Hua Nuan, who was standing behind Ding Kui and Kong Ren, moved his lips, and the shape of his mouth seemed to say, "You think I am a dead person." 』Ω
Of course, the people around Ding Kui had seen mahjong before. They were the first ones to learn how to play mahjong. Jiang Li, Jiang Xi, and Long Tan were the second group.
"Fire Jade, it feels good, how do you play it?" This is the first time Kong Ren has seen a game with so many cards.
"I'll tell you when Long Shuang comes, let's recognize these cards first." Ding Kui didn't bother to eat and started teaching Kong Ren how to recognize the cards.
At this time, He Guangsheng brought Long Shuang to the VIP room, and Ding Kui's friends arrived.
Long Shuang was not as interested in Mahjong as Kong Ren was. In his world, there was only cultivation. However, because of Ding Kui's face, he patiently listened and listened to Ding Kui's detailed explanation of how to play Mahjong.
"There are a lot of changes in the total of one hundred and thirty-six cards. It is difficult to repeat the exact same game. It is much more complicated than I imagined." Kong Ren prides himself on being knowledgeable and proficient in various chess and card games. This is the first time he came into contact with it.
Mahjong seems difficult to get started with.
"It also depends on luck. I don't like things that I can't control." To put it bluntly, Long Shuang hates the feeling of losing.
"This thing is made to entertain people. It is not good for a few friends to sit and chat together or go to romantic places. People must have some color in life." Ding Kui started to use deception again.
"Live with color." Hua Nuan read softly, and was accidentally attracted by Ding Kui's fresh vocabulary.
There were few people in the room, so Ding Kui simply asked all the guards and entourage to sit in. According to him, it made the atmosphere more lively.
Yea, the door opened, and Yang Mian walked in with Fan Jun, Bao Lei and Mu Ran.
"There are many friends here today. I apologize for not being able to say hello to you in time, Yang. I apologize." Yang Mian gestured as soon as he came in.
Ding Kui, Kong Ren and Long Shuang stood up to greet the four new arrivals.
"Brother Yang's warm invitation is enough to show his sincerity. Today is full of guests, so don't worry about us. If the place is not too small, I should let Brother Yang greet his friends." Ding Kui pulled Yang Mian to sit at the head of the table.
"The prince-in-law still has a way. It is extremely difficult to get a VIP room for the five-year small feedback from the Lu Chamber of Commerce. I am jealous. But as you said, the room cannot accommodate a few people. It is not suitable for anyone without it. There is a lobby in the lobby.
The good thing is that it's spacious enough." Yang Mian resolutely refused to take the main seat and just sat down next to Ding Kui.
"Brother Yang treats everyone equally and will not treat friends differently because of their status. I can't find anyone else in the capital who is so interesting." Fan Jun patted Yang Mian's ass slightly.
Fan Jun, Bao Lei and Mu Ran were at the same time as Ding Kui. It was necessary for them to come up to greet Yang Mian. It was not that they envied Ding Kui for having a VIP room.
With a few more people, the topic is still focused on mahjong. Yang Mian is the most interested in it. I am worried that the organized activities are a bit monotonous. One more entertainment can make the activities much richer.
Dang-dang-dang, three gongs sounded from downstairs.
Yang Mian stood up and said: "Brother Ding, I will pay you a visit some day. The auction is about to start. I'll go down first."
Fan Jun, Bao Lei and Mu Ran also followed Yang Mian back to the hall.
"Ding Kui, I don't care what you buy for the eldest princess, my sister-in-law must have it." Long Shuang is very protective of the family.
Hua Nuan, who ran to the window again to watch, raised his ears and listened carefully to Ding Kui's answer.
"All, all. Your Majesty Taiwei gave me five years' salary in one go. Can you use these five hundred thousand gold coins to buy gifts for the eldest princess and Long Yan?" At this time, Ding Kui did not complain about anything and was very generous.
Shoot five cards worth 100,000 gold coins.
"My monthly salary is five gold coins. If I don't eat or drink, I would have to work for 100,000 months to earn that much money." Hua Nuan counted on his fingers.
He may have never done anything or made any money before, so he didn't ask for income when he applied for the job with Ding Kui. Now he realizes that the gap is a bit big compared to Ding Kui.
"Brother Hua, how can you compare your monthly income with that of the young master? Ordinary people only spend about five gold coins a year, but you spend one month more than others for a year." He Guangsheng said in Hua Nuan's ear.
"It only costs five gold coins a year!" Hua Nuan couldn't believe it.
"No, the young master can make money, but there are also many places to spend money. The old house has four squadrons of guards like you. Even if each person has five gold coins a month, that is two thousand gold coins, which is more than 20,000 a year.
, and there are servants and maids." He Guangsheng felt that he was more sensible than Hua Nuan.
"Two thousand a month for four squadrons. Wow, how much does a division cost?" Hua Nuan's fingers were not enough.
"Fifty thousand." He Guangsheng calculated it all at once, "Who has so many guards?"
"Well, I heard that the emperor of the Northern Empire had a division of imperial guards." Hua Nuan realized that he had said a bit too much.
Dong-dong-dong, a burst of intensive drumbeats beat, and a middle-aged man with a short beard walked onto the auction stage.
"Dear guests and friends, Lu Bu would like to thank you all for coming." The middle-aged man looked majestic but his voice was very gentle.
Poof, the glass of wine he had just poured into his mouth was sprayed out by Ding Kui, and it almost hit Long Shuang next to him. Long Shuang immediately did a backflip to avoid it.
"What's wrong with you?" Long Shuang and Kong Ren asked together.
"Hmm, it's nothing." Ding Kui took the handkerchief handed over by Hua Nuan, wiped the traces of wine from his mouth, and put the handkerchief into his pocket, "This person has the same name as Grandpa Qian, and I suddenly felt a little funny."
Hua Nuan glanced at Ding Kui's trouser pocket and finally chose to shut his mouth.
"This is your first time at the auction, so you don't know him. Lu Bu has been the chief auctioneer of the Lu Chamber of Commerce for more than ten years, and the regulars here are all familiar with it." Kong Ren didn't think it was funny, but he still explained to Ding Kui out of habit.
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Lu Bu didn't know about the episode in the VIP room upstairs and continued to stand on the auction stage and said: "I believe everyone is familiar with the rules of the auction, but to take care of the new friends, I will tell you more.
There will be a bidding clerk at every table in the hall and in every room upstairs. They will help you bid for something, and when you successfully bid for something, they will guide you to complete the transaction.
Each auction item will have a reserve price and a minimum markup. Everyone can bid enthusiastically before I sound the transaction gong. Once the transaction gong sounds, subsequent bids are invalid. If you are interested, you should act in time, don't wait.
The gong is ringing.
Before the auction begins, I will display and introduce the auction items. Anyone who feels that my introduction is not detailed enough can ask questions immediately. Once the bidding starts, they are not allowed to question it. Once the gong sounds, the chamber will not refund the money.
There is a one-hour rest period before the end of the auction, and the delivery of all auction items will be completed during the rest period. If a buyer is careless and does not bring enough money, the items he bids will be recovered and entered into the final cash auction.
The final cash auction is simple. When bidding, everyone presents the corresponding cash and gold coin card or collateral recognized by the Chamber of Commerce. The highest bidder will deliver the money in public, so you'd better check your wallet now."
"Huh?" Ding Kui thought there was a problem after hearing this, "What if someone makes a malicious bid and deliberately lets a certain auction item enter the cash auction, but the person who wants to buy it doesn't want to show up?"
At this time, Dong Song happened to walk into the room and replied: "Dignified guests can approach the deacons of the Chamber of Commerce during the break and ask us to bid on our behalf. Other guests do not have this privilege."
"Haha, it's interesting to be a distinguished guest of the Lu Chamber of Commerce." Ding Kui was satisfied with Dong Song's answer.
The Lu Chamber of Commerce's annual auctions have been held countless times, too many times to remember. There are basically no loopholes in the auction process.
"Okay, I would like to announce that the auction has officially begun!" Lu Bu picked up a small gavel and sounded the transaction gong with a "bang" sound.
“Today’s auction item No. 1 comes from the ‘Wind Snow Forest’ in the northern part of Lu State. It is the core of a thousand-year-old cedar tree.”
Lu Bu signaled his two beautiful assistants to open a rectangular jade box and took out a reddish-brown round wooden stick.
"Wind cedar is a specialty of the wind and snow forest. After thousands of years of felling, wind cedar trees that are over a thousand years old are very rare. I don't need to explain its functions. Anyone who buys it can regard it as a treasure for their house."
A beautiful woman held the log stick in front of her chest and stood next to Lu Bu.
"The base price of auction item No. 1 is one million gold coins, and each increase in price must not be less than 50,000. Who has any questions?"
Lu Bu gave time for the buyers to come forward and view the auction items at close range to identify the authenticity of the auction items.
"Okay, no problem then let's start bidding!"
"One million!" shouted the waiter at the table closest to Lu Bu.
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"Start pulling, start pulling."
Tantai Xiu, Tantai Jin, Nangong Pin and Linghu Yu gathered in the VIP room No. 2. This room was reserved in the name of Princess Tantai. It was more than twice the size of Ding Kui's room No. 11. If it weren't for
The eldest princess’s mother-in-law, they may never be able to enter the VIP room No. 2 in this life.
Linghu Yu looked at the No. 1 auction item below with great interest.
"Don't look at it. The base price is only one million gold coins, so a country guy can't afford it, and together we don't have that much money." Tantai Jin said lazily, unable to get excited about such a large auction.
Tantai Xiu and Nangong Pin believed her words deeply.
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Ding Kui in Room 11 asked Dong Song: "People in the lobby can get close to see the auction items, but the VIP room is a bit far away. Wouldn't it be a disadvantage?"
"Haha, sir, if you like it, you can order someone to pick it up. The same goes for other VIPs. If multiple VIPs like it at the same time, the order of inspection will be based on the order of room numbers. Your room No. 11 will be the 11th one.
." Dong Song will stay in Room 11 today.
"Though thousand-year-old cedar tree core is good, it is mostly used on the elderly and is harmful to young people whose bones and meridians are not yet established. Master, it is useless no matter how carefully you look." Hua Nuan was afraid that his master would not understand.
Kong Ren glanced at Hua Nuan in surprise, wondering that this guard with ordinary appearance and strength could actually understand such a precious object.
"Oh, his parents often go overseas for business and know more about valuables than I do." Ding Kui saw the doubts in Kong Ren's mind and explained to Hua Nuan.