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Chapter 64 High-profile Auction (Subscription Request)

The current situation is that once the Japanese launch a large-scale sweep, we can only disperse and fight guerrilla warfare. If we encounter the main force of the Japanese head-on, Li Yunlong will be crazy. If we encounter a regiment, we can only choose to break through, even if it is a frontal breakthrough!

Now a main force regiment can at most match a Japanese battalion. If it encounters a Japanese brigade-level mopping-up team, the headquarters will have to move.

The weapons and arms of the Eighth Route Army were very different from those of the Japanese.

The air force is incomparable, the artillery is incomparable, even the infantry is incomparable. The Japanese have not yet reached the time when the Pacific battlefield breaks out, and there are still many elite field troops left in Shanxi.

Many of them are veteran Japanese soldiers with more than three years of service. They are good at shooting and have evil hearts. Not to mention that the weapons are completely unequal, even with the same weapons, Li Yunlong's subordinates are considered veterans with only one year of service and have not had much live-fire practice!

If Li Yunlong encounters the main force of the Japanese devils with equal military strength, he really cannot defeat them.

The Yangcun steel-making project was fully launched.

Liu Dabang from Liujia Village almost peed his pants when he heard that the Japanese artillery towers in Lizhuang and Chencun strongholds were completely wiped out.

Although Liu Dabang had a sense of superiority as a local emperor in Liujia Village, he was still smart enough to know what it meant when two artillery towers were taken down by the Eighth Route Army in one day and he heard that the county town had also been bombarded.

So when Kong Jie led his men to surround Liujia Village, Liu Dabang was frightened. With the previous experience of the two artillery towers as a lesson, Kong Jie asked the villagers to take a letter to see Liu Dabang.

After reading the letter, Liu Dabao sighed deeply, and the guards, who were very tactful, handed over their weapons and ammunition, leaving the Liu family compound an undefended residence.

After Kong Jie took over Liu Dabang's weapons and ammunition, he immediately set up a militia guerrilla team in Liujia Village. There had been activists in the village for a long time, but considering that it was close to Lizhuang and Chencun strongholds, it was easy for the Japanese to retaliate against the militia guerrilla team, so it had always existed underground.

Now that the two nails have been pulled out, even the county gendarmerie brigade dare not easily leave the city to protect it.

The news of the unscrupulous cannon has not yet spread, and the Japanese have no idea what kind of mysterious weapon the Eighth Route Army has.

According to Ren Zhong's idea, the mining business must be kept secret, and it would be best if no one in the village knew about it.

So after Kong Jie established the Liujia Village Militia Guard, the militia’s first task was to set up a cordon around the mine to prevent people from entering the mining area.

The third battalion temporarily transformed into new miners and started mining. At the place designated by Ren Zhong, after knocking off a thin layer of stone, they found iron ore underground.

In order to speed up the mining process, Ren Zhong did not let them use the primitive method of piecemeal mining. Instead, he directly dug holes and used explosives to blast the mountain, so hundreds of tons of ore were quickly excavated.

At another coal mine, facing a small coal mountain, they also adopted a destructive and rough mining mode to quickly open up the situation and get hundreds of tons of coal. These are open-pit ores, and using explosives is the fastest way.

Although doing so would seriously affect the sustainable development of the mining area, the base is now in danger and there is no time to worry about these things.

Main plane. Back from the bustling Yang Village.

Sotheby's Auction House in Hong Kong informed Ren Zhong that the auction was about to be held and asked Ren Zhong whether he would attend the auction.

Of course you don't have to go.

However, Ren Zhong had never experienced such a large-scale auction, so he agreed decisively.

He chose an anonymous seller auction, and Sotheby's would not disclose his information, so there was no problem at the scene.

This kind of large auction house does a very good job of confidentiality.

Now that it is very convenient to go to Hong Kong Island after applying for free travel, Ren Zhong bought the nearest flight and flew to Hong Kong Island. He had a good sleep in the hotel designated by Sotheby's, which restored his tired body from the high-intensity work. In the evening, he entered the Sotheby's auction house in high spirits.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Sotheby's Old Masters auction house. Tonight, we have brought you some exciting works of art. Please look at the big screen!" The auctioneer shouted very hard when he saw the packed crowd.

Today is a special auction held for the five authentic masterpieces provided by Ren Zhong.

Since these five works had never been discovered before, they were authenticated by many authoritative experts, confirming that the five calligraphy and painting works were all authentic works of the master. Therefore, Sotheby's auction house invested a lot of advertising fees to promote the master's newly discovered works. This was the largest auction event in the art collection world in the past decade and it really attracted many big names in the collection world.

After all, the starting prices offered by Sotheby's auction house are still quite attractive. The starting price for Daqian's newly discovered authentic work is only 5 million, Bai Shi's is 4500 million, and the starting prices for the other three bigwigs from the same period are set at 3 million.

If you can find a bargain and keep it for a few years, it might be another miracle of appreciation.

Among these masters' works, many well-known ones have earned over 100 million yuan, and the rest of the unknown ones have earned tens of millions.

Ren Zhong sat in the crowd, looking at the people around him whispering to each other, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that there are so many rich people in Hong Kong Island. Those who can enter now are not all rich people or representatives of rich people with verified funds of more than 100 million.

"The first work we are auctioning tonight is a work that is suspected to be a work by Master Ku Chan before he reached the peak of his art of flower and bird painting. It is a picture of an eagle spreading its wings and flying far and wide. The eagle is vigorous and sharp, and the inscription has profound meaning. After being appraised by three top appraisers of Master Ku Chan's works, this painting is an authentic work of the master. From the perspective of technique, it is already a milestone work before the master's eagle painting technique reached its peak. It is very worth studying and viewing. The starting price is 3 million, and each bid will not be less than 1 million. Now, please bid actively and take this very meaningful master's artwork home!"

"I saw No. 31 raising a placard for 3000 million. The current price is 3000 million. Is there a higher price?" As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, someone raised a placard, making the auctioneer even more excited.

"No. 17, 3100 million. Not bad, I saw someone bid 3100 million! Every piece of art auctioned tonight is a rare treasure, representing the artistic level of a master in an era, and is of great research and collection value."

"Ah, No. 19 raised his placard and directly bid 4 million. Mr. No. 19 bid 4000 million! We have invited many powerful collectors to come tonight. It seems that everyone is very enthusiastic about bidding. Here, on behalf of the organizer, I would like to thank everyone for their support. 4000 million is the first time! Master Ku Chan's work "Eagle Spreads Wings and Achieving a Thousand Miles" is now 4000 million for the second time!"

"No. 21 has raised his placard. I saw the new offer, 4500 million! Now a collector is offering 4500 million!"

Ren Zhong was stunned as he watched the competition in the field become fierce almost instantly. He had estimated that these paintings would be very valuable, but he didn't expect the starting price for the first one to be so high!
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