The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 85 Confrontation ([-])

As soon as Jia Lian entered the room, he saw that the room was already full of people.In twos and threes, there was a lot of discussion.

The ones closest to the door are Niu Jizong, Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen and Ma Shangde.Then came shopkeeper Sun from Liansheng Casino, Hu Yidao from Hujia Distillery, shopkeeper Wan from Wanjia Kiln and a group of rich merchants.

Further inside, there is a field of flowers, flowers, willows and greenery. Naturally, there are girls from various brothels in Dajinmen.

The most famous of them are Shen Bingyi from Meiyuelou and Gu Panpan from Yuhualou.There are more than 30 girls together.Chattering, laughing, not knowing what to say.

Near the east, there are dozens of juzi, the younger ones are in their teens and the older ones are in their tens of years, all of them look excited and look forward to it.

The first row in the middle of the front was occupied by five or six people.There is no one else in this row, just their group, a total of seven people.

One looks the oldest, in his 50s and the other in his 30s.The other five are all frail scholars in their teens, who seem to be the sons of some family.

Sitting in the middle is a young man who looks about fifteen or sixteen, but his body looks thinner.No matter how you look at it, they are a bit sissy, without the masculinity of a man.

The rest are some literati wearing Confucian shirts, some are scholars, some are officials.

When Niu Jizong saw Jia Lian, he waved hurriedly and called Jia Lian to come over.

"Brother Lian, it doesn't look good. It seems that you are going to lose."

Jia Lian smiled wryly, shook her head, and sat down nearby.Zhou Rui, Lin Zhixiao and others stood by.

"Second brother Lian, is this a game set up by your mansion to trick us outsiders. I voted for 2000 taels. If it doesn't work out, it will all be folded in. You have to explain to me."

Liu Fang always spoke in a strange way, but now that the situation was not good, she took her anger on Jia Lian.

"Brother Liu, you are wrong to say that. What do you mean by our mansion? What is your 2000 taels? Do you know how much the poor mansion has lost? I really hope it was done by us." Bureau."

Jia Lian was depressed, so he was rude to Liu Fang.

"I'm willing to bet and admit defeat. If you don't have that ability, don't bet. If you don't lose, you can rely on others. Isn't your bus and carriage booming? Why do you care about the money?"

Jia Lian knew that Liu Fang's bus and carriage were in trouble, so he deliberately exposed his shortcomings and vented his dissatisfaction with Liu Fang.

"Okay, okay, they are all my brothers, don't talk about these unhappy things. I would like to admit defeat, we admit it, we admit it. Brother Lian, calm down."

Niu Jizong hurried out to smooth things over.

At this moment, Feng Ziying came to the stage and was about to greet people when she saw the people in the first row below the stage, and she couldn't help being surprised.

How did he come?
Despite being surprised, Feng Ziying quickly calmed down, making quick calculations in her heart.

In the end, it was decided that since the other party deliberately concealed their identity, they must be unwilling to let others know.Therefore, the best way is to play dumb and pretend not to know each other.

Sitting on the stage were Fang Xiucai, Jia Lian, shopkeeper Sun from Liansheng Gambling Shop, and Hu Yidao from Hu's Winery.

Feng Ziying presided over the ceremony and also served as the auctioneer, Fang Xiucai was the representative of Yeduju, and Hu Yidao was the guest of honor.

Jia Lian is a witness, as is Shopkeeper Sun of Liansheng Casino.

According to Jia Min's plan, the process of today's event starts with Ganoderma lucidum.

First of all, the Ganoderma lucidum cultivation room is the closest to the gate and is the first stop after entering the hospital.

Secondly, although Ganoderma lucidum is known as a fairy grass, it is a medicinal material after all, and it is relatively professional. Generally, only people in medicinal material shops are interested in it.Even if it succeeds, the impact on the outside world is not great, and the audience is relatively narrow, making it difficult to attract more attention.

Therefore, take Ganoderma lucidum as the first stop.Even if this stop is less effective, it will not have much impact on the success of the entire event.

The rapid pig raising at the second station and the biogas stove at the third station are also used as foreshadowing. The purpose is to set off the watermelons and apples in the back and push them to the first climax.

This climax, both to shock the minds of the guests, is also a major step in generating revenue.

However, it is over like this, and there is still a feeling that there is still something to say.Therefore, a climax is needed to end.

This climax is this auction, and it is also the biggest highlight of today's event.

It also plays an important role, that is, if the previous watermelon sales are not satisfactory, it is necessary to rely on the last resort to make up the shortfall and make up 5000 taels of silver.

When she first came out of the watermelon garden, Feng Ziying went to Jiaoli's to have a look. She had sold more than 1000 watermelons and received more than 3000 taels of silver.

There are still about a thousand watermelons in the garden, and there are hundreds of people inside, and some people outside are entering in one after another, so there is basically no suspense for the remaining watermelons to be sold for another 2000 taels of silver.

Now the task of this auction is relatively simple, that is to improve the taste of today's event - to add cultural elements to the watermelon, and perfectly combine the watermelon, auspicious and Jia Min's poems.

Not only made a lot of money, but also won a literary name, fame and fortune.

Those who have always looked above the top, after the baptism of Ganoderma lucidum, biogas stove, watermelon and apples, have lost the arrogance they had when they came.

In the melon and orchards, they were more reserved at first.However, after seeing others start picking melons and fruits, especially after seeing the words on the watermelon and apples, they finally lost their composure.

After Zhang Xiucai of Wanping and Lu Jiansheng of Guozijian made the first move, they began to join the buying team.

Those who were rich bought a few watermelons and boxes of apples, and those who had no money also took out a tael of silver and bought an apple with the word "中".

Now, they are all waiting for this final scene.

It is said that this is Jia Min's poem Watermelon.

After the simple opening remarks, Feng Ziying entered the main topic.

"Today's auction is 116 more special watermelons. These 116 watermelons are divided into 2 groups. The first group is 56. There is a word on each watermelon. 56 watermelons form a poem. "

"The second group is 60 watermelons, and each has a word on it. 60 watermelons form a word."

"This poem is the latest masterpiece of Jia Min Jia Siye, the owner of Yeduju. It is a masterpiece on par with "Poppy" and "Midnight Song". Whoever wins these two sets of watermelons will also get the poems. Kill two birds with one stone , excellent value for money."

After Feng Ziying finished speaking, she deliberately paused for a while, and asked the people below to start discussing.Let them digest the news.

After a while, with a wave of Feng Ziying's hand, seven girls from Meiyuelou and Yuhualou, all dressed up enchantingly, came out with a box in their arms.

Put the box on the case and open it, take out the watermelon inside, peel off the wrapping paper, and put the watermelon on the case.Arranged in a row, with a word on each watermelon, it becomes a poem: "Waiting for horseshoes to clear the night moon."

Feng Ziying walked behind the watermelons and motioned everyone to look at the seven watermelons.

Seven watermelons, all square.Standing lined up, full of presence.

"'Waiting to step on the horseshoe to clear the night moon' is the last line of this poem. From this line alone, we can see the extraordinaryness of this poem. As for the remaining seven lines, we will not disclose it for the time being. This right shall be handed over to The final buyer. If he is willing to disclose it to everyone, it is naturally good. If he is not willing to disclose it, he absolutely has the right to keep it secret, and others cannot force it."

"The name of this poem is "Jade House Spring". As you all know, our watermelons are sold for 3 taels of silver each. If this poem is added, the value will be far from 3 taels. However, The purpose of this time is not to make money, so the starting price for this group of watermelons is set at 3 taels of silver each."

"Each poem has seven characters, a total of eight sentences and 56 characters. The starting price is 160 taels, and the price is increased by 20 taels each time. Now the auction starts. 160 eight taels for the first time..."

As soon as Feng Ziying finished speaking, Sun Xiucai from Fengtian raised his placard.

"Okay, 160 eight taels for the first time, okay, that one raised the placard, 180 eight taels for the first time... Okay, this one raised the placard again, two hundred and eighty taels for the first time..."

The second one to raise the placard was Zhang Xiucai of Wanping.The third one to raise a placard was Gu Panpan.

Sun Xiucai, Zhang Xiucai, and Lu Jiansheng were babysitters arranged by Shen Bingyi in advance, in order to play an opening role and drive up the price during the bidding.

In fact, Jia Min's arrangement was somewhat redundant.

As soon as the auction started, the competition started to heat up.At this time, the watermelon itself is not important anymore, and people come here because of this poem.

Seeing people keep raising prices, Jia Lian's heart is filled with mixed feelings.

Not just for these auspicious watermelons, not just for that poem, but also for this way of buying watermelons.

This fourth min, what is his heart, such an idea, can be imagined.

The watermelon itself is enchanting enough, and with the title of his poem, why not sell it for ten taels of silver?
This is simply a replica of the last time Guogong wine was added with Ji Mingluan.

After a few tosses like this, a watermelon that was originally worth a few dollars was suddenly sold to him for about ten taels of silver.

It looks very simple, but others just can't figure it out.

How did you get the words on the watermelon?Other people's watermelons are round, how can his watermelon grow so many shapes?
Are these really auspicious?Is it really God looking after him?
If these are all auspicious, what about the poems?Is it also a dream pen?But he obviously hasn't read the book.Even if you start to read now, it's only been a few days?

To be able to write a peerless masterpiece in just a few days, wouldn't it make scholars all over the world ashamed to death?
Even if you eat arsenic, you won't die, and you can still come out after putting it in a coffin.As soon as he entered the mansion, he beat the third child Huan, and Meng'er prescribed medicine to tell you to find out.The old man told you to punish people, ghosts or ghosts, Baoyu and Brother Rong, this time he told you to punish them again.

Fourth Min, who are you?Why can't anyone figure you out?
This time the old lady went out in person, can she beat you?

(End of this chapter)