If Lord Gong and King Rui hadn't made their bids, the Ministry of Revenue could have accepted 500,000 taels.
Thus, he set the reserve price at 500,000 taels.
In his view, the final transaction price should have reached at least 1,500,000 taels.
Who would have thought that after this woman raised her bid by ten thousand taels, both King Rui and Lord Gong would give up?
Doesn't that mean the National Treasury lost a million taels?
The Minister of Revenue looked toward the crowd in the courtyard and said, "This lady has offered 510,000 taels. Is there anyone willing to bid higher?"
The crowd either looked down or up at the sky.
Both royal princes had given up; who else would dare to make a bid?
Do they have a death wish?
"I'm just here for the excitement."
"Can't afford it, let's go."
"500,000 taels is too expensive; who knows how long it would take to break even, the risk is too large, it's not worth it!"
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