Chapter 15 The Auction
There are only ten days left before the auction starts, and Wang Quanquan didn't expect to invite so many people at once, and if he wants to take the opportunity to make a big profit, he must work overtime.
So the king ordered a few more craftsmen to be recruited, and he himself, as before, wore coarse linen clothes, and while supervising the work in the factory, he had to find time to set up the auction grounds.
And I have to talk to the emperor about this matter, and strive to send some officers and soldiers to suppress the formation. After all, so many dignitaries and dignitaries got together, and if some extremely vicious bandits came out to cut them indiscriminately, the country would not be able to mess with them.
At this time, in the imperial study, Wang Quanquan rubbed his hands and smiled.
"What's the matter?"
The emperor didn't raise his eyelids, and still criticized the music.
"Father really knows everything, that, the child came to borrow a few people this time."
"Borrowing whom?"
The emperor still kept his head down, and did not mean to stop writing.
"Jing Huwei."
"Don't borrow!"
The simple two words choked back the words prepared behind the king's authority. Wang Quanquan really didn't expect the emperor to refuse directly, you always ask me why, I even thought of words of thanks.
"Don't, father, there are so many people in Jinghuwei, I want a hundred, it's a big deal that I can't pay for a day's rent?"
Hearing this, the emperor seemed to be interested, and finally stopped what he was doing and looked up at the royal authority.
Wang Quanquan saw that there was a play, and hurriedly made persistent efforts and said: "How much money you ask, I will never bargain." ”
When the emperor heard this, he looked thoughtful, and after a long while, he spoke:
"I don't want your money either, I'll pick some of the good-looking glasses you have over there."
Hearing this, Wang Quanquan was almost moved to cry, this is his father!
"Pick it up, pick it up, I'll personally send it over for you to pick when I get back."
The emperor nodded, "There is no basis for what you say, let's make a note." ”
Immediately, the old eunuch Momo Emperor drafted a note: Today, the eighth prince was lent a hundred Beijing Huwei for the royal authority, and the lease period was one day, and the royal authority was rented on the glazed roof.
In just two lines of words, Wang Quanquan looked at it carefully, there was no problem, pressed the handprint, and the emperor directly stamped it with the jade seal.
"Go down, there will be officers and soldiers to maintain order that day."
Wang Quanquan retreated happily when he heard this, thinking that this time it was foolproof, but there was a faint feeling of unsteadiness in his heart.
Wang Quanquan shook his head, maybe he was too busy these days to sleep well, and then suppressed this feeling.
Seeing that there is only one day left before the auction, the glaze factory has just been completed, not only to complete a batch of transparent glasses, but also to make more than 20 pieces of glass products of different sizes and shapes, each of which is crystal clear, and a few pieces are added with specific pigments, which are colorful and exquisite.
Wang Quanquan looked at the work in front of him and was very satisfied.
The next day, the Yanque Tower was very lively, and Wang Quanquan deliberately arranged the scene according to the experience of the previous life. Ordinary merchants were arranged on the first floor, dignitaries and dignitaries were arranged on the second floor, and those with prominent backgrounds, such as princes and princesses, were arranged directly in private rooms.
Everyone has a number plate, and if anyone doesn't want to reveal their identity, they can get a mask at the door to cover their faces, which is simply meticulous.
The people who came here more or less knew each other, and they became more and more curious about the identity of the owner of the auction, after all, it was not possible for ordinary small businessmen to invite most of the celebrities in the capital.
This kind of discussion and speculation mixed with curiosity reached its peak directly after the Jinghuwei was stationed, which could alarm the Jinghuwei, and I was afraid that it would not be able to get rid of the royal family, which also made some people who wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble and reap the benefits of giving up the attempt.
After everyone was seated, a middle-aged man walked up to the platform in the middle of the hall. The platform was built temporarily, but the location was just enough to be seen by people from all directions and on all floors, and Wang Quanquan was hiding somewhere on the third floor at this time, silently watching everyone. He was looking for this position on purpose, just to be able to see everyone and it was extremely difficult to be noticed, and he also planned to take the opportunity to see what kind of medicine was sold in these people's gourds, especially his royal brothers and sisters.
This feeling of voyeurism is so exciting!
At this time, the first collection has begun to be displayed on the stage, which is a jade pot spring bottle, the bottle body is flat, there are ears on both sides of the bottle body, the shape is very classic, but the general jade pot spring is ceramic, and this is transparent.
As soon as this artifact was revealed, it instantly aroused everyone's strong bidding enthusiasm. The royal authority deliberately paid attention, but the three did not say anything, and it seemed that they did not meet their eyes. In the end, this jade pot spring vase was auctioned down by the son of a squire for seven thousand taels, which was about the same as the estimate of the king's authority, after all, it was the first piece, and the type of vessel was relatively common.
The next few pieces are all common types, but the materials are all glass. Although the bidding is fierce, but it is not to the state of dying, the most expensive one is a plum vase that sold for 12,000 taels, because the production is specially painted with pigment in the glass into a plum blossom pattern, compared with ordinary porcelain, the pattern is more three-dimensional, not floating on the surface.
From the tenth artifact, the atmosphere of the auction became more and more enthusiastic, and this artifact was made by Wang Zhiquan after the best-selling glass products of his previous life, which was a glass plate. The glass disc is crystal clear, and the most important thing is that this glass has been produced with a decolorizing agent, which is not as yellow as the previous objects, but really as clear as water.
As soon as the glass plate was taken out, the audience was instantly detonated, including the three who were particularly attentive to the king's authority, and they couldn't help it, the plate can not only be used as a container for things, but also as an ornament for a beautifully made plate, and the glass plate in front of him is a perfect enough to become an ornament.
The starting price was 8,000 taels, and it was instantly mentioned to 15,000 taels at the beginning, and then it was even mentioned to 20,000 taels. Although Wang Quanquan expected that the glass plate would be very popular in advance, the scene at this time was still beyond his expectations.
"Damn, I knew that it was so valuable to produce a few more", although he said so, but the royal authority that grew up in the Shangjia family, since he was a child, naturally knows that scarcity is expensive, if the glass formula is his secret weapon, then the production method of transparent glass is his killer weapon.
Transparent glass can not only make a variety of exquisite works of art, the most important thing is that it can be used for the production of lenses, with lenses there are telescopes, microscopes, etc., and even cameras are inseparable from lenses, of course, these are all afterwords, but at present, the kingship of the world's only technology has grasped the lifeblood of scientific and technological progress.
Soon, the price of the glass plate was raised to 30,000 taels, and there were few people on the scene who could afford it, only a few wealthy businessmen were still insisting, and those children of the eunuchs, even if they had this strength, did not dare to ask for the price, didn't they push their father into the cremation furnace, and spend 30,000 taels to buy a plate, if this matter was spread, the court would definitely trace the source of the money, and now the court, there are really few people who can stand the investigation.
In the end, this glass plate was purchased by a wealthy merchant for 35,000 taels, and Wang Quanquan's face was even more smiling, and he couldn't wait to hug the rich merchant and kiss him a few times.