"Hello everyone, I am Li Ke…"
Li Ke stood on the stage and began to introduce himself. This introduction took 15 minutes.
Many people were getting impatient.
"I know that you're not here because I'm from the royal family, rich, and handsome." He smiled brightly.
Haha...
Everyone in the hall burst into laughter.
"How can the imperial family have such a shameless person!”Dugu Yanwen snorted angrily.
"This person's shamelessness and arrogance are nothing new.”
"It's an insult to the etiquette of a scholar. The etiquette of a saint cannot be tolerated!”
……
In the room next door.
Cui Yingying stood by the window and covered her mouth as she chuckled."He is indeed an interesting person."
"Mother, Imperial Brother is so shy…"
No matter what others said, Li Ke still did what he wanted. He continued,"Everyone is here for the Glazed Chicken in my mansion. I, Li Ke, am a person who likes to share with others, unlike some people who have been eating alone for thousands of years.”
"Therefore, I've decided to auction the Glazed Chicken at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant today.”
"There are a total of eighteen Glazed Chickens. If we get the Glazed Chickens, we might be able to figure out how to make glass.”
"To put it bluntly, the Glazed Chicken is a chicken that can lay golden eggs!”
"Therefore, the auction price is not low. The starting bid is 1,000 strings of silver, and each bid must not be lower than 100 strings of silver!”
In the private room where Dugu Yanwen and the other Shi clan members were seated, everyone's faces were ashen and cold.
Li Ke was clearly cursing the aristocrats.
This prince was too shameless and presumptuous!
Dou Kang gritted his teeth and snorted coldly." I've finally experienced the shamelessness of His Highness Ke once again. He doesn't want to monopolize everything. Why does he want to push for the patent bill?!"”
"Yes, he's even more shameless than us!”
"Everyone, don't be angry. We'll teach him a profound lesson later and let him recognize reality!”
……
Dong dong dong.
The gong sounded and Li Ke shouted,"The auction for the first Glazed Chicken begins!”
As Li Ke's voice fell, it fell into a dead silence.
After a long time, no one bid.
The merchant sitting in the lobby looked up at the private room upstairs.
Li Ke turned a blind eye to this, the corners of his lips still holding a smile.
"Before we start, who would dare to bid?”Dugu Yanwen said arrogantly.
Cui Zongbo and the others laughed.
This was the power of the Shi clan!
Even the imperial power had to compromise in front of the gentry, and the uncompromising Yang Guang was dragged down from the throne by them.
A small merchant could only wait for the aristocrats to eat the meat and drink the leftovers.
Li Chengqian stood at the window and looked at Li Ke on the stage. He felt that Li Ke was very thin at the moment."Good brother, you are too proud. Do you really think that you can fight against the entire aristocrat class with your little cleverness?”
"So what if it was your grandfather? Emperor Wen had accumulated so much wealth for him, but didn't he still fail?”
Li Tai's room.
Li Tai looked at his royal brother, his expression changing constantly. There seemed to be hesitation in his eyes.
As he waited in silence, he asked his advisor,""At this time, if this king helps my royal brother, can I gain his friendship?”
"Your Highness, you must not!" Li Yifu's expression changed drastically, and he quickly stopped him.""Helping Wu Wang is equivalent to offending the entire Shi clan!”
"Your Highness, you can't!"
"Your Highness, be careful!"
……
All the aides objected. Li Tai struggled for a while and finally gave up.
"Si Zi, don't you want to eat the Glazed Chicken? Go and bid 1500 strings for a Glazed Chicken.”Zhangsun Wugou fondly stroked Si Zi's head and said with a smile.
Without waiting for Si Zi to agree, the Emperor looked at the Empress bitterly and said helplessly,""Guanyin maid, we agreed that this time we would see this bastard solve it himself.”Immediately, the emperor stopped Si Zi.
"Three thousand strings!"
Just as the Emperor's voice fell, someone suddenly shouted a price.
"Cheng Chumo?"
"Cheng family brat, don't you have any shame? Your own people are raising the price for yourself!”
"Send a message to the merchants in the lobby and ask them to come forward to denounce Li Ke!”
……
"Wu Wang, this is a little against the rules.”
"Young Duke Cheng, how can you raise the price yourself? We have no choice but to leave!”
"Yeah…"
"I'm willing. If you're not happy, then take me!”Cheng Chumo stood up and raised his head, saying arrogantly,"Although His Highness and I are brothers, blood brothers have to settle accounts. Zhangsun Chong ate a glass chicken, and I, Cheng Chumo, also want to spend money to eat one. If you're not convinced, either raise the price or come and bite me!”
The people in the hall were stunned.
Li Ke smiled and said," This is in line with the rules. Chumo wants to taste the Glazed Chicken and participate in the auction. It's not against the rules. If you're willing to spend more money to taste it, I won't suggest it."”
"Is there anyone else who wants to raise the bid? Three thousand strings going once.”
"The second time!"
"The third time!"
Thump!
"Deal! The first glass chicken belonged to Cheng Chumo!”
Cheng Chumo instructed the servant beside him." Go on stage and take this Glazed Chicken down. Slaughter it as soon as you leave the house. Bring it home and simmer it over a low fire!"”
Cuckoo...
Not long after, the cry of the Glazed Chicken came from outside the door.
Everyone's eyes twitched.
"Shameless! The Cheng family's living bandits! Shameless!"
"Cheng Yaojin!"
"Find Cheng Yaojin and ask him to take care of his son!”
……
"Haha, this is Old Cheng's child.”In the private room where the general was, Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly.
"Your Old Cheng family is shameless.”
"Living bandits, a whole family of living bandits!”
"Four thousand strings, I bid four thousand strings!" Just as the group of generals were laughing and cursing, a new wave of auctions began.
"Old Bull, it's your calf. Haha, Old Bull's family is also shameless!”
……
In the blink of an eye, Li Ke's brothers bought seven Glazed Chickens.
The highest price was 11,000 strings.
The merchants in the hall were dumbfounded.
Dugu Yanwen and the others 'faces turned gloomy!
"I'm not buying!"
"Let him play by himself!"
"Right, I'm not buying it!"
……
The group of people cursed angrily.
"Now, there are only eleven left. The eleven will be divided into two parts. This time, eight will be auctioned together. The starting price is ten thousand strings!”Li Ke stood on the stage and shouted.
The average price of the packaged auction had actually increased!
The merchants couldn't sit still.
He kept looking upstairs.
"Big brother, the few of us will jointly bid 10,100 strings.”Hou Jun suddenly stood up.
Other than Hou Jun, there were also Fang Yi 'ai, Fang Yi Zhi and the other brothers who had no choice but to leave under the clan's strict restrictions.
"Is there anyone higher than 11,000 strings?”
"11,000 strings going once!"
"The second time!"
……
"Uncle Zhangsun, are General Hou and Fang Yiai your trump cards?”Dugu Yanwen asked.
Zhangsun Wuji frowned and said uncertainly,""Perhaps it's General Hou's idea.”
"That's great. If nothing goes wrong, these eight Glazed Chickens will fall into our hands.”
Thump!
"Third time, deal!"
"Thank you for your help, big brother." Hou Jun cupped his hands and thanked him loudly. Then, he instructed the servant,"Go, take the eight Glazed Chickens out and slaughter them immediately. Then, destroy the chicken gizzards!”
"He dares!"
"Hou Jun, that brat, is he still Hou Junji's son?”
"What are Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui trying to do? On one hand, they are marrying into our Shi clan, and on the other hand, they want to be our enemy!”
……
Dugu Yanwen and the others said furiously.
"Old Hou, your son is stronger than you!”
"Yeah, Hou Jun is a good kid!”
……
Hou Junji smiled in response to the praise, but his heart was boiling with rage. Ever since he had heard Zhangsun Wuji's words, he had felt that keeping Hou Jun by Li Ke's side wasn't a bad thing.
However, he never expected that bastard to do such a big thing.
This matter was very likely to make the Shi clan vent their anger on him!
Li Chengqian and Li Tai looked at Li Ke enviously.
They didn't have this kind of help.
Li Tai was especially regretful.
If he made a move, he might be able to get along with them.
Just like back at Earth Gate Pass.
"Next, we will auction off the last five Glazed Chickens, for a total of 40,000 strings! Each increment must not be less than 5,000 strings!"
"Forty-five thousand strings!" Hou Jun shouted again.
Cheng Chumo gave Hou Jun a thumbs up and said,"Hou Jun, just based on what you've done today, our brothers will forgive you for now. However, from now on, you don't have to stick your head out anymore. Otherwise, when we go back tonight, you'll definitely be beaten to death by your father.”
"Fifty thousand strings!" Qin Huaiyu slowly raised his hand and called out in a steady voice.
"Shameless!"
"Too arrogant, too shameless!"
"How can these bastards be so shameless?”
"Qin Huaiyu has always been the most stable person among the younger generation. Now that he has gotten close to Li Ke, he has actually become so shameless!”
"Let them play by themselves!"
……
Dugu Yanwen and the others discussed angrily.
At a certain moment, Dugu Yanwen said in a deep voice,"I bid 55,000 strings! This is the only bid!"
All the indignant and furious voices instantly disappeared.
No matter how angry everyone was.
But they couldn't let their only chance slip away.
Dou Kang nodded and said sinisterly,"I agree. Whoever goes against us next will be our common enemy!”
"Agreed!"
"Agreed!"
"Fifty-five thousand strings!"
The sudden bid from upstairs made Li Ke and his brothers all smile.
"The first time!"
"The second time!"
"The third time!"
Thump!
"Deal! Congratulations to the guests upstairs. You are good at seizing opportunities. When the opportunity is fleeting through your fingers, you seize it. You are wise…"
Giggle...
By the window, Zhangsun Wugou listened to Li Ke's endless praise and couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh.
She turned to look at her husband's satisfied expression and said with a smile,"Second Brother didn't expect this either, right? Ke 'er had grasped the fire so accurately. Since some people had suffered a huge loss, at the same time, he did not let his good brothers be implicated.”
"It's barely not bad." the Emperor said reservedly.
However, the corners of his eyes were smiling, reflecting the true emotions in the Emperor's heart at that moment.
"Shameless!"
"How can you be so shameless! The younger generation of Chang 'an had been led astray by the King of Wu, Li Ke!”
"How can they be so shameless!”
"None of them are good. We must find a way to drive Li Ke out of Chang 'an!”
"Yes, let him go to the vassal state!"
……
Dugu Yanwen and the others who had won the auction once again began to discuss angrily.
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