"Originally, this auction should have ended here, but I beg you to forgive me for finding a treasure in my shop, and I couldn't help but show it off."
Master Li in the audience spoke with a flushed face and asked the waiter to bring up a large object covered with a red curtain.
"Please take a look at it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Master Li reached out and tore down the red curtain.
The Prince of Heshan, the Prince of Suzhou, the Marquis of Chengmu and the like, who had originally been somewhat indifferent, all stood up and sat up straight subconsciously when they saw the jade that was so green that it seemed to be dripping with oil.
It’s actually a whole piece of imperial green!!!
Under the light, the jade appears a bright and attractive emerald green color, very crystal clear, giving people a sense of solemn and noble beauty.
At this moment, a thought flashed through the minds of several princes and nobles involuntarily: I want to get this piece of imperial green.
People of this dynasty loved jade, otherwise there would not have been a city like Wangnan City, which was famous for gambling on jade.
The Imperial Green is just as its name suggests, it is the king of jades. A piece of Imperial Green is enough to be used as a family heirloom and be passed down forever.
At this moment, the princes and nobles don’t remember anything about birthday gifts for their ancestors, so they naturally want to keep such good things for themselves.
Before Master Li could continue speaking, the prince of Beiyuanhou in the Sun-shaped room on the third floor couldn't wait to bid: "This prince offers one hundred thousand taels of silver."
The spectators, who were originally immersed in the fact that Purple Air Coming from the East had such good things, were awakened by the generosity of the guests on the third floor.
And the ordinary people who were watching the fun gasped.
You should know that the Linglong Eight Treasures Pagoda with the highest bid tonight was only priced at 8,700 taels of silver!
This piece of imperial green is priced at 100,000 taels, hiss…
However, the Prince of Luzhou from the Yuezi House directly mocked him, "You want to buy the Imperial Green with only 100,000 yuan? You are ridiculous. I will pay 200,000 yuan."
The price was actually doubled.
At this time, the other nobles seemed to come to their senses and started to raise the price one after another.
"I will offer three hundred thousand."
"This prince will pay four hundred thousand."
"This king..."
Before long, the bid exceeded one million.
You have to know what a million means. The annual income of the national treasury is just that much.
One has to admit that the wealth of these princes and nobles is unexpectedly rich.
Come to think of it, these are all princes and nobles who have owned a piece of land for generations. Even the family property passed down by their ancestors is more than ordinary people can imagine, not to mention the fertile fiefdom.
Being a local emperor in his fiefdom, he did not need to abide by the regulations of the imperial court. He could change the taxes of his fiefdom at will and only had to pay a small amount of silver to the imperial court, and the rest could go into his own pocket.
It is no wonder that they are unwilling to hand over the power of their fiefdoms. Having been accustomed to being local tyrants with tremendous power and rich wealth, they certainly do not want to be a wealthy and idle person who lives off his wealth.
It’s a pity that they met an emperor with a great reputation.
Mingyue raised her eyebrows slightly and winked at Master Li who was looking over.
The increasingly loud bidding made the people and minor officials on the two floors below realize that the previous auction items were just appetizers, and the auction house was just beginning to serve the main course. Someone suddenly said, "It's worth watching this excitement to hear the voices of so many nobles."
It actually caused everyone to nod in agreement.
However, when the princes were bidding enthusiastically, Master Li picked up the red curtain to cover the imperial green again, and interrupted the bidding with a cough:
"Ahem, you may have misunderstood. This piece of imperial green is not the item being auctioned this time."
At this point, Master Li had a smug smile on his face: "This item was just opened by my shopkeeper himself. I haven't had time to ask the shop masters to estimate its value yet, so it will naturally not be auctioned at this time."
These words were unacceptable to the princes and nobles. They had already raised the price to more than one million taels of silver. Now they were being tricked by this. What was the point
Moreover, the things had already been seen by them, so how could they remain in this shop
"What do you mean? Are you playing a trick on me?"
"I really have to buy this thing today."
"This piece of imperial green must be obtained by this prince."
"… "
As the nobles spoke one after another, Master Li couldn't help swallowing, and most of the clothes on his back were wet with sweat.
It was only after seeing the calm eyes of the shopkeeper that he forced himself to calm down and comforted himself in his heart: It's okay, don't be afraid, the shopkeeper is Prince Chen's man, and his status is not lower than those princes and nobles.
"Please don't be impatient or blame us. Our shopkeeper has already decided that this piece of imperial green will be appraised by the masters and then auctioned in three days. The highest bidder will win."
After saying this, Master Li straightened his face and said seriously:
"Of course, there will be no 20% discount on auction items after three days. In addition, during this period, our shop will also vigorously promote the existence of the Imperial Green, so the competition should be fierce. Customers who are interested in this item are requested to prepare more silver in case of emergency."
Now everyone understood what was happening. It turned out that the shopkeeper felt that selling it now was a discount, but was afraid that too few people knew about it, so it would not be cost-effective to sell it, so he said that the auction would be held again in three days.
Although it sounds a bit unethical, business is not charity, so the shopkeeper's behavior is understandable.
Moreover, the shop did not say at the beginning that there would be imperial green in this auction, so it was just shown to the customers, which made sense.
Those princes and nobles couldn't say much, otherwise people would always feel that they were greedy for the 20% discount, or they were afraid that they couldn't afford the price.
Of course, at this time, the princes and nobles were thinking more about finding the shopkeeper privately to discuss the sale and get the imperial green before the auction.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Master Li finally breathed a sigh of relief and proposed that the auction be successfully concluded.
The people who were watching the fun were all talking about everything they had seen today, wondering who would win the Imperial Green Jewel.
The person who bought the auction item followed the clerk to the warehouse to take over the item.
Instead, those princes and nobles seemed to be competing to see who could remain calmer, and all of them sat in the private room without moving.
The guys didn't dare to urge them and could only clean the shop on their own.
Mingyue arranged for guards to keep an eye on the imperial green, sorted out her thoughts, and then waited quietly for the princes and nobles to make their move.
After a long time, someone finally lost his temper and called his waiter to say he wanted to find the manager.
Mingyue patted her sleeves gently, went upstairs with a faint smile on her face.
(End of this chapter)