Chapter 217 Auction (10) Failed
Selling oneself into slavery and slavery is a common occurrence among ordinary people. It is rare among the monks. After all, no matter how miserable you are after becoming a monk, you can at least live.
Of course, this is rare, not impossible. However, most of the monks who sold themselves as servants did so because of vendettas or to avoid some trouble, and few of them degraded themselves because of the embarrassment of life. It is almost a rare occurrence in a hundred years like a housekeeper, especially when an entire family sells itself as a servant.
As a Xiuzhen family, falling into such a situation, the housekeeper is also self-conscious. But there is no way, so many debts have to be repaid, and more than 100 members of the family have to live. If there was a little bit of a solution, it wouldn't be a good idea.
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Guan Ying, the new head of the housekeeper, was pacing back and forth at this time, and the whole person looked cramped and uneasy.
It's no wonder he's so uncalm. The family has reached this point, so it's strange that he can be calm.
After the family encountered great difficulties, in addition to the loss of most of the family elite, they also owed a foreign debt of 150,000 spirit stones. If it was the previous housekeeper, 150,000 spirit stones would be a few years' income.
But now the housekeeper is destitute. In order to mine the spirit ore, the entire housekeeper's shop and land were pawned out, and a lot of money was borrowed. Now that the spirit mine has failed, the entire housekeeper has reached the bottom in an instant.
In order to deal with the monks who collected debts and some follow-up troubles, Guan Ying sold all his magic weapons. But this is just a drop in the bucket, and I can't help anything, so I came up with this way to sell as a servant.
The housekeeper's former head of the family, that is, Guan Ying's father, led the housekeeper to the abyss, and left a debt of more than 100,000 yuan. But Guan Ying couldn't complain about his father, so he had to swallow the bitter fruit and repay the debt of his father and son.
The housekeeper's foreign debt was about 150,000 spirit stones before, but after some fundraising, it is still about 130,000 yuan short. However, for the sake of the family, Guan Ying proposed that the auction price should not be less than 150,000 spirit stones.
For this price, he was a little apprehensive before.
But after these two days, he gradually had a spectrum in his heart. I thought that 150,000 was a bit high before, but now it doesn't seem to be difficult. I can't say that in the end, I can still drop tens of thousands of spirit stones and continue to develop my family.
"Blessed by your ancestors. Disdainful of his descendants, Guan Ying had no choice but to pawn the family as a servant, hoping that this time he could get enough spirit stones to repay the family debts, so that the family could continue to pass it on.
When the family turned over, the sinner Guan Ying should personally make amends.
Everybody, bless ......"
Seeing that Zheng Yan was about to announce the auction price, Guan Ying was nervous, and only hoped that he could get some more spirit stones.
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"Fellow Daoists, don't be surprised, this kind of thing is the first time Zheng has encountered it.
But don't patronize and watch the excitement, this kind of thing is rare in a century. Although the housekeeper has encountered great difficulties, it has also been inherited for a long time, with a complete inheritance, and there are dozens of monks in the whole family, which is a rare help.
If you are interested in getting the allegiance of such a family, your strength will skyrocket immediately.
So I advise you not to miss it.
The starting price of this contract of the Guan family is 180,000 spirit stones, and interested Daoists can bid. Zheng Yan fanned the fire again.
150,000 is the price in Guan Ying's heart, but the auction will still take a cut. So the price was finally set at 180,000 yuan, which is also the highest auction price so far.
However, he was disappointed that the fire was not lit this time. After he announced the price, the entire auction room fell silent, and no one was bidding.
Seeing the situation at the scene, not only Zheng Yan was stunned, but even Guan Ying in the back was also heartbroken.
It's not going to be a missed auction this time, is it?
In two days, nearly 100 auction items, not to mention every one of them, were hot, and even the most unpopular things had dozens of people compete, raising the auction price by more than half. This is the first time this has happened.
Yi Han, who witnessed all this, was also stunned. He was already about to bleed, but he didn't expect that there was no one to bid.
Even if the housekeeper encounters great difficulties, he is also a force that is not weak. It's not expensive to buy hundreds of thousands of spirit stones for such a family, why is no one tempted?
But after a little thought, he also understood a little.
The entire auction gathered all the powerful monks in and around Chiba Castle, and there were many families among them. The difference in strength between these families is not large, and if they get the help of the housekeeper, they may be able to go to the next level. But now that such an opportunity is in front of us, why is there no bidding? Because I'm afraid.
There is a powerful force that is not bad for the housekeeper to help him. And the family that helps the butler is worried about the loyalty of the butler.
The steward sells himself as a servant, not as a slave.
Slaves have no freedom, and life and death are in the hands of the master's family. And the slaves have no second thoughts, everything is in the master's control, and they are not allowed to be careful.
And the servant has freedom. Just working for the main family. Equivalent to an employment relationship. To put it bluntly, these 180,000 spirit stones are a hundred years of employment expenses.
After the auction, the housekeeper is said to be working for the auctioneer. But they can do their duty, or they can cheat. As for the attitude of the steward in the future, it depends on the auctioneer's own means.
And the power of such a helping steward really does not have the confidence to subdue the steward, and it will be a tragedy when the time comes, when the time comes, a weak master and a strong servant.
Therefore, there are many forces with intentions, but they have more concerns and dare not bargain.
There are also some really tempting forces who want to contact the housekeeper in person after the auction, saying that they can't use 180,000 spirit stones, but they can save tens of thousands.
I don't know the seller of other lots, but this one is different.
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"Ahem, what's wrong with fellow Daoists? If you don't seize such a good opportunity, won't you be tempted? Don't blame me for not reminding you, I don't know when it will be next time. Hold on, it's the last quarter of an hour. Zheng Yan spoke again.
He can't wait all the time without anyone bidding. The last time is given, and if there is no one to bid at the last moment, the last item can only be auctioned.
Time passed slowly again, and seeing that a quarter of an hour had expired, and there was still no one bidding, Zheng Yan's face showed a trace of disappointment. Reluctantly picked up the auction hammer: "The time has come, it seems that there are no Taoist friends who are tempted, so let's ......"
When Zheng Yan came to power again, it was Guan Ying who was even more disappointed.
Is the housekeeper really desperate? They have all sold themselves as servants, and no one has been tempted. Is it really self-selling as a slave?
But as a servant, the steward still has a chance to rise. As a slave, the housekeeper really has no chance to rise. It might as well dissipate silently.
Alas!
Guan Ying let out a helpless sigh.
But at this moment, suddenly a voice sounded.
"Wait, 180,000 spirit stones."
Guan Ying's falling heart soared suddenly. And Zheng Yan's imminent auction hammer also stopped in mid-air.