Fang Yun smiled and said, "Look, a Scholar's Literary Treasure is worth no more than a hundred thousand taels of silver. But I can sell it for three hundred and seventy thousand taels. In Ji County, this is called taking advantage of the rich! "
Everyone laughed.
"I have become Xusheng and will focus on the Divine Path in the future. If there is nothing special in the future, I will participate less in the Literary Gatherings. The Literary Gatherings should be for the more outstanding young people to compete. How can an old guy like me not go? Don't be happy to see me composing poems today. If you compete with me for the Literary Gatherings in the future, you will be cursing 'Old Thief Fang Wenba' in your heart! "
No one expected the great Xusheng to joke like this. They all laughed.
"From now on, I will auction off all the Literary Gatherings on the spot. The spring flood is coming, and there may be disasters everywhere. Seventy thousand taels of silver will be donated to the Ministry of Works to prevent flooding. One hundred thousand taels will be donated to various charitable halls to help the poor. As for the remaining two hundred thousand taels, I wanted to buy some books or the Four Treasures of the Study for the students. But in the end, I realized that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. As for the two hundred thousand taels, please allow me to keep you in suspense. "
Fang Yun paused for a moment and scanned the audience. "Three days later, I will entrust a merchant to hold a private auction to auction off the treasures I obtained from the Holy Ground and the Dragon Platform. I will only sell taels of silver and nothing else. As for the final matter, please allow me to keep you in suspense. I will announce it at the beginning of February. "
"Can't you say it now? You are trying to bait us! "Cui Sheng said with a smile.
"You will know in February." Fang Yun returned to his seat with a smile.
Everyone guessed.
"The treasures Fang Xusheng obtained from the Holy Ground and the Dragon Platform are extraordinary. Even if he casually sells some of them, it will be worth a lot. Even an ordinary Lake Shell is enough to make all the Noble Clans fight over it! "
"Nonsense. To ordinary Noble Clans, the Lake Shell is as useful as the Great Scholar's Literary Treasure. But he might not sell the Lake Shell directly. He should sell the Blood and Blood Lake Shell, and then the Noble Clans will spend money to modify it. "
"Even the Blood and Blood Lake Shell that humans can't use is worth two million taels of silver."
"He won't sell any especially valuable divine items. At most, he will sell some dragon bones and beast bones.
"It's hard to say. If we were to sell the Thunder Stones, the famous zither artists would definitely swarm over. "
"They'll probably list out the items for auction tomorrow. We'll know when the time comes. "
"That's true."
"He has his own city in the Ancient Lands, and he has a share of all the divine items that are produced nearby. In addition to the congratulatory gifts from the Saint Clans, he doesn't lack anything. It's normal for him to deal with those useless things."
"That's right. Look at his pure-blooded Dragon Horse luxurious carriage and the Barbarian Marquis' private army that followed him. Who can compare? "
"Speaking of private soldiers, even if Fang Xusheng enters Ning An, he won't be afraid of the Left Prime Minister's tricks! A thousand civil rank soldiers and two thousand titled soldiers. With so many Demon Generals and Demon Commanders, as well as Dragon Bloodline Demon Barbarians, they will definitely be able to take on the tens of thousands of enemy soldiers. "
"If Fang Xusheng's private army wasn't so strong, why would the Left Minister allow Soaring Eagle Cavalry to take over the defense of Ning An County?"
"Heh heh, 'the color of the grass can be seen from afar, but it doesn't appear', 'close but it doesn't appear'!"
Some people who opposed the Left Prime Minister's party chuckled.
Fang Yun received the reward for being the champion, which meant that the literary gathering was coming to an end. After another quarter of an hour, the literary gathering officially ended.
After bidding farewell to the crowd, Fang Yun returned home with his family. When he arrived at the door, the gatekeeper reported that Head Shopkeeper Tang of Xuanting Bookstore had been invited and was already in the house.
Fang Yun went to discuss with Head Shopkeeper Tang until midnight, and then personally saw Head Shopkeeper Tang off the next morning after breakfast.
At noon, Fang Yun made a list. This time, he didn't plan to auction anything good. Previously, the things that were auctioned were not important to him. But for ordinary wealthy families, those things were rare treasures. For example, dragon bones, Mutant Tree Roots, Qi and Blood Lake Shells, and the "Three Character Classic" and poems that Fang Yun had personally copied.
After the auction house released the list. The entire Saint Origin World went crazy.
In the eyes of many, the treasures weren't important. Fang Yun's poems were the focus of the auction.
Although those poems weren't the first edition and didn't have much power. But in the end, they were still personally copied by Fang Yun.
Fang Yun's personal works were very few. Even if Fang Yun didn't make any progress in the future, just the "Progenitor of Poetry" Xusheng's personal works were top-notch collector's items, second only to the "Progenitor of Poetry"'s personal works. Not to mention wealthy families, even aristocratic families were willing to spend a lot of money to buy them.
If the "Three Character Classic" written by Fang Yun was included in the family's school, it would definitely affect the entire family. The "Progenitor of Poetry" and "Xusheng"'s teachings were enough to double the number of geniuses in the family.
The "Three Character Classic"'s teachings combined with the luck of a Half-saint would have a huge impact on a wealthy family.
Many people were even betting that once Fang Yun became a Half-saint, the "Three Character Classic"'s effects would increase tenfold.
However, the auction made a restriction, which made the Lei family vomit blood.
The auction clearly stated that the Lei family was not allowed to appear, and the auction items were not allowed to be traded or given to the Lei family in any way. Otherwise, Fang Yun had the right to buy them back at the original price.
However, the threshold for this auction was extremely high. Wealthy families or Half-saint families could directly enter, but if others wanted to enter, they had to show a banknote worth 100,000 taels of silver.
Just this threshold alone was enough to make countless people sigh at their inadequacy.
On the third morning after the Spring Cultural Meeting, Fang Yun took his family and two Demon Marquis private soldiers to the busiest street in the capital, Vermillion Bird Street, in an ordinary carriage.
Vermillion Bird Street could allow ten carriages to travel side by side. There were many shops and buildings on both sides of the street, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going.
Today, there were more people than usual. The leaders of various aristocratic families and wealthy families in Jingguo all went to Vermillion Bird Street and poured into the famous Chen's Pawnshop.
The Chen's Pawnshop was the property of the Chen Family. It mainly pawned items and held two auctions every year.
After Fang Yun entered the Pawnshop, he was warmly led by the manager to a private room on the third floor.
Along the way, everyone who met Fang Yun respectfully greeted him. Fang Yun also smiled and greeted him.
Fang Yun was escorted to the third floor by everyone's envious and admiring gazes. No Grand Scholar in the world could have such an honor.
The auction hall of the Chen's Pawnshop was designed and built by the Mo Family. Usually, it was made up of many rooms, but if there was a need, it could be transformed into a huge hall in twelve hours. It could seat thousands of people.
The auction stage was at the innermost part of the auction hall. Opposite the stage was a large number of seats. There were 36 private rooms on the east, west, and south sides of the second and third floor.
Fang Yun went straight to the private room in the middle of the third floor.
Nunu and Ao Huang leaned on the railing in front of the private room curiously. They looked down. One was crying and the other was laughing. Outsiders could not understand what they were talking about, but the dragon and the fox were chatting happily.
There was still half an hour before the auction started. Fang Yun wanted to take the opportunity to study, but people from various aristocratic families had already lined up outside the door to visit Fang Yun.
Fang Yun had no choice but to meet them one by one. People from aristocratic families were at least at the Hanlin Academy, and people from aristocratic families were at least the family heads. Those who were not family heads did not dare to meet Fang Yun.
Fang Yun was Xusheng.
To be continued … (To be continued)
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