Chapter 24 The Place of Bidding
In the blink of an eye, Victor's fleet reached the western port of Redinger in the western part of the Kingdom of Godlia, the second largest port in the Kingdom of Godlia, which had been transformed from a small town into a densely populated port due to years of trade with neighboring Baixin, and was still bustling even after the effects of the neighboring civil war.
A two-story building near the port, at the door of the first floor stood a neatly dressed and very elegant middle-aged man, his eyes were like iron sucked by magnets, only staring at the fleet coming from the west, and at this time, several sailing ships with a mermaid embroidered on their sails slowly sailed into the port, and after the ship docked properly, an old man with a big pipe walked down from the ship.
"Hey, old Victor!this!!" the middle-aged man waved happily at the old captain's team.
"Oh!" the old captain Victor replied casually when he saw the middle-aged man, as if he was a little helpless.
"Haha! I heard yesterday that you old boy actually caught such a treasure!" the middle-aged man said excitedly and loudly, attracting the attention of passers-by around him.
When Victor heard this, he quickly covered the middle-aged man's mouth with one hand, looked at the pedestrians around him expectantly, and whispered: "Stinky boy! You want to expose me! Now I don't want to expose it!"
The middle-aged man was a little anxious and struggled to tear off Victor's calloused hand, and snorted a few times in dissatisfaction: "Bah, bah,! Old Victor, you haven't washed your hands for a few days, my face has just been washed! It's over, now I'm going to wash my face with the gerania water I just bought at a high price! You hateful old man, don't, don't touch me again! I'll shout when I touch me!" Old Victor immediately attacked the middle-aged man again, "Okay, okay! I was wrong, Captain Victor!" Under the fierce and indiscriminate bombardment of the old captain, the middle-aged man had to give in.
Victor clapped his hands and smiled and said, "Haha! You little guy still dare to lie to me? You kid is still too young, if it were Hickson's old bastard, I might still feel a little tricky!"
"Which immoral person is speaking ill of me behind my back?" a dissatisfied voice came from behind the door, and from inside came an old man dressed gracefully and luxuriously.
The old captain Victor looked at the old man in front of him with some disdain, and said loudly: "It's exactly below!"
"Ahem! It's Captain Victor! Hehe! Come in and say!" The old man coughed angrily and invited Victor in, winking at the middle-aged man at the same time, and the middle-aged man was gone.
After the noble old man invited Victor into a bright room, he said to Victor with a smile: "How is it?
"Nonsense! If it's not on my ship, it's still in your auction house!" Victor rolled his eyes.
"Haha, old fellow, I let you do this transaction, and you really made a profit! So, how about we split the account this time? You share half of the money from the auction!"
"Fart! Lao Tzu risked his life to go to Baixin, and he still wants to share half of you? If you want this, why is Lao Tzu looking for you, it's selling if you look for someone else!"
"Hehe, I was just joking just now, four six is all right! I'm four, you're six!"
"Goodbye!" Victor angrily slapped the table and turned to leave.
Seeing this, the noble old man hurriedly grabbed Victor's hand and said, "Okay, okay, Sanqi!
"Hickson! You old fox already knows! Damn, okay, I'm unlucky enough to know such an old bastard as you! That's it! Divide the three and seven, and say it! Since it's three seven, the original handling fee can't be collected anymore! Otherwise, I'll take my boat and smash you!" Victor gritted his teeth and scolded very unpleasantly.
The sumptuous old man named Hickson smiled and nodded, not afraid of Victor's cruel words.
The day of the auction soon came, and the elder Victor and his first mate sat excitedly in the seller's room listening to the passionate voice of the auctioneer outside.
"Ten bottles of old wine from the Republic of Kilguala! Don't look at this as just ten bottles of wine, they have a lot of origins, it is said that these wines are some elixir and jade liquid, and after drinking it, you can improve your magic and magic affinity in a short time! Reserve price, 50,000 gold coins!" ......
"The fur of the seventh-level demonic beast Ice Vein Giant Bear, the fur of this Ice Vein Giant Bear can't even pierce the weapons of many masters, in addition to it, it is also very warm, and it is also very beautiful to wear as clothes. Reserve price, 200,000 gold coins!"......
"A magic scroll that is cast by a high-level light mage himself! Although this magic scroll can only be used once, what can be more important than life? This scroll has the effect of bringing people back to life! Even a dying person can be brought back to life in a short period of time, and a cultivator can turn a crisis into a safe place! It can be called a masterpiece! The reserve price, five million gold coins!"......
When a series of valuable items were sold away by the guests in the audience one by one, the auctioneer cleared his throat again and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the last item of this auction will be revealed for you immediately! Everyone please see!" After the auctioneer raised his hand, several strong men panted and moved the ice up, and many guests who came to participate in the auction looked at this thing with bated breath.
"W-what is this?" finally a voice came from the audience.
The auctioneer smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I think everyone understands a little, this is solid ice!"
Before the words fell, the entire auction house seemed to explode, and everyone was talking and pointing at the ice on the stage.
The auctioneer looked at the chaos on the field and was not annoyed at all, but said loudly: "Solid ice, it is a rare ice produced in the Snow Fields of the northern territory of neighboring Baixin, legend has it that the people there call it the Ice Element, an extremely pure ice element, even if you burn it with a fire, it will not melt, such a rare treasure can be set on the jewelry of the ladies as decoration." At the same time, it is also of great benefit to many people who practice ice-based magic and ice-based fighting qi, and even with this piece of ice, the human ice-type affinity and magic power obtained can be multiplied several times!"
At this time, Victor, who was in the seller's room, sneered when he heard what the auctioneer said, "Good boy! I only fished this thing from the sea of Coglick, and the old fox Hickson actually said that he dug it from the Baixinsnow snowfield, and the people who came to the auction house were indeed some hopeless wrongdoers!"
"Such a good thing! Can you sit back and watch someone else buy it! For yourself! For your family! For your business! Bid! Reserve price! 10,000,000 gold coins!!"
As soon as the words came out, many people were shocked by the reserve price shouted by the auctioneer, and many people looked at the ice on the stage and had to sigh helplessly and leave.
"Hehe! It seems that this time I am waiting for the treasure! Eleven million gold coins!"
"Ha! Brother, you're too picky with such a bid, I'll give you fifteen million gold coins!"
"Brother Tai is really good! Then I'm not welcome! Two tens of millions of gold coins!"
"These guys! crazy, crazy!" said Victor, who was sitting in the guest room, with a smile.
In the fierce competition between several nobles, finally a nobleman who did not say anything slowly stood up, arched his hand at the people who were fighting for each other, and said with a polite smile: "Everyone, don't fight anymore! I haven't bought anything this time, I have decided! I will bid 50 million gold coins! If anyone present has one more gold coin, then I will have to endure the pain!"
"Fifty million gold coins!" This sentence silenced everyone present, even the auctioneer was a little shocked, and after a long while, he smiled: "Fifty million gold coins of the Hawke family! once! twice! three times!"
With the auctioneer's final word, the nobleman of the Hawke family smiled triumphantly.
"Congratulations, Lord Bill, this piece of ice belongs to you, please ......" Just as the auctioneer was speaking, the ice on the stage suddenly appeared blue, interrupting his words abruptly, and everyone's focus was immediately focused on the auction table.
"Huh, Uncle Strange Beard, who are you?" the little girl blinked her big watery eyes and looked strangely at the people around her.
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