The Bai Family Old House in Baijia Town is famous far and wide. It was originally just a medical clinic, but later it was built into a large mansion. It has been passed down for hundreds of years. It started with medicine and has a very high status in the ancient martial arts circle.
And because the Bai family provides some elixirs to the outside world every year, the Bai family has a wide network of contacts and has very close relationships with many big families.
According to rumors, there is a Bai family member among the imperial doctors in Ouchi, so the Bai family has people in official circles and has friends with various powerful people in the world. Therefore, the Bai family is one of the top five big families in western Yunnan.
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The Bai family are definitely the rich and powerful ones.
Baijia Town is named after the Bai family. There are many people named Bai in the whole town.
The Bai family compound is located in the northeast corner of Baijia Town, and it is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The entire compound is probably tens of thousands of square meters, and there are two stone lions in front of the door.
There was even more traffic in front of the Bai Family Courtyard, and even the local traffic management department sent forces to maintain traffic.
The Bai family is the richest man in Linyang and a large taxpayer.
These days are the time for gatherings of medicinal materials in the ancient martial arts circle, and this gathering of medicinal materials is also led by the Bai family, and today is also the last day of the gathering of medicinal materials.
Zhou Wu followed Lin Tianyang and Lin Guanyu into the Bai family courtyard. There was a butler at the entrance of the courtyard to greet the guests. Every guest who came in had to hold an invitation.
Lin Guanyu secretly told Zhou Wu that the invitation was worth 100,000 yuan, which was also an entry fee and was non-refundable.
If you want to participate in the elixir auction and enter the Bai family mansion, you must have an invitation. If you don't have an invitation, or you are here temporarily to participate, you will not be allowed in even if you pay one million or ten million.
You have to contact the Bai family in advance. The Bai family will confirm your qualifications. If you meet the standards, they will pay 100,000 yuan, and then the Bai family will send you an invitation by express delivery.
In principle, only five people can enter with one invitation.
So Zhou Wu was able to get in only because of Mr. Lin's help. Otherwise, he would have come rashly and wouldn't even be allowed in through the gate!
Also, when he entered the gate, the butler who greeted him turned out to be a late-stage congenital person.
Everyone who greets guests is a late-stage innate person, so how strong is the Bai family?
And he also found that no one who entered Bai's house dared to make any noise.
The Bai family's auction was originally planned to be held in the martial arts arena, but the sky was getting darker and rain was about to come, so the Bai family brought the guests into a large conference room specially used for meetings.
Along the way, Lin Guanyu kept explaining to Zhou Wu.
"This old Bai family house usually has only a few staff responsible for maintenance, so no one lives in it."
"But I heard that on every ninth day of September and the Spring Festival, the Bai family from all over the world will come back to the old house for gatherings."
"The Bai family has made achievements in all walks of life. Rich private businessmen, senior officials in some cities, senior officials in the military, etc. all have the shadow of the Bai family."
"However, the Bai family also keeps a low profile. Although the Bai family's old house occupies a large area, it is also connected to the local area. It is nominally an intangible cultural heritage protection zone, so there is nothing wrong with it."
"Is there a grandmaster in the Bai family?" Zhou Wu asked curiously.
"Of course, I heard that there is more than one, and the current head of the Bai family is a sixth-grade master."
"However, there are also rumors that the Bai family has a great master, but I don't know whether it is true or not."
The three of them entered the large conference room while talking.
The Bai family's old house is like a garden. The large conference room can accommodate hundreds of people for meetings. The sofas are all made of leather. There is a podium in the front, and there is even a blackboard behind the podium. The blackboard also has a TV background wall and the like.
All in all, this place is very high-end.
The three of them registered their names as usual when entering the conference room, and then received a number plate.
Because it will be auctioned later.
However, the Lin family is obviously not a truly wealthy family, so they sit relatively far back, more than ten meters away from the podium in front.
Continuously, more and more people came to the conference room. Many people were wearing Tang suits or long gowns, a few were wearing suits and ties, and very few were wearing casual clothes.
For women, most of them wear cheongsam or long skirt.
All the people who come here are respectable people who pay great attention to their appearance.
Then Mr. Huang, Mr. Zong and others also came.
Zhou Wu even discovered that he saw several rich people and big stars that he had seen on TV or in the media.
However, there are no star-chasers here. When these people come, they must stay apart and do not dare to make any noise.
At 8:50 in the morning, eight tall women over 1.70 meters tall and wearing red cheongsam walked in.
These six women are pure beauties, with good figures and good looks, and they are no different from the state guest waiters.
The eight of them were carrying trays with lids on them, as if the trays contained exquisite delicacies.
After they came in, they stood on both sides of the podium, four on each side.
At nine o'clock in the morning, a middle-aged man in a robe walked in with a smile.
He did not go directly to the podium, but stood at the door and slowly performed a Jianghu fist salute.
After saluting, he walked to the podium, glanced around with a smile and said, "Good morning, distinguished guests."
"My dear Bai Zongbao, this year's elixir auction will be hosted by me. I hope that everyone here will bid reasonably, and I also hope that fellow Taoists here will maintain order in the venue."
"Well, the rules are the same as in previous years. Our Bai family does not guarantee that every auction item is a magic medicine. This depends on everyone's discernment, and after the sign is raised and the transaction is completed, the payment must be made within three days."
"Our Bai family's business philosophy is based on integrity, so I hope you will bid carefully. If you do not pay within three days, our Bai family will have a dedicated debt collector to go to your place in person to discuss repayment matters."
What he said was eloquent, but in fact it contained a strong warning.
It means that if my Bai family comes to collect debts in person, you will be in trouble.
"Okay, without taking up everyone's time, there are a total of sixteen lots in this auction. Now please submit the first lot."
As soon as he finished speaking, a hostess in cheongsam walked to the podium with a tray, put the tray down, and took off the lid.
As soon as the cover was taken off, everyone saw that the inside of the tray was paved with yellow silk, and a ginseng was placed on it, with complete roots and a perfect shape.
"This ginseng was discovered by my grandfather when he was wandering around the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China in the spring. He happened to meet a ginseng picker in the mountains and found this ginseng. The year is unknown and whether it has spiritual power is unknown."
"Please take a look, and then we will tell you the lowest price."
Bai Zongbao signaled Miss Etiquette No. 1 to carry the tray into the aisle of the conference room.
The etiquette lady walked very slowly. After she walked in, anyone could look at her.
But you can't hold it directly with your hands, you have to wear white gloves.
You can smell it, you can pick it up, but you can't break off the roots and taste it, it all depends on your personal vision.
Many people in front gathered around, and Mr. Huang from the Zong family was the first to get his hands on it. He smelled it carefully and looked at it again before taking off his gloves.
One after another, the hostess walked away while all the guests watched.
By the time they reached Zhou Wu and Mr. Lin, half an hour had passed.
Mr. Lin also put on his gloves and looked at it carefully. After reading it, he handed the gloves to Zhou Wu.
However, Zhou Wu shook his head and said no.
Because he has already seen whether this ginseng is a magical medicine!
It is indeed a magical elixir, but it is not as spiritually strong as the previous fern. It looks half as good as the fern.