584 Europe's Top Luxury Auctions Begin
Now that everyone has arrived, Jindila naturally wants to invite everyone to eat and drink.
But this time, Li Zhong became the center of everyone.
The kings and nobles of many countries took the opportunity to come to him and listen to him tell some anecdotes about the Tang Dynasty.
In Li Zhong's mouth, they also knew that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was indeed very great.
At the same time, there is also a legendary figure in the Tang Dynasty, who is the Pingguo Gong of their country, whose name is Tang.
These two appeared most frequently in Li Zhong's mouth, and even the one named Tang faintly surpassed the emperor of their country.
It can be heard that this Li admires the man named Tang very much.
However, when these people asked about the porcelain fired by the Heavenly Fire, Li only smiled mysteriously, noncommittal.
This reassured Jindila, no matter what the reason, as long as this Li from Datang didn't demolish himself.
Of course, if it is really exposed, he can only throw the blame on those civilians, saying that he doesn't know where these rumors come from.
But in that case, his two highly anticipated pieces of porcelain would not be able to sell for a good price.
Finally, it was November 11th.
At noon, Kindira held a formal banquet inside the castle.
After the afternoon banquet, the much-anticipated auction began.
"Welcome to our Visigothic auction, I'm Count Fabialo, and I've met your lordships and Your Majesty here!"
Fabialo played the role of host today, saluting the guests below and then saying, "So let's not talk too much, let's take a look at the first auction item first!" ”
The items sold in front were some treasures collected by Jindila, and some treasures brought by other kings or nobles.
It's just that these things that are valuable to ordinary people are also precious, but for these kings and nobles, they are always a little bit less meaningful.
Finally, Fabiano looked at the parchment in his hand and said, "The next lot is a silk product from the Tang Dynasty sent by His Royal Highness Heraclius of the Byzantine Empire!" ”
Then he looked at the introduction written on the parchment, and then he continued: "This is a ...... A kind of thing called a screen placed on the table is used to prevent the literati of the Tang Dynasty from being blown by the wind on their pen and paper when writing! ”
As he spoke, a silk table screen was placed in front of him and unfolded.
After unfolding, the whole table screen is divided into four pieces, and each side is embroidered with a different pattern, which is Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum.
At this time, the guests below began to talk about it, and this was the first thing that interested almost everyone.
"Datang's silk products look so beautiful at any time!"
"Yes, look at the flowers and plants above, just like the real thing!"
"The nobles of the Tang Dynasty are really exquisite, even when writing, they have to put such exquisite handicrafts to block the wind!"
Li Zhi was also very proud when he listened to these people's discussions, if it weren't for the rampant bandits along the way, it was not easy for him to bring large quantities of goods, and today's auction would not be a small thing like a table screen.
Such a silk table screen is naturally not lacking in followers here, even if those kings don't look down on it, but those dukes and marquis are still very willing to buy and collect it.
In the end, after rounds of bidding, the table was bought by Archduke John for forty gold coins. Li Zhi smiled slightly, if you have forty gold coins, the weight is almost half of this small table screen, right?
Although this table screen is not that kind of road goods, it is not a top boutique in the entire Datang, I didn't expect it to be sold at such a high price here.
It's really the right thing to do business here at the risk of your own life.
They don't pay for things after the auction is over, as in later generations, but they go up directly after the auction and take the things.
Archduke John proudly took the table screen in his hand, but did not return to his seat, but came to Li Zhong's side.
"Lee! I like your Datang silk products very much, they are so beautiful, I think this must be the most beautiful work of art in the world!! ”
"Thank you for the like, Archduke John!!" Li Zhi said politely.
"So if there is such a silk fabric in the future, you are welcome to come directly to my territory!" Archduke John sent an invitation to Li Zhi, and as he spoke, he unbuttoned his robe outside.
Li Zhong frowned slightly, what is this for? Could it be that this foreign old man has any different hobbies?
At this moment, Li Zhong saw the belt around the waist of Archduke John.
"Li, look, this is the Tang Dynasty silk belt I bought last time for a hundred gold coins, as long as there are good things, I will never be stingy with gold coins!"
Li Zhong basically didn't hear what Archduke John said clearly, but leaned over with some excitement, and his head stopped in front of Archduke John's erect stomach, and it seemed that the position of the two was particularly ambiguous.
"This ...... What is it? ”
"Datang's silk unicorn belt!" Archduke John asked in surprise, "Don't you know??" It can't be fake, right? ”
"Impossible!" Li Zhong exclaimed in a low voice, just when Archduke John really thought that he had bought a fake.
"It can't be fake! How can this silk process be fake! He looked up at Archduke John: "But how could such a belt appear here?" ”
You must know that mythical beasts such as dragons, phoenixes and unicorns cannot be embroidered on anything because of their special meanings.
And the process of silk reeling, to put it bluntly, is for the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, and it has to be the kind of top nobles or families.
Hearing that the belt was not fake, Archduke John was relieved.
"This is also auctioned by a merchant, it seems that this is indeed a treasure in Datang, right??"
Just by looking at Li Zhi's expression, he could perceive that this belt must be precious, and his waist was straighter.
"Merchant?" Li Zhi was a little puzzled, what kind of merchant could sell this kind of imperial thing?
However, if he can go to Byzantium, there may naturally be other Tang merchants who come to the Visigothic kingdom.
"Archduke John, I wonder if you can introduce me to the merchant who sells this?"
Archduke John shook his head and said, "I don't know the merchant either, his things were auctioned by the Count Fabianolo in front. ”
As he spoke, he gestured to Fabianlo, who had already started the next auction.
Li Zhi looked at Guan Bialo and made up his mind that when the auction was over, he would definitely get to know Fabianlo.
Datang businessmen are used to holding together, and now that they know that there are other Datang businessmen in Europe, they naturally want to make friends.