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Chapter 16 Fundraising Auction (2)

The auction bidding for the next auction was much more intense than before. More than 30 items were auctioned for nearly 100,000 taels of silver, of which the Golden Buddha at Xingzhi Academy sold a high price of 6,000 taels. Of course, even if this Golden Buddha is not considered a craft, it is worth nearly 6,000 taels of gold. A coral in the Imperial College was sold at a price of 5,400 taels, which made several other academies feel a little uneasy, because this coral is only the remaining one selected by the Imperial College, so the value of other items can be imagined.

Among these thirty items, there are as many as six fakes, namely Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie" from Xingzhi Academy, Song Ru Kiln Pen Washing in the Imperial College, Tang Sancai from Shidong Academy, Song Ke, Cursive Han Wei Seven Quarter Books and Tang and Song People's Poems Scrolls from the Tang and Song Dynasties from the Academy, and a Yuan blue and white Guiguzi down the mountain picture jar.

Among the several fakes, Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie" from Xingzhi Academy was the most controversial. The Hanlin Attendant Shi Qian, who was responsible for the appraisal, could not distinguish the authenticity of this post, so he took the initiative to greet the gentlemen in charge of the appraisal of several academies to appreciate it. The several people argued for a long time but still couldn't get the result, so they asked Xingzhi Academy how to distinguish the origin of this post.

The donor was Kim Jong-je, a student in the mathematics department of Xingzhi Academy. This person is the only son of the shopkeeper of Sifang pawnshop. The "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie" was a strange-looking death two years ago. At first, the shopkeeper of Sifang pawnshop regarded this "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie" as a treasure of the store. However, within two months, the four pawnshops in Liuli Lane received a copy of "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie". Chao Feng, the four pawnshops, identified together that no one could find the flaws. Later, the matter was left unresolved, and the picture of Sifang pawnshop was donated by Kim Jong-je.

The final result of the identification was a copy, but several gentlemen could not see the copying period. The recommended value was determined by the value of the Song Dynasty copy. The reserve price set by the owner was not high, which was half the value of the Song Dynasty copy. In the end, a wealthy soldier sold 2,800 taels. If it weren't for the fact that there were three other copies, the price of the copy of this "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie" might have increased several times.

As for the other fakes, two of Song Ke's cursive scripts were sold by Mr. Xingzhi Academy and Feng Shiqiu, the head of Youlu Academy, respectively, because the reserve price was not high. The others were sold by the owner for the reserve price.

The auction of the first part lasted nearly two hours. After the auction of the last item ended, Yang Jing and Shiqian finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yang Jing announced that the second part of the auction would start after a quarter of an hour's rest.

The second part of the auction is a rotational auction. Each academies first produces one item, and after the six academies complete the auction in turn, the second and third ones will be auctioned in turn.

A quarter of an hour later, Yang Jingshiqian returned to the auction table, and this part was the highlight of today's auction. At this time, the academies had already presented the first items to be auctioned on the table table in turn, and each item was paved with red silk.

"The first item in the second round of the donation auction today is the Dragon Tail Inkstone of Master Ye Yan provided by the Imperial College. Please ask Lord Shi to appraise it." Yang Jing opened the first red silk road on his left.

Shi Qian first bent down and looked carefully, then carefully picked up the inkstone on the desk table with both hands and looked over to the bottom, then looked at the light, and soon confirmed the authenticity, "This inkstone is of good quality, bright and fine, tender and firm, moist and smooth. It caresses it like skin, grinds it like a sharp edge, and is suitable for ink production. It is indeed a Longwei Mountain Dragon Tail inkstone. It is carved by the famous inkstone artist Ye Guan during the Yongle period. The inkstone body is densely packed and grainy. It can be seen that the inkstone body is shining brightly, with brilliant texture and blue sky. There is an inscription written by Yangming Gong on the bottom of the inkstone. It is actually a fine product among the inkstones, with a base price of 6,000 taels." After saying that, Shi Qian put the inkstone back to the desk table.

Yang Jing continued, "The price of the Dragon Tail Inkstone on the Hetuan Dragon Tail is 6,000 taels, and the price is at least 10 taels of silver per hike. The auction begins now."

As Yang Jing finished speaking, a tall and thin middle-aged man raised his hand and said, "Six thousand and ten taels."

The other person immediately raised his hand and said, "Six thousand and twenty taels."

"Six thousand and thirty taels."

The people who started bidding were very restrained. After a few times, they started to add 100 taels to 100 taels. In the end, the price of the dragon tail inkstone in the Imperial College was fixed at 8100 taels, and were taken away by the Mobaozhai shopkeeper who was the first to bid for the four treasures of the study.

Yang Jing opened the second red sermon, "The second item was a knife provided by Xingzhi Academy. After identification by several gentlemen from Xingzhi Academy, they could only find out that this knife was a weapon from the Warring States Period. The specific source has not been known yet. Please ask Lord Shi for advice."

Shi Qian picked up the handle of the knife with his right hand, and put it in a little cooler hand. He gently held the knife surface with his left hand. He felt the coldness was so close. The blade was dark and crystal clear all over, which should be made of the legendary meteorite. The blade looked like a crescent moon, with only a protrusion like a ridge in the middle of the back of the knife, and there were no patterns on the jaw of the knife, which looked like the original appearance of meteorite, like mountains and mountains. Some strange patterns were engraved at the tip of the knife, like Yin carved brocade and cloud patterns.

Shi Qian was not sure for the time being because this was a rumored weapon. Many later generations imitated it, but most of them imitated it without seeing the spirit. He pulled out two hairs and placed it on the blade, and blew it gently, and the hair broke quietly the moment it touched the blade.

At this time, Shi Jian had some affirmation in his heart, but he still had to make the final confirmation.

Everyone saw Shi Qian running out excitedly with a knife. When the people blocked the door saw Shi Qian rushing to the side with a knife, they hurriedly hid to the side. Although the auction hall was crowded, Shi Qian easily came outside the door. It was already past You hour, it was dark and the moon had risen. Shi Qian held a knife in his hand and pointed to the moon at the tip of the knife. A cluster of crystal light gathered at the tip of the knife, flashing brightly.

Those who followed Shi Qian to see this scene were all amazing. At this time, Shi Qian could finally confirm that this knife was the legendary Hanyue Blade. Because the unique patterns on the tip of the knife only appeared twice in the history of weapons, the light of the sun and the moon gathered at the tip of the blade. One is the Dingguang Sword, one of the top ten famous swords, and the other is the Hanyue Blade of Mrs. Xu in the Warring States Period.

Shi Qian took the knife back to the auction table and put the knife back on the table and said, "This knife is called Hanyue Blade, which was cast by Mrs. Xu in the Warring States Period. After identification, it was indeed authentic. The price was 15,000 taels." After saying that, Shi Qian retreated aside and stopped talking.

Yang Jing stood in front of the stage and answered, "The Hanyue Blade of Xingzhi Academy, the base price is 15,000 taels, each increase of 50 taels, and the auction starts now."

The audience was a little quiet for a while, and literati and military generals often used swords. Even the Ming Dynasty warriors were somewhat similar to the Tang sword, such as the embroidered spring sword. The antique businessmen could take out 15,000 taels of silver to buy an ancient sword that they didn't know how long it would take to sell. However, they didn't know that the value of this sword was much more than that, and Shi Qian was very conservative. Moreover, Shi Qian's introduction was not very detailed, and many people did not know the story about this sword. Only a few scholars who followed Shi Qian saw the charm of this sword, and Zhu Yingan was one of those scholars.

After half a day, no one bids. The rules of the second auction are different from the first one, because it was a reserve price set by Shi Qian based on the value. If the auction failed, this game would be considered as a missing item in Xingzhi Academy, and basically there is no chance of winning this auction.

Just as Yang Jing was about to announce the failure to sell the goods, Zhu Yingan raised his hand, "Ten thousand taels." Zhu Yingan is a student of Shidong Academy. The reason why he bid was because when he saw the brilliance of the tip of the knife, he felt that the knife was not simple. Although he couldn't use the knife, it was also very good to put it in and view it.

"Oh, Brother Zhu is preparing to practice martial arts? After slapping this knife and growing a beard, it is indeed much more powerful than you look like now. You have to think clearly that this is the money you can spend in a year shopping malls." Fang Shihong teased. He was a student of the Imperial College and was cowardly in Xingzhi Academy. He would naturally be happy to see if Xingzhi Academy loses.

"Look at your appearance that you have never seen the world. Is there anything you want to take? No one will take this knife and then take it away." Zhu Yingan retaliated.

As expected, no one bids for the auction, and Han Yueren was taken into the bag by Zhu Ying'an. In fact, if he didn't shoot Mr. Xingzhi, he would have taken it. After all, 15,000 taels are still much worse than 50,000 taels. Moreover, if Xingzhi Academy withdraws from the competition in the first game, it will really damage the reputation of the Academy.

"The third piece is a lotus carved in the white porcelain plum vase of the Song Ding Kiln of Shidong Academy." Yang Jing unveiled the third piece of red silk and gave the position to Shi Qian.

After seeing the Han Yue Blade, Shi Qian became much less interested in other objects. If he hadn't been just a ninth-rank official and had little money, he would have taken the Han Yue Blade.

"The white porcelain plum vase of Ding Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty, with lotus engraved in glaze, good quality, authentic. The base price is 5,500 taels." Shi Qian picked it up and looked at it, put it back, saying with some excitement.

Antique businessmen have always been the most enthusiastic about porcelain, and in the end, this plum vase was sold at a high price of 8,800 taels.

Next, Tang Yin's "The Thatched House Wind Clean Picture" of Youlu Academy was identified as the authentic product, with a minimum price of 3,000 taels and a transaction price of 3,800 taels.

The rare version of the Song Dynasty "Taiping Guangji" of Hengyang Academy has 500 volumes of the book and 10 volumes of the catalog. It is based on more than 400 unofficial historical novels from the Han Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty, such as the Secretariat and Taoist scriptures, and the miscellaneous works mainly composed of novelists. The base price is 7,000 taels and the transaction price is 9,600 taels, and was shot by the Beijing Guangbao Bookstore.

"The last item for auction in this round is the "Jingzhai Precepts" of Jidi Academy. Please check it out."

Shi Qian looked at it briefly and saw the problem, "The fake one, the lowest price is two taels of silver."

Wang Huixi, the head of the Jidi Academy, was very surprised because he and another gentleman in charge of appreciation in Jidi Academy did not see any problems at all. "I apply for a re-appraisal."

"No need, in order to save time, I will help you solve your doubts directly. "Jingzhai Zhengyuan" is a small regular work of Shen Du, one of the third and second Shens of the Ming Dynasty. It is a typical Taige style work. Moreover, "Jingzhai Zhengyuan" represents the highest level of Taige style. Its brushwork is strong and has a superb style. The strokes are thick and thin and not light, and its layout and rules are all in line, with regular rules and orders. The style shows the kind of graceful, elegant, elegant, elegant, and not exciting or harsh temperament in style.

, quite like a Confucian style. This fake is not flawed in the use of ink and paper, or the style and stroke layout, and is considered to be similar to the previous "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie". However, the only flaw is that it is one thing, please read it." Shi Qian picked up the work and pointed at one of them and said, "It is well known that the "Jingzhai Zhengpao" was written by Shen Du in the 16th year of Yongle, but the one written here is the 19th year of Yongle." Shi Qian took the "Jingzhai Zhengpao" to show everyone.

In this way, there is no need to be identified again. Even people who do not know how to appreciate know that this item is fake, so it cannot be fake anymore.

Since it is a fake, the reserve price is only 2 taels of silver. No one will be interested in this item at this important time, so even though it is only 2 taels of silver, it still failed to sell it.

The first round of auction ended, the Imperial College was sold at 8,100 taels, Xingzhi Academy was sold at 15,000 taels, Shidong Academy was sold at 8,800 taels, Youlu Academy was sold at 3,800 taels, Hengyang Academy was sold at 9,600 taels, and Jidi Academy was sold at 9,600 taels. After one round, Jidi Academy was basically withdrawn from the competition. Although Youlu Academy did not fail, there were not many opportunities compared with Xingzhi Academy's 15,000 taels.
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