Li Qian was very happy to see the four arrogant princes looking flustered.
"Your Highnesses, the starting bid for this Five-Clawed True Dragon Painting is 10,000 gold taels. The highest bidder will get it!" Li Qian said with a smile.”
The grape in the Second Prince's mouth fell to the ground.
He had only brought five thousand taels of gold, which was not even enough to buy a painting.
The Third Prince was even more dumbfounded.
He didn't even bring 5000 gold taels!
The princes immediately contacted their subordinates and asked them to return to the palace to get enough gold.
If there was not enough gold in the palace, the princes would constantly think of ways to borrow money from familiar ministers.
Every prince knew the important officials of the court.
This was the so-called group.
There would be ministers who would choose their side in advance and choose the prince they supported.
The current Grand Tutor, Li Qian, was in a semi-retired state, so although he was a first-grade official in the court, he was neutral and did not stand on the side of any prince.
When the time was right, Li Qian would find an opportunity to resign from his official position and return to his hometown.
"Hurry up! Return to the palace. Bring me all the money you have in the palace!”
"I remember that Lord Zhao lives nearby? Go see him now and borrow money from him!"
"No, I definitely can't find an adult. My brothers must be borrowing money too. I have to think of a way.”
"Don't I have some businesses among the people? Sell it! Right, bring the title deed too!"
The four princes could be said to be like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each displaying their abilities and using various methods and channels to raise money.
The painting in front of them had an extraordinary meaning. It was too extraordinary, and it was worthy of their craziness.
Li Qian was not in a hurry and waited quietly.
The night was long.
After an intense competition, the First Prince, who had a stronger foundation, finally bought Hong Chen's Five-Clawed True Dragon Painting for the astronomical price of fifty thousand gold taels.
This price was the highest among the treasures in the Great Gan Lord Dynasty.
After the First Prince successfully bought the Five-Clawed True Dragon Painting, Li Qian told the First Prince Hong Chen's request.
After the First Prince learned of this, he immediately agreed.
The other princes also told Li Qian that they hoped that Li Qian could introduce Scholar Red Dust to them.
Li Qian naturally agreed.
As for whether or not the princes could see Hong Chen, that would depend on whether Hong Chen was willing or not.
……
At the same time.
Hong Chen was carrying out the final step of his plan.
He wanted to fulfill Sima Zhaixing's wish, to defeat the Bandit Commander, Bandit King, Bandit Demon, and the other great bandits, to become the true " God Thief ", the number one bandit in the world!
But because he really didn't have that kind of skill, Hong Chen could only use his brain and find another way!
Night fell upon the capital.
Hong Chen was wearing a loose linen robe, a gray wig, and a fox mask on his face.
He sat on a small boat and went downstream. Under the guidance of the boatman, he arrived at the ghost market.
The ghost market was also known as the black market.
Most of the rumors and news in the market usually came from the Ghost Market.
For example, the fight for the title of God Stealing this time actually spread out from the ghost market.
Hong Chen disguised himself as a mysterious masked old man in order to spread his name of "Thieving Ghost" from the Ghost Market.
Only then would he be able to blend in with the Thief King, Thief Commander, Thief Demon, and other great thieves to fight for the title of God Thief.
Hong Chen came to the ghost market to distribute his wealth while gathering information.
On the first night, Hong Chen returned home empty-handed.
The next day.
When the Great Gan Lord Dynasty's Emperor attended the morning court session, the First Prince presented the Five-clawed True Dragon Painting that he had bought last night.
" Your Majesty," the First Prince said as he knelt in front of the hall," last night, I spent fifty thousand taels of gold to purchase a genuine painting by Master Hong Chen. It is also the only painting of his that has been circulated in the market!"”
Fifty thousand gold taels?
All the officials in the hall gasped.
Fifty thousand taels of gold was something that very few officials present could afford. Some of them had more than their entire wealth.
50,000 gold taels? Why not buy a painting?
This was really crazy.
Even the emperor of the Great Gan Lord Dynasty who was sitting on the dragon throne was slightly shocked.
"My son, I've heard of Master Hong Chen before. He's just a ten-year-old child.”
"How could a painting of his be worth fifty thousand gold taels? This is simply nonsense!”
The Great Gan Lord Dynasty Emperor reprimanded.
Fifty thousand gold taels was not a small sum.
The First Prince knelt on the ground and presented the scroll.""Father, you will know when you see it!"
The emperor of the Great Gan Lord Dynasty replied with an "oh" and said,""Men, hand over this painting.”
"Let me see, how can a ten-year-old youth's painting be worth fifty thousand gold? How dare he ask for fifty thousand gold!”
The eunuchs serving the Great Gan Lord Dynasty presented the Five-clawed True Dragon Painting to the Emperor.
At first glance, the Emperor's eyes widened as he gripped the handles of the dragon throne tightly.
Looking again, he fell into the painting, wanting to see the true dragon in the painting clearly.
Dragon scales, dragon horns, dragon claws, dragon head, dragon tail…
There was also the vast land beneath the golden dragon. It was magnificent, majestic, and heavy.
When he looked at it for the third time, he felt that the five-clawed true dragon in the painting roared and soared into the nine heavens, ruling the world as if it was about to fly out of the paper!
Taking a deep breath, the Emperor clapped his hands and praised.
"Good! Good! Good!"
"What a good painting of a Five-clawed True Dragon. Hahahahaha, it's really good!”
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