"The first treasure please!"
As soon as Bi Ziyan finished speaking, a sergeant carried a small plate onto the platform and placed it on the table in the middle.
Bi Ziyan reached out and pulled down the red silk on the plate, revealing a box about half a foot high. However, this box was ordinary, without any patterns, jade, gold or silver embellishments.
But Bi Ziyan said that today's products are all top-notch products, so what's in this box must also be good.
Amid everyone's curious looks, Bi Ziyan opened the box, carefully took out a small object, and placed it gently on the table.
"Eh...is it a tower?"
"Is this the stupa of some holy monk? But it shouldn't be. It looks like it's made of wood. Such a small stupa is either gold or silver."
“The shape of this tower looks so familiar, as if I’ve seen it somewhere before!”
"This is the Tian Feng Pagoda, the Tian Feng Pagoda in Ningbo! Hiss... this can't be the one carved by the miniature carving master Wang Qingliu under the Tian Feng Pagoda back then!"
"Fuck...how could it be this? Master, is he short of money?"
…
"Everyone, please be quiet!"
Bi Ziyan gently shook the small copper bell: "Yes, this is the Tianfeng Pagoda that Master Wang Shushi carved back then.
Originally there was no such treasure in this auction, but the master said that since everyone likes it, then I will bring it out for everyone to appreciate.
The starting price is 2,800 taels, and each increase must not be less than 100 taels. Guests who are capable and want it can come forward and have a look. It is limited to twenty people and half a stick of incense. "
The crowd murmured, and dozens of people rushed towards the stage.
It only took a moment to surround the table.
"The tower is about three inches high. It has a unique hexagonal shape with seven levels. The outside of the tower is carved with bricks from the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. The color is gray...it is covered with an iron urn on the top to create a beautiful appearance..."
"The interior of the tower is spacious and has fourteen floors, with wooden boards in between. There are ladders on each floor that can be spiraled up..."
"There are three people on the top of the tower, each leaning on a window. An old man is climbing up the railing with his head bent; a young man is frightened, hiding in the tower, with his face half exposed, and another person..."
"Yes, these features are all right, it is definitely the one Master Wang had back then!"
"Nonsense, if it wasn't that one, how could you still be here? Master Wang is still alive, and the imperial court organized it. How can this be false?"
…
After half a stick of incense, everyone reluctantly stepped back from the platform, and Bi Ziyan said loudly: "Make a bid!"
"I'll pay you three thousand taels of silver!"
"Three thousand three hundred taels!"
"Three thousand five hundred taels!"
…
"Six thousand taels!"
The price that was originally increased by two hundred taels was directly increased to six thousand taels in an instant.
Seeing everyone staring at him, the merchant who made the bid smiled lightly and said: "This is something that belongs to Zhejiang, so it must belong to Zhejiang.
You don’t have to look at me like this, just bid. No matter how much you bid, I will have one or two more silver than you! "
"Piss sex!"
"Trouble!"
"I'll give it to you!"
"I don't believe it!"
…
The merchants who wanted it spoke out one after another, but they kept shouting the price.
"Six thousand five hundred taels!"
"Six thousand five hundred and one tael!"
"Seven thousand taels!"
…
Now that they have spoken out, everyone has nothing to worry about. From adding one hundred taels at a time to now it is directly five hundred taels at a time, but it is still very intense.
"Ten thousand taels!"
The price was raised again, raising the price by three thousand taels at a time.
The scene fell silent instantly, and the businessman named Shen who had just spoken out his bold words fell silent, seeming to be thinking.
This deceived the merchant who was bidding nine thousand taels, with a look of helplessness on his face. If the merchant surnamed Shen didn't increase the price, it would be great fun.
Either he cuts off his flesh to pay the bill, or he is remembered by the Ministry of Accounts, and life will be difficult in the future.
"Ten thousand taels first! Is there any increase in price?"
In exchange, the businessmen on site were quiet.
"Ten thousand taels for the second time!"
At this moment, all the businessmen looked at the man who shouted ten thousand taels, their eyes full of joking.
Let you engage in confrontation, this time it will be smashed on your hands!
This thing is worth thousands of dollars in the hands of people who like it, but in the hands of people who don't like it, it's just a piece of wood.
"Third of ten thousand taels..."
"I'll pay ten thousand and one tael!"
Before Bi Ziyan finished speaking, the businessman surnamed Shen spoke up, and then looked at the businessman who had just bid 10,000 taels of silver: "Don't gasp so loudly, the auction is all about your heartbeat!"
"Do you want to raise the price? If you add another one...one hundred taels, I won't take it anymore!"
What he got in return was a cold snort.
Bi Ziyan glanced at the two of them and continued: "First time in ten thousand and one liang!"
"Ten thousand and one liang for the second time!"
"Third time ten thousand and one two!"
"Congratulations to the head of the Shen family in Zhejiang for receiving the miniature wood-carved Tianfeng Pagoda from the master of miniature carving, Wang Qisheng!"
"Congratulations!"
"Big deal!"
"congratulations!"
…
Everyone also congratulated, but there was a hint of unwillingness and fool in their voices.
But the Shen family leader just chuckled.
Wang Qiaoqiu is already over sixty years old, and he will only live for another ten or twenty years if he is to die.
But as the chief of the Miniature Sculpture Department of the Royal Bank, he must put a lot of thought into money orders and less about sculpting his own works.
And as you get older, your energy is not as good as before, and you may have passed your peak in just one or two years.
But currently, the only known works of his are the Sealing Sky Tower and the Nuclear Boat. When Wang Lili passes away in a few years and the prosperous age comes, these things will become absolute treasures.
Of course, he was selling a favor to Wang Mi, and when he had the opportunity in the future, he would take another shortcut by asking his nephew to worship Wang Mi as his teacher.
It was impossible for him to tell anyone what he was thinking.
"Master Shen, congratulations on taking this miniature sculpture. In order to let you appreciate it better, we also equipped you with a magnifying glass.
When the auction is over, you go to the Ministry of Accounts and pay the money, and this Sealing Heaven Tower will be yours. "
"Don't worry, Mr. Bi, I will go through the formalities as soon as it is over!"
"Then please confirm again now, I will seal it!"
"Need not!"
"happy!"
Bi Ziyan chuckled lightly, affixed the seal himself, and then handed the pen to the Shen family head, and a seal similar to a riding seal was completed.
As long as the box is opened, the seal cannot be restored, and the contents in the box have been tampered with, so he can deny it.
"Master Shen, please take a seat. The next auction will be more exciting. I hope you can get the object you like!"
"I hope, farewell!"
Looking at the leaving figure of Master Shen, a strange color flashed in Bi Ziyan's eyes.
It seems that he has photographed this treasure, but in fact he will be involved in endless troubles. After he photographed this wooden sculpture, he will be targeted by Jin Yiwei.
The imperial court confiscated the homes of so many corrupt officials and nobles. Are there any precious treasures in the treasury? Need to auction this miniature wood sculpture?
The reason why it must be emphasized that it was Wang Qingcheng was to let interested people study the style and technique of this wood carving, and then imitate the micro-carved seal of the money order.
It would be better if no one had any ulterior motives. If they did, the court wouldn't mind committing a shocking murder to establish the solid status of the Ming Royal Bank and the Money Order.
