Chapter 128: Auction 1
This auction should have been held as soon as possible, but Kim Shiro had his own plans.
After discussing with Mrs. Tantai, he postponed the date of the auction again and again.
During this time, after he finished clearing the wasteland every morning, as soon as he finished lunch at noon, he couldn't wait to run to Tantai's house.
He always comes up with new ideas.
He would share these thoughts with Mrs. Tantai, hoping that Mrs. Tantai, the general leader of the big package, could adopt his suggestions.
Many times, Mrs. Tantai was amazed.
So far, all his proposals have been adopted by Mrs. Tantai.
Because these two people, one is an elder and the other is a back, every time they talk in the lobby, and there are waiting people everywhere, they will not be gossiped.
Early that morning, the carriage stopped at the door of Jin's house.
The mirror took Xiao Yuanbao's hand and pulled her into the carriage.
He has recovered from his illness and will go with them this time.
Jin Shilang followed and climbed into the carriage, and he said to Xiao Yuanbao: "Sister, this auction will definitely be a great success and open the eyes of the people of Cangzhou Mansion!" Let the people of the village be impressed and breathtaking! ”
"Great, the fourth brother already knows a lot of idioms!" Little Ingot patted his hand.
"It's my sister who teaches well!" Jin Shiro smiled, "Sister, our auction this time is unique!" In addition to what we discussed together, I added a few more things, so you can wait and see! ”
"The fourth brother is the smartest in the world!" Little ingots cheered.
The carriage rolled and moved slowly.
The Jin family chased a few steps behind, and Aunt Jin shouted: "Shiro, take care of your sister!" ”
"Don't worry!" Kim Shiro waved his hand vigorously.
"Mother, I'll miss you!" The little ingots poked their heads out of the window and shouted.
There were three carriages on the trip.
Yutai Jing, Xiao Yuanbao and Jin Shiro ride in a carriage.
Mrs. Tantai and Diecui sat in a carriage.
The last wagon was loaded.
This is the trip of Zhong Ming Ding Food House.
Even if you're only out for a few days, it's not a small amount to bring.
Even if the Tantai family is now down.
The auction was held in Cangzhou Xie Garden.
Xie Garden is the largest private garden in Cangzhou, which has been repaired for 17 years and has been built for more than 100 years.
When the Xie family wants to use it, the Xie family uses it themselves.
When the Xie family is not in use, they will rent out the garden all year round for dignitaries to hold banquets, cocktail parties, and poetry parties......
The garden is so large that it costs 5,000 taels of silver to maintain it every year, including repairing pavilions, replacing dead plants and trees, and keeping the lake clean......
As for hiring a lot of gardeners to prune and maintain, and hiring a lot of people to sweep away the fallen leaves and dead flowers, that's a routine operation.
Ordinary people can't afford to rent Xie Garden.
For dignitaries, renting Xie Yuan is also very expensive, but it is very face-saving!
So still rent!
Xie Yuan can earn back the daily expenses of the garden by renting it out for one year, and even have a surplus.
The location of this auction was chosen in Xie Yuan, first of all, the grade came up!
At least pressed Lin Shiqing.
Lin Shiqing had just recovered from her illness, and when she heard this, she was sick again!
Her flower-viewing banquet was held so casually.
Mrs. Tantai's flower auction, it was held in Xie Yuan!
Now, surely everyone is laughing at her.
Lin Shi was so angry that she cried.
Xie Yuan was borrowed by Mrs. Zhantai.
She can't raise the rent.
She is the only concubine of the head of the Xie family.
The Xie family in Cangzhou is a separate family.
If she raises the rent, the Xie family in Cangzhou will be very afraid, lest they do something wrong by separating the family.
Honor the Lord's house when dividing the house.
If you divide the family, the main family can mention it.
If you talk about renting, how do outsiders think they are separated? Outsiders will speculate and discuss.
Mrs. Tantai led them to Xie Yuan.
They got out of the carriage at the gate of Xie Yuan.
The subordinates arranged by Xie Yuan immediately ran out to greet them.
The men saluted Mrs. Tantai.
"In the back carriage, there are a lot of delicate gift boxes, and you take them all down," Mrs. Tantai instructed, "and every guest must give a gift box." ”
"Yes." The subordinate at the head nodded.
"Has the painter arrived?"
"It's in place."
"What about the poor?"
"It's here too."
"Where's the chef of Bazhen Building?"
"It's already here, I'm getting ready for lunch."
"What about the 'out-of-town rich businessmen' we arranged?"
"Will come in with the other guests."
"Very well," Mrs. Tandai nodded, looking at Kinshiro, "Do you see if there's anything else you need to add?" ”
"Nope." Jin Shiro scratched his head, he felt that Mrs. Tantai was really powerful, calm and atmospheric, and arranged things in an orderly manner, and he wanted to be such a powerful person in the future.
"Since there is no more, let's go inside." Mrs. Tantai nodded.
Mrs. Tandai took Kinshiro around the place where the auction was held, and indeed, all the preparations had been completed, just waiting for the guests to arrive one after another.
After the half-burnt incense, the guests came one after another.
"You got the invitation?"
"You got the invitation too?"
"I didn't expect you to come!"
"Of course I'm curious. Didn't this lady send two invitations to each guest? Guests can use one invitation themselves, and they can also send another invitation out, and I found some connections and easily got another invitation. ”
"That's how I got the invitation."
"I really can't believe that this auction is actually the most active among us flower and herb merchants, and the other guests have not yet arrived."
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The first few guests to arrive were a few flower merchants in Cangzhou Mansion.
They heard that Madame Tantai will launch thirty kinds of rare flowers and plants at the auction, each of which is guaranteed to be rare to see, and there are even some rare flowers and plants that they have never seen before, so can they not be curious?
They had already heard about Lin Shiqing.
The last time Mrs. Tantai was able to take out eight pots of precious chrysanthemums at one time, it was already amazing to them!
After all, the last time Lin Shiqing was able to come up with three pots of precious chrysanthemums, it could be regarded as a whole flower market in Cangzhou.
How can there be so many rare and precious flowers and plants on the market?
But this time, Mrs. Tantai said that she could still take out thirty more pots of rare flowers and plants, can they believe this?
The cherished flowers and plants are not rotten vegetables on the street!
If there were so many, wouldn't the price have been knocked down a long time ago?
"To be honest, I'm here to see the excitement today."
"To be honest, I'm here to see the joke today."
"This lady deliberately chose the auction in a high-end place like Xie Yuan, if the flowers taken out are not as precious and rare as she said before, I see how she closes this today."
"I don't believe it anyway."
"I don't believe it or not, but I'm a little curious in my heart, so I came here on purpose."
"Me too."
……
A few flower and herb merchants talked about it again.
Anyway, every merchant is not optimistic about this auction.
After a while, the guests arrived one after another.
There are some guests who are interested in the auction.
For one, the flower auction is a novelty.
In the past, there were auctions in the government, and those auctions were for people with internal connections, and the transaction price was much lower than the actual price of things.
In the past, there were also auctions among the people, that is, temples and roadsides sold old clothes, which were called singing clothes, and the highest price was obtained.
This is the first time they have seen such a private flower auction.
Interesting.
Second, they also want to see if Mrs. Tantai has false propaganda? Did you deliberately coax them here?
There are also a few guests who are friends of Lin Shiqing.
They want to see Mrs. Tantai lose face, and when they go back, they can tell Lin Shiqing about this matter and make Lin Shiqing happy.
They also know that heart disease requires heart medicine.
Perhaps, after Lin Shiqing knew that Mrs. Tantai was disgraced, she would recover immediately?
In a short time, the guests arrived.
At an auspicious time, the auction begins.
Kim Shiro volunteered to be the commentator of the auction.
It was the first time he had seen so many dignitaries, and he was so nervous that his palms were full of sweat, and his brain was blank for a moment.
Xiao Yuan Bao sat under the stage, put his hands around his mouth, and silently said three words to him: "Take a deep breath!" ”
Kim Shiro reacted immediately.
He took a deep breath and was determined not to disappoint his sister!
He wants to make his sister proud!
At this time, there was a lot of discussion in the audience.
"What's going on? How do you get a hairy boy on the front auction table? ”
"This boy is only a teenager, right? Can you have experience? ”
"Can you take charge of the overall situation? Can you hold the scene? ”
"It's nonsense!"
……
There was a commotion in the crowd.
Kim Shiro gradually became less nervous, a smile appeared on his face, and he recalled Mrs. Tantai's usual generous and calm appearance, and tried his best to disguise it in that direction.
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the Flower Auction House of Tianxiang Pavilion, I am a partner with Mrs. Tantai, I am responsible for providing flowers, and Mrs. Tantai is responsible for promoting them to the world. Konshiro straightened his back, and his voice reached the audience.
Everyone looked at him.
Seeing that this young man was not stage frightened, everyone gradually quieted down and listened carefully.
"To have this auction, first of all, I would like to thank my sister, and secondly, I would like to thank Mrs. Tantai for her strong support!"
The little ingots stood up, faced all the guests, and bowed to everyone.
Although everyone didn't know why he was thanking his sister, when they saw that this little girl Yuxue was cute, they immediately had a good impression of her.
Jin Shiro thought about it, if he kept letting the guests speak alone, he would talk for a long time, and the guests would be bored to listen.
It's not good to make guests impatient.
He decided to involve the guests as well.
He didn't know that it was a self-taught talent for speaking.
"Do you know the Blue Emperor?" Konshiro's gaze swept across the audience and made eye contact with many guests.
"Yes." The guests replied.
"This auction is related to the Qingdi, speaking of which, this is an interesting story, let me ask you a question first, do you know, what is the Qingdi in charge of?"
"All kinds of plants in heaven and earth." The guests replied in unison.
"Yes!" Jin Shilang nodded, "But the Qing Emperor has no skills, and he is in charge of all kinds of plants in the world alone, which is too hard, so it is inevitable that he will have to divide a part and give it to another immortal, and this immortal is the Hundred Flowers Fairy." ”
"Impossible, right?"
"I haven't heard of it."
"What nonsense is he talking about?"
"Throughout the ages, there has been no such shrine."
......
The guests exchanged heads.
"Distinguished guests, if there is no in the past, does it mean that there is no now?" Jin Shiro asked, "Our auction is to give alms to the Hundred Flowers Fairy, so that the poor people can get the blessings of the Hundred Flowers Fairy, and let all the people in the world know about the existence of the Hundred Flowers Fairy, this is a charity auction." ”
"You said, there is now an extra Hundred Flowers Fairy under the seat of the Blue Emperor, what evidence do you have?" A guest asked in a loud voice.
"Yes, yes." The other guests said.
"That's a good question," Kinshiro was very happy, "Then do you know how the thirty pots of flowers in our auction came from?" ”
The guests shook their heads.
Jin Shilang said slowly: "There is a doctor with excellent medical skills, living in my Jin family, one day, the doctor went out to see a patient, and the patient could not be cured for a long time.
In the process of chatting, the patient learned that the doctor in my house also likes flowers and plants, and they hate to see each other for a while.
The patient told him a story.
He said that he liked to grow flowers when he was young, and he was obsessed with it, and even did not want to marry a wife and have children all his life.
His infatuation touched the heavens.
"One night when he was fifty years old, he saw the fairy of flowers in a dream.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy told him that she was a fairy under the throne of the Blue Emperor and was in charge of the flowers in the world.
She was touched by his sincerity and decided to teach him how to better cultivate flowers and plants so that those rare flowers and plants could survive better.
She taught them all in her dreams.
The next morning, the man woke up, and he decided to cultivate rare flowers and plants according to the method taught by the Hundred Flowers Fairy, and in the end, it was a great success.
He bought a hidden valley and planted a sea of flowers in the valley.
"He felt very close to the doctor in my family, so he gave him some rare flowers and plants.
"The eight pots of precious chrysanthemums last time were all from him.
The thirty pots of flowers in this auction are all from his gift.
He said that he hoped that through the auction, the world would know about the existence of the Hundred Flowers Fairy, and let the poor receive the blessings of the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
The guests muttered to themselves.
Is there such a thing?
Will there be such a fairy fate?
"If you don't believe me, just look at our auction in a moment! Our auction items are all priceless, and it is extremely rare to gather 30 pots of flowers and plants with no price! Kim Shiro continued.
The flower merchants nodded, and that was true!
Just look at Lin Shiqing last time.
Lin Shiqing worked hard to get three pots.
"Today, we have 10 varieties of chrysanthemums, 10 species of orchids, 7 varieties of moon seasons and 3 types of peony flowers, all of which are precious and rare varieties!" Jin Shiro said loudly, "The first lot is the best orchid in the crown! ”
"Oh my God, it's Suguan Heding!"
"How did he get it!"
"It's a treasure among flowers!"
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The audience was in an uproar.
All the guests sat upright.
The orchid orchid is one of the four gentlemen in the flowers, and is often loved by literati and artists.
And this Suguan Lotus Ding has a well-known position among orchids, which can be described as priceless and hard to find.
Two servants carried a pot of orchids covered in black cloth and placed them in the center of the front desk.
Kim Shiro reached out and lifted the black cloth.
Under the black cloth is a pot of excellent Suguan Lotus Ding!
"Just rush to this Su Guan Heding! Today's trip can be regarded as a good loss. A flower merchant said.
"In my hands, I haven't had a crown in a few years." Another flower merchant said.
"Me too." Another flower merchant said.
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"This pot of Suguan Lotus Ding, the starting price is three thousand taels of silver! Each guest has a small jade plaque in his hand, raise the card once, and add a hundred taels of silver to it! Of course, guests can also directly bid the price! Kinshiro continued, "Before the auction begins, I want everyone to see someone first. ”