Chapter 264 Crazy Bidding
In fact, the amount of money these businessmen were able to come up with was even more amazing than Perfectcott expected.
When the five appointment documents of the pioneer knights were taken out, everyone fell into a fanatical mood.
Perhaps the first appointment document was because the bidding had just started, and Purficott had not set a reserve price, so everyone was just testing the waters, so the price was only about 70,000 gold pounds.
But for the second and third pictures, as a group of big businessmen or their representatives who were qualified to bid finished warming up, the bidding price began to rise sharply.
Because Purficott used a very uncomfortable trick, that is, the first one did not have a minimum bidding price, but the remaining four did, and each one had the transaction price of the previous one as the minimum price.
That is to say, the later the transaction is, the higher the price will be.
This also resulted in a crazy scramble for the second and third cards. After all, if you can't grab these two, the remaining two are even more impossible to grab.
These big businessmen and their representatives are naturally unwilling to bid like this, but they have no place to reason about this matter.
After all, this is a noble title. Even if it is only the lowest level knight title, it is a noble title that needs to be formally canonized.
So far, apart from Purficott, which can be obtained through money, there is no other way in the empire to obtain a noble title through money.
So even though they knew it was a big pit, they still had to jump.
And they jumped one after another in droves.
The transaction price of the second appointment document was 120,000 gold pounds, which was nearly double that of the first one. The third one was sold for a sky-high price of 170,000 gold pounds.
“Tsk, tsk, I have to say that these guys are really rich!” Purficott couldn’t help but tsk as he saw these guys almost fighting over these pieces of paper.
Beside her, the Duke of Gloucester shook his head and sighed: "This is a title of nobility. For them, it is a jump in status. With it, they can truly become a member of the aristocracy. How can they?" Maybe you are stingy with money on this matter?”
Speaking of this, Gloucester took this airship to come to the north to discuss the next steps of the northern development plan with Perficott. The Duke also smiled: "This is also in the North. If you auction these five appointment documents in Langton, do you believe you can get a transaction price of one million gold pounds?"
"These Are people so rich?" Purficott said in a stick-reading tone.
Listening to her clearly mocking tone, Sir McClintock, the Secretary of State for Industry and Commerce who came with the Duke of Gloucester, could not help but sigh: "Since the Industrial Revolution, the empire's businessmen have They became rich, and their wealth was indeed astonishing.
Even ordinary small factory owners had a fortune of at least tens of thousands of gold pounds, and the wealth of middle-class businessmen and factory owners was almost 200,000 to 50,000 gold pounds. Between one hundred thousand gold pounds, and those big businessmen and big factory owners can spend millions of gold pounds
The gap is simply shocking. Compared with them, the traditional nobles' methods of accumulating wealth are really backward. "
"Really? If they are really that rich, how much money can they make if I write five more appointment documents for you to take back to Langton for auction? Purficott listened to Sir McClintock's words with a playful look on his face. The Duke of Gloucester on the side quickly dissuaded him: "Earl Brandlis, why would you do this in the north?" It doesn't matter, if you really auction noble titles like this in the empire, you will offend a lot of people. ”
The Duke of Gloucester’s words were a bit confusing, but Purficott could still understand what he meant.
After all, she Being from a traditional aristocratic family, I know very well what these people are thinking
A nouveau riche businessman who only needs to spend money can be compared with the nobles whose ancestors have served the country for generations, and even died in battle to win a title. He can surpass the accumulation of several generations or even more than a dozen generations of his ancestors. In their hearts, It's strange that it's better.
However, Purficott didn't care much about this. Instead, he sneered: "So what if I offend someone? Do they still dare to come to the north to cause trouble for me? And that will happen in two years. The mainland of the empire is destined to be abandoned, but they can still run around now.
When the mainland of the empire is abandoned and they all come to the north, I will want to see if I have offended them or not. They offended me!"
Hearing what Perficott said, the Duke of Gloucester and Sir McClintock looked at each other and saw the same helplessness in each other's eyes.
As for the current Purficott, she is indeed not afraid of offending anyone.
The empire needs her to develop the northern territory, and the royal family, the noble council, and the royal council will spare no effort to support her. In addition, as the lord of the northern territory, she holds the power of life and death. Even if there is no such thing as a doomsday natural disaster, she is not qualified to offend anyone. Started.
As for offending people, that means that in peacetime, Purficott would cause public anger by doing this. Although everyone can't offend her on the surface, they will still bring a lot of trouble to her behind the scenes. Criticize her, and even unite the entire aristocratic circle to exclude her.
In that case, what if Purficott is the Lord of the North? So what if he is an important minister of the empire? Imperial law does not stipulate that nobles must be polite and friendly to each other, nor does it stipulate that everyone must support you.
But now? The entire empire is pointing to the smooth implementation of the northern expansion plan so that the empire can have a glimmer of hope in this doomsday crisis.
Are you going to offend Perfectcott in this situation? Do you really think that the soil in the north cannot bury people, or do you think that Perfectcourt's knife cannot kill people?
When that time comes, it is indeed as she said, then it will not be she who offends them, but they who will offend her.
Thinking of this, the Duke of Gloucester stopped persuading him and just said to Purficott: "Since you say so, Earl Brandlis, I will not advise you on this matter, but I think you should think twice about the auction of development documents. Everything is rare and expensive, and if you have more, it will be worthless.
The nobles in the empire have already spent so much money. If you sell another batch, they will really fall out.
Although you are not afraid, this kind of thing is always a trouble, and it is best to avoid it as much as possible, so as not to affect Bei. Isn’t it a border development plan?”
Hearing what the Duke of Gloucester said, Purficott was not surprised. He knew that he had sent a batch of appointment documents to the nobles in the empire. After all, this There is no airtight wall in the world.
"Okay, since you said so, Duke of Gloucester." Purficott said a little boredly, while looking at the fourth appointment document that had been photographed for a high price of 200,000 gold pounds, and this Just then someone called out the price again, raising the price to 210,000 gold pounds.
(End of this chapter)