When everyone heard the highlight, they looked very expectant. Yan Shifan and others were eyeing the stage, waiting for the stupid egg who presented the heavy gift to make their first bird.

I?

Hu Yingjia was also thinking of "shooting the first bird out of the gun", but when he heard this answer, he was stunned, but he did not expect that the "deserve" would fall on his head.

Xu Fan immediately turned his head and looked at Hu Yingjia, his eyes revealing the smell of scrutinizing traitors.

Zhang Xianchen and Ouyang Yijing originally suspected that Hu Yingjia had secretly given the treasure, but thought that the three of them gave each other last night, and Hu Yingjia's enthusiasm for impeachment of Lin Qinran, this dispelled doubts in this regard.

Hu Yingjia knew he was wronged, but he looked at the purple-clad woman on the stage with a little anger.

The woman in purple has a sweet appearance and a better figure. Standing there can firmly attract the attention of men.

After introducing Hu Yingjia's works, she continued to add with a smile on her face: "It's not just Lord Hu's handwriting, but also the calligraphy and paintings of all the adults will appear one after another. The more you get to the works, the more you will be surprised. It can be said to be the highlight of this auction!"

"I see!"

A group of merchants and gentry who came forward to watch calligraphy and paintings were just wondering. Now, listening to the woman in purple, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

I thought Hu Yingjia had given me something peerless, but it turned out to be a gimmick. The so-called highlight actually refers to the next auction of calligraphy and paintings.

Although many of them love to collect calligraphy and paintings, if they were not famous works, it would not be worth much. Just now, the work of Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the dynasty, was sold at 200 taels, which was already a high price. The works of the following officials must be only low or not.

As soon as he thought of this, the gentry and merchants seemed to scatter and returned to their seats.

The woman in purple saw everyone's reaction, but kept a smile and said, "This handwritten book by Master Hu Yingjia, our auction house gave the starting price of 80 taels. Please raise your bid!"

"Haha... I really think everyone is a fool? With such a high price, who would participate in the auction!" When Xu Fan heard the starting price of 80 taels, he said with a sarcastic look on his face.

this……

Ouyang Yijing and Zhang Huanchen couldn't help but look at each other, and found that the eldest son of the prime minister was too polite, but he didn't know if this was offending his own people?

When Xu Fan said this, he suddenly realized that this was inappropriate, but he was also a person who cared about face, but he had no intention of apologizing to Hu Yingjia.

Hu Yingjia felt a little unhappy, but he did not show it to his face. He knew that Xu Fan was telling the truth, and his work to deal with the banquet was not worth eighty taels.

But if you know, know, but Xu Fan's words were like a thorn piercing him, making him feel a little resentful towards the eldest son of the chief minister.

"Eighty taels!"

But at this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from downstairs.

ah?

When Xu Fan heard this bid, he couldn't help but glared. He never expected that a fool would really bid for Hu Yingjia's works.

this……

Hu Yingjia was also slightly stunned and stared at him in disbelief. He also did not expect that someone would pay such a high price to buy his works.

"One hundred taels!"

But soon, another bidding sound came up below.

Ouyang Yijing and Zhang Xianchen exchanged glances silently and found that things became strange. They all knew that Hu Yingjia's calligraphy was just like that, and his poems and paintings were not worth mentioning, but some people were willing to spend 100 taels to bid for the auction.

"One Hundred and Twenty Taw!"

"One hundred and forty taels!"

"One Hundred and Sixty Taxes!"

...

The bidding downstairs continued, and the prices were rising steadily. In the end, it came to 200 taels, which surprised many people by this price.

"Two hundred and ten taels, the first time!"

"Two hundred and ten taels, the second time!"

"Two hundred and ten taels, the third time, the deal!"

As the gong suddenly rang on the stage, the calligraphy and paintings were sold at a price of 210 taels. Then a gentry immediately walked to the counter under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue to pay the money and collect the paintings, completing an incredible transaction.

"Mr. Hu, you are so hiding in depth, so you are so respectful!" Yang Futian, who was sitting at the next table, was full of smiles on his face, but bowed to Hu Yingjia.

Although Hu Yingjia and Yang Futian were in a hostile camp, they couldn't help but feel in the face of Yang Futian's compliments, and they also said a few humility to Yang Futian.

Although he spoke politely, he felt a little relieved. After all, his casual paintings were even ten taels of silver higher than those of the prime minister of the dynasty.

Xu Fan seemed to see his thoughts, but his eyes were too long and glared at Hu Yingjia.

Hu Yingjia also noticed Xu Fan's gaze, but when he thought that Xu Fan was just a polite official, he even thought about what Xu Fan said just now, but he did not take Xu Fan as a person to heart.

In fact, Xu Fan was not favored by Xu Jie, and the Shaoqing of Dachang Temple was even more idle. He was a dignified official and ministerial officer and ministerial officer at all, and he didn't need to see Xu Fan's expression at all.

"The next piece is the work of Feng Chengneng, the Zuoshi of Engineering Department!"

"The next piece is a work by Xu Gonglin, the engineering department, who works for the enemy in the middle!"

"The next pair is a poem written by Chen Jinglun, a compiler of the Hanlin Academy, for Lin Xungong!"

...

The woman in purple seemed to be in an orderly manner in charge of this charity film. After processing a work, she soon continued to release the works of other officials for auction.

Hu Yingjia was in a very good mood. After all, his works were more than ten taels more expensive than Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the dynasty. What reason did he not feel happy?

But then, his mood became a mess, and he even felt like he was being played with.

"I'll pay three hundred taels!"

"I'll pay four hundred taels!"

"I'll pay five hundred taels!"

...

The gentry and merchants below were like chicken blood, sought after the works of these officials, as if they were not using the silver in their hands, and were crazily raising the price.

this……

The price of calligraphy and paintings of Ouyang Yijing and Zhang Xianchen was pushed to a price of 500 taels, but I couldn't be happy at all, and I had already smelled a different smell.

Hu Yingjia looked at Yang Futian and others there thinking, vaguely guessing that the matter might be related to them, and that they were the ones who were dominating all of this.

But they didn't know whether it was Yang Futian and his group who paid out of their own pockets or mobilized the patriotic spirit of merchants and gentry below, so they were so crazy about pursuing these expensive official works.

There was a smile on the corner of Yang Futian's mouth, looking confident and even had a longer-term plan, but he ignored the eyes that Hu Yingjia and others cast.

After the auction was behind, he asked to the entourage beside him: "Ah Dai, how much silver have you raised now?"

"If you say that, it's already 153,000 taels!" The follower Ah Dai was a genius of arithmetic, but he kept helping to count silently, and even reported a number channel.

But while talking, there was another commotion coming from below. The reason was that Jin Da's paintings, known as the "King of Poetry in the Ming Dynasty", had already reached a sky-high price of 3,000 taels.

As the woman in purple said, the more at the end of this work, the more the value of the painting is. As a great celebrity in "Talking about the Ancient and the Current", his works naturally rise.

Soon, the Hanlin lecturer Xu Wei's works appeared on the stage and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Xu Wei can be regarded as a famous scholar among the Ming Dynasty, not only because he served as the editor-in-chief of "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" for several years, but also his calligraphy and paintings have long been famous all over the world.

As early as when he was young, local gentlemen called him a child prodigy, compared him with Yang Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty and Liu Yan of the Tang Dynasty, and now he is even more famous all over the world.

In particular, he is good at majestic cursive script, breaking the loneliness of the calligraphy world dominated by the "Taige style" and opening up and leading the current "shangshi" style of calligraphy.

If we truly discuss the value of paintings, then Xu Wei's works will have a place and will be the best choice for later names.

"One thousand taels!"

"Two thousand taels!"

"Three thousand taels!"

...

Xu Wei's works were also crazy sought after, and the prices soared for a while, and soon reached a sky-high price of 8,000 taels, which made many people dumbfounded.

But I never expected that Xu Wei's work could be sold at such a high price, which is comparable to many famous works of famous masters from the previous dynasty.

"Nine thousand eight hundred taels at a time!"

"Nine thousand eight hundred taels twice!"

"Nine thousand eight hundred two hundred and three times, the deal!"

As the gong rang, Xu Wei's works were sold at a high price of 9,800 taels, which was very popular for a while. Although it was a pity that it could not exceed 10,000, it was undoubtedly worth everyone's relish.

After the woman in purple arranged the delivery, she solemnly said to the guests present: "I would like to emphasize it again! This painting contains the anti-counterfeiting logo of our joint auction house. If we want to trade with someone, we can issue a guarantee letter!"

This charity auction is to raise military expenses for Datong's military expenses, but it may be a publicity performance by the Joint Auction House, and it is already aspiring to become the number one auction house in the Ming Dynasty.

"Nine thousand eight hundred taels?"

Xu Fan's brows frowned slightly, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Yang Futian.

He found that things had become different from what he expected. At first, he thought Lin Xunran was "trapping my younger brother", but found that the gifts he gave were all just-in-law, so he hoped that Lin Xunran could not raise enough military expenses at all.

But I never expected that these calligraphy and paintings that should have been worthless were priced here to be so expensive, which caused me to raise more than 100,000 taels of silver at once.

But these people didn’t buy paintings, they clearly used different ways to send military salaries to the Datong Army. It was really hateful. Thinking about the fact that his father’s work was only 200 taels, it felt like his father was also played with.

"It should be two or three thousand taels away!"
To be continued...