Volume 1 Chapter 18: The Excitement of Deer City
Another day later, the caravan arrived at its destination, Lucheng.
Lucheng, almost is located in the middle of the Murwei prairie, the southern foot of the big blue wolf mountain, was originally the sun department used to hunt the deer field, seventeen years ago, Temujin handsome Bojin department of 7,000 elite soldiers, with less to win more, in one fell swoop annihilated the control of 50,000 of the sun department, fancy this place extends in all directions, can connect the Tang Dynasty to the Rakshasa trade route, and is located in the big Shang and the Xiongnu and the Western Regions of the countries of the traffic artery, so a new city was built here for the caravan to rest. Five years ago, a generation of famous ministers from the Great Shang came to Murowei, Bank of China, mobilized 50,000 slaves, diverted the water of the Lu River, dug the canal around Lucheng, and finally built Lucheng into the first big city with a population of one million on the grassland.
"Such a large city, not only has it never been in Murowei, but also among the four white wolves, the Xiongnu, Ding Ling and Khitan are also unprecedented, and Temujin started as a medium tribe and established such a great cause, which is indeed a great strategy. ”
Cao Hua and Xu Minghui and others were busy dealing with the goods, Yunzhong was too lazy to mix, and ran to the street for a stroll, Ma Yan and the black-faced man Wang Zhong followed left and right, the three of them found a restaurant at random, chose a window seat on the second floor, Yunzhong looked at the busy street outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh sincerely.
"What's this, it's still a lot worse than Zhenbei City. Ma Yan didn't think so.
Yun Zhong said with a smile: "Lucheng has only risen in recent years, and naturally it cannot be compared with an old city with a history of 10,000 years like Zhenbei City, and Lucheng is located in the grassland, sparsely populated, and it is not easy to gather a million people." ”
Wang Zhong nodded yes, but Ma Yan looked disappreciative, Yunzhong also smiled, pulled the shopkeeper and asked, "What is the excitement in the city recently?"
The shopkeeper said: "If you want to say the most lively, it is said that three days later, Lucheng will hold an annual martial arts competition, when the warriors of all tribes will come to participate, which is a big event." ”
Yunzhong took out a gold coin and threw it to the store, asking, "Dare to ask what this martial arts competition is all about?"
The shopkeeper accepted the gold coin, rejoiced in his heart, and said: "Since the beginning of the previous year, the Great Khan of Temujin announced that a martial arts tournament will be held every year in order to promote the martial arts style of my Murowei, whether it is the warriors of Bojin, or the warriors of other tribes of Murowei, or even the masters of the Great Shang, Daxia, Datang, and Rakshasa countries, as long as they sign up, they can participate, and the top twenty can get bonuses, which is quite generous. ”
Wang Zhong asked, "How generous?"
The shopkeeper said: "The first place is a horse given by the Great Khan to a horse, a sword, 100,000 gold coins, the second place is a horse, 80,000 gold coins, the third place is a treasure knife, 50,000 gold coins, the fourth to tenth get 10,000 gold coins, and the eleventh to twenty people are 5,000 gold coins." ”
Ma Yan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said to the clouds: "Xiaoyun, you are strong in martial arts, why don't you go and make a second or third one?"
Yun Zhong said with a smile: "The masters of the Bojin Department are like clouds, and the Great Khan Temujin is the top master among the masters, how can I have any chance of the kung fu of this three-legged cat? I think that every time the top ten should be covered by the captains of Bojin, right?"
The shopkeeper said: "That's not it, on the one hand, the captains have official duties, and there are only five or six captains who participate in the competition every time, and the competition is a knockout system, and no one can say who will meet in the knockout round, like last year, Hulegu Wanfu met Captain Jebe in the fourth round, and was eliminated directly, and even failed to enter the top 100." ”
He paused for a moment, and then said: "Also, this martial arts tournament treats warriors from all over the world equally, the champion of the year before last was my Temujin Khan, but the second place is a warrior from Daxia, called Pang De, last year, a young man from Datang, named Zhao Yun, even directly snatched the championship, poor Temujin Khan, was eliminated by Zhao Yun in the quarterfinals, and Zhao Yun was awarded the award himself. ”
"Zhao Yun, Pang De. Yun Zhong nodded secretly, and said in his heart that these two should be the masters of Great Xia and Great Tang, especially that Zhao Yun, who can defeat Temujin, when he is at least an existence in the late stage of the Heavenly Order, and may even be the peak of the Heavenly Order, an existence that is only one step away from the transcendent sainthood.
"In addition to the martial arts competition, there is also a lively event. The shopkeeper continued.
"What's the excitement?" asked Yunzhong.
"Just tonight, there is an auction, which is hosted by the most famous Lingbao Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, it is said that there is a heaven-level weapons and equipment auction, on the eve of this martial arts competition, many warriors who are not bad for money will go to participate. ”
Yun Zhongzhong moved and asked, "Then can I sell something at the auction?"
The shopkeeper said: "This villain doesn't know, the guest officer can ask by himself, just two streets to the south, Lingbao Pavilion can be found at a glance." ”
Yun Zhong thanked the shopkeeper and ate something more, so he sent Ma Yan and Wang Zhong back and set off for the direction of Lingbao Pavilion by himself. He was going to participate in the tournament three days later, and it was unlikely that he would win a prize, but the opportunity to fight with samurai from various countries was rare and should not be missed. As for the auction of the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, he also wanted to see if there were any treasures he liked, as for the heaven-level equipment or something, he was not interested, after all, he had just obtained the ebony bow and the no-return treasure knife. But first of all, he had to sell some things for some money, after all, he had brought ten thousand gold coins with him this time, and if he really had any treasures he wanted to buy and couldn't afford them, he would be depressed.
Lingbao Pavilion can really be found at a glance, not to mention that it is on that street, that is, in the entire Lucheng, Lingbao Pavilion is also one of the tallest buildings. With six floors, the decoration is also extremely luxurious, revealing extraordinary financial resources.
Yun Zhong walked into the front hall, and a beautiful waiter dressed in gorgeous clothes stepped forward to salute: "This guest officer, do you want to buy something?"
Yunzhong returned the salute and said with a smile: "I want to ask if I can sell something at the evening auction." ”
The waiter said: "Of course, I don't know what price the guest wants to auction, so I will take you to register." ”
Yun Zhong thought for a moment and said, "I want to sell a few things, the most expensive one is a weapon of the lower grade of the Heavenly Rank, I estimate that it can be sold for about four or five hundred thousand gold coins." ”
The waiter was taken aback, and after being stunned for a while, he said: "This matter is not trivial, and the ordinary front hall shopkeeper does not dare to make his own decisions, you wait for me here for a while, and I will invite our shopkeeper." ”
Yunzhong nodded: "Then I'll take a look at your goods here." ”
"Feel free to do so. The waiter answered and hurried away.
Looking at the front hall in the clouds, there are a lot of pills and weapons and equipment, but the best is only the top grade of the Xuan Rank, but there is no interest, I looked up and saw that there seemed to be some goods on the second floor, so I was about to go upstairs to have a look, but I saw the waiter hurrying again, and said in a low voice: "Guest officer, our shopkeeper said that the things you want to auction are too valuable, and it is inconvenient to speak here, please move to the inner room on the sixth floor." ”
Yunzhong smiled: "You guys are thoughtful. ”
The waiter said softly: "Guest officer, you are a heroic gentleman, but there are many villains in this world, so it is better to be careful." ”
Yunzhong smiled again: "The little girl is very good at talking." Without further ado, he followed the waiter upstairs.
The waiter walked in front, and suddenly turned around and smiled: "Don't call me a little girl again, the maid's name is Mo Li." ”
Yunzhong nodded: "Good name, it's just a little sad for no reason." ”
Mo Li said: "Soon after the maid's mother was pregnant with the maid, the father died in the field, and because of his injuries, he gave the maid this name. ”
Savoring it in the clouds, he inexplicably remembered the shadow in his big dream, and sighed: "Affectionate parting since ancient times." ”
Both of them were a little sad, and they didn't have anything to say along the way.
I went up to the sixth floor in one breath, but I saw that an old man had already benefited from the entrance of the building, and when he saw the clouds, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Slack and slack, the guests forgive their sins, the little old children and grandchildren are harmless, they are the owners of this store, and they have seen the guest officials." ”
Yunzhong hurriedly returned the salute: "Mr. Sun is polite." ”
The three of them walked into the inner room, sat down separately from the host and guest, and Mo Li stood beside the cloud and poured a fragrant tea for the cloud.
Sun Wuwu asked, "I heard that the guest officer wants to auction a heaven-rank weapon?"
Yun Zhong nodded: "A sword of the lower grade of the heavenly rank." ”
Sun Wuwu said: "I don't know if I can let the little old man take a look?"
Yun Zhong took out the sword from the werewolf's heavenly ladder and handed it to Sun Harmless, Sun Harmless bowed down to take it, and when he looked at it, he was shocked: "This seems to be a thing of the demon race?"
Yun Zhong said with a smile: "Mr. Sun is really well-informed, this sword is indeed obtained from the werewolves of the demon clan. ”
Sun Wuwu sighed: "Good sword, really good sword, guest officer, you are a little embarrassed for Xiao Lao'er." ”
Yun Zhongqi said: "What do you say? Could it be that you refuse to auction this sword?"
Sun Wuwu hurriedly said: "How can it be? This is a big deal that can't be asked, but there is something to discuss with the guest officer, and the guest officer should also know that the main lot of tonight's auction is a battle axe of the lower grade of the heavenly order, and the starting price set is 500,000 gold coins, and we have been doing publicity for a long time." In fact, the sword of the guest officer surpasses the battle axe in terms of quality, but you have only taken it now, so it is too late to publicize, so it can only be regarded as the second lot tonight, and the starting price can only be set a little lower, which may make the guest officer suffer some losses. ”
Yunzhong smiled: "It's okay, thank you sir, how much you can get is determined by God, I won't blame you." ”
At this moment, even Mo Li, who was standing on the side, cast a strange look at Yunzhong, after all, this is the coming and going of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
Sun Wuwu's eyes flickered, speculating on the way of the young man in front of him, and only after about half a minute did he speak: "The guest officer is so refreshing, the little old man can't let the guest officer suffer too much, according to the usual practice, the treasures entrusted to us to auction, after the auction is successful, we will take 20% of the commission, but the lot that the guest officer auctioned here tonight, including this sword, we only take 10% of the commission, what does the guest officer think?"
Yun Zhong arched his hand: "Thank you sir." ”
Mo Li said beside him: "The guest officer is so polite, I don't know what else the guest officer has to auction tonight?"
Yun Zhong thought about it for a while, and took out a medicine bottle, which contained three large pills, which were his own original pills under the ranks, and were originally intended for his own use, but the day before yesterday, Luo Concubine gave him a lot of pills, and he didn't need them for a while, this big pill was in the Shouqiu Pavilion of Menghe County, and he marked the price of five thousand gold coins, and he was curious to take it out today, to see how much this homemade pill could be auctioned at the auction.
Then there was the remaining half of the bronze, which he felt was useless, so he handed it to Sun Wuwu.
Sun Wuwu was already surprised in his heart, he hurriedly took the pen and paper, and signed a contract with Yunzhong, and the starting price was 450,000 gold coins for the sword, 30,000 gold coins for Xuantong, and 10,000 gold coins for each Dahuandan, which was much more expensive than the price thought in the cloud center, and soon the two sides agreed on the details.