Li Er and the others were full of food and drink, and returned to the palace with toothpicks in their mouths, and the hawkers were not so leisurely, and drove to Xuandu Temple to find Wang Lao Daochang.

"Uncle Shi, tell you something"

The old man holds the Bible and does not lose his hand "What's the matter"

"I want to build some Taoist temples"

"This is a good thing, anyway, you have money, just toss it, I don't care" After speaking, he frothed at the mouth and flipped through the book, and nodded with satisfaction, I don't know that the old man thought he was baptized!

"Uncle Shi, don't look at it first, I don't know much about the Daomen, don't you have to give me a letter of introduction, otherwise I will run to the door and say that I will give people money to build a Taoist temple, I am afraid that people will not believe it."

The old man put the book down, "Okay, but Uncle Shi reminds you, didn't you say that if the temple is built, someone will come to offer incense, so you are not afraid of so much money being wasted?" ”

The peddler took a cigarette in his mouth, "I'm not afraid, I've thought about it, from today onwards, all believers who come to my Taoist temple to offer incense can receive a pound of salt for free, and each person can buy a pound of salt at the market price every month, what do you think of this method?" ”

The old man looked at the hawker and didn't speak for a long time, and the hawker was anxious, "What's the matter, Uncle Shi is not satisfied with me doing this?" ”

The old Taoist shook his head, "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's that I didn't dare to think about it, Dabao, do you know that I have a population of more than 30 million people in Datang, and I'm afraid I have a lot of salt this year, do you have this ability?" ”

"This..."The peddler felt that his cowhide was blowing a little big, "Why don't we try it in the north first, after all, there are fewer people north of the Yellow River"

"Then you can make up your own mind, and I'll open a letter of introduction for you, as for whether it will succeed or not. I'm not sure."

"Thank you, uncle, I'm going to prepare"

The peddler didn't expect that he had just spoken to the old Taoist on his side. The news soon spread north of the Yellow River, and Li Er was also shocked when he got the letter. Holding a cigarette, he looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and the others who were discussing the country with him, "National teacher, is this crazy?" One person gets four catties of salt a year, even if there are fewer people north of the Yellow River, it will not be less than 20 million catties a year, what is he going to do? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others were also confused by the second monk, to know that the hawker's slamming of the door was known to everyone here, suddenly so generous, everyone was a little unbearable, and Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, knew the hawker's thoughts vaguely, "Your Majesty, it is estimated that the gods have something new to explain." The national teacher is so anxious, but it's okay to do this, at least it will benefit my people of the Tang Dynasty, hehe"

Others thought about it and felt that only this excuse could explain why the hawker was so generous, Li Er picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "Since that's the case, let him do it, it just so happens that my Datang is short of salt, by the way, Wuji, you write it down, this year's official salt allocation in the north has been reduced." Since there are people who do good deeds, let's take advantage of the light."

The eldest grandson Wuji arched his hand, "I know, it's just that the national teacher is doing this, will the salt tax be reduced this year?" ”

Li Er waved his hand: "We don't have to worry about this." The national teacher must be indispensable to our taxes, and he is still principled in doing things."

Seeing that Li Er trusted the hawker so much, everyone stopped talking. After all, this matter is beneficial to Datang in every aspect, isn't it!

However, there are two sides to everything, and Li Er and others support the hawkers' actions with both hands. Some people don't think so, such as the Lu family who is far away in Fanyang.

Speaking of the Lu family. This is also a well-known wang clan, which controls today's Hebei near Beiping, and is the absolute head snake in the local area. Hu time, dressed in the south, in other clans are still waiting to see the time, the Lu family is the first to return to the north, proving that the Lu family is talented, that is, the Lu Zhaolin we are familiar with later, also from the Fanyang Lu family, of course, there is a more famous person, this person is also surnamed Lu, but everyone is familiar with his law name, this person is called Lu Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Buddhism.

After the hawker sold salt at a low price spread to Fanyang, some people in the Lu family discussed this matter, the current head of the family, Lu Yanqing, sat in the study with a teacup, and there were several descendants of the Lu family standing at the bottom, Lu Yanqing's son gave a gift, "Father, recently, it has been rumored that the national teacher is going to preach in the north, and he will sell salt at a low price, has my father ever heard of it?" ”

Lu Yanqing nodded, "I heard about this when I came back from the capital a few days ago, and Your Majesty is very in favor of this matter."

Hearing Lao Lu say this, Xiao Lu was not happy, "Father, it doesn't matter if the national teacher preaches it, but this is selling salt at a low price, but it is impossible to snatch food from my Lu family's mouth."

When Lu Yanqing heard his son say this, he also frowned, and sighed in his heart, the action of the national teacher is going to cut off the Lu family's wealth!

The old Lu family has reached their own generation, they can only live with the blessing of their ancestors, and their fathers have also produced a few outstanding figures, and they can only play with a stone gate order when they come to themselves, and the Lu family has more than 1,000 people to feed, and it is not enough to rely on land, so in private, the Lu family controls the salt trade in Fanyang and other places, whether it is official salt or private salt, they all have to pass from the Lu family, which can be described as a black back and two courses.

Otherwise, where would the Lu family have so much money to support a large number of people who just study and don't farm, the children looked at Lao Lu and didn't speak, and they were anxious, "Father, what should I do about this, you have to give a charter, we can't watch the interests of the Lu family being swallowed up, this piece of salt, but our family's big income"

The son reminded him, and aroused Lao Lu's ambition again, for the sake of the Lu family, no matter who supports the national teacher this time, he will have to fight, and his old friend Kong Yingda was beaten, and Lao Lu also kept an account for the hawker, and this time he said that he wanted to let the hawker know that he knew that the East Palace Bachelor was also a scholar!

"Listen to you, after you go down, in the realm of Fanyang, if the national teacher is just preaching, don't move, if it really moves the interests of our Lu family, hum, you know"

After the children received support, they were immediately in good spirits, and their wealth was preserved, the children of the family, in the final analysis, are they not just the children of a group of rich families, who will admit that you are a family without money? Anyway, I haven't heard that the eighteenth generation of ancestors who ask for food is called a family!

The hawker is not a fairy, and he doesn't know that someone wants to be yin, this product is a little swollen now, and he feels that he is awesome, and he can go sideways in Datang, so he never worries that Xiaoxiao is not good for himself, of course, because this thing has a spell, and the artist is suspected of being bold!

The carefree peddler will be seeing Wang and Liang off, and he will drive Wang and Liang to a place called Yulin, which is where today's Yanchang oil field is located, and this will still be a barren mountain and wild mountain!

Looking at the uninhabited scene around him, the hawker himself was scared of the two wars, which was also too remote, if it weren't for the guidance of the map, the hawker almost thought that he had come to a foreign country.

Choose a slightly flat place, the hawker put down the equipment for drilling in the field, the tent food is fully prepared, and the hawker affectionately holds the hands of a few Taoist priests, "Everyone, the industrial bloodline of the Tang Dynasty depends on you to find it, you can rest assured, the day when the oil is produced, it is also the moment when you are crowned with knights"

A group of Taoist priests didn't expect that digging a well in the field would also be crowned an official and knighted, and one by one they burst into tears with excitement, "Don't worry, the national teacher, I will not be dishonored"

"That's good, there will be a hundred and ten workers sent by His Majesty later, and you will have more guidance with Liang when the time comes, remember, you are the forerunners of Datang, whether it is a thousand years or ten thousand years in the future, people will not remember me, but they will definitely remember you, because it was you who found the first drop of oil in Datang."

Wang and Liang knew that the hawker was encouraging him, but how could he feel that his eyes were hot, so he grabbed the hawker's hand, "Uncle Shi, you go back and wait for my good news, and tell Shigong that the oil will not come out, and Liang will not return" (to be continued.) )