At this time, although the things in the box showed Lushan's true colors, many people were not interested, so they yawned and glanced inside before turning their eyes away.
I saw that the box was filled with off-white things, coiled together, it seemed that if the color was removed, it was somewhat similar to dried kelp. Moreover, although it has a strong fishy smell, it does not attract flies and mosquitoes. It seems that it should be the skin or tendons that some animals shed.
It's just that once this unremarkable thing is displayed, you can see the dark golden light overflowing little by little, which makes you feel like you want to immerse yourself in it. The quality of this thing is indeed out-and-out Dark gold rank!
But fortunately, among the people present, only Sheyan could see this gorgeous light. Sheyan used the ability of the helmet to detect it, and his heart was pounding, because the detected information only showed one sentence: extremely precious shipbuilding materials! !
"This..." Fang Senyan couldn't help but was stunned, because he was usually quite calm, and his heart couldn't help but jump!
The black buddies also received Sheyan's shared information, and exclaimed in the team channel:
"Dark golden shipbuilding materials! We must not let it go. For props of this grade, even if it costs the whole family, we will not hesitate!"
Now Sheyan can basically be sure that this item should not be the equipment of the contractor, but the precious plot material. Fortunately, there is no captain of the contractor in this auction, so there are very few people who can judge its value!
Unless Jack Sparrow's father, Davy Jones and other ancient antiques also have the ability to identify treasures, Fang Sheyan's Sam has just been severely damaged, and this thing appeared, it can be said to be a match made in heaven. Compared to this box of dark gold materials, almost all the things that were photographed before were to Fang Senyan, things that could be ignored directly, and all of them could be thrown away at will.
Seeing that everyone was not very interested, Fang Senyan secretly rejoiced that he was going to make a big fortune in silence, it would be best to let it go straight like this, and he was not in a hurry to attract others' attention. Then after the auction is over, I will contact you again, and the five hundred pounds will be finalized.
Seeing that the appearance of this thing also led to a brief silence, no one seemed interested in it, Fang Senyan was secretly happy, and kept praying for the failure of the auction.
However, things in the world often backfire. Just when the auctioneer was drooling and was about to strike the hammer for the third time to announce that the auction had failed, Fernandez suddenly coughed and said:
"Wrap up 1,000 pounds for me. I like these weird things. In addition, it is not easy for McKinney to hold this auction. He can't let him pass the auction and lose money. I have nothing to do with it."
After Fernandez opened his mouth, who knows that the old fox Cottle also smiled and said:
"Oh, I also like to collect these strange things recently, Lord Viscount (Fernandez donated money to a Viscount) let me give it to me. Two thousand pounds."
At this time, Fang Sheyan cried out in his heart, it turns out that these old fritters are so cunning, they all have the same idea of letting them pass the auction, but they are actually very interested! He suddenly sighed deeply, knowing that if he wanted to get this thing, he might have to go through a rather fierce battle, and he might not be able to get it down yet!
"Ten thousand gold pounds"
Just when Sheyan's thoughts were chaotic, a woman's cold voice suddenly sounded. It was the old woman in the red veil who represented the Gypsy. She looked around with a cold feeling in her eyes. Moreover, the sudden increase in the price of this thing from 2,000 pounds to 10,000 pounds also showed her determination to get it!
Seeing that the representatives of the Gypsy people came out, it was almost a silent situation. Obviously, these people were not very sure about the value of this thing, and they didn't want to offend this group of women who were good at divination. But after Fang Senyan saw this thing, he was almost determined to win it, so how could he give up lightly
"Eleven thousand pounds."
"Fifteen thousand pounds! The representative of Gypsy didn't even look at it this time, because she knew that Sheyan would not buy her account, but she did not show any weakness in the bidding, with a calm expression and an indifferent expression."
But looking at Fernandez and Cottle, they were quite calm, feeling that they were just making a start, while the rest of them seemed not interested in the item and did not make a bid.
But Fang Senyan knew that until the moment when the auction hammer fell, it was impossible to see how many real competitors there would be, and what the opponent's psychological reserve price was! Sure enough, before Sheyan could offer an offer, the Arab Wahab started to disrupt the situation again:
"Seventeen thousand pounds!"
The gypsy woman began to tap the table with her fingers anxiously:
"Twenty thousand pounds!"
"Thirty thousand pounds" Sheyan also went all out. Since you are determined to win, then it is time to express your opinion.
The gypsy woman turned her head and looked at Sheyan again, as if she wanted to engrave everything about him in her mind. At this time, she was silent instead, but Wahab showed a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth:
"Forty thousand pounds!"
Sheyan looked at him with disdain, then closed his mouth, and began to drink coffee leisurely. It didn't look like he wanted to increase the price at all. Wahab suddenly felt bad, because the offer just now was just his revenge. To be honest This guy is just an agent, if he takes 40,000 pounds to buy something he doesn't know what to do with, he'll probably be out of pocket! This represents a whole four brand new three-masted battleships!
As time passed, cold sweat broke out on Wahab's forehead, and just when the hammer was about to fall, Sheyan said slowly:
"Forty-five hundred pounds."
Wahab finally wiped off his cold sweat with relief, not daring to play tricks anymore. The auctioneer didn't expect that he, a supporting actor, would actually bid an astonishing price of 40,000 pounds for an item with a reserve price of 1,000 pounds. Immediately, she excitedly made a lot of publicity, hoping to continue to soar high prices, but now the only gypsy woman who wants to compete with Sheyan knows that Sheyan has at least got hundreds of thousands of pounds from the gypsy people, so she weighs After a while it seemed to give up, but in the end Sheyan got the thing.
When the auction hammer fell, Sheyan let out a long breath, feeling relieved. On the other hand, the representatives of the Gypsy people were intercepted by Fang Sheyan twice in a row, and the auctioneer had to go over and say a few nice words to appease them. The woman kept silent, and waved her hand to get them out of the way, but it gave people a strong smell of the city.
After getting the material of the dark gold quality in that box, Sheyan studied it carefully, but all that was displayed? ? ? ... After being able to touch and watch it at close range, Sheyan felt that there was a very strong life force in this thing, and it didn't look like a dead thing at all.
To use an inappropriate analogy, for example, the pork knuckle on the vegetable stand is completely dead when pinched, but if you stretch out your hand to pinch your calf, as long as you make a slight movement, you can feel the strength in it It could explode at any time. At this time, Sheyan held the material of the box, studied it carefully, and finally confirmed that he was completely at a loss about this aspect, so he put it away. He is full of confidence, and he doesn't worry about finding someone who knows the goods.
In the following auction, the 20 cannons mentioned by old McKinney finally appeared, but the auctioneer's rhetoric must be different:
"...Recently, our Port Royal sailors have been victorious in successive battles, so the superiors specially gave them a comprehensive change of equipment to reward the bravery of these good guys. Since it is a change of equipment, of course some of the outdated and old-fashioned equipment that has been replaced cannot be directly dissolved and scrapped. So I took it out in exchange for some military funds.”
However, among the exhibits that were taken out next, without exception, all of them were brand-new and bright cannons, with the nameplate and factory logo of Hamburg on the guns. Those naval guns should be thrown directly into the scrap iron pile.
Many people asked for a one-time direct auction of these twenty cannons, but Old McKinney stubbornly auctioned them one by one. This was not only to maximize the benefits, but also to avoid risks.
If one or two brand-new cannons occasionally appeared on a certain pirate ship, the governor could still find an excuse to say that the pirates smuggled and bought them privately, and this reason is barely justified. But if these twenty brand-new cannons just ordered from Hamburg appear on a ship at the same time, and this ship is not a ship of the British Royal Navy, then even if Norrington uses hemorrhoids to consider the problem, it will not be possible. The only person who knows that he has the ability to do this is Governor Swann.
Soon, the twenty cannons were divided up. Under the competition, they were auctioned for hundreds of thousands of pounds. It is not impossible for Sheyan to get one or two guns among them, but according to his experience, this kind of gun needs at least four guns to play a certain role, and the power of one or two guns can almost be ignored. So simply give up directly.
But then Sheyan made another mistake. He spent 5,000 pounds to buy a lot of standard equipment for sailors, which can be equipped for about a hundred people. The sailors on the two flagships were eliminated! The quality is pretty good though.