glorifying you. If you scold again, Brother Lear will beat you up like yourself! Brother Lear, you teach me to swear. ”
Ness's melodious voice echoed throughout the audience, and many people laughed at her innocent words.
The manager of the auction house came over and made a gesture of please: "Please leave here, you are not welcome in our auction house, forever!"
Jefferson scolded as he walked: "I want to complain to the House ......of Lords, you blackmailed me with 100,000 gold carats!
Lear watched him leave with disdain, and then asked Hal to take the starry light and take Ness to the dinner party. However, Ness fell asleep on the way, so he had to go to the feast by himself.
Returning to the Earl's Court at nine o'clock in the evening, he took the warm earrings of water to give to Catherine, only to see Susan wearing a bandage and scolding "Jefferson the Executioner". Lear asks curiously what is going on.
It turned out that Catherine and Susan had been running around for the past few days to rebuild the Firelight Mercenary Group, and on the way back to the Earl's Court this evening, they very unfortunate met Jefferson who had a gray nose at the auction house.
Jefferson was so accustomed to his own territory that he whipped anyone in his way, and Susan was caught off guard and was whipped twice. Catherine and Susan theorized with Jefferson, and as Jefferson was about to make a move, Susan immediately shouted that she was a member of the mercenary group of the Count Lear family.
Jefferson suffered a big loss at Lear's hands, and he was so angry that he whipped Susan twice, and even tried to kill Catherine and Susan. But Moore had long wanted to get Jefferson to flatter, and kept following him, and arrived as soon as possible, leading more than twenty police officers to rescue Catherine and Susan.
Although Jefferson was rampant, he did not dare to openly confront the garrison in Port Lear, and in case Earl Lear engaged in a "family duel", he would most likely die here and eventually have to leave.
After hearing this, Lear turned his head and asked Watson, "I add a new law now, how long will it take for it to take effect?"
Watson looked puzzled, but still dutifully replied: "Tomorrow it will take effect after the city hall is issued, around nine o'clock in the morning." ”
"Very well, gather your staff and assistants, and in half an hour assemble, I'm going to draft a new bill called the Lear Realm Noble Freedom Act!" Lear said.
As a result, the strangest series of laws in the entire Star Continent appeared.