Chapter 159 Auction (2/2)

Good made his way to the front of the crowd and addressed them. ”Ladies and gentlemen, the Terras Forest has ample rainwater and a suitable climate, creating the most premium tree sap in all of the Tailun Continent. It is rumored that five hundred year ago, it was the tree sap that was produced here being brushed onto the bottom of the ship that Earl Magellan managed to lead his fleet of boats in traversing the Carribean Sea and discovering the faraway Lunqin Continent…”

After expounding for some time, Goode took out a magnified map and said, ”Please look here. This is Wissen Town, and this is the Liep Harbor that is soon to be built. Heading west on the sea and making your way past the Cape of Good Hope would lead you to the rich Bavaria Plains. As long as you set up a fleet of ships, you would be able to transport goods to the rich Bavaria Plains for sale directly.

Even though they had heard of the rumors, the people became truly excited after seeing the plans in person. The development of the Magical Beast Territory became much more real to them. Even Arismede, there representing the Aragon Merchant Team, was no exception.

Bavaria was the most prosperous port city in the Banto Empire. Traffic was well established there, and there were countless merchant teams journeying to and from the area every day. If they could reach there by ship and directly transport the goods from Wissen Town to Bavaria, they would be able to save fees and time.

As per his previous discussion with Yang Ling, Goode tried his best to paint a rosy picture of the development of the Magical Beast Territory to the group, enticing their desires. Indeed, under his temptation, the people became more and more excited.

”Today, we are here to auction the rights to harvesting the Anacardia forest. The starting bid is five hundred thousand Purple Crystal Coins, and bids jump in intervals of ten thousand Purple Crystal Coins. We would extend our invitation to merchant teams that participate actively and have a good performance to participate in various high profile projects in the Black Water City, harbor and pier!”

Many of the small merchants felt as though they had just been splashed with cold water. The troops that had intended to pool their money were even more disappointed. They would never be able to cough up five hundred thousand Purple Crystal Coins.

”Five hundred and fifty thousand!”

The small merchant teams were powerless to join the auction, but a starting price of five hundred thousand Purple Crystal Coins was nothing to a large merchant team with capital. Soon, an old man in a gray robe raised the price, fifty thousand at one go.

Tsk tsk, the rich sure are different. Fifty thousand Purple Crystal Coins at one go?

Oh Yiblis, five hundred and fifty thousand Purple Crystal Coins? We can't furnish that sum even if we spent it on eating pancakes for eternity. It is fun to witness the activity even if we cannot win the bid!

Seeing the big merchant teams start to raise the bid, the people engaged in discussion, asking around for the background of the gray robed old man.

”Five hundred and sixty thousand!”

A plump man raised the bid by ten thousand. He appeared to be the representative of the Boulade Merchant's Association, but in reality, he was merely an actor Yang Ling had hired.

”Five hundred and sixty thousand, anyone wish to raise the bid?” Looking at the representatives of the big merchant teams sitting at the front, Goode paused, then continued, ”We are about to sell off the premium forest of Anacardia in the Terras Forest, five hundred and sixty thousand, anybody want to bid any higher?”

”Aragon Merchant Team, six hundred thousand!”

After taking a sip of jasmine tea, Arismede raised the price to six hundred thousand, and even brought out the Aragon Merchant Team name. Even though he was only a tactician and did not have any natural authority, he had been authorized by the merchant team before he came to Wissen Town, and had more flexibility when it came to dealing with some matters.

After hearing the name of the Aragon Merchant Team, a few of the merchants that were about to bid shut their mouths. As a merchant, almost all of them had heard of the Aragon Merchant Team. If the other party were determined to get the forest of Anacardia, nobody would be a match for them.

”Boulade Merchant Association, six hundred and ten thousand!”

Responding to Goode's subtle signal, the plump man pretending to be Harribell's subordinate once again raised the price by ten thousand Purple Crystal Coins, directly reporting the name of the Boulade Merchant Association. The group erupted into chaos. No one expected the two great merchant associations in the Livenza Alliance to both be in Wissen Town engaged in a bid war.

”Six hundred and fifty thousand!” After a moment's hesitation, the gray robed old man raised the price to a large degree, once again attracting the attention of the people present.

Just who was this gray robed old man, for him to dare compete with the Boulade Merchant Association and Aragon Merchant Team?

The people muttered and shuffled their feet. An ordinary person would have backed off after hearing they were competing against the Boulade Merchant Association and Aragon Merchant Team. To think that his gray robed elder did not back down, but instead moved forward and increased the price directly to six hundred and fifty thousand Purple Crystal Coins. It was shocking!

Could he also be a representative of some large merchant association?

The people tried to guess the background of this gray robed old man. Goode, looking from the stage, creased his brows. He had a cold glint in his eyes, as if he was thinking about a troublesome matter.