Chapter 50: The Amber Gold Cicada Auction

Li Yingyuan went back satisfied, feeling that he was full of energy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info had been fighting alone in Dinghai for so long, and no one around him could confide in his heart, from Chen Changsheng to Xie Pude, they were all objects that needed to be guarded against.

At this time, when I finally saw my senior brother, and knew that the other party had profound martial arts, I suddenly felt that I had a backer and knew what to do.

In the next few days, I went through the procedures for buying and selling the medical hall with the people of the Hai family, asked the chief and the villagers where the medical hall was located to make guarantees, and then found a dental person to go through the procedures, and the money was spent in a hurry, and the medical hall was finally followed.

Fortunately, this matter is not difficult in the first place, and those people in the official face know that Li Yingyuan is now a celebrity in front of the English, and there is no one who makes it difficult.

In addition, Li Yingyuan also insisted on taking Baicao Jingyuan Dan, working during the day and using the Golden Cicada Dao Seed to assist in learning at night, and felt that he was improving his knowledge, ability and physical fitness in an all-round way.

The knowledge of the English people seems unbelievable but the logic is clear, which makes Li Yingyuan feel that he has entered a new world, and compared with when he first arrived in Dinghai, the biggest change is that he can see the world from a new perspective.

Li Yingyuan believes that this change in the state of mind may be the most precious harvest he has gained during this period of time, even more precious than the golden cicada seed or the knowledge itself.

The body, which was still a little thin, gradually became stronger, the face was ruddy, and the skin exuded a healthy glow, in short, he was a very healthy teenager.

Chen Changsheng was still drunk and dreaming of death during this time, and he disappeared at night, just enough for Li Yingyuan to calm down and have time to think about the Ping Yingce he promised.

The so-called Ping Yingce is divided into two parts. The first part is a map of the distribution of English forces in Dinghai, including the strength of army and navy warships, in short, to be as detailed as possible.

The second part is the relevant response, focusing on Huairou and establishing his own armed forces, Li Yingyuan consciously follows his own strategy, which can not only solve the problems of the English, but also solve all the island problems including the Fuso and other related problems of the Taixi countries, and even the problems of the peasant army and the northern Houjin can be greatly reduced.

Now surrounded by strong enemies, it is absolutely impossible to write this Ping Yingce in the dormitory, not to mention anything else, Chen Changsheng alone is not a fuel-efficient lamp, I don't know what kind of moth will be made, Li Yingyuan can only think more in his head, so as to find an appropriate opportunity to write it out and give it to the senior brother who seems to have great powers.

Three days later, Li Yingyuan's long-awaited day finally arrived. After the fall of Musashifu, in order to celebrate this victory, to reward the English soldiers, and to win over the dependents of the English, Major Andrew has been preparing to hold an auction for the soldiers to auction off some small items that they do not look at.

After the invasion of Musashifu, there were quite a few English soldiers who hid their belongings privately, and the upper echelons of the English army turned a blind eye to this, rather than completely prohibiting the Ming people, and at this time also let those soldiers take out their things for auction.

A lot of things are also valuable in Daming, and if they take it back to the land of Taixi, no one will care about it, so many soldiers are willing to take things out for auction.

The dependents, especially the young apprentices, ran to the logistics department all day long to inquire about the list of these auction items, and they were all secretly excited, thinking that they could buy all kinds of exquisite ornaments and knick-knacks used by large families for a small price, and then make a small fortune.

After Li Yingyuan knew the list of these items, he was also moved and decided to fight for it at this auction.

He calculated that he originally had one hundred taels of silver from Dr. Shepud, plus twenty taels of silver from two months' salary and fifty taels of silver rewarded after the destruction of Musashi Prefecture, and he usually spent almost no money, deducting the fifty-five taels of silver used to buy the medical hall and other expenses, he should be able to squeeze out about one hundred and ten taels of silver, which is also considered to be worth a lot.

This is one of the best in the entire apprenticeship population. Li Yingyuan decided to take all the money and go to the auction to Taobao.

Presiding over the auction was an English ensign and an old acquaintance of Li Yingyuan, who was the one who went to the Haidagui Medical Hall with Chen Zhutou to take away Li Yingyuan's scar-faced second lieutenant Robert Bob.

The apprentices secretly nicknamed him "Old Scar", a reference to the name of the gang leader in a famous novel.

The rules of the auction are very simple, the old scar calls out the low price of a certain object, and the people at the bottom can bid and increase the price, but each increase must exceed at least 10% of the reserve price. This never-before-seen gameplay made all the participants excited.

The auction was open to all the dependents, from the high-ranking returnees to the most unpopular idlers, but the most active were the young apprentices, cheering and calling friends, almost as if it were a temple fair.

After a period of careful calculation, Li Yingyuan just bought a few worthless jade, calligraphy and paintings, etc., which added up to only seven or eight taels of silver, and saw the old scar take out a small blue-green iron box, and he was tempted and asked for a while, and finally bought it for one or two or five dollars, which made Chen Changsheng frown.

This small iron box is said to be the beloved thing of the county master, please make it by skilled craftsmen, the hollow inside can put some valuables, and there is a very complex and exquisite text lock outside, which allows people to set their own text passwords. When you use it, you can't open the small iron box to get things without matching the text password on the outside.

The Zhixian family was taken down by the English and placed under house arrest in an annex, and most of the things they used were in the hands of the English.

Chen Zhutou has worked in the yamen for many years, and he is very familiar with the three sects and the nine streams, so familiar that his son can use a few wires to pick locks. Ever since the last time Chen Changsheng easily pried open his cabinet to take away the pills, Li Yingyuan had been trying to find a better way to store his belongings.

When the old scar auctioned a pack of fragrant and seemingly expensive Chen Xiang, Li Yingyuan fought with an apprentice in the military department.

"A piece of aged incense, the reserve price is one dollar and five cents. The old scar said, making a look of taking Chen Xiang to his nose and smelling it vigorously: "Smelling so fragrant, I feel refreshed, my legs don't hurt, my waist doesn't hurt anymore, mosquito repellent and insect repellent will definitely work well in the future, everyone come and buy it." ”

The English people hardly burn incense, pay little attention to these things, and stay at the point of repelling mosquitoes, and most of the dependents are also not interested in such consumables that only large households use, so that only three or four people participate in the bidding.

"Three dollars and two cents. Seeing the opportunity, Li Yingyuan made a statement to fight for this Chen Xiang, and the person who asked the highest price spread his hands and gave up without care.

If it was the original, Li Yingyuan would not fight for such a Chen Xiang, but at the beginning of the Song Guerrilla Mansion, the old monk Chen Kun used a piece of Chen Xiang when refining the Dao Source containing the Golden Cicada Dao Seed, which is very similar to the Chen Xiang that is now auctioned, and Li Yingyuan remembered that this piece of Chen Xiang was originally searched from Musashi Kojiro's basement, which made Li Yingyuan look forward to it.

"Four pennies of silver. Just when Li Yingyuan thought that he could easily get something, an apprentice from the military department stepped in.

"Four dollars and five cents. Li Yingyuan hurriedly followed.

"Five cents and five cents..."

"Six dollars and two cents..."

......

"A tael of silver. ”

Li Yingyuan originally thought that the other party was just asking for a price, but he didn't expect that the other party had no intention of giving in, and finally increased the price to one or two silver. According to the inconspicuous piece of old incense, this is a sky-high price.

The people around were a little noisy, and this situation had happened many times just now, two people fighting for an item, and they would fight each other for a while, regardless of the actual value of the object, which added a lot of fun to the onlookers.

"One, two, two. Li Yingyuan took out a piece of ten taels of silver, threw it around in his hand, and looked at the other party provocatively, but tried to remember who the other party was.

The military department has always been the place with the most people, but it is much larger than the medical department, and there are as many as seventy or eighty apprentices alone, and Li Yingyuan can't call them all by name. However, this apprentice still seemed to be a little impressed, Li Yingyuan thought about it, and remembered where he had seen this apprentice.

After the breach of Musashifu, some of the apprentices were caught stealing, and in the end, the English took them out in front of the public, whipped and punished in front of everyone.

Originally, everyone thought that the English would then give a more severe punishment, at least expellation, but they did not expect that the English would take it lightly, and finally leave everyone behind, only to warn that if they do it again next time, the punishment will be ten times heavier than this time. That's an outlier.

Li Yingyuan later told Chen Changsheng very harshly that if those who steal chickens and dogs are expelled, no one will follow the English anymore, after all, those who are willing to be good citizens will not join the pirate gang of foreigners.

And today's apprentice in the military department, Li Yingyuan vaguely remembers that he was one of the apprentices who were punished for stealing, and he didn't know why he also took a fancy to this piece of Chen Xiang at this time.

"One, two, five. The military apprentice gritted his teeth and bargained.

"Two by two. Li Yingyuan also did not let go.

The two of them didn't give in to each other, and it wasn't until Li Yingyuan finally called for five taels and two coins that the other party's face changed, he retreated, and stopped following, and the people next to him all booed and booed.

"Five taels and two dollars, the first bid, the second bid, the third bid, auction. The old scar dropped the auction hammer hard, threw Chen Xiang to Li Yingyuan without care, and laughed: "A piece of fragrant Chen Xiang is five taels and two dollars, take it." ”

Li Yingyuan waved around, and put Chen Xiang into his arms with a smug face.

The next few lots were nothing special, and Li Yingyuan didn't bother to bid again and compete with others. It wasn't until the old scar took out something he had loved for a long time that Li Yingyuan felt his heart jump uncontrollably.

"Next this is a treasure, a beautiful piece of amber, and there is a golden Zhizhi sealed inside, which definitely has face on the body. Amber gold cicada, the reserve price is seven taels of silver, everyone buy it quickly. Old Scar held the amber in his hand up so that everyone could see it.

Li Yingyuan raised his eyes and looked over, his eyes were hot, and what the old scar was holding in his hand was the piece of amber gold cicada that Musashi Kojiro's son had held.

If it hadn't been for Captain John Senko of the Queen's Ranger who intervened and took the amber gold cicada pendant, Lee Yingyuan would have been able to get it at that time. Unfortunately, the situation did not allow it at that time, so I could only miss it.

However, Captain John Senko didn't know the preciousness of the amber cicada at all, and only thought it was an ordinary amber, and this time he took out the amber cicada pendant to participate in the auction, which can be regarded as the impermanence of life.

In this auction, what Li Yingyuan wanted most was this amber gold cicada pendant.

"Ten taels of silver. Li Yingyuan raised his hand firmly.