Outside Gusu City
Chapter 127:Outside Gusu City
Since the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Jijuan returned to the world, the night maple bridge, with a popular "Maple Bridge Night Park" famous after the future, the cold mountain ancient palace is famous in the world, to Suzhou, how can not go to the cold mountain temple?
Wu Jiyuan, the richest man in Suzhou, asked Zhang Tianshi to pray for the old man, and the brothers and sisters of Zhang also came to Jiangnan for the first time, smelled the scenery of Taihu Lake, wanted to go to the lake to visit, picked up a boat, and specially sent people to Hangzhou to invite Yang Ling.Jiangnan three towns guarded the eunuchs with high weight, Yang Ling since he lived in Mofu, Wu Jiyuan certainly will not leave the town of Jiangnan's Mo Gong Gong on the side, so he invited the Momo and his wife to go together.
The official boat walked along the ancient canal, happened to pass through the Hanshan Temple, and Zhang Tianshi brothers and sisters and Wu Jiyuan were waiting at the edge of the Maple Bridge.Yang Ling changed a light shirt today, if not the back of the bow knife next to him is his live sign, with his appearance must be regarded as a handsome Sven son.
Although I heard that this Qin was very young, at first sight of his appearance, Wu Jiyuan still couldn't help but show a hint of surprise.The richest man in Suzhou is about fifty years old, looking at his appearance and gentleness, although the Wu family has been in business for generations, there is also a large area of land in the Suhang area, and Wu's children are also famous, so it can be regarded as Jiangnan Haomen and Shi celebrities.
Today, Zhang Tianshi is the Lord, please the host is Mr. Qin Chao Yang, but to talk about the familiar, but Moqinghe and Wu Jiyuan are more familiar with each other, the current Moqing River to Wu Jiyuan introduced Yang Ling, Wu Jiyuan to Mo Qinghe introduced Zhang Tian brothers and sisters, a group of people have said and laughed into the Hanshan Temple.
Today, Mo Qinghe also changed into a plain dress, he is tall, the instrument, this dress can not really see the appearance of eunuchs, and the style of all kinds, coquettish Mrs. Mo standing, but also really a kind of rambling woman feeling.
The abbot of Hanshan Temple heard that today's Beijing Master Li Qinchai and the town guard eunuch, Gong Gong Gong, were going to the temple and did not dare to slack off.I went out the door early.The old monk is more than 80 years old, must have white hair, full of red light, and his body is very stiff.
He put on a large red robe and led the elders in the temple, the monks and dozens of small Sha Mi respectfully welcomed Yang Ling and others into the temple.Although this cold mountain temple is very famous, in fact, the temple is very small, it takes not a lot of time to turn around, and when you enter the temple gate, you can see the mouth of the big copper-dip incense.The two fingers of the faithful worshipped the coarse incense inserted in the Ding, and the distant smell of choking fireworks.
The temple did not shut out other fragrant guests because of the arrival of the adults, but the Panzi rushed into the temple in advance, and the next station, the momentum was known to the big people, and the old abbot who easily disappeared from the temple accompanied the explanation, and those believers had already avoided it with interest.
Yang Ling is more curious than appreciative of this cold mountain temple.Although to Suzhou, the garden and the Hanshan Temple are the places that must be traveled, in Yangling's heart, it is the first place to aspire to.Teacher Zhang Tianshi is the supreme Daoist, who came to this holy place of Buddha.I also feel that my identity is somewhat embarrassing, as for Moqinghe and Wu Jiyuan, they are people who are used to swimming locally, although the old abbot is very diligent, and the people's travel is not very strong.
This time, people walk around the flowers.The original small temple walked faster, but half an hour later, Yang Ling turned to the temple, bypassed the Buddha statue worshipped in the front of the pavilion, and when he turned around, he saw that the two monks were converging with their hands, knelt on the top of the futon, Yang Ling initially thought that the monks in the temple were doing their homework, and stopped their footsteps.But why they saluted behind the Buddha statues made him a little strange.
The old abbot originally thought that the elder Qin Chai would not go to the backyard so quickly, so he did not call the backyard monk to avoid it in time, when he saw that it affected the adult's prosperity, and he was busy indicating that the monk would drive the two gray-clad monks away.
Yang Ling saw that the two monks were a little different from the monks in the temple, and the two men were carrying a bucket behind their shoulders, as if they had come from a long distance, looking at the feeling of being strange and familiar.Suddenly, I remembered that some of the local monks seen in the East Han comics were this dress.Not surprisingly, he asked, “Master Abbot, these two monks are monks of the temple?”
The abbot said respectfully, “Adult Qin.The two monks came from the temple of Dongyin, who came to this temple to visit and seek Buddhist scriptures, Buddha statues and other things.”
Wu Jiyuan laughed aside: "Adult, during the Tang Zhenguan year, there were two high monks in this temple, named cold mountain, picked up, and later picked up the monk Dongdu, built a "picking temple" in the east, preaching and teaching, and was highly respected by the locals.Therefore, most of the monks and believers in the East will come to this cold mountain temple to visit.”
“Oh?”Yang Ling saw the abbot of Hanshan Temple and Wu Jiyuan talked about the East, the look was calm, there is no color, the heart first is a little surprised, even if it is thought that at this time, the East has not yet committed heinous crimes against China, although the coastal area of the evildo, but the group of pirates in the East also belong to the illegal gangsters, and there are many Chinese pirates, the people at this time.
He walked up to the two Eastern monks who were trying to withdraw from the temple, first looked at the two people to visit, and saw a shallow portrait on the wall, the age is very old, painted two garlic, even some funny portraits of monks, the abbot greeted and smiled: "Sir, this is the cold mountain, picked up the portrait of two monks."
Yang Ling nodded, see the two lines on the left side of the portrait, these two dialogues are really famous, he has heard, but has not known the source, at this time to see this know is from the cold mountain, picked up mouth.
He said, “The world blasphemes against me, deceiving me, insulting me, laughing at me, lightening me, sluting me, deceiving me, how can it be treated?”
Immediately a man next to him said, “Only endure him, let him, let him, avoid him, endure him, respect him, ignore him, stay with him for a few more years, and look at him.”
Yang Ling looked back and saw that it was one of the two young monks in the east, and was answering him, Yang Ling couldn't help but laugh: "You monk, remember clearly."
The Dongyan monk praised him, his face could not help but show the joy, said: "Thank you for the praise, the poor monk Yuanren, is the East Han's 'picking up the temple' monk, the poor monk remembers the Hanshan master asked: Is there any way to hide?The master replied: Maitreya Bodhisattva Zeng Yun: Some people scold the old man.The old man only said yes; someone beat the old man, and the old man fell asleep.Scammering on the face, as it does, I save strength, he has no trouble...”
That paragraph is full of more than three hundred words, the monk's memory is clear, one by one to suppress the setback, the abbot master listened to the happy to close the hand: "good."Good for you.”
Yuan Ren smiled slightly, full of fascio-suspension to the abbot, obviously also somewhat self-sufficient, Wu Jiyuan on the side of the laugh: "pick up the master Dongdu scripture, sure enough believers, really meritless."
Yang Ling looked at this oral high monk, with a colored monk, and remembered that in later generations, they had incarnated as robbers in the country and went to Middle-earth to burn and plunder the land.Can't help but smile: "pick up the master this word really contains the mysterious Buddha, the master remembers is really pure, then I come to ask you, you come down behind the line... can you do it?" 」
Then he replied, “I can’t do it.”
Yang Ling asked, “Then... your country has a country of faith.”How many have done it?”
Yuan Ren was silent for half a while, and the amount of oozing sweat on the forehead, he could not speak at all, Yang Ling smiled and said, “Even if the Buddhist scripture rolls back like a stream.”The Buddha is just hanging on his lips, and you just said... to understand the truth, the sun and the moon as neighbors, is this the truth and the earth?”
The monk was silent for a moment, deeply bowed a 90-degree ceremony, and calmly said: "The adult's words are like a stick to drink, the poor monk has been taught, thank the adult for your guidance."
Yang Ling laughed, “Don’t dare.Say it casually, but understanding is that you come to understand.Pick up the master this last sentence of the language really some Zen machine, "to understand the truth and common sense, the sun and the moon as a neighbor", huh, the sun and the moon, Ming also.If your country is truly good to others, will it not be your friend and neighbor in the morning, the light of the day and the moon?”
The monk looked up at him.He said, “Adults say this... but because pirates in your country are sick.”“Are you angry with our people?”
Yang Ling smiled, “Do you dare to deny that among those ‘pirates’, the army sent to impersonate pirates is evil?”
These things are an open secret.Many people in the morning knew that, let alone from the east, round benevolence, the circle listened to the red face, did not dare to say rebuttal, he thought about it and said, "But... how can you say good intentions in your country?"My country wants to be friendly with your country and communicate with each other, but your country has not just asked that it must be respected by its courtiers.
If you are courteous, your country is willing to reward, and our people want to buy and sell equally, but are not allowed by your country, that is, in order to ask for this Buddhist scripture, our monks should often come to the ocean, carry some back with you, and still can not meet the needs of believers, but we are willing to pay a lot of money to buy, but your country is not convenient because of our country's courtiers, if not so strict, we...
He said that his face was red here, and obviously he felt that he was not willing to do business with him and to steal and be shameless, which was too unspeakable.
These reasons Yang Ling naturally also know, he used to read history to find that the ancient Chinese people really "stupid" can, prefer not to benefit, if the country is willing to think of their own courtiers, even if sent a basket of grass, but also want to give ten times the gold to express the generosity of heaven to the kingdom.However, if the other party does not want to think of itself, even if it is a trade that has been a profit and no harm, it will be different from the other party's transactions as a punishment.
He saw that the round benevolent monk was indignant, but full of shame, obviously ashamed of the behavior of his own people, did not feel a little good about him, he smiled and said: "You say that the official also knows some things, these things I will be clear to the emperor, ask the emperor to allow the opening of the port of trade, strengthen each other."But for whatever reason, if they come, we are going to fight a dozen of them.
Yang Ling said, and deeply looked at the thoughtful round Ren monk, and then slowly walked back with Zhang Tianshi, Mo Qinghe and others, Yang Ling saw Wu Jiyuan look thoughtfully, and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Wu is still thinking about the Yuan Ren monk's words?"
Wu Jiyuan was surprised and hurriedly said, “Ah!It's not... the grass . .
Yang Ling smiled: "Mr. Wu do not have to panic, you are the richest man in Suzhou, you have land, weavers and shops, you must know more about these things."This time, the official came to Jiangnan to check the tax, not only to check the integrity of the tax collector, but also to understand the source of tax land and the method of increasing taxes, Mr. just said bluntly, the official will never blame him.
Wu Jiyuan looked at Zhang Tianshi and saw him nod his head to encourage him, so he mustered the courage and said, “Adult.”According to the view of the grass people, in fact, if the court opens a port to trade with Japan, it will not only benefit the people, but the court tax will also have a great gain.
Dongyin is still in turmoil, many things are scarce, such as silk, cotton, silk, mercury and even needles, iron chains, iron pots, porcelain, lacquer, carpets and herbs, condiments, etc., especially Confucian and Buddhist classic books, the demand is extremely high.If we sell it, we can make ten times the profit.”
Although Yang Ling knew that business must be profitable, but did not expect these inconspicuous things to get East to have such a head, if these daily necessities are sold to the East, then the East of the silver does not generally flow to Daming?Yang Ling did not forget the East Ai vehicles and East Electric Appliances that flooded the Chinese market in future generations.Dare to have a time in their crazy pursuit of Chinese goods in history, how can this opportunity be missed?
Yang Ling was half surprised and half excited: “Is there such a big profit?”Mr. Wu, you said in more detail.”
Wu Jiyuan saw that he was more cheerful and bolder, and he thought about it: "Adults don't think that grass people are nonsense."Grass people, for example, our silkworm farmers, silk farmers, weavers, from silkworms to silkworms to sleeves to busy a year, the final output of raw silk, a pound can only sell five or six cents of silver, deduct the cost and taxes, barely enough to make a living.
But to transport the silk to the east, you can sell five or six silver.That’s a tenfold difference!Here is a needle, and they can sell seven cents of silver in their place, which is a great deal.Of course, they also have good things there is what we need, such as copper, sulfur, soum, etc., we buy it and make it, sell it back to them, and make a profit.”
Wu Jiyuan is a businessman.Talk about cowardice.Undeterred, Yang Ling listened like a replica of the economic situation of China and Japan for some time in the future.Just to knock out the supply and demand sides, he couldn't help but laugh: "East people are not stupid, those big names, generals are so eager to trade with us, will not be because the people need to be so heart-warming?" 」
Wu Jiyuan laughed: "It is natural, their screens, fans, boxes, and boxes are exquisite, and the rich people on our side are also happy to pay high prices."If we trade with each other, the court may also import knives from them in large quantities, and the quality of the eastern aglyzer is far better than our knife, and it is at least three times the profit.
Yang Ling listened to the silent nod, to go out of the cold mountain temple door, he suddenly stopped his steps, solemnly said to Wu Jiyuan: "Mr. Wu trouble, can you write down these things in detail as you know, the finer the better, when the official returns to Beijing, to report these things to the emperor!"
Wu Jiyuan stared at him with wide eyes, half excited: "Adult... adults take this seriously?"Would you like to speak to the emperor about this merchant's trade?"
Yang Ling shook his head and said deeply: "This is not a business of Jia, this is a national event!"
Wu Jiyuan listened to the look of the light, he deeply to Yang Ling, solemnly: "There is an adult this sentence, Wu knows all the words, endless words, grass people must as soon as possible to the knowledge of the details to send to the adults."
Yang Ling nodded, his heart has secretly decided that to return to Beijing must play this matter with Zhengde, said to move him to start a business exchange.He also knows that those who follow the old-fashioned, blindly think that the Heavenly Kingdom can be self-sufficient, and that the Minister of Trade and Panyi Trade will inevitably intervene, but he also knows the importance and timeliness of this matter, this matter must be done, as long as it is done well, let the court and the people have tasted the sweetness, the bigger the mouth, no one can stop it.
Wu Jiyuan got up straight and smiled happily: "The grass people said a seat, the tired adult talked about the business again, today the adult is coming to the heart, this thing back to say."Grass people know that adults are coming, the first stop must be this cold mountain ancient, there is a cold mountain vegetable restaurant near, unique flavor.The grass people have already booked a drink, please go to the adults to taste it first, and then we will swim in the autumn of Taihu Lake.”
Mo Qinghe said, “Adults are visiting Suzhou with a private identity today, so I did not inform Suzhou Zhifu, but I know that Li Daxiang will set up a banquet for adults to wash the dust in the lion building, and you see...”
Yang Ling thought about it and said, “Forget it, it will be a waste of time to go back and forth in the city, and then this brigade of people and horses will not be able to say.”Go to Taihu Lake, stay overnight and we will return to Hangzhou, so don't bother him."
Yang Ling is anxious to return, in fact, he wants to return to Haining will be Min Wenjian, but if he says in advance to Mo Qinghe know, he must also inform the Haining official government, Qin arrived, and prepare.It is bound to make a small Haining chicken flying dog jump.
Yang Ling has a headache for the feeling that there is no freedom in front of the team, and he does not want to go to Haining, where people are waiting for the enemy, so he did not tell Moqing River.Mo Qinghe heard that he was in a hurry to return to Hangzhou, if he was stopped again.In fact, he was afraid that he would visit himself in Hangzhou, so he would not say more.
Hanshan Sui cuisine restaurant west of the maple bridge, south of the cold mountain ancient, north of the Fengjin River water.Drink with the bar, climb the building to see, do the beauty of Gu Su.Here to do the earth buddha shoots, merit gold legs, Rohan, eight treasures, emerald balls, fried crab powder and other vegetables to pay attention to, the color is good, its taste is enough to fake the truth.
The place was not far away, and a group of people did not ride in the car, talking and laughing and walking away.Wu Jiyuan led the people to the cold mountain vegetable restaurant, and was laughing to the inside.Waiting there, Liao's management rushed over and said: "Master, out of the fork, the small package of this restaurant quietly waiting for the arrival of adults, but who knows that Li Gui Li has returned from fishing by the river, he has to taste the taste here, the little one has explained to him that he is under the master's bag, and he will not listen..."
Wu Jiyuan listened to the slack, he did not expect to meet the wronged head Li Gui here.But... this choreron doesn’t work.It is only from the fact that it is from the feast that has been invited by Mr. Qin Chai and Master Zhang Tian, and that Li Gui is braver in the earth.Dare to do something here?”
Wu Jiyuan glared at Liao Guanzhi, just to speak out, suddenly noticed that Liao Guan and he was talking to him, while not stopping to see Yang Ling, it suddenly understood his meaning, he smiled in his heart, immediately changed to a look of embarrassed: "This ... restaurant has been Li Gui bagged?"It's a little difficult."
It turned out that the Wu family lived here for more than 160 years, and became the richest man in Suzhou before a son.And this Li Gui, is a new noble suddenly upstart in recent years, a print money profit-making upstart.
No one knows the background of Li Gui's history, only that he seems to have strong capital, every time he encounters a natural disaster, especially after the plunder, he sells a lot of food to the farmers on credit, and his money is released, and how many farmers have to go?
Those farmers who had been thirsty at the beginning were cornered, and they had to take the land to pay their debts, from the bankruptcy of the peasants to his tenants, some became unemployed, hired by handicraft workshops such as papermaking and silk weaving, and some of them became beggars and wandered around.
By this means, just a few years of kung fu, Li Gui in Suhang two places to buy a lot of land, now like the two states of the largest landowner, the family slave from thousands, living in the high house, out of the fresh clothes angry horse, the voice has been striding on the Wu family.
What he did in his land, naturally for the local squires in Suzhou, and the locals also had xenophobic psychology, these gentlemen reported Li Gui's evil deeds to the official government, but I don't know what Li Gui came to, knowing that the government's gate took over the shape of the same thing.
The great family of such a huge network as the Wu family reflected the matter to the government ambassador and the inspection of the Shi's door, and there was nothing to follow it, and several large families knew that Li Gui's land must be very good, they could not hold him down, and they were afraid of his revenge, so they had to order that the people in the government should usually have less contact with this evil person.
Li Gui flies in Suzhou, Wu Jia is big, how can you avoid it completely?So the servant in the family did not have less to suffer from his idleness, recently Li Gui began to play Wujia industrial idea, the relationship between the two is the same as the water and fire, Liao management deliberately does not say that the adults are going to eat, it is to use Yang Ling's hand to come out of this evil breath.
Moqing River listened to this matter, his face suddenly twitched, and he was angry and said to the ground: "Li Gui?Is it the local squire who can't get on the table?Hm!Ping Sui flew with a few money, and this time he actually put up the score in front of the adult Qin Chai.”
Yang Ling said doubtfully to Wu Jiyuan, “Who is this Li Gui?”
Although Liao's identity is low, but he and Yang Ling came with the ship, more familiar with his master, busy grabbing a few steps to add fuel to tell the story of Li Gui's person, listening to Yang Ling even frown.
Mo Qinghe laughed: "Suzhou's rich people, this Li Gui is the most unkind, although he has not done anything harmful, but the face of the upstart is disgusting, today he dares to collide with the adults, I just took the opportunity to teach him, but also called him a little bit."
Yang Ling, although he felt that Li Gui hated it, but he did not blatantly evil, put the printing money and do not break the law, if just because he collided with himself, the officials knew that they must participate in him, so they did not want to do much, but after listening to Mo Qinghe words, Yang Ling knew that he would not be too much, he laughed and laughed.
Mo Qinghe saw his approval and turned back to the housekeeper and said, "Old Li, give me a good beat of that thing that does not open your eyes, tell him to converge a little later, you make him far away, and don't break the appetite of the adult."
Li Butler smiled and responded, a wave of hands with a few people just walked to the door, the door opened, a more than 30 years old, black fat noodles man with his hands on his back, rolled over the white-eyed benevolent and proudly said: "Mr. Wu invited what character to eat vegetarian food?"I’m so sorry, this restaurant, the Lord has already packed it.”
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