Chapter Seventy-Six: Domination
I saw Cai Ping smile and said: "The fastest this time should be those three ships, no accident this is our biggest financier, do you have their information?" ”
A capable young man next to him immediately said: "Qiqi Grand Butler, these three ships are Zhou Bancheng, the richest man in Jinling City, Duan Wu, the brother-in-law of Wang Qing, the pseudo-Chu king, and Wang Yizhi, the collection king from the capital. ”
From this detail, you can see that the organizers are powerful this time, just from the small boat, you can see the identity of these three families, and Zhou Bancheng is just a local tyrant, such as Duan Wunai is now the top three in the rivers and lakes - Wang Qing, the king of Chu, Fang La, the king of Wu, and Wang Qing, the brother-in-law of Wang Qing, the king of Jin, Tianhu, were also seen through by this descendant.
In addition, the identity of Wang Yizhi is also very special, he is a first-class literary and art connoisseur, especially good at calligraphy, painting and jade, which has the reputation of "one finger", and his real name has been forgotten.
And in addition to the identity of this connoisseur, he is also a big collector, especially fond of some strange items, I don't know how much is hidden at home, Song Huizong once visited his house, and since then he has become even more famous, and many officials have close contacts.
The identities of these three people are either local tyrants, thieves, or collectors, and they are all leaders in the industry, which can also be seen that the attraction of this auction can be described as black and white.
Why did a robber like Duan Wu, who occupied the mountain as the king, dare to appear in this Jinling City in a grand manner? In fact, there is a reason, if it is a peaceful and prosperous time, this kind of thief will not be able to see the light, so naturally he will not dare to come out casually, otherwise he will be caught in the net, but at this time, although the world has not yet reached the level of chaos, but the control power of the imperial court has also been greatly reduced, and even Wang Qing and other three powerful people are powerless to stop it.
Therefore, Wang Qing's people dared to enter Jinling City in such a big way, of course, this is only limited to the small number of people who come, if the soldiers really come, then Jinling City will definitely be like a great enemy, and the prefectures and counties along the way will not sit idly by.
But this time Duan Wu just came to buy something, in other words, consumers, and the official naturally turned a blind eye.
The strength of these three schools is indeed the best among the hundreds of people participating in this auction, and the people under their command are naturally elites, so these three ships are far ahead in the competition, just to see who can win the first place and take the lead!
However, at this time, a sudden change occurred, and I saw a small boat suddenly fly out from behind like a sharp arrow, and at the bow stood a young man with a naked upper body, holding a boat pole in his hand that was dark and shiny, which seemed to be made of pig iron, and he laughed loudly: "The big guys are all on the look, see how we take the lead, brothers come on, hahaha!" ”
This person is naturally the living Yan Luo Ruan Xiaoqi, in the laughter, he used the pig iron penny in his hand to try his best to the bottom of the water, and the small boat suddenly "swished" and galloped a lot, and then the left and right sides of the boat were Shi Jin and Shi Xiu, who also held an iron oar in their hands, and they were also neatly sliding beside them under the command of Ruan Xiaoqi.
Although the two of them are new hands in the boat, they are strong in strength, and the guy in their hands is heavy and strong, so the strength is also great, and Ruan Xiaoqi is not to mention, he was born in Shijie Village, grew up at the foot of Liangshan, and almost could swim when he was able to walk, and he was already helping on the boat at the age of three or four, and this boat operation was as natural as eating and drinking water for him, so he was also controlling the direction of the boat while rowing.
Suddenly, the attention of thousands of people in the audience fell on this ship, although this ship only began to chase from behind, but it was undoubtedly too conspicuous, and it had already surpassed dozens of ships in an instant.
This is also what Ye Ling specially told before, it must be shiny, and the more dazzling the better, this auction was originally won by the highest bidder, and if you want to make a low-key pig and eat a tiger, it is completely funny, is it possible that people can't buy it for 10,000 taels, you can get it by sneaking out a tael? Do you really think that everyone in the world is stupid, or that the world is your mother?
On the contrary, if you make a big noise, so that others think you are very powerful and even in awe, you will be afraid and even want to make friends, so that the effect will be better.
It's like a tiger will only treat a lion as an equal, and if you are lucky not to be eaten by a pig, you still want to play yin with others? Dream about it.
I saw that Ye Ling's ship was getting faster and faster, and compared to the rest of the ships, they had fewer people - only four, so they were the lightest, and Ruan Xiaoqi's boat handling skills were the best, and Shi Xiu and Shi Jin's two helpers were powerful, so they were naturally much faster than other ships.
In the blink of an eye, they surpassed ninety percent of their opponents, and there were only the three ships in front of them that had been leading, and the gap between them was getting smaller and smaller.
That week, Bancheng and the other three people's faces also changed a little, at first they saw that a dark horse suddenly came out of the sky, and they thought it was quite interesting, thinking that this ship could not be able to enter the top ten later, which also added luster to this auction, but they didn't expect that even they were going to be caught up in a blink of an eye, and this dark horse was actually black to the end, and they planned to even the three of them were blackened.
The three ships suddenly felt the pressure doubled, the speed was three points faster, and the four ships flew as if they were sprinting to the final location, although Ye Ling's boat was fast, but after all, the time was limited, although their bow had caught up with the stern of the ship in front, but the front was only a dozen meters away, and it was already too late.
The three ships have been taking the lead alternately more than a dozen times, and at this time the first place is Duan Wu's boat, seeing that victory is imminent, he stood up and waved his arms excitedly and shouted: "Come on, brothers, the final victory belongs to our King of Chu... ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Ruan Xiaoqi behind him suddenly roar, and the pig iron penny in his hand suddenly spun rapidly, and then tried his best to stir it under the water, and the boat actually flew up in the air, flew past the three boats, and finally came to the final destination - the dragon boat with a slight body advantage.
Although it was only a slight advantage, it was also the leader, Ye Ling and their ships happened to be in the best position, while Duan Wu's three ships could only be "aggrieved" next to Ye Ling and them.
The audience was in an uproar, no one thought that Ye Ling and their dark horses would really be in the dark in this regatta and dominate.