"Would you like to purchase the position of County Magistrate of a small county? This position is priced at 30,000 gold coins. Please confirm if you wish to purchase it! "
"No!"
After trying it out carefully, Yang Rui suddenly understood that purchasing an official position depended on one's status and qualifications! After all, this was a game. If he could buy any of the Three Ministers and Nine Ministers without any restrictions, the game would be a mess!
For example, on the list of official positions in Yang Rui's hand, the brightly displayed official positions were the ones that Yang Rui could purchase. As long as he clicked on them, the system would prompt him. Yang Rui looked at the first part of the list and found that the highest level was the County Magistrate of a small county, which was a 300-stone rank and was priced at 30,000 gold coins. Most of the other positions were Deputy County Magistrate and County Lieutenant, which were 200-stone ranks and were priced at 20,000 gold coins. The rest of the positions were gray-colored, indicating that they could not be purchased.
Of course, that was not all. Ordinary players and NPCs could not enter the West Garden Residence Shop. Yang Rui was able to enter the shop because of many coincidences! In his previous life, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had ended, and he had never heard of anyone obtaining an official position by purchasing an official position. Only a small number of people obtained some minor official positions through their military exploits in the Yellow Turban Rebellion!
Therefore, Yang Rui carefully looked at the list of official positions in his hand again. This was a rare opportunity for him!
At the mention of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yang Rui remembered some content on the forum in his previous life. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, many players were unable to lead enough NPCs into battle due to their lack of leadership. Therefore, they were unable to obtain enough military exploits.
In particular, some large game groups or forces wanted to obtain military exploits in the plot but were unable to do so due to the lack of a player with high leadership. Obtaining an official position was undoubtedly the most effective way to obtain leadership. Especially for players like Yang Rui who were almost alone, obtaining enough leadership was even more important.
Therefore, Yang Rui paid attention to the list of official positions in his hand. After all, he could buy them with a mortgage. Yang Rui, who had only wanted to come in and take a look, suddenly had the desire to purchase them.
"Officials and distinguished guests, most of the guests have arrived. Now, let's officially begin this official position donation event."
At this moment, a loud voice rang out in the round hall. The event had officially begun. Yang Rui looked out from the window of the internal testing room and saw a tall and sturdy military official standing on the stage in the middle of the hall, loudly making an introduction.
"I believe that all of you here are frequent visitors to the scene. You're either rich or respectable, so you should all know what to do. I won't say anything more here. Let's stick to the old rules. The official donation this time is divided into two stages, the 'combat official' donation and the ordinary donation.
Let's start with the first item — — Fighting Officer Donation. Today's' Combat Officer 'donation has three lucrative jobs as usual. One is the Chief Clerk of the Grand Commandant's Mansion, one is the Rear General, and one is the Spectator's Servant Archer. All of them are positions worth a thousand piculs or more. First, I'll give everyone the time to consider. After that, we'll officially start the donation … "
Yang Rui was already very familiar with the official positions in the game. Especially the three official positions auctioned today. Just as the sturdy military official had said, these three official positions were either very prestigious positions or very lucrative. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been auctioned off as' combat official '.
However, Yang Rui didn't have the ability to participate and wasn't sure if he had the qualifications to buy such a high position. Thus, he simply focused on looking at the list of official positions in his hands.
This list of official positions was already several meters long. Although there were only a few official positions that Yang Rui could buy, the total number wasn't too small.
"Clerk: 200 piculs, 20,000 gold coins"
"Teacher and Friend Chancellor: 200 piculs, 20,000 gold coins"
"Assistant Secretary: 200 piculs, 20,000 gold coins"
… …
Along the way, although there were a few official positions that Yang Rui was able to purchase, they were all auxiliary officials or idle positions that were raised in the manor. Yang Rui guessed that very few people would be interested in these positions. After all, the NPCs who could get here were all at least at the county level. Now, however, these positions had become the focus of Yang Rui's search and comparison.
"Esteemed officials and dignitaries, everyone should have thought it through. Now, we officially begin the first phase of the 'combat official' donation. Please pay attention and don't let others steal the official positions you've set your eyes on!"
At this time, the sturdy military official in the hall began to speak again. The first phase of the 'combat official' donation had officially begun.
"The first position, Senior Clerk of the Manor of the Grand Commandant. The starting bid is 100,000 gold coins. Each increment is 10,000 gold coins. Is there anyone willing to bid?"
"100,000 gold coins, A20!"
"110,000 gold coins, A05!"
"200,000 gold coins, A12!"
… …
After two consecutive bids, the Senior Clerk of the Manor of the Grand Commandant was bid by the third person to 200,000 gold coins! There was a short gap in the field, and Yang Rui's attention was temporarily attracted.
"200,000 gold coins, is there anyone else bidding?"
The sturdy military official on the high platform in the hall spoke at the right time. His expression was very confident, because he believed that the Senior Clerk of the Manor of the Grand Commandant was not only for this price! One had to know that the Senior Clerk of the Manor of the Grand Commandant was, to a large extent, the face and attitude of the Grand Commandant of the Three Ducal Ministers! It was a position with real power and benefits!
"300,000 gold coins, A01!"
At this time, a lazy voice came from the room in the middle of the first floor. It sounded like 300,000 gold coins was just a number to him!
"Huo …"
"… He added 100,000 gold coins …"
"This person's voice …"
When the bid of 300,000 gold coins was made, the scene became a little chaotic. Although it was a single room, there were too many people and too many people talking. A wave of exclamations and mutterings sounded. Even if they could not hear clearly, they knew the reason behind it.
"Esteemed officials and dignitaries, please be quiet."
The sturdy military official on the high platform in the hall spoke in a timely manner to maintain the scene. Because of the light, in fact, no one noticed that his brows were slightly wrinkled at this time. Raising the price too high at one time was not a good thing. If the stairs were too high, the bidding would often end prematurely! Raising the price by 10,000 gold coins at one time was the most advantageous situation in a bidding war.
"Everyone, please continue to bid!"
The sturdy military official only slightly wrinkled his brows. For this kind of situation to occur, they also had a backup plan. Sure enough, not long after, there was another person who bid again.
"35 gold coins, A02!"
A2 and A2 were the shills arranged in advance. However, once the shills were used, the bidding wouldn't last long. The shills didn't dare to raise the price aimlessly. In the end, they could only stop at the price they had in mind! Just like the Senior Clerk of the Manor of the Grand Commandant, the price of 350,000 gold coins was not low!
"360,000 gold coins, A01!" That lazy voice called out again, but after calling out the price, he very casually added, "If it's any more, I won't buy it …"
This person was obviously not a fool. He should have guessed the existence of the "Senior Clerk" to say this. Sure enough, no one called out a price. In the end, the two sides reached a deal. A01 bought the Senior Clerk of the Manor of the Grand Commandant for 360,000 gold coins.
This good show made Yang Rui nod his head, but he found that the buyers on the second and third floor were basically not paying attention to this. Through the light in the window, he could roughly see that most people were very seriously studying the bamboo slip in their hands!
It seemed like it was as Yang Rui guessed. Those who could participate in the "competition for officials" were only a portion of the people on the first floor. The people on the second and third floor were probably just watching the show to set the atmosphere …
Not paying attention to the bidding process of the next two positions, Yang Rui also put his attention back on the bamboo slip in his hands. Just as Yang Rui was hesitating whether to spend so much money to buy a deputy county magistrate or county military officer, he found something in the last part of the list of officials!
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