As the priest said, the road outside the auction house was full of carriages and crowded with people.
Those blocking the outside were basically mercenaries hired by merchants. They were divided into camps and stood outside the door, glaring at each other with fierce eyes.
If she hadn't known in advance that an auction was being held here, just looking at the number of mercenaries, Ella would have even thought that this was an order of troops before going out for the expedition.
Habiba said that this was because ferocious pirates had recently appeared outside Hamburg, and many wealthy businessmen were afraid to come. Those who dared to come naturally had to bring more people.
There were also some ordinary citizens who came to watch, but most of them were so scared that they lowered their heads and ran away after being stared at by the mercenaries.
Ella and the others did not encounter any obstacles. Thanks to Ella. A person's birth and family background can be seen from the gestures of his hands and feet.
Entering the venue, it suddenly felt empty. This venue was originally supposed to be used by people in Hamburg to hold parliaments. There is a round platform in the middle, surrounded by layers of gradually higher steps. Entrances and exits are all located under stairs. The entire venue can accommodate about a thousand people, but this time there were only about 200 nobles and wealthy businessmen who came. Together with their entourage, they barely occupied half of the venue.
Ella and the others randomly found an open place to sit down, and someone came over to bring her and Gregory a cup of tea. He ignored Habiba and Gottfried. Habiba became anxious when he saw this, and loudly asked why he didn't have tea, which attracted everyone's attention.
"Sorry, we don't have any tea for the entourage."
"Follower? Why are your eyes so long! Look at my clothes!"
Habiba pulled off the clothes on his body in an exaggerated manner. In order to get the clothes from Gregory, he and Gottfried ran to the river and brushed each other with a big brush used for bathing pigs. Again.
"Look at my fair and rosy skin again! Does it look like a follower!"
The staff member glanced at Ella awkwardly. Habiba became anxious and shouted again: "Why do you keep looking at her! Look at her clothes, they have several more wrinkles than mine. Look at mine, tsk tsk, how smooth and neat!" "
The staff member wiped the spit that flew onto his face. Seeing that Ella didn't respond, in order not to cause trouble, he had to run and bring Habiba a glass of water.
Habiba proudly waved the glass of water in front of Gottfried's eyes: "Apprentice, have you seen this? This is how rights are won!"
A huge roar suddenly sounded in the venue, causing the entire venue to become silent. Four staff members worked together to push an iron cage containing a huge grizzly bear onto the central round platform. The grizzly bear was wrapped with countless iron chains, but even so, people still felt that it would break free of the chains and run out of the cage at any time. This made the wealthy businessmen's faces turn blue to a greater or lesser extent.
The auctioneer stepped onto the round stage at this time. As an opening, everyone's reaction made him very satisfied.
"Welcome everyone! Recently, pirates who are said to be the 'Triumphers' have been wandering around the city of Hamburg. You must have endured a considerable degree of risk to come here today. But the several items auctioned here today are definitely worth it. Thank you for your contribution! You may already know that in addition to some normal items sent for auction, there will be three unique treasures here today! Those three treasures are all owned by famous collectors and the current big market in Lübeck. The price of these three treasures is such that the city of Hamburg even allowed the city of Hamburg to use the parliament as the auction venue today!"
Ella, the mayor of Lübeck, is an attribute. He was Ella's creditor, and it was he who organized several fleets to go to Gotland to collect debts. Ella heard that the treasures were sent for auction by the mayor of Lübeck, and she couldn't help but curiously asked Habiba: "Three unparalleled treasures? What are they?"
Habiba shook his head with a confused look on his face: "I only noticed the book in the corner of the list and didn't read much else."
On the other side, the auctioneer continued to say on the round stage: "But before those three treasures, let us warm up with some surprising gadgets! The first is this grizzly bear! This is a businessman selling Tad bought it from the woman suspected of being the 'Triumph'!"
"...Gu???"
Ella then noticed that the grizzly bear was the one Gan gave her. Because Ella disliked the fact that it ate too much, she sold it to a merchant in Stade for the price of twenty-one Nomis horses.
"This is a rare species that only lives in the cold lands of the north. It must be the first time for many of you to see it!"
Bidige
The auctioneer excitedly introduced the beast next to him that was much taller than him.
"Everyone, please see clearly that this is not some fur or bear paw, but a living grizzly bear! We have carefully inspected it and there is not even a single wound on its body! Look at this tall and majestic body, and then look at it These powerful arms! Even in the pirate kingdom, it is difficult to kill such a beast! Let alone capture it alive! I think only the victor can knock it out with one punch and then imprison it intact. In the cage!”
"Gu... Listen to this, how did Gan catch it?"
Ella still vaguely remembered that Gan seemed to be planning to train it into a mount.
Ella had also estimated the price of this bear. From the fur to the meat all over the body, if it were sold together, it would cost about twenty nommes. But now that she heard what the auctioneer said, she felt that she was selling cheaply. Maybe someone would buy it if I offered fifty nomism horses?
Just when she was regretting this, the auctioneer said on the stage: "This is a rare treasure that can only be found. The starting price is - five hundred Nomis horses!"
Ella almost fell off the stand. Five hundred Nomis horses would take an average farmer two lifetimes to earn. The armored holy cavalry under Berengar of the Seven Hills Empire is equipped with man and horse equipment. The price of a set of equipment is only about fifty Nomis horses. The price of such a beast is twenty-five times higher than Ella expected just because it is alive?
"Five hundred and fifty Nomis horses!" Someone quickly quoted the price without even a trace of hesitation.
"1. Suddenly there is an additional heavy cavalry equipment?"
"Six hundred nommes!" Before the man in front could finish his words, someone immediately increased the price.
“There’s another one all of a sudden??????”
Gregory didn't know why Ella was surprised. Logically speaking, a person who could give away a piece of fur casually would not be impressed by the price.
But he didn't know that Ella had never gone shopping in person. When he was in the Qiqiu Empire, he had special ministers to help him take care of everything including finance. She tried to take care of herself while in the Pirate Kingdom, and ended up with a huge debt of 150,000 Nomisma.
In the end, the grizzly bear was sold for one thousand two hundred and fifty nommes.
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