Chapter 171: Daxiangguo Temple Buying Conference (II)
"Huangzhou Cold Food Post" was written by Su Dongpo when he was demoted to Huangzhou. At that time, Su Dongpo experienced the largest literary prison in the Song Dynasty, the Wutai poetry case, and both the old and new parties wanted to put Su Dongpo to death. If it weren't for Empress Dowager Gao, she would be a die-hard fan of Su Dongpo, and Su Dongpo would not have escaped death. After decades, most of the old and new parties that were powerful in the world are now gone, but Su Dongpo's reputation is still in full swing. Whether it is a high-ranking official or a nobleman of the Tibetan country, they are all proud to have a pair of Su Dongpo's calligraphy and paintings.
Because of this, as soon as Li Qingzhao's Huangzhou cold food post was taken out, the rich people in the audience immediately shouted. Yu Fatzi stretched out ten fat fingers at once, and shouted loudly, "I'll give three thousand taels of gold!" â
Yu Fatzi played a good calculation. He also wanted to repeat his old tricks, and suddenly doubled the price, so as to shock everyone in the field. It's a pity that there are not a few rich gentry who are determined to win the cold food in Huangzhou.
Tian Mancang, the president of the Bianliang Chamber of Commerce, glanced at Yu Fatzi and stretched out a finger very easily. "I'll give you five thousand taels of gold!"
The Zhao tea merchant of Xuzhou, who was second only to the Shi family, shouted out seven thousand taels of gold without showing weakness. The price of the Zhao tea merchant was already sky-high, Yue Fei shouted twice, but no one answered, and was about to shout for the first time, but he saw a short man stand up from the crowd and said loudly, "I will give 10,000 taels of gold." â
Everyone in the audience didn't know the gorgeously dressed dwarf, and they thought they were just rich people who came to make soy sauce, but they didn't expect to be so generous. Su Mai on the stage was also very emotional when he saw that his father's note was worth 10,000 gold.
Instead, Zhiyuan whispered to Yue Fei on the stage, "Pengju, this dwarf must be a widow!" I heard that the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom was fascinated by Su Xian's poetry. He once sent two relatives to accompany Su Xian and act as subordinates. Once Su Xian has a new work, these two subordinates will try their best to get the new work in their hands and send it back to the Wa Kingdom. If you can't get the authenticity, you will also ship the poems back to China. And when the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom received Su Xian's poems, he would hold a grand poetry meeting to celebrate the advent of Su Xian's poems with dignitaries. Hey, don't look at this Wa country living far away on the sea, maybe more than half of Su Xian's true works have fallen into their hands. â
Zhiyuan was about to continue, but saw that the smile on Yue Fei's face suddenly disappeared, and only his face was iron-blue. Yue Fei looked at the widows in the audience with a cold gaze, and there was a murderous aura all over his body.
The widow also felt Yue Fei's gaze, and immediately raised his head and looked at the stage. He looked at Yue Fei and couldn't help but tremble. But soon his eyes became cold.
Yue Fei said, "This guy is not a good person. Care must be taken. â
Li Ba Shao saw that Yue Fei's face had changed greatly, and hurriedly walked out from behind the table, looking down at the widow. "Oh, Pengju, this guy is a member of the Kansai Samurai Association of the Wa Kingdom, specializing in selling swords to and from the Central Plains. The sword casting is extremely fine, the Central Plains is not as good, and each knife can be worth hundreds of gold. Ouyang Gong also once wrote a poem praising the sword. I heard that this guy's name is Minamoto Yoshidaro, and his family is very important in the Wa Kingdom. â
Li Bashao and Zhiyuan didn't understand where the murderous aura on Yue Fei's body came from. Yue Fei looked at the gorgeously dressed Yuan Yi Dalang in the audience, as if he had seen the bloody rain on the battlefield of Songhu again.
But realistically speaking, in the 11th century, the Wa Kingdom was arguably the most admired of the Song dynasty among the overseas states. In order to get a little bit of Song blood, the Japanese civilians did everything possible to send their female dependents to Bianliang, Jinling, Yangzhou and other places as prostitutes, and once the female dependents became pregnant, they were immediately transported back to Japan. Because of the noble Song bloodline, the child is born a small name, which can make the entire family jump to the aristocratic class. This is called borrowing. Although in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Fan Kingdom that came to Bianliang to borrow seeds was not only the Wa State, but even the Liao, Xia and Goryeo people often did this, but the largest and most enthusiastic about this matter was the Wa State. When the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Mongols, the warriors of the Wa Kingdom even wanted to organize a rebel army to help the Song Dynasty resist the Yuan. It was only at that time that the Japanese state was constantly conquering, so it did not take place. However, after the death of the Song Dynasty in Mongolia, the mentality of the Japanese towards China slowly changed, from looking up to despising them. After Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, established the Ming Dynasty, he sent envoys to the Wa State to try to restore the tribute to the Wa State, but he was insulted, which can be used as a footnote to the change of mentality of the Wa people.
But even though the Wa Kingdom was harmless to the Central Plains at this time, Yue Fei couldn't ignore Yue Xiaofei's hatred of the sky. On the battlefield of Lihu, how many heroic Chinese men shouted the slogan of serving the country with loyalty and died under the guns of the Japanese people. Yue Fei felt that he should do something.
Yuanyi Dalang is the chief housekeeper of the Yuanyi family, and this time he came to the Central Plains, but he brought a thousand good Japanese knives. He transported the swords to Taihang Mountain and sold them to Liu Yu and his son at a price of 300 gold per knife. was about to return home with a large amount of gold and silver, but he heard about the Bianliang buying meeting. So he turned to Bianliang again, wanting to buy a few peerless treasures of the Song people for the head of the family. He knew that the head of the family liked Su Dongpo's calligraphy and painting the most, so as soon as he saw the Huangzhou cold food post, he immediately exported the price.
He also knew that the person who looked like a businessman on the stage was Yue Fei, the actual controller of the Central Plains at present, and it was said that his martial arts were superb. But he didn't understand why Yue Fei's eyes were so fierce when he looked at him. Yuan Yidalang followed the head of the family to fight in the north and south, and there were more than 100 lives under his command, and he also had good martial arts, so although he was beating a drum in his heart, his eyes were far away from Yue Fei, and he did not show weakness. He said in a loud voice, "I will give ten thousand taels of gold." Why haven't the people on the stage dropped the gavel yet! â
Yuan Yi Dalang gained a lot from this trip, and earned nearly 30,000 gold from Liu Yu and his son. Now seeing that Yue Fei's face is not good, he is even more determined to take down this calligraphy. He is determined to make a name for himself in Bianliang, even if he spends all his money. He wanted to show the Song people that the wealth of the Wa Kingdom was no less than that of the Central Plains.
Yue Fei took a deep breath, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face again. "Ten thousand taels of gold for the first time. 10,000 taels of gold for the second time. 10,000 taels of gold. â
At this time, Li Heng, who was maintaining order in the audience, suddenly shouted in a thunderous voice, "I will give 12,000 taels of gold." How could Su Xian's true deeds fall into the hands of this dwarf! â
It turned out that Li Ba rarely saw that Yue Fei's face was wrong, although he didn't understand what grudge Yue Fei and Yuan Yi Dalang had, he still decided not to let this widow succeed, and immediately winked at Li Heng under the stage. Although Li Heng's brain is not good, he understands every action of Li Bashao. Immediately shouted a scary price. Although Li Heng didn't understand how to make a piece of writing so valuable!
Yue Fei smiled bitterly. He knew who Li Heng meant. He turned his head to Li Bashao and said, "Father-in-law, your bid this time will definitely scare this widow." In fact, why not let this widow buy it, anyway, in the future, we can still grab it back! â
Yue Fei's words startled everyone on the stage, and they didn't know what kind of enmity Yue Fei had with the Japanese people. Li Xiao'e looked at Yue Fei worriedly, but found that Yue Fei's face was calm again.
Hearing Li Heng's disrespectful words, Yuan Yidalang couldn't help but hold the handle of the knife at his waist, glared at Li Heng with fiery eyes, and said loudly, "I'll give 15,000 taels of gold!" â
Li Heng didn't dare to raise the price without authorization, he raised his eyes to look at Li Bashao, but found that the old man shook his head, and immediately said loudly, "You are a short man with money, Lao Tzu will let you do it once." â
Yuan Yi Dalang got his wish and bought the Huangzhou cold food post. However, when Yue Fei dropped the hammer, this guy felt a heartache again, after all, the price was too high. You must know that although Su Dongpo's calligraphy and paintings are precious, most of them are only a few hundred gold.
Most of the homeless people who watched the excitement were the same as Li Heng, and they didn't understand why a broken word was so precious. But they know that most of today's money will be earmarked for the relief of displaced people. Therefore, the homeless people are eager for the rich gentry to spend money like Yuan Yoshidaro.
When Minamoto Yoshidaro walked up to the wooden platform and bowed politely to a few people, the displaced people in the audience couldn't help but shout hello.
"Well done, Short Lord!"
"Dwarf Bodhisattva!"
"Oni! Attaboy! Li Heng's voice is still the loudest.
Standing on the stage, Yoshiro Genyi couldn't help but feel a little fluttery. Presumably, he was the first person to be so praised by the people of the Great Song Dynasty. Even the noble emperor doesn't have this kind of treatment! This fifteen thousand taels of gold is worth the money!
If it weren't for Zhiyuan's eviction order, maybe Gen Yoshidaro would have been able to stand on the platform intoxicated for three days and three nights.
Looking at Yuan Yi Dalang who was so excited that he was like he was drunk, Li Qingzhao smiled, "This widow is also interesting!" â
Yue Fei also seemed to have forgotten the killing machine just now, and said with a smile, "The Japanese people have done a good thing. â
Li Bashao took away his smile and said to everyone on the stage, "My courtier doctor has a good impression of the Japanese people, but he was deceived by the disguise of the Japanese people. Don't look at these Japanese people in the Central Plains are gentle and polite, people and animals are not bullied, as if they came from the country of gentlemen, once they reached the ocean, they immediately became the most hated and untrustworthy robbers. All maritime merchants are most afraid of encountering Japanese people at sea. If the Japanese are not as strong as you, they will do business with you. If you are not strong enough to fight the Japanese people, you will inevitably kill. The Japanese are cruel and hateful, and once they gain power, they are often killed, and they don't even let go of their children. Pengju is right, you must not treat the Japanese people as friends. â
After Genyoshidaro's episode passed, the buying meeting continued. All kinds of treasures kept popping up, and they were constantly being bought by wealthy gentry. It lasted for most of the day, Tianzhu's ivory Buddha carving, pure gold Buddha statue, lifelike flying jade carving, Su Dongpo's poems, Song Huizong's flowers and birds, Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, Wu Daozi's paintings, all were thrown down, and a total of more than 50,000 taels of gold and more than 300,000 taels of silver were raised.
When Master Zhiyuan stood on the stage with a look of joy and announced the end of the meeting, the homeless people in the audience invariably clasped their fists in their chests and shouted in unison.
"Long live Yue Shuai! The Zen Master of the Protector of the Country is merciful and compassionate! â
Zhiyuan clasped his hands together, his face was compassionate, but his heart smiled. He knew that after today, the prestige of Daxiangguo Temple would be in full swing and become the undisputed number one temple in the world.
Yue Fei frowned slightly, he didn't like the title Banzai very much. The first emperor who created the word long live zĂ o racked his brains and cultivated immortals for immortality, but he didn't even live to be a hundred years old. The death of the mighty Qin Empire cannot but be said to be a strong irony.