Yang Zheng didn't care, I saw a lot of this kind of scene in my previous life, and it was not unbearable, but those literati covered their noses and mouths one by one, and a few who didn't have time to cover it simply bent down and coughed loudly, which was not lively for a while.

Although Zheng He was old, his movements did not fall behind at all, he reined in the reins of the horse and walked into the stone unloading shed steadily, in the surprised eyes of everyone, he slowly walked into the white smoke, and glanced at the craftsmen who were working hard, then slowly turned over and dismounted, turned around and faced Yang Zheng and others and began to speak.

The original site of Da Bao En Temple has built in Wu Chi Wu three years of Changgan Temple and Ashoka Tower, known as "the beginning of the Jiangnan Buddhist Temple" in history, Yongle ten years of reconstruction, the construction of Da Bao En Temple is extremely elegant, completely in accordance with the standard of the palace to build, more magnificent than Beijing City, especially located in the big hall behind the big Bao En Temple glazed tower is more splendid, nine layers and eight sides, up to more than 20 meters, even dozens of miles away on the Yangtze River can also be seen. The tower body is veneered with white porcelain, and the arch is glazed with a ticket. The ground floor is built with a cloister (i.e., the "sub-order Zhou Za" in the Song Dynasty). The tower room is square, and the eaves of the tower, the bucket arch, the flat seat, and the railing are decorated with the five-color glazed bricks of the Buddhist theme such as lions, white elephants, flying sheep, etc. Due to the transfer of the layers, the bricks and tiles used are of different sizes. The top of the brake is inlaid with gold and silver jewelry. One hundred and fifty-two wind chimes are hung under the corner beams, which sound day and night, and the sound is heard for several miles. Since the date of completion, one hundred and forty lamps of Changming Pagoda have been lit, and 64 catties of fuel are consumed every day, which is brilliant and bright day and night. Known as the first tower of the Ming Dynasty, to build such a tower, in addition to migrant workers, money and grain, the most important building materials, the whole temple fired glazed tiles, glazed components and white tiles, are in triplicate, to build the tower with one copy, the remaining two copies of the number buried in the ground, in case of defects, reported to the Ministry of Works, according to the number of accessories repair, can be described as exquisite to the extreme.

But even so, Zhu Di is still dissatisfied, the foundation of the tower body, the tower body, and even every step of the stone steps on the tower are extremely dissatisfied, requiring the stone to conform to the royal granite, but there are not many granite stones in Nanjing, and the construction period of the Great Bao'en Temple is extremely tight, the eunuch Wang Fu who was built by the abbot at that time used the stone to build the Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province on the grounds of insufficient stone, this kind of stone has many holes and folded textures, can make rockeries, embellished gardens and courtyards and other cultural landscapes. The ancients said: "Cui Wei is scattered, and there are a bunch of jade." Feng Piao's cactus came out, and the sword door was opened". It is also in line with the royal requirements, but Zhu Di takes the Taihu Lake stone in the water as the most valuable, and it has been hit by the waves for a long time, and it has become an empty stone, and the face is exquisite. It is not as strong as granite, and there is no promise.

Wang Fu had no choice but to lead the emperor's order to build the foundation of the temple with granite, but the foundation stone required was great, to the end Wang Fu, because of the lack of stone, resulting in the parties to the relevant military wives and craftsmen to go to find the stone without authorization, the slow progress of the project was reprimanded by Zhu Di, until Zheng He returned from the fifth trip to the West, learned of this situation, only to order people to look for stones, and finally learned that there were a large number of granite stones that meet the royal requirements in the Thousand Buddha Rock of Qixia Mountain, Zheng He invited Zhu Di to build all the stones of the Great Bao'en Temple are mined here, polished, and then transported to the Nanjing Dabao'en Temple, which is really not small, but this silver is nothing compared to the birth, old age, sickness and death of these workers.

Da Bao En Temple is large-scale, a lot of stone is needed, these stonemasons have been mining stone for a long time, the consumption of the body is too large, there are casualties from time to time, and many of them have wives and children and widows, once the man goes, the bitterness can be imagined, Zheng He after some hesitation, simply from the construction of the Da Bao En Temple of the silver two, allocated 500,000 taels of silver, as the life guarantee of these tens of thousands of stonemason workers, once there are injured workers, there are dead workers, there are wives and children and widows at home, can be drawn from the 500,000 taels of silver as a settlement fee, not to live too miserable。

Zheng He didn't say anything about this, and everyone didn't know that if he hadn't been forced by Chen Shan today, he would definitely not have said it, and besides, at this time, he was somewhat guilty of concealment, and he was also worried that the prince was a little dissatisfied with his self-asserted approach, which would affect his ambition to go to the West, so he gritted his teeth and didn't say anything.

At this time, everyone went up to wasabi, and after a morning of mining and polishing,

A large number of stones have been piled up under the hillside, stacked neatly, many workers will load these stones one by one on the carriage, ox cart, with a rope firmly, ready to transport the Great Bao'en Temple, on the surrounding hillside, and on the cliff there are many people naked in the upper body mining stones, Yang Zheng and others arrived, immediately attracted their attention, but no one stopped, after a quick glance, still continued to do the work in hand.

Hearing the movement, only one of the people in charge hurried over, and when he saw Zheng He, who was the leader, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Ma Huan has seen his father-in-law!"

This Ma Huan has always been Zheng He's right-hand man, with Zheng He three times to the West: personally visited Wèn Champang, Java, Old Port, Siam, Guli, Kurumus, Manraka, Yalu, Sumatra, Ceylon, Little Gülan, Kezhi, Guli, Zufarer and other countries, proficient in Persian, Arabic, in Zheng He's mission, general, teaching, one and two positions, both for foreign affairs translator, and responsible for spreading Chinese culture, because he was "good at understanding the language" was selected into Zheng He's fleet, has participated in the fourth, sixth, And later the seventh trip to the West, as the general of Zheng He's mission, after Zhu Gaochi canceled the West, Ma Huan was also sent to Nanjing, under Wang Jinghong, after Zheng He came to Nanjing, he was responsible for the construction of the Great Bao'en Temple, so he came here to be a steward.

Zheng He glanced around, saw that there were a lot of stone mining and polishing, and satisfied the construction of the next few days, nodded and said, "You have worked hard these days!"

Ma Huan followed Zheng He for many years, in addition to being proficient in various Chinese languages, he was also a good hand in business, when he went down to the Western Ocean with the treasure ship, everywhere he went to exchange with local businessmen with Daming tea, porcelain, silk, paper, it can be said that Zheng He's trip to the West over the years can bring a lot of silver money to the imperial court, Ma Huan has made great contributions, after the cancellation of the trip to the West, he witnessed it with his own experience, "Picking up the beauty of the characters of various countries, the similarities and differences in customs, the difference between them and their husbands, the system of territories, and the number of orders, called "Winning Career Victory". In the title of the book, the "Ying" refers to the sea, the "Ya" refers to the end of the world, which means the water's edge, the "win" refers to the scenic spots, and the "view" refers to sightseeing. As the name suggests, it is an overseas travel book. Ma Huan with this title, intended to let more people in the world understand the grand event of the West, describing the world little known overseas world, but this matter can not be completed at a time, after coming to Nanjing, he is here on weekdays to manage the stone shed, and when he has free time, he will talk to Zheng He and Wang Jinghong about the scene of going to the West, and also write his own "Winning Career", which can be regarded as making the best use of his talents.

Ma Huan had great respect for Zheng He, and when he heard his politeness, he hurriedly bent down and saluted: "My father-in-law is polite, my subordinates have followed my father-in-law for many years, in the past, I went to the West, and today I am building the Great Bao'en Temple, should I do this?"

Zheng He talked to him for a while, asked about some specific situations, and saw that nothing major had happened, and there was no collapse for several days, and he was secretly relieved, and then he remembered that he was still followed by the prince and others, and hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and said: "Your Highness, you have all seen it, there are no less than 10,000 craftsmen quarrying here, in addition to eating, drinking, sleeping, and the wages of the craftsmen, there are also their wives and children, parents, and the 500,000 taels of silver slaves of Weichen who have used them privately, and please punish Your Highness?"

Yang Zheng glanced at the craftsmen on the field, there were tens of thousands of them, everyone worked hard, and they were at a loss for their arrival, which showed that Zheng had a good management, but in the final analysis, it was still the 500,000 taels of silver, in front of the real silver, these craftsmen also had a guarantee, and they naturally worked hard.

Zheng He's hand is like all kinds of funds in the company in his previous life, once the craftsman who does the work has any birth, old age, sickness and death, his wife, children, and parents will not live too miserably, so that no one is willing to cheat and play tricks when the workers work.

Yang Zheng nodded and said: "Gonggong Zheng doesn't need to blame himself, but he thinks that his father-in-law has done a good job, Dabao'en Temple has lasted for decades, relying not on the officials of the imperial court, but on these hard-working craftsmen, who are using their strength, craftsmanship, birth, old age, sickness and death to build the immortal pagoda of the Ming Dynasty, how can the imperial court ignore their wives and children and parents because of a pagoda, Gonggong Zheng's move is really a righteous act?

Zheng He and Wang Jinghong looked at each other, their eyes showed joy, and they hugged their fists and bowed down to thank them.

Yang Zheng looked at it for a while, and saw that there were many craftsmen and stones mined on the cliffs, and he couldn't help but feel a little frightened, and said in his heart: "It's not easy for craftsmen, although they have a skill, but after all, they are working with their lives, Zheng He's move can be described as a benevolent and righteous move?"

"Is there enough manpower now?" Yang Shiqi asked at this time.

Ma Huan has followed Zheng He's side for many years, coming and going with Western countries, and the ability to observe words and colors is unmatched, just a quick glance just now, and he saw the approximate official position of everyone on the field, this Yang Shiqi has been standing beside Yang Zheng, with an elegant bearing, and his eyes are full of shrewd brilliance. Don't worry, it wasn't enough, but after my father-in-law came, he brought a lot of soldiers who went to the West, and now there are almost tens of thousands of people here.