The auction has been going on in full swing, and the main auction items are all provided by Xu Lai.
The entire auction will last for 3 days. During these 3 days, a dragon material combination will be launched in the morning and afternoon each day.
In addition to the first day, an artifact was also arranged for each of the second and last days.
Coupled with decorations from the count, viscount, and baron's homes, battle armor, etc., the entire auction was very successful.
Almost everyone who participated in the auction or sent goods for auction had a smile on their face.
The person who sent it for auction never thought that his things could fetch a price far higher than the market price.
For this reason, I only paid 3% of the total price to the auction house as commission, which was really a huge profit.
The only bad thing is that the person in charge of the auction told them that Qingfeng City Auction House will only hold four auctions a year in the future.
These four auctions are scheduled on the 10th day of each season, and it takes a full three months to prepare enough and rare enough items.
Qingfeng City Auction House, through this auction, has completely made its name.
For this reason, Xu Lai does not plan to do it every once in a while like other small auction houses.
Once the number of times increased, everyone lost interest.
Secondly, there is not enough time, and there is no time to collect too many good things, so I can't make a name for myself.
The person who sent the auction made a profit, and the person who took the auction did not lose.
First of all, at the auction, there were indeed many rare and even artifact-level items. These were things that no matter how rich you were, there was no place to buy them in previous years.
Secondly, there are some special products, such as Count Ani's golden toilet, which has won the hearts of many southern businessmen because it has value and gimmicks.
Southern businessmen are rich, but they have relatively no status.
Otherwise, these big businessmen would not have been placed on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors, and the items taken by the dignitaries would not even be one-tenth of the number of southern businessmen.
But they didn't dare to make a noise, otherwise the big men on the 3rd and 4th floors would kill them directly according to imperial law, and Xu Lai wouldn't even be able to intervene.
If they provoke Xu Lai, Xu Lai will not tolerate them. His title is only a baron, but now he has received the allegiance of at least 3 viscounts and 3 barons.
Empires are falling apart, and law can only give way to strength.
But a group of people can only hire mercenaries, and they can't even control the recruitment of soldiers. How can they compete with powerful people who can casually carry dozens of high-level guards?
This group of rich people usually gather around nobles.
Now that I have this opportunity to take home the noble collection that I usually hold high, the psychological pleasure alone far exceeds the premium price.
That is to say, Xu Lai did not sell Aini's family members. Otherwise, selling them for hundreds of thousands or even millions of gold coins should not be a big problem.
In addition to the collection that originally belonged to the noble lord, they also enjoyed dragon meat from the sky, bought a large amount of dragon materials, which can be used to make life-saving dragon skin armor, and recruited mages and mercenaries who were interested in dragons.
It was originally difficult for them to buy things of this level with money, but now they can not only buy them, but also in large quantities.
Xu Lai himself and the auction house also made a lot of money. Most of the money was provided by Xu Lai. Although it cost a lot, he basically still made money, and he made a lot of money.
He hasn't had time to calculate it carefully, but he roughly estimates that he has earned at least tens of millions of gold coins.
Of course, for Xu Lai, no matter how many gold coins there are, they are just a number. If possible, he would rather not earn any.
It's a pity that although there are many things at the auction, with his current status, there are really not many that he can appreciate.
In addition to the Kirin Stone, I also bought two other artifacts and a total of 500 dead bulls from an unknown seller.
The Death Bull is another ultimate form of the Level 5 Bison, which enhances the Bull's mobility.
Compared with the level 7 Barbarian Bull King, the level 7 Death Bull has an additional death charge skill.
Compared with the knight's charge, death charge requires a minimum movement distance, which is basically 100 meters. It cannot be launched below this distance.
However, once the death charge is launched, it is difficult to stop it. Not only can it bring huge damage like the knight, but it can also be knocked away a corresponding distance based on the strength comparison between the two sides.
Creatures like the Death Bull are originally known for their strength. After being upgraded to a high level, their power becomes even more powerful.
Even knights of the same level may not have as much strength as the Death Bull. In addition, the Death Bull's power will be doubled when charging.
Unless it is a level 7 Tauren King, who is also good at strength, he must have corresponding specialization and the blessing of a power-type artifact treasure set.
But if you are a high-level soldier, you are vulnerable to the threat of the Eye of Death, especially if you have a talent for defensive skills. It is extremely difficult for high-level soldiers to die.
There is nothing much to say about low-level soldiers. The charge damage is already terrible. Even heavy shield infantry who are good at defense may not be able to bear it.
Even if they can withstand the barbarian bull's death charge, judging from the huge power gap between the two sides, the heavy shield infantry will inevitably be knocked away, causing huge damage to the formation.
This thing is basically a team-fight killer.
It’s okay if Xu Lai doesn’t meet him, but he can’t let him go if he does.
And the only way to advance to an ordinary bison is the Barbarian Bull, the Barbarian Bull King.
The only way to advance the Death Bull is for a hero to take the Level 6 Bull to gain experience, and then choose the Death Bull during the advancement selection.
Similar to human horse archers, they can only be advanced through manual selection. Otherwise, you can only obtain level 6 knights whether through the knight training camp or the championship hall.
Therefore, these dead bulls are extremely rare, especially since they live in swamp areas and are not common on the land of the empire.
Xu Lai estimated that these death bulls were obtained in large numbers using high-level diplomacy during the Buffalo Moon, and then trained to the top level.
It can be said that if you miss such an opportunity, there will be almost no next time.
The key coincidence is that although the attributes and skills of these Death Bulls are very good, they are from the neutral camp.
It’s not that you cannot bring the troops of the neutral camp, but that you will lose a lot of morale if you bring them. First, the morale rewards of the same camp will disappear, and there will be a morale penalty for the neutral camp.
The morale loss of this coming and going is huge.
Of course, this does not mean that the nobles in the north and the heroes present are not interested in these wild bulls.
It’s just that although there are a few heroes present who are well-known and seem to have good strength, the consignor requires that they all be sold.
The consignor came late and was unwilling to disclose any personal information. He only gave a code name and did not provide any information.
In this case, Wei Yihong really stepped in temporarily for the sake of these wild bulls.
Since it was a temporary insertion, it was obviously impossible to give him many games. Even the more popular dragon materials sold by Xu Lai himself had to be packed. It is conceivable that this group of wild cattle can only be packaged and sold together.
When the other party refused to sell only part of it, the cost of recruiting 500 dead bulls alone would cost more than one million gold coins.
No hero other than Xu Lai can covet anyone who shouts the price casually in the auction house.
These death bulls also have several shortcomings. One is that they usually do not move very fast and their charging ability is not that easy to use.
The reason why Death Charge carries the word death is that besides the Death Eye of the Death Bull, there is another important reason.
Once the Death Charge is launched, it is difficult to stop. It is a unit with an extremely long braking distance, and it cannot change direction at all in the middle.
The northern nobles who were originally not very interested in the Death Bull, after considering that the Death Bull is a high-level creature after all, and the Eye of Death is also very effective against high-level demons, they took a few pictures. wheel.
But soon, under Xu Lai's pressure, the northern nobles were quickly defeated.
As for those wealthy southerners, they have no intention of taking action at all.
They are not qualified to lead the recruitment of soldiers, which means that even if these people buy the Death Bull, they can only control it by hiring heroes from the sky.
However, they are not qualified and do not even have the right to recruit soldiers.
In other words, once these wild bulls are handed over to the heroes from the sky, it is hard to say who they will belong to in the future.
Especially after mastering 500 dead bulls, a large mercenary group of more than a thousand people may not be able to suppress them.
Therefore, even with the convenience of shipping, the wealthy people in the south have no interest in reselling.
After all, the lords in the south, apart from having more money than the lords in the north, are not at the same level in their desire for soldiers.
The lack of interest among the wealthy businessmen in the south undoubtedly gave Xu Lai a bargain. Xu Lai finally spent only 2.4 million to get such a big deal.
Of course, Xu Lai, who only owns the Angel Alliance, thinks he has made a bargain.
Other heroes without morale protection just thought Xu Lai was stupid and paid such a high price to buy soldiers from the neutral camp.
In addition to 500 dead bulls, Xu Lai also harvested two artifacts.
The first is that he can finally replace his mid-level treasure pants.
[Triumph Skirt], magic equipment, artifact, provides 65 points of leg defense.
Magic effect: Reduce magic damage by 33.3%.
Artifact effect: Triumph, every time you kill an enemy, you will randomly gain 1 point of temporary attack power, 1 point of temporary defense power, or increase 1 point of temporary health, and reduce the magic damage by 0.1%.
Each effect can be obtained up to 100 times. Each time it is obtained, the triumphal effect will be increased by 3 seconds, and the duration is unlimited.
The other thing that Xu Lai couldn't use was a pair of magical longbows called the "Sun Shooting Bow".
Although Xu Lai's long-range weapon level is already good, his use of it is too wasteful. There is someone more worthy who can match it.
The terrifying attack power of the sun-shooting bow, coupled with Giselle's long-range ability, Xu Lai could not imagine how beautiful the picture would be.
Everyone got what they wanted at this auction, and even the commission earned by the auction house was an astronomical figure.
Xu Lai is only the major shareholder of the auction house. He only provided venue personnel and some decorations sent later.
He spent almost no money. From construction to decoration, it was all provided by several partners.
He will still have to take the bulk of the final commission, but even so, after the dividends are distributed to several partners, they should be able to earn back their initial investment.
The employees of the auction house received bonuses, and even other shops in Qingfeng City each had huge gains due to the presence of a large number of merchants.
As a result, the tax revenue of the entire Qingfeng City has increased several times. It is only the 13th. Not even half of January has passed, and the tax revenue of the past four or five months has already been earned.
After an auction, all parties were very satisfied, and the reputation of Xu Lai and Qingfeng City was completely spread.
Perhaps the second auction in 3 months will be more grand, provided that the world situation in 3 months does not continue to escalate.
During the auction, Xu Lai has been staying in Qingfeng City.
Now that the auction is over, the Qingfeng Legion has also rushed back, conquering several underground cities along the way and killing hundreds of thousands of underground city troops.
The Qingfeng Legion's own losses were almost negligible, and with the subsequent additions by the army commanders and logistics officials, the number of soldiers increased instead of decreasing.
The specific number has not yet been calculated, but Xu Lai knows a rough number.
Including the new recruits trained and recruited in the past few months, and not counting the logistics troops, the Qingfeng Legion alone has more than 30,000 regular soldiers.
After so many victorious battles, a large number of soldiers need to advance, the army also needs to rest, and new recruits and recruits need to be reorganized.
Even Legion Commander Reina has no time to do other things for the time being, because she still has to find a place to build a barrier city for Xu Lai.
After all considerations, although Xu Lai seemed impatient to kill Aini, he still did not use the Qingfeng Army after all.
After thinking for a long time, Xu Lai decided to take people there and deal with the problem of Aini himself.
If there are not many people available, then recruit some mercenaries in the city. After Hancock came to Qingfeng City, he always wanted to perform, but he never came across any good opportunities.
And he did not use these mercenaries to fight the war, but to make them responsible for the post-war order.
The real combatants are still the Archangel Legion, but this time they will be joined by the Mage Legion led by Yu Lan and the Phantom Archer Legion led by Giselle.
Finally, a large number of priests led by Elena who had come from the temple were added, as well as the paladin army responsible for protecting them.
If that's not enough, Xu Lai can also count the 500 dead bulls. Anyway, only he can carry this thing.
There are almost more than a thousand people including mages, phantom shooters, priests and angels.
The knights plus bulls, or if not, some griffons, there are also more than a thousand people.
Many of the mercenaries in Qingfeng City are the ones Xu Lai personally rescued, at least the leadership, so they are more trustworthy and can be brought with them more.
In addition to some logistics personnel seconded from Wang Chao, if it is left to Ji Long to lead, it will almost be able to gather 5,000 people.
With these 5,000 people here, and allowing Jimmy to respond as soon as possible, Xu Lai should basically not have to worry about subsequent management issues after taking the two castles.
The matter of organizing the troops was left to Su Ya. After Xu Lai sent off his friends, there were still several representatives of forces who needed to meet. (End of this chapter)