Chapter Ninety-Three: Auction
"What's this! It's not just that it was locked up for two days, and Lao Tzu's muscles and bones were loose. I was about to come out to fight two boxing spirits, and my spirit was kicked out, and it didn't hurt if I didn't stay long enough to be locked up for a few more days! Qi Qi walked out of the dungeon noisily, speaking heroically, but his constantly trembling legs revealed his weak nature.
"General Qiqi is really an iron man, and he deserves to be the first fierce general under Yunhou. Hou Ye said that if the general is not satisfied, he can be locked up for another six days. "It was Zhang Han who picked him up, and now it seems that there are no fucking good people in the barracks. It is estimated that this kid is still thinking about Qiqi's revenge.
As soon as Qi Qi heard the words of being locked up for another six days, he made his ass on the ground and pulled his neck with a howl! The Bearded Knife Knights looked at each other, I don't know how many human livers Qi Qi has eaten, but he is afraid of going to prison? This is really a strange news in the world, and I don't know how terrifying this dungeon is, it seems that Yunhou's methods are really good. In the future, it is better not to be locked up.
The fang is back, and so is the old fisherman. They escorted the first batch of iron ore and coal back, and Yun Yue dug an earthen kiln in the style of a later coke factory. The fire burned for three days and three nights, using up countless amounts of charcoal. Finally, a kiln of coke was produced, and with this thing it was possible to raise the temperature of the furnace to unprecedented heights.
Less coke succeeded, but the earth blast furnace steelmaking failed. The steel smelted out is very similar to the iron smelted in the Great Leap Forward. A big lump, with irregular bumps, disgusting to look at.
There are no blowers! There is no way to deliver oxygen into it, how can it be fully burned? Yun Yue can't help it if she wants to break her head, she can't organize hundreds of people to fan the wind with fans every day.
"Master Hou has made such a powerful charcoal, why can't he refine these iron ores? Could it be that it is necessary to emulate the old things of the cadres and make blood sacrifices for carbon? "The ancients had a great curiosity about unpredictable things. Even a master like Master Geng, the first thing that comes to mind when he encounters a problem is to worship ghosts and worship gods.
"You can't make steel. It's because there's no oxygen. There is an egg relationship with ghosts and gods, and you are not allowed to think about it. "Yun Yue had a chill, it would be bad if this old guy jumped into the blast furnace to have a human sacrifice. Where do you ask Lao Tzu to find another engineer who is so qualified?
"Oxygen ...... Gas? "Obviously, this old guy doesn't know what oxygen is. A pair of confused eyes looked at Yun Yue, expecting to be solved by the wizard of the world.
"Oxygen ......" Yun Yue only said one word, and then shut up helplessly. It takes a lot of knowledge to think about what oxygen is. Yun Yue suddenly lost the courage to explain. In a month, can you explain to the old man the composition of the air?
"It's the wind, and it would be nice if the north wind blew like in winter. When the wind brings air, it can make the fire burn more vigorously. There was no way but to say what the old man could understand, and sure enough, after Yun Yue finished speaking, Master Geng had a thoughtful expression.
"Is it windy?" After holding back for a long time, Yun Yue already had the idea of going home. Master Geng suddenly said this.
"Yes! The bigger the better, and the bigger it will bring more gas to the blast furnace. ”
"Master Hou, why don't we move the blast furnace to Jitou Mountain. Where the cliffs are high, the winds on the top of the mountain are never broken all year round. Ignorance......! "Master Geng doesn't know if he's right. Stared into Yun Yue's eyes.
Genius! Yun Yue's jaw almost didn't drop, right! It's windy all day long on the damn mountain, and it's the northwest here. The wind on the prairie raged all day long. If you don't take advantage of it, you're really a fool.
"Feasible! Feasible! Yun Yue was a little excited, and a little frustrated that she was not as good as an ancient person more than 2,000 years ago. It seems that later generations have become accustomed to all kinds of chemical agents and have forgotten some of the most primitive solutions.
I wanted to go to Jitou Mountain again, but was resolutely stopped by Master Geng. It is said that this is the kind of thing that the Lord will do. It was his disgrace as a master craftsman. Xiang Yunyue asked for 200 soldiers, and 500 prisoners of war left. said that it must be in accordance with the practice of Lord Hou. Make a good furnace of steel.
Forget that Pingliang City is in ruins, it is important to think about how to puff up your pockets. Thousands of mouths waiting to eat, no money is not good!
A good horse suddenly came to the Xianyang horse market, although it seemed to be inferior to the Xiongnu horse. However, the tall and divine horses, the Qin people, who are good at raising horses, have praised them. His eyes were full of envy, and many merchants were waiting with money. Just waiting for the Lord's house to bid here!
Wusun Ji Chang circled a large field in the horse market. The healthy horses of the Qiang people were pulled out one by one. A groom led the horses in a circle, and the men gathered around the wooden fence made a bid. Anyway, the one with the highest price has to buy and sell fairly.
"It's all good, it's all good! It was a sturdy out-of-mouth horse, with a pitch-black body and two inches of white fur on its four hooves. It is famous for the dark clouds treading on the snow. The starting price is 50 cents, and the price is increased by 2 cents each time. Bid now! Wusun Jichang is like an auctioneer in later generations, and he also carries a small wooden hammer in his hand. As long as the gavel falls, it is considered a deal.
"Fifty-two ......!"
"Fifty-six ......!"
"Sixty ......!"
Shouts were heard from the side of the wooden fence, and the price of this dark cloud treading snow continued to rise. Although the Qin people raise horses, it is still difficult to find a good horse of this level at this price. In these years, a good horse and the Mercedes-Benz BMW of later generations have not made much concessions. Ride a good horse out of the house, and you will have more face. In the past, such a miraculous horse had to be at least three hundred runs. The current reserve price of fifty guan is simply a free gift.
"Five hundred ......!" A dark, fat dwarf winter melon pouted, and a pair of toad eyes rolled proudly at all bidders. The rich one is the uncle, look at this guy's arrogant posture. No one dared to bid again, and they all waited for the final decision of this Wusun Ji Chang.
"Five hundred and eighty ......!" A young man in a brocade robe made a bid, causing an uproar in the crowd.
"Six hundred ......!" Toad Eyes is not to be outdone. A look of ambition.
"Seven hundred ......!" The young man in the brocade robe seemed to be tired of dozens of raises, and directly covered a hundred times.
"Eight hundred ......!" Toad Eyes is not to be outdone.
The crowd shouted in waves, and the price of the horse climbed all the way. By the time Wusun Ji Chang settled, the price had climbed to 1,000 guan, which was really surprising. Now onlookers are re-weighing their purse strings to see if they are qualified to bid on the good horses on the field.
The brocade-clothed young man smiled and congratulated the onlookers on his victory, and when he wanted to find the toad eye and wanted to humiliate him for a while. only to find that the toad's eye was gone.
At this time, the toad-eyed guy was standing in front of Chu Dayong. With a flattering smile on his face. Holding the usual money in his hand, he kept nodding his head and bowing his waist.
"Thank you, Master Chu, next time there is such a thing, just command." The toad's face lost the domineering spirit just now, and some were just humble and flattering.
"Let's go to the kiln! You've been in the limelight enough today, wait two days for that. Chu Dayong waved his hand and dismissed the toad's eyes.
Wusun Jichang's trick really worked, arranging a few childcare in the crowd. In the past few days, he has earned no less than 3,000 yuan. These thousands of Qiang horses must be exchanged for money, grain, and linen as soon as possible. There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians waiting in Pingliang City.
Sending away the toad eyes, Chu Dayong squeezed to Wusun Jichang's side.
"How many horses are sold today?"
"Thirty horses, my mother has been standing for a few days. Lao Tzu's legs are sore, next time you have such a thing. Lao Tzu doesn't do this work anymore, he stands in stinky sweat every day, and he has no strength to go to the kang. Wusun Jichang took advantage of the fact that the groom was leading a white horse to show the buyers, and complained to Chu Dayong angrily.
"You've worked hard. Yun Hou has tens of thousands of mouths waiting there. Pingliang City was destroyed by the Huns, and other people's fiefs were all entered. Only our family's fiefdom is a money-losing goods. However, my old Chu thinks. According to Hou Ye's ability, I am afraid that it will not take two years for Pingliang to become rich. "For Hou Ye's ability to make money, Chu Dayong is full of confidence. Not to mention, these thousands of Qiang war horses are a huge wealth.
If they are all exchanged for money and food. It is enough for Pingliang City to have money and food for a year. It seems that you can also get rich by fighting, especially this kind of war of the undead. The more the merrier.
"It's hard work, my brother's business. It's not easy for him in Pingliang, and I'm afraid he can support these horses for a while. You take care of Lao Tzu for a while, go out to pee and rest. Damn, my legs are sore! After that, he couldn't help but stuff the mallet in his hand into Chu Dayong's hand. After a few turns, he disappeared.
Chu Dayong was stunned with a gavel. He had never done this business. Looking at the people whining by the fence, he swallowed hard and spit. Damn, I'm not afraid of killing people and setting fires, are you still afraid of this. Come on, this thing will have long hands.
"Everyone. The reserve price is 50 times, and the price is increased by 5 times each time. The auction is now open! Chu Dayong didn't know the advantages and disadvantages of introducing this horse, and he didn't know how to mobilize the emotions of the onlookers. It is a direct introduction, and everyone who wants to buy a horse is a little boring. Naturally, the number of bidders was much less than that of the previous one, and the bidding rose to 100 yuan in half a day.
If this continues, the horse will not even be sold for a hundred and fifty times. Chu Dayong couldn't help but feel anxious, and looked around and suddenly saw a nursery in the crowd. He snapped his eyes and wanted to stir up the price.
"Oh, this white horse has big limbs and a big nose. At first glance, it is a good horse that travels 1,000 a day and 800 at night. Lao Tzu bid 200 times! A lean man with a horse's face shouted a price, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
If Wusun Jichang is here, he will immediately faint, this thing is too much like Dong Qing. Fuck you say that, it's like childcare if you don't shout the price. Some people couldn't wait to start the heckling, and the scene became heated almost instantly.
"Three hundred ......!" A call for money made the scene fall silent again, and it turned out that the second goods were everywhere. Before the sound of coaxing landed, someone began to ask for a price. Everyone followed the sound to see which fool it was.
It was actually the young man in brocade again, and at this time he didn't understand the eyes of the people next to him looking at Kaizi. Eyebrows raised, provocatively looking at the extremely amateurish nursery.
There was an unexpected gain, and Chu Dayong, who was originally a little deflated, suddenly lit up. It's hard to be a fool, especially with a pig teammate. bumped into shit luck, and actually met such a young and golden-rich two-hundred-five.
"Three hundred and fifty ......!" Before everyone could wake up from the huge shock, the horse-faced pig teammates actually began to bid again. Obviously, this benevolent brother wants to surpass the performance of the upper rank Toad Eye.
Chu Dayong was just about to drop the hammer, and he even saved shouting one, two, three. Unexpectedly, the nursery actually came to such a voice, and Chu Dayong's raised hand paused in mid-air.
You're so fucking self-motivated!
"Four hundred ......!" didn't wait for everyone to start scolding his mother, and the boy in brocade actually bid again.
This is a persistent fool who almost everyone has a thumbs up for this brother in their hearts. They looked at the brocade-clothed boy with the same eyes as Kaizi, and the brocade-clothed boy looked at the onlookers with the eyes of the sling.
This is a rather dedicated fool, Chu Dayong is going crazy. The hand, which had just been lowered weakly, was raised again. The mouth quickly muttered: "One, two......!" ”
"Five hundred!" The pig teammates shouted again, and Chu Dayong almost vomited blood. This kid is addicted to playing, you won't fucking shut up your foul mouth. Return 500 pieces, and Lao Tzu will chop you into 500 pieces in a while.
Whistles abounded, and people repaid the most fervent contempt for the pig-like childcare. Shameless, shameless.
Chu Dayong has been tortured to the point that he has no temper at all, and this thing is too fast, and he didn't even give him time to fall under the gavel.
Wusun Jichang, who was resting in the back caused by the commotion, knew that something was wrong when he looked at the chaotic scene and Chu Dayong's face like pork liver.
"Six hundred ......!" In the laughter of the crowd, the boy in brocade actually made another bid. The crowd was in an uproar again, and now no one gave a thumbs up. All changed the middle finger, this is clearly a group, and the two nurseries are just speculating on each other's prices. There's nothing to see, and now no fool will bid again. Let them play with themselves, and preferably let them buy these horses themselves. The tax collector of the horse market is waiting over there, and I don't believe that your Yun family dares to evade the king's tax.
Wusun Ji Chang saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly snatched the gavel. slammed on the table and shouted: "Six hundred guan, congratulations to this son for buying a good horse with six hundred guan!" ”
The brocade-clothed young man arched his hands in all directions, and the onlookers looked at it no matter what they wanted. It's all a standard idiot face, and many of them have quietly left the scene. This kind of auction is simply a contempt for people's intelligence. More people are on the sidelines. Re-examine this auction from the perspective of a monkey.
"The horse in the auction below is called Chasing the Wind, and it is a good horse. The price starts at one hundred and fifty yuan, please look at it......" Wusun Ji pointed with his hand, and the fence gate opened, and the groom led a red horse in. (To be continued......)