Datang romantic little landlord

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After inspecting the auction house, Li Wangyou and Su Changqing's parents-in-law were very satisfied, so they set a time for the opening.

And today is the time to verify the results of Fatty Qiu Kun's months of hard work.

"Thank you for coming to Sufujiade Auction House recently! You may not be clear, what is an auction house? What services can an auction house provide for you? I will be bold today and explain to you..."

Fatty's eloquence is also excellent, and in a few words, he explained clearly what the auction house does.

To put it simply, the auction house is just an intermediary. It is entrusted by the customer to auction the goods, and the highest bidder wins, and the auction house gets commission from the customer.

In fact, the Tang people are no strangers to intermediaries.

Yaren is the person who matches buyers and sellers in order to obtain commissions.

"The Yaman solicits sales, negotiates prices, the government negotiates with the merchants, and sometimes the Yaman comes forward." That's what it means.

But for the wealthy families and noble officials in Chang'an City, if they need to sell some valuable things, looking for Yaren is not suitable.

After all, everyone has status and status. It would be too embarrassing to spread the word about looking for Yaren in order to sell something.

But this auction house is a good choice.

Since it doesn't hurt one's face, and there are many people bidding, the price can be higher than that of the dentist.

All the guests couldn't help discussing in a low voice, thinking that the auction house was interesting.

"My lords, today is the first auction of our Sufujiade Auction House. All the items are provided by the Duke of Fufeng County and His Majesty. I'm sorry to let you know what the specific items are, and you will know when you look at them later. You will not be disappointed..."

Before Qiu Kun could finish his words, Cheng Yaojin became impatient, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Chief Chou, stop talking nonsense, what good things are there for auction today, hurry up and bring them out! Straight mother thief, Zi is worried about that kid's things, and still wants me to give you money?"

Li Wangyou was in the box, so angry by the old hooligan's words, he almost wanted to order someone to throw the old hooligan out, it was really shameless!

Li Er laughed happily, making Li Wangyou really want to ask Li Er, did you forget that the auction house has half of you!

Qiu Kun was not annoyed, and smiled and bowed to Cheng Yaojin: "Since Lu Guogong said so, I will start the auction immediately. Today's first auction is..."

965 Wan Gu Qin Shi Mirror

"Today's first lot is a treasure made by Duke Fufeng himself. As for what it is, you don't need to say too much, you will know it at a glance!" wave.

A huge object as tall as a person, covered with red silk, was carefully pushed to the front of the stage by several maidservants.

Hearing that this object was made by Li Wangyou himself, everyone couldn't help being curious.

Even though the aristocratic family and Li Wangyou had never dealt with each other, they still looked forward to the good things that Li Wangyou produced, and all cast their curious eyes on the auction stage.

"Qiu Kun, what are you fussing about? Hurry up and take off the red silk, and let me see that Ziyou kid, what good things did you come up with?" Cheng Yaojin shouted impatiently again.

Qiu Kun originally wanted to show off again, but being squeezed by the old hooligan, he could only smile helplessly, and stretched out his hand to tear off the red silk.

When the object under the red silk revealed its true appearance, there was a burst of exclamation in the huge auction hall.

Especially those ladies, they even let out ear-piercing screams.

What was displayed in front of everyone was a gigantic mirror that was as brilliant as ingots and shining brightly...

Ever since he invented glass, especially flat glass, the first thing Li Wangyou thought of was to make mirrors.

On Li Er's birthday, Li Wangyou gave him a copper-cast and silver-plated mirror, which shocked the eyes of all civil and military officials.

Silver-plated copper mirrors are clear, but compared with mirrors made of glass, they are very different.

To make an inappropriate analogy, if the effect of the ordinary bronze mirror of Datang is a 480P video image, Li Wangyou's copper-cast and silver-plated mirror has the effect of 720P.

As for the glass mirror, that is the Blu-ray HD version.

After Li Wangyou made the copper-cast and silver-plated mirror, he joined hands with Empress Changsun to make and sell this kind of bronze mirror.

The copper-cast and silver-plated mirrors sold on the market today are not large in size, one foot square, and the price is about [-] yuan, which is considered a high-end luxury.

Most of the guests who came to the auction today bought copper-cast and silver-plated mirrors in Fuzhong, which contributed a lot of proceeds to Li Wangyou and Li Er's small coffers.

As for the mirror as tall as a person, in the whole world, there was only the side dedicated to Li Er by Li Wangyou.

The guests present are all people who know the goods, and they can tell at a glance that the mirror in front of them is clearer and brighter than the one they saw in the Tai Chi Hall.

As for those noble ladies, it was the first time they saw such a huge mirror, and they were all so excited that they couldn't control themselves.

Many ladies didn't even care about losing their appearance, and ran to the front of the mirror with the corners of their skirts, looking left and right to look in the mirror.

In order to compete for the position of looking in the mirror, several noble ladies even made a noise regardless of their dignity.

In the auction hall, it became extremely chaotic for a while, as noisy as a market.

In the private room, Li Er looked dumbfounded at the crazy crowd below, and couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly: "Ziyou, when did you make this mirror? Even seeing it makes my heart flutter!"

Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang were even more annoyed, glaring at Li Wangyou with dissatisfaction: "Ziyou, why do you want to auction off such a good thing? Are you afraid that your aunt won't be able to give you copper coins? No, this mirror Can’t sell it! My aunt bought it!”

Li Wangyou was also a little dumb. He didn't expect that just a dressing mirror would make the eldest grandson Empress and the always gentle Concubine Yang lose their composure like this.

He hurriedly explained: "Aunts, what are you talking about? This mirror is just an ordinary mirror, and my nephew will take it out for auction to fool those who don't know the goods. A better mirror, my nephew has already prepared, When I turn back, I will send someone to the palace to ensure that my aunts are satisfied. How dare my nephew accept money from my aunts, isn't that a slap in the face of my nephew?"

After hearing his explanation, Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang nodded in satisfaction.

There was a lot of commotion in the hall below before Qiu Kun persuaded the excited ladies to go back, sweating profusely.

After secretly wiping the sweat off his forehead, Qiu Kun picked up the auction mallet and shouted loudly to everyone: "My lords, the first item to be auctioned today is a glass mirror. This mirror was named by the Duke of Fufeng County as Wan Gu Qin." Time mirror! It is a rare treasure! Today's auction, this mirror is the only one, if you like it, don't miss it! The eternal Qin Shijing is auctioned with no reserve price. The highest price wins. Please bid !"

Eternal Qin Shijing originated from the poems of Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Bayuan.

In order to fool everyone into spending money, Li Wangyou wrapped the mirror in a "cultured and tasteful" coat, so he stole the poems in it and named his own mirror.

His thoughts were not in vain.

The guests present, except those Persian businessmen who don't know much about poetry, are all knowledgeable people. After hearing the name of this mirror, they were even more amazed.

Even Li Er nodded again and again: "Ziyou, it seems that you have published another masterpiece. It's a good sentence for Qin Shijing."

Fatty Qiu Kun's voice just fell, before the princes had time to speak, they saw a lady in the auction hall suddenly get up.

"100 taels of gold! 100 taels of gold! My wife bought this eternal mirror of Qin Shi!"

Li Wangyou looked up, but couldn't help being happy.

He does know this brazen woman, she is Zhang Liang's wife, Li Shi, one of the candidates for the Green Hat King of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Wangyou was not annoyed at Li Shi's brazen words, but just waited to see how she would be slapped in the face.

100 taels of gold is naturally an astronomical figure for ordinary people.