Netu beside him was also deeply touched by this.
As the main diplomatic and intelligence officer of the Jianzhou Jurchens stationed in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Netu has been working hard in the capital for so many years, and has gradually extended his tentacles to the entire North Zhili.
Over the years, he not only visited all the prefectures and counties in Shuntian Prefecture, but also visited the neighboring Yongping Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Yanqing Prefecture, Wandu Division, and Baoding Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture farther south.
Have inspected.
He even went to Shandong, took a boat along the canal to Jining, and made an in-depth inspection of the water, soil, roads and towns along the canal before returning.
Last year, taking advantage of the Mongolian invasion, he went to Shanxi and personally inspected Datong Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture. He entered the Mongolian territory from Piantou Pass and quietly sneaked back from the Mongolian Fortress of Wandu Division.
It can be said that in the past ten years or so, the wealth and power of the Great Zhou has been firmly engraved in Netu's heart, but this has further stimulated Netu's desire for the land, population, and wealth of the Great Zhou.
The Great Zhou Dynasty is so rich and powerful that the population of any given city can be larger than that of Jurchens in Jianzhou. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty is also too weak. Although they have an army of one million in name, they can truly be called an elite army.
Only more than half, maybe only 30 to 40%, of the Jurchen armored warriors are worthy of a fight. Of course, even if there are 300,000 to 400,000 elites gathered together, they can still destroy the Jianzhou Jurchens more than three times.
But the accounts cannot be calculated that way.
One goes and the other goes, the Great Zhou Dynasty is getting weaker and worse, which is visible to the naked eye, while the Jianzhou Jurchens are constantly annexing the Haixi Jurchens and the East China Sea Jurchens, and are thriving, which is also visible to the naked eye.
The Great Zhou Dynasty also needed a border defense of tens of thousands of miles from Jiayuguan to Kuandian Liubao. The Mughals and other Mongolian tribes were all their enemies. They could use 30% of their elites to deal with the Jurchens in Jianzhou.
Very rare.
This is not to mention the intrigues and constant internal strife among the officials and generals within the Great Zhou Dynasty. In Netu's view, this was a God-given opportunity for Jianzhou Jurchen.
The Han people have a well-known saying: "Ne Tu" is well understood. If God does not take what he wants, you will suffer the consequences. Now the chaos within the Zhou Dynasty is intensifying. Although there are still some knowledgeable people in their court who are working hard to save it, but in Ne Tu
It seems from the picture that a court that has begun to rot from the core cannot be saved by a few scholars and officials alone, not even the emperor can do it.
And this is exactly the opportunity for Jianzhou Jurchen.
There are many people who want to tear off a few pieces of fat from the body of Dazhou and have a full meal. Jianzhou Jurchen can only be considered one of them, and Lindan Batur is also one. What about the Tumut people? Maybe they are
Being overfed by Da Zhou, these Tumut people lost their instinct to actively bite their prey, but if Da Zhou really fell to the ground, these Tumut people would also turn into wild wolves.
Who else? The Japanese? And those Folangji and Hongmaofan? The White Lotus Sect?
Dazhou is so big that if it falls, it will be enough to satisfy everyone's appetites and ambitions, even to the point of being exhausted, Netu thought silently.
"Tiger-Eating Man-Eating Beast, okay, this Tiger-Eating Man-Eating Beast from the Shang Dynasty was auctioned by the customer with the number C forty-two. The reserve price was two thousand taels, and the transaction price was two thousand six hundred taels..."
"Okay, let's take a look at this white-glazed boy's chanting pot. This is the most classic Ding kiln product. It was produced in Dingzhou, North Zhili, about six hundred years ago. You can take a look at it.
The sutra chanting pot uses rolled sutra scrolls as the flow, the center of the sutra scroll is the spout, and the hollow body of the boy is the pot belly. It has an elegant and round shape, with a hole in the head for filling water. It is exquisitely conceived and can be called a fine product in Ding kiln...
"
It was still Xu Hongjun who made the comment, with an intoxicated look on his face, "I have probably seen less than thirty of these fine products from Ding kilns in my life, and every one of them can be regarded as a treasure that can be passed down to the family."
, if all of you here are really rich, you must not lose the opportunity to collect like this..."
"..., so the suggested price given by the old man is three thousand two hundred taels!"
"This kiln-turned chicken-blood-red plate comes from Yuzhou, Henan... As everyone in the know understands, 'There is no right Jun porcelain, and the kiln-turned-unparalleled one', 'One color goes into the kiln, and all colors come out of the kiln'. The rarity of Jun porcelain is evident."
, but this kiln-turned chicken blood red plate is a rare treasure. If I were not short of money, I would really want to put this rare treasure into my bag..."
As the sales continued to shine in the morning, it entered a small climax. Especially the chicken blood red plate from Jun Kiln attracted everyone's attention as soon as it came out, including all the guests in the private room.
, even King Zhongshun couldn't help but feel excited.
"Ziying, whose house was this thing found from?"
King Zhongshun picked up the tile in his hand for the first time and played with it.
"Why is the prince so excited?" Feng Ziying laughed, "Didn't you say you just want to see calligraphy and paintings? Why are you also interested in this kind of porcelain?"
"Haha, Jun porcelain treasures are hard to come by. I really didn't expect that there are still people in this group who understand this and can actually hide such rare treasures." King Zhongshun looked around and looked at his room.
Several people were eager to try it, "Brothers, please don't fight with me. I want this artifact."
"Your Majesty, you have persuaded us in this room, but these merchants from Jiangnan, Shanxi and Shaanxi don't know this. They don't know the goods, and they will definitely not give up." Feng Ziying reminded.
King Zhongshun snorted softly: "Can I still suppress anyone? I just don't want to compete with a few brothers and hurt the harmony. As for the others, I don't mind."
Feng Ziying chuckled. He knew that this chicken blood red plate could be regarded as a treasure, but the estimates he invited were all above 8,000 taels. If there was a little bidding, it would be no problem to exceed 10,000 taels.
As expected, when the bidding started, this chicken blood red plate attracted fierce competition from many people. The price skyrocketed and quickly exceeded 10,000 taels. Even though King Zhongshun continued to increase the price, King Zhongshun finally paid 12,000 taels.
Five hundred taels was spent on this Jun kiln chicken blood red plate.
Feng Ziying clicked her tongue. This is really a sacrifice. Twelve thousand five hundred taels, how many soldiers in the capital camp can be redeemed from the Inner Khalkha people? But it can only be exchanged for one who can only be seen but not used. Is the porcelain plate worth it? It’s hard to say.
During the lunch break, the guests in the private rooms had special tea and lunch, while the guests in the lobby only had tea and snacks. Mo Houguang and Liu Jingting both took advantage of the opportunity to talk about "Talking about the Tang Dynasty" and "Water Margin". The wonderful excerpts attracted everyone present. The guests were in awe.
Feng Ziying also listened attentively to the storytelling of the two masters and apprentices. They were indeed extremely accomplished, with cadences and ups and downs, which made people's hearts follow the ups and downs of their words.
After the meal, the main event began, such as the blue and white-red fish and algae pattern covered jars from Xuande of Ming Dynasty, the three-legged bottle furnace from Ru Kiln, the gray-green glazed fish-ear furnace from Ge Kiln, the moon-white glazed halberd bottle and the Jun Kiln. Each piece of rose purple-glazed rhombus-style flowerpots is worth thousands to tens of thousands of taels, as well as Su Hanchen's "Baby Playing in the Autumn Courtyard", Sun Wei's "Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove", and Wu Zhen's "Picture of the Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove" by Yuan Dynasty. "The Picture of Hidden Streams and Mountains", "The Picture of Water Village" by Zhao Mengfu, and "The Picture of Clear Snow and Sunny Time" by Huang Gongwang, almost all of them are fine works.
Even Feng Ziying couldn't help but buy a few items, such as the rose purple glazed rhombus flower pot from Jun Kiln, Wu Zhen's "High Hidden Streams and Mountains" and Huang Gongwang's "Quick Snow and Sunny Picture", among which Huang Gongwang's " "Quick Snow and Clear Picture" was won for a whopping fifteen thousand taels of silver. Even so, it attracted the envy of King Zhongshun and King Zhonghui.
King Zhongshun also won three paintings and calligraphy, one is "Chongting in the Cold Forest" by Dong Yuan of the Five Dynasties, one is "Stream Bank" by Dong Yuan, and the other is "Eagle juniper" by Zhang Shunzi of the Yuan Dynasty. Originally, Feng Ziying also fell in love with this painting "Eagle juniper", but King Zhongshun was determined to win it. Seeing that his attitude was firm, Feng Ziying did not fight with him.
This high-tempo sales reached its climax in the evening, with Ni Zan's "Picture of Autumn at the Fishing Village", Yuan Wangmeng's "Picture of Migration to Ge Zhichuan", Zhao Ji's "Picture of Furong and Golden Pheasants", and Fan Kuan's "Picture of Falls in the Autumn Forest". , there are also celadon molded phoenix tail statues with entwining peony patterns from the Longquan kiln, celadon brown jade spring vases, white glaze dragon head lotus pattern large pure vases, etc. Feng Ziying roughly estimates that these dozen or so utensils, calligraphy and paintings alone are worth He sold more than two hundred thousand taels of silver, which made him feel excited.
I have to say that there are so many antique paintings and calligraphy in this era, but the prices are really not cheap. Antiques are collected in prosperous times, and gold is stored in troubled times. To say that this era is really prosperous, Feng Ziying has no idea.
The whole sale lasted until the end of Hainan, which was far beyond Feng Ziying's expectations. It was really hard for several "appraisers" to hold back their mouths. When they encountered good items, they introduced them endlessly. Of course, this was also a good thing and greatly stimulated the sales. It piques the interest of buyers and makes them more willing to bid.
When the guests' carriages and sedans gradually left, Feng Ziying returned to the private room with her hands behind her back.
Wang Wenyan, Wu Yaoqing and Fu Shi have been waiting for a long time.
"How is it? Have you calculated it?" Feng Ziying has actually made a rough estimate. The more than 100 antique calligraphy and paintings auctioned today are basically the most valuable items collected. According to his initial estimate, as long as he can If the auction reached 800,000 taels, he would be quite satisfied, but now it seems that he has greatly underestimated the craze caused by this round of auctions. He roughly calculated that the dozens of most valuable items should exceed 800,000 taels of silver. If you add others, it will be at least 1.2 million taels.
"Sir, I have already calculated it. There are a total of one hundred and sixty-seven items for sale. None of them were first-rate. They were all sold. Moreover, each item had a premium. None of them were sold at the lowest price. The total proceeds were
One million three hundred and fifty-four thousand six hundred taels of silver." Fu Shi couldn't wait to report the good news.