When the top magnates were bidding for the second group of 10,000 slave contracts, in the box of Gongsun's family, several old men were burying their heads in discussion, hesitating whether to participate in the bidding. Gongsun He, the head of the Gongsun family, and Gongsun He, the next head of the family who had already been decided, are now all in Hangu Pass, and the affairs of the house are handled by several elders, and they are also in order.

This time to buy slaves, the Gongsun clan, who was born in the Xiongnu, originally did not plan to participate in the competition, so as not to make too many enemies, but Li Danghu, the concubine of the crown prince, quietly visited, suggesting that they would quote a high price of no less than 20,000 gold for each of the next slave deeds, which really made them very embarrassed.

They are not stupid, and naturally know that Li Danghu's request is the order of the crown prince Liu Che. The Gongsun family has a big business, and it is not difficult to make up tens of thousands of gold, the key is that it will offend many top magnates. It would be fine if their own family was also from Han nationality, but the Hu blood in Gongsun's body made them usually despised by the Han nobles, and now if they offend them again, I am afraid that the Gongsun clan will be even more difficult in the court in the future.

"That's it, the head of the family and He'er have already shown that my Gongsun clan will only obey the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future. Now that it is the order of His Highness, if we shirk it, won't it be unpleasant to both ends? An old man with a black face knocked on the table and said in a deep voice.

The rest of the old men all smiled wryly and agreed with their chins, and looked at the patio outside the box. At this time, the bidding of the second group of 10,000 slave contracts was in full swing, and the top magnates did not give Dou Jun the slightest face, and quoted upwards one by one, especially the Liu clansmen, at this time, Liu Piguang, the marquis, shouted a high price of 19,000 gold.

Seeing that the audience was silent and no one made any more bids, Liu Pengzu counted three times in a row, and was about to drop the hammer, but he heard a shout in the box on the mansion of Zhou Yafu, the Marquis of Jiang: "20,000 gold!" ”

The magnates were all in an uproar, and now Zhou Yafu and his eldest son Zhou Kuang were sent to Peijun by the emperor, and there was no one in the family who could be on the stage, so they dared to come forward and argue with Liu Piguang, the marquis, at this time, which is really intriguing.

In the box of the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Yafu's second son, Zhou Qi, looked at Li Danghu beside him helplessly, and felt concerned. Now His Majesty the Emperor is clearly suppressing the Zhou family, only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sent people to appease him several times. As long as the Zhou family can see the situation clearly, they will naturally grasp this life-saving straw with knowledge and interest, how dare they disobey His Highness's orders in the slightest. Moreover, according to Zhou Yafu's private family letters, he made it clear several times that if Zhou Yafu wanted to defile himself, it would be better to offend all the magnates in Chang'an, so that His Majesty could rest his jealousy. This bidding is a good opportunity, and with the prince's concubine Li Danghu coming to instruct, Zhou Wei naturally knows how to choose.

Marquis Liu Piguang didn't know what was wrong, frowned and groaned for a moment, and then gave up the bid in frustration, and let Liu Pengzu make a final decision and sell the slave deed to the Zhou family.

Seeing that there were only 20,000 slaves left in the end, the top magnates in each box became more and more nervous, especially Dou Jun's face was gloomy, and he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. Not to mention that the hundreds of miles of Northwest Avenue under the Dou family are now extremely lacking in labor, facing the huge risk of not being able to complete it on time and losing all their money.

"Eighteen thousand gold!" Liu Pengzu had just announced the start of bidding for the third group of 10,000 slave deeds, and the steward of the Dou Mansion immediately quoted a high price, raising Shengsheng by 8,000 gold, putting on a posture that was bound to win.

From this action, the magnates present naturally guessed how angry Dou Jun was in his heart, how dare they touch his moldy head, and they all scanned the many boxes in silence to see who dared to come out and touch the tiger's buttocks.

Liu Pengzu frowned inadvertently, and reluctantly began to count three slowly, and was about to fall the hammer, when suddenly there was an offer from the box of Gongsun Mansion: "Twenty thousand gold!" ”

Rumble! The whole audience was like a high explosive detonated, and the sudden sound almost toppled the roof, and the surprised magnates could not suppress the horror in their hearts, and many shrewd people quickly judged in their minds the meaning of Gongsun's move.

Since Gongsun He was promoted to the prince's concubine and was in charge of the newly established Yulin School, the Gongsun clan was attributed to the prince's faction. This time it is clear that Che Ma and the Dou clan are in a dilemma, isn't it the standard for the secret fight between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Dou family's relatives to be transformed into a clear dispute? You must know that His Majesty ordered the crown prince to supervise the country, in addition to the royalist faction led by Yuan Ang who resisted on the grounds that Liu Che was still young, Dou Jun even asked the queen mother to come forward to assist the government.

Dou Jun's complexion also changed, and now there are only two ways in front of him, one is to continue to bid and buy these 10,000 slaves at a high price, so that the loss of money is a trivial matter, and it also confirms the situation of being an enemy of the prince; The two were to immediately soften and alleviate the prince's dissatisfaction, but they also extinguished their own prestige, and even made many dependent families have different aspirations. He held the wine bottle in his hand tightly, and was weighing it when he suddenly heard an old voice coming: "This king will give 22,000 gold, and I hope that you will give this king some face." ”

The audience was stunned, and everyone looked in the direction where the voice came from, but it was the box of Lao Zongzheng Liu Tong. Dou Jun closed his eyes, breathed a long sigh of relief, and was silent. And all the old men of the Gongsun clan also let go of the big stone in their hearts, and suddenly relaxed a little.

Liu Pengzu saw that the tense atmosphere in the venue was instantly resolved, and hurriedly dropped the auction hammer and sold the slave deed.

At this time, in Lao Zongzheng's box, Liu Tong squinted his cloudy old eyes, shook his head with a wry smile, and said quietly to Yuan Ang and Liu She, who were silently tasting wine beside him: "Today, it seems that your two previous concerns are not wrong, Che'er is still a little immature and too eager......"

Yuan Ang stroked his beard and said with his head bowed: "Recently, His Royal Highness has joined the Central Government Office to assist in governance, although it is quite insightful, but the means are too rigid, and it still needs to be honed for some time. ”

"Fortunately, His Royal Highness is willing to be taught with an open mind, but there are some signs of Mingjun." Liu She put down the wine bottle and said without hesitation.

Liu Tong showed a smile on his face, and said lightly: "With the assistance of the two of you, if you want to come to Che'er, he must be a generation of saints." This king wants to live and recuperate, and live a little longer, watching Che'er benefit the community, and seeing the ancestors and ancestors in a hundred years, it is good to have an explanation. ”

Just when the three of them were worried about the country and the people, the bidding for the last group of 10,000 slave contracts had entered the white heat. With the precedents of the previous times, the major families have no worries at all, and they increase the price one by one. On the contrary, Dou seemed to have been hurt by the continuous defeats, and there was no offer for a long time.

However, as the price became higher and higher, reaching the price of 20,000 gold again, Dou Jun, who calmed down the resentment in his heart, could no longer sit still, and glanced at the housekeeper. The steward understood, and shouted outside the fence: "Twenty-one thousand gold!" ”

When the magnates saw that the Dou clan began to quote again, they immediately stopped bidding, not wanting to offend the powerful Dou clan to death. However, there are really those who are not afraid of death, and after the auction opened, there was a sudden voice of quotation in the Ji box, which had never bid: "Twenty-two thousand gold!" ”

Bang! Dou Jun smashed the wine bottle in his hand to the ground, his eyes were burning with raging flames, and he said viciously: "Ji Di!" How dare you insult me like this! ”

He got up a few steps forward, came to the fence, stared at the dim light in the Ji family's box, and said coldly: "Report 25,000 gold!" ”

The steward beside him dared to be lazy, and hurriedly quoted loudly: "Twenty-five thousand gold!" ”

With a slightly trembling quotation echoing in the silent field for a long time, Liu Pengzu, who presided over the auction, was the first to react, with a hint of imperceptible banter on his face, and seeing that the Ji family had no intention of raising the price again, he immediately dropped the hammer and sold the last slave contract to the Dou family.

"Di'er, why do you want to offend the Dou family?" In the Ji family's box, the head of the family, Ji Duan, did not scold the eldest son Ji Di who bid without authorization, but asked lightly: "Although my Ji family has been defending the country since ancient times, and all dynasties have been honored as ministers and doctors, and my family background is illustrious, I am not afraid of the Dou family's troubles." It's just that there are too many enemies, and I'm afraid that some trouble will inevitably occur. ”

Ji Di said jokingly with a face full of ridicule: "Father doesn't need to worry, the reason why the child washed the horse from the prince, was appointed as a court lieutenant, and ranked in the ninth king, is because His Majesty is the arm of His Royal Highness the crown prince in the court." A few years ago, His Royal Highness had joined the government office to assist in the administration, and I think His Majesty has already thought of delegating power. The child has been following His Highness for a long time and knows a lot about his actions. The Dou family's lawless, selfish relatives are not tolerated by His Royal Highness. Everyone in the world thinks that the child is arrogant and not afraid of the powerful, but His Majesty has made the child the court captain in charge of the criminal law, for fear that he will use the child and the Ji clan as a sharp blade, and he will be handed over to His Royal Highness to slaughter his relatives. If the child doesn't say something, not only will he not be able to do anything in the future, but he will also be in trouble with the family! ”

Ji Dusk frowned slightly, looked at her high-spirited son, her eyes were full of pride and worry, and finally sighed and said no more.

At this point, all the 50,000 Hun prisoners of war were auctioned, and the total terror income of 830 million yuan made the magnates in the audience smack. Chen Yu, the young minister who was in the box, was full of bitterness in his heart, and muttered: "The old minister is ashamed of his love for His Majesty, and he lost 80 million yuan in his life. ”

Chen Cheng, who was sitting behind him, shrank his head, lest the old man settle accounts with him. As early as when he learned that Old Man Chen had sold 50,000 official slaves to the King of Jiangdu for 750 million yuan, he knew that this was a big loss. Since Chen Cheng served as the prince's concubine, he followed Zhang Qian to serve His Royal Highness the Prince, and admired this master's skill in collecting money, knowing that he would never make a loss-making deal. Even if it is a trade with a meager profit, His Royal Highness doesn't bother to do it, and these 50,000 official slaves made 80 million money as soon as they changed hands, which was not too unexpected for Chen Cheng. It's just that forced by the prestige of His Royal Highness, although Chen Cheng hinted at Old Man Chen several times, he didn't dare to say it clearly, and finally let his grandfather be severely tricked by the King of Jiangdu, and he was naturally weak-hearted.

The old man Chen turned his head, looked at his grandson's silverless appearance here, and couldn't see his careful thoughts, so he immediately sank his old face and snorted coldly: "Go back and settle accounts with you, eat the stinky boy inside and out!" ”

When Chen Cheng heard this, his whole body went limp, he collapsed on the chair, and almost fainted with fright. (To be continued.) )