Archon Antony hesitated for a moment, cleared his throat, and said, "Name your price, Wuleglindo."

"The starting price for each war horse is one hundred gold coins! The starting price for a power horse is eighty gold coins!" Wu Lai quoted the price with extraordinary calmness.

"This is robbery! The best war horse is only fifty gold coins! The strongest horses are no more than six. You just put on your new-fangled horse harness. Is this harness a gift from God?!" An obviously angry voice sounded.

"You're right!" Wu Lai looked towards the source of the sound, then jumped off the box and opened the lid.

He held out an object that was dark in color but shone with a bright white light like moonlight: "This is called a saddle!"

He picked up a pair of bow-shaped objects slightly smaller than a palm and connected by two leather belts: "This is called a stirrup!"

Finally, he held up four curved objects: "This is called a 'pad'! These three things together form a complete set of horse harness. I call it the 'God-given horse harness' because its appearance originated from the revelation of the god Amon!"

Everyone was somewhat skeptical.

"You are all prominent figures in Seneca City! I believe that the starting price of one hundred gold coins will not scare you off! If you can imitate it successfully! I don't mind you making this set of horse harness by yourself! Of course, I can't maintain such a high price forever. I promise that in three months, I will take the initiative to reduce the price of this set of horse harness to twenty gold coins per set. Of course, I will still choose to sell it together with the horse." Wu Lai put the "God-given horse harness" he mentioned back into the wooden box and then closed the lid.

Not far behind him, Neptune rode his horse and paced back and forth leisurely, allowing the nobles present to see his ease and comfort while ensuring that they did not see the three objects too clearly.

"I swear to God Amon with my life that I will only sell these 500 horses in the next three months." Wu Lai raised his right hand. "Now, please make an offer." Then, he swung his hand down fiercely.

Neptune pulled the reins, and the black horse immediately stood up with a neigh.

"I want five strong horses!" A noble raised his hand.

"I want ten strong horses!" Another noble raised his hand.

Wu Lai smiled slightly, with a barely perceptible excitement in his eyes: "No, distinguished citizens, you don't seem to understand the significance of this auction! I repeat again! This is the first and last auction!"

Consul Antony frowned, then suddenly stood up and asked, "Woleglindo, is there a difference between the harness of a war horse and the harness of a power horse?"

"Your Excellency, there is no difference," Wu Lai replied with a smile.

Anthony nodded and raised his right hand: "Then I want all these 500 horses." As soon as he said this, the whole audience was in an uproar. 500 horses would cost 42,000 gold coins!

I finally figured it out. Wu Lai smiled and thought to himself, but raised his right hand again: "Very good! Your Excellency the Archon has set a perfect example for everyone, but according to the auction rules, everyone can still fight for a part at a higher price."

Anthony's expression suddenly became a little awkward. After glancing around, he sat back in his chair. Being able to control a city-state, Anthony was naturally not as gentle as he seemed. Among the people present, he was the first to understand Woolley's hint - whoever can get the harness this time will gain the greatest advantage. Whether it is imitation or presenting these harnesses to higher-level nobles and wealthy people, they can get unimaginable benefits. You know, there are many militants in the Assyrian territory. Now that the territory has been divided, whoever can break into the Hurrian defense line first will definitely gain inestimable wealth and glory. After all, most of the areas in the Hurrian territory are plains, which are most suitable for cavalry operations.

That's why Anthony wanted to buy these 500 horses at once. Unexpectedly, the young boy in front of him was still greedy. Moreover, under his repeated hints, other nobles have gradually tasted the temptation.

If that doesn't work, I'll compete with them to see who's faster. Anthony thought so. Among the nobles present, he was sure to suppress only three or four people, so he didn't think he would win for sure.

"Fifty strong horses! One hundred gold coins each!" A noble stood up and said firmly, then he glanced at Anthony.

"Fifty strong horses! One hundred gold coins each!" Another noble stood up and raised his chin arrogantly.

Wu Lai continued to keep a calm smile on his face, but Gauguin, who was not far behind him, was already feeling dizzy.

"Oh my God, this is too, too unbelievable." Gauguin muttered silently to himself. As the steward of Baishi Building, he naturally knew the cost of these things, so he couldn't help but be frightened and relieved for Wu Lai's "audacity".

"One hundred strong horses! One hundred and ten gold coins each!" When this voice reached his ears, Wu Lai was delighted, thinking that you scoundrels finally raised the price a little bit.

Woolley's auction ended quickly. After deliberately controlling the pace to avoid any further complications, Anthony finally bought 100 war horses at a price of 100 gold coins each. The 400 horses were eventually divided up by five nobles at a price of 115 gold coins each.

Anthony breathed a sigh of relief, because judging from this situation, the nobles were still somewhat wary of him.

After finalizing the buyer, Wu Lai took out the contract and fire seal that he had prepared long ago.

Seeing Wu Lai smiling calmly, Gauguin's lips trembled involuntarily. He thought to himself that it seemed that Master Wu Lai was really a person favored by God, otherwise how could he be so calm? Fifty-six thousand gold coins, that's more than three thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds of gold, at least four ox carts would be needed to carry it all...

When Anthony signed the contract, he lowered his voice with a fake smile on his face: "Woolelindo, you really surprised me. By the way, I remind you to remember to pay taxes on time."

"Of course, Your Excellency, Archon, I won't forget this. What is the tax rate for civilian supplies? Oh, I remember, 40% tax, tut tut, it seems that my income has shrunk again." Wu Lai said with a smile, and lowered his voice, "Your Excellency, Archon, you should be glad that you picked up a big bargain. If I hold this auction in Assyria, do you think my income will be more? Do you know why I chose to hold it here even though I knew this? That's because my father once told me that no matter what benefits you take, you should not grab the maximum. Leaving a way out for everything is the way to survive in the world. What's more, I am basically sure that in the next few years, I will hold this type of auction from time to time."

Anthony was startled, and he savored Wu Lai's words carefully before nodding solemnly.

"I agree with your father's point of view." Anthony said seriously before leaving.

Wu Lai smiled slightly, bowed and said goodbye. After he stood up, he called Neptune to his side and said, "If you don't mind, I plan to ask you to go to Kati City to do an errand."

"All at your command, Master Woolley," replied Neptune.

When the auction process spread in Seneca City, everyone who heard about it for the first time was shocked! Extremely shocked! A thirteen-year-old boy actually spent only half a day to make a deal with several nobles including Archon Anthony, and the amount of the deal was as high as 56,000 gold coins! "If he is not a god, then he must be a devil." Someone said behind his back.

When praise, envy, jealousy, curiosity and surprise were all surrounding Woole in the Seneca city-state, the nobles of Seneca had to admit the fact that Wooleglindo had already become a middle-class noble in the Seneca city-state. The reason was that in addition to the more than 50,000 gold coins known to him, he also had several workshops that would make him a fortune at some point.

All of this sounded like a miracle deliberately arranged by the gods. One year ago, Wuleglindo was just a poor child who had just lost his father, but it only took him one year to achieve a goal that many small families had to work hard for two or three generations to hope for.

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What are the middle-class nobility? According to the annotations and practices of the Assyrian Code, after Woolley joins the middle-class nobility, he will have the right to express his opinions and vote in the city-state noble meetings within the Seneca city-state, instead of just being an observer like the petty nobles. If Woolley is more ambitious or in need, he can even contact several middle-class nobles to jointly propose suggestions on the management and construction of the Seneca city-state. To use a term familiar to Woolley, it is called "participating in politics and making decisions."

Mrs. Leah was so happy after hearing the news. The friendliness that Woolley had shown to Greendo Manor during this period gave her reason to be happy for Woolley. After all, she was Woolley's stepmother, and she was still breastfeeding Woolley's half-brother Eaton. She even forced some useful information out of Tina.

So, Mrs. Leah has been in a particularly good mood recently.

Woolley was also in a good mood.

But the nobles who bought the horses were not very happy, because they still had to wait for a few more days to get the horses. However, they could not complain about this, because the contract stated it very clearly - pay a 10% deposit first, and the rest would be paid upon delivery.

More than ten days later, the horses finally entered the territory of the Seneca city-state. The horsemen from the Neptune and Berses families were intercepted by Woolley and his men just as they saw the city wall of Seneca. He had been waiting here for almost a day with the people from the armory.

After working for almost a whole day, the five hundred horses were finally tacked up before nightfall, but the craftsmen led by Esdin were almost paralyzed by exhaustion.

The next day, Woolley took bag after bag of heavy gold coins from the nobles who ordered horses, smiling as he took them.

"It's a pleasure to work with you. I promise that the next delivery will be at least twice as fast as it is now." Wu Lai said this to every noble who bought a horse.

These nobles all smiled and nodded in the same way, and all thought in their hearts, "Do you want to have a next time? You're dreaming."

A few days later, these "generous big customers" including Archon Anthony were all disappointed, because after using the best quality copper or silver as a substitute, the craftsmen of the great nobles quickly imitated stirrups and horseshoes, and of course, they also figured out the principles and functions of stirrups and horseshoes. But, is that all? The answer is - no!

The skilled craftsmen under the nobles were completely unable to replicate the saddles, even though they had disassembled and assembled them many times and carefully studied every part. But when they assembled the replica parts, they immediately found that the saddles they made were different from the saddles produced by Woolley - the homemade saddles could not be as comfortable as the original saddles, although all the replica parts were strictly in accordance with the original size.

The imitation will not be interrupted because of this, but after these craftsmen were busy, experimenting, busy again, and experimenting again, they came to a unified conclusion - the metal used for this set of horse harness of Wooleglindo is an unprecedented metal, in which toughness and rigidity are perfectly combined. Therefore, in addition to being wear-resistant and easy to shape, it is also more than twice as light, which means that horses wearing this set of horse harness can save a lot of horsepower.

At this point, all the nobles who had purchased horse harnesses had no choice but to accept the reality - since they couldn't copy the saddle, they could only copy the horseshoes and stirrups.

Just as these nobles began to mass-produce horseshoes and stirrups and quarreled over how to divide the promotion share in the Assyrian territory, Archon Anthony quietly approached Woolley and asked him if he could sell two thousand sets of horse harnesses in advance.

"I'm very sorry, Your Excellency the Archon, but I promise that I will be able to sell it to you first in three months. However, I have to make it clear that I still have to sell it together with the horses." Wu Lai replied with a smile.

"Of course, I have no objection." Anthony's face was not depressed at all, and there was even a glimmer of excitement in his eyes. "But I want to confirm again, will the price be reduced to twenty pieces per set as you said before?"

"It has to be this way. I am a citizen who values ​​my promises very much." Wu Lai said with a smile, "Your Excellency the Archon's choice is very wise. Believe me, soon everyone will know the badness of the imitations."

Anthony raised his eyebrows and laughed.