After Zhang San went back, he carefully inspected the prepared colored glaze again. On the one hand, Zhang San really wanted to do something for the victims of the disaster in Shandong for this auction. However, Zhang San heard that many victims had frozen to death; on the other hand,
Zhang San also wanted to take the development of the commune to a new level.
"Sanlang, you see that you have been so busy recently that you haven't even returned home, and you look thinner." At night, Fang Keying leaned on Zhang San's chest and said warmly.
"Just wait until the auction ends tomorrow." Zhang San patted Fang Keying's back gently and chuckled.
"Then San Lang, please rest early. You will still be busy tomorrow." After Fang Keying finished speaking, he got out of bed and extinguished the candle.
"Ah! You are just dishonest..."
Fang Keying gave a shy sound, and the bed began to shake regularly.
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Early in the morning, Zhang San stretched out and got up carefully. Fang Keying curled up in the quilt and slept soundly like a kitten.
At this time, it's not completely bright outside, it's gray, and the weather doesn't look very good today, and it might even snow.
Zhang San rubbed his hands and walked out. Aunt Song knew that Zhang San would get up early today, so she prepared breakfast before dawn.
Zhang San really had no appetite early in the morning, but he forced himself to drink a bowl of porridge and eat an egg pancake.
Then he got on the carriage and rushed to Chang'an. Today is the day when the auction begins.
The preliminary preparations are all for today.
When Zhang San rushed to Sanwei Bookstore, Li Tai was already waiting there.
"You're here, today's auction kept me awake all night." Li Tai complained when he saw Zhang San.
"Look at your potential, you are still a prince. All the preparations that need to be made have been made. Just wait for the results with peace of mind. The colored glazes I prepared will definitely surprise those people." Zhang San picked up a bowl of hot tea and drank it to warm it up.
My body, it's really cold this winter.
If it weren't for this auction, I might have slept until noon!
"You have a good attitude. Yesterday, my father repeatedly told me that today's auction must be a success. The weather is getting colder and colder. I heard that it's freezing rain again in Shandong. It's really bad."
"It's freezing rain again?"
Zhang San was also shocked when he heard this.
"Isn't that right? The news just came yesterday. Now many victims are freezing to death on the roadside because they can't get relief. Alas!"
After Li Tai finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, and Zhang San felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.
Winter is a torturous day for the people, let alone a winter with disasters.
Not long after Zhang San arrived, some businessmen arrived one after another.
In order to make these businessmen feel that they were valued, Zhang San specially wore an official uniform and warmly greeted the businessmen who came with tickets at the door.
Seeing that Zhang Xianhou was greeting the guests, these businessmen were so excited that tears filled their eyes, feeling that the three thousand taels of silver were well spent.
Whenever I and others have been treated like this, I will be able to brag to my friends for the rest of my life.
Zhang San didn't think about it at first. He just heard Li Tai said that Shandong was seriously affected by the disaster, so he thought that he could serve these "gods" so that he could shout more when the time comes.
"Marquis Zhang, what are you doing today?" Li Daozong asked with a smile when he came to Sanwei Bookstore and saw Zhang San chatting and laughing with the businessmen.
"Your Majesty, you are joking. I am working for the Emperor. I have nothing to do this time." Zhang San greeted him with a smile.
"Haha, I don't believe what you say." Li Daozong had an expression on his face that said, "I understand."
After Zhang San invited Li Daozong in, Li Tai naturally received him.
The businessmen were even more excited when they saw the prince coming.
Of course, due to my identity, I didn't dare to go over and talk, I just took a look from a distance.
Zhang San doesn’t know why Li Tai invited Li Daozong here. Do they still have festivals?
If Li Tai knew about it, he would be wronged. Li Daozong was arranged by Li Shimin. Li Shimin would not show up this time. Everything was left to Li Tai. However, he was afraid that Li Tai would not be able to suppress the nobles and nobles of the aristocratic families because he was young.
, and called Li Daozong to suppress the situation.
With the arrival of Li Daozong, all the officials who had received the invitation also came. Zhang San also saw Cui Xian coming to Sanwei Bookstore reluctantly.
After not seeing him for a long time, Cui Xian's face was wrinkled. It seems that this dismissal from office has given Cui Xian a big blow.
When the two of them met at the door, they ignored each other.
Cui Xian didn't want to come at first, but Li Tai personally sent him the ticket. If he didn't come, he would be worried about Li Tai's jealousy in the future. At this time, the Cui family was walking on thin ice and acted extremely cautiously, for fear of leaving any clues.
Li Shimin took the opportunity to suppress him again.
Fang Yiai, Changsun Chong and others also came to join in the fun. Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng came together. Cheng Yaojin and Qin Shubao did not come, but Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chumo came as representatives.
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Seeing that all the guests had arrived, Zhang San returned indoors and saw that the temporary auction room in the reading room had formed two distinct camps.
One side is the bureaucratic class, and the other side is naturally the wealthy business class.
After Zhang San entered, he greeted a few familiar people again, and then Li Tai walked up to the high platform.
"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to participate in this charity auction. On behalf of my father, I would like to welcome and thank you all for coming, and I would also like to thank you all for the victims of the disaster in Shandong..."
Li Tai had told Zhang San that he was nervous before, but things changed immediately when he came on stage. At the end of his impassioned speech, he immediately received a wave of applause.
"The proceeds from the charity auction will be registered in the Ministry of Household Affairs and sent to the disaster areas. Your good names will also be announced to the world. Well, without further ado, I announce that the charity auction has officially begun."
Li Tai walked down, and a tall and hot woman in red walked onto the stage, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
This woman's name is Jingxiu, and I don't know where Li Tai found her. Zhang San told Li Tai to find a beautiful woman, preferably with a great figure and good eloquence, so as to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.
So Li Tai found Jingxiu, and Zhang San fell in love with it at first sight, so he did some brief training, mainly on some expressions.
After Jing Xiu came on stage, she did not disappoint Zhang San. She immediately attracted the attention of all the men to her.
Especially when Jing Xiu opened the first glass item brought by the maid, there was a burst of exclamation from below.
"My lords, this auction item is a coral tree carved from top-grade colored glaze. It was a tribute from the Western Region to the current emperor. The emperor was concerned about the victims of the Shandong disaster, so he also took out this treasure..."
Everyone saw this lifelike glazed coral, which was about a foot tall and colorful. It was really beautiful, especially since it belonged to the emperor's collection. This greatly increased the value of this coral.
"This piece of glazed coral has a base price of 500 guan, and each increase in price will not be less than 100 guan..."
On the back of the ticket, Zhang San introduced the rules of the auction in detail, so after listening to Jingxiu's quotation, everyone raised their signs one after another.
"Six hundred strings!"
"Eight hundred strings!"
The first person to bid was a fat businessman, but as soon as the price came out, it was lowered by another wealthy businessman.
Those noble officials and aristocratic families remained silent, obviously disdainful of being as unqualified as those wealthy businessmen.
The idea of these merchants was very simple. This was a tribute, and they had obtained something that could be used as a family heirloom, so the bidding was extremely fierce.
"Five thousand strings!" As the number five thousand strings was shouted out, there was a brief silence in the room.
Jingxiu held a small hammer in his hand and saw that no one had the intention to increase the price, so he said: "Five thousand guan for the first time, five thousand guan for the second time, five thousand guan for the third time, deal done!"
There was a crisp hammer sound, and the first lot was successfully sold for a sky-high price of 5,000 guan.
This made Li Tai stunned in the crowd, and he felt like he was killing a "big dog".