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Chapter 359 Auction Mirror

"You are stupid. Haven't you seen the glass we make now? Our glass workshop can make pieces of glass and make some glass cups. Naturally, it can also be made into glass bottles and jars. Wouldn't it be great if you use it to hold wine?"

"My king, glass can break easily. The glasses in my house are broken a lot! It's not good to hold wine!"

"What if it is made thicker? Think about it, these wine jars are all ceramic, which one is not fragile? If you use glass, it might be more solid, and the glass bottle looks better. If you seal it, we can use a wooden plug inside and add a glass lid outside, which will look comfortable."

"My king, what you said really makes sense. I'll ask someone to discuss with the glass workshop!"

"By the way, our wine bottle must have a name on it. To make a brand, our wine must have a good name to be loud."

"I have thought about this, and I was about to discuss it with my king. What I mean is Quanjiu. One is to name it by the lord, and the other is to tell everyone to weigh their alcohol content when drinking, and not to get drunk easily."

"The explanation behind this is very good. Just use this name and let someone print the name on the wine bottle."

"My king, I heard that someone has made a mirror with that glass. Can you give me a face? The women in the family have all argued. Last time they entered the palace and met the queen, they all clamored for it!"

"That's your own business. To be honest, this mirror is not that easy to make. This side is still difficult to make. Now the craftsmen have not found a good way to make the second side. When it is made later, they will give it to you. You won't ask me and the queen to snatch it. She is now hidden like a treasure."

"But the problem is that the queen is not hiding. There are a few women in Stone City who don't know about it now. Many people have seen it."

"But there is no way to do it. The craftsman is still studying it, and it is probably soon. The craftsman who made this mirror paid the price of the boss."

"My king, aren't you going to hold an auction?"

"Ah, yes, this mirror should still be very valuable, right?"

"My king, then you have to leave a side for me, or I will stay in your temple of care and eat yours every day."

"You dare, I'll tell Li Sheng to throw it out to you directly."

The glass has been made for two years, but the mirror has not been made. That's because Sun Quan didn't remember how the mirror was made at all. He only remembered that it was plated with silver or mercury, so he could only let the craftsmen experiment one by one to see what method can be made.

In recent days, craftsmen have finally found a way and made hundreds of mirrors of different sizes. Sun Quan asked the craftsmen to slowly build them, and then gave one to his queen first. After the advertising benefits of the mirror came out, he prepared to hold an auction and make some money first.

When the auction was held, the auction house was filled with all kinds of civil servants and military generals and rich people. No one wanted his women to make noise at home. Sun Quan and Pang Tong were staying in the private room No. 1, and Guo Jia later knew that Sun Quan had come and got in.

Pang Tong said: "Fengxiao, are you a dog-sniff? Why did you come here?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "That's right, you will definitely ask me for a mirror, so I can't be missing."

Sun Quan looked at Guo Jia and smiled and said, "Okay, let's watch the auction first and see how much a mirror can cost."

I saw that the first batch of mirrors had been asked by the auctioneer to put them on the stage. The bright mirror looked at everyone in surprise. After everyone calmed down, the auctioneer stood on the stage and said:

"Dear guests, this is the treasure mirror that my king gave us to the rankings. Everyone has seen it! This mirror is in our respected harem, and the other side, my king said that he is going to place it in front of the Ganqing Palace to give all the civil and military ministers the right clothes."

After saying that, the auctioneer picked up a smaller mirror and put his hand in front of the mirror, and said, "Everyone, look, I put my hand in front of the mirror, and a exactly the same hand appeared in the mirror. You can even see the hairs closer together. Everyone, buy one to give your wife a look. When you put on makeup, you can clearly see your appearance. If you buy one to use it yourself, you can better see the handsome faces of all the guests."

After saying that, many people in the audience laughed. At this time, the auctioneer continued, "Okay, that's all, let's introduce it. Everyone knows the function of this mirror. Now the auction starts. Only one side is auctioned at a time, and each customer has to buy one side, which means that the first buyer cannot participate in the second auction."

After confirming that everyone understood the rules, the auctioneer shouted: "Now that the auction starts, you will first auction the big mirror, and start with a gold coin, and you can increase the price at will."

Just as I finished speaking, someone below shouted directly: "One hundred and fifty gold coins!"

When Pang Tongyi heard the yelling, he became angry and cursed: "Why did that prodigal girl let the housekeeper come to auction? I said I would ask my king to get her back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yu's housekeeper shouted directly: "Ten thousand gold coins!"

Everyone knows who this is when they hear the voice. Zhou Yu never comes to buy things directly, but his housekeeper always comes to buy things for him, so everyone knows who it is. Sun Quan has also seen it and is very familiar with this person. After hearing it, he smiled at Pang Tong:

"The housekeeper of Gongjin is very smart. He uses Gongjin's identity and adds a high price of 10,000 yuan at once. This mirror is his."

Pang Tong smiled and said, "It probably wasn't Gongjin who asked him to come. I asked Gongjin before I came. Gongjin said that there was no hurry, so there would be something. It can be seen that he knew it, but his wife couldn't wait."

After hearing this, Sun Quan laughed and said, "Little Phoenix, you said you all came to auction so consciously, so there is no need for me to reward you again. With your identity and value, it would be not easy to take a mirror."

Guo Jia immediately cried poorly and said, "My king, they are all rich people, but I am very poor, and they are different from them."

Before he finished speaking, he had a hammer. Sure enough, the first mirror was photographed by Zhou Yu's housekeeper. The next few mirrors were the same, all of which were photographed by several ministers from the Military Affairs Office and several cabinet members. Of course, Guo Jia did not take a picture. He did not have such a good fortune yet.

Pang Tong asked again at about halfway through the auction: "My king, will you give each of us a few such mirrors?"

Sun Quan smiled and said, "This is such a valuable thing. Haven't you heard the auctioneer say that this mirror can be auctioned at most once a month, and there is no more. How much do you think I can reward you?"

Pang Tong smiled and said, "My king, you should have a lot of them, right? Just give them two sides!"

Guo Jia said: "Shi Yuan, things are precious because they are rare. If my king gives us too much reward, it will be worthless."

Pang Tong understood as soon as he heard this and said, "My king, we all understand that you want to make money with this. After all, our country needs money now, but you can at least make us useful."

Sun Quan scolded: "Get out! You are not short of money!"

Guo Jia analyzed: "My king, are you planning to plot against the rich people from Wei and Shu Han? They should also get news soon. Once they know that there is such a good mirror, they will definitely come to the auction and they will make a fortune. When the rich people buy it almost, my king will put it on the market in large quantities, and ordinary people can buy it at a very cheap price."

Sun Quan looked at Guo Jia and said, "You are talking about it all, but the production of this mirror is really not so fast, and the cost is indeed quite high. As for ordinary people, I'm afraid they have to wait for a while."

Seeing that this was related to Sun Quan's calculation of the world, Pang Tong stopped mentioning it and said, "My king, since that's the case, why don't we ask some merchants to smuggle them to the Wei State or Shu Han on both sides. Once they go there, many people will take money to participate in the auction."

Sun Quan said: "Of course there are arrangements! Let's continue watching the auction, the ones that follow will probably sell at a higher price."

Sure enough, a mirror was called to the sky by two wealthy businessmen. Pang Tong introduced: "My king, the one who just called for 50,000 gold coins was the representative of the Zhen family in Hebei. Now the one who called for 51,000 gold coins is Zhang Dafu, the new giant in Wu State, who was rising."

Sun Quan looked at Zhang Dafu, who was of medium figure and very smart and capable. Sun Quan was interested in meeting him when he was, after all, he was also the richest man in Wu.

The people from the Zhen family immediately shouted for 52,000 yuan, Zhang Dafu immediately added 1,000 yuan, and the people from the Zhen family added 1,000 yuan. Zhang Dafu stood up and held up the sign and shouted, "100,000 gold coins!"

This scared Sun Quan. Everyone present was shocked. The mirror was just a look. He actually shouted 100,000 gold coins, and naturally he was taken down by Zhang Dafu.

Sun Quan looked at Zhang Dafu sitting down and said, "This guy is very courageous and courageous. If he has some knowledge, he would probably be more than enough to be a county magistrate. This person is worth our careful understanding."

Pang Tong said: "Yes, my king, this man made a fortune very quickly, and he has great vision and courage in business. I heard that any business related to my king, regardless of whether he can make money or not."

(End of this chapter)
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