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Who has ever seen such a huge crystal Buddha statue?Not to mention the carving is so superb, from the inside to the outside, revealing a pure and sacred taste of Buddhism.

Even in later generations, the largest natural crystal Buddha statue is only fifty or sixty centimeters high, but Li Wangyou ordered craftsmen to burn this Buddha statue with glass, which is as tall as a person, which can be called a giant.

The several eminent Buddhist monks who were invited to participate in the auction today couldn't keep their unhappy expressions.

Several eminent monks of seventy years of age stood up immediately, recited the Buddha's name, and bowed down to the glass Buddha statue.

"Amitabha, gentlemen, this is the most precious treasure of my Buddhist sect. I would like to ask you, as a convenience, to give the statue of the Buddha to the poor monk. The poor monk and others will be grateful and pray for you."

A Buddhist eminent monk immediately said that he hoped that the princes who participated in the auction would not compete with them for the Buddha statue.

Li Wangyou curled his lips secretly, thinking that these monks have thick skins.

The reason why he ordered craftsmen to burn this glass Buddha statue was to scrape a layer of oil from Buddha's body.If the aristocratic family and noble officials don't compete with Buddhism, wouldn't he be a blind man lighting a lamp in vain?

But Li Wangyou wasn't in a hurry, he didn't believe that these aristocratic families would give up this Buddha statue just because of the words of a few eminent monks.

Obviously, if this Buddha statue is invited back to his mansion, it will be the best treasure for the people of Tang Dynasty.

Secondly, Li Wangyou is also very dark-bellied, among the guests below, there is also a childcare arranged by him.If other people were really willing to hand over the glass Buddha statue, then Li Wangyou would have to let Tuoer do it.

On the other hand, when Li Er saw this Buddha statue, he snorted coldly, and turned his head to look at Li Wangyou dissatisfied.

"Ziyou, why did you cast the statue of the Tathagata Buddha? The statue of the Taoist ancestor?"

Li Wangyou hurriedly explained with a sneer: "Uncle, Daozu is my nephew's master, how can my nephew cast a statue of his old man and send it to auction for profit? Then the master must not send down the Nine Heavens Thunder to kill my nephew? Hehe, my nephew has already finished casting the statue of Dao ancestor, and then ordered someone to send it to the palace, and then I asked my uncle to choose a suitable Taoist temple, send it to worship, and receive incense from all people."

His explanation made Li Er nodded in satisfaction, and continued to turn his head to watch the excitement below.

In the auction hall, as Li Wangyou expected, the words of the Buddhist eminent monk were immediately refuted.

"Master's words are wrong. Whether the statue of the Buddha is enshrined in the Buddhist gate or in our house, what is the difference? Recitation of the Buddha is precious, sincere and clean, and it is not limited to the regulation of the Buddha statue? Masters, this is a sign!"

Several eminent Buddhist monks were criticized by these big bosses. Even though they wanted to refute, they still had scruples about their identities.Several people looked at each other, recited the Buddha's name again, and said nothing, but the meaning was very clear.

Since everyone doesn't want to let it go, then just bid.

Compared with money, would their Buddhism lose to these aristocratic families?

The previous auction of the Everlasting Qin Shijing only sold 2 taels of gold, but if it is just for this Buddha statue, what is a mere 2 taels of gold?

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I have to say that Buddhism is really rich.

Fatty Qiu Kun had just announced the start of the bidding, when an eminent Buddhist monk stood up and offered a sky-high price without hesitation.

"3 taels of gold!"

This price makes the hearts of all the bosses speed up...

Although everyone knows that the glazed Buddha statue in front of him must be worth more than this price, but the momentum of Buddhism is a bit determined to get it!

Before everyone could speak, they saw that on the auction stage, Qiu Kun smiled and bowed slightly to everyone: "My lords, I was so humble that I forgot to say one thing just now. This colored glaze Tathagata Buddha statue is made of colored glaze. More than 20 stones. Even without considering its preciousness, just the weight of this colored glaze is worth more than 4 taels of gold!"

Datang's measurement unit is more complicated, not the decimal system of later generations.

One stone is equal to four jun, one jun is equal to thirty catties, and one catty is equal to 16 taels.

In other words, one stone is equal to one thousand 920 taels.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the market price of Roman glass trafficked through the Silk Road was equal to the weight of gold.

Li Wangyou ordered craftsmen to cast this glass statue of Tathagata, which weighs almost one ton. If calculated according to the equivalent weight of gold, it is really more than 4 taels.

Qiu Kun's words made all the guests startled, and several eminent Buddhist monks also looked at each other, silently calculating in their hearts, and confirmed that the price they had just offered was really low.

In fact, the price of glass cannot be calculated like Qiu Kun's.

Hu merchants traveled thousands of miles through the Silk Road to transport fragile glassware to the Tang Dynasty. The cost was high, so they set a price equal to the weight of gold.

No one would be foolish enough to travel thousands of miles to send a one-ton glassware to the East.

But no matter what, Qiu Kun's words made everyone recalculate in their hearts how much the glazed Buddha statue in front of them should be worth.

"A certain gold is 4 taels!"

Before the Buddhist eminent monks could discuss it, the Persian businessman who took the picture of the ancient Qin Shijing before stood up again to ask for a price.

The guests were even more dumbfounded, not understanding why this Persian businessman would suddenly bid.

Several eminent Buddhist monks were even furious: "You fool, you are so unreasonable! You are a Zoroastrian, why are you bidding for my Buddhist treasure? What are your intentions? Could it be that you are trying to humiliate the Buddha? If you can't tell me today From this point of view, our Buddhist sect will never let it go!"

The Hu businessman didn't expect that he would annoy these Buddhist eminent monks by making a bid, so he quickly defended himself.

"Masters, I don't mean to insult the Buddha. It's just that I know the Lord of Gaochang, and the Lord of Gaochang has always believed in Buddhism. When the Lord came to Chang'an this year, he entrusted someone to find him in the Tang Dynasty. An exquisite Buddha statue, please go back to the Gaochang Kingdom to enshrine it. I saw this glazed Tathagata Buddha statue, it should be very in line with the wishes of the king, so I bid for the auction."

Hu Shang's explanation made several Buddhist eminent monks a little dumbfounded.

The reason for finding a Buddha statue for the Lord of Gaochang is reasonable.

Gaochang Kingdom believed in Buddhism, and these eminent Buddhist monks knew it well.

Gaochang State is located in the transportation hub of the Western Regions, and it is a rare Buddhist country in the Western Regions.

Because the craftsmen in the Central Plains are highly skilled, it is normal for the Lord of Gaochang to entrust these Persian businessmen to find Buddha statues in the Central Plains. Datang did "export" many Buddha statues to Gaochang.

Both copper Buddha statues and jade Buddha statues are very popular in Gaochang.

That's why this Hu businessman made a bid after seeing this glazed Tathagata Buddha statue.

Knowing that they and others misunderstood this Hu businessman, but several eminent monks felt more and more troubled in their hearts.

Naturally, they are not afraid of competing for financial resources with aristocratic families and noble officials.But fighting for financial resources with these poor Hu merchants who only have money left, even Buddhists are still a little nervous.

But what Hu Shang said was reasonable, even if they were unhappy, they couldn't stop Hu Shang from bidding.

For a while, the faces of several eminent monks became more and more ugly.

Not only the faces of the eminent monks were ugly, but also the guests who wanted to bid for the Buddha statues were extremely hurt.With Hu Shang's financial resources, this extremely rare glazed Tathagata Buddha statue will most likely have to be taken away by him.

When everyone was struggling, they heard Li Wangyou's voice coming from the box, which attracted everyone's attention.

But seeing Li Wangyou smiling, he stood up and said loudly to the guests: "My lords, the Lord of Gaochang believes in Buddhism, and my Tang Dynasty and Gaochang Kingdom have always had good relations. Since the Lord of Gaochang wants to How can you ask Harcock to pay for a statue of Buddha? Just now, His Majesty has ordered me to cast a glazed Buddha statue for the Lord Gaochang as a national gift. So today's auction, Harcock You won't have to bid any more."

Harcock was the name of that Hu merchant, and he was quite famous in the West City of Chang'an City, so Li Wangyou also knew him.

Hearing what Li Wangyou said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.