Chapter 124: The starting price is 10,000 taels!
Inside the largest auction hall in the Ming Dynasty.
The whole auction hall was very lively at this time, the auctioneer on the stage was working hard to introduce each auction item, and the people in the audience were in high spirits competing with each other for the price, and all the auction items were sold at a very high price.
In the private room on the second floor, the two sat on chairs and drank tea, leisurely watching the auction scene below.
"Lord Zhu is at this time now, do you still have the leisure to invite me to come to the auction?"
Yang Xian said to Zhu Tong with a worried face.
Zhu Tong asked knowingly, "When is it now?" ”
"Lord Zhu, don't make trouble, of course it's a Tatar problem! Why are you still in the mood to come here for fun! ”
Yang Xian said to Zhu Tong.
Zhu Tong smiled and said to Yang Xian: "Lord Yang, you can rest assured." ”
"Is there a way?"
Yang Xian asked when he saw Zhu Tong with a confident look.
"How can Zhu, as a court official, forget about state affairs? I came to you today to solve the problem. ”
"Master Zhu, tell me quickly, what is the solution?"
Yang Xian stood up excitedly and asked when he heard that there was a way.
The entire Ming civil and military officials couldn't think of a way to deal with the Tatars, but they didn't expect that Zhu Tong in front of them had already come up with it, which surprised him.
"I wonder if Lord Yang has heard of Liuli?"
Zhu Tong took a sip of tea.
"You're talking about Liuli Baoyu?"
Yang Xian couldn't believe it.
"Lord Yang heard it right, it's the one you think."
Zhu Tong said to Yang Xian unhurriedly.
Yang Xian asked Zhu Tong, "This is priceless!" The solution you are talking about can't be glass, right? ”
"That's right, I'll sell the glass to the Tartars later."
Zhu Tong got up and looked at the auction hall under the stage and said.
"What? Isn't it bad to sell glass to Tatar? ”
When Yang Xian heard this, he hurriedly said to Zhu Tong.
"I'm not done yet, I'll trade the glass for their cows! Their sheep! Their horses! These things. ”
"When the time comes, we will have all the soldiers and horses, why not be afraid of the grassland!"
Zhu Tong turned to Yang Xian and said seriously.
"Tatar is not stupid, these things are strategic materials, even if the glass is precious, it is impossible to change it."
Yang Xian still said worriedly to Zhu Tong.
"Lord Yang, please rest assured, what I prepared for them, they can't refuse."
Zhu Tong gave Yang Xian a trusting look and said.
Yang Xian looked at the glass on the table, and then at Zhu Tong.
"Then I'll look at Lord Zhu."
Yang Xian sat back in his seat and said.
Although Yang Xian felt a little unreliable, he still chose to believe Zhu Tong.
"We'll see."
Zhu Tong said with a smile at Yang Xian.
Zhu Tong also sat back in his chair and looked at the auction below.
Ralda and two of his retinue also arrived at the door of the auction house.
"The general has finished inquiring, and it is here for auction."
One of the attendants said, pointing to the sign in the auction house.
Ralda also looked up at the auction house in front of her.
"Let's go, come in with me and see if there's anything good to auction?"
Ralda said to the two attendants.
The three of them raised their legs and walked into the auction hall.
"Stop, do you have an invitation? If you don't have an invitation, you will go to the side and pay ten taels of silver, otherwise you will not be allowed to enter. ”
The guard at the door looked at a few people and said unceremoniously.
The attendant next to Ralda gave the entrance fee, and the group continued to walk towards the auction hall.
Several people also entered the auction hall unimpeded.
Zhu Tong sat on the second floor and saw the three Rada people coming in at the door.
"Lord Yang, the show is about to begin."
Zhu Tong said to Yang Xian, who was drinking tea next to him.
"Huh?"
Yang Xian also put down the teacup after hearing this, and looked at the auction below.
He also saw Ralda who had just come in, and then looked at Zhu Tong next to him, but he didn't expect Zhu Tong to be able to count Ralda to come, it's really amazing!
Yang Xian also nodded at Zhu Tong.
The Ralda sat down in the back seat, watching the auction on the table.
The people from the auction house hurried over to register Ralda's identity information.
"Ladies and gentlemen, since our last three items are a bit expensive, our eldest lady will auction them for you."
The auctioneer said to the crowd.
When everyone heard it, it turned out to be the eldest lady of the auction house, who looked like a sinking fish and a goose, and was ashamed of the moon.
The auctioneer retreated, followed by a veiled woman.
"Everyone, the little girl Jasper has seen you."
Biyu walked up to the stage and bowed slightly to everyone and said.
Although Jasper's voice was not loud, everyone present heard it clearly.
The following was boiling all at once, and even Ralda, who was sitting at the end, was ready to move when she saw this woman.
"The first lot, spices from the Western Regions, only need to be sprinkled a little bit to stay fragrant for a day..."
"The starting price is one hundred taels, and the increase shall not be less than twenty taels."
Jasper said with a wink at everyone.
"I'll give you a hundred and fifty taels."
A man shouted directly.
"I'll give you two hundred taels."
A woman sitting in front said.
Prices have been increasing.
"I'll give you five hundred taels."
Ralda kept looking at the woman on the stage, listening to the others increasing the price little by little, and shouted directly.
The whole auction room fell silent all at once.
When everyone heard that they were buying a piece of spice for five hundred taels, they all retreated a little.
Three!
Two!
One!
"I announce that this spice from the Western Regions was auctioned by the Tatar general Badda."
Jasper said to everyone.
Jasper also looked at Ralda and nodded slightly.
Ralda saw Jasper looking at her, still nodding to herself, as if a fawn was bumping into her heart.
"The next lot is from Siamese Agate Gemstones...."
"The low price of this is five hundred taels, and each increase shall not be less than one hundred taels, and the one with the highest price will get it."
"Everyone looked at the agate gem on the table, it had to be the size of an egg, which was also rare in the world.
"Five hundred taels!"
"Six hundred taels!"
"Eight hundred taels!"
"One thousand taels!"
A man in a brocade robe sitting in the front row shouted.
When the others heard that the price had reached 1,000 taels, they all resigned themselves to this gem.
"One thousand two hundred taels!"
A voice came from the private room upstairs.
Everyone looked upstairs.
The man in the brocade robe was also pale, and he thought that he could win it with a thousand taels, but he didn't expect to bite the gold halfway.
"One thousand three hundred taels!"
The brocade-robed man gritted his teeth and looked upstairs and said.
Three!
Two!
One!
"Deal! Congratulations to this guest for winning our Siamese Agate Gemstones. ”
Jasper read out the final results.
Everyone applauded happily, he couldn't get it anyway, so let him spend more money to buy it.
"It's time for our final lot today."
Everyone looked at the wooden tray on the table, on which was placed something and covered with a red cloth.
"The starting price of this thing is 10,000 taels!."
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