There is no need to explain too much in depth, Li Zhi's words alone can make Bei Zheng thoroughly understand how the Bei family should choose in the future.

For Li Zhi, with the Pei family, the most powerful land-sitting household, at least the safety of Zhengqing Wenqitang's future cargo transportation can be guaranteed.

In this way, since the beginning of the entrance to the sea, the mainland part has been escorted by the forces of Tianzhu Mountain, even if there is no benefit from the foreign trade part, but the future shipping problem of Zhengqing Wenqitang is generally solved.

Logistics interests, compared with the interests of business operations, can not be underestimated, once Li Zhi monopolized this in advance, it will only add a heavy weight to the indispensability of all kinds of involvement in his name.

After receiving Li Zhi's guidance, Bei Zheng knew how to move around next, and ended this long-term whisper.

Only then did others have the opportunity to come forward to speak, and it was another young Yin Li Ting and Li Lerong who spoke, "Didn't Mr. Li mention Parrot Island before?" In addition, the Lord ordered me to rent a large warehouse for Mr. Li there, the reason why I did not buy it, because it is the lowest in the three towns, and every year in the rainy season, there will be a flood raging, and there are three or four months of the year, and you need to take a boat to get to that place. ”

Li Zhi nodded in understanding, the markets in Parrot Island are all built along the Yangtze River, with a port wharf in front and a lake depression in the back.

Under the influence of the subtropical high pressure in the Yangtze River basin, the rainy season will be ushered in in June and July every year.

However, the Yangtze River was the golden waterway at that time, and the rice on the Jianghan Plain was transported along the Yangtze River to the Parrot Island, where it became the storage and transshipment center of Huguang Cao grain from a little-known town, and the prosperity of commerce and trade far exceeded that of the other two towns in Ezhou.

Moreover, in the past, salt ships were directly transported from the production area to various places for sale, and there was no distribution center on the way, and the transportation and sales of the two Huai salt merchants to Huguang were to the Parrot Island in Hankou.

Sales from as far away as Hankou were replaced by another group of merchants, and in this way, Parrot Island became the largest turnover terminal for Huaiyan outside its borders.

Because of the relationship of the Han River, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, can go directly to the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Ningqiang, Zhengqing Wenqitang's goods, from Chang'an City to this place is very convenient.

It's just that the flood is still the biggest impact of the city becoming a prosperous commercial town, the torrential rain all day long, the water overflows, and the people and animals in the house are innumerable, that is, in addition to the salt and grain, Parrot Island is another distinctive feature there.

Therefore, there are very few residents on the island, and life is also seriously inconvenient, so Li Zhi understands the arrangement of Guo Yan very well.

"I'm going to take a look tomorrow, but if the flood is not solved, it will only serve as a temporary dry dock, and I can't build a regular cargo terminal there. However, its geographical location is too important, and it is only fitting that the goods from the north and south of the Yangtze River end here, and it is only fitting to call it a storage and transshipment center. ”

Hearing Li Zhi say this, Li Ting smiled and said: "There is no doubt about this, although Parrot Island is not as prosperous as people in other places, and there are many shops, but it is also an important trading town where merchants gather, sails are lined up, and ships trade day and night. And in addition to the flood disaster, the water surface there is extremely vast, and there are other magnificent waves that are rare in the mainland! ”

Not long after, Guo Yan came, "The warehouse I bought for you is the highest place along the river in Parrot Island, even if the whole town is flooded, it will not be involved." Moreover, there is the widest road outside the warehouse, which can be used for trucks and horses, and there is a local garrison next to it, so there is no problem in terms of safety. ”

"There are still garrisons? A place surrounded by rivers, not in wartime, what is there to garrison? Sun Simiao asked in surprise.

"Naturally, it was because of flood control, and at that time it was only easier for military boats to travel between them, and the fishermen's small sampans were no longer useful. Moreover, Ezhou was originally a political and military center along the Yangtze River, and it was not without reason that Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period established it as the national capital and the accompanying capital for more than 40 years. ”

After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Ezhou not only played a huge role as a transshipment hub, but also because of its geographical location. It almost became a turning point in the fate of Datang.

The Anshi rebels also saw this, and in order to cut off this economic lifeline of the Tang Dynasty, they swooped down on Nanyang many times, and the troops directly threatened Ezhou, but the Tang general Lu Ling desperately held on, and finally preserved the stability and prosperity of the Jianghan region.

"Uncle, I heard that there is an eight-point mountain here?"

"There is this mountain, but it is now a Buddhist dojo, and it has nothing to do with Taoism, right?" It is said that Bafen Mountain is just an inconspicuous hill, why does Li Zhi, who is far away in Chang'an City, know about it.

"I'm just a little interested in the Feixi Spring there, so I asked."

"Fei Xiquan is indeed well-known among the people. During the Zhenguan period, there is Luo Zen master to this mountain to build a dojo, Zen master you Fang Buddhist language called Fei Xi, that is, the origin of the name of this spring. The place where the spring rises is on the mountainside, no matter the long drought, even the rain, the two do not dry up, the court therefore gave the temple, named Lingjinan! After the temple was built, the magistrate was ordered to pray for rain in the temple, and he received a lot of rain, and the suburbs were touched, and there were few famines, and the people on one side benefited a lot. ”

"It is said that there is an eight-point lake under the mountain?"

It was Sun Simiao who asked this, and Li Zhi mentioned the purpose of this mountain, and he knew that it was not the Feixi Spring, but the Bafen Lake under the mountain.

And Li Zhi paid attention to Bafen Lake because he had a general understanding that in the Song Dynasty hundreds of years later, there was a black dragon rising from the bottom of the lake in a certain year, causing a thunderstorm, he wanted to explore it in advance, if it was only a myth and legend, he should see Feixi Spring to see what was strange about that spring.

"It's also tomorrow, after seeing Parrot Island, I will turn to Bafen Mountain, and the Yellow Crane Tower, since I have come, I have to take a trip. However, I advise you not to fall into the Baiyun Cave at the southern foot of Bafen Mountain, which is a large natural karst cave that runs through the entire stone mountain, warm in winter and cool in summer, with murmuring spring water and stalactites. Folk legend has the Yellow Crane Tower there is a Taoist priest to take the crane to go, the crane flew here and settled down, so there is the legend of the white cloud yellow crane, and the white cloud cave also gets its name from this. Guo Yan said with a smile.

Li Zhi had never heard of this place, because the Shi Yuan liquid he had found before was directly related to this kind of karst cave, so it aroused his great interest.

I don't want to interject at this time, "It is said that the Tianzhu Mountain Duyuan Temple has stayed in Baiyun Cave for a short time, if Ezhou is called Baiyun Cave, it should be it." ”

Sun Simiao was surprised: "The Lord said that Luo Zen Master You Fang was in the Zhenguan period thirty years ago, and the mountain dojo at this time will not be related to the Duyuan Temple, but the people of the Buddhist family have repeatedly taken a fancy to that place, which is really amazing, and it seems that it is bound to go to a look." ”

Li Zhi nodded, "Duyuan Temple is a big sect of Buddhism, since they have been there hundreds of years ago, there must be something unusual, but it may be limited to the beginning, otherwise they will not leave it alone." ”

"Not necessarily, who can know whether Zen Master Luo has anything to do with Duyuan Temple, maybe it is their backhand." Zishi Dao pouted and said, "I know the people of the Duyuan Temple too well, and I can see if they are sent by them, after all, Yulinguan has been neighbors with them for hundreds of years, and I also have a dozen years on the mountain, as long as Master Luo is only eighty or ninety years old, I can judge whether he is a person from the Duyuan Temple." ”

"Don't forget that the text has his special perception ability!" Sun Simiao reminded.

Li Zhi also stayed on Tianzhu Mountain for two days, and he also had a certain understanding of the Buddhist breath of Duyuan Temple, and through his probing power, he might be able to find a few traces of similar traces of cultivation breath.

Li Zhile said: "If that person is really related to the Duyuan Temple, there is something strange in it, although it is not necessarily a conspiracy, as one of the many retreats of the Duyuan Temple, it cannot be wrong." Hehe, I'm looking forward to it, I didn't expect such a wonderful thing. ”

Daoist Zishi agrees with this opinion, "The best thing that Duyuan Temple, especially their family's Guangji monks, is best at is the cunning of thinking he is clever, and he can do it in the three caves of cunning." ”

Jiyuan laughed, "What's the matter, now Yulinguan and them are also allies, but I didn't expect that Daoist Zishi is still dissatisfied." ”

Daoist Zishi also smiled, "It's just that our two families have been fighting openly and secretly for a long time before, you don't know, Monk Guangji is very cunning, although it is not a sinister path, but it is by no means his surface kindness." ”

Li Zhile shook his head, "This is prejudice, the ambition of the abbot of Guangji is some, and it is normal to carry forward his own master, and from now on it is stronger than your Yulin view." ”