As the compact drum beat sounded, several rays of light reflected through the huge mirrors hanging around the hall to the high platform in the center of the patio, attracting the attention of the magnates and making the otherwise noisy hall much quieter.

Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, slowly stepped onto the stage, bowed to the four sides, and then said loudly: "Today, the regulations of the auction, I think all the monarchs have already known, it is nothing more than the one with the highest price." This king didn't say much anymore, just reminded that if you dare to oppress people with power, don't blame this king for turning his face and not recognizing people! ”

Before he could finish speaking, he slowly walked down the high platform and walked straight to the box upstairs. Seeing this, Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao in the audience, almost fainted. According to the previous plan, Liu Pengzu, who is good at social work, will preside over the auction. Liu Fei, who was a suitable talent, was afraid that the "amiable" old eight would not be able to stop the scene, so he took the stage to intimidate the ministers without authorization, which really made Liu Pengzu cry and laugh.

Seeing that the magnates in the hall looked at each other, Liu Pengzu hurriedly rescued the scene, climbed the high platform with a dry smile, and arched his hand: "This auction is presided over by this king, and I hope that all the kings will appreciate their faces and ask for more prices, don't let this king have no return." ”

In a box on the third floor, the crown prince Liu Che asked the chamberlain Li Fu to pour a glass of golden fruit wine for Liu Fei, who had just entered the table, and said with a smile: "Isn't it that those big families want to make some dirty things and are discovered by the five emperor brothers?" ”

Liu Fei nodded and said with a wry smile: "Then Dou Junshi just got out of the box and went around the box, thinking that he was going to make a ghost." ”

"It doesn't matter, the royal brother still can't figure out the method of this auction, the lonely king has already made arrangements, it's just a few more trusts, and there will definitely be profits and losses." Liu Che smiled disappreciatively.

Liu Fei's face was dazed, obviously not understanding what "Tuo" was. However, Liu Che looked confident, but let him put his mind at ease and wait quietly to watch a good show. The princes in the box also leisurely tasted fine wine, sat on the chairs in front of the fence, and watched Liu Pengzu's spittle on the auction table.

Liu Pengzu was polite, then knocked on the auction table with a small wooden mallet, raised the thick stack of silk silk in his hand, and said loudly: "This is the slave contract of 50,000 Hun barbarians, each with a thousand people, a total of fifty shares." Auction the first one first, starting at 10 million dollars, and each time the price is increased to 1 million dollars, you can start bidding. ”

The magnates were surprised when they heard this, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the royal industrial group asked Shaofu to buy these official slaves, and the unit price was as high as 15,000 yuan, but at this time, it only offered a starting price of 10,000 yuan.

"I'm waiting for tens of millions of dollars!" A fat-headed, big-eared magnate tentatively bid.

"Okay, Wei Yang waits for tens of millions of dollars, who else is bidding?" Liu Pengzu said with a smile on his face.

The magnates were silent, waiting for Liu Pengzu's next move.

Seeing this, Liu Pengzu didn't care at all, all of this was obviously expected. He said slowly according to the charter: "Ten million dollars for the first time, ten million dollars for the second time, and ten million dollars for the third time!" ”

Boom! Liu Pengzu knocked down the auction hammer and said with a loud smile: "Deal!" Congratulations to Wei Yanghou, you can buy a thousand strong slaves with tens of millions of dollars! After the auction, the steward of the house can come to pick up the slaves with all the tens of millions of dollars and this contract! ”

After speaking, he handed over a contract in his hand to the attendant behind him and asked him to hand it over to Wei Yanghou. The magnates watched Wei Yanghou smile like a chrysanthemum after getting the contract, and felt remorse in their hearts. This is a thousand strong slaves, even if they can't use it at home, they can resell it, and they can make millions of dollars in no time. But after hesitating for a moment, it was cheap Wei Yanghou, a dead fat man, was really depressed.

The atmosphere in the hall was instantly detonated, and the buzzing discussion was endless.

Knock knock! Liu Pengzu hammered the auction table a few times, and said loudly: "Quiet, quiet!" Don't worry, there are still 49,000 slave deeds here, and everyone has a chance. ”

Seeing that the magnates gradually quieted down, Liu Pengzufu took out another slave deed and said with a smile: "Gentlemen who missed the opportunity at the right time, don't miss it again this time, the same starting price is tens of millions of dollars, and each time the price is increased to one million dollars, start bidding!" ”

"Ten million dollars!" Wei Yanghou, who knew the taste of marrow, hurriedly called for the first time.

"Eleven million dollars!" Other powerful people are not stupid, how can they let him earn any more benefits, naturally some people come out to bid.

Wei Yanghou didn't raise his eyelids, and said again: "Twelve million dollars!" ”

"Thirteen million!"

Wei Yanghou moved the fat **, and said with disdain: "Fourteen million!" ”

"Sixteen million!" A shrill voice sounded, and the price was raised by two million dollars at a time.

Wei Yanghou was stunned when he heard this, turned his head and looked in the direction where the voice came, but saw a face full of provocation, it was Zhu Xuhou. This Zhu Xuhou has been fighting with Weiyang Hou for dozens of acres of private land on the outskirts of Chang'an a few years ago, and he has been thinking against him everywhere. Seeing that Wei Yanghou took a big advantage, he wanted to jump out to find him at this time.

"Seventeen million dollars!" Wei Yanghou frowned and quoted a high price fiercely.

"Nineteen million!" Zhu Xuhou sneered and raised the price by two million again.

Wei Yanghou's face was pale, and he forcibly endured the anger in his heart, unwilling to fight for his will again. Nowadays, the most expensive beautiful female slave on the market, the unit price is only 20,000 yuan, and the shrewd Wei Yanghou has secretly made a lot of big deals, and for him, face is far less important than money.

With Liu Pengzu's three confirmations, Zhu Xuhou finally obtained this slave contract at a high price of 19 million yuan. His face was full of pride, and he was obviously very comfortable with the face of the fat man who could fall behind.

In the box on the third floor, Liu Che looked at this scene and smiled at Liu Fei beside him: "I heard that this Wei Yanghou is quite proficient in businessmen, and he can endure the anger of the moment, but he is also a suitable talent." ”

Liu Fei's jaw head agreed: "If he can buy the soap preparation method later, I will inevitably have to deal with him more, and I can help us expand some ways in the future." ”

With the precedent of the first two auction bids, Liu Pengzu's subsequent few slave deeds aroused the frenzied pursuit of the magnates, and finally all reached the price of 18 million yuan, no more and no less. Obviously, the magnates are not stupid, they all use Zhu Xuhou's bid of 19 million as the benchmark, and they feel that they have suffered a loss if they exceed it. And the top families in the boxes on the second and third floors did not participate in the bidding at all, which was quite weird.

This obviously did not satisfy Liu Pengzu, and after the tenth slave deed was auctioned, he pondered for a moment and decided to change the auction method according to the originally planned method. He pointed out ten slave deeds and said loudly: "It takes too long to auction one by one, and this king is fortunate to auction these ten slave deeds together, starting at a price of 100 million yuan, and increasing the price by 10 million yuan each time, and you can start bidding!" ”

The audience was in an uproar, and even the top magnates in the box couldn't help but be shocked and sat up straight. Ten copies were auctioned each time, and the remaining 40,000 slaves could only be divided into four auctions, which meant that only four great families could buy slaves.

This sudden situation completely broke their original tacit understanding, and the thousand-person slave contract purchased by the small and medium-sized families in the hall would eventually be honestly bought at the original price, or even at a low price. However, if it is bought by other top families, and then wants to buy it privately, it is another matter, especially at the moment when the Northwest Trade Road has been built and labor is extremely scarce, I am afraid that the other party will put forward extremely harsh requirements.

"Ten thousand gold!" The sound of quotation came from the box of the Dou family, and it was Daxing who ordered Dou Jun to make the steward of the mansion shout. Due to the large amount, Dou Jun was fortunate to report the gold. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, one gold was a pound of gold, which was equivalent to ten thousand dollars.

"Eleven thousand gold!" Bo's relatives are not to be outdone, as the mother family of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the Bo family's heritage is much deeper than the Dou family, which has only been in existence for more than ten years.

Dou Jun frowned, stretched out a palm to the steward, the steward understood, and said aloud outside the fence: "Fifteen thousand gold!" ”

The magnates in the hall craned their necks, their eyes full of envy and jealousy. These top giants are really rich, and they have raised the price by 40 million yuan at will, and they have not dragged the mud and water at all.

"Eighteen thousand gold!" An old hoarse voice came from Bo's box, obviously no longer the housekeeper shouting the price. The top magnates recognized this voice one after another, it was the voice of the contemporary head of the Bo family, announcing Bo Shang. Bo Shangnai is the maiden nephew of the Empress Dowager Bo of the Wen Dynasty, and according to his generation, he can be regarded as the aunt and cousin of today's son.

Since Emperor Wen ascended the throne, the Bo family has gone through two dynasties and has prospered for decades. If the circle of relatives was really monolithic, it would have been completely bloodbathed by Emperor Jing, and the Zhulu Rebellion of that year really made the Han government and the opposition wary of their relatives.

"Since it is announced that it intends to bid, the younger generations should give in." Dou Jun's hearty laughter came out of the box, obviously giving up the bid.

"Then the old man will thank Guangchuan for giving in!" Bo Shang's old voice sounded again, polite on the surface, but thorny in his words.

There were many marquis in the early Han Dynasty, but there were high and low, in short, the status of the single-character candidate was much higher than that of the two-character candidate. For example, Daihou, Taohou, and Xuanhou are more noble than Weiyang and Guangchuan. Therefore, Dou Jun's Guangchuan Hou is far less noble than his official position in Jiuqing, and when the magnates of Pingyu see him, they all call him his official position, and they will not call him a knighthood, which is a kind of respect. Bo Shang called him Guangchuan Hou at this time, which was obviously just ridiculing him, obviously it was the "concession" in his mouth that made Bo Shang very unhappy.

In Dou's box, Dou Jun's face was pale, as the Empress Dowager's favorite younger brother, how could he have suffered such idleness? Originally, he was indeed sincere in giving in, without the slightest hint of provocation. It's just that he doesn't know that in recent years, the Dou family's actions in Chang'an City have long caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the relatives of the former dynasty led by the Bo family, and they are naturally very sensitive to their words and deeds.

The depressed Dou Jun raised the wine bottle and drank it all, and watched Liu Pengzu knock down the auction hammer and sell ten slave deeds to the Bo family for 18,000 gold, and his chest was full of panic. (To be continued.) )