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Li Wangyou was naturally quite satisfied with the result.
Only a fool would be dissatisfied. After all, for a ton of glass, all costs plus the craftsman's salary and rewards are only a few hundred guan.
After more than half a month of firing time, 8000 taels of gold were exchanged, and it is not so fast to grab money.
But even Li Wangyou didn't expect that the most profitable thing in today's auction was not the Buddha statue, but the perfume.
Speaking of which, these perfumes are not managed by Li Wangyou, but by a group of female soldiers led by the beautiful boss.
Su Changqing collected twelve kinds of flowers and made twelve kinds of perfumes with different fragrances.
Moreover, the manufacturing process of the perfume has been improved by the Detachment of Women, and now the scent of these perfumes is stronger and lasts longer, which is quite close to the perfumes of later generations.
Su Changqing, who is quite business-minded, ordered craftsmen to carefully carve and blow out twelve different shapes of perfume bottles out of glass, calling them the Twelve Flower Gods.
Even because Su Changqing, an elite woman in the workplace of later generations, is accustomed to using Dior's perfume, she, like Li Wangyou, unceremoniously named her perfume Dior Twelve Flower God Perfume.
The beautiful boss who has always complained about Li Wangyou's plagiarism is not lenient in plagiarism, and even plagiarized the slogan of Dior perfume.
When Li Wangyou heard the fat man Qiu Kun, he read out affectionately, "At this time, gold looks cold, jewelry lacks vitality, and glass is not attractive enough. Don't be artificial, feel the real luxury. Only Dior Twelve Flora Perfume." After this slogan, he almost sprayed the wine in his mouth on Li Er's face.
When Qiu Kun showed these charming perfumes to the ladies, the entire auction hall fell into madness.
The fragrant fragrance, the radiant glass perfume bottle... At this moment, in the eyes of all the top ladies of the Tang Dynasty, it is almost exuding a dazzling light.
No matter how stingy a man is, facing his wife's murderous eyes, he can only reluctantly pay for it.
A set of twelve bottles of perfume, Su Changqing prepared a total of ten sets and sent them to the auction.
As a result, even the babysitter, Empress Changsun, was useless, and the price of each set of perfume was raised to around 3 taels of gold by these crazy ladies.
Just for the perfume, the price of more than 30 taels of gold was sold, which made Li Wangyou speechless, and Li Er was even more dumbfounded...
As for Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang, looking at Li Wangyou made him shudder even more, as if he was being targeted by two ferocious beasts.
Fortunately, Li Wangyou was "sensible" and immediately patted his chest to reassure, and then ordered someone to send the perfume into the palace, thus avoiding the fate of being stabbed to death by the eyes of Li's second wife.
Li Wangyou could only shake his head speechlessly. Sure enough, no matter what era, women's money is the best money...
An auction that opened the eyes of the "earth turtles" in the Tang Dynasty made Li Wangyou and Li Er earn a lot of money.
In fact, how much money he makes has no special meaning to Li Wangyou.No matter how much money there is, it is just a number.
What he enjoys is the pleasure of making easy money from Datang's group of "earth turtles".
To borrow a famous saying from Papa Ma, "I'm really not interested in money, but I am interested in spending money..."
970 Buddha bless
In June of the fifth year of Zhenguan, the city of Gaochang was extremely lively. Countless people poured out of the city gate, singing and dancing to welcome the mission team from the Tang Dynasty.
Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang Kingdom, led all the civil and military officials of Gaochang Kingdom, and also went out of the city for thirty miles to meet the Tang Dynasty delegation.
The reason why Gaochang Kingdom's ruling and opposition parties came out to welcome the Tang Dynasty mission today is because the glazed Buddha statue presented to Gaochang Kingdom by His Majesty the Great Tang Emperor, Li Er, will be transported together with the mission today.
Gaochang City, the capital of Gaochang State, is located in the later Turpan City, more than 5000 miles away from Chang'an City, which is not far away.
Given the current traffic conditions in Datang, it would take more than a month to cover the 5000 miles on horseback.If it is a caravan transporting supplies, it will not be able to complete the journey in less than three months.
It is not easy to transport a glass Buddha statue weighing more than one ton and travel more than 5000 miles.
In order to transport this Buddha statue, Datang spent a lot of effort.The Buddha statues were first transported to Dunhuang County by a four-wheeled carriage, and then sent to Gaochang by a camel team.
And there is no camel that can carry a one-ton Buddha statue, so a kind of bracket was specially made by skilled craftsmen to connect four camels.
The Buddha statue was placed on a bracket and carried by four camels. Under the careful care of countless people, it took more than a month to cross the Gobi desert and transport the Buddha statue from Dunhuang County, through Hami, to the outside of Gaochang City.
As a Buddhist country, including Gaochang King Qu Wentai, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of Gaochang were all extremely excited after learning about this national gift bestowed on them by the Tang Dynasty.
What kind of treasure is the one-ton colored glaze Tathagata Buddha statue?
Even though Gaochang Kingdom is far away from Chang'an, there is still an endless stream of caravans every day, bringing various news from Chang'an City.
Half a year ago, the auction in Chang'an City that shocked the world was something that these caravans talked about most.
Half a year ago, a similar glazed Tathagata Buddha statue was auctioned by a Buddhist gate in Chang'an City at a cost of 8000 taels of gold.
The Buddha statue was photographed by Buddhism, but it has become a question which temple worships this glazed Tathagata Buddha statue.
Several eminent Buddhist monks couldn't agree on arguing, and finally decided simply that the top ten temples in Chang'an City will draw lots to determine the order, and they will worship in turn, and each temple will worship for three months.
Da Ci'en Temple had the best luck, and won the first chance to enshrine the Buddha statue.
In order to show the believers this glazed Tathagata Buddha statue, Dacien Temple even made a special trip to place it on the square in front of the Daxiong Hall.
The base of the Buddha statue is made of white marble, and the colorful glazed Buddha statue is placed on it.
Because it is an open-air environment, the glass Buddha statue emits dazzling brilliance all the time under the sunlight every day, which is extremely sacred.
It is precisely because of this glazed Buddha statue that the number of believers and pilgrims who go to Da Ci'en Temple to offer incense has increased several times.Numerous believers, men and women, flocked to the Da Ci'en Temple just to see the statue of the Liuli Tathagata, and even gave rise to various rumors of miracles.
What kind of Buddha appeared, and after the sick family kowtowed and prayed, he died and healed himself; what kind of Buddha statue cast colorful rays of light, allowing believers to bathe in the Buddha's light... In short, all kinds of rumors about the glazed Tathagata Buddha statue in Chang'an City have been aroused in the past six months. , It made Gao Changguo feel itchy.
After months of long journeys, the glazed Tathagata Buddha statue presented to Gaochang Kingdom by His Majesty the Tang Emperor as a national gift can finally arrive in Gaochang City today.
So early this morning, just after dawn, Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang, led all the civil and military officials, and went out of the city for thirty miles, waiting eagerly.
When the figure of the Tang Dynasty Mission finally appeared on the official road in the anticipation of the Gaochang people looking forward to the stars and the moon, the onlookers finally couldn't help bursting into applause.
The musicians played cheerful music, and the dancers began to sing and dance. There was joy, which was even more lively than the most grand festival in Gaochang Kingdom.
The Buddha statue firmly fixed on the hunchback was wrapped in thick straw and other things, but its real face could not be seen for a while, but it made the Gaochang king Qu Wentai and others who came to welcome him feel a little regretful.
After some cumbersome etiquette, the team of the Tang Dynasty Mission and the monarchs and ministers of the Gaochang Kingdom set off again, heading for Gaochang City.
Having learned from the "successful experience" of Da Ci'en Temple, Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang, ordered people to build an open-air Buddhist altar in the largest temple in the city without any hesitation, and prepared to worship Buddha statues.
In order to show his piety, this Buddhist altar was even made of pure gold by Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang.Gold alone consumed nearly 80 tons, or almost [-] taels of gold.
Gaochang State is located in the center of the Silk Road in the Western Regions. It is an indispensable transportation hub and a commercial hub for east-west traffic, so it is extremely rich.
Even though the Tang Mission was well aware of this, when everyone saw the altar made of gold, they were equally astonished and speechless.
After arriving at the temple, the glazed Tathagata statue was slowly hoisted up by a group of craftsmen with great care, and placed firmly on the golden altar.
After the Buddha statue was placed, the straw and other things used for protection were removed to reveal its true face, and everyone present was immediately shocked.
The dazzling sunlight shines directly down, and the crystal-clear Buddha statue and the golden altar complement each other. It is so majestic and compassionate that it is almost impossible to look directly at it.