Da Qin: Self-destruction and time travel, I will extend my life for Qin for a thousand years

Chapter 194 The auction begins, crazy Liuli ()

'Why? ’

‘I also want to say it, but how can I reveal it! ’

Lan Yu was helpless. On the one hand, he really wanted to complain to Xu Da about this matter.

On the other hand, I was worried that if I rashly leaked the secret, I would cause dissatisfaction with the old man.

Feeling the confused looks from Xu Da and everyone around him, he could only smile bitterly and shake his head: "Hey, Uncle Xu, please don't ask about this matter."

Xu Da was stunned, as were everyone around him.

They didn't expect that with such a close relationship between the two of them, Lan Yu still didn't say anything.

‘It seems that your Majesty is involved in this matter. ’

'With Lan Yu's arrogant temper, the only one who can make him so honest is His Majesty who just killed Hu Weiyong. ’

Xu Da is worthy of being a battle-hardened warrior, a God of War who has fought through brutal battles with a very thoughtful mind.

After the initial shock, he quickly figured out the key, which also made him more curious about the glass sculpture that was going to be auctioned next.

Since it is related to His Majesty, does it mean that these glazed sculptures came from the imperial palace, and that His Majesty is selling the treasures in the palace through the hands of the Lu family?

The purpose of doing this is to prepare enough military pay to completely annihilate Meng Yuan! ?

In this case, it can also be explained why the Lu family sent the blue jade and glazed sculpture into a story, and it has to do with friendship and knots.

This is His Majesty's secret warning to these old ministers to be honest and keep to themselves, otherwise the next Hu Weiyong will be among them.

The more Xu Da thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and his eyes when looking at Lan Yu changed slightly, with a deep sense of relief in the complexity.

"It seems that the little brat who followed Lao Chang back then has really grown up?

Lan Yu: "???"

No!

Uncle Xu, why do you suddenly look like you have seen through all the truth?

He almost vomited, especially when Xu Da kept praising him one after another.

If it were normal times, Lan Yu would definitely be extremely happy to hear that she was praised so highly by Uncle Xu.

But now, he only felt like there were countless ants crawling all over his body, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

"Uncle Xu, I think you must have misunderstood something..."

"Hey~ stop talking, I understand, I understand everything."

Lan Yu wanted to fight to the death, but Xu Da didn't give him a chance. After replying, he left calmly, leaving Lan Yu at a loss.

‘No, I must return this broken favor quickly! ’

Lan Yu regretted accepting the glass sculpture more and more. If she had known this would happen, she might as well have smashed it to pieces on the spot.

The only remedy now is to openly buy one back at a high price and double the favor of the Lu family in full public view.

The major wealthy families in Yingtian Mansion arrived one after another, and the atmosphere of the auction became more and more lively.

Soon, all the seats were filled, and the first auctioneer Liu Bang also appeared on the central circular auction stage.

"Everyone, you are welcome to come here to participate in the auction."

"I won't talk nonsense here. Let's start the first auction item now!"

"A set of Cui's colored glass cups, the starting price is one hundred taels of silver!"

As Liu Bang's voice fell, a set of exquisite glass cups was carried up, causing countless exclamations.

Not because it's so beautiful, but because it's so expensive!

Just this starting price makes people gasp!

You must know that ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty only earned four or five taels after working hard for a year, and the starting price of this set of glass cups alone was a terrifying one hundred taels.

Ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty had to go without food and drink for twenty years before they could buy it!

‘This set of cups is only worth thirty taels, and at most it has the name of the Cui family. Are Cui Yuan and the Lu family crazy about money? Even the starting price is three times higher than the market price! ’

‘In this auction, apart from me, who is a big bastard, who else is out of his mind to bid for it! ’

Lan Yu complained with dissatisfaction in her heart and planned to offer one hundred and one hundred yuan to avoid the embarrassment of the Lu family and Cui Yuan.

However, the words in his heart had just finished, and before the servants around him could raise their hands, someone in the crowd who was originally talking about it made a bid.

"Three hundred taels!"

It's Xu Da!

Feeling Lan Yu's surprised look, Xu Da just returned a "safe" smile.

As if to say, "Stop pretending, I already understand everything."

"Three hundred and fifty taels!"

"Four hundred!"

"five hundred!"

Lan Yu: "..."

In the end, this set of glass cups, worth only thirty taels, was purchased for a sky-high price of eight hundred taels.

"This is the first lot at the auction. Take it out quickly and show it to everyone!"

"I don't have the ability to win the Hongtian Jugu and Dayu's flood control, but this set of cups is not easy!"

The wealthy man who successfully purchased it was very happy. As soon as the people from the Lu family brought the glass cup, he couldn't help but take it out to show off.

Seeing his appearance, other wealthy families were also jealous.

Indeed, their family could not compare with the major princes and marquises, so they could only take pictures of these "foils".

Thinking of this, the eyes of those people became more intense, making the following auction more and more lively.

Although it is not as exaggerated as the premium of nearly 30 times for the first piece, the average premium for each glassware is more than five times, and even the lowest is three times.

Everyone is happy. The wealthy people who have successfully purchased feel that they have gained face, while the unsuccessful wealthy people are waiting for the premium to slowly disappear so that they can buy at a more affordable price.

Only Lan Yu had a dark face the whole time and felt extremely uncomfortable.

He has made bids more than ten times, but none of them have been successful. Almost all of them have been overtaken instantly.

In fact, there is nothing that can be done about it. Sapphire's bids are almost always based on the starting price plus ten taels, so such a price naturally has no deterrent effect.

‘Are these guys crazy? ’

‘The starting price is so outrageous, how dare they double it! ’

Lan Yu couldn't understand it at all, and at the same time she was also vaguely worried that he wouldn't be able to "successfully" buy it when the main event came out.

Originally, he had no such idea. After all, the two large-scale glazed sculptures cost at most 500 taels of gold each.

He was prepared to pay one thousand to buy one, how could he not be able to buy it?

So until just now, Lan Yu was full of confidence.

But now, he was completely unsure.

And the development of things was indeed as he expected, or even completely unexpected!

"Next is our final auction item, a large-scale colored glaze sculpture - Dayu's flood control!"    "Starting price - two thousand taels of gold!"

"puff!"

"Two thousand taels of gold? Oh my God!"

"How could someone have so much gold? Are the Lu family crazy?"

"Did you see a few people coming out from the side of the auction table? They seemed to be holding account books. Could it be that the people from Yaxing were also invited by the Lu family?"

An uproar broke out among the crowd again. Obviously, even though they were mentally prepared, the price still scared many people.

This is two thousand taels of gold!

Although their families have big businesses, they mostly have fields and houses, and few of them can afford such a terrifying amount of gold.

Among them, the one who had the biggest reaction was undoubtedly Sapphire.

The current Marquis of Yongchang of the Ming Dynasty and the future God of War of the Ming Dynasty was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

After spending most of the day preparing, I barely raised a thousand taels of gold from selling my family's treasures in advance, but now I can't even reach the starting price!

Don't be too outrageous.

Although she has not met Cui Yuan yet, Lan Yu once again felt his sinister intentions.

To this day, he still can't figure out why this guy he has never met before insists on targeting him and operating on him.

In fact, Lan Yu really wronged Cui Yuan, and he had no intention of targeting Lan Yu at all.

I just feel that if we want to promote it, we should promote it from the most explosive angle.

This is just like the modern news that only reports on domestic violence against women but not against men, because not many people care about the latter.

And the person who can generate the highest level of discussion with the Lu family is undoubtedly Lan Yu.

So Lan Yu naturally became the unlucky guy.

However, Cui Yuan didn't feel that he was sorry for Lan Yu in doing so, not to mention that he actually gave him a glass sculpture.

After this incident, Lan Yu's character will definitely be more restrained in the future, and she will know better about advancement and retreat, instead of falling into blind arrogance.

The reason for Lan Yu's death in history was that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to support Zhu Yunwen to ascend to power and eradicate all restlessness for him.

Part of the reason was that Lan Yu was too arrogant and domineering, and even dismantled his own city gates after winning the battle.

With such blind arrogance, how could there be a reason not to die?

His death also triggered the last and largest of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, the Lan Jade Case, which involved more than 100,000 people dead.

It can be said that, in a sense, Cui Yuan not only has no objection to Lan Yu, but also has a strong affection for him.

Of course, it is impossible for Sapphire to know all this, and it is impossible in this life.

Lan Yu was still vomiting blood, and there were already wealthy people on the other side making tentative bids.

Their guess was correct. The people who came out of the auction table were indeed the shopkeepers of Yahang invited by the Lu family. They gave various physical property estimates based on them.

For a time, many wealthy families who were worried that they did not have enough cash at first were ready to take action again.

After all, this was one of the three glazed treasures pulled out by the Lu family.

If it can be auctioned, both your own reputation and the reputation of your family will be greatly improved, and it is even possible that you will be favored by the old man.

The reasoning that Xu Da first thought of, as time went by, others also thought of it, and they all began to think that the old man was selling the glass treasure through the hands of the Lu family.

There were not many fools present, but their thinking time was not as fast as Xu Da's.

All of a sudden, various bids came and went!

The starting price of this "Dayu's Flood Control" was ridiculously high. Under Lan Yu's blank gaze, the price went from two thousand to three thousand, from three thousand to four thousand, and the price got higher and higher!

And finally, it was settled at 4,300 taels!

The bidder was Li Shanchang!

This Korean prince, who single-handedly supported Hu Weiyong's rise to power, obviously lowered the price to such an outrageous level because he wanted to please Zhu Yuanzhang.

Four thousand three hundred taels of gold!

Most of the wealthy families present could not afford such an exaggerated wealth even if they went bankrupt!

For a time, everyone looked at Li Shanchang with respect, and all kinds of compliments came one after another.

However, some people are very disdainful of Li Shanchang, thinking that he got all this by force.

Behind these 4,300 taels of gold, there is no telling how many innocent people's blood was shed.

However, these secret speculations did not affect Li Shanchang's mood.

At this moment, his old face was also smiling crookedly, and he even began to imagine Zhu Yuanzhang being extremely excited after knowing the high price of his bid.

Unfortunately, these are destined to be just fantasies of his.

Because almost all of his auction money went into Cui Yuan's pocket.

And Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction to this was so angry that he had a cerebral hemorrhage!

……

"Four thousand three hundred taels of gold? Is this Li Shanchang crazy?"

In the royal palace, in the royal study.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who sent people to check the progress of the auction at all times, after learning the news, he slapped the table, causing several cracks!

Originally, he just thought that Li Shanchang liked power and didn't care about anything else. He probably didn't have a lot of money.

As a result, without saying anything, he took out 4,300 taels of gold to take a picture of a glass sculpture!

There is absolutely no way he could have gotten this much money from formal channels!

"Father's breath... Emma's! I can't bear it anymore!"

"How can this bitch be so rich!"

Zhu Biao was also here. Hearing his father's complaints, he was also angry with Li Shanchang.

Cui Yuan did not deliberately hide the matter of the auction when he reported it, so both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were very aware of the matter.

Although the two of them were not present, they knew everything about what happened inside.

Originally, they just watched it for fun, watching the rich people pay high prices to take advantage of them. Even after hearing the starting price of "Dayu's Water Control", they thought it would become the first lot to be rejected in this auction.

Unexpectedly, not only did it not fail, but it also caught a big fish!

Li Shanchang, you are really crazy! Just like this, I gave Cui Yuan more than four thousand taels in vain!

"Your Majesty, the second final auction item - the Bangtian Giant Drum has also been auctioned."

"Ah!? What was the final price, and who took the photo?"

"Two thousand four hundred taels of gold, the auctioneer is Yongchang Hou Lanyu!"

As soon as the guard finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao felt stomachaches again, and there were signs of jealousy.

Although the price of this piece is far less than that of "Dayu's Flood Control", the premium is nearly five times!

"Biao'er!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang was so distressed that he sat up, his expression extremely serious, making Zhu Biao feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.

Is it possible that the father, seeing how unscrupulous Cui Yuan is, plans to personally stop the auction?

"I think our business tax in Ming Dynasty is still too low, it should be increased tenfold!"

(End of this chapter)