Chapter 88: The Auction (3)
The strange silence in the theater lasted for quite a long time, so that Clythia on the stage was a little breathless, and wanted to say something, she kept glancing at Luo Feng, hoping that the captain could come to the rescue, Luo Feng just waved his hand at her, signaling that she didn't have to worry.
Finally, a lady in the audience raised her hand, which was a gesture to make a bid.
It was as if the stones thrown out broke the calm lake, and this time the raised hand set off a huge wave, and the women in the audience could no longer hold back the elegant and demure shelves, as if they had rushed into the discounted underwear store to buy the aunts.
"Fifty-five thousand gold coins!"
"Sixty thousand gold coins!"
"Seventy thousand! Seventy thousand! ”
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"Damn sluts, don't rob Io with me, you merchant women, don't you just have a few stinky gold coins!"
"Do you still have the guts to shout for a broken household? A few poor ghosts who live on a few broken manors handed down from their ancestors still dare to rob Io from me, it's really beyond my strength! ”
"One hundred thousand gold coins! Don't fight, Io is mine, he is my love, my treasure...... It's mine! ”
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Clythia was taken aback by this meeting, and watched in a daze as these richly dressed ladies shouted and even shouted out sky-high prices, as if the gold coins in their mouths were piles of stones, stacked upwards by 11,000.
It's just that at the beginning, the price shouted to 100,000 gold coins, and I am afraid that I can't collect so much money by organizing a large adventure group to break through the dragon's lair of an ancient dragon - in fact, the dragons of Faeron are quite poor, and the five and ten thousand gold coins in the dragon's lair can be regarded as the local tyrants of the dragon clan.
The extravagance of the noble women of Ascatra City has refreshed Clysia's perception of the accumulation of wealth in the continent of Feren, and she has organized similar auctions when she was a native of the magical world, knowing that these nobles like to spend a lot of money on luxury goods that have no practical value.
But in her impression, the gold coins of the Faren Continent are still relatively difficult to earn, and the nobles who own a castle and affiliated territories have a monthly income of only one thousand to two thousand gold coins, and their annual income is only more than ten thousand gold coins.
But the female nobles bidding in the audience behaved as if their family's annual income was more than fifty or sixty thousand gold coins.
Luo Feng actually expected this situation for a long time, the geographical location of Ascaltra City is excellent, it is in the center of the west coast of the Faren Continent, sailing all the way north along the coastline, you can pass through the "Candle Castle", "Baldur's Gate", "Deep Water City", "Neverwinter City", "Luskan", and then go north around the "Ridge of the World" is the "Icewind Valley", which is an excellent maritime trade route.
If you sail south, you will enter the land of Tesser, bypassing the "Gulf of Fire", and continue south, bypassing the Karlin Desert, to reach the port of Carlin in Kalinshan, where silk and jewellery are in high demand.
If you sail west into the ocean, you can head to the "Eternal Gathering Island", "Moon Shadow Island", and "Nelanther Islands" to purchase Elven Kingdom Elven Mithril series weapons, as well as Hokuriku horses, coal, and special armor.
Is the return on investment of maritime trade comparable to that of the agricultural and pastoral industries of the lord's domain?
Am's aristocracy has begun to replace the old nobles with new nobles, and the new nobles who have risen through the maritime trade may not have a deep enough family background, but the gold coins they can take out are far from being comparable to the old nobles who run the territory.
One hundred thousand gold coins may be a lot of money that an adventurer can't earn in a few lifetimes, and for a new nobleman with a sea trade fleet, it's just the profit accumulated by a few successful merchants.
The price was raised to 100,000 gold coins, and the bidding finally slowed down, and this kind of 100,000 gold throwing was no longer an expense that ordinary aristocratic families could afford casually.
The female nobles who could not afford to bid had red eyes and stared hatefully at the few people who were still bidding, as if those people were their rivals and feuds.
"110,000 gold coins!" Lady Fei Xuru Mia, the wife of the sea merchant Fei Xuru Love, shouted: "I will not let Io be imprisoned in your boudoir, he is only free by my side!" ”
"Shameless old woman!" Someone secretly shouted, "Your husband has been doing business abroad all the year round, and everyone knows what you will do to him after you get Io!" ”
"120,000 gold coins!" Febena Farad, the daughter of Serk Farad, the owner of the largest mansion in Ascatla City, proudly held her chin high and said: "If you have everything in the house, you will lack Io, he will be the best decoration for my bedroom, and he will also be my best friend who accompanies me when I am lonely." ”
"150,000 gold coins!" The wife of Sir Mardus, the Guardian of Thom and the Deputy Master of the Knights of the Warmest Heart, bids loudly: "My husband will be very happy if I bring Io home in accordance with the teachings of Thom, the god of loyalty and courage, and the courage to sacrifice for the love of love." ”
Sure enough, it is an old aristocratic family, and the background of Sir Madus's family is so deep.
However, if Io enters his house, it is difficult to guarantee that the knight's armor and helmet will not be stained, and that Lady Sir will not violate the teachings of the gods she believes in and do unfaithful but brave things behind her husband's back.
The bid of 150,000 gold coins was shouted, and the audience was suddenly silent, and there was no more shouting sound.
After all, it was 150,000 gold coins, so much money was enough to buy out the magic equipment in the adventurer's market, which was far beyond the value of a work of art, and the aristocratic women here couldn't make up so much money even if they overdrew their luxury consumption budget for two or three years.
Suppressing her excitement, Clecia raised her gavel and asked in a loud voice, "Are there any bidders?" ”
After asking once, she smashed it with a mallet, and after a hammer, she asked again: "The first hammer, are there any bidders?" ”
There was still silence, and the women in the audience had a look of despair in their eyes, which was even sadder than the death of their husbands.
Under the second hammer, Clesia thought that the 150,000 gold coins were probably the final bid, and it should be the transaction price. She couldn't help but sigh that under the captain's series of operations, a large piece of non-combustible garbage was sold at such a sky-high price, this time it was enough for the whole team to change their clothes, everyone put on a golden magic equipment, and they also had the power to fight in a high-risk world like the Faren Continent.
She was about to smash the third hammer, but she heard a coquettish shout from the audience: "200,000 gold coins!" ”
Following the prestige, Chrysia recognized the bidder, who was Dame Hathaway, a million-dollar widow who claimed to be the richest and freest woman in the city of Askatra.
Ms. Hathaway was not just a merry widow who only knew how to enjoy the legacy of her deceased husband, in fact, after her husband's death, the family's fortune had more than tripled under her management, and she was only known for her business talents, only because the world was selectively blind and liked to look at women with prejudice.
She endured until the last moment, and saw the hole cards in the hands of all the female nobles present before finally bidding to kill.