"Pirates in the East China Sea have been around for three or four years, often intercepting and killing passing merchant ships. The Shanghai Navy Division was ordered to exterminate it again and again, but each time it was in vain.

The pirates were not killed, but they were defeated. The military salaries allocated by the imperial court alone are already in the millions. With the strength of the Shanghai Navy Division, how could it be that even a few pirates could not be cleaned up?

If you can't clean it up, you don't even know who your opponent is and where you come from. The only thing that can be determined is that the flag of the pirate is Duanmu, and the title given by the imperial court is General Duanmu.

Therefore, the imperial court asked Lord He to transfer to Jeju to transfer the Qiantang Water Division. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Qiantang Naval Division is several streets inferior to the Shanghai Naval Division. ”

"What about the Yangtze River Sailors? Why don't you transfer the Yangtze River Sailors?"

"Is there a difference between the Yangtze River Sailor and the Shanghai Sailor? If there is a problem with the Shanghai Sailor, then the Yangtze River Sailor will also have a problem. However, these are all matters that the imperial court is concerned about, and what we are concerned about now is to recover the official bank and find out who is behind the scenes. My lord, you don't think that Ning Guohou will be the mastermind behind the scenes, right?"

"Why? can't it be him?" Lu Sheng asked with a faint smile.

"It can be him, but it can't be him. Brother Lu, Ning Guohou is not short of money, really...... Princess Changling's business is all over the country, and her annual profit is no less than three million taels, and for decades, she is no more rich than the country. It's only three million taels, and they don't take it seriously at all. ”

"Brother Duan, do you know, I never thought that the person who did this case would really be a little thief. Even if we find these thieves, they must be just knives in someone else's hand.

Little thief, who dares to touch the official bank? Even if he has the courage to do so, he doesn't have the ability.

The transportation of official silver is a plan directly formulated by the imperial court, and the route and time are all uniformly arranged. The bandits want to attack on Xishan, time, timing, and planning are all indispensable.

Unless you have been given detailed transportation routes, how can you make the time card so accurate? Moreover, the plan must have been altered. And the part that was changed was the time when the Suzhou Mansion went to take over the official bank.

I have deduced the scene, and the bandits will never be able to kill the escorted ship and scuttle the transport ship in an hour. ”

"Isn't it five hours?"

"Five hours? Five hours is the five hours that the army that received the official money has been waiting, and if these five hours are also counted as their action time, unless the waiting army is all deaf and blind, otherwise the battle formation will be together, and the sound of killing will not be heard by them?"

Looking at Lu Sheng's sure eyes, Duan Fei's face showed a wry smile, "Then can we still investigate?"

"Didn't Lord He say that if you encounter a problem, go to the Nanling Palace, shouldn't you send someone back to know it?"

"Okay, I'll send someone to Jinling. But what do we do now?"

"Don't do anything, wait! Wait for the Dongzhu Auction House to start bidding, and then we will go and see what to see." ”

The pace of Shanghai's government is obviously much faster than that of other cities, as can be seen from the flow of people coming and going on the streets. Whether it is passing cars and horses, or pedestrians on the road, they are as eager as if they are in a hurry.

Lu Sheng and Duan Fei waited in the inn for three days, and after three days, Lu Sheng, Duan Fei and a few Fei Lingwei changed into civilian clothes and went straight to the venue of Dongzhu Auction House.

On the outskirts of the Dongzhu auction, there are many walking vendors, some selling pastries and snacks, and some selling rouge gouache. And the most unique thing is that there are more than a dozen people selling Facebook masks.

This kind of thing that only children can play with is extremely in demand in this place. Many brightly dressed people bought masks as if they had been inspired by their childlike innocence.

"Brother Lu, what are you staring at? Are these masks admission tickets?"

"The admission ticket is a silver ticket, not a mask, but the mask makes me more sure that this Dongzhu auction house is a den of money laundering. Wearing a mask to enter the market, I just don't want people to know who the two sides of the transaction are. Let's go, we also enter with masks. ”

I bought a mask and came to the import of Dongzhu Auction House. The subordinates at the door will ask the guests to take out at least 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and without this number, they are not even qualified to enter this door.

After taking out the silver ticket and confirming the financial resources, you will be given a number plate, and then you will be seated with the number plate.

After Lu Sheng and the others sat down, they looked around at all kinds of people. Although they all wore similar masks, they still gave Lu Sheng a feeling of being in various ways.

Tall, short, fat and thin, emotionally fluctuating. Excited, panicked, restless, and excited.

Duan Fei quietly tugged at Lu Sheng's sleeve, "Brother Lu, why don't you have a list of auction items?"

"It's all about taking out the lot on the spot, valuing and bidding on the spot, and there is no need for a lot. Here, thirty people are here today, indicating that there will be at least thirty things to be auctioned. ”

"Thirty?" Duan Fei looked at the dense crowd of people seated, "Brother Lu, who taught you arithmetic? How can there be at least hundreds of people?"

"There were five of us, do you think we count one or five? There were four hundred and thirty-two people present, and about seventy-two pairs made eye contact with each other.

Although they sat in different positions, their eyes were making contact with each other. They enter the auction house in different capacities, some are to, some are white-faced, and some are red-faced.

But among so many people, the ones I admire the most are the foreigners in the east. ”

"Foreigner, do you mean bearded people?" Duan Fei followed Lu Sheng's gaze, and in the crowd, several people with blond hair and golden beards looked so abrupt.

They were unmasked, their eyes were evasive, and they were wearing black coats that resembled cloaks. Although the appearance of three foreigners in Dayu seems a little abrupt, since Shanghai Mansion is a big port for ocean trade, it is normal for foreigners to arrive.

Thirty years ago, the Netherworld Ghost King went ashore from Shanghai Mansion, and then brought blood and rain to Suzhou Mansion.

"Is this someone from the Peacock Dynasty?" Duan Fei leaned into Lu Sheng's ear in a low voice.

"I heard from passing caravans that if you can cross the archipelago from the East China Sea, you will reach the boundless ocean. Then head west to reach the Mauryan Empire.

The people of the Mauryan Dynasty are very similar to peacocks, and the hair on their bodies is also colorful. There are gold, brown, red, and white. The territory of the Mauryan Dynasty is no less than that of the Yu Dynasty.

However, although their land is vast, it is a bitter cold land, and it is incomparable with the flower world of our Dayu Dynasty. Many people from the Peacock Dynasty were reluctant to go back after arriving in Dayu.

By the way, you say you admire them? Why?"

"Shouldn't you admire such a copycat for cheating?"

"Fake? They are not from the Peacock Dynasty?" Duan Fei asked in surprise, looking over again, Duan Fei really noticed a difference. Although he had blond hair and a full beard, this face was still a yellow face.

"It's true, it's amateurish, it's really creative. ”

"It's started!" Lu Sheng said suddenly.

The shopkeeper of the auction slowly came to the front of the stage, and first had a scene. If you say it against your will, you don't care what you hear. So immediately after the short opening remarks, we got to the point.

The auctioned treasures were sent to the stage one by one, and as the bidding continued again and again, Duan Fei's expression became more and more weird.

"Brother Lu, this is too blatant, isn't it?"

The auction is like a director's play, where a product is put on the table, someone places a bid, and then the price keeps going up.

And the bidders have always been two parties. It's like singing a cross talk, and the rest of the people are a group of indifferent spectators.

10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 50,000, 80,000, good deal.

It's like working on an assembly line.

Even a fool can see that this is a double reed.

If one or two were like this, it would be like this, and all ten or eight would be like this. It's not an auction anymore, it's a complete money laundering.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next lot is quite special, and I would like to ask you to keep your ears open and your eyes wide open. Everyone trusts us in Dongzhu Auction House, and the old man also thanks you for your trust.

What is the purpose of your coming here, we all know it in our hearts, it is nothing more than to be able to gain something and return the treasure. And what is going to be auctioned below is definitely the treasure of the treasures, the best of the treasures. ”

As soon as the shopkeeper said this, the originally scattered crowd of people suddenly aroused their appetites, and slowly sat up straight and watched curiously as two gorgeous beauties carried a lot onto the stage.

After putting the lot on the lot, the shopkeeper stepped forward with a solemn face, solemnly lifted the red veil, and a pagoda with a golden body and dark precipitation appeared in front of everyone.

"What is this?" the crowd resounded.

"What's so special about this tower......

"Could it be ......" Suddenly, an exclamation sounded, and the arranged Tuo appeared just right.

"Is this the legendary Manita?"

"This lord is very knowledgeable! Ladies and gentlemen, after the expert appraisal of our auction house, this treasure is the legendary Manita. You should know a little about the origin of Manita, right?

Legend has it that Mani Buddha personally refined the real name of the magic weapon before becoming a Buddha, and it has great magical powers. It can protect a lifetime and guard the luck of a hundred generations. It has been passed down for infinite years since the age of mythology, and it has disappeared a thousand years ago and has never appeared again.

I was fortunate enough to be able to meet Manita to reappear in the world, and even more fortunate that Manita would appear in our Dongzhu Auction House. So, gentlemen, if you are interested, you can actively bid for the price, the starting price, 100,000 taels!"

"Shhhh

The crowd suddenly gasped, and this starting price was even higher than the highest price of the previous transaction. However, if this is really a Manita, then the starting price is really low.

The shopkeeper's voice landed, but the entire auction house was silent.

After a long time, a voice finally sounded in the crowd, "That, the East Shopkeeper, what is the reality of Dongzhu Auction House, we all understand people." It is reasonable to start shooting 100,000 taels of Manita...... But...... Is this Manita real, should you give an account?"

"What, this old man suspects that our Dongzhu Auction House is shoddy?"

"I don't dare, but I just want to confirm whether it's a singing play or an acting play?"

"I think everyone has concerns, right? Since this old man asked, then I also told the truth, this time, it's not a play! ”

"Coax-"

A commotion exploded instantly.

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