Chapter 484 How Can You Fight Me?

Black market, also known as ghost market.

Generally, transactions in the black market are shameful, because the goods here are traded privately to avoid the tax amount of Daxing. If you are reported and caught, you will be punished with a beating and fine.

In addition, the things circulating in the black market are either prohibited from trading or their origin is unknown.

Therefore, there is a convention when buying things in the black market, and no one can ask where the things come from.

If you ask randomly, you will basically be considered a novice, not only will you be deceived, but you will also be blacklisted. Even if you want to buy, people will not sell you.

This reason also makes the things in the black market mixed, and there are many fakes.

But according to the rules of the black market, whether you buy real or fake goods, whether you lose or make money, you must accept it, and you cannot ask for compensation from others afterwards.

Most black markets, even in the capital, have such rules.

Of course, there are also more standardized ones.

For example, there is the most standardized black market in the capital in the West Market, which is controlled by the largest local underground gang, the Money Gang.

During the day, the black market here is set up in several large courtyards. If you want to enter, you have to scan your face. It's troublesome, and there are not many people and goods.

But after the curfew, the black market becomes lively. They are openly set up on the street, replacing the busy vendors during the day.

Unlike the East Market, there are no such developed entertainment venues in the West Market at night, so there is enough space for the black market at night.

But unlike in the past, the black market these days is very lively, whether it is day or night.

And all this has to do with a batch of antiques that suddenly appeared in the world.

"Wow, Xiao Shiba, it's so lively here."

"Hehe, of course, this is the largest black market in Beijing. It's not even night yet, it's more lively at night."

Li Xiong said proudly, and then his face became serious: "Also, how many times have I said that you have to call me Brother Xiong outside."

"Well, Xiao Shiba."

Li Xiong was so angry that his eyes glared, but he had no way to deal with the ignorant girl in front of him. After all, she was lucky and was born a little earlier.

At this time, other little kids also came over and chattered to watch the excitement in the black market.

A group of kids suddenly broke into the black market, attracting countless people's attention.

But seeing the dozens of guards around these kids who were obviously not easy to mess with, many malicious eyes quickly moved aside, and some even smiled sincerely, fearing that they would be misunderstood.

Several stall owners nearby did their best to take out various small toys to try to attract these rich and noble kids.

This method was obviously very effective. The little kids seemed to be bewitched, staring at those fun toys with their eyes, and ran over.

"Hey, hey!"

"Don't run around first, we are here for business!"

"Hey, don't spend money indiscriminately!"

Li Xiong tried to stop them in a hurry, but there was no way to stop the little kids who had been bewitched.

"Little Eighteen, I told you that it's useless."

A little girl who was not much older than Li Xiong, with a delicate figure, shook her head and sighed, looking like a little adult.

"Nonsense!"

"If Old Eight can do it, why can't I do it?"

"Old Eight is old, but he still insists on being the leader of the children. Shameless!"

"If you ask me, it should have been my turn to be the leader of the children a long time ago!"

"This time I will prove it to everyone!"

Li Xiong said indignantly, which was quite imposing.

"But they have almost spent all the money in the past few days. How can they lend you the money? You don't know to lend you money earlier."

"I, I..."

Li Xiong was speechless after being confronted by the little girl, and his face turned red.

He just heard about the explosion of antiques in the black market yesterday. He came in to pick up money. The more money he had, the more he picked up.

But he had almost squandered his own money in the past few days, buying a lot of toys and snacks, and couldn't even afford an antique. That's why he brought other little kids here, wanting to learn from the Eighth Prince before, uniting the little kids' funds to make a fortune.

But now it seems that before Li Xiong even asked to borrow money, he had already failed.

The other little kids didn't want to listen to what he said, and had long been deceived by the sweet-talking stall owners to open their wallets and start shopping.

No matter how Li Xiong tried to stop them, he couldn't stop the little kids' remaining funds from gushing out in the black market until the last one or two.

Since the goods circulating in the black market are not normal goods, the prices here are much higher than those outside.

Even some strange little toys are expensive enough.

Most of the little kids had some savings left, but they were brought to such a good place by Li Xiong and spent all their money on the spot.

"Why are they here too?"

In the distance, the Sixth Princess saw the little kids and seemed a little surprised.

After all, the black market is not suitable for children.

The eldest prince and his two siblings saw the eye-catching little kids from afar, but they had no intention of coming over.

They all had business to do tonight, and they didn't have time to waste with these little guys.

"It seems that even they know the news about the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty."

"It seems that this news has really spread throughout the capital."

The eldest prince couldn't help but sigh.

There are still three days left before their competition this month is about to end. The eldest prince and the sixth princess could not stay any longer today, so they followed the fourth prince to the black market.

Seeing is believing.

After arriving at the black market, they truly realized how popular the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty were.

There is a place in the black market that specializes in selling antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty. There are crowds of people there, and the voices of bidding are heard one after another, and they are hoarse.

Each simple number contains their own life and property.

Some people have repeatedly mortgaged their belongings countless times, and their leverage is so large that it is unimaginable.

The monthly interest they have to pay every month is already an astronomical figure.

But even so, these people are still happy to do it.

Because they all know that the more debt they have, the more profit they will make in the end!

This is the consensus of everyone who participates in the speculation of Jinpeng Dynasty antiques.

That's right, some people in the black market have already understood the concept of speculation and started to add fuel to the hot market.

The higher the price of the Jinpeng Dynasty antiques is, the wider the news will spread in the capital. When that happens, it will attract more people and the price will continue to rise.

The eldest prince and his two siblings walked around several places where the Jinpeng Dynasty antiques were auctioned. The scene they saw left a deep impression on them.

Originally, the eldest prince was a little worried about the fourth prince's all-in behavior, but now it seems that as long as these crazy people are still there, there is absolutely no reason for them to lose money.

"Fourth brother, are these people crazy?"

The sixth princess watched the price of the antiques rise by another thousand taels in a few words, and was shocked.

The fourth prince told them that all his money had been invested in these antiques before, and he had made another round of mortgage today. He planned to invest more and hold them until the last day of the competition to maximize profits.

In the blink of an eye, the price of the antiques rose by one thousand taels. Even the sixth princess, who was not so smart, understood that they had made a lot of money again.

The eldest prince's three siblings couldn't help but feel a sense of trance and unreality at this time. The silver that used to feel heavy seemed to have become just a light number.

But this number full of illusion brought them great satisfaction.

Watching the prices on the list flipping up page by page, creating a new historical high price, everyone felt the same sense of unreality.

"It turns out that making money can be so easy?"

Driven by the atmosphere on the scene, the eldest prince's three siblings also began to breathe heavily.

"Fourth brother, don't you want to replenish the stock?"

"Buy it quickly, otherwise you may not know what the price will be later."

The Sixth Princess urged anxiously.

The Fourth Prince nodded, and then participated in the transaction.

Due to the shortage of supply, the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty adopted a bidding model, which is why the prices on the market rose so quickly.

"Eight thousand eight hundred taels."

The Fourth Prince raised his hand and quoted the price, shocking the other buyers and making the scene silent for a while.

This is already the highest transaction price at present. The fourth prince raised the price at once, which made many people hesitate.

Anyway, there is more than one item to be auctioned. Maybe you can get it at a cheaper price later. There is no need to waste these hundreds of taels of silver.

This is what most people think.

But just when the transaction was about to be completed, a voice sounded and raised the price again.

"Eight thousand nine hundred taels!"

The fourth prince looked to the side and saw a familiar and annoying face.

"Old Eight."

The eighth prince just pretended not to hear it, turned his head to the side, pretending not to know the fourth prince.

The fourth prince snorted coldly, but he could do nothing.

The eighth prince's bidding disrupted his rhythm, but he could only continue to raise the price:

"Nine thousand taels."

As soon as this price was announced, the person in charge of the auction immediately struck the gong and announced loudly:

"Nine thousand taels!"

"Is there anyone who can bid higher than this?"

The voice was so loud that it almost spread throughout the black market.

Several other places that were auctioning Jinpeng Dynasty antiques immediately understood.

Although they are not from the same family, they will communicate with each other about prices to avoid too big a gap and cause unnecessary losses.

Sometimes, in order to make money, these colleagues can also unite, and they are not necessarily enemies all the time.

As soon as the price of nine thousand taels arrived, others immediately followed and changed to the latest price.

And the fourth prince, by virtue of being the first to push the price up, got the most goods at the price of nine thousand taels.

But due to limited funds, he did not meet his expectations.

"Tsk, if it weren't for the Eighth Prince's intervention, I wouldn't have bought one less."

The fourth prince was embarrassed to find that he still had eight thousand eight hundred taels left in his hand, and he could only keep it for backup.

The Eighth Prince saw the unhappy look of the Fourth Prince and laughed secretly.

"This stinky Eighth Prince is really annoying."

The Sixth Princess did not hide her disgust for the Eighth Prince.

"Forget it, we have already bought the things. I contacted someone to mortgage them directly here. You wait for me here for a while."

The Fourth Prince said, taking the antiques he had just bought, ready to mortgage some more silver.

The Eighth Prince felt a little bored when he saw that the Fourth Prince stopped bidding.

Seeing that the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty had exceeded 9,000 taels and were still rising slightly, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Although he had tens of thousands of taels of silver on hand, it was not enough to make a few trips, so he was too lazy to cause trouble for himself.

After he left the palace, he bought a batch of strange gadgets from Hu Shang, and he finally sold them out today, which cost him a lot of energy and connections.

Realizing that he was not a businessman, the Eighth Prince had no trouble for himself.

Just seeing the Fourth Prince's enthusiasm for speculating on antiques, I couldn't help but feel disgusted with him just now.

The Eighth Prince only heard about the popularity of Jinpeng Dynasty antiques a few days ago, but at that time he had not finished selling the imported goods, so he did not get involved.

Now, he can only come to watch the excitement and covet other people's profits.

The Eighth Prince looked around and saw many familiar figures. Many of the princes and princesses came after hearing the news and mingled among them.

The Eighth Prince thought for a while and walked in the direction of the little beans.

…

The other side of the black market.

Princess Ankang and her people wandered around here with great interest.

There were many things here that she had never seen before, and she was quite curious about them.

"Axuan, this place is quite interesting."

Under the reminders of Li Xuan and Xu Lang, Princess Ankang only went shopping and watched the fun.

Especially when they saw the hot bidding scene, they stood on tiptoes on the sidelines and stretched their necks to watch the excitement.

"What are they buying?"

"So lively!"

Li Xuan, who was in Princess Ankang's arms, closed his eyes and pretended not to hear.

At this time, Yu'er on the side replied:

"Your Highness, I heard that it is an antique from the Jinpeng Dynasty in the Western Regions. Legend has it that this dynasty is buried under the great desert of the Western Regions. People say that the sand there is golden."

"Some people also say that there are secrets hidden in antiques, and those who peek into the secrets can find the treasures of the Jinpeng Dynasty."

"Various legends about the Jinpeng Dynasty have been spread throughout the capital these days."

After hearing this, Princess Ankang's eyes couldn't help but shine, and she couldn't help but say "Wow".

She always liked listening to stories, but now that the legend of the Jinpeng Dynasty was told so vividly by Yu'er, how could she not be interested?

The curious look of Princess Ankang was also seen by the eldest prince and the sixth princess not far away.

The two of them were standing in the corner, looking in the direction of Princess Ankang.

Seeing Princess Ankang standing on tiptoe and looking into the auction house with a look of pure curiosity on her face, the brother and sister silently breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the fourth prince came over to pledge his banknotes. Seeing the two people's reactions, he couldn't help but curiously said:

"Brother, Sixth Sister."

"What are you doing?"

The sixth princess felt guilty and "shushed" at the fourth prince, then stretched out her finger and pointed in the direction of Princess Ankang.

The fourth prince saw Princess Ankang frowning and her eyes serious.

"Fourth brother, you don't have to worry too much."

"Looking at Ankang's appearance, it seems like he has seen these antiques for the first time."

The Sixth Princess comforted her.

The fourth prince did not answer immediately, but after watching Princess Ankang's reaction for a long time, he slowly said:

"I hope so."

At this moment, another gong sounded in the black market.

"Nine thousand five hundred taels!"

"It will soon exceed 10,000 taels."

The black market started shouting again, pushing the atmosphere to the fiery extreme.

Everyone in the stadium cheered and started celebrating like a group of demons.

The three brothers and sisters of the eldest prince did not care about Princess Ankang at this time, their eyes were full of excitement. In just a short time, they made a lot of money.

"Fourth brother, let's continue to restock."

"As soon as you enter the market, you might be able to break through the 10,000 tael mark directly."

The fourth prince couldn't hold himself back and hurried over to participate in the auction.

He invested all the money he had just pledged.

But unlike just now, the fourth prince actually spent all his money easily and bought the corresponding antiques, but the price did not rise much.

The unit price of antiques still hovers between 9,600 taels and 9,700 taels, but it has been unable to break through any higher.

Someone saw the Fourth Prince entering the market and followed them by buying in large quantities, hoping to push the price up in one fell swoop.

But these places seem to have just acquired antique stocks. How can they buy them? Why do they have them here? Trading them is a joy.

“Is there someone shipping goods and preparing to make a profit and leave the market?”

The fourth prince thought to himself and observed the various buyers around him.

"Nine thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight taels!"

Another new high price was shouted out and spread throughout the black market.

Suddenly, someone started to pick up the rhythm and shouted "Ten thousand taels, ten thousand taels..."

The atmosphere of the black market was stirred up, and more and more people shouted, waiting to witness the historic price.

The fourth prince has already thought about it. He will not wait any longer in the next few days. He will stop when the price reaches ten thousand taels. In the following days, the three brothers and sisters will have fun outside the palace.

It’s rare that a game goes so smoothly, so it’s not too much to relax, right?

After seeing Princess Ankang's reaction that didn't seem to be fake, the fourth prince lowered his guard a lot.

But before the expected gong sounded, they discovered that the upward price trend of antiques suddenly softened, and even showed a slight decline.

Jinpeng Dynasty antiques, which were in short supply just now, suddenly began to be in demand.

"Everyone is lucky tonight, there are a few more antiques on consignment."

The people in charge of the auction did not change their expressions and even told everyone happily.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction among many people.

The previous emotional preparation was so good, but in the end, some cowards started to make profits and leave the market?

"You fool, you can't even make money!"

"If I hadn't run out of money, I would have eaten all these goods!"

Some people said unwillingly.

And those who really have the funds have already taken action.

Time passed little by little, and the busy black market gradually became quiet.

The latest transaction price of Jinpeng Dynasty antiques has dropped below nine thousand taels of silver.

"How come there are so many fools? They can't make any money from free money!"

Someone cursed while buying more antiques.

He didn't understand, even though he and the people around him were working so hard to buy, why did the price fall instead of rising?

These Jinpeng Dynasty antiques seem to be growing out of the ground, and you can never buy them all.

"Fourth brother, what's going on?"

The eldest prince felt a little confused about the situation in front of him.

The fourth prince frowned and then replied: "Don't panic, someone may want to control the price. It seems that some big shots are also involved."

Then, the fourth prince smiled slightly:

"I'm afraid there will be rumors later, causing these people to panic and sell their antiques at low prices, and then the other party will take this opportunity to buy them at low prices."

When the fourth prince said this, the eldest prince and the sixth prince understood it immediately.

Just as the fourth prince finished speaking, someone suddenly ran into several auction houses in a hurry and whispered a few words to the person in charge.

Then the stewards all changed their expressions, but immediately began to try their best to hide it.

But how can such details be hidden from those who are interested?

The eldest prince and the sixth prince showed understanding, and then looked at the fourth prince with admiration.

"Fourth brother, it seems they are going to start a monkey show."

The Sixth Princess said with a smile.

"The fourth brother knows things like a god, but he is not as good as his elder brother."

The eldest prince said sincerely.

The fourth prince smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said modestly that it was nothing.

Then, the transaction prices on the market continued to fall, which made some sensitive people feel that something was wrong and started selling their antiques.

This result will naturally accelerate the decline in antique prices.

When the price fell below 8,000 taels of silver at an increasing speed, the market finally panicked, and rumors spread rapidly.

"Master Ai, a master of antique connoisseurs in Beijing, has judged that the Jinpeng Dynasty antiques circulating on the market are suspected to be imitations and have no value."

Master Ai is a well-known antique connoisseur in Beijing.

This matter was the result of a high-ranking official in the capital asking Master Ai to appraise the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty.

Originally, Master Ai only told the high-ranking official about this result. However, the servant who was accompanying the high-ranking official to visit Master Ai had just drank too much outside and that's when he revealed the matter.

The antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty have been so popular recently. In less than an hour, the news spread throughout the major black markets in the capital.

It was not until the price fell below 8,000 taels that the retail investors who participated in the speculation learned of the matter, and an uproar broke out in the black market.

Everyone is rushing to sell their antiques.

In the midst of this chaos, the three brothers and sisters of the eldest prince stood on the spot, sitting on the wall and watching, as unmoving as rocks in the waves.

Not far away, Princess Ankang blinked her eyes and asked in confusion:

"Hey, weren't everyone happy just now?"

"Why are you crying all of a sudden?"

Li Xuan huddled in Princess Ankang's arms, opened one eye and glanced at the transaction price that had just exceeded eight thousand taels, then closed his eyes again and smiled disdainfully.

"Humph, where are you?"

"You are my people inside and out, how can you fight with me?"

But after a while, Li Xuan opened his eyes strangely and looked in the direction of the three eldest prince brothers and sisters.

"Why are they not panicking at all?"

Li Xuan knew very well how much money the fourth prince had pledged.

"Did you see through my plan?"

"This fourth child should not be underestimated."

Li Xuan thought seriously.

"Eh, that's not right."

"Putting prices back up is something that will happen after the game is over."

The more Li Xuan thought about it, the more confused he became. Then he looked at the three eldest prince brothers and sisters with confusion, and wondered in his heart:

"Then the three of them are trying to stabilize things?"