I don't want to be king

Chapter 575 Auction

The auction was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites, notarized by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, hosted by Tang Jiyu, the first lawyer of Daliang Kingdom, the tea was sponsored by Tianfu Restaurant, and the lady of etiquette was supported by Chunxianglou.

The Meridian Gate is the main entrance of the imperial palace. There is a red carpet in the middle, and the two sides are full of forbidden soldiers in bright armor. After the bidders hand over the red tickets to the sergeant for inspection, they walk onto the red carpet with their hands behind their backs. In the cheerful music of the singer of Chunxianglou, he went straight to the palace.

There were crowds of onlookers standing outside the red carpet, including Butcher, Li Sanniang and others.

The butcher complained, "If I knew I would spend money to buy a ticket to go in and see the world, this life would not be in vain."

Zhu Rourong snorted coldly, "It's not your fault, I said let's go and have a look, you don't want to part with the 1 taels of silver, it's a waste of money, otherwise I would definitely have gone in."

The butcher said angrily, "You like to watch the excitement, so go, I stopped you?

I just said no, and I didn't say no to you? "

The two complained to each other.

Li Sanniang waved her hands and said, "Stop arguing, this auction will be held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, although the area is large, but it can't handle the crowds, it is said that the [-] tickets in the hall were sold out in less than half an hour.

The 1000 tickets in the square outside the hall, [-] taels each, were gone in less than an hour. You guys, you may not even be able to buy them with money. "

Jiang Butcher said incredulously, "So fast?

This is all taking money and not treating it as money!
Why are you so willing? "

Wang Xiaoshuan on the side curled his lips in disdain and said, "This auction has been in preparation for half a year, and all the wealthy businessmen from Daliang Guoneng have come, and even many pirates from the sea have come.

Who can lose money among these people?

We are the only ones who care about everything for such a small amount of silver. It’s so boring to live. "

The butcher frowned and said, "What is this pirate doing here?"

Wang Xiaoshuan said with a smile, "Of course it's to give money to the prince, and the Holy Lord will bid for lunch, so they may not have a chance.

But there will be a charity auction later, all of which are personal belongings of the Holy Majesty, such as calligraphy, paintings, jade and so on. The most important thing is, whoever wins the first prize can get the calligraphy of us and the prince, which is equivalent to avoiding death Gold medal, and you will be able to be a stable and rich man when you return to land in the future. "

Jiang Tuhu said, "Then this time, the household department will be able to make a fortune just from the entrance fee."

Wang Xiaoshuan pointed to a few sneaky figures in the crowd, and said with a smile, "Not only the household department, but also these patchworkers, they also made a lot of money.

This time the tickets were unregistered, and Wang Xun alone bought 2000 tickets, with a price increase of [-] taels, and sold them out without much effort.

If you want to go in now, there is still time to find a patchwork. "

"Wang Xun bought so much?"

Li Sanniang looked at Wang Xiaoshuan with a very strange look, and said coldly, "You started this business, right?"

Wang Xiaoshuan laughed and said, "Sanniang is still wise."

The butcher's eyes widened and he said, "Little Shuanzi, you bastard is getting bolder and bolder, you dare to do such a thing?"

"I haven't broken the law, what can I not dare to do?"

Wang Xiaoshuan said disdainfully, "When I went to the household department to buy tickets, I asked specifically, you can buy as many tickets as you like, and if you can sell them at a higher price, it's up to you."

"Presumably this is also agreed with the prince, otherwise how could the people from the household department give you the approval."

After Li Sanniang sighed, she reached out to Wang Xiaoshuan and said, "Hurry up, get one for my old lady."

Wang Xiaoshuan said with a playful smile, "Do you want the one inside the hall or outside the hall?"

Li Sanniang said angrily, "Nonsense, of course it's from the palace."

Wang Xiaoshuan smiled and said, "The ones in the middle of the first four rows in the hall, I will charge 3 taels if I sell them to others. We are acquaintances. You can give me 600 taels, the cost price."

Li Sanniang snorted coldly, "Wang Xiaoshuan, you're out of your mind, it's nothing more than earning my mother's money, how dare you earn so much?"

"You have wronged people. The ticket for the first row is 5 taels, the ticket for the second row is 3 taels, the ticket for the third row is 500 taels, and the ticket for the fourth row is 500 taels." , I will give you 600 taels, and you will earn 100 taels, is that much?"

After finishing speaking to Li Sanniang, Wang Xiaoshuan said to Jiang Tuhu, "The 1 taels ticket you mentioned just now is in the fifth row. The farther you go, the cheaper it gets. Like the last row, it only costs 3000 taels. Do you want?

If you want, I will only add 100 taels. "

"It's hard for you to say so much dry-mouthed, it seems that the Ministry of Households has quite a lot of tricks,"

Li Sanniang took out the bank ticket from her pocket and handed it over, "Bring the ticket here."

Wang Xiaoshuan earned her 100 taels of silver, which is really not too much.

Zhu Zhurong gritted his teeth, "I'm going in to join in the fun too, the one in the last row."

After speaking, he looked at General Butcher, "What did you say this time?"

"Go, of course go,"

The butcher took out the bank note without hesitation, threw it to Wang Xiaoshuan and said, "You really made a lot of money this time, let alone a million taels, shall we?"

No matter what business you do, Wang Xiaoshuan's business doesn't make money!

Wang Xiaoshuan smiled and said, "This time it's Wang Xun's principal, so it's not bad if I follow him and drink some soup."

Li Sanniang glared at him and said, "We've known each other for so many years, but you still don't know who you are?

If you just have a sip of soup, why are you working so hard? "

Wang Xiaoshuan said with a sneer, "I've come out of the Beijing camp now, and I don't have much to do to make a living, so why don't I do this? It's better than doing nothing, right?"

"Okay, I won't argue with you anymore."

Li Sanniang found out the small mirror stuffed around her waist, and straightened the broken hair on her forehead in front of the mirror. Just as she was about to step onto the red carpet, she was stopped by Wang Xiaoshuan.

Wang Xiaoshuan said, "Master Li, although you are pretty, but as the old saying goes, a man depends on his clothes, and a horse depends on his saddle. You can't help being underestimated if you enter in this short dress. There is a booth at the corner of Chunxianglou. Helping with makeup and renting clothes, you might as well go and have a look."

Li Sanniang said, "Don't tell me this is your business again?"

Wang Xiaoshuan said with a smile, "I helped Tong Jinhua's business with an idea."

"Wang Xiaoshuan,"

Li Sanniang gritted her teeth and said, "This time I really can't finish with you.

You know that my old lady is a tailor, but you still go to Tong Jinhua, what do you mean? "

Wang Xiaoshuan said indifferently, "You can't earn this money."

Li Sanniang said angrily, "Many of Chunxianglou's clothes are still made from me."

"Then you should know what clothes are in her house, right?

Girls wear silk and satin, and sometimes they don’t wear it once or twice, but now it’s like a new one.”

Wang Xiaoshuan explained, "It just happens to be available for rent. As for your house, there are only sample clothes. I told you, are you willing to take out new clothes?

If you only rent it for one day, you won't get back your money.

Besides, the girl from Chunxianglou is best at dressing up people with rouge and gouache.

Can those female workers in your family still make up for people? "

"Okay, you're right."

Li Sanniang was still aggrieved, but she still followed the direction pointed by Wang Xiaoshuan to apply rouge and change into better clothes.

On the high wall, Lin Yi stood with his hands behind his back, looked at the dense crowd below, and said with emotion, "It's all money."

Dressed in white, the eldest princess stood beside Lin Yi, glanced at him and said, "Are you so short of money?"

"What my aunt said, no one is short of money these days,"

Lin Yi sighed, "It's hard."

The eldest princess snorted coldly, "If you act like this, the court will lose all face. Are you not afraid that the loss outweighs the gain?"

"The most worthless thing for the poor is face. If I don't have money, what should I do with face?"

Lin Yi said indifferently, "Besides, the face of the court is earned by oneself, not by whitewashing, fooling others, fooling oneself, and finally reaping the consequences."

The eldest princess said disdainfully, "Using unreasonable words, if you are poor, I am afraid there will be no rich people in Daliang country."

"This is just a metaphor, do you understand the metaphor?"

Lin Yi turned around and looked at the displeased eldest princess, "Auntie, don't you really know that Tianning Temple is the outer gate of Jizhao Temple?"

"It's not just that I don't know, I'm afraid I don't even know about the two saints, Wen Zhaoyi and the Queen Mother,"

The eldest princess said indifferently, "There is nothing strange about this. Jizhao Nunnery has been established for thousands of years, and there are many secrets."

Lin Yi thought for a while and said, "Why don't my nephew take my aunt to Tianning Temple to visit these two tonight?"

The eldest princess said expressionlessly, "I am glad to see you."

"Then it's settled,"

Lin Yi said to Han Deqing, "Let me pass the order that this king will go to Tianning Temple to eat vegetarian food tonight. I want a place with a radius of ten miles. Not a single mosquito can get in, and not a single fly can get out."

It stands to reason that all you need to do is surround Tianning Temple.

Tianning Temple is located on a high mountain, without a large shield machine, it is basically impossible to have an underground passage to escape.

However, there are still many "unscientific" in feudal society.

Secret passages, underground palaces, and secret chambers seem to be easy to dig out without costing money or effort.

For the sake of safety, the scope of containment should be expanded.

"As ordered."

Han Deqing hurriedly responded.

When the auction was in full swing, the Jingying, Bingmasi, and Tingwei jointly dispatched.

In and out of the city, there was such a sudden commotion, which made many people feel uneasy.

Especially the hundreds of black cannons pulled by horses on the official road. Those who didn't know it thought they were going to go to Saibei again.

Every winter, Wadan people will go south to hunt the grass valley.

The mountains are covered with snow.

Pan Duo looked at the closed gate of Tianning Temple, then turned around to look at the soldiers in black armor, and said to Wei Yishan, the leading general next to him, "In your opinion, will the thieves inside suddenly become violent?" ?”

Wei Yishan shook his head and said, "If they want to come out, they should come out while I'm waiting for the dispatch of troops. Now that I've finished the arrangements, I'm afraid they won't come out."

Pan Duo nodded and said, "What you said is true."

In the evening, the sun set again, the temperature dropped sharply, and the sky blew a strong wind.

When the heavy snow came, many soldiers who were burying pots and cooking were caught off guard.

Lin Yi had a good dinner and drank two glasses of wine, then led the eldest princess and Liu Chaoyuan up the mountain, following the light of the torches that spread all the way down the mountain to the top of the mountain.

"It's dark and the road is slippery, you two have to slow down."

With the support of Yu Shiu and Ah-Dai, Lin Yi staggered as he walked, but he didn't forget to tell the elegant princess and Liu Chaoyuan, "You are old, you can't be brave."

After Liu Chaoyuan heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched unconsciously.

How the hell do you have the face to say such things to a great master?
But he still hugged Fuchen and bowed, "Thank you, my lord, I understand."

The eldest princess snorted directly, and didn't even have the thought of answering.

"Auntie, your temper is bad, you have to change it,"

Lin Yi continued to speak slowly, "My nephew is also kind, why don't you appreciate it.

Also, it is so cold today, and you are not afraid of freezing if you wear such thin clothes. "

It's purely boring, and I always feel uncomfortable if I don't nag a few words.

"The eldest princess is a grand master like me,"

Dumb finally couldn't help but tell the truth!
He knows the truth, why doesn't the prince know?
Their prince is confused today, he might as well be smarter than him!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help showing off triumphantly, "The great master is not affected by cold and heat, is not afraid of the cold, and is not afraid of falling."

"Yes, yes."

Yu Shi followed suit.

After the two finished speaking, the air suddenly became quiet, and all the guards even held their breath.

Yu Shi and Ah-Dai couldn't help but shuddered, and they looked back at the same time, met the manager's cold eyes, and immediately felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

"Ha ha."

The eldest princess finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Maybe,"

Lin Yi's face turned dark, but he still pretended to be magnanimous and said, "Since you can survive the cold and heat, you must have learned about Bigu a long time ago, which is really admirable."

Dumb said, "My lord, Bigu doesn't allow people to eat. I'm not stupid, so I don't want to learn. I'll be so hungry if I don't eat."

"Learning is endless, you have to learn, how can you improve if you don't learn?"

Lin Yi said as he walked, "Starting tomorrow, you will start to learn bigu, and see if you will be hungry if you don't eat for three days.

Xiao Yingzi, you teach them how to practice, remember, don't be too kind, it's all for their own good. "

"Little understands."

Hong Ying agreed with a smile.

Yu Shi and Dumb were stunned.

What are they doing wrong?
On the top of the mountain, the cold is even worse.

Lin Yi wrapped his clothes tightly, put his hands on the blazing fire, and said, "Is there any one with sweet potatoes, roasting sweet potatoes is pretty good."

Zhang Mian immediately said, "My lord, wait a moment."

Lin Yi said while roasting sweet potatoes, "Don't be in a daze, go and call the door, it's not the way to welcome guests to hang me outside."

"Yes!"

The crowd responded with a bang.

The one who came to knock on the door was the newly promoted great master Zhou Jing. He was wearing a brand-new Qianhu uniform and holding a waist knife. After pulling the door knocker symbolically, he said loudly, "The regent is here in person, please hurry up!" Open the door to welcome, don't be negligent!"

After waiting for three breaths, there was no movement at the gate.

He took a step back, according to the rules, at this moment a soldier had to hit the door with a log.

(End of this chapter)