V2.Chapter 134

Blunt knife city.

At night, the streets were almost empty, only two carriages parked at the door of the wisteria chamber of Commerce.

Zidi and his party didn't go to the auction immediately, but entered the garrison store first.

The magic girl was holding a slate, on which a large paragraph of text was carved. The text is dense and disorderly, which obviously requires a special codebook to be deconstructed in order to obtain the real information hidden in it.

Zidi checked it three times, and after confirming that it was correct, she placed the slate in the groove with great solemnity.

This is a magic device in the shape of a column, which is specially used for communication.

The column is only half a person high, with a circular top and a groove in the center. The rectangular slate is placed in and sewed with the groove pattern silk.

"After this step, there is no turning back." Zidi thought.

Hesitation is only a moment.

Pearl foam is exhausted, and the situation is critical. She must seek the help of the hundred needle patriarch and get rid of her sin as soon as possible!

Zidi manipulated the column with her mind and began to instill magic with all her strength.

The magic device started, emitting a yellow glow.

The brilliance condenses on the slate, and the words on the surface of the slate become active and turn into a blue streamer, which is transported from the slate to the column.

The yellow light of the column immediately changed into blue light, and the blue light suddenly rushed down and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Information transmission... Successful!" Zidi vomited a foul breath and pushed the door open.

At the door, the whistle leak guarded dutifully.

Immediately, Sandao and the person in charge of the store were carrying a small box and joined Zi di.

The small box is full of gold coins.

This is the money in the shop.

With money, Zidi and others returned to the carriage.

The carriage ran down the empty dark street again.

The hatred hidden on the roof fell quietly into the carriage.

The person in charge led Zi Di, di Lou and san dao into the black market auction. There are not only unimpeded roads, but also special boxes.

Although the wisteria chamber of Commerce has been broken, it still has a reputation. Although the person in charge is corrupt, his relationship is very hard and he can eat well here.

The auction has begun for a while, but there is a secret door behind the box. No one knows that Zidi and others joined halfway.

After Zidi sat down, a magic bottle was being auctioned on the market.

This hanging bottle seems to be made of brass. The bottom of the bottle is on the top, the mouth of the bottle is down, and water drops constantly drip from the mouth of the bottle.

"This is a fresh water bottle, grade silver. When standing still, it can absorb and transform the water element in the air and condense fresh water. If we instill magic into the bottle, or fill the bottle with water element spar, it can produce a lot of fresh water. If the magic power is enough, the small bottle can meet the fresh water needs of 200 people a day. The starting price is 100 gold coins, and each auction price should not be less than 10 gold coins. Now start the auction!"

As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, someone in the hall offered: "110 gold."

"120 gold."

"130 gold."

"150 gold!"

Someone raised the price to 150 gold coins, and there was silence.

The auctioneer ended the auction with a hammer.

The freshwater bottle was removed and replaced with a delicate compass.

"The next auction, palm compass, silver..." the auctioneer spoke at medium speed and enunciated clearly.

Soon, the compass ended the transaction with 140 gold.

Then there are two silver armor, and the auctioneer's tone turned higher: "attention, ladies and gentlemen, this magic sail below is as high as gold. Let me introduce it grandly - Feather snake sail!"

Two black iron fighters carried a big wooden box together and came to the field.

They opened the wooden box, revealing a sail that was neatly folded and almost filled with wooden boxes.

The auctioneer then described in detail the area, length, width and other data of the sail, and the atmosphere in the field was much warmer.

In the end, feather snake sail traded for 980 gold coins.

Seeing this, Zidi gradually had a spectrum in her heart.

Overall, these prices are reasonable.

Copper coins, silver coins and gold coins are the main currencies, circulating among various continents and playing a great role in large and small trade.

As far as the Shengming empire is concerned, the basic living expenses of ordinary people in a year are between 5000 and 30000 copper coins, that is, 0.5 to 3 gold coins. The house price in big cities is about 10000 copper coins per square meter, that is, 1 gold coin /m2. The annual income of a Baron is about 4800 gold coins.

The purchasing power of gold coins is very strong.

As for the auction items, most of them are concentrated in the field of navigation. After all, blunt knife city is a sea city, and the demand for navigation is very huge.

Zidi listened to the information of the person in charge while observing the auction items.

The auction of the black market was not hosted by one party, but jointly organized by the city Lord's mansion, the two families and the Bengbu chamber of Commerce.

The first two constitute the highest level of blunt knife City, and the latter is one of the six major chambers of Commerce in the Shengming empire.

It's naturally a good thing for ziti that many forces jointly hold it.

Zidi also learned about the records of many auctions in the auction and the historical transaction prices of a large number of auctions.

In general, this black market auction house belongs to the middle end, and the highest auction is at the gold level. Blunt knife city is not a big city in the end. The strongest is the city owner, who is a golden fighter.

From these auction records, Zidi also figured out the financial resources of her main rivals.

Excluding the unexpected, her main opponents are the city Lord's mansion and the people of the two families.

Zidi's main goal this time is to buy some alchemical materials to make puppets of repairmen.

The materials needed by puppets include many middle-end materials. These materials, put in the market of blunt knife City, are difficult to collect enough in a short time, but they can be in place in one step at the auction.

Through the person in charge, she has got the list of items for this auction. There is only a brief introduction on the list, and the auction of materials is concentrated in the second half.

Zidi was not in a hurry and showed full patience. In the first half, she also repeatedly quoted through magic devices.

Although she doesn't have a strong demand for these equipment or magic props, she needs to confuse the public and can't let her opponents easily see her shopping tendency.

"Unexpectedly, there are elders of Wisteria chamber of Commerce in the righteous Pirate Group. No, even if it's not an elder, you can get an elder token, which shows that the relationship between the two is not shallow." Captain seal also mixed in. He moved out of the name of major general Qiao and also got a box.

Because Zidi offered at will, many auction items were actively involved, and the captain of the seal could not judge anything for a time, so he could only continue to observe quietly.

The first half of the auction was soon over.

This kind of black market auction is held at least once a month.

Entering the half-time period, the people on the field whispered. Some are talking about the auction, some are talking about the past, and some are raising funds.

At the beginning of the second half, there was an accident.

The auctioneer preached, "please pay attention to your friends. Next, I'll show you a special item. This is a golden magic scroll, full name is the ship spirit repair alchemy scroll! Friends may not know much about this, so I'll introduce the origin of this item in detail."

"The people who made it are not ordinary..."

With the auctioneer's explanation, everyone's attention was attracted.

Zidi was quite surprised: "it's actually the ship spirit repair scroll? It's still made by Tucker. You can't read it wrong. It's exactly the same."

The sea dog captain snorted coldly, "this scroll is specially supplied to the Navy and secret spy departments, and it will flow out, hateful imperial moth!"

Tucker signed a strict contract with the Empire and would not sell two goods.

The flow of such important war readiness materials to the external market is likely to be the corruption and dark box operation of imperial personnel.

"The starting price of this auction is 1000 gold, and each increase is at least 50 gold. Next, the auction begins!" After a long narration, the auctioneer announced the official auction.

There was silence for a while before someone offered: "1050 gold coins."

Immediately, the quotation rose one after another, and the price rose to 1350 gold.

Zidi also made an offer, and now her eyebrows were frowned.

She wanted to win this alchemy scroll, but the funds in her hand were limited, and the main purpose had not been achieved, so there was pressure in her heart.

"1500 gold!" After hesitating for a while, Zidi still made an offer.

"Wisteria chamber of Commerce offered 1500 gold!" The auctioneer was stimulated and his tone rose.

Captain seal was surprised: "the righteous Pirate Group has such strong financial resources? During the day, they exchanged a ship spirit repair scroll for the Empire, and now they want to buy one. It seems that there is a ship spirit that needs to be repaired!"

Zidi suddenly increased the price by 150 gold, which made everyone in the field a little daunted.

On the one hand, although the scroll is gold, it is a disposable consumable. 1500 gold is high enough. On the other hand, not everyone has a ship spirit. Even if there is a ship spirit, it may not be damaged. Third, the ship spirit repair scroll appeared in the market for the first time, and people still have no clear positioning and understanding of its value.

"1500 gold for the first time, 1500 gold for the second time." The auctioneer began to count down.

Zidi's heart beat a little faster.

The ship spirit repair scroll is of great benefit to the righteous Pirate Group. Zidi knew clearly in her heart that 1500 gold coins were a big profit!

"1500 gold coins third..." the auctioneer just raised the wooden hammer, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "the Lord's house bid 1550 gold!"

As soon as Zidi's complexion changed, he immediately increased the price: "1600 gold."

The Lord's mansion followed the price again: "1650 gold."

Zi Di gritted her teeth: "1800 gold."

There was a burst of noise in the field.

The Lord's mansion followed the price again, with a tough attitude: "2000 gold!"

The person in charge changed color and couldn't help but remind: "elder, the other party is the chief steward of the city Lord's mansion."

Zi Di pinched her fists slightly and said hesitantly, "2050 gold."

A contemptuous laugh came from the box of the Lord's Mansion: "2200 gold!"

The price is very high.

There was a commotion in the hall, and everyone was talking.

Usually, a golden weapon is only about 1600 gold.

An alchemy scroll can only be used once, and the auction to 2200 gold is very high. Unless there is a strong demand, it is obviously not cost-effective.

Zidi chose to give up.

She told the person in charge, "check who sells this scroll? I want to buy it, and the price can be negotiated."

The person in charge wiped the sweat on his forehead and immediately withdrew from the box.

At the same time, in another box, the sea dog captain sneered: "the city Lord's mansion has bought it? Hehe, how dare you buy this kind of armament?"

Immediately, he made up his mind to report the matter.

The nature of this matter is serious. Even the golden level city Lord can't bear it. He must spit out this alchemy scroll obediently.

However, it is more difficult to query the source.

After all, behind the black market, one of the six major chambers of commerce is hosting.