In front of the deck is a half-moon-shaped pool, with a half-arc platform on the concave side of the pool, and spotlights from all directions use colored magic light sources to make the slightly undulating pool surface shimmer with colorful waves.

Sir Robson, the captain of the Strings of God, and a man in white gloves walked up to the stage and clapped their hands a few times, and the guests who had been seated gradually fell silent.

Sir Robson was the Viscount of Merlin, and although he had no actual domain, his ancestors were shipbuilders, and he devoted all his family resources to the "Strings of the Gods", claiming that his domain was "a castle that moves on water".

Although the Strings of God has only been in business for less than a decade, Sir Robson's connections are not comparable to those of ordinary knights of the Medal thanks to the relationship between the Strings of God and the auction organizers, as well as the growing fame of the Strings of God.

The Strings of the Gods has held more than one underground auction, and this one was so grand that in order to win the favor of the auction organizers, and even to further develop a close relationship in the future, Captain Robson even gave his position as the deputy captain to the auctioneer.

He knew that his "Strings of God" was not the only option for the auction organizers, and if there were no people on the other side of the ship, the organizers would not be at ease with their long-term cooperation.

Before he realized that he had lured the wolf into the house, the "Strings of the Gods", the largest inland ship, had long been coveted.

Deputy Captain York stood quietly in the corner of the edge of his seat, surrounded by nobles of extraordinary origin, and he smiled at the white-haired old man in the light gathering on the platform, thinking that when this old man died, this ship would be his sooner or later.

Yorkett fantasizes about the day when he is called "Sir Yorkett".

Opening remarks.

This was not the first time Captain Robson had given a speech, and many of the people in the seats below him were far above him, and Sir Robson knew the psychology of these noble men well, and his opening speech was humorous and brief. Then with a slight bow, the auction was announced.

"Ann, what are you staring at that old man?"

Offstage, Andre saw that Lin An had been looking at Sir Robson intently from the beginning of his speech, and approached Lin An and asked in a low voice.

"Look at the legendary legend who, after becoming a nobleman, can throw all his weight into a ship and succeed, which is not small."

Lin An replied softly, watching the white-haired old man with a very gentlemanly demeanor leave gracefully before lowering his head. I began to look through the auction price list sent by the waiter.

Tonight's auction is an auction of historical collections. This category is the favorite of the aristocracy.

This fashion. Originated from aristocratic paranoia about blood and family history.

Collecting antiques with historical value, especially antiques with a clear origin, is usually a great evidence for nobles to prove their family history and heritage, and it is also a major auxiliary to enhance the family's sense of honor and cohesion -

Imagine if you were in a collection room full of portraits of the great ancestors of the family. Let the young blood of the family see the swords, armor and trophies that prove the family's great fame, and the medals and gold coins with the heads of their ancestors.

Even if it is introduced in the most prosaic language, after learning that those ancient and inconspicuous sword-tipped spears and halberds are the testimony of a certain battle, the victory of such and such a great victory, or the personal gift of a certain emperor after a certain triumphant return, those young people who are full of courage to fight will not be enthusiastic. Establish a strong sense of honor and responsibility for the family?

This is the precious history of a family, and no nobleman is willing to sell his family's honor and treasures unless he reaches the end of the mountain.

The auction items were brought to the stage one by one. From time to time, there were shouts from the audience, and there was a buzz in the banquet, and there were five or six hundred people sitting in the seats on the deck.

There were nearly 100 historical antique lots tonight, and the auction went smoothly, and the auctioneer methodically controlled the rhythm and atmosphere of the auction.

Despite the opening placed in front of some antiques. The quality is not as good as the latter ones, but the guests who come to the ship are basically not short of money. If you flip through it or look at it, you will bid, and the bidding of each previous lot is not intense, but it is also quite enthusiastic.

Lin An was looking at the lot quotation in his hand, and heard the whispers of two customers behind him.

“…… The Fisto-Trop nobles are here again. An older voice on the left said.

A middle-aged man's voice sneered disdainfully.

"Ha, what kind of nobles are they, the history of Fito's founding is less than three hundred years, and what alliances have been formed, and the position of the Grand Duke is actually held by the eight major families of the alliance in rotation - it's really incredible!

If it weren't for Fito being caught in Perre's bag, this principality would have long ceased to exist on the mainland. There is such a huge wealth, but there is not even a formal armed army, relying only on those scattered mercenaries and that inexplicable mercenary union - ha! It's like a golden egg on the street! I really don't know what Pere thinks......"

"Hey, no matter what Pere thinks of this golden egg, it's true that Fito has money now. Look at those guys, they don't hesitate to bid, and it is said that at least a quarter of the lots in every auction are won by them! The old voice that spoke before was more pragmatic.

Lin An sat unchanged, the price list in his hand stopped on the same page, listening to the conversation between the two people in the back row, and at the same time paying attention to the ongoing auction, and sure enough, he found that there was an area in the back where the guests called the price more frequently, and a few could hear the accent from the south.

The city-state system plus the rotational succession system, the commercial principality of Fito is also a strange on the mainland, Lin An's impression seems to have a similar form of government in the ancient Roman era of the earth, and the two are somewhat similar in that the countries under this form of government are quite civilized and civilized, and the business is developed.

Lin An himself was more interested in Fischer-Trop's development of the business line to the whole continent, and was about to listen to them continue to talk, but the whispered conversation of the guests in the back row went in another direction.

After reviewing and judging the results of the Fisto merchant in previous auctions, a younger voice interjected, not without jealousy:

“…… This group of nouveau riche has been throwing a lot of money at our Merlin territory every time and stealing the limelight! However, they only deserve to use money to buy antiques, and no matter how much money they invest, they can't hide their copper smell and lackluster family history! ”

"You're mistaken!"

The middle-aged guest who compared Fistrop to a golden egg was quite knowledgeable. Although the Feituo people are publicized and coppery, they are not blindly discriminatory and belittled, "Those merchants must compare their baht, but they will not casually squander the money they have accumulated from generation to generation. ”

The middle-aged voice said that there was something meaningful behind it, as if he knew something.

The old man and the young man hurriedly urged him to speak quickly, and the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment before sharing some of the news he had heard with them.

"Last year my second son traveled to Perre, and at a family ball of a small local nobleman, he saw an antique that had been shown here. The antique was the head of a patriarch of the Cavendi family, sculpted by Master Lonnie.

You know, antiques of this level. Although it has a history of seven or eight hundred years, it is just an ordinary lot at an auction of our level, not to mention that although the Cavendi family is the founding nobleman, the heirs are not prosperous, and the bloodline has been severed more than two hundred years ago - but the problem is. ”

The middle-aged man lowered his voice, "The patriarch of that small family claims to be a side bloodline that the Cavendi family separated from three hundred years ago, and there is still more than one treasure of the Cavedi family's inheritance in the family - but God knows, if the Cavendi family had a bloodline left, where would the House of Lords allow the royal family to take back the title and territory of the Cavendi family!" ”

"Oh......" the two listeners understood.

But the young man's voice was a little angry. "Yes...... But that's too much! Isn't this a blatant confusion of noble blood? Didn't anyone in Perre's House of Lords care? ”

The old man's voice chuckled, "In our Merlin, the purity of the bloodline is the guarantee that sustains the family. Of course, it's strict.

A founding nobleman like Cavendi would rather have a family inheritance than allow bloodline confusion, because whether it is a family bloodline or not, no matter how good it is in front of people. As soon as you go to the battlefield after cultivating the family secret method, everything that should be exposed will be revealed.

But for the two countries to the south. They have not been at war for a long time, the aristocratic class is comfortable and enjoyable, and their cultivation is wasted, and their bloodline is just a gorgeous robe they use to show off, and their royal family is all pirates, what bloodline is there? The Pere royal family called the emperor the founding of the country back then, claiming to be the descendants of the sea god, and the nobles below are not learning the tricks of their royal family! ”

The middle-aged man also sighed at the young man's fuss.

"Otherwise, how can you say that this is a good deal? You don't see how enthusiastic the Fitos are bidding - the reserve prices of antiques handed down by those severed families in the last few auctions are twice as high as before! ”

Young people know.

"It's really a good deal, no wonder I said that there are so many antiques in this charge, and I thought it was because the organizer was not careful enough, it turned out to be a fat meat - hey, it's really good to make money! It's so much that I want to grab business with the organizers! ”

The three of them burst into a laugh of knowing meaning again.

Lin An changed his sitting posture and smiled slightly:

Similar things have not been heard of on the earth before, and compared to the Muse Continent, the material industrial civilization is only more widespread, which shows that even if the world is different, human nature and thinking patterns will not be much different.

However, what caught Lin An's attention was that the three of them revealed the calm in Pere's country.

There is a saying in middle age that is good, Feito is Perret's wrapped golden egg, and it is also their money bag, when Merlin and the Holy Empire continue to fight in the dark, and the smell of gunpowder gradually escalates, Feito nobles spend a lot of money outside, and the domestic nobles advocate Merlin's bloodline as a common practice-

What the hell is this pretending? Or is Perret's ruler really so stubborn that he can't smell the growing tension on the mainland?

However, it is very clear now that Pere looks like he treats Merlin as a big man, and not only reorganizes armaments and raises logistical resources in the territory, but also constantly drives the little brother Fito to Merlin to throw money to contribute to Merlin's war, and the attitude of releasing a friendly atmosphere is obvious, and this situation may paralyze many people.

At least judging from the tone of the three guests in the back row, they didn't look very much at Perre, unlike when they mentioned the Holy Empire, they all looked like they gritted their teeth and thought of a feud.

John, who was beside him, obviously also heard the conversation behind him, and whispered to Lin An: "Does Perey want to lean towards Merlin?" ”

"The two families in the south have only been fighting Merlin for so many years, and if Perret wasn't stupid enough to stab himself, he would never give up his allies,"

Lin An smiled lightly and said lightly:

Although it is an indisputable fact that Merlin has gradually established a position on the continent in the past few hundred years. It can be said that the ancient nobility of the bloodline. In the eyes of the Holy Empire, the Merlin royal family is no more than a border barbarian, not much better than Perre's pirate bloodline.

The ancient nobles of the Holy Empire are everywhere, not every family is stubbornly guarding their bloodline and refusing to marry their daughters, even if the ancient bloodlines are noble, there are ready-made marriages and noble bloodlines that can be inherited, can the Pere people come to Merlin to buy a few antiques that can't be eaten or used to fill the façade? ”

"The Peres want to bet on both sides?" John's face sank.

"They're not that stupid, so what if Merlin and the Holy Empire decide to win or lose? Whoever wins, the next target will be Perret. ”

"So what is Perret going to do now?"

John asked in unison with a voice next to him.

Lin An and John followed the sound and looked at the masked Cress. Merlin and his female companion Comilie somehow swapped seats with the guest next to them.

The seating arrangement tonight was interesting. Instead of rows of seats that are common at auctions, there is a "concave" type of seat like a café booth, with a semi-enclosed sense of isolation. But if you want to talk to the guest next door, you can just turn to one side.

Therefore, Kress changed his seat to the side, and if he listened carefully, he could barely hear the conversation between Lin An and John.

Kress smiled apologetically when he saw Lin An and John's surprise. Whispered:

"I originally wanted to come over and apologize for what happened just now, but I happened to hear Master Lin's words, and I couldn't help but interject - well, what does Master Lin think Perre's purpose is?"

Behind him, Colmilie, maintained a stiff expression with a recognizable smirk. Look at them with a smile or not.

Lin An glanced at Ke Milli with his spare eyes, feeling that she could maintain such a strange expression, and then returned his gaze to Kress. In exchange for a communicative tone, he said lightly:

"His Excellency Kress is so polite, it's just a minor accident. As for Perret's intentions, I, as a person who has never set foot in Perret's borders, am afraid that I have no authority to comment, and what I just said is just a private statement. ”

She saw that Kress was still staring at her with burning eyes. Knowing that he would not be perfunctory like this, he continued.

“…… Just in my personal opinion. If the mainland has to rise up and replace me with Perre's ruler, the first thing to guarantee at present is that the first country to be cut between the three countries is not them Perret, so they can talk about it later. ”

Lin An's words could be said without saying anything, or they could be said to be implicit, but Kress could see that Lin An would not talk in depth in front of him, smiled slightly, restrained the thoughtfulness in his eyes, skipped this topic, solemnly apologized again for the previous matter, and stopped bothering Lin An.

He watched Lin An turn around, but picked up the auction quotation in his hand and looked through it, and did not continue to talk to John, thinking:

"After all, it's a woman, although her thoughts are a little insightful, but she is narrow-minded, she always cares about what happened before, and she refuses to go down the steps, it seems that she is used to being praised."

In fact, Kress misunderstood Lin An, in fact, whether he appeared or not, she would not continue to talk to John on that topic.

Because there is an old monster next to him who may be snooping at any time, that old monster is not among the Merlin powerhouses known to Lin An, and the Holy Empire itself rejects mages, so the other party has the greatest chance of being born in Perre.

Lin An knew this, even if he had ideas, it was impossible to judge his motherland in front of others, so he could only talk in generalities.

However, Kress's change of seat, as well as the interjection and conversation with Lin An later, finally attracted the attention of a few people nearby.

Because the position they sit in is the front row, and this position with the best perspective is a symbol of status, and they are the best among the guests, which is already attention-grabbing.

For example, Lin An and the few guests behind them didn't pay much attention to them at first, but at this time, they probably also found that the previous conversation was heard, and they stopped talking at this time.

However, there was a young guest among them, after Lin An talked to Kress with a side face, his eyes couldn't stop paying attention to Lin An's appearance and the dress on his body, and his eyes were both surprised and hesitant.

Lin An knew that he had probably discovered himself.

Merlin has a lot of black-haired people, especially in the aristocratic circle, among which the royal ancestor is black-haired and blue-eyed.

But the feature of double black, Lin An has only seen it on himself at present, so the young nobleman recognized it at a glance, but Lin An is now wearing a silver and green dress. He didn't have that famous face, so he hesitated, after all, it was night, and sometimes dark brown could be seen as black.

This is also the reason why Lin An appeared here, but no one dared to recognize it.

First, others suspect that it may be a mistake, and secondly, even if it is really double black, it cannot be ruled out that it is the effect of disappearance, after all, although double black is a characteristic of Lin An, but to outsiders, it is more like thunder. is still Lin An's beauty that captivates the country and the city.

Lin An looked at the auction bidding list casually, and the young man stared at it for a while, and finally shifted his attention to the auction.

At this time, the auction has already removed several heavyweight lots. This is also the usual method of auctions, interspersing some treasures between ordinary lots to set off the price in a heated atmosphere.

However, the organizer of this auction does not need to make the convention obvious, because the grade of this auction is not low, and all the treasures collected by the auctioneer are taken out. When Lin An listened before, the young man said that the auctioneer was full. On the one hand, his status is not low and his vision is also high, and on the other hand, it is also because he is despising the Feito people by the way.

After a magic hour, more than 30 antiques have been auctioned off the scene.

This is already very fast, mainly because the previous lot is not a treasure that everyone is aiming to get in the eyes of the guests on the spot, and the bidding and giving up are very refreshing. Others are aiming at some of the lots that are placed in the back and are not involved in the bidding.

André also made a few shots, but only managed to capture a set of coins that were common in the early days of the Magic Dynasty of the Antiquity. Ever since I knew about Lin An's Nature Goddess Silver Coins. He has a hobby of collecting coins, but so far he has not found a similar sacrificial coin like Lin An.

He played with a bang, and made several high-profile shots in the end, but only deliberately teased Galileo by betting on it.

That Galileo was not a fool to be able to compete with Andrei for so long. He understands Andre and is not provoked by Andre. Even more than 30 lots were sold only twice, and an ancient book was also auctioned.

Lin An observed from the side, and could see that Galileo was very sensible, even if he made that bet, he was not carried away by the bet, and like Andre, he planned to put the victory or defeat in the auction of magical wonders the next day before he could decide the winner.

"It seems that he is very calm, not like he takes that bet very seriously, will there be any traps?" Lin An asked Andre in a low voice.

"Of course, if he can be led casually, he is not qualified to be my opponent."

Andre said proudly, then grinned, and whispered in Lin An's ear:

"Anyway, he lost 130,000 to me, and we have the master's reserve gold as a backing, unless his final auction amount is more than the two combined, he will have a chance of winning.

Now for us, the task comes first. It would be terrible if he messed with the quest items when they appeared, so I had to put some fog ahead of me so that he could not figure out what we were trying to do, lest he intercept them. ”

Lin An smiled, "I'm still worried that you've overplayed and forgotten about business!" ”

It's not that she can't think of this, but she hasn't reminded her before, she just wants to look at Andre's watch.

And Andrei didn't disappoint her, and he thought of countermeasures in advance, which was much more careful than before entering the ice field.

Lin An didn't feel the changes in Andre after this meeting, sure enough, although the boy matured late, once he passed a certain age, the speed of maturity would be very fast.

After relieving himself, Lin An didn't pay much attention to the situation in the auction, and only quietly looked at the lot designated in the task: the Heros Trident.

The appearance number of the Heros Trident was fifty-eight, and Lin An continued to flip back, and when he turned to the end, there was no more thing specified in the task, so he put it down.

"It seems that our goal is mainly for tomorrow." Putting down the auction offer, Lin An said to John.

At this moment, the spotlights danced wildly, and the low hum between the seats was attracted to the stage by this burst, and the audience gradually fell silent.

The auctioneer on the stage was so pleased with the effect that he struck the hammer and coughed lightly, amplifying his voice throughout the deck.

After 39 fierce bidding of the lots, all the guests at the banquet must have been impatient for the blockbuster lots of this auction.

In fact, even if I was lucky enough to see Lot 40 beforehand, I was looking forward to it! Because this is definitely a precious lot that can make anyone here feel worthwhile, and can even compare with or surpass the last big shaft!

In my eyes, at least, it is an unparalleled work of art, a true ineffable wonder! ”

The auctioneer smiled mysteriously and expressed his expectations for the lot in a strongly suggestive tone, which was based on his auction qualifications, so that the guests felt exaggerated and unconsciously raised their expectations for the next lot.

(To be continued)

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