Chapter 48: The Sea and Sky Feast
Wang Qianqian looked at Wang Jian with a curious face, she found for the first time that she had people who couldn't see through.
She was extremely smart, and soon thought of Wang Jian's intentions: it turned out that the emperor seemed to be a scoundrel, but in fact he was extremely careful, and the purpose of his trip should be threefold: first, he deliberately found a reason to beat the people in the academy, in order to inject a sense of martial arts into the academy where the literature was weak; second, to select the talents they want; The third is to come for this Bi Maokang.
has had the tragic experience of a broken family, Wang Qianqian knows that Wenzhi is only suitable for peaceful and prosperous times, and only martial arts can protect himself and his family, and can calm the troubled times.
Wang Qianqian also longs for heroes in her heart, she has always fantasized that there is a big hero in front of her, and the figure of that hero slowly coincides with Wang Jian's back.
Now that the purpose of coming to the academy has been achieved, Wang Jianqian invited Wang Qianqian to see the auction that will start soon, and Wang Qianqian happily agreed.
The three of them soon left the academy.
Halfway through, Wang Jian found a corner and changed into the human skin mask.
Wang Qianqian saw that the emperor had entered a corner, worked hard for a while, but when she came out, it was a different person, and she was suddenly frightened: "Who are you?!" ”
"I, haha, I'm Wang Jian."
Wang Jian? He's not the emperor?!
Wang Qianqian turned around and was about to run, Yao'er smiled "hee", grabbed her and said, "Sister Qianqian, the emperor is teasing you, you see..."
Wang Qianqian's heart was still beating, she looked back, and saw that Wang Jian took off the human skin mask and turned back into the emperor.
Yao'er explained: "The one who wears the mask is the emperor's doppelganger, and he is also the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Wang Jian, and the one who does not wear the mask is the emperor." ”
After listening to Yao'er's explanation, Wang Qianqian was angry and ashamed for a while, her eyes were red, and she was about to cry.
Wang Jian didn't expect that a joke by himself would make the famous talented girl in Jinan City cry, he was at a loss, but fortunately, Yao'er was on the side to help persuade him, and Wang Qianqian broke into laughter.
As night falls, the lights come on.
The more than 300 seats in the Mochizuki Building have already been booked, and everyone is eagerly waiting for the auction to begin.
Wang Jian stood on the stage, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, he always felt that the people sitting in the audience were all fat and big-eared, and he unconsciously showed greedy eyes in his eyes.
Zheng Yuqiao and they didn't know what an auction was, let alone the specific process, so Wang Jian had to let Yao'er disguise herself, put on a mask, and make a cameo appearance as an auctioneer in person.
There is a group of businessmen and gentry sitting or standing at the bottom, no matter if they want to break their heads, they will not know that the person on the stage is the emperor, and they spend more money in order to see the face of the sky, and fight for your life.
Wang Jian raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then a huge curtain behind him began to slowly open, he held a long stick, lit the curtain and said: "Everyone be quiet, behind me is the ranking map of the feast in three days, everyone look carefully!" ”
I saw that the location due north on the map was a big "emperor" character, and there were ten seats on each side of it.
Wang Jian reminded again: "Please be optimistic, the rules are very simple, everyone bids for each other's favorite seats, and the highest price wins." ”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't wait to urge: "Let's start quickly, we all understand, isn't it just a matter of spending money?" We lack everything, but we don't lack silver! ”
"It's just a long time."
Wang Jian swept his eyes coldly and said: "Maybe you don't know this official, this official will introduce himself first, this official is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and his surname is Wang Jian!" ”
As soon as he said this, the noisy auction hall immediately became silent: who is Jinyiwei, that is the emperor's personal guard, and the terrible thing is that he has the right to make arbitrary decisions, and can arrest and interrogate anyone, even the emperor's relatives, not to mention them who are businessmen at the bottom of society.
Those who were urging Wang Jian just now were all frightened, for fear that Wang Jian would notice them and get into big trouble.
Wang Jian continued: "The emperor appointed this official to preside over this auction, if anyone bullies the weak and forbids others to bid by coercion and inducement, don't blame the official's subordinates for being ruthless, and they will all be punished for rebellion." At the same time, I hope everyone bids rationally, if anyone wins the seat by then, but can't come up with the money, it is also a crime of bullying, I hope you understand! ”
As soon as Wang Jian's words fell, suddenly, the faces of some people in the audience were frightened green, it turned out that they wanted to suppress people with power early on, and did not allow others to bid arbitrarily, but no matter how big the momentum is, it is not as big as Jinyiwei's, since the bidders have the protection of Jinyiwei, they don't dare to make a mistake, and they also want to bribe Wang Jian after the end of the show, so that he doesn't care.
"At the same time, this auction is to show the benevolence of the emperor and enjoy with the people, so no matter whether they are rich or poor, they are all the emperor's people and can participate."
In fact, at the beginning of the sale of the auction tickets sold at a high price to exclude the poor, this Haitian feast is a game for the rich, and Wang Jian regarded himself as the emperor as a gimmick, just like the rich of later generations spent money to buy a meal of the stock god Warren Buffett, which is a truth.
"All the silver taels obtained from this auction will be filled into the treasury as military funds, and at the same time, in order to commend the dedication of everyone present for the country's worries, the twenty people who are shortlisted for the feast will receive verbal commendations with the emperor," Wang Jian paused and said the highlight of today's auction: "Also, the last two nominees will also receive a pair of plaques written by the emperor himself, with a theme of their own choice, and the number of words is limited to seven characters!" ”
This exciting news immediately blew up the venue, and there was such a good thing, they originally thought that the Haitian feast was to spend money to have a meal with the emperor, if they could get a seat and go to this feast, they could also be used as a capital to brag and show off in front of their peers in the future, which was a matter of spending money to buy face.
But they never thought that there was a store plaque with the title of the royal pen to take, if it was a personal face to eat with the emperor in front, then that plaque is the face of the store, and it can even be said to be the face of the entire family, even if it is a change of dynasty, it can also be passed down from generation to generation, so they are all like playing chicken blood, one by one excited, they are bound to win, many people are even afraid that the silver brought is not enough, send the little guy to hurry home and get some silver two.
Wang Jian saw that what he said was almost over, and everyone's enthusiasm was also unprecedentedly high, so he said: "Okay, now the auction starts, and the first auction is the leftmost character No. 20." ”
"The price starts at 10,000 taels of silver!"
As Wang Jian announced the official start of the auction, the atmosphere suddenly reached an unprecedented climax.