Chapter 43

"Who are you!" Wang Ping's servant was furious, pointing at the other person and about to start cursing.

But Wang Ping swung his hand and slapped the servant into a big spin, "Second Prince, please forgive me, my servant is poorly disciplined. May I ask, what are your thoughts on Li Xian's actions?"

What are your thoughts? This is a counterattack. So what if he's the Second Prince, Wang Ping also has his pride — his sister is the Noble Consort Hua, and the entire Wang family supports the Third Prince.

The Second Prince sneered, "I have no profound insights, but I do have some humble opinions. However, it's better not to say them."

The Second Prince left leisurely, not bothering to explain a single word to Wang Ping.

Wang Ping looked at the Second Prince, coldly snorted in his heart, and thought, "A merchant's son, what can he do!"

It turned out that this Second Prince was born to the 'Beauty' Yue Zhaohua; Yue Zhaohua was the daughter of a merchant, and her status was only that of a 'Beauty.' Naturally, the Second Prince had few supporters.

Now, the old ministers like Li Yulong support the First Prince, who is also the Crown Prince; the Wang family and others support the Third Prince. Only the Second Prince is a lone commander.

On the other side, the First Prince also arrived, accompanied by Li Wei — Li Xian's elder brother, and Yuan Cai — Yuan Zhao's elder brother.

"Li Wei, your younger brother is no simple person," the First Prince smiled, seemingly not at all concerned about the struggle for the Crown Prince position.

"Just a bit of cleverness," Li Wei was very humble.

"A bit of cleverness? Ha ha, this isn't a bit of cleverness, it's great wisdom," the First Prince began to analyze, "If the bidding was intense, it would have hurt the harmony. But this way, it not only added a festive atmosphere but also maintained the principle of fair pricing that the Brilliant Starlight Trading Company has always upheld, and it aligns with the theme of this exposition — a cheap New Year.

Your younger brother is no simple person! I only figured this out after the fact.

Li Wei, after the New Year, when there's an opportunity, could you invite Li Xian to my residence for a visit?"

"That would be an honor."

Meanwhile, Li Xian had already distributed paper and pens; facing this novel method, many people who felt they had deep pockets and could come up with 55 taels of gold were tempted.

Action speaks louder than words, they wrote down what they thought was a good number; then wrote their father's and grandfather's names; with three generations' names combined, there would be no duplicate names.

Next, Li Xian selected a dozen people from the audience to call out the numbers, supervise, and record and calculate.

"52 taels of gold, 3 taels of silver, 665 copper coins."

"51 taels of gold, 7 taels of silver, 6 copper coins."

...

There were many participants, and the people calling out the numbers were busy for half an hour, or one hour.

In the presence of everyone, the first sealed bid ended, and the final average number was: 53 taels of gold, 1 tael of silver, and 8.92 copper coins.

Li Xian picked up a slip of paper, "Congratulations to Han Yuanshan, Han Dapeng, and Han Yunxiang, for winning the first red crystal chandelier. Their bid was 53 taels of gold, 1 tael of silver, and 10 copper coins, the closest to the average."

"Ah..." A person dressed in relatively luxurious attire jumped up, "I, I am Han Yunxiang, Han Dapeng is my father, and Han Yuanshan is my grandfather."

This person squeezed to the red crystal chandelier, looked up, and was momentarily entranced. Although this crystal chandelier was smaller than the emperor's, it was still 9 feet tall, with over 30 burgundy crystal curtains shimmering with a noble and splendid light. Each crystal was so perfect, as if plucked from the sky.

Han Yunxiang circled the chandelier over and over, not stopping.

"Cough, cough..." Seeing this person was entranced, Li Xian had to carefully remind him — you should say a few words.

Well, Han Yunxiang's mind was already filled with surprise, and he couldn't hear anything. All he could think was — this chandelier is mine, it's mine, it's mine... that heart-shaped chandelier in the center is so beautiful...

Li Xian smiled bitterly, "Han Yunxiang, first, congratulations to you. But I must remind you, if you have the ability to transport this crystal chandelier, take it away yourself. If not, you should auction it off now. I'm sure it will earn you a good sum."

This time, Han Yunxiang finally reacted, hesitated for a long time, and finally wisely entrusted Li Xian to help with the auction.

The auction quickly closed at 228 taels of gold; Han Yunxiang was even happier. And Li Xian indirectly made the crystal chandelier famous — look, although we only sell it for 50 to 55 taels of gold, its value is clear to everyone!

Next, Li Xian auctioned off the remaining six crystal chandeliers together, and everyone wrote down six numbers in order. All six winners were ordinary merchants — one can't help but admire their insight and ability; then these people cleverly resold the chandeliers, winning a good omen.

With such an arrangement, Li Xian not only kept his promise but also activated the entire exposition, and took care of the faces of the major families — the chandeliers were still obtained, and everyone was happy.

"Remarkable!" The First Prince actually came over on his own, "Li Xian, I've been hearing your name lately. This morning, Father praised you for the entire morning."

"Ah... Crown Prince, Second Brother, Elder Brother Yuan, hello." Li Xian hurried to greet them; this was the first time he had met his second brother Li Wei in this world. Compared to his elder brother Li Liang, Li Wei was quite brave and had a martial general's demeanor.

Yuan Cai was also a great general, having fought several battles with the Chen Kingdom and achieved many victories.

Li Wei laughed, "Xian, not bad, after a year, you've come up with so many things."

Xian... Li Xian was sweating, can't you change the way you address me, I'm your real younger brother.

Yuan Cai also laughed and came over to give Li Xian a fierce hug; but the next moment, Li Xian's face changed, this guy was at the Foundation Establishment stage, squeezing Li Xian's bones to tremble.

"Ha ha..." Yuan Cai laughed, "Not bad, not bad, you didn't cry this time, you've improved."

Li Xian's past memories immediately surfaced; the previous Li Xian was weak, always unable to withstand Yuan Cai's "enthusiasm," and would always cry.

But before Li Xian could sigh, Yuan Cai's big hand came down, and Li Xian felt his shoulder collapse.

I'll remember you! Aren't you a great general, damn it, wait until I form an armored special forces team, and I'll go and fight your cavalry, I'll make you run for your life to satisfy my anger.

Finally, the Crown Prince was relatively calm, "Li Xian, do you have time, let's talk."

It turned out that the Crown Prince, seeing Li Xian was too outstanding, couldn't wait for Li Wei to pass the message tomorrow, and came to find Li Xian himself, straightforwardly and directly.

Li Xian, hearing this, felt a wave of helplessness — he hated being involved in the struggle for the Crown Prince position the most. This matter almost had a 50% chance of causing death, a 40% chance of causing trouble, and only a 10% chance of success; but the trouble was definitely 400% — three princes plus an emperor.

If I had this time and energy, I would rather develop technology.

But the trouble wasn't over, the Second Prince also leisurely walked over, "Elder Brother, you're here too."

The Crown Prince smiled, "Second Brother, you're also here to see this industrial exposition?"

"Yes, yes," the Second Prince smiled gently, and before anyone could speak or greet, he suddenly turned to Li Xian, "Li Xian, your business acumen is good, how about doing business with me?"

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