In the past, the upper class of the Qing Dynasty did not know or care about what copyright was.

But everyone present today figured it out. It turned out that this thing was worth a lot of money! Old man Li Hongzhang dared to ask for the price of his teacher's books. Today, he was wearing British foreign devils and asking for the price of their country's books. Isn't that reasonable?

Zheng Ruilin smiled faintly: "Sir. You should know the rules of the auction. We are only responsible for finding the buyer's auction items from the client. As for the source of the goods, we do not care about it or explain it. If you want to get further information, you might as well contact Mr. Yang Hao."

Johnson was speechless immediately.

If he was a fool, no one would dare to do anything to him. But who made him a teacher for a future prince? At least his gentlemanly demeanor must be maintained. He is not the only one who has a bad reputation when he is ugly in such an occasion.

Nodding cautiously, Johnson returned to the private room with anger in his arms.

Pu Wei was a young man and smiled at him, "It is enough for Mr. Johnson to show concern. If you want to sell a favor to Black Press, you can provide them with information. If you want to negotiate in person, you can ask the British Embassy. I believe that Boss Yang will give face. Now, let's finish the important things first."

Johnson blushed and realized that he had lost his composure.

What did Pu Wei invite him to do today? He was to help him gain eyes and his goal was to translate the Chinese version of this book "Encyclopedia of Britain"!

I thought it would be another good show, but it turned out that the foreign devils were used as turtles. A group of spectators were so upset. I was impatient and shouted: "What a broken book! What's the matter with the British? I evacuated it! This is a hard time in the hot weather!"

"Haha, Brother Third is going to withdraw first? It's easy to leave and don't send it away! I heard that a lot of new things have come to Zizhulin Street recently. Do you go and open your eyes first?"

The sarcasm and teasing came one after another. The third brother sat down instead: "I'm not happy to go with your wishes. I have to see the truth today!"

In a silence, everyone's eyes turned back to Zheng Ruilin. He continued, "Since you have no other doubts, our auction will begin immediately. The original English version of this set of books is priced at hundreds of pounds, equivalent to about a thousand pounds of silver. However, the original text is a vast space of more than 40 million words, and involves countless professional knowledge. The price of translation is unimaginable. Therefore, the auction price of this first set is set at 5,000 taels of gold!"

Five thousand taels! Not black enough. But it is definitely not cheap!

Especially after the price was announced, everyone felt a huge gap. Especially the British, they knew that this set of books representing the authority of the British Empire's culture, and the ninth edition sold seven or eight thousand sets in the UK alone. How could the professional "Bible" that was rated as "second only to God's authority" be sold at a lower price than Chinese books in one day?

Foreigners in China must not be able to avoid the "Siku Quanshu" when learning Chinese. However, after understanding it, they were very disappointed. Most of the contents of the huge 700 million words of the book are all principles, principles, and spiritual and cultural materials that are far from practicality. They are far less relevant to the actual needs of the "Encyclopedia of Britain".

More importantly, the words inside are too ancient and difficult to understand, and there are no sentences yet. This is almost impossible for ordinary people to understand. How can they apply what they have learned?

Later they figured it out that this was only for the so-called "genius class". As for the industrial, commercial and peasant classes, no one paid attention to it.

This seemed incredible to the British who were founded by industry and commerce, and it also made them even more despised. At least this view was completely different from the information fed back by the ancestors who came to the Ming Dynasty more than two hundred years ago.

The people present had clear origins and distinctive sources. When the noble group heard the results, they immediately shouted disapprovingly: "What kind of broken books dares to sell them so expensive! Five thousand taels of gold is better than building a garden and raising two opera teams to have fun!"

"That's it! You dare to sell a thing worth a thousand taels, but you don't bring that dark one! I think you can't sell it at all!"

"Yes! I think it's better to leave as soon as possible. What's the point, is it just a waste of time!"

After all, the merchants below know too little. The entire English version was not popular in the Qing Dynasty, so naturally very few people know it.

However, they can tell from the attitude of the British man Johnson just now that the origin of this set of books should be extraordinary. Boss Yang can use it as the finale, which shows that it is worth 5,000 taels of gold or not, it is definitely right to start first.

It was just a short time now, and there were people raising bids repeatedly, pushing the price up little by little.

However, this time, it was not as crazy as "Siku Quanshu", and it basically increased by 1,000 taels. After more than ten times, it only reached the price of 20,000 taels, and the pace slowed down significantly.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud quote from Prince Gong’s private room shouting: “Thirty thousand taels!”

The crowd of flag people was in a blast!

"The boy from the Sixth Master's family is very smart on weekdays! Is he so confused today? Thirty thousand taels of gold, that's not silver! Do you buy such a set of broken books and go to mat the bed?"

"No, right? Why do I think he came here with no intention? Could it be that he came for this set of books?"

"That's not going to be able to pay such a large price! Could it be that there is gold in that book? There is beauties? Or there is a future!"

Speaking of future, my mind suddenly realized, yes! This is the case if I can’t make a good deal! Prince Gong is a little old. Now Prince Qing is in charge of the Zongli Yamen, which is in chaos, and the Empress Dowager Cixi is very unhappy. Could it be that he is going to restore the Sixth Master again?

This is explosive news!

When the Japanese make a comeback, the top leaders of the Manchus will inevitably undergo a huge change. Even if they don’t make a fuss, the situation in the court will inevitably change!

The key is that this may be another signal---Laofu delegates power to the emperor in front of him. Is this what I mean by intervening in collecting me again?

If you can't stand anything, the problem of smart people will be caused by this. As long as you think too much, all possibilities will come one after another.

Now, not only a group of royal family members, but those members of the ministers couldn't sit still! Among them, the Later Party, such as Sun Yuwen and others, had to figure out how to work with the Japanese in the future, or how to seize power if they were to rule the country from behind the curtain again.

The Imperial Party was anxious! They finally hoped that the emperor would take power, but they were in high spirits for a few days. If Prince Gong got up, many people would turn against him with just one call. With the support of the Queen Mother Citizen, they would immediately have to fight back!

It’s really a slight stirring up a thousand layers of waves.

A mere book, a little guy's fate caused a huge wave. There were many discussions inside and outside the auction hall, like a feng wool moving house.

When Zheng Ruilin saw this scene on stage, he was full of absurdity. It was such a group of slutty things that gathered on the heads of hundreds of millions of people all day long, knocking on the bones and eating marrow, and doing everything they could. There was no national economy and people's livelihood in their minds at all. They were all fighting for power and political struggles!

As the main executor of this time, he has a very deep understanding of the Chinese translation of the Encyclopedia of Britain. This book has an unparalleled driving effect on inspiring contemporary people's wisdom and attracting the power of intellectuals throughout the country from blindly studying the imperial examinations to technologies closely related to people's livelihood and national strength.

Previously, the Guowenbao published several months in a long and long article, starting from basic techniques and basic knowledge, and slowly cultivating the literacy of a cultural class. This is to lay the foundation for this and let all readers have some ideas in their minds.

The next set of books can be used as evidence for their pursuit of external knowledge systems, read and search at any time, and absorb the beneficial components of Western civilization from them.

More importantly, it can improve the quality of scholars to apply what they have learned, broaden their horizons, and no longer have any dark eyes.

This is a very important section in the entire inspiration of the great cause of wisdom that started with the "Guowenbao". Unexpectedly, it was only used as a tool for fighting for power and profit within the Qing court.

It's so sad!

The speculation storm was still expanding, and everyone soon thought of what the people from Prince Gong’s family would do to buy this set of books? It’s purely for Western learning? It’s obviously not worth it. I will buy one if I publish it in large quantities in the future.

Then there must be other plans! It is either to make the news or use this set of books to achieve what purpose.

It is obviously impossible to please the Queen Mother of the Cialis. Lafayette was not interested in seeing a bunch of foreign things.

Then the only one left is Emperor Guangxu! But the question is, the Japanese Sixth went to please the emperor, aren’t they afraid of causing displeasure to the Queen Mother of the West? Unless they were allowed, the matter became more complicated and it was a little difficult to understand...

Although the people present were smart, they were far from the top. They were not old foxes who stayed in the center. They began to swell and get dizzy after thinking too much.

Pu Wei didn't expect that it would cause such discussion. Hearing all kinds of speculations from everyone, his little face suddenly turned pale--I really didn't expect so much in advance!

What Prince Gong thought himself? He was not clear about his grandson. He just came out to do things. As everyone judged, his small body couldn't stand it!

In the midst of entanglement, the situation on the field changes again.

The three major business groups that had just shown their skills suddenly made a bid! The range changed from the previous cautiousness, and it pushed it straight to the price of 50,000 taels!

Such a sudden change caught Pu Wei and others off guard. When looking at the price, they couldn't help but have a headache. The amount of authorization they received could not reach such a high level! What should I do?

Yang Hao, who was staying in the monitoring room, was also a little underestimated. His original goal was the group of vampires of the Qing court. He wanted to take this opportunity to squeeze out some oil and water, and at the same time add some chaos to them. But he didn't expect that the merchants would give face like this.

The result will be clear soon.

The price rose to 100,000 taels of gold, and was won by the Shanxi Shang Group. After the final decision, the boss Rishengchang stood up and bowed to the surroundings: "Thank you for your concession! We will dedicate this set of books to the current emperor!"

The person who couldn't figure it out suddenly realized: "My grass! I am ambushing here!" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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