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Zhang Qunli was naturally not qualified to sit on an equal footing with these nobles, and although he was allowed to come in at this time, he was standing behind Cui Geng.

"Huh?"

Cui Geng's heart moved, and said, "Do you know him?" ”

"Of course the little ones know." Zhang Qunli bent down and whispered in Cui Geng's ear: "This guy's name is Kailadis, he is a Persian merchant who often buys goods in Quanzhou and sells them in Persia. However, last year, our Lin family boat yard and Yu widow ~ woman...... Well, Yu Niangzi cooperated to build a number of new sea ships, which can sail thousands of miles, and she wants to open a route from Quanzhou to Persia. ”

Cui Geng nodded his head and said, "And then?" ”

"In the vast sea, reefs and hurricanes are difficult to measure, how easy is it to open up a new route? Our Lin family wanted to spend a lot of money to ask a Persian merchant to take us on a trip. ”

"This is killing chickens and taking eggs, and it is not so easy for Persian merchants to agree, right?"

"It's okay if you don't agree, it's not benevolent and righteous to buy and sell. Only this Kairadis, carrying other Persian merchants behind his back, sold us a pair of charts for 500,000 yuan. As a result, this chart is a fake, and if it weren't for your telescope and compass, if it weren't for the luck of inviting heaven to come across a Persian merchant ship, my eldest son would have to give an account there. ”

"So...... You're seeking revenge on Kairadis? ”

"That's not true, this guy knows that he is at a loss, and since then, it has not appeared in Quan, Yang, and Guangzhou. I originally thought that this guy was doing business in Mingzhou, but I didn't expect him to appear in Chang'an. ”

The Maritime Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty had four starting points, namely Quanzhou, Yangzhou, Guangzhou and Mingzhou. The Lin family in Quanzhou, the Yu family in Guangzhou, and the Li family in Yangzhou colluded with each other, and Kairadis offended the Lin family, and if he wanted to continue to do maritime business, he could only go to Mingzhou. The so-called Mingzhou is the later Ningbo, Zhejiang.

Cui Geng secretly pondered that Kairadis gave the Lin family fake charts in order to prevent direct trade between the Tang and Persians. When the incense was stolen, the Lin family lost the privilege of going to sea for more than a year, and it was difficult to trade with the Persians.

Will...... Was this Qunli incense piece stolen by someone he stolen?

While Cui Genghua was thinking about it, Alpas, the lord of the Sleeping Moon Tower, had already introduced Kairadis to everyone after greeting with a few familiar dignitaries, claiming that Kairadis was a wealthy merchant from Persia, and this piece of ambergris weighing twenty catties was owned by him.

Today, it is said that it is an auction of 20 catties of ambergris, but in fact, it is a treasure to meet friends.

The reason is very simple, the people who participated in the auction were all Datang nobles, if it was really whoever paid more money, they would sell it to whom, and it was inevitable that everyone would hurt their harmony. In addition, Kairadis could not bear the wrath of the loser.

It's easy to meet friends with treasures, everyone takes out a treasure, and if Kairadis thinks it's a treasure that's suitable, he exchanges it with it.

Whether you can buy ambergris depends on financial resources, luck, and the price you are willing to pay.

After Alpas finished speaking, Kairadis did not speak the whole time, just smiled and bowed slightly at everyone.

However, when he saw Zhang Qunli, he was obviously stunned for a moment.

Originally, even if Lin Zhixiang and Zhang Yuanchang arrived in Chang'an, they were not qualified to appear on such an occasion. Zhang Qunli's appearance here was really unexpected for him.

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When Alpas finished speaking, all the nobles looked at each other with a burst of dissatisfaction.

Zuo Yushi Doctor Dou Huaizhen said: "It turned out that the good one would get the highest price, but now it is to exchange treasures, aren't you Hu Shangmo playing tricks on us?" ”

"How dare the little one?" Alpas laughed, "It was really a little thoughtless before. Now that I think about it carefully, in terms of family wealth, who can catch up with the shopkeeper Cao who gathers Fenglong? Are everyone willing to give up ambergris? ”

In fact, everyone has not considered this before.

However, Cao Yuechan has a fatal weakness, that is, her younger brother Cao Hao is still locked up in the Yushitai and is about to be sentenced. Judging her at this juncture, she doesn't dare to oppress people with wealth. Moreover, everyone really couldn't think of Cao Yuechan's motive for spending a huge price to get these twenty catties of ambergris.

However, now that Cui Geng has appeared on the scene, everyone's pressure is really not small.

Dou Huaizhen said: "Even so, ambergris is a valuable thing, how can it be compared with a priceless treasure? Your asking price is too high. ”

"No, no, no." Alpas shook his head again and again and said: "Although ambergris is valuable, twenty catties of ambergris are unprecedented. This is the same as pearls, seven into pearls and eight into treasures. The small one exchanged twenty catties of ambergris for treasures with you, which was really a fair deal, and neither party suffered a loss. ”

Dou Huaizhen thought for a moment and said, "Okay." That being the case...... The old man took out a Qibao bed in exchange for your twenty catties of ambergris. ”

"What? Qibao bed? ”

"This old man Dou is really willing!"

"I didn't expect the Qibao bed to fall into his hands."

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As soon as Dou Huaizhen's words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Of course, everyone has heard of the Qibao bed, when the Zhang Changzong brothers gained power, searched the world's treasures, and built this Qibao bed for their mother Wei Azang.

This bed is carved from ivory, decorated with gold, silver, beads, jade and other treasures, and is paved with rhino horn mats, mattresses made of mink fur, felt mattresses made of stinger hair and mosquito hair, as well as bed mats woven by dragon whiskers from Fenjin and phoenix weaving from the river. The end is gorgeous and extraordinary, and it is extremely precious.

After the Zhang brothers were beheaded, the bed was nowhere to be found, but they didn't expect it to fall into the hands of Dou Huaizhen in the end.

To be fair, taking this bed for twenty catties of ambergris, Dou Huaizhen is a big loss. It's very simple, just now Alpas is secretly changing the concept, pearls and ambergris are actually not analogous: pearls can be inlaid with a whole piece, no matter how precious your twenty catties of ambergris are, can you burn them together?

Someone said sourly: "It seems that Dr. Dou is in a hurry to go to the doctor!" ”

Undoubtedly, this is a satire on Dou Huai Zhenyang ~ impotence, to regain his strength at all costs.

Cui Geng looked at Princess Taiping and said in a low voice: "You don't pick up the dishes on the plate, people like Dou Huaizhen are not successful enough to fail, and it is useless to be promoted." ”

"Oh, Erlang is wrong to blame the concubine." Princess Taiping said: "After the coup d'état in Tanglong, this Ah was demoted to the rank of Sima of Mizhou because of the crime of attaching to Empress Wei. In the end, he went through His Majesty's door before he was reinstated, and it had nothing to do with the concubine at all. ”

Dou Huaizhen was indeed transferred back by Li Dan's order in history, and later saw that Princess Taiping was powerful, so he attached himself to Princess Taiping, and then was named prime minister.

Cui Geng guessed that maybe Dou Huaizhen hadn't voted for Princess Taiping yet, and said: "Then he used the Qibao bed to exchange ambergris for him, maybe it may not be really for himself." ”

"Erlang means Your Majesty? Hee-hee, that's really possible. ”

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Many people thought of this and didn't dare to continue to compete with Dou Huaizhen for ambergris. Moreover, there are few treasures in the world that are more precious than the Seven Treasure Bed.

Alpas looked around and said, "Are there any other nobles who are willing to take out treasures in exchange for ambergris?" If not, this incense is Dr. Dou's. ”

"I have!" Someone shouted.

People followed the prestige, but it was Li Chengqi, the king of Ning, who said: "I have a treasure, called the Seven Treasures inkstone furnace, and this treasure is gorgeously decorated. The most important thing is that when the inkstone is frozen in winter, it is placed on the stove, and the inkstone water will disappear by itself, and the fire will not be used. This Qibao inkstone furnace is given by His Majesty himself, and it is not much stronger than Dou Huaizhen's Qibao bed? ”

"Good, good." Alpas said to everyone again: "Zuo Yushi Doctor Dou Huaizhen came out of the Seven Treasure Bed, King Ning came out of the Seven Treasure Inkstone, and did you continue to bid?" ”

Li Chengyi, the king of Shen, said: "There is also a treasure, if it is a person who knows the goods, he should know that this treasure is far above the two treasures." ”

"Oh? But I wonder what treasures King Shen has? ”

"This treasure of mine is a beautiful woman newly bought by this king. This woman's name is Chu Lianxiang, and the country is unique. The most attractive thing is that she has a strange fragrance on her body, and she is accompanied by bees and butterflies between each source. ”

Li Longfan, the king of Qi, said with a smile: "I can't imagine that the second brother is even willing to Chu Lianxiang, and the younger brother is not talented, so he also wants to have fun!" I have the saddle jade of the Ten Treasures of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know if I can exchange it for these twenty catties of ambergris? ”

Even the top ten treasures of the Tang Dynasty came out, and many people immediately extinguished their desire to compete.

First, it is indeed difficult to match, and second, the value of ambergris is far less than these treasures. Obviously, things have developed into a situation of several princes fighting for wealth by now. If you increase it yourself, you will not only offend the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, but it will also be very cost-effective.

Cui Geng naturally didn't want to be the wronged leader.

However, Cao Yuechan said in a low voice: "The concubine called Erlang today to prevent money alone from solving this matter." Erlang, Juan'er's background is really pitiful, you can help me get these twenty catties of ambergris. ”