In the afternoon, although the sun was still high, the day's challenge was over. Even if the winter has passed, but the spring is not long, many villagers who have borrowed money must rush back as soon as possible while the sky is still early, hoping to rush home as soon as possible. Otherwise, you can go to the town and find relatives to spend the night.

Li Chen was not busy yet, after the monk counted the repayments today, Li Chen commanded the warehousing and locked, and he returned to the tent.

After returning to the tent room, Li Chen threw the two account books in his hand on the table, and stretched, "It's so numb, I'm tired." Li Chen put down the account book, first hammered his shoulder a few times, and then went to the door, and began to do some activities, first warmed up, and then fell to the ground, hung branches, and hung upside down to practice waist strength. Then he went back to the tent.

"I'll go down the mountain in two days." , Li Chen's body came back, but his heart drifted outside, "What are you going to eat this time?" I remember that the owner of the restaurant said that he would kill the cow, and he would leave me a plate of beef." , Li Chenguang ate it with concern. There is really no way, as a modern person, he can go a day without meat, he can go without meat for a few days, but he is really not used to not eating meat for a long time and changing to a vegetarian diet. It's going to drive him crazy.

Fortunately, during the months of winter peace, the retreat training was for the monks, and he could still go down the mountain. In addition to going down the mountain to help buy some necessities and the like, he still has a lot of free time to let him go to the town to forage for food, otherwise he will die of hunger.

(I haven't eaten beef in a long time.) How do you eat it, shabu beef? Li Chen thought with drooling. In ancient times, regardless of the dynasty, killing cattle was a felony.

Regardless of the dynasty, even in the Qing Dynasty, cattle were an important labor force. Horses are strategic materials, and cattle are important production tools. Killing cattle and horses indiscriminately is guilty.

In the Tang Dynasty, how was the punishment for killing cattle? According to the law of Tang, "Whoever kills a horse or an ox shall be imprisoned for one year." This means that the owner of a farmer who kills his own cattle and horses will be sentenced to one year of hard labor. That's the real deal, and it's going to kill you.

Therefore, Li Chen has been in the Tang Dynasty for more than half a year, and he has not eaten beef. Naturally, there is no horse meat, but it doesn't matter, anyway, he didn't taste it before he was reborn, so he won't miss it very much.

It's just that since it's illegal to kill cattle and horses, why can they be eaten, and the shopkeeper will leave some for him. Isn't the shopkeeper afraid of being punished for hard labor?

If there is a law, it will be broken, and the Lord will commit suicide and be guilty. What if a horse or an ox dies on its own? For example, if you break your foot, you must kill it, or you will die of old age. These cows and horses were accidentally killed by themselves, and I waited until they died before I shared their meat, so that I would not break the law.

Again, there are also regulations in the Tang Law that manslaughter is not allowed. It means that if you kill your own cattle or horses by mistake, you are not guilty.

Well, as for Heng, how can you determine whether these cows and horses died on their own, or were killed by mistake, or were killed? Generally speaking, it depends on the neighbors in the local area. The so-called people do not raise it, and the officials do not hold it accountable. If you haven't been reported, the government won't come to arrest you in any other way.

Don't catch the show? Wait until the cow is killed, the meat is divided, the skin is skinned, the bones are stewed, and the tendons are sold. If there is no evidence, what are you going to sue people?

"Hot pot, hot pot, although the weather is starting to warm up, it is still very suitable to eat hot pot." , Li Chen happily sorted out the account book, thinking that if the shopkeeper helped him keep a plate of beef, he would ask the shopkeeper to help him cut the beef into thin slices, so that he could eat hot pot.

Well, hot pot seems to be a business opportunity as well, Li Chen thought. But this thing really doesn't have any technical content. I'm afraid that as soon as I take it out, it will soon be imitated.

Boiling, this cooking method, has been handed down since the Shang Dynasty. Ding, there are three legs under the feet, and the reason why it is made so high is that it can be cooked by a fire below. So, once something like hot pot appears, and it's quite popular. If it is properly obtained, it will soon be imitated, and then it will be taken to the north and south of the river.

"I'd better wait until one day I go out and open my own shop, and then I can make a move." At that time, even if he is imitated, he should soon be able to make a name for himself and earn the money he started." It's a pity, but he likes to eat hot pot very much. But in order to plan for the future, Li Chen still had to postpone it first.

"Worked, worked." , according to the regret that he couldn't eat hot pot, Li Chen began to sort out the account books in his hands, the total assets account books and the IOU account books.

"Today, I borrowed a thousand times in total." , Looking at this total amount, Li Chen couldn't help but be stunned, although some of them were repaid, repaid and loaned, but it can be seen that Changshou Temple has strong financial resources. However, this is none of his business, and Li Chen continued to sort out the account books.

Halfway through the tidying up, Li Chen stopped. Staring at a name, Zhang Qi Niang, this is the young woman who came to repay the loan today, and was noticed by Li Chen, Zhang Qi Niang was written on the account book, and a number was received at the back, five hundred...

500 is in arrears, but today people have repaid about one-tenth, so this number has to be reduced by fifty.

Regarding Zhang Qiniang's arrears, the figure of 500 yuan was not caused in one day. Judging from the IOUs, it took several years of borrowing one after another to accumulate such a figure.

She comes to borrow every year, and has been borrowing for many years, adding up to a lot. However, this year, she actually repaid the money, which made Li Chen have to look sideways.

"It's only fifty times, go, can you afford it, should you let the temple come forward and take the initiative to collect debts?" , Li Chen said disdainfully, and then became proud again, he sorted out this account book by himself, is it also quite handy.

It's no wonder that Li Chen is proud, because if according to previous years, he has already traveled far away to become a famous old monk, and he can't show it at all, this Zhang Qiniang, before and after, has borrowed a lot of money one after another. It was only after Li Chen sorted out the account books that he found out the clues.

"I don't know what the abbot thinks." In the past few months of living in Dong'an, Li Chen has not been idle, he sorted out the account books, and after finding clues, Li Chen explained the situation to the abbot and asked the abbot whether he should collect the accounts from those who owe.

Probably because of the relationship between borrowing from the temple, many people will take the initiative to repay, after all, the sesame oil money has to be donated, how dare not pay it back if you borrow money from the gods. So there are not too many cases like Zhang Qiniang.

But there are several. These are all large amounts of arrears, owed for several years, not to mention the principal, and even the interest is not paid. That's why Li Chen will put forward a plan to urge him like Miaozhu. It's just that Master Hui Lin said that he would think about it again...

"Oh, Thirteen Lang, people may be in trouble." , as for Li Chende's idea, Li Fan also objected, "Maybe people have some difficulties, like the Bodhisattva borrowed money, how many people dare not pay it back. They probably can't pay it back."

Regarding Fande's reaction, Li Chen did not comment, dare not return it? He couldn't remember how much news he had seen about stealing sesame oil money, not to mention that this arrears were not mortgaged and not recovered. Don't borrow it yet.

Li Chen felt that Lifan probably thought of his mother-in-law to see it like this. Speaking of which, after Li Chen went down the mountain to the town several times before, Lifan's mother had slowly returned the arrears to him.

"I can't believe it. Forget it, let's sort it out first.'" , the abbot doesn't plan to ask for it, and it's not his money anyway. Li Chen packed up the accounts and left the room.

The next day, Li Chen went down the mountain again, but this time Fan didn't follow. Because a few days ago, Lifan was sick and had to rest well, which made Fan complain for a while, and he missed his mother for so many days of retreat. In the past, there were few monks who were as kind as Li Chen, and they would take him down the mountain with him.

"Shopkeeper's. So-and-so is coming.'" After going down the mountain, Li Chen was familiar with the way and got the wine store he often went to, found the shopkeeper, and then gave him a look. Seeing the shopkeeper's nod, Li Chen also smiled, which means that he has beef to eat.

Without further ado, Li Chen ate a full meal, drank wine, and went out to sober up, "It's so comfortable, no wonder the Tang people drink so much." It's not bad to get drunk if you're not completely drunk.'"

Li Chen walked around the town and leisurely looked at the Tang people. It's not just that he is leisurely, many Tang people are like him, walking leisurely.

(It seems that the Tang Dynasty will not fall all at once.) Li Chen will have the leisure to run business, which is also related to this, if the Tang Dynasty is close to extinction, the people probably will not have such leisure.

Perhaps in ancient times, transportation was inconvenient and news was blocked. Cangfang Town is not big, but it is not a rural area, and there are many business travelers, after all, it is close to Hanshui and Danjiang, and it is a place near the water, and the transportation is developed and the natural population is also a lot.

Therefore, if there is really a stir in the outside world, a large-scale rebellion like the Anshi Rebellion, there will be no complete ignorance here.

Knowing that the Tang Dynasty probably wouldn't fall so soon, Li Chen was in the mood to be interested in business matters, otherwise, he would only think about how to find a good place to escape the war.

As he walked, Li Chen found that he seemed to have come to a familiar place. This seems to be the last time he came to see the drive, he got lost and scattered.

"Lang Jun, you're back. Come on in.'" , Li Chen heard what seemed to be a wife, who was welcoming her husband home, and suddenly, he seemed to remember something and listened attentively.

"It seems..., it's that Zhang Qi Niang." , Li Chen recalled. He really heard it right, when he heard the woman's voice yesterday, it made him very familiar, so he looked at her a few more times, thinking of this, Li Chen laughed at himself.

"Maybe people are really in need, won't she still dive?" , Li Chen laughed at himself, he seemed to really think too badly of the Tang Dynasty.

The so-called people's hearts are not ancient, people's hearts are not ancient, aren't they in ancient times? Maybe people come to borrow money because their husbands are out on business and can't get by. Now that the husband is making money and coming home, he will naturally come to pay back the money if he has money.

Suddenly, Li Chen's curiosity became and he wanted to see what the husband looked like, but when he arrived, he had already entered the door, leaving him with only a back wearing a hat.