Section 73 Auction (Part II)

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The auction is held in a palace of the royal family, and most of the things in the general auction are common commodities in the world, and this kind of auction, anyone can join the auction after paying a certain entrance fee, signing a consent form, and agreeing with the auction host on a commission.

Some internal auctions, whether buying or selling, will be carried out with limited qualifications, and the organizers are generally famous people in a certain field or big nobles, so that they can be calm.

This kind of internal auction will mostly designate the auction of some specific items, most of which are mortal items, such as enchanted weapons, constructs, exotic objects, magic props, and even the eggs of high-level magical beasts may appear, it depends on the ability of the auctioneer, whether you want to join or be invited, you need certain qualifications.

Another type of auction is the slave auction, where there is only one kind of lot, and the person is inspected like an animal until it is taken away by the buyer.

However, the auction items of the royal family's auction this time are indeed very unique, because they are only auctioning the spatial coordinates of the savage plane.

Those who are eligible to be invited are at least nobles, or large businessmen who have close ties to the royal family or the great nobility.

If the bid is successful, you will also need to sign a magical contract with the royal family.

The text that Solomon had obtained and was reading clearly told him of the rights and obligations in the magic contract to be signed, and Solomon had a headache.

The royal family is not stupid either, they write in the text that if the bid is successful, the contractor will be given the coordinates of the plane space auctioned and will be eligible to open up on behalf of the representative of Asturias, but the contractor must recognize and defend the interests of the Asturian royal family there.

Specifically, there are many detailed explanations that the territory that has been carved out is still a direct domain of the Crown.

When he saw this, Solomon's brows furrowed, this should be the royal family's vigilance against royal power, and he didn't want to create a big nobleman like the three wealthy families that could threaten the royal family.

But if there is this article, it will be much more difficult to auction the space coordinates, and the territory cannot be divided, who is willing to open up for the royal family?

Therefore, the royal family made compensation and explanation in the following article, the territory belongs to the royal family in name and final ownership, but in the territory opened up by the pioneer, the pioneer will be given carte blanche by the royal family during his lifetime to decide on the affairs of the territory.

It can be seen that the scholars of the royal family have put a lot of effort into this article, and the scholars of the royal family have come up with a lifelong contract system.

The nominal and final ownership of the territory belongs to the royal family, and there is such a stipulation in the contract, both to prevent the emergence of new nobles, and also to prevent some pioneers from splitting the territory or defecting to the enemy country by virtue of the actual control of the territory.

Even if the pioneer is strong enough to resist the damage of the magic contract in the future, then at least according to the contract, Asturias has the right to wage war to recover the territory that violates the contract.

In this case, the number of paths to the Barbarian Plane is different from that of the nobles who fight in Yugudral, who have the opportunity to gain a new territory through the Guò War and become a lord.

And those who go to the savage plane to open up are only equivalent to the agents of the royal family there.

According to the treaty, as long as he did not commit a great and unforgivable crime, he would be the governor there for life, with great power.

And during the contract period, that is, during the lifetime contract system, the development income belongs to the pioneer, but the pioneer must bear all the development needs.

However, the pioneers still have to pay taxes to the royal family, which is another embarrassing thing, the nobles are very sensitive to paying taxes, sometimes they are not short of that little money, but afraid that there is a beginning, the royal family will logically continue to raise taxes, so desperately resist.

So at the end, it is mentioned that as compensation, the royal family will support the Pioneer for a certain amount depending on the achievements of the Pioneer and the value of the plane.

Finally, regarding taxes and support, the text is very vague, unlike the previous one, where the rights and obligations are clear.

On the surface, it seems that because the value of the savage plane is undetermined, it is originally to be explored, so it cannot be written in detail.

But Solomon was keenly aware of a trap, that is, whether the pioneers wanted to come from the royal family or not, they obviously had to pay taxes, which did not break through Solomon's bottom limit.

The trap is that if the Pioneers really ask the royal family for support, then the royal family will have a reason to meddle in the affairs of the territory.

For example, if the pioneer needs military support, the royal family can provide some armament, but it can also directly send a force to support, but the latter may form a containment, or even override the pioneer, so that the power of the pioneer is greatly restricted.

According to the contract, because it was at the initiative of the pioneers, the royal family did not violate the contract.

Solomon closed the text, and in general he was quite satisfied, and the royal family's request did not break through the bottom limit of his heart.

It is impossible for the royal family not to impose some restrictions on the development, and even Solomon can be sure that this is only the first batch, and there will be a lifetime contract, and there will be the equivalent of a franchise to enjoy this kind of preferential treatment.

Perhaps the second time, the third time, the royal family will be more savvy, changing the lifetime contract system to the tenure system, or changing the development of the plane from a franchise to a subcontract in the form of a permit.

So Solomon had to seize this opportunity all the more.

He looked around, and the last page in his hand was the list of people who were eligible to accept the invitation today, and today was a public auction, not an anonymous auction, because the contract would involve the exclusive possession of the Pioneer, which would be the representative of Asturias in that plane, which needed to be known and recognized.

Although it is impossible to prevent the hostile countries from also going to explore, at least the public auction, as we all know, can allow the pioneer to have a nominal guarantee of the development franchise in the country, if the rest of the country is lucky enough to get the second space coordinate of this plane to open up, it is a violation of legal principles.

Even if the pioneer is not the opponent of the "smuggler", according to the contract, the pioneer can also request the royal family to arbitrate and ensure that the contract is enforced, otherwise the royal family will violate the contract.

Then he saw a few people he knew, and in the penultimate row, Henry felt his gaze, and just stared back coldly.

And in the first row, sat another acquaintance, the close relative of Krausa's follower, the illusionist Sizma.

When Solomon's gaze passed, Klausa nodded politely, and Sizmako, who was not so graceful, glanced at Solomon viciously, as if to give a warning.

Solomon's brow furrowed slightly, could it be that Krausa and Henley were also interested in this?

But judging from the content of the text he just saw, the plan of auctioning and developing this plane coordinate made by the royal family should only be attractive to small and medium-sized nobles or people who do not have aristocratic status, but have a certain amount of power.

For example, a person like Duncan, a dark merchant, is rich and has militarized troops in his hands, but because his home is dark and he is also inextricably linked to the underground world, it is difficult for him to get the status of nobility, if he participates in this plan, he has a great chance to wash his name, change his body, get the status of nobility, and then enter the upper class.

But Solomon wasn't worried about Duncan, because he didn't have that chance for the time being.

In the turmoil between the royal family and the Church, Regina has easily eliminated most of the hidden forces of the Dark Merchants in St. Quentin, and even the slave supervisors stationed in St. Quentin have been killed in the resistance.

This was another part of Reginal's return to Solomon, who included Mr. Duncan's forces in St. Quentin as a weed in the royal family's plan to clear the grass before the Church's plan to strike.

Duncan is also a frieze, at least on the surface, Regina has a good reason to do so, because the Dark Merchant once sent an armed group of mercenaries to attack the Free City, and his military power is enough to attract a certain amount of attention and qualify for being listed as a "weed".

Before the royal family fights back against the church, of course, they should try to get rid of other weeds, so as not to be disturbed by other unexpected factors when the plan is moved, and the plan will fail.

So unfortunately, Duncan became a sacrifice, and was used as an example by Regina to use red shock to deter the underground world from trying to fish in troubled waters and remain neutral.

Solomon could have gloated because bad luck had followed Mr. Duncan since the moment he decided to defend his reputation and prestige and decided to attack him.

First an armed mercenary army was almost wiped out near the Free City, then an internal split, and his number two took the opportunity to become independent, and now his power in San Quentin was uprooted by Regina.

In a short period of time, the power of the Dark Merchants has shrunk by half.

Moreover, it is doomed that he will not be able to participate in today's auction at all.

However, it was a bit surprising that Angli and Sizma appeared here, Henry was already about to devote himself to the battle of Yugudral, his preparations were almost complete, and his goal should be to become a hereditary lord, not a non-hereditary lord under this kind of lifetime contract, maybe he just came to see.

And Sizma's presence here is even more strange, I don't know if it was Klausa's instructions or his own actions.

However, the great nobles should not be interested in the auction and development plan of this plane coordinate of the royal family, and they should even hide in the shadows and sneer.

Because they are interested in obtaining hereditary dominance, not such non-hereditary territories.

For them, how could they be willing to take a territory for the royal family, and then return the territory to the royal family after the death of the pioneer, that would not be working for the royal family.

This is completely different from the needs of a petty aristocrat like Solomon, who is just starting out, what he needs is a good environment, a starting point for complete dominance, and at this stage he does not focus on seeking hereditary power.

After establishing your own foundation, you can also seek other opportunities.

It is for this reason that among the invitees to this internal auction, the three major wealthy families and the second-level families, only Sizma, who is related to Krausa, appears, and Henley is only the second son of the Spencer family who has no inheritance rights.

More often than not, they were petty aristocrats, ranging from those who did not have the right of inheritance in the family to those like Solomon, who had been granted status because of merit or royal appreciation, and who had not yet formed a lineage.

With a bang, with the sound of a wooden hammer hitting the wood, the bidding began.