Chapter Twenty-Four - Who is the Winner
Not long after Xiaduo's words, people from all walks of life began to appear outside the Xiaduo Ranch, and they had only one purpose, oh, two - to buy two foals.
For these requests, Xia Duo Gong Yu categorically refused, Xia Duo's family must have horses to be sold, but Xia Duo's family is not bad for money, and even richer than many lieutenants in the county. In particular, Gong Yu himself is more keen to pursue achievements in horse breeding than money, how can his own experimental works be sold at an early age?
Therefore, the Xia Duo family refused to buy all the buyers, but gradually, the people who came were no longer the sensible and wealthy horse merchants, but various noble agents, and even the Lord of Dowendu, began to send people to negotiate the sale.
The stubborn Xia Duo Gong Yu was still about to refuse, but he rode from Xia Duo and persuaded his father for a long time, to the effect that the county officials are not as good as the current management, and sooner or later there will be times when they can't stand it, and when the old Gong Yu is wavering and hesitating, the ranch workers have come to report that some suspicious idlers have been seen around the ranch from time to time, which may be the idea of robbing the foal.
This was originally a common thing, and there will always be people who take risks in order to make a fortune, but in the past, the county has always attached great importance to the safety of the ranch, and Lord Du Jue has been stationed in the ranch for a long time, even if it is not much, it can be regarded as a strong statement of support. But at this time, Lord Du Jue actually said that he would temporarily withdraw these garrisons, Du Jue did not explain the reason, and there was no other hint, but the meaning of this move really does not need to be hinted.
At this point, Lao Gong Yu couldn't insist, but I don't know who gave him an idea, Lao Gong Yu announced in a high-profile manner, these two foals were going to be given to King Nie Marien as a gift for the anniversary of his accession to the throne, and a few days later, the king's edict came down, commending Xia Duo Gong Yu's behavior, and at the same time said that because there was no such a clever horse wrangler in the royal family, these two foals were temporarily placed in Lao Xia Duo's family ranch. The king of a country spoke, and even if the others were reluctant, it was impossible for the two horses to make some small moves, and the turmoil gradually faded away.
However, the truth of the matter is that Lao Gongyu was reluctant to give up two foals after all, so he asked a friend in the palace to give the king only one horse, but he took the name of two horses, which sounded like a bully to the king, but the king agreed anyway.
Now that he is three years old, it is time to be slaughtered, and the gray Xia Duohua that the king wants has already been sent to the palace, and the rest of the pure white horse has to find a buyer, so the best opportunity is, of course, this year's Duowen County Horse Market. But Xia Duo Gong Yu is not a hammer deal, he hopes that in the future, when the horse is old, it will be sent back to the Xia Duo family ranch to breed peonies, and the buyer can choose one of his first to third year children to buy it at cost price. Anyway, things are quite complicated, and it's not that ordinary people are willing to toss, so Qi Conggong secretly contacted a few powerful buyers to participate in the auction early, which is why Brother Pochai Nai Dabang was there in person.
After gossiping, the auction began, and like the previous auction, Pochai Nai Dabang was not in a hurry to bid, but unlike the previous auction, there were a few more new players in this auction.
The auction is not closed, and not everyone will participate from start to finish, after all, there is only a limited amount of money in your pocket, and there is no point in staying after spending it. Therefore, it is normal to go in and out of the venue, but after watching more than 40 auctions, those who have not made a move until now will inevitably attract attention. Of course, except for the arrogant one, he seems to have been watching the play from beginning to end.
"Twenty-four, the price is six hundred Loren guilders. When the mallet saw the card he was raising, he shouted.
"Do you want to participate too?" asked Ao Zongheng, obviously you didn't call the guy in front of you, why did you suddenly raise your card.
"I know you'll find it strange, I also know that this horse is too sought-after, you don't know how high this horse has been evaluated by the Xia Duo Palace, I guess the final price of this horse may be more than two thousand Luo Lun guilders, I don't have that much money at all, but I just can't help it, at least I have to raise my card", said with excitement on his face.
As he expected, the bidding in the field came and went, even if the price soon called a thousand guilders, the rhythm of the bidding did not slow down, as for the Ze Dexi, he gave up raising the card after nine hundred guilders, according to him, his maximum ability to pay is eight hundred guilders, he has never photographed such an expensive thing before, he is a professional eater of this line of food, unlike those nobles who play tickets, in case it is considered to be a blind and malicious price hike, it will be troublesome.
When it came to 1,700 guilders, there were only two people left who were still bidding at this time, one was the agent of the lord of Inlila in Buradola, and the other was the second son of Gunandujue in the western part of the kingdom of Loren Magaga. The main lords on both sides are known for their love of horses, and if you want to talk about the family background, the status of the state lord of the Buradora contract country is higher than that of the lord of the Loren Magaga Kingdom, and it is said that the Inlila state is mainly thicker than the Gunan Dujue, but Inlila is a small state and a poor state, and Gunan is a famous rich county, and it is really difficult to judge the winner of this competition. Moreover, Brother Pochai has not made a move yet.
Although he has not raised his card, no one believes that Pochai Nai Dabang will be absent from this auction.
When the bidding reached 1,900 guilders, the speed of bidding slowed down significantly, and it was probably close to the psychological upper limit of both sides. The second son of Gunan Dujue called out 1,980 guilders, and the mallet division read the price twice, and the eyes of the scene were almost focused on the agent of the lord of Inlila, and the agent gritted his teeth and was about to raise his card.
"Two thousand two hundred guilders", Pochai Nai, who had been pressing but not sending, finally made a move, and it was an entourage beside him who shouted.
"Eight, two thousand two hundred guilders!!" Hammer Si seemed to have been waiting for this scene for a long time, and even raised his voice.
On the witness stage, the two magistrates had already sat tired, although they had a commission on the auction transaction, but it was not worth being too excited, but at this moment, Pochai Nai's strong bid really lifted their spirits, the highest transaction price in the history of the horse market in Duowen County was in the kingdom calendar 234 years, and it was also a pure-blooded pure black Xiaduo from the hands of the Xiaduo Palace, and was finally bought by the then King of Loren Magaga, Ye Mu, for 2,500 guilders, if this record can be broken today, the two magistrates are also faceless, so that the other three towns can see their own ability to do things。
To say that the happiest thing is, of course, riding from Xia Duo, the joy that he has been restrained has not been reserved on his face at this moment, the transaction price is happy to break the record, but more importantly, if the record is broken, the momentum of his inheritance of Gong Yu will be even greater. It has always been recognized that the second child is more talented in horse breeding than him, and there are not a few people in the family who support the second child to inherit the identity of Gong Yu.
Compared with the eyebrows and smiles of the above, the other two bidders in the audience couldn't be happy, although they all knew that Po Chai was a big brother who couldn't miss this auction, but they didn't look at his actions after calling dozens of prices, these two still thought that he had spent almost the same amount of money in front of him, and planned to let this one go. However, Brother Dabang doesn't call it, and as soon as he calls, he directly raises two hundred guilders, which is clearly to say - brother, I am determined to win, don't think about it.
The previous psychological price of these two sides was above 2,000 dong, but it was also a premium expectation of about 100 to 200, but the other party waited until 1,900 before making a move, and it was obvious that the psychological expectation was much higher than 2,200.
At this time, the level advantage of the person who came was reflected, although the main agent of Inlila Prefecture over there was also a confidant, but there was still a gap compared to the second son from here, and he didn't dare to make his own mind at a critical time - what if the budget was too high? I'd rather miss it than make a mistake. This one was hesitating, but the second son of Gunan Dujue had already made a decision.
"Two thousand two hundred and fifty guilders. The second son of Dujue directly shouted fifty guilders, he knew that now was the last moment, the opponent's momentum was in full swing, if he still raised it by twenty or twenty, it would only fuel the opponent's momentum and make the bidding longer.
The second lord was very tired, and his calculations were reasonable, but his opponent seemed to be unreasonable.
"Two thousand four hundred guilders!" Brother Dabang's entourage was still quite tired, but the second lord breathed a sigh of relief and immediately shouted the price.
"Two thousand four hundred and fifty guilders!" Quite tired, but the second lord's offer was close to the highest price in history, but he didn't care about it anymore, although he came this time by order, but in the face of Brother Bang's aggressiveness, he was a little angry, but more nervous.
"Two thousand six hundred guilders!" Brother Dabang seemed to completely ignore the highest price in history, and still raised two hundred guilders per mouthful.
"Eight, two thousand six hundred guilders!" the hammer began to read, but his eyes were fixed on the number plate in the hand of the tired second count.
"Two thousand six hundred guilders, the second time", quite tired, but the number plate in the second lord's hand still did not mean to be raised, and his eyes were even a little sloppy, as if he was concentrating on thinking.
He gave up, and the second son of Gu Nandujue thought that two thousand two hundred guilders was his father's psychological ceiling price, and when he quoted two thousand four hundred and fifty guilders, he already planned to pay the extra two hundred and fifty guilders himself. However, the other party's offer, obviously there is still a lot of leeway, he is not his good brother, there is a second fiefdom, he wants to squeeze a few hundred or thousands of Luo Lun dong out does not mean that it can't be done at all, but spend so much money, my father will really raise my evaluation? I'm afraid that a few brothers will take the opportunity to say that a fool with no vision has been wronged.
It seems that it is two thousand six hundred guilders, and the four people on the stage read the eyes of the second son of Gu Nandujue at the same time. Although it is only 100 guilders more than the old record 30 years ago, and the people of the Pleoz world still don't understand what inflation and currency depreciation are, they also know that 2,500 guilders 30 years ago are worth more than the current 2,600 guilders, but the record is broken by looking at the actual number, and they don't pay attention to these details.
The mallet priest looked at the witness stand, and saw that several witnesses were also satisfied with the price, and they didn't bother to delay it any longer, "Two thousand six hundred guilders, the first ......"
Just when everyone at the scene thought that the dust was about to settle on this auction, "three thousand shields", someone in the audience suddenly shouted.
The scene was awe-inspiring.