"It's a material called glass."

"What is glass?"

Gu Lingze pursed his lips, thought for a while and said, "Next time I'll take you to the kiln, and you'll understand when you see it for yourself."

Gu Chaoyu smiled and nodded, then looked at Mu Ziqian beside him.

Gu Tianhua looked at it for a while and said, "Isn't this the thing embedded in the shield? So that's what it's called."

After everyone had looked at it, Gu Lingze asked the maid to take the mirror away.

"In fact, glass can be used to make more than just streamers. It can also be used to make telescopes, two-way mirrors, etc. It has many other uses."

Mu Ziqian now finally understood why Gu Chaoyu was so outstanding, but when he mentioned his brother, his tone was always full of admiration.

Gu Lingze smiled and said, "I asked my uncle for four mirrors. We have two for our family."

While they were talking, the auction of the Flowing Mirror had already come to an end.

In the end, it was bought by Helian Yue for 13,000 taels, and he bought two at once.

"If there are any other distinguished guests who want to purchase the Flowing Light Mirror, they can show their cards to register. The unit price is 13,000 taels. You can pay and receive it after the auction is over."

As soon as the words fell, someone signaled, and the maids on both sides quickly walked over with registration books and charcoal pencils.

In the end, sixteen Flowing Light Mirrors alone were sold. When Xie Luocheng heard the number, his hands trembled.

"The third item in the collection, the Nine Heavens Summoning Thunder Talisman, was personally drawn by Qianyuan Imperial Master Gu Lingze. The starting price is 20,000 taels per piece."

The scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone had complicated expressions.

People from all countries didn't understand why a single piece of yellow paper could be sold at such a high price.

However, the court officials were reluctant to buy anything because Emperor Jing had often cried poor in the past and the national treasury was so tight that no official dared to show off his wealth.

Gu Lingze walked up to the auction table and picked up a piece of talisman paper on the table.

In fact, these are just thunder-summoning talismans with a suffix in front to make them sound more upscale.

Their Guiyi sect has always been famous in the world of metaphysics for its thunder magic. Although this thunder-summoning talisman is quite powerful, it is difficult to draw but not difficult to use. Ordinary people can activate it by reciting the spell.

He placed the thunder-summoning talisman between the two fingers of his right hand and recited a spell. Then, a loud thunder exploded above his head. Some people even felt that the entire Wushuang Pavilion shook slightly.

"This talisman can summon the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder to strike down all evil spirits, even living people..." He changed the subject, "Unless the person is unforgivable, the person who uses the talisman will be punished by karma and will be reborn as an animal after death."

After Gu Lingze finished speaking, he stepped down from the stage. The entire Wushuang Pavilion was in silence until Xie Luocheng came up on stage again.

"Nine Heavens Summoning Thunder Talisman, starting at 20,000 taels per piece, and the single bid cannot be less than 1,000 taels. Bidding starts now."

As soon as Xie Luocheng dropped the hammer, Qin Zhantian was the first to raise his hand, "Thirty thousand taels."

"Thirty-five thousand taels!"

"Forty-three thousand taels!"

In the end, the price stopped at 63,000 taels. The Nine Heavens Thunder Summoning Talisman and the Flowing Light Mirror were both auctioned at unit prices, and there were three of them in total.

After this round of auction ended, Qin Zhantian bought one more.

In fact, it is no problem for Gu Lingze to draw more than a dozen Thunder Summoning Talismans a day.

But on the one hand, things are valuable because they are rare, and on the other hand, he was afraid that someone would abuse the talisman and end up making things worse.

"The next piece of collection is the last piece of this auction."

After the maid brought up the tray, Xie Luocheng uncovered the red silk covering it.

"Three bottles of jade bottle spiritual water, the starting price for each bottle is 100,000 taels, and the bid cannot be less than 5,000 taels at a time. Start now."

As soon as Xie Luocheng's gavel fell, the scene became chaotic.

The sounds of price increases were getting louder and louder, and sometimes even before you could hear it clearly, it was drowned out by the next price increase.

"Twenty-eighty-five thousand taels once, twenty-eighty-five thousand taels twice, twenty-eighty-five thousand taels three times, deal!"

As the gavel in Xie Luocheng's hand fell, the auction officially ended.

Gu Lingze and others were at the place where the items were being delivered. The first person to come was Helian Zhao. After he looked over the number plate and took the banknote, he motioned for the other party to stretch out his hand.

Gu Lingze took out a dagger, quickly cut a small wound on Helian Zhao's fingertips, and then dripped blood on the thunder-summoning talisman. This was also to prevent someone from taking his place.

"This talisman will be linked to your Highness in the future, so please use it with caution."

Helian Zhao thanked him and turned to leave.

Qin Zhantian didn't have that much silver on him, but Xie Luocheng had already considered this situation and asked those who didn't have enough silver to fill out an IOU, and Wushuang Pavilion would be responsible for keeping the items.

If you pay the full amount within three months, you can take the item away. If you fail to pay within that time, the item will be unsold.

Qin Zhantian only had enough silver to buy one talisman, so Gu Lingze went through the previous process again and said the same words.

But Qin Zhantian did not leave immediately. He held the wound on his hand and looked at him silently.

"Does the Second Prince have anything else to do?"

Qin Zhantian lowered his eyes and asked softly, "My royal brother...is he okay?"

After the envoys negotiated the terms, Emperor Jing released all the detained princes and generals of the four countries with a wave of his hand.

Only Qin Chuhan did not leave. He told Qin Zhantian that everyone in Qianhan Kingdom should regard him as dead.

If they wanted to take him away by force, they could only take his body.

Qin Zhantian didn't understand why he became like this. He just thought that he had lost the battle and was too ashamed to face the enemy. But the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Gu Lingze glanced at him and said, "There is no such person as Qin Chuhan in the world anymore. There is only the monk Kuya."

Qin Zhantian's pupils trembled violently, and he opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't utter a word and walked out in a daze.

Qi Yuanjing was the happiest person today. The national treasury collected one million silver taels in just one day. His eyes seemed to be shining as he looked at Gu Lingze and Xie Luocheng.

Gu Lingze gave Xie Luocheng 100,000 taels of the money from selling the talisman paper and asked him to give it to Emperor Jing. He gave the rest of the money to Zhao Chengmo.

After seeing off the princes and envoys from various countries, Qi Yuanjing summoned Gu Lingze and Xie Luocheng into the palace.

"You two have made a huge contribution to this auction. If you want any reward, just tell me."

In fact, Gu Lingze and Xie Luocheng didn't seem to want anything. Neither of them wanted to be an official, nor did they lack money. They just wanted to contribute to the best of their ability.

Gu Lingze thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I do have an idea."

"Oh?" Emperor Jing immediately became interested, "Master, tell me about it."

"Civil officials always advocate that everything is inferior except for education, so the status of farmers and merchants has always been suppressed."

Gu Lingze glanced at Xie Luocheng and said, "But I have also heard Master say that there are 360 ​​professions and every profession has its own top scholar. I think this is very reasonable."

Emperor Jing nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"The economy and agriculture are very important to a country. Otherwise, what would we eat and drink? We are all contributing to the country, so why should we be divided into different levels?"