"This is the treasure of 'Hua Heaven'?" Cao Hao looked at the things in the tray in the hands of the blue-clothed man behind the table in the inner hall, and asked Yidu Lidao.

It was a purple Chengren palm-sized gourd, and it was so far away that I couldn't see what the material was. It's just that the steward has already spoken, and the base price of this gourd is six hundred taels.

According to Iduli's introduction, if a guest in a private room takes a fancy to it, he will call someone to come and take a closer look, and if he likes it, he can write a secret mark, and the one with the highest price will get it in the end.

Iduli smiled: "These are all warm-up things, and the treasure of the finale is behind." ”

At this time, the steward of Tsing Yi, who was waiting outside the private room in the north, made a gesture to the person in the middle, and the man carried the tray over.

Seeing that Cao Hao was paying attention, Yi Du immediately said hello to the steward outside the box here.

After about half a cup of tea, he heard a knock at the door, and then the steward led the man in blue in.

Yi Duli took the gourd, handed it to Cao Hao, and introduced: "You see, this gourd looks like agate, purple, moist, hard, and thick, without thirty or fifty years of play, there will be no such a good pulp." It's ivory again, but there is a lack of carving on the gourd, which is a little insufficient, and it can only be regarded as a middle and upper grade. Such an object, if it is placed in the glaze factory, can also be worth thousands of hundreds of taels of silver. If Fu likes it, buy it and enjoy it. ”

He is a native of the capital of the Eight Banners, and he is casual about these gadgets.

Cao Hao didn't play with insects, so he wasn't very interested in this gnats cage, so he smiled and waved his hand.

When Iduli saw him like this, he stopped persuading him and sent the man in blue out. He himself picked out a few of the ivory signs on the table, dipped them in ink, and printed them on the white paper.

Then he took out a brush and put the word "leave" on the white paper.

Cao Hao knew that this was the bottom of the written dark mark. The ivory sign is printed with 1,200 taels, with the signature of Yiduli, and the bottom of the label will not be changed or changed at will, which can reduce disputes.

This set in front of me is somewhat familiar, and this is how the Bank of the Interior acted when it auctioned the secret bid.

The person in charge here, even if it is not from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is also borrowing from the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

At this moment, the man in blue had already put the gourd aside and led a cardamom girl to sit behind the table.

The girl was no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in a Chinese-style pink gauze dress, with skin like snow, and two braids that hung down to her chest. There was no jewelry on the side, only a thin chain hanging from the forehead, and under the chain was a bead the size of a little thumb.

This bead alone adds a lot of splendor to the girl.

In front of the case, I don't know when a piano has been arranged.

The girl stroked the piano lightly, and the melodious sound of the piano immediately reached everyone's ears.

If it weren't for the wrong place, she would have looked like the daughter of a big family. Because she has an elegant temperament and has no wind and dust.

But Cao Hao knew that this girl was not a lady, because he saw a familiar shadow in this girl. "Three-inch Golden Lotus", weak for beauty, proficient in talent, this is the characteristics of "Yangzhou Thin Horse".

Cao Hao retracted his gaze and glanced at Yi Duli.

Yi Duli was squinting his eyes, looking at the girl intently, his face full of **.

Seeing this, Cao Hao couldn't help but roll his eyes. This Yiduli had suffered a woman's loss a few years ago, and looking at his appearance, he really didn't know anyone who remembered his surname.

The price of this girl is four thousand taels of silver.

Even when Cao Hao slandered Yi Duli, Yi Duli withdrew his gaze, poured a cup of fragrant tea himself, and drank it all, but he didn't mean to make people look at him.

At this time, a man in Tsing Yi knocked on the door, and what he was holding in his hand was the gourd. It's just that unlike Fang Cai, there is an empty brocade box next to it, which seems to be used for this gnather cage.

Yi Duli had a little joy on his face, smiled and took out two silver tickets from his purse, added a ten-tael ingot, and handed it to the Tsing Yi steward.

The Tsing Yi steward put away the silver tickets and ingots, bowed down and said, "Little Uncle Xie's reward!" With that, he closed the door and went out.

"If you have shortcomings, how can you buy it?" Cao Hao saw that he casually put the gourd into the brocade box, and he didn't look at it anymore, and asked.

"For the white pillar, that kid is a mallet at all. It's not that material at all, and I still learn from others to play with insects. The last time I saw my gourd, I remembered it and grinded my teeth several times. Yi Duli snorted twice, and said with a little disdain: "I have good things there, he has lost less over the years.?" If it weren't for this fight with him, my brother-in-law would be a little unbearable. Not to mention a good gourd of thousands of taels of silver, even a stall for ten cents a piece, I won't cheap him. ”

Cao Hao listened and did not answer.

has been together for more than ten years, and he can be regarded as knowing Yiduli. Although he is a little more lustful, he is very righteous and a soft-hearted and kind-hearted person.

Although Bai Zhu is not inferior, but after all, his age is there, even if Yi Duli looks down on him, he will not care about him.

I don't know how much silver this girl was sold for, but after a while, the man in blue took out two more treasures, and the reserve price was more than 10,000.

But Yi Duli didn't look at it, and when he put out a whole ivory carved out of 500 arhats for 20,000 taels, he became interested and sent the ivory carving into the private room.

The ivory carving was five feet long, resting on a red sandalwood base, on which were five hundred arhats of various shapes.

Not to mention that such a thick ivory is rare, but to say that this carving craftsmanship is also commendable.

"This is something left in the palace of the former dynasty, but it is rare." Yi Duli is a person who knows the goods, and he looked at each other for a while and said to Cao Hao.

Although Cao Fu also has ivory ornaments, compared with the one in front of him, it looks a little childish.

It's a really good thing, whether it's staying at home or giving a gift, you can get it. It's just that the price of 20,000 yuan is not high, but if you want to get it, I'm afraid you have to double it.

Yi Duli did not rush to write the silver, but got up and stood in front of the window, watching the man in blue carry the ivory carving and walk away to a few private rooms. Then, from the time he sat down again, he wrote 50,000 taels.

Cao Hao is also paying attention, four of the ten private rooms have seen this ivory carving, and it seems that there are many people who pay attention to this thing.

At this time, he has changed to another man in blue, and he has come out with a painting scroll, which is the true work of the grass saint Zhang Xu, with a reserve price of 25,000 taels.

Along with this cursive script, there is also a silk painting, which is Tang Zhangxuan's "Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu", with a reserve price of 30,000 taels.

Yi Duli didn't seem to be very interested in these calligraphy and paintings, while Cao Hao listened to the familiar names one by one, and sighed at the energy of this Hua Heaven.

These two calligraphy and paintings, which were left in later generations, are both national treasure-level cultural relics.

Any one, get the antique calligraphy and painting shop of the Liuli Factory, and it can also be used as a treasure of the town store. There are two pieces here, and I can't complain that Hua Heaven's gold post is so popular, this is indeed a good place for Taobao.

I have been away from the capital for less than a year, and I am a little like a "soil leopard" who has just arrived in the capital.

After another cup of tea, I saw the blue-clothed man in the lead holding a long box and went to the box opposite Cao Hao.

Yi Duli sighed and said wistfully, "Let others get it." Or I write less, if I write 60,000, maybe I will get it. ”

Seeing that he was depressed, Cao Hao comforted: "Let's look at the back, maybe things are better." ”

Speaking kung fu, the Tsing Yi steward who was in charge of waiting for the box here had already knocked on the door, and on the tray in his hand was the bottom of the label written by Yi Duli first.

It's just that I didn't get it, and this deed of writing still has to be returned to the original owner.

After the next thing was put out, Cao Hao couldn't help but stand up and walked to the window, his eyes couldn't take his eyes off.

That thing is as white as jade, it is what he has seen in later generations, in the Forbidden City Treasure Museum, the children's pillow of the Northern Song Dynasty Dingyao.

The man in blue who introduced the treasure also said something, which is nothing more than introducing the age and origin of this thing, with a reserve price of 60,000 yuan.

This baby pillow is already the last treasure sold tonight.

Seeing Cao Hao's solemnity, Yi Duli also stood up, stood up and looked at Cao Hao a few times, and then signaled to the steward at the door.

After a while, the steward led the man in blue over.

Yi Duli surrounded the pillow of the kiln child, and the more he looked at it, the brighter his eyes became, but he refused to say a word.

It wasn't until the man in blue went out that he let out a long breath and said in a low voice: "On the market, there are a lot of things in Dingyao, and there have been porcelain pillows, but they can't be compared with this at all." ”

Like Fang Cai, he paid attention to the man in blue who held the treasure. Of the ten private rooms, eight of them passed the man in blue into them.

Yi Duli sat at the table, frowned for a while, and wrote the bottom of the 120,000 taels of silver.

Cao Hao saw that he was entangled, and said: "If you really like it, you might as well write more, I still have tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets here." ”

Yi Duli shook his head and said, "120,000 taels, which is more than I expected." I am fortunate to have it, but I have lost my life, and it is a big deal to come back in ten days. After speaking, he handed the bottom of the bid to the Tsing Yi steward at the door.

When Cao Hao heard him say this, he didn't say more.

Yi Duli said happily, but he still cared, and he couldn't give up, so he got up and looked out after taking two sips of tea.

Faintly, I heard footsteps, like someone leaving.

Yi Duli fidgeted, shaking Cao Hao a little dizzy.

In Cao Hao's heart, he was interested in antiques for the first time. In his mind, there was still a white jade pillow as jade. If it weren't for the fact that he came with Yiduli today, he would have wanted to start.

The Treasure Hall of Later Generations, when introducing this children's pillow, said that it was "unparalleled in the world".

However, if more than 100,000 taels of silver are used to buy a piece of porcelain, it is still too ostentatious. Even if you buy it, unless you don't show it in front of anyone again, it's a disaster.

This thing is not something that ordinary people can have.

This time, the waiting time was long, and it took two quarters of an hour for the Tsing Yi steward to lead the man in blue in.

Looking at the brocade box held by the man in blue, Yi Duli suddenly jumped up from the chair, excited like a child: "Won the bid!" ”

The steward in Tsing Yi was already full of congratulations and a string of auspicious words.

The man in blue carefully placed the brocade box on the table and asked Yidu to inspect it.

When the gourd arrived, only the Tsing Yi steward came in, but at this time, even the blue-clothed man who presided over the "treasure appreciation" also entered the private room. In addition to explaining the preciousness of this treasure and making the steward here pay attention to it, it also has the meaning of coming to receive the reward.

Yi Duli was already smiling from ear to ear, stroking the child's pillow, as if he were fascinated.

The steward in Tsing Yi and the man in blue did not urge him, and waited respectfully aside.

It was still Cao Hao, seeing that the time was not early, coughed lightly and woke up the drunk Yi Duli.

Yidu Lizheng restrained his expression, took out the silver ticket from his purse, counted out 120,000 taels and handed it to the man in blue. Two smaller denominations jumped out and gave the steward in Tsing Yi and the man in blue as rewards.

The man in blue retreated, and the steward of Tsing Yi stayed, took back the golden post, and led Cao Hao and Yi Du out. During this process, there was no charge for dinner. It seems that it has been included in this golden post.

It was already the second quarter of the morning (half past nine in the evening), and there were already housekeepers and guards of the Yiduli family outside.

The two families walked to the intersection and went to their respective homes.

Because of this experience, Cao Hao was also quite attentive to this Hua Paradise, and when he saw the sixteenth elder brother as soon as he saw it, he mentioned it.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "What's so strange, if you are rare, I will leave you a gold post every ten years!" It was not a business of other people, it was a business in the name of the royal house. ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he was very surprised: "Didn't you say that it was the business of Prince Kang's Mansion, why did it become Zhuangwang's Mansion again?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother said with a smile: "You have forgotten the surname of the late old prince, and you are the most money-obsessed." Relying on the age of the generation, there is no less to take advantage of the clansmen. Although I don't care about this, Tai Fujin does. She kept her henchmen in control, and I didn't bother to ask. Otherwise, she would have thought I was going to steal money from her. Although I don't care, there are many people who come in a hurry, including He San, the steward of this 'Hua Heaven'. The monthly account book, he handed over to Taifujin, and also handed over to me. ”

Taifu Jin is too old, a person in the twilight; The sixteenth elder brother is in his prime, and he is the rightful landlord of the palace. He San can choose this way, which is also smart.

Cao Hao didn't expect that this Hua Heaven was actually the business of King Zhuang's Mansion.

Don't talk about the usual, let's just say that he participated in the night, and auctioned ten things, the price was more than 150,000 taels, and if the selling price was double, the flow of money that night was 300,000. Hua Heaven draws 30%, which is 90,000.

Ninety thousand at a time, three times a month, two hundred and seventy thousand, that's a staggering number.

Cao Hao restrained the smile on his face and said solemnly: "Sixteenth Master, isn't it too ostentatious to do this business in the capital?" Even if Taifu Jin is in charge, if there is a birth of right and wrong, others will detain the sin on the sixteenth master. ”

The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said, "Don't get in the way, even if I go to the court to fight a lawsuit, I'm not afraid." Taifujin alone, how can Tangkou be so prosperous? This is what Li Si'er vacated, and half of the objects auctioned every ten years are gifts received by the uncle's mansion. The silver will not fall into my pocket, how can I bear this false name for her? As early as when she asked Taifu Jin to start this matter, I told the matter in front of the emperor. The emperor's meaning will be ignored for the time being. Since then, the ledger in my hand has been sent directly to the Imperial Front. It was March, and you hadn't returned to Beijing yet, so you hadn't heard me mention it. ”

"Amazing, in this way, Uncle Guo's Mansion receives more than 400,000 taels every month, which is a lot in a year!" Cao Hao did the math and said.

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said: "Long Keduo is really hot, and this Li Si'er is also a good way to make money......

(To be continued)