Chapter 91: Inquisition Auction
Sophie had come alone, and that morning, after he had taken care of some of the things in the shop, he came to the door of the Inquisition. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Inquisition in King's Landing is divided into two basement floors and one above ground, the two underground floors are naturally used to hold prisoners, and this floor above ground is where the auction hall, courtroom and other functional rooms are located.
When Su Fei arrived, many people had already entered, but the auction had not yet started, so in order not to delay things, of course, Su Fei immediately showed the sign he received yesterday.
This was the first time that Su Fei had walked into the courtroom, and it was not much different from what he expected, after all, this was a place where prisoners were kept, and even if such a commercial auction was occasionally held, it would not be too extravagantly decorated.
Walking into the gate of the Inquisition, he first passed through a short walkway, surrounded by thick stone walls, until he walked into the depths of the Inquisition, and after turning a corner, Su Fei saw a door that was not closed, and also heard the voice coming from inside.
This is it!
Sophie took a deep breath and walked inside.
After all, it was an auction in the Inquisition, and this was not the auction hall in Su Fei's impression, he didn't see the scantily clad bunny girl around him, but he saw several Judgment Knights in armor standing by the entrances and exits.
The auction hall is not very large, and there are still a lot of people seated in it, most of them are sitting closest to the auction table, but Su Fei chose to stay alone in the corner of the back row, this time he came to the auction, he didn't want anything except Pobuqi's estate, and naturally he didn't need to observe those lots up close.
There was no decoration in the room to reduce the echo, and the fan-shaped auction hall allowed the sound to be heard clearly from any corner to the back row, which also allowed Su Fei to clearly hear the conversation of some merchants in the front row.
There was no cell phone to pass the time, so Su Fei leaned back in her chair and browsed the system's pages while waiting for the auctioneer to come in as soon as possible.
Because he was sitting in the back row, Su Fei could see the backs of everyone in front of him, most of them were of course men, and they all looked to be middle-aged people of a certain age, and occasionally one or two women could be seen sitting in them, and none of them participated in the businessmen's talk.
He didn't have to wait long, and after Su Fei watched several more bidders participating in the auction enter the auction hall, a man in a brocade robe walked in through the side door at the front of the venue.
This is a door that opens on the side of the auction table, it looks like it should be specially prepared for the auctioneer and the lot, this person's hair is already a little gray, and the auction room is very well lit, so Su Fei can see it very clearly, this auctioneer is about fifty years old, and he walked to the auction table very calmly.
"Welcome, everybody. The auctioneer bowed to the floor and said, "In Lower Garkison, it is the auctioneer of the Deer Stone Tavern on Silver Deer Street, and this time it is the work of the Tribunal that has entrusted me to temporarily act as the auctioneer. ”
It was found by the Inquisition Office temporarily, Su Fei was still strange before, even if there is an auction venue in a place like the Inquisition, how can he always keep an auctioneer, you know, although the Inquisition will auction the confiscated things every once in a while, but this kind of auction will not be too frequent, even in normal times, the auction hall is used as a place for meetings.
If it is Yinlu Street, it is different, although there are many restaurants on Jinlong Street, but the main task of the restaurant on Jinlong Street is really catering, and the restaurant on Yinlu Street is not the same direction, accommodation, catering, gambling, and some special services can be easily found in Yinlu Street, of course, there is an auction house, and many high-end things that flow to King's Landing City from all over the world will be sold here.
It seems that although Gakison was temporarily hired by the Inquisition, it seems that he is not very concerned about this kind of thing of helping the Inquisition to auction, anyway, it is something that the royal family officially requires, just follow the process.
"So, let's get started now. Without saying much nonsense, Garkison nodded directly to the waiter standing next to him, and a plate was brought up and placed on the table in the middle of the auction table.
"This is an emerald seized from a smuggling ship in Essos, the number is a total of 300 pieces, this is just one of the samples, after our identification, the color of the emeralds is medium to high, now 300 pieces are auctioned together, the reserve price is 30 gold dragons, each increase can not be less than 1 gold dragon. Garkison picked up the eyeball-sized emerald, gave the person sitting in the front row a closer look, put it back on the plate, and said, "So, let's start bidding." ”
It's emeralds, Su Fei has been to some jewelry stores on Golden Dragon Street, emeralds of this size, if carefully processed, can be sold for at least five silver deer, if it is three hundred, it is also 150 gold dragons, and the reserve price of the Inquisition is only 30 gold dragons......
No wonder these people were willing to come to the auction in the Inquisition, because they wanted to pick up something cheap and resell it to make the difference.
However, it must not be just one person who has such an idea, the few people sitting in front should be rich businessmen on Jinlong Street, and soon, the reserve price of 30 gold dragons has been raised to 60 gold dragons.
After more than 80 gold dragons, the number of bidders is obviously less, after all, not everyone is in the jewelry business, after exceeding this price, if they can't process gemstones, they can't guarantee that they can have too much profit, so these shrewd businessmen will naturally not continue to raise prices.
In the end, the price of these 300 emeralds stopped at 110 gold dragons, although several of them have the intention of taking emeralds, but if they continue to raise the price, they will not be able to make too much room to make money, it is better to give profits to each other, by the way, to get closer to the relationship, anyway, 300 emeralds can be worth 150 gold dragons, which also have to remove the processing fees and the original price of materials, 110 gold dragons to buy this box of raw materials, the profit is already very small.
The auction went on in an unexpectedly harmonious way, and it seemed as if the merchants had reached some kind of tacit understanding, almost each of them had a piece or two, and no one was patronizing the bidding.
After auctioning off some of the goods seized by the trial, it seems that only Su Fei has not yet gained anything in the audience, after all, Su Fei is not interested in these things, and his eyes are now focused on the paper in Gakison's hand.
"This is the last lot of the day. Gakison showed the paper in his hand to the people present, and then said, "This is a manor in the south of King's Landing, the manor was originally designed as a winery, but it was not completed, the starting price of the trial was 150 gold dragons, and now the auction will begin, and each price increase cannot be less than 10 gold dragons." ”