CHAPTER XXXIII

"The first item in today's auction, Plum Blossom Dew! Its effect does not need to be repeated, just a few drops, it can be fragrant for a day, and the aroma is long and difficult to disperse. The starting price, 500 taels, now the auction starts! Hua Wu stood on the stage and announced.

On the wooden table in front of him were neatly arranged a row of perfumes, ten bottles in all.

The auction of the first bottle of perfume was very successful, and after the price rose to 1,200 taels, no one bid anymore, and finally it was won by the old lady of Houfu, and her daughter will enter the palace tomorrow to participate in the draft.

The second, third, and fourth bottles are also quite smooth, and the price is basically between 1,000 taels and 1,300 taels.

Han Shi Niang was in the tent behind the scenes, her eyes narrowed with a smile, low cost, high income, the academy will never have to worry about running out of money to spend in the future!

There are only six bottles of perfume left, the competition will become more and more fierce, and the price will naturally become higher and higher, so the dignitaries and nobles who are still looking forward can't hold back at this time.

But at this moment, there was finally disharmony in the auction.

When Hua Wu said again, "Bidding begins!" An old palace maid in palace makeup stood up, her head tilted, very proud, as if she was despising a group of ants.

The old palace maid said in an arrogant tone: "My master is the one from Anqing Palace. Then he looked at the rest of the people triumphantly.

Everyone was shocked, but anyone who has a little way will know that Anqing Palace now lives in De Guifei, who was favored by the emperor when she was young, and now she is a little older, and she is a confidant appointed by the emperor.

Her son Chu Sheng is the first choice for the crown prince.

Unexpectedly, the small perfume auction actually alarmed her.

Who would dare to offend such a powerful character?

Who would dare to grab what she wanted?

As soon as this old palace maid stood up, she first revealed her identity, wasn't it just to use her power to suppress people? Her meaning is equivalent to "You can't afford to provoke my master, if you don't want to be put in small shoes by Concubine De, don't rob her."

If you rob her and provoke her, will you want to live in the family?

The old palace maid said again: "The starting price is five hundred taels, then I will bid five hundred and one taels, do you have a higher price than my master?" ”

Then he glanced around.

Everyone was silent, everyone could know in their hearts, this old palace maid is using power to suppress the price, such things are not uncommon in Chang'an City, what can be done when encountering such a thing? If you can't afford to provoke it, the merchant can only eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, and you can't say that you have bitterness.

Five hundred and one two bottles, in this case is already very good, at least there is still some money to take, so as not to lose money.

Who knows, the old palace maid pretended to be confused and said, "Oops! You see, the older I get, the more useless I become! When I went out, the master clearly ordered me to bring five hundred taels of silver, but I recorded it as fifty taels, and now I only have these fifty taels on me. ”

Everyone's faces darkened, and they were even more speechless.

On credit, is the concubine's account still less? When will she repay the debt, even if she does not repay the debt, who will dare to collect the debt? Basically, the stones are drifting in the water, and the stones are sinking into the sea.

In other words, this shameless old palace maid wanted to take away a bottle of perfume for fifty taels of silver.

This is enough to make the merchant feel painful, but the old palace maid still doesn't give up, and has to inch in and say: "My master said, I'm afraid a bottle of perfume is not enough, ask me to buy a few more bottles, and ask the shopkeeper to prepare five bottles for the old slave, the price is also five hundred and one taels, pay fifty taels first, and pay the rest of the money later." ”

The crowd is already messy!

Fifty taels bought five bottles of perfume, that is, ten taels and one bottles, did she think this was a place to sell cabbage?

There is only one bottle left, so the competition should be fierce! Many aristocrats who wanted perfume were unhappy.

Even so, everyone can only dare to be angry and dare not speak, who let this be an ancestor who can't be provoked?

The old palace maid is very proud, confident, she has used this trick many times, the shameless technique has been practiced to perfection, according to her experience, no merchant dares to refuse, of course she feels that this time is no exception.

Hua Wu stood calmly on the auction table, very calm, and did not rush to reply.

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In the next room behind the scenes, Tang Xiaoshi and Chu Ming could see this scene.

Chu Ming seemed to be watching a good show, and secretly thought, if you encounter a problem, see what you do! If you ask me, I'll help you.

He really wanted to find a little sense of existence in front of this smart woman.

"It looks like you're going to suffer a big loss in today's auction." Chu Ming joked.

Tang Xiaoshi didn't pay attention to him, he drank tea very calmly, and he didn't worry about the auction at all.

Chu Ming said again: "Aren't you in a hurry? If you ask me, I'll help you. ”

Tang Xiaoshi didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said, "Look at it, is Hua Wu on the auction table in a hurry?" He's calm, so I'm more calm. ”

Chu Ming saw that Hua Wu was still as victorious as usual.

Tang Xiaoshi sarcastically said: "The eunuch is not in a hurry, the prince is in a hurry!" ”

Chu Ming's face twitched.

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At the auction floor, the old palace maid saw that Hua Wu hadn't replied for a long time, and began to use hard means and said sharply: "What? Will the shopkeeper refuse? ”

Hua Wu smiled in return, and said without hurry: "The guest officer misunderstood, according to the regulations, the auction price is sometimes long, I am waiting for the time to come, and the time will be closed when the time is up." ”

The old palace maid said angrily: "Why wait, no one dares to bid with my master anyway, and the deal is made quickly, and the old slave is still in a hurry to go back to the palace to explain!" ”

As soon as the old palace maid's words were finished, a deep and sophisticated voice came out: "Who said that no one dares to bid?!" Furious! The old man bid 1,500 taels! ”

Domineering side leakage.

Everyone turned around, wanting to see who was so bold that they dared to grab things from Concubine De.

I saw that in the middle box, an old man in a plain robe was sitting there, and a little fat man of more than ten years old was waiting next to him.

It looks simple, very ordinary, and at most it can be regarded as a rich family.

The old palace maid despised it, but she didn't dare to be too arrogant, after all, many times she couldn't judge people by her appearance, and asked, "I don't know who the old gentleman is?" ”

The old man replied: "The old man does not change his name, he does not change his surname, his surname is Han Mingke, and the word is Chunzhi." ”

Hanko! Hallym University Scholar Hanke!

Everyone was shocked, and even he was shocked. Doesn't it mean that Han Ke is a pure scholar and scholar? How did you get to such a place?

Everyone is right, Han Ke is indeed a pure reader, but he is also a person who can pull down his face for reading.

Tang Xiaoshi is a clever ghost, "Geometric Legend" actually only gave him the first half of the volume, this is really a good book, a lot of knowledge is not dabbled in by Han Ke, when he saw how to find the volume of the sphere, it was gone, after reading it, he could only agree to Tang Xiaoshi if he wanted to read the second half of the volume.

That's why he's been pitted here.

Five or six out of ten of the civil and military officials of the dynasty were the students he taught, and even the emperor had to call him sir, with a good reputation, integrity, and respect.

Such a person could not be more suitable to solve such a thing as using power to suppress prices.

Tang Xiaoshi, who has foresight, has long been ready to take over, when did she Tang Xiaoshi suffer?