Chapter 1879: Auction begins, throwing a brick to attract jade!

Not far away.

"Family Head, Prime Minister Gao has set a threshold, and the masks for entering the mansion are sold at sky-high prices. Plain silk masks are one hundred taels, sandalwood masks are five hundred taels, and the gilded masks are over one thousand taels. Should we still go in?"

A servant bent his waist, stood on the side of the carriage, and said in a low voice to the person inside.

Cui Jian was in a purple robe, the corners of his mouth twitching.

He looked at Cui Xinghe beside him and said, "This Living Yama, he can really rake in money."

"Xinghe, what do you think?"

Cui Xinghe sighed and said, "Alas! I can't compete in strategy, and I can't even compete in raking in money. This screening directly locked onto the people Prime Minister Gao wants."

"Forget it, we have an old saying in Da Qian: since we're here, let's go in."

"Two plain silk masks will be enough!"

"..."

The Song family carriage.

"Wealthy merchants are gathered, and there are many faces I recognize. This time he has really raked it in!"

"This is power!"

Song Li sighed and said, "Take two plain silk masks. I'm afraid we're going to bleed this time!"

"..."

Soon.

One after another, dignitaries and nobles first took the masks and then wore them to enter the Duke of Dingguo's mansion.

This was to hide their identities.

Of course, after entering the mansion, everyone would be taken to a special room to verify their identities and be searched.

Especially for unfamiliar faces, that was the top priority.

The Duke of Dingguo's mansion.

Huating Garden.

Although it wasn't dark yet, the surroundings were brightly lit.

Gao Yang ordered the servants to arrange things, cleared out the clutter, and put out dozens of chairs.

In the center was a round platform, and on both sides were specially made simple mechanisms that could easily hang paintings.

Gao Changwen wore the most flashy gilded mask, shuttling through Huating Garden, occasionally throwing grapes into his mouth.

He muttered, "Alas!"

"My brother has been wise all his life, why did he become so confused after going out to fight a war? A mask costs hundreds of taels at the least and thousands at the most; what idiot would come here?"

"And brother's painting is uglier than what a six-year-old child draws... can that sell for a few taels of silver?"

"Could it be that brother injured his head while fighting?" Gao Changwen muttered to himself. When he thought of this, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and his expression became extremely solemn.

"Gao Changwen, oh Gao Changwen, if that's really the case, then from now on you must not hide your clumsiness, you must stand up!"

"If brother is gone, you still have to take care of sister-in-law; the pressure is great!"

But the next second.

Led by the servants, people wearing plain silk masks, sandalwood masks, and gilded masks walked in and sat down separately.

For a time.

Gao Changwen was stunned.

In Gao Changwen's eyes, this was walking silver. The plain silk mask on their faces was one hundred taels, the sandalwood mask was five hundred taels, and as for the gilded mask, it was over one thousand taels!

This was all silver!

"There are actually such big idiots coming!"

"Could it be... that there are really so many big idiots in Da Qian who like art?"

Gao Changwen was shocked.

His eyes were almost popping out, and he muttered to himself.

Almost half an hour.

The originally very empty Huating Garden was gradually filled.

This made Gao Changwen's eyes turn red.

Just the masks alone were an astronomical figure!

This was better than selling storybooks, or even fighting to the death with others, and it was almost heading in the direction of banned books!

But when he thought of Gao Yang's painting, Gao Changwen's brows furrowed again, and he sighed deeply.

"Alas!"

"Such a god-given opportunity, what a pity. With brother's painting, if I had known, I might as well have painted it myself; perhaps it could have sold for a high price..."

On the other side.

Chu Qingluan and Shangguan Wan'er wore masks and were also quite shocked.

Gao Yang only set a quota of fifty people; they didn't expect it to be really full!

"The big show, it's starting!"

Beside him, Gao Yang patted the dust off his body and muttered to himself. Seeing that the time was about right, he walked out.

As soon as Gao Yang appeared, it instantly caused a commotion in the venue.

"Prime Minister Gao!"

"Prime Minister Gao!"

Especially some giant merchants of Changancheng, all were excited, and some wealthy merchants even stood up uncontrollably.

Cui Xinghe, Song Li, Lu Wen, and Wang Zhong, old friends from the past, were also among them, with complex expressions.

Gao Yang reached out to press down and said with a smile, "I am very grateful that you all could come to support me."

"As I said before, all the money from this auction will contribute to Da Qian's educational cause, and I will strictly keep it confidential and will never leak your information!"

"Prime Minister Gao is righteous!"

"Prime Minister Gao is kind-hearted and thoughtful!"

"We also want to make a contribution to the scholars!" ===== CHAPTER 1881 =====