Chapter 108: The Auction House
"Won't King Chen Liuwang come to look for trouble?"
That's someone's temple! It is a place to enshrine the tablet of Emperor Cao Wei Liedai. Now that their heroic spirits are being disturbed by the Jin people, Cao Huan, as a descendant, actually has no reaction?
Sima Dingyun said with a smile: "Rest assured, the former Wei Taimiao is actually a very large place. The main hall dedicated to the throne of the previous dynasty naturally cannot be moved easily. But some of the surrounding side halls are not troublesome. Moreover, this is actually the plan of the imperial court: after the Taimiao Temple of this dynasty is built, part of the Wei Taimiao will be rebuilt, rented and sold. Sima Dingyun said.
Zheng Sheng immediately understood.
Standing in front of the auction house, Zheng Sheng quietly looked at its three-story roof.
"Son, please come in." Sima Dingyun Road.
"Okay." Zheng Sheng followed Sima Dingyun and walked in.
"Principal." A middle-aged man walked up quickly.
"Shizi, this person's name is Liu Anyang, and he is usually in charge of receiving guests." Sima Dingyun introduced.
Zheng Sheng glanced at him and felt that this person had a kind smile and a very kind face, and he was indeed a good candidate for hospitality.
"Go ahead." Sima Dingyun waved his hand.
"Our auction house has a total of six three-storey buildings in the front, middle and back. The front building is here. In the middle building, there are four main meeting places surrounded by four buildings, and the last one is the office area requested by the prince. β
"When you enter the front building, you will find the auction reception area. According to the requirements of Shizi, we invited more than a dozen knowledgeable and experienced people as appraisers. There are more than 10 private rooms on this floor, which can be used by guests who come to take photos to make decisions about sending photos. β
Zheng Sheng walked into the private rooms and found that these rooms were no different from the small private rooms in the restaurant, with beautifully decorated silk brocade mats and carved tabletops with gorgeous patterns. Two small iron incense burners, two half-human-high crane-shaped lamps. The whole private room is about 10 square meters in size.
After seeing the first floor, Sima Dingyun took him up to the second floor: "The second and third floors of the front building are two small venues, which are used for monthly small auctions. β
Zheng Sheng walked into the venue and looked at the semi-circular seats, and the front was an auction table more than one meter high. He estimated that there would be about thirty or forty people in this place.
Out of the small venue, Zheng Sheng originally planned to go downstairs and go to the back floor.
"Shizi, we can go directly from the second floor through the corridor to the middle building." Sima Dingyun said with a smile.
Zheng Sheng suddenly followed Sima Dingyun through the corridor with eaves about two or three meters long, and arrived at the main venue of the auction.
"The second floor is the private room of the venue, and although we have not been able to design the venue as a circular wraparound shape according to Shizi's requirements, we have eliminated the position of the four corners and left only the private room with a wide view. There are four private rooms on each floor, and there are 32 private rooms on the two floors, which is barely enough. β
"Go in and have a look." After listening, Zheng Sheng walked into a private room and found that it was more delicately arranged than the private room in the front building, and the area was not much different. Walking to the window, Zheng Sheng looked outside and saw the high platform in the middle of the venue that was almost flush with the second floor.
"That's the auction table."
"Are there any people on the first floor who are attending the auction?" Zheng Sheng asked.
"Yes, there are more than 160 seats on the first floor, and every auction is almost full."
Zheng Sheng looked upstairs and downstairs on the opposite side and found rows of wooden chairs and wooden tables.
Zheng Sheng then remembered that Sima Xin didn't have a wooden chair at home, and he had actually seen the chair in the small venue just nowβhe was not surprised, and took it for granted.
But this is Luoyang, and the popularity of wooden chairs is not high. In Sima Xin's house, Sima Xin, the master, was not there, and those servants probably didn't know that there was such a thing as a wooden chair in Jingzhou.
And the auction obviously has more contact with the Zheng family, and has already used wooden chairs.
"What about the private room? Will there be a vacant room? Zheng Sheng asked. This situation is actually very common, and the guests who have agreed to come may have something temporary and suddenly do not come.
"In the first half of the auction period, we try to determine who the guests are and where they are according to who they are and what they like. As for the empty room that Shizi was worried about, it rarely happened. After all, most of the people who participate in the auction are young and middle-aged, and they will not be entangled in heavy government affairs. Even if there is something to do temporarily that can't come, on the day of the auction, we all have miscellaneous servants who stay in their house at all times. They'll be quick to get the message back in order to make adjustments. β
"It's a tough job, sir." Zheng Shengdao.
"Is this all there is to it in the main venue? Can't you cover the middle with the whole roof? Zheng Sheng looked at the sky in the venue and asked.
In fact, the main venue can be called a three-story courtyard house, with an open space facing the sky in the middle.
"I couldn't help it, I even wanted to build a few more pillars and put up the roof. But it took a lot of pillars, and these pillars were bound to affect the view of the guests, so I finally gave up. β
"What if it rains and snows on the day of the auction?"
"In the event of bad weather, I will inform the guests to postpone the auction." Sima Dingyun Road.
"Has that ever happened?"
"Nope."
"Okay."
After seeing the venue, Zheng Sheng's only interest in the auction house also dissipated.
He wants to go to Guozi to study.
"Shizi, I'll take you there?"
Zheng Sheng shook his head: "Mr. has been with me for a long time, so I won't continue to delay your time." It's enough for you to send someone to take me there. β
Sima Dingyun sent someone to call Liu Anyang.
Zheng Sheng waved his hand and refused: "Steward Liu is also very busy, right?" Don't bother him! β
"Liu Anyang doesn't have much to do on weekdays, and the guests who usually come to send photos can be handled by the receptionist in the front building. Liu Anyang is a native of Luoyang, and he is very familiar with Luoyang, so I can rest assured that he will lead the way! β
Zheng Sheng had no choice but to say, "Okay." β
Liu Anyang arrived soon, and Sima Dingyun explained the matter to him. Liu Anyang didn't say a word, and he should have undertaken the errand.
Out of the auction house. Liu Anyang introduced to Zheng Sheng: "Shizi, Guozixue is in the north, please come with me." β
"So you know me." Zheng Shengqi said.
"Director Sima went to Xinye Gong's mansion today and met the owner Zheng Shizi. We all know that. Liu An said.
Zheng Sheng was stunned.
After chatting all the way, Liu Anyang kept introducing some things in Luoyang to Zheng Sheng.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at Guozixue.
"Shizi, do you need me to wait for you here?" Liu Anyang asked.
Zheng Sheng waved his hand and said, "No need." After I finished reporting, I went back to Yongheli. I know the way back, so go back too. β
"Isn't the prince going to see somewhere else?" During the conversation just now, Liu Anyang felt that Zheng Sheng was very interested in some lively places.
Zheng Sheng thought for a while and said, "I'm not going." Come back to Japan for a long time, let's go back later! β
Saying goodbye to Liu Anyang, Zheng Sheng quietly looked at the door plaque of Guozixue for a while before he stepped forward and knocked on its door.