After a long time, the three finally got rid of the entanglement of the bones and came to a small town.
The bearded man randomly picked up a passerby, and after asking, he learned that this place is called Qingfeng Town, which is very close to the border. Wu Zheng lazily led the horse, and the three of them entered the town.
Xiaohua first looked around, and then said: "Let's find a place to rest first. We are not in a hurry while we are on our way."
After Wu Zheng heard this, he nodded and said, "That's good, let's get some food by the way."
Xiaohua was helpless and thought that you could eat too. However, he did not have an attack and wandered staggeringly on the street. Xiaohua actually enjoyed this kind of shopping feeling, maybe because in Beiliang City, everyone was excited when they saw him.
Like the god of plague, that’s why people who are close to the people today are particularly precious.
The town is not big, and after asking around, we also learned the location of the only inn in the town. When a few of us arrived, it was already evening.
When we entered, the boss began to look at us. He was a middle-aged man with a mustache. He looked like a profiteer. This was Wu Zheng's first impression.
"Is it objectively a hotel?" The boss was very smart and greeted us with a smile when he came up.
"Stay in the hotel." Xiaohua said, and then pointed to the two horses at the door, "Tie up our horses." The boss nodded hurriedly, and then went to instruct the work.
"Can I have something to eat objectively?"
"Eat meat." Wu Zheng became interested and spoke first before Xiaohua could answer.
After hearing this, a smile flashed across the boss's face. He said slightly embarrassed, "It's objective and straightforward, so I'll prepare now." After saying that, the boss withdrew.
Wu Zheng and Xiaohua were sitting on the bench. There were many guests at this time, and they were drinking vigorously. Xiaohua overheard that they were all talking about the same thing.
"Hey, did you hear that the trading house is going to hold an auction this time?"
"Hey, I heard that there is an extremely valuable necklace to be auctioned."
"Isn't that right? It would be great if we could also control the eyes."
"Just you? I think you are a toad who wants to eat swan meat."
Xiaohua couldn't help but become interested while listening to the discussion of several people. He leaned over and asked cheerfully: "Brothers, I wonder what is going on with this auction?"
"You are new here," one of them said bluntly.
"Exactly." Xiaohua was not angry, she was still laughing and joking.
"The auction is scheduled for tomorrow at Liu's Trading Company." The man explained while eating meat.
"Mr. Liu?" Xiaohua couldn't help but frowned. He had heard his father talk about it before. Liu Haifeng was an upright and upright person who had never taken bribes. However, he was able to sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, which shows that he has many people behind his backstage.
How hard.
It is said that Liu Haifeng's family background is very profound. His ancestors were famous landowners and gentry, and they also opened many business firms, almost all over Beiliang City.
Of course, their scale cannot be compared with Huajia Trading Company, but it is not impossible to compete on equal terms.
Xiaohua couldn't help but sneer in her heart, this old guy actually reached out so far. He was so rich, but he still had to pick his way through life. He really took stinginess to the extreme.
Wu Zheng was waiting impatiently.
He began to urge: "Boss, serve the food!"
"Here we come." As he said this, a worker came over with a plate full of meat.
Xiaohua also sat back in his seat at this time. He glanced at Wu Zheng who was eating deliciously, and then decided to discuss it with the bearded man. So Xiaohua said, "Should we go and have a look tomorrow?"
"You want to buy something?" The bearded man's head is straighter and his speech is direct.
"Whatever." Wu Zheng muttered as he stuffed the piece of meat into his mouth.
Xiaohua ignored Wu Zheng, after all, his opinion was not very important. So he continued to say to the bearded man: "It's not that I want to buy anything, I just want to take a look."
"It's all up to you, Sajia just follows you." The bearded man grinned and patted Xiaohua on the shoulder.
After hearing this, Xiaohua finally felt relieved. It didn't matter whether Wu Zhengtong disagreed. What was important was that Big Beard cooperated, so that would be no problem. After all, Xiaohua would have to rely on him to go to the far south!
Speaking of the extreme south, Xiaohua couldn't help but think of Luochen and her tigress, and didn't know where they were or what they were doing at the moment.
At night, Xiaohua was lying on the bed counting money. He didn't have many banknotes with him, and he didn't know if it was enough.
Wu Zheng was not sleepy at this moment. He came forward and said with a smile: "How about counting the money?"
Xiaohua glanced at the other party first, and then said: "Do you still have money on you?"
"What?" Wu Zheng was stunned for a moment and asked me for money. Are you kidding? Wu Zheng spread his hands and then said: "You are a rich man, how can you ask a homeless kid like me for money?"
"Don't talk nonsense, you don't have any?" Xiaohua pretended to fight me. To deal with me, there are only three methods: beating, lying and inducement.
"One more thing." Wu Zheng said with difficulty, then grabbed his shoes and took out a banknote from inside.
Xiaohua pinched her nose in disgust, then waved her hand and said, "Okay, you can keep it, I don't want it anymore." She said yes, but she didn't forget to fan herself, for fear of blowing away the stench.
On the second day, the sun shone through the window paper. Wu Zheng stretched and then slowly went downstairs. Xiaohua and Big Beard were already sitting downstairs early, eating breakfast deliciously.
Wu Zheng snorted and hurriedly rushed over and said, "Why didn't you two wait for me? You're already eating it."
"Who told you that you couldn't get up by yourself?" Xiaohua curled her lips. He deliberately didn't call him Wu Zheng.
After eating, Wu Zheng was still a little hungry, but Xiaohua said: "You shouldn't eat too much for breakfast. Eating less will be good for your health."
Wu Zheng didn't know where Xiaohua got the theory from, but it sounded very mysterious, and he was deceived into believing it in the end.
The three of them arrived at the Chamber of Commerce. The place was already crowded with people. However, there were several bodyguards arranged at the door, all of them tall and round. This kind of position does not actually require high levels of cultivation.
, the most important thing is to be scary-looking.
When Wu Zheng and others entered the venue, they actually paid a lot of silver, which was enough for each person, which was enough. It was not too shameful. Moreover, this was only the price for those who were preparing for the auction. In addition to those of them who were auctioning, there were also
There are many audiences.
Compared to Wu Zheng and the other three, they had much less money. They only needed one tael of silver per person to enter the auditorium and watch the entire auction process.
This kind of
The operation made Xiaohua dumbfounded. This Liu Pifu is really good at making money. He has come up with such marketing methods. And the most unbelievable thing is that there are so many people who are endlessly enjoying it, which is simply crazy.
Wu Zheng and others were taken to a private room in order not to reveal everyone's information. Wu Zheng waited for the waiter to leave, then sat down and started to eat snacks. He had not eaten enough in the morning. How could he endure the snacks now?
Liveable.
However, this is not the most embarrassing thing. The most embarrassing thing is that after Wu Zheng finished eating, he wanted to have another plate. Fortunately, Xiaohua was a shameless person, so he promised to go back and supply Wu Zheng with a plate of meat, and then he
The glutton in his stomach was suppressed.
There was still some time before the auction started, and Xiaohua was sorting out the silver notes on her body. Later, a maid took away her silver notes and used them as collateral. The advantage of this approach is that if you can't spend all the money, you can return it.
, and you will not encounter random quotations.
In fact, he himself didn't quite understand why he came to this auction, but when he heard about the necklace, his heart couldn't stop beating. He couldn't explain this feeling, and he couldn't figure it out. There was something strange about it.
If you can't get the necklace, you will feel very uncomfortable.
In the trading house, there was a lot of noise and people. But suddenly, a heavy sound of falling hammer resounded throughout the whole trading house. Then, an old man appeared in front of everyone. Xiaohua stood upstairs and looked down from above.
, very clear.
When everyone heard the sound of the hammer, they all stopped talking and sat down to wait for the auction to begin.
Immediately afterwards, the old man began to introduce himself and talked a lot of useless nonsense, which made Wu Zheng's ears almost grow calluses. After saying a lot of lines that he had memorized in advance, he finally entered
Main topic.
"Today, we are holding a grand auction here. We hope that all the auctioneers will spare no expense and do your best." After saying that, he raised his hand and said, "Here is our first auction item."
As the man finished speaking, a maid slowly walked out carrying a box. Then, the box was opened, and a sword appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The audience who saw this scene screamed. However, in fact, the knife may not be that good. But for the audience, it is normal for them to shout when seeing such a scene. And the trading company itself also likes this kind of sharpness.
Yelling, this will virtually increase the value of the auction and make people lose their rational judgment.
Ever since, the bidding started. There are no rules in the auction, you just need to shout the price loudly. Xiaohua is not very interested in the weapon. He has seen too many such things, and their Hua family has many
The thing is, it's just harder than ordinary weapons, and it's far from being a magical weapon.
But just because Xiaohua doesn't like it, it doesn't mean that everyone doesn't like it. This auction is not only for auctioning things, but it's also a way to show off and display one's financial resources.
No, as soon as the auction item appeared, there were countless voices.
"I'll pay ten taels."
"I'll pay twenty taels."
"Forty taels."
"One hundred taels."......
At first, every time a price sounded, it would be overturned immediately. But later, this trend became less and less obvious, until finally, there was only one voice left: "Four hundred taels."
When the price reached this point, no one spoke anymore. Xiaohua couldn't help but shudder. She didn't know whose young master was the one who suffered a big loss and was taken advantage of!