When entering Chengtianmen, the first thing you notice are the two auction tables. There is a wooden board next to the auction table with the name and reserve price of the item written on it.
One hundred mutton-fat white jade pendants and two hundred blood-red coral trees.
These two lots were found in the East Palace warehouse. Li Xian himself was not obsessed with jade and always felt that wearing them was a bit cumbersome. As for the coral tree, this thing is said to be a luxury product, but he knows how many of these things are in the sea, and there is nothing strange about them at all, even if it is blood red.
As soon as you enter the door and see these two lots, you can see the difference in the class of the guests. Those top noble families don't even look at it. They cannot lack anything that the royal family can have. At most, they hide it and rarely show it to the public.
On the contrary, some mainland businessmen seemed to have seen some rare treasures and immediately came over. After looking around to confirm that it was not fake, they began to discuss in twos and threes whether they would have to hide it if they bought it back. Violation of rules. After all, wearing what size jade pendant depends on your status.
Li Zhi was on the side. After hearing the discussion of these people, he said, "I said that today is the day when profit comes first. If that's the case, where is Zhou Ke, the Minister of Rites?"
After hearing the saint's roll call, Zhou Ke stood up, raised his hands and saluted: "I am here."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Anyone who buys a collection at the auction today, your etiquette department will issue a document allowing the person who wins the auction to wear it beyond the limit."
With Li Zhi's words, the entire auction house became a sensation.
You know, buying it as a collection has already made many people excited. If you can buy it and wear it beyond the limit, it is definitely a big deal!
In front of the mutton-fat white jade pendant, a businessman said without hesitation: "Five hundred strings!"
He just calculated the area of the jade pendant. Only the prince's family can use a jade pendant of this size. Originally, even if he bought it back, he could only store it. However, now that the saint has spoken, it will be no problem even if he wears it in the future. This is Face.
Before he could recover, a businessman on the other side also made a bid: "Eight hundred strings!"
The bidding has reached this level, which has exceeded the original value of this jade pendant. However, right after that, the guaranteed price of "One Thousand Guan" appeared.
This is an era where face is king, and no one is stingy about spending money on face.
Seeing that the bidding price had reached one thousand guan, Li Zhi was also shocked.
Although he knew very well that the people had accumulated a lot of wealth, most of which was in the hands of businessmen. But when this wealth was truly revealed, he still had a hard time believing it.
I saw several businessmen becoming silent. Li Zhi looked to the other side. Like the jade pendant, although there were only a few people bidding on the blood coral tree, the price also rose to one thousand guan.
Calculating the items in this auction, especially considering that these two items were not top-notch among the overall items, Li Zhi suddenly understood why the prince vowed that this auction could fill the national treasury. If the items in this auction, Each piece can fetch a thousand guan, which is enough to fill half of the national treasury.
Smiling in Li Xian's direction, Li Zhi waved his hand and continued walking in surrounded by Qianniu Guards.
The distance from Chengtianmen to Taiji Hall is all the same brocade tent passage, and the outermost ones are all treasure appraisers who identify things of little value. Of course, this is not of great value, and it is also compared to the items in the Tai Chi Hall.
After walking a few steps, Li Zhi felt a little tired, so he stopped and looked at the surrounding auction items.
Different from the crowded outer areas, there are only a few people watching near the main hall. These people are all powerful families who dominate one area. Although they are not as powerful as the five surnames, they are extremely wealthy as the actual controllers of the place.
Their status was neither high nor low, but they had money, so they all gave up on the auction items at the door and came to look at the ones with slightly higher rankings.
Li Zhi didn't pay much attention to these people. Seeing that the prince called for the chariot, he got on it and prepared to go to the main hall to take a look.
Following Li Zhi, Li Xian couldn't help but look back.
Nowadays, people from the periphery account for the majority, but the composition is relatively complex.
, Even if he were killed, he wouldn’t believe that a distinguished person and aristocratic family would become the head of the family. Hidden among these people are their real main buyers.
As for the inside of the main hall, the nobles and aristocratic families were just going through the motions, and only a few of them really dared to spend money to buy.
Smiling slightly, Li Xian quickened his pace. He wanted to see the faces of these people.
After entering the main hall, everyone who was gathering and chatting saw the saint coming and quickly arranged their positions. Although it was very crowded, fortunately the floor was covered with blankets, so there was no room to sit.
When passing by everyone, Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Today is not a court meeting. Everyone is wearing regular clothes, so there is no need to be more polite. Prince, let's get started."
Li Xian agreed and clapped his hands.
Immediately, three soldiers came out escorting a booth on wheels, and at the same time a group of palace maids began to serve tea to everyone.
Pointing to the auction items, Li Xiandao said: "Unlike outside, the items in the main hall are listed in order. First of all, the first item is my father's sword. There is no starting price. You can bid on your own."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then understood.
This is a priceless treasure, and naturally there is no reserve price. In this way, it will be difficult for the first bidder. If the bid is low, it will make the saint unhappy. If the bid is too high, it will be too high. If there is more competition, the cost...
Just when everyone was hesitating, the general Cheng Wuting stretched out his hand to stop the three sergeants, and said to Li Zhi on the throne: "Sage, the general is willing to start the bidding with ten thousand guan as the base price, what do you think, Your Majesty? "
Hearing Cheng Wuting's words, Li Xian's hand hidden in his sleeve immediately gave him a thumbs up sign. .
High! He not only expressed what he wanted, but also made a price, and most importantly, he consulted Li Zhi for his thoughts, so even if the price was high in the saint's heart, he would not complain. Not many generals know how to do this.
Li Zhi, who had closed his eyes to rest, opened his eyes and glanced at Cheng Wuting, and said with satisfaction: "It's accurate."
Just as he finished speaking, another voice rang out: "Thirteen thousand strings!"
Almost at the same time, another general also jumped out: "Twelve thousand... No, fifteen thousand!"
Seeing that the price had reached 15,000 guan, Su Dingfang said without hesitation: "Twenty thousand guan!"
As soon as this price was announced, half of the people were in an uproar.
The other civil servants and dignitaries did not expect that the imperial sword alone would be auctioned for 20,000 pieces. Twenty thousand dollars! In a pile of houses, even a smaller house can't be opened. With so much money, it doesn't matter!
