Lord God Investigator

The strange silence in the theater lasted for a long time, so much so that Klecia on the stage could not hold her breath and wanted to say something. She kept winking at Luo Feng, hoping that the captain would come to the rescue. Feng just waved his hand towards her, indicating not to worry.

Finally, a woman in the audience raised her hand, which was a gesture to indicate a bid.

It was like the thrown stones broke the calm lake surface, and this time raising a hand caused a huge wave. The women in the audience could no longer maintain their elegant and demure airs, and they looked like aunts rushing into a discount underwear store to buy.

"Fifty-five thousand gold coins!"

"Sixty thousand gold coins!"

"Seventy thousand! Seventy thousand!"

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"Damn bitch, don't rob Io from me, you businesswomen just have a few stinky gold coins!"

"You still have the guts to raise a price when you have settled down? A poor guy who lives on a few rundown manors handed down from his ancestors dares to rob Io from me. He really overestimates his capabilities!"

"One hundred thousand gold coins! Don't fight anymore, Io is mine, he is my true love, my treasure...mine!"

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Klecia was shocked by this scene, and stared blankly at these richly dressed ladies, yelling and even fighting, shouting out the sky-high prices one by one, as if the gold coins in their mouths were just piles of rocks, ten thousand to ten thousand The ground is stacked upward.

Just at the beginning, the price has reached 100,000 gold coins. Even if you organize a large adventure group to attack the dragon's lair of an ancient dragon, you won't be able to collect that much money - in fact, the dragons in Faerun are quite poor. With 51,000 gold coins, he is considered a rich man among the Dragon Clan.

The extravagance of the noble women of Askatra City refreshed Klecia's understanding of the accumulation of wealth in Faerûn. She had organized similar auctions when she was a native of the magic side of the world, and she knew that these nobles liked Spend a fortune on luxuries that have no practical value.

But in her impression, it is still relatively difficult to earn gold coins in Faerûn. A noble who owns a castle and ancillary territory can only earn one thousand to two thousand gold coins per month, and only more than ten thousand gold coins per year.

But the female nobles bidding in the audience behaved as if their family's annual income was more than 50,000 or 60,000 gold coins.

Luo Feng had actually expected this situation for a long time. The city of Askatra has an excellent geographical location. It is in the center of the west coast of Faerun. If you sail north along the coastline, you can pass "Candlekeep" and "Baldur's Gate". ", "Waterdeep City", "Neverwinter City", "Luskan", and then going north around the "Spine of the World" is "Icewind Valley", which is an excellent maritime trade route.

If you sail south and bypass the "Gulf of Fire Dragon", you will enter the land of Tethyr. If you continue south and bypass the Karim Desert, you will reach Calim Port in Calimshan. The silk and jewelry produced there are valuable. Very high demand goods.

If you sail westward and enter the ocean, you can go to "Evermeet Island", "Moonshadow Island" and "Nalanser Islands" to buy Elf Kingdom Elf Mithril series weapons and Northlander horses, coal, and special armor.

How can the return on investment in maritime trade be comparable to the output of the agriculture and animal husbandry industry in the lord's territory?

The aristocracy of Amn has begun the transformation of new aristocrats replacing the old aristocrats. The new aristocrats who have emerged through maritime trade may not have deep enough family backgrounds, but the gold coins they can produce are far greater than those of the old aristocrats who manage their territories. Up.

For an adventurer, one hundred thousand gold coins may be a large amount of money that cannot be earned in a few lifetimes. For a new nobleman who owns a sea trade fleet, it is just the profits accumulated from several successful trades.

The price was raised to 100,000 gold coins, and the endless bidding finally slowed down. This kind of spending 100,000 gold coins was no longer an expense that ordinary noble families could afford.

The eyes of the female nobles who were unable to bid were red, and they stared hatefully at the few people who were still bidding, as if those few people were their love rivals and feuds.

"One hundred and ten thousand gold coins!" Ms. Fei Xuru Mia, the wife of the sea merchant Fei Xuru Love, shouted loudly: "I will not let Io be imprisoned in the boudoir by you. He can only be with me." Free!"

"Shameless old woman!" Someone secretly shouted: "Your husband has been doing business abroad all year round. Everyone knows what you will do to him after you get Io!"

"One hundred and twenty thousand gold coins!" Fabina Farad, the daughter of Selke Farad, the largest mansion owner in Askatra City, proudly raised her chin and said: "We have everything at home, but we are missing Io. He will be the best decoration in my bedroom and a best friend to accompany me when I am lonely."

"One hundred and fifty thousand gold coins!" Thom's guardian and the wife of Sir Madus, the deputy leader of the Knights of the Heart of the Heart, bid loudly: "Io's great sentiment is in line with the teachings of Thom, the god of loyalty and courage. Extremely loyal to love and full of courage to sacrifice for the one he loves, my husband should be very happy if I take Io home."

As expected, it is an old aristocratic family, and Sir Madus's family has such a deep heritage.

However, if Io enters his home, there is no guarantee that the knight's armor and helmet will be stained, and that the lady will violate the teachings of the gods she believes in and do something disloyal but brave behind her husband's back.

When the bid of 150,000 gold coins was shouted out, the whole place fell silent, and there was no more bidding.

After all, it is 150,000 gold coins. This amount of money is enough to buy up all the magic equipment in the adventurer market. It is far beyond the value of a piece of art. The noble women here are even overdrafted on luxury goods for two or three years. The budget doesn't allow me to raise that much money.

Klecia suppressed her excitement, raised her gavel, and asked loudly: "Are there any bidders?"

After asking once, she hit it hard with the mallet. After one hammer blow, she asked again: "After the first hammer blow, are there any bidders?"

There was still silence, and the eyes of the women in the audience showed despair, which was even sadder than the death of their husbands.

After the second hammer blow, Klecia thought that 150,000 gold coins was probably the final bid, and should be the transaction price. She couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Under the captain's series of operations, a large piece of non-burnable garbage was sold for such a sky-high price. This time it was enough for the whole team to change their clothes. Everyone put on a set of golden magic equipment. In Faerun, this kind of garbage The high-risk world also has the power to fight.

She was about to hit the third hammer when she heard a shout from the audience: "Two hundred thousand gold coins!"

Klecia followed the sound and recognized the bidder. It was Dame Hathaway, a beautiful widow with a net worth of millions, known as the richest and freest woman in the city of Ascaltra.

Ms. Hathaway is not just a romantic widow who only knows how to enjoy the legacy of her late husband. In fact, after her husband's death, the family's property has more than tripled under her management. She is extremely talented but only known for her beauty. Well-known, that's just because the world is selectively blind and likes to look at women with prejudice.

She held back until the last moment, seeing clearly the trump cards held by all the female nobles present, and then finally made the winning bid.