I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 490 Before The Beginning

The venue of this auction was arranged by the third wife in a Treasure Building that is as famous as the Sea Lion Building.

Unlike Sea Lion Tower, this Treasure Tower focuses on the sale of treasures and does not provide catering and entertainment services.

The name of this treasure building is Wanbao Pavilion. It is said that the three or four generations of the ancestors have been dealing in various antiques and jades. It was already famous in the Yuan Dynasty.

However, in recent years, due to the pitifully low salaries of court officials, the business of his family, which specializes in serving wealthy families, has inevitably been affected.

Coupled with the rise of Sea Lion House, which is backed by the prince's shareholding, his family's business has become even more difficult.

Gradually, it lost its reputation as the No. [-] Treasure Pavilion in the capital.

The third lady just talked to the owner of the house once, and she said that she would use his place to hold a grand colored glaze auction.

Afterwards, he was even more busy and took care of this auction as if it was his own business.

That night, all the dignitaries and dignitaries who were invited gathered in Wanbao Pavilion.

The whole street was festooned and festooned by the rich and powerful third lady, and the lights were brightly lit. Many vendors also took the opportunity to set up stalls here.

Even though she vacated the entire street, the luxurious carriages coming and going quickly blocked the street.

But the third lady seemed to have expected this situation long ago.

A team of very capable servants, each holding a sign, appeared on the street, and some of them guided the scene to order.

Some helped people lead the horses and drive the carriages, and some commanded loudly. Under their coordination, the carriage team quickly recovered.

What was written on the sign, Li Tian and others didn't see clearly, and the carriages in front of them gradually dispersed.

After they got close, they could see clearly what was written on the sign.

"Driving safely is everyone's responsibility!"

"Pass on the left, give way to pedestrians!"

Seeing these catchy slogans, Li Tian couldn't laugh or cry, turned his head to look at Wang Fu, and asked in a low voice,

"This should be your idea!"

Wang Fuhan laughed and said,

"I saw these things in Young Master's study before. I expected that there would be a lot of traffic today. In order not to delay the important event, I took it out without authorization and asked Young Master to forgive me."

Li Tian glared at him, but didn't say much.

I muttered in my heart,

"I didn't expect it to be from Lao Tzu's handwriting, as long as another time traveler doesn't appear!"

In fact, Li Tian made this thing out of helplessness.

Don't think that there will be no traffic jams in Ming Dynasty. If you catch up with the Great Court Meeting, the morning rush hour and evening rush hour, the carriage will still be blocked for you.

The total number of officials of the imperial court in the capital is eight hundred if not one thousand. Even if half of these people appear as carriages, if you count the rich family like the third lady.

The number of horse-drawn carriages passing through the capital every day is conservatively estimated to be [-] just for pulling people.

If you include those who pull goods and the first carts, it is possible to double or triple the number.

With so many carriages, even if one-tenth of them passed through a busy street, it would be no wonder that there were no traffic jams due to factors such as the speed of the carriages and the uncontrollability of the horses.

Once again, Li Tian's carriage was stuck in a certain place for more than half an hour without moving, and Li Tian was furious.

I got these slogans when I went back, and I also planned to arrange Jin Yiwei to stand guard on the busy intersection to direct traffic.

It's just that this matter has been dragged on and hasn't been implemented yet, but Wang Fu figured it out first.

Looking at the workers shuttling in the torrent of carriages, Li Tian said proudly,

"This method seems to be quite effective, it seems that we should arrange it as soon as possible!"

After such a small episode, they finally came to the front of Wanbao Pavilion.

Suddenly I heard a noise from the front
"Why don't you let me in? It's because I don't have money and can't buy things from your house. You don't open your dog eyes to see who I am!"

The big men in charge of guarding the gate looked indifferent, and did not relax their vigilance at all because of this man's arrogant attitude.

"I'm sorry, my master said that no one without an invitation will be allowed to go!"

"Hey, I think you guys are itchy, if you don't let me get out of the way, be careful if you can't eat!"

Seeing that this person was not forgiving, suddenly a voice came,

"Oh, who am I to say, the one who yelled here, it turned out to be the shopkeeper of Changchun Pavilion Lu!"

The person who spoke was the owner of Wanbao Pavilion. Seeing that the other party was the shopkeeper of Changchun Pavilion who was also engaged in the treasure business, he immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Come, come, shopkeeper Lu, let's take a step to talk!"

After the two whispered to each other, the shopkeeper Lu suddenly looked around in a panic as if he had been electrocuted, and then ran away in a desperate manner.

After dismissing shopkeeper Lu, he turned his head and said to the spectators,

"I'm sorry everyone, there are always some people who don't open their eyes and want to fish in troubled waters, delaying the nobles, the little old man is here to make up for everyone."

"Shopkeeper Wan, you're being polite. I'm waiting for someone who doesn't have status and status. If we really let such a ruffian-like character get in, wouldn't it be a drop in our ranks for nothing!"

"What this young master said is that the little old man must be strictly guarded!"

A little episode just went by.

It didn't take long for Li Tian and others to enter the arena.

Following Li Tian, ​​Shen Lingfeng, who had never said much, had a sneer on his lips, and thought to himself,

"Those who can come here to participate in the auction are either rich or expensive. Sorry, you, an ordinary merchant, are not qualified to enter. We will see how you end later!"

"This guest, please show the invitation card!"

Li Tian shook his hand to open the folding fan in his hand, fanned it twice and said,

"I don't have an invitation."

"Sorry, no entry without an invitation."

Sticking to the scene, Shen Lingfeng couldn't help but sarcastically said,
"The shopkeepers of the Changchun Pavilion have all been kicked out like a bereaved dog, so don't try to be brave, admit that you are soft food, so what can you do!"

Li Tian ignored his words, and showed the other side of the folding fan to the strong man at the gate, and said,
"Although I don't have an invitation card, I have this question. I wonder if I can be more flexible."

The strong man glanced at the thing on the folding fan, and his expression changed drastically.

"A few of you, please, the villain has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai, so I ask you to forgive me!"

At this time, not only Shen Lingfeng was shocked, but even the people behind him who were waiting to enter became curious.

(End of this chapter)