readx; On the evening of April 15, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the first auction conference of Jingshi held by Wuzhou Trading Company was grandly held. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In order to make the auction go smoothly, Gosu Trading Company has made careful arrangements. First of all, the meeting site, they rented the famous restaurant in the inner city of Beijing, which can accommodate thousands of people.

In addition to the hundreds of men from Wuzhou Trading Company to maintain order in the venue, Zhu Youzhen also specially sent dozens of Jinyi guards to disguise themselves as civilians to secretly guard inside and outside the building. As for the treasures that participated in the auction, they were placed in airtight wooden boxes and transported to the venue before the auction began.

The auction was presided over by Sun Delong, the best-performing antique shop manager of Wuzhou Trading Company, who was also the backbone of the Huanghai Merchant Gang in Xi'an, and Zhu Cunqi specially transferred him. However, in order to prevent accidents, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Cunqi still sat in person, both of them changed into civilian clothes and hid in the private room on the third floor, so that the auction situation could be seen at a glance.

Since Gosu Trading Company began to vigorously promote it seven days ago, the number of people participating in the auction was exceptionally large. Many officials also came to Taobao, and people like Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi and others also changed into civilian clothes and mixed in the crowd. When Zhu You saw it, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and secretly thought that these people were all famous university scholars in history, and they were not exempt from vulgarity in this regard.

At the right time, the auction officially began. After pre-registration and screening, nearly 100 pieces of the collection were auctioned at the exhibition, with high and low value, aiming to allow more people to participate. About one-third of these collections belong to Gosu Trading Company, and the rest come from all walks of life. Antique shops like Jin merchants, Hui merchants, Cantonese merchants, Fujian merchants, and Shaanxi merchants all came up with excellent collections, and only Zhejiang merchants were absent. Based on the principle of fair competition, Wuzhou Trading Company focuses on promoting its excellent collections, which makes other merchants have nothing to say.

Of course, there are also some individual collectors who come to the exhibition, the most famous of which is the big collector Dong Qichang. This person is over 60 years old this year, and he once served as an official in the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and later moved to Beijing. He is both a noble person and a wealthy family collector, and has collected many valuable collections over the years, making him a leading master of antiques in the world of antiques. All the collections that he has passed through have soared in value, and Dong Qichang has also made a lot of money because of this, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich and rivals the country.

Sun Delong sounded the gong, and the auction officially began. The format is exactly the same as that of modern auctions, and the participating items are presented to the public in order of value from the lowest to the highest, and the owner introduces its value. Then the host announces a starting price, and everyone in the audience sits in their seats and holds up their signs. However, because there were too many people here today, and there were not so many signs prepared, and there were not even enough seats, it was temporarily changed to people present, and they could participate in the auction as long as they shouted the price.

Of course, in order to prevent people from maliciously shouting prices, Wuzhou Trading Company has also made full preparations. As long as a lot is sold, the buyer must cash it out immediately, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, otherwise he cannot leave the venue. Sun Delong stated in advance that this auction had been registered in Shuntianfu, and whoever couldn't get the silver after auctioning the collection would have to suffer a lawsuit.

The people present were also well-known figures in Jingshi, and no one could afford to lose this person, so the auction went quite smoothly at the beginning. For example, because the value of the collection in the front row is low, the bidders are also very enthusiastic, and there are often dozens of price increases. Huang Zongxi and Wang Fuzhi also participated in it several times with great interest, but soon a small piece of jade was priced at more than 1,000 taels, which was far beyond their ability to bear, so they had to sigh and give up.

By the time the time the lower-value items are sold off, the really expensive ones are on the scene, and the auctions are in. At this time, there are far fewer buyers who can participate, because no matter what it is, it is often a starting price of 100,000 taels of silver, so those who dare to raise their cards are all the rich gentry.

The first to appear is the collection of the Luliang Merchant Gang: Fu Shan's calligraphy "Getaway". Fu Shan, also known as Fu Qingzhu, is a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, although he is not very old, but he is extremely famous, and can be called the first person in the world to write and calligraphy. This "Getaway" is a small Yan body, sprinkled with thousands of words, talking about the mysterious and mysterious Taoist words, but the penmanship is extremely clumsy, which is in response to Fu Qingzhu's calligraphy "rather clumsy than clever, rather ugly than flattering, rather fragmented than slippery, rather honest and not arranged", as soon as it appeared, it caused a sensation in the audience.

Qiao Yuliang, the leader of the Luliang Merchant Gang, introduced triumphantly: "Master Fu Qing is uninhibited, his whereabouts are erratic, and his words can be described as hard to find. The old man is fortunate to be a fellow villager with Fu Qingzhu, and for the sake of his fellow villagers, he can get this word. Today, endure the pain and cut love, starting at 300,000 taels! ”

There was an exclamation in the venue, and even Zhu Youzhen in the private room was taken aback. I thought that this Fu Qingzhu was a contemporary, that is to say, his works would continue to come out. Writing a word is worth hundreds of thousands of taels, this is a super cash cow! It seems that I have to find a way to find this master of calligraphy and painting, if I can persuade him to serve the country, it will be too cool.

Just thinking about it, the price of "Getaway" has skyrocketed, and it was finally sold at a price of 500,000 taels. Zhu Cunqi whispered to Zhu Youzhen: "Long live, the person who made the deal is the housekeeper of Zhu Chunchen's mansion of Chengguo." ”

"His grandmother's, Cheng Guogong, this old boy is really rich, is there nowhere to use the money?" Zhu Youzhen scolded involuntarily.

"Long live what to scold people for." Zhu Cunqi smiled and said, "The Chengguo Gong line has been hereditary since the Yongle period, and it has been more than 200 years. The duke's fortune is second only to the prince, higher than that of the county king, and he has a large number of fields and businesses, which is really not much for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. ”

While Zhu Youzhen was in deep thought, the auction was still in full swing, and the transaction amount was also reaching new highs. Zhu Cunqi was naturally very happy, because the transaction amount of Wuzhou Trading Company in this auction exceeded one million taels. During this time, Zhu Youzhen spent money on various undertakings like running water, and she and Queen Rui'er were worried. Now that the antique business can finally make up for the deficit a little, Zhu Cunqi finally feels that he can help her husband Zhu Youzhen, just like her friend Li Zhenyan, and the happiness from the bottom of her heart is really indescribable.

Seeing that the auction was about to enter the final stage, and several of the most expensive lots were about to appear, suddenly there was chaos at the entrance of the venue. Zhu Youzhen raised his eyebrows, thinking to himself, who is so bold, can he still break in with the brocade guard?

Everyone in the venue also looked back in amazement, only to see two Western beauties entering together, and one of them shouted in blunt Chinese: "Why don't you let us in, we are also here to participate in the auction!" ”

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