Fang Ming knew in his heart that the appraisal experts from the auction house were only confirming the authenticity of the prescription. To put it bluntly, they were confirming the age of the prescription and making sure that the name of the prescription was not modern.
The name of the prescription was determined, and then based on the description of the pill in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, this was what the auction house did.
As for the specific contents of the prescription, no one from the auction house has ever seen it, and the person who put it up for auction cannot let the people at the auction house see it.
The seller was very smart. He just came up with a gimmick like the anti-aging pill. No matter which pharmaceutical company bought it, when they found out that the prescription could not be mass-produced, they could only hold their noses and admit it, because
From the beginning to the end, the seller never said that the prescription could be mass-produced, and the prescription was indeed genuine.
In fact, Fang Ming also knew that these people were shocked for a moment, otherwise they should have discovered something fishy.
Given Cixi's overwhelming power and selfish behavior of daring to use the entire treasury revenue to build a palace for her birthday, if the anti-pigment pill was so easy to develop, how could she just take a dozen pills and give up.
With the skills of the imperial doctors at that time, as long as there were pills, how could they not guess the ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine contained in the pills?
The reason why it cannot be developed is because the required medicinal materials are too difficult to find.
As for the location of the village that Li Shizhen visited, Fang Ming also recorded it in more detail in a medical book in his master's collection. It was an island in the South China Sea and it was isolated from the world.
Villagers on the island occasionally find black pearls among the scallops they salvage, but because of their isolation from the world, they don't know how precious black pearls are, and they don't know that they can be exchanged for countless silver coins by taking them to the mainland.
One hundred and fifty million.
One hundred and eighty million.
In the venue, the bidding price for the anti-aging pill prescription was still increasing crazily. Fang Ming glanced at Ling Chuchu and asked, "Do you want to cheat Chun Tang?"
"What do you mean?"
"Just put up a sign and call for 300 million, and then let Huichun Hall take over."
Fang Ming had a playful smile on his face. If the price went down so slowly, Huang Pengqian might react, and Guangniantang's delay in quoting would also make the other party suspicious.
"But what if the other party doesn't increase the price?" Ling Chuchu was a little worried. If the other party didn't increase the price and spent 300 million to buy a prescription that couldn't be mass-produced, then Guangniantang would suffer a big loss.
"Then keep it for Aunt Ling and yourself. Although these medicinal materials are rare, it should be possible to develop seven or eight pills."
Fang Ming's answer left Ling Chuchu speechless, and then she rolled her eyes, but she had to say that Fang Ming's proposal made her heart move.
"You said you look like a harmless person, why are you so evil-hearted?"
This time it was Fang Ming's turn to roll his eyes. Is he evil-hearted?
He could only tell from his appearance that Huang Pengqian was an extremely narrow-minded person, and he had already resented him for meeting him at the auction.
Moreover, he is a wizard, and wizards have the dignity of a wizard. Huang Pengfei's behavior a few days ago represented a provocation to him, and now he is just retaliating.
"Auction teacher, it's too troublesome to increase the price like this. I, Guangniantang, are willing to bid 300 million."
Ling Chuchu finally stood up. She decided to do as Fang Ming said. After saying this, she looked at Huichun Hall with provocative eyes.
The auctioneer was stunned for a moment and did not object, because this was not a very formal auction in the first place, and their auction house did not receive any commission from this auction. Otherwise, when Huang Pengqian originally called for five million, he would have
I won't agree.
It’s from Guangniantang again!
The crowd was almost numb. In this auction, people from Guangniantang acted as spoilers almost every time, starting with Ganoderma lucidum, then with Snow lotus seeds, and now with this prescription.
"Brother, the people from Guangniang Hall have gone too far to bully others. If this prescription is distributed by Guangniang Hall, our Huichun Hall will not only lose face, but it will also be more likely that Guangniang Hall will use the prescription to invade our south.
’s territory.”
"I said, I don't need you to teach me."
Huang Pengqian glared at his brother and stood up. Three hundred million was indeed a bit more than he expected. His estimated price should be around two hundred million.
But now Ling Chuchu has forced him to a dead end, either giving up or offering a high price, because he knows that even if he offers another 10 million, the other party will not give up.
After all, Ling Chuchu shouted out a price of 300 million, indicating that this was not the highest estimated price of their Guangniantang.
After pondering for a few seconds, Huang Pengqian also had a crazy look in his eyes. His external image has always been that of a humble and courteous gentleman, but a gentleman will inevitably give people the feeling of lacking courage.
"Three hundred and fifty million, this is my Huichun Hall's offer."
Huang Pengqian raised his card, and he did not say "I will give up if the price exceeds this price", although this price was already the limit in his heart.
Ling Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief, and a relieved smile appeared on her face after hearing Huang Pengqian's quotation. Let alone an increase of 40 million, even if Huang Pengqian only increased the lowest price by 1 million, she would not follow the price again.
Three hundred million, use three hundred million to deceive others, and you will probably be deceived yourself. Even the children of a big family like Ling Chuchu find it difficult to control their heartbeat.
Ling Chuchu gave up, and several other pharmaceutical companies did not increase their prices. In fact, they gave up when Ling Chuchu called out the price of 300 million.
"Congratulations to Huichun Tang for getting this precious prescription. Now I announce that this auction is over. Friends who have bought their favorite medicinal materials in the auction are asked to follow the staff to the backstage to collect the medicinal materials."
These were the last words of the auctioneer. Of course, another meaning of receiving medicinal materials is payment.
"Brother, this prescription is finally in our hands. No matter how arrogant the people in Guangniantang are, they still can't defeat us."
Huang Pengfei was very happy, as if he had won a victory. However, Huang Pengqian frowned at this moment because he always felt that there were some details that he had overlooked.
This feeling made him feel vaguely uneasy.
"Maybe I'm overthinking it."
Shaking his head to put this uneasiness behind him, Huang Pengqian led people towards the backstage. There were a total of forty auction items in the entire auction, so there were not many people backstage.
But no matter what, Huang Pengqian attracted the most attention. At first, everyone thought that the 15 million snow lotus seeds should be the top seller today, but they did not expect that in the end, a prescription with a sky-high price of 350 million was sold.
"Master Huang, congratulations to you."
The staff of the auction house also greeted him with a smile and took Huang Pengqian to transfer money. At the same time, Fang Ming happened to be paying money here.
"Friend, I am very interested in those strange medicinal materials. If you are willing to sell this Ganoderma lucidum now, I can give you another one million."
Huang Pengqian looked at Fang Ming while transferring money, but Fang Ming just smiled and didn't pay attention to him at all.
"Hmph, why are you so proud? You just spent five million to buy a dragon coffin fungus. Although there are few of these things on the market, they only cost a million."
Huang Pengqian on the side spoke. He had just asked the medicine expert next to him. According to what the other party said, such a large blood Ganoderma most likely grew on the coffin in the cemetery, because only the Ganoderma on the coffin could grow to such a large size.
Rather than being picked in advance.
This type of Ganoderma lucidum is called Dragon Coffin Fungus. Although it is old enough, if the deceased was suffering from tuberculosis or the like before his death, Ganoderma lucidum not only does not have much medicinal effect, but may also be poisonous, and ordinary people would not dare to eat it.
"Oh, it's just a million. That's better than some people spending more than 300 million to buy a prescription that can't be developed. Oh, by the way, maybe you can use this to deceive some girls. I think there will be many girls.
The child was fooled.”
Hua Mingming, who came in with Fang Ming, did not hesitate to fight back. He had also heard the previous conversation between Fang Ming and Ling Chuchu, and knew that this prescription was a trap.
And when he said this, he specifically looked at the payment window. The computer inside showed that Huang Pengqian had paid successfully. In other words, the 350 million had already been paid out and it was impossible to get it back.
.
Since the other party had paid the money and he couldn't stand Huang Pengfei's arrogance, he just told the truth.
Dese, I didn’t know that I was tricked by someone.
"What did you say?"
Huang Pengfei made a move to catch Hua Mingming, but Hua Mingming was not afraid. Everyone was a dandy, so who was afraid of whom? At worst, he would just take out the big bird.
"Shut up."
Huang Pengqian glanced at his brother coldly and ignored Huang Pengqian. Instead, he picked up the prescription handed over by the staff. The prescription was placed in a box with a seal on it. This seal was affixed by the seller and the auction house at the same time.
Yes, to ensure that the prescription has not been seen by a second person.
He quickly tore off the seal, opened the box and picked up the prescription inside. However, when his eyes scanned the handwriting on the prescription, Huang Pengqian suddenly staggered a few times, his whole face turned red instantly, and the next moment, a mouthful of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
"Fuck, you're bleeding. Don't rely on us. You sprayed it yourself."
Hua Mingming took a few steps back. Huang Pengfei saw his brother vomiting blood and quickly helped him, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Huang Pengfei's shouting attracted the attention of others, and many people gathered around with curiosity when they saw the bloodshot eyes at the corner of Huang Pengqian's mouth. They didn't know what happened?
What could make the young master of Huichun Hall so angry that he vomits blood?
"Fang Ming, let's go. This matter has nothing to do with us anyway. He vomited blood on his own."
Hua Mingming wanted to run away, but Huang Pengqian looked up at this moment, a look of resentment appeared on his handsome face, and the next moment he shouted: "You Guangniantang conspired with others to use this insidious villain trick to trick me into Huichuntang.
Don’t you, Guangniantang, have any etiquette, justice or shame?”
The sound was so loud that it spread throughout the backstage, causing Fang Ming, who was about to leave, to stop and look at Huang Pengqian, coldly without any emotion.