Chapter 45: The Auction (3)

"The twelfth lot, two fresh medicine king valley rotten bone spirit flowers," Jin Niang held two glass bottles, she gave a quotation of five thousand taels after introducing them as usual, but she didn't expect it to be cold. Seeing that the auction was about to fail, Nanling Mo said loudly: "Eight thousand taels." When Jin Niang heard that someone wanted to buy it, she quickly dropped the hammer happily. Nanling Xiao looked at Nan Lingmo with a little doubt, and thought that she had always liked to delve into the codex left by her grandfather, so she didn't ask. Soon someone came to deliver the herbs, and Nanling Mo paid for Mei Xi to put it away.

"The thirteenth lot, a set of fine knives cast from Dongyi Guo's dark iron." Jin Niang chattered and praised for a long time, Nan Lingmo just left the elegant seat to go to the thatched house at this time, and did not see that this set of fine knives was actually the knife she had always wanted to do surgery, many shapes of knives left her grandfather's picture in the codex left by her grandfather, but it was a pity that she couldn't find the right material to cast this set of knives for a long time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have auctioned eighteen lots today, and the next ones are the latest two sets of white porcelain twelve pieces of Yuchuan tea sets from Ducang Zhai." Jin Niang waved his hand to let people put two sets of white porcelain up, everyone saw that the twelve pieces of Yuchuan tea set style exquisite, the color of the white porcelain was uniform and soft, Jin Niang picked up one of the tea cups and shone on the light, this white porcelain actually reflected the slender jade fingers of Jin Niang in the tea cup.

The people in the Tianzi private room present all knew that this white porcelain was hard to find, and it had always been paid tribute by Xishu, and occasionally given by the emperor to the princes and ministers who had made great contributions. As for the white porcelain that flows into the private market in Xishu, most of them have some flaws, either the shape is not good enough, or the firing is not uniform enough, and it looks pitted. Despite this, this white porcelain porcelain is only available to a few first-class powerful families. Other families were envious of any porcelain made of white porcelain.

Dusk Cangzhai is a new porcelain shop opened this year, specializing in white porcelain, these months every month in the store there are only five pairs of white porcelain plum vases, and every time you want to order white porcelain plum vases, you have to order in advance, the queue of people who want to buy has long been lined up five miles away. This time, the two sets of white porcelain twelve tea sets launched by Ducang Zhai are used to cook tea and entertain guests, which is the highest elegance, not only the Houmen Wang family wants, but even the Qing noble family is also eager to it.

"The starting price of two sets of white porcelain twelve tea sets is three thousand taels, and the price is increased by five hundred taels one time." Nan Ling Mo heard the offer and pursed her lips, Nan Ling Xiao looked at her and asked funny: "What, my sister thinks this offer is low?" ”

Nanling Mo lowered her voice and said: "Big brother, I think the price is higher, in my opinion, this white porcelain tea set is worth a thousand taels, and this white porcelain will not last long after all, the really good thing is the sweet white glaze." That set is only good when it is burned! I have a small set of sweet white glazed tea sets in my room, and I will send them to my brother when I go back. ”

Soon someone increased the price, "four thousand taels,,,,

Nanling Mo listened to this offer and inhaled the cold air, and made a grimace at Nanling Xiao: "Big brother, you said that our sweet white glazed tea set will be launched out, how much will it cost in the end?" ”

"Twenty thousand taels!" A particularly deep voice rang out from one of the rooms of Tianzihao. Everyone was silent, and even the alcohol prince in one of the rooms of Tianzi didn't make the heart to buy these two sets of white porcelain twelve tea sets, and he was annoyed.

"Big brother, I don't look like that person's voice is from our Dayan Kingdom," Nanling Mo said in a low voice.

"That's natural, you see that there are many rare treasures before that are not owned by our Dayan country, and it is normal to have foreign people, and besides, the border cities of our Dayan Country were also allowed to trade before."

"But there are other foreign people in this capital, and they also appear at the auction in a grand manner, what kind of activities is this?"

"I heard my father say that next month, the new crown prince of Beirong will lead a delegation to represent Emperor Beirong to envoy me to Dayan, and it is said that even Princess Zhaohui, who is close to Beirong, will come back."

"Princess Zhaohui?" Nanling Mo squinted her eyes and thought about it, Nanling Xiao looked at her with a confused look, and said babblingly: "You were young at the time, probably don't remember, Princess Zhaohui has been with Beirong for five years, and she is the eldest daughter of Prince Xian!" ”

Nanling Mo was immersed in the memories of Li Yunqing in her previous life, and Jin Niang's words pulled her back to reality. I saw Jin Niang say: "The next lot is the latest dark bamboo pattern sweet white glaze twelve tea sets from Ducang Zhai. Everyone saw a middle-aged man holding a brocade box and walked to the center, Jin Niang said with a smile: "This Mr. Yan is the manager of Ducang Zhai, please Mr. Yan introduce this latest tea set." ”

Yan Yun took over the conversation, clasped his fists and said, "In Xia Yanyun, he is the manager of Dusk Cangzhai. In the past, we had been running a white porcelain business. It's just that this porcelain is not easy to obtain, so the amount is small. And now the owner of the next coincidence finally found this sweet white glazed tea set. This is our first set of 12 tea sets with dark bamboo patterns. As he spoke, he took out a tea cup from the brocade box, asked Jin Niang to hold it, and asked Jin Niang to talk about her feelings.

Jin Niang said: "This tea cup feels delicate to the touch, the light and shadow shine, the appearance of the glaze is like jade, and this dark bamboo pattern is printed on it without feeling the slightest hand." ”

"Not only that, but you can also see the lines of your fingers in the light." Yan Yun added. Jin Niang did what she said, and sure enough, Rao was amazed when she saw many treasures.

"Sweet white glaze firing is not easy, often fired a hundred to get one, Ducang Zhai only sells two pieces of sweet white glaze porcelain every month." Yan Yun threw out another sentence, and everyone talked about it one after another.

"Dare to ask Mr. Yan, what is the reserve price of this tea set?"

"Well, my master didn't say anything, he just said that the first set let everyone watch the bidding!"

"That being the case, the twelve tea sets with dark bamboo pattern sweet white glaze have no floor price and no floor price increase." Jin Niang said loudly.

Just now, the two sets of white porcelain were auctioned at a price of 20,000 taels, and this set of sweet white glaze started at a price without a reserve, and soon someone shouted: "Six thousand taels!" "Eight thousand taels,","Ten thousand taels,","Twelve thousand taels,","Fifteen thousand taels,","Twenty thousand taels,","Twenty-four thousand taels," "Twenty-eight thousand taels,","Thirty thousand taels," ......

It is a few competitions in the sky, and the current price of a set of sweet white glazed tea sets is already 30,000 taels. In addition to the sweet white glaze in the palace, the sweet white glazed plum bottle with occasional flaws on the rivers and lakes can also be sold at a price of 10,000 taels, not to mention such a perfect sweet white glazed tea set, the price is like fireworks rising into the air.

"Fifty thousand taels!" , no one dares to respond at the moment,

Jin Niang sang with a smile: "Fifty thousand taels for the first time, fifty thousand taels for the second time,"

"Eighty thousand taels!" A fluttering voice fell from the sky, and all voices in the hall came to an abrupt halt.

Jin Niang was also stunned for a few breaths: "Eighty thousand taels ,...... for the first time"

"Eighty thousand taels of the second ......"

"Eighty thousand taels for the third time, deal!"

Everyone looked at the third floor, wanting to see who had bought this tea set with such a lot of money, but they saw the falling moon veil by the window fluttering gently, and there was no figure in sight.

Jin Niang settled down and said loudly: "The last lot in this auction is Wang Xun's "Boyuan Post", which has been lost for a long time. ”

When Nan Lingmo heard this, her heart shook, and her lips trembled slightly. This "Bo Yuan Post" is the secret collection of the Zhenguo Mansion, is Li Yunqing's mother's dowry, when she was going to marry the emperor who was still the king of Ping, the Duchess of Zhenguo once wanted to give her the "Bo Yuan Post", "Mid-Autumn Festival Post" and "Fast Snow Sunny Post" three lost calligraphy and paintings to her, but Li Yunqing knew that his youngest brother Li Yunyu liked these three calligraphy and paintings very much, and finally crossed out all of them from the dowry list and gave them to him. Later, in the autumn of the second year after she got married, a funeral report came from the Zhenguo family, saying that the second son Li Yun, who had just turned 20 years old, died in battle, and only half of the corpse was found in the capital. At the time of the burial, Li Yunqing personally took the "Boyuan Post" in these three calligraphy posts as a funeral, and the "Clear Post when the Snow is Fast" was given to Li Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, and he left the "Mid-Autumn Post" as a commemoration. But this matter is only known to Li Yunqing and the brother and sister Li Yunqing, the prince of Zhenguo, and it is impossible for others to know.

When she heard that the auction was "Bo Yuan Post", her first reaction was that her second brother's grave had been stolen. But the second brother has been dead for eight years, and if it was stolen, it should have entered the market a long time ago, how could there be no news for so many years. She stared at Jin Niang nervously, as if she wanted to burn a hole in the object in her hand.

Nanling Xiao stared at his sister and found that her face was particularly ugly, and asked worriedly: "Mo'er, are you tired, if you are tired, let's go back?!" ”

"No, big brother, I'm not tired," Nanling Mo's eyes kept staring at "Bo Yuan Post", and said slowly, "Big brother, I want this calligraphy and painting, I must have this calligraphy and painting!" No matter how much money I have, I want this calligraphy and painting! ”

It was the first time for Nanling Xiao to see his sister so determined to ask for something, although it was strange in his heart, he didn't object much. After all, this "Boyuan Post" is famous, far above "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast" and "Mid-Autumn Post".

When the Zhenguo Mansion raided the house, the general in charge of raiding the house was the current patrol battalion commander Xia Fei, who handed over the "Sunny Post when the Snow is Fast" to Emperor Yun Tianfeng, and Yun Tianfeng was ecstatic and directly rewarded him with the position of commander of the patrol battalion. Nan Lingmo was still Li Yunqing at that time, and he was in the dungeon, so he didn't know the specific situation. But she knew that once it was involved in raiding the house, the emperor would definitely get the "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast". Yun Tianfeng is such a person who likes elegance and fame, once he gets this, he is naturally ecstatic.

At this moment, she secretly swore that no matter what, she would recover this "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast" and "Mid-Autumn Post", even if it is buried again in the ground in the future, it must not be left to that person!

"The starting price of "Boyuan Post" is 50,000 taels, and the price is increased by 5,000 taels each time." Jin Niang's voice sounded.

"Eighty thousand taels," Nan Lingmo said,

"Ninety thousand taels,","100,000 taels,","120,000 taels," "150,000 taels," Nanling Mo bid again and again, and the price of "Boyuan Post" quickly jumped to 200,000 taels.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand taels," the person in Tianzi bit the bidding stubbornly, making Nanling Mo very angry, "Two hundred and eighty thousand taels!" Nanling Mo quoted again,

"Two hundred and eighty thousand taels for the first time,"

"300,000 taels", the person upstairs in Tianzi broke out the price again, Nanling Mo was annoyed and angry after hearing it, when she wanted to bid again, Nanling Xiao grabbed her, shook her head and said: "Sister, don't bid here, after the deal, we will find another person and see if we can take it!" ”

Nan Lingmo could only nod with difficulty, and watched the "Boyuan Post" that was about to arrive fly away like this, and was angry.

After the last lot was sold, Nanling Mo and Nanling Xiao found Uncle He, the shopkeeper of Huaqi Building, saying that they wanted to know the news of the person who bid to buy "Boyuan Post" to see if they could trade privately.

Uncle He "reluctantly" accepted the money and asked the people below to find out, saying that he would notify the two of them as soon as there was news. When Nanling Mo was leaving, he secretly stuffed a note to Uncle He, asking him to find out who sent the lot, and entrust Huaqilou to auction "Boyuan Post", and be sure to find this person as soon as possible. This is the end of the auction.