The warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the auction venue, and the private room of "Koshin".

The thirteenth elder brother took a sip of the teacup, and said to Cao Hao: "You have only been out of the Internal Affairs Office for three years, and no one recognizes you, how does it feel like this?" ”

Cao Hao sat down with him and said, "There are many pen posts in the Internal Affairs Office, and they are replaced frequently. Even when the minister was on an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he also knew those in the main church. ”

The thirteenth elder brother seems to be sighing Cao Hao, but he is actually sighing himself. A dignified prince and elder brother, who has been silent for more than ten years, it is rare to come out once, and few people remember it.

The thirteenth elder brother scratched a sentence, and he didn't feel tasteful, so he didn't mention it.

Cao Hao looked at the list in his hand, and there was no silk silk worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the household. Before, he didn't want to participate in this, so he didn't inquire carefully, it seems that the sixteenth elder brother has other arrangements.

Today, he was called by the Thirteenth Elder Brother Linla.

The thirteenth elder brother recovered from a serious illness and came over panting, in addition to wanting to watch the excitement, he also wanted to help Wang Lusheng.

That's right, it is Wang Qiye, the head of the Wang family in Shandong.

Wang Lusheng happened to enter Beijing yesterday, and he originally went to Cao's house to pay a visit, but Cao Hao happened to be not at home, and he didn't meet him in two times. After that, he went to the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion to ask for peace.

Because of the affairs of the Nanyang Business Road of the Internal Affairs Bureau, the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion can also be regarded as half of his backer.

It just so happened that Zheng Woxue came here and reported to the Thirteen Fujin. Knowing that his grandson's uncle was coming, he went to the front to say goodbye.

The thirteenth elder brother mentioned the bank auction, and he also had an invitation here, but no one came to ask for it, and the thirteenth elder brother didn't plan to go.

Seeing Wang Lusheng, the thirteenth elder brother changed his mind, not to mention anything else, it was the silk silk pressed by the household department in the bank, and only a big businessman like Wang Lusheng could eat it. There is also the Nanyang Business Road, which is not worried about sales.

If the silk problem is solved, it can be regarded as helping the sixteenth elder brother.

Wang Lusheng naturally had nothing to say, he entered Beijing this time, just to do some personal exchanges, so that he could continue to do business under the name of the Internal Affairs Office after the expiration of the authority of Nanyang Commercial Road.

These silk brocades are sold to the South and the East, and the profits are very rich. Not to mention, this bank is an industry in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

So, the thirteenth elder brother directly took Wang Lusheng to arrest Cao Hao and passed the venue together. Because they were impatient to see others, they deliberately pressed the time, and after the beginning of the morning (nine o'clock in the morning), after everyone saw the box, a few of them were late.

Singing outside, I've been singing for a while. The selling price of this target has increased from a few hundred to tens of thousands of taels of silver.

If it is a house and a field, it is nothing, but it is an antique treasure, and even Wang Lusheng, the richest man in Shandong, followed and sighed: "In the end, it is a relative of the emperor and the country, and only someone in Beijing is willing to buy a gadget with more than 10,000 taels of silver." ”

"There are many pawn houses, and there are many people who use these antique treasures as pledges. It's only more than 10,000 taels, and there are 20,000 or 30,000 reserve prices behind it......" Cao Hao picked up a piece of paper and said to Wang Lusheng.

Although Wang Lusheng is a local wealthy, he doesn't look obvious at all, and he is not like those nouveau riche, with a hand full of gold tweezers and inlaid gold teeth or something.

Before entering Beijing, he stayed in Guangzhou for half a year, his face was slightly dark, and he dressed plainly, looking like a farmer in the mountains.

The thirteenth elder brother glanced up at him, looking at Cao Hao who was wearing thin step clothes, the merchant is not like a businessman, and the uncle is not like an uncle, but he is at ease.

For a while, he wanted to open a lot.

has been hanging for more than ten years by the imperial father, why can't he still hold his breath? Why care what others think, it's better to feel comfortable in your own heart.

At the venue, the singing pen post style was already a little hoarse because of the high voice for a long time, and after a pause, there was a loud voice to connect the post.

"Yan Wang Ding? Is this thing still shooting? When the thirteenth elder brother heard this, he was a little surprised, and looked at Cao Hao in puzzlement.

Cao Hao thought for a moment and said: "The sixteenth elder brother has always been cautious, since he thinks that he can shoot, Xu is to ask for advice, Xu is not a national weapon." ”

Cao Hao doesn't like antiques, but he lives in a powerful family and knows a little about it.

After all, it is the era of royal power, and the royal family is very sensitive to things with imperial power such as seals and tripods. What's so rare, Ding has made ceremonial utensils, but he has made tableware.

Most of the antiques circulating in the world today are from the hands of tomb robbers from all over the world, and Cao Hao is not even more interesting.

If you are a member of the clan, you should know this rule, even if you occasionally get a tripod vessel, you will give it to the palace a lot.

18,000 to buy a Yan Wang Ding, there are not many in the clan like this, and other powerful people are a little difficult to guess.

The room here is quiet, and there is no one calling for a post.

According to the rules, if you see the number of bids you have won, you can hand over the post to the pen post to arrange the payment of silver.

In another private room, someone was already holding an invitation and going out to go through the formalities with a pen post.

After a while, the man came in with a red satin velvet box and placed it respectfully on the table.

On the chair facing the curtain, there sat an old man dressed in royal blue, with a long face and a somewhat thin face. On his left hand sat a young man, twenty-five or six years of age, with a short beard, and a very steady look; On his right hand, sitting was a young man, fifteen or sixteen years old, with long eyebrows and fine eyes, looking elegant and heroic.

"Marfa, this is Yan Wang Ding?" Seeing the red box, the young man asked with some curiosity.

The old man was not an outsider, it was Kangxi who had only returned to the palace from Changchun Garden a few days ago. Listening to the sixteenth elder brother's announcement about the bank auction a few days ago, he was interested and brought his two grandchildren over for a walk. Because of the micro-service, the word "emperor" was removed from this title, and it was only called by ordinary flag people.

Sitting on his left hand is the emperor's eldest grandson Honghui; The one on the right hand is the fourteenth elder brother's son-in-law, Hongming. These two grandchildren are the proud people among the emperor's grandchildren.

Listening to his grandson's question, Kangxi nodded, and ordered Wei Zhu, who was standing on the side, to open the box.

The palm-sized tripod is made of black jade, the carving is simple, and the body is engraved with the tripod text.

Kangxi picked up the tripod and looked at it with the corner of his eye while looking at his two grandchildren.

Honghui looks respectful, but when he sees this, his eyes still fluctuate a little; Hongming was a little wooden, and after only one glance, he looked away, and listened to the singing outside with his ears stunned.

"This is the first good item I got today, who wants you two brothers?" Kangxi rubbed Yan Wangding and asked his two grandchildren.

Hongming listened, looked at Honghui, and the two brothers got up.

I heard Honghui reply: "Amma's loving heart is known to the grandchildren." Since it is the beloved thing that Marfa loves, how dare the grandchildren take Marfa's love? ”

Kangxi looked at him, couldn't see joy or anger, turned his head to look at Hongming, Hongming bowed and replied: "Marfa, this thing is valuable, how can the grandchildren afford it?" If Marfa wanted to reward his grandson, the grandson would rather ask for more silver, buy more badger oil, and send it to the northwest to save Amma from suffering. ”

Hearing the mention of the fourteenth elder brother, Kangxi waved his hand, asked the two to sit down, and said, "It's hard to have this heart, you are all good children." ”

Honghui didn't have anything on his face, and the fist in his sleeve was already clenched to death. I am afraid that it is Hongming, who is only fifteen years old, and he knows how to behave in front of Huang Mafa, and because of the fourteenth elder brother leading the troops, he has already replaced Honghui's position and faintly became the first person among the emperor's grandsons.

The room was a little dull for a while, and Kangxi listened to the singing outside. When he sang the number of the Tang painting he took, Kangxi listened attentively, and the price he sang was not the 23,000 taels of silver he marked, but 25,000 taels of silver.

When he wrote the mark, Honghui and Hongming saw it. Now that they heard that it was not their grandfather, the two of them were very surprised.

Although Kangxi was a little disappointed in his heart, he didn't take it too seriously. After all, the silver that comes from the auction will go out of the bank, and the remaining half will go into the inner treasury.

At that time, when the sixteenth elder brother mentioned this method to him, he also mentioned it with a bit of ostentation, it seemed that it was cheaper, but in fact, these things would be auctioned off and would make more money than selling them outside.

Kangxi also laughed and scolded the sixteenth elder brother for not being orthodox and having a copper smell. Today, I looked at it, and sure enough, it was not true.

Let's just say that the calligraphy and painting, the antique master gave the world's estimate of 20,000 taels, but sold it for a high price of 25,000 taels of silver.

However, when the third and fourth things he voted for were not photographed, he was still a little disappointed.

These three things, with a total price of more than 50,000 taels of silver, Kangxi did not squander them wantonly, but thought that it was not easy for the sixteenth elder brother to support the bank. Therefore, I took a few treasures with a high reserve price and are not easy to sell, and gave my son a show.

Unexpectedly, there were generous people among the clan magnates, thinking of the empty treasury and a bunch of empty account books. Kangxi's eyes were a little cold.

How many of these royal clansmen did not borrow treasury silver from the household department?

If you want to say that today's auction, there are many people with a reserve price of more than 10,000 taels of silver, and most of them are land properties. Nowadays, the price of fertile land outside Beijing is high, and a Zhuangzi of 20 hectares costs more than 10,000 taels of silver.

Buying a house and buying a land, spending tens of thousands of taels is nothing. This thing is just tens of thousands of taels of silver, how can Kangxi not be annoyed?

He frowned slightly, and instructed Wei Zhu: "Go out and inquire, who took these things." ”

Wei Zhu answered, still wondering how to inquire. It's all private rooms, and it's not easy to ask anyone. If you go to the sixteenth elder brother, you won't be able to hide the news of the Holy Drive.

He was hesitating, when he saw two servants from a private room in front of him following the pen post.

Wei Zhu took two steps forward, wrote down the Tiangandi branch sign hanging on the private room, and thought about what to do next. At this time, a hearty laugh came from the private room, and said: "This king is lucky today, except for that Yan Wang Ding, the other three pieces have been patted...... Xiao Cheng, let you break the bank......"

Wei Zhu has been on an errand in front of the emperor for more than ten years, and he is also familiar with the kings of the clan, and when he heard this voice, he turned around, retreated to the private room, and said in a low voice: "Master, the three antiques just now were auctioned by Prince Zhuang." ”

"Bogodor?" Kangxi listened, remembering the impeachment of the imperial history two months ago, and his face became even darker.

The household is short of silver, and they have to make up their minds from the inner library, but this Prince Zhuang should not see it, and he should be greedy and greedy. Although there was an eyeless little man who swept away his interest, he was Prince Heshuo after all, and there were still many people who flattered him.

Thinking that Bo Guoduo's generosity is now greedy, all of which have been greedy from the household department in the past few years, Kangxi is as disgusting as eating a fly.

It is said that the silver treasury of Prince Zhuang's mansion is full of gold and silver, and in addition to the grange in the early years of the palace, they also have several hundreds of acres of Zhuangzi in Zhili. In terms of abundance, he is the head of the kings of the clan.

Thinking of the embarrassment of the imperial court, and then looking at Bo Guoduo, Kangxi felt strange about this cousin of the same generation. Thinking that he had no heirs in his old age, and that his nephews were making trouble when they were trying to seize the heirs, he couldn't help but gloat a little.

No heirs...... Kangxi thought of this, and snorted coldly in his heart...... Honghui and Hongming also noticed that something was wrong, and they were a little more careful.

Kangxi no longer had the interest when he came, he only felt a little dizzy, stroked his forehead, and said, "Go back to the palace......"

As soon as I got up, I heard someone shouting outside: "The reserve price is 220,000 taels!" ”

Two hundred and twenty thousand taels? That is the silk silk and dye of the household, and Kangxi sat back in his seat.

* Cao Hao's side, until the singing is finished, began to pay attention to the outside.

The main event is only staged at this time.

Sure enough, after the singing was completed, there was a pen post type, which was said to be the silk silk and dye from the three libraries of the household.

The reserve price of 220,000 taels of silver is still a hidden bid, and the bidders who participate in the bidding directly write the price, and then hand it over to the pen post outside their respective private rooms.

Wang Lusheng put his mind on silk silk and was not very interested in dyes.

After talking about dyes, it is silk silk.

The silk silk is divided into two pieces, one is fine silk silk and silk fine material, and the other is flat silk coarse cloth, the former has a reserve price of 500,000 taels, and the latter is 80,000 taels.

Wang Lusheng is going to go to the South Seas trade, so naturally he wants good materials.

It's just that when he writes the price, he is a little hesitant. He had already heard that the Cheng family in Yangzhou was also in the capital. After hesitating, he looked up at the Thirteenth Elder Brother and Cao Hao.

These two can only love and help.

Who knows how big the Cheng family will be, if it is really because of the lack of writing one or two thousand taels and losing the bid, the profit affected is not eighteen thousand taels.

"Thirteenth Master, Master Cao, when I went to Beijing this time, I didn't expect to encounter this incident. The amount of silver I can raise from the capital, 500,000 is already the sky......" Wang Lusheng said with a little embarrassment.

Other Cao Hao can't help, but this one can help one or two, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, I don't have any more, I can still make up tens of thousands of taels." ”

The thirteenth elder brother also said: "In the past two years, Nanyang's profits have been deposited in the bank, and there are also 30,000 or 50,000 taels of silver. There is no place for the lord to make the silver, but if you want to use it, Ming'er will ask someone to spend it. ”

Wang Lusheng laughed twice, hugged his fists at the two and said, "In this way, I will feel at ease." If it is proper, even if it costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, it is only regarded as filial piety to the court, and it can be earned back in the future. With that, he took the brush and put it down on the paper.

"600,000 taels", exceeding the reserve price of 100,000.

Even Cao Hao can only praise his courage.

If you are someone else, you know that most of the people in the venue are clan relatives, and the businessmen only have the Cheng family, so I am afraid that they will only add tens of thousands of taels. After all, the Cheng family didn't know that he was there, and the price offered would not be much higher than the reserve price.

Seeing this amount, the thirteenth elder brother was a little stunned.

After a while, he turned his head to Cao Hao and said, "Fu Ruo, the 80,000 taels of cloth, let's also mix it?" ”

Cao Hao didn't understand his intentions, but seeing that he was so solemn and completely different from his usual appearance, the ghost envoy nodded and said, "Good ......"

(To be continued)