As the priest said, the road outside the auction house was full of carriages and crowded with people.
Those blocking the outside were basically mercenaries hired by merchants. They were divided into camps and stood outside the door, glaring at each other with fierce eyes.
If she hadn't known in advance that an auction was being held here, just looking at the number of mercenaries, Ella would have even thought that this was an order of troops before going out for the expedition.
Habiba said that this was because ferocious pirates had recently appeared outside Hamburg. Many wealthy businessmen were afraid to come, and those who dared to come naturally had to bring more people.
There were also some ordinary citizens who came to watch, but most of them were so scared that they lowered their heads and ran away after being stared at by the mercenaries.
Ella and the others did not encounter any obstacles. This was thanks to Ella. A person's birth and family background can be seen from the gestures of his hands and feet.
Entering the venue, it suddenly became empty. This venue was supposed to be used by people in Hamburg when they usually held parliaments. There was a round platform in the middle, surrounded by layers of gradually higher stairs. The entrances and exits were all set up.
Under the stairs, the entire venue can accommodate about a thousand people, but this time there were only about 200 nobles and wealthy businessmen who came. Together with their entourage, they barely occupied half of the venue.
Ella and the others randomly found an open place to sit down, and someone came over to bring her and Gregory a cup of tea. He ignored Habiba and Gottfried. Habiba became anxious when he saw this.
He shouted loudly and asked why he didn't have tea, which attracted everyone's attention.
"Sorry, we don't have any tea for the entourage."
"Follower? Why are your eyes so long? Look at my clothes!"
Habiba pulled off the clothes on his body in an exaggerated manner. In order to get the clothes from Gregory, he and Gottfried ran to the river and brushed each other with a big brush used for bathing pigs.
once.
"Look at my fair and rosy skin again! Does it look like a follower?"
The staff member glanced at Ella awkwardly. Habiba became anxious and shouted again: "Why do you keep looking at her? Look at her clothes. She has several more wrinkles than me. Look again.
Look at me, tsk tsk, how smooth and neat it is!"
The staff member wiped the spit that flew onto his face. Seeing that Ella didn't respond, in order not to cause trouble, he had no choice but to run and bring Habiba a glass of water.
Habiba proudly waved the glass of water in front of Gottfried's eyes: "Apprentice, have you seen this? This is how rights are won!"
A huge roar suddenly sounded in the venue, causing the entire venue to become silent. Four staff members worked together to push an iron cage containing a huge grizzly bear onto the round platform in the middle. The gray bear
The bear was wrapped with countless iron chains, but even so, people still felt that it would break free of the chains and run out of the cage at any time. This made the wealthy businessmen's faces turn blue to a greater or lesser extent.
The auctioneer walked onto the round stage at this time. As an opening, he was very satisfied with the reaction of everyone.
"Welcome everyone! Recently, pirates who are said to be the 'Triumphers' have been wandering around Hamburg. You must have endured a considerable degree of risk to come here today. But the few items auctioned here today are definitely worth it.
Thank you for your contribution! You may already know that in addition to some normal items sent for auction, there will be three unique treasures here today! Those three treasures are all owned by famous collectors and are also the current big market in Lübeck.
The value of these three treasures is such that the city of Hamburg made an exception and allowed the parliament to be used as the auction venue today!"
Ella, the mayor of Lübeck, is an attribute. He is Ella's creditor, and it was he who organized several fleets to go to Gotland to collect debts. Ella heard that it was a treasure sent by the mayor of Lübeck, and couldn't help but curiously asked
Habiba asked: "Three unparalleled treasures? What are they?"
Habiba shook his head in confusion: "I only noticed the book in the corner of the list, and didn't read much else."
On the other side, the auctioneer continued to say on the round stage: "But before those three treasures, let us warm up with some surprising gadgets! The first is this grizzly bear! This is a businessman selling
Tad bought it from the woman suspected of being the 'Triumph'!"
"...Gu???"
Only then did Ella notice that this grizzly bear was the one that Gan gave her. Because Ella disliked it because it ate too much, she sold it to a merchant in Stade for the price of twenty-one Nomis horses.
"This is a rare species that only lives in the cold lands of the north. It must be the first time for many of you to see it!"
The auctioneer excitedly introduced the beast next to him that was much taller than him.
"Everyone, please see clearly that this is not some kind of fur or bear paw, but a living grizzly bear! We have carefully inspected it and there is not even a single wound on its body! Look at this tall and mighty body, look at it again
Such a powerful arm! Even in the pirate kingdom, it is difficult to kill such a beast! Let alone capture it alive! I think only the victor can knock it out with one punch and then imprison it intact.
In the cage!"
"Gu... Listen to this, how did Gan catch it?"
Ella still vaguely remembered that Gan seemed to have planned to train it into a mount.
Ella had also estimated the price of this bear. From the fur to the meat all over the body, if it were sold together, it would be around twenty nommes. But now that she heard what the auctioneer said, she
I feel like I sold it cheaply. Maybe someone will buy it if I bid fifty nomism horses?
Just when she was regretting this, the auctioneer said on the stage: "This is a rare treasure that can only be found. The starting price is - five hundred Nomis horses!"
Ella almost didn't load it from the stand. Five hundred Nomis horses, for an ordinary farmer, it would take two lifetimes to earn. The price of a set of armored holy cavalry in horse and man uniforms under Berengar of the Seven Hills Empire.
It's about fifty Nomis horses. The price of such a beast is twenty-five times higher than Ella expected just because it's alive?
"Five hundred and fifty Nomis horses!" Someone quickly quoted the price without even a trace of hesitation.
"One, suddenly there is an additional heavy cavalry equipment?"
"Six hundred nommes!" Before the man in front could finish his words, someone immediately increased the price.
"Suddenly there is one more????"
Gregory didn't know why Ella was surprised. Logically speaking, a person who could give away a piece of fur casually would not be impressed by the price.
But he didn't know that Ella had never gone shopping in person. When he was in the Qiqiu Empire, there were special ministers to help him take care of things, including finance. When she was in the Pirate Kingdom, she tried to take care of it herself.
, the result was a huge debt of 150,000 Nomisma.
In the end, the grizzly bear was sold for 1,250 Nomis horses.
