Chapter 132: Cheng Bites Gold and Presents Treasure (Ask for Collection)
"The dentures of 'Jing Ci Zhai' were originally written by you?" Hearing Tang Xiu's suggestion, Master Xuanzang couldn't help but widen his eyes, looked at Tang Xiu a little incredulously, and sighed softly in his mouth: "It's really unseemly......
A black line appeared on Tang Xiu's head, what does this great monk mean, is this like a boastful word? What does it mean to be unseemly?
"In a word, to do or not to do?" Tang Xiu's tone began to become a little unkind, and he said bluntly: "If you don't want to, there are still a lot of people in Chang'an City who are willing to take this matter on you, if it weren't for the fact that I only know you in Chang'an City now, how could such a cheap thing not be your turn." ”
"Do! Why not do it? Such a good thing would be pushed out by a fool! ”
For fear that Tang Xiu would regret it, Xuanzang should respond, just like what he said, such a profitable business would not be done by a fool.
It can not only promote Buddhism, develop Buddhist believers, but also accumulate money in large quantities, and at the same time improve his reputation and prestige as the host of the Temple of Mercy and Grace.
"However," Xuanzang confirmed to Tang Xiu again, "Are you sure it's really for nothing?" What else is there to offer? ”
The degree of fire in Chang'an is now Xuanzang has heard of it, hundreds of thousands of running water a month, Tang Xiu is really willing to give it to Ci'en Temple so freely? This kid doesn't look like that kind person, can he really be so kind?
"Completely free of charge!" Tang Xiu said to Xuanzang with certainty and certainty: "The only condition is that when your temple sells dentures, the fees charged to those ordinary ordinary people cannot exceed more than twice the true value of a pair of dentures. I want to make sure that most of the elderly in Datang can afford to use this denture. ”
It is not realistic at all for all the old people to be able to use dentures, not many people are willing to do the business of losing money, and Tang Xiu doesn't like that kind of thing that is not earned for nothing, if you want to get it, you always have to pay, compared to the profit of dozens and hundreds of times that of 'Pure Porcelain Zhai', the price of more than twice the real value is already considered to be one in the sky and one in the ground.
If this can't meet the needs of those ordinary old people, then Tang Xiu can only say sorry to them.
"Good!" Xuanzang looked at Tang Xiu and couldn't help but exclaim again: "Sure enough, people can't look good!" I didn't expect Tang Jushi to have such a compassionate heart, and the poor monk admired it! ”
"In this way," seeing that Tang Xiu's face began to darken, Xuanzang continued: "Poor monks are not greedy, if dentures are made, in the process of giving alms to the majority of believers, Ci'en Temple and other monasteries that give dentures will only charge double the sesame oil money." The Buddha testified that the poor monk would never break his word! ”
"Oh?" This time, it was Tang Xiu's turn to start to get up unexpectedly, and raised his eyes to stare at Xuanzang: "Sure enough, people can't look good, I didn't expect Master Xuanzang to be so generous?" Do you know how much money you just gave away? Not to mention the next place, in Chang'an City, the profit of double is at least hundreds of thousands or even millions, is Master Xuanzang really willing to do it? ”
Xuanzang smiled indifferently, clasped his hands together, and said softly: "Money is something outside the body, even an outsider like Tang Jushi can see it so clearly, let alone a poor monk?" ”
Finally having a little bit of the posture and open-mindedness that a monk should have, Tang Xiu nodded and said: "I hope Master Xuanzang is not just talking, Tang will wait and see." ”
As he spoke, Tang Xiu handed the denture recipe he had just written to Master Xuanzang, and then bowed his hand to Xuanzang and left.
At the same time, in the imperial study where Li Zhi was.
Cheng Yanjin strode in to offer treasure with a big watermelon of about 30 catties, Li Zhi couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the thing in Cheng Yanjin's arms, there is such a big watermelon in this world?
As the lord of the empire, Li Zhi can also be regarded as well-informed, and many rare treasures in the eyes of ordinary people are just ordinary things in his eyes, and after five years of reign, he has rarely been surprised by some foreign objects.
I didn't expect that today, he would break the precedent for a watermelon.
"Old Guogong, where did you get this watermelon? It's only the beginning of May now, and the watermelons in the Western Regions haven't yet ripened, so why is the old prince ......? ”
Watermelon is one of Li Zhi's favorite fruits to eat in summer, so he has always had an impression of the ripening season of watermelon, usually in June or even July, watermelons will be transported from the Western Regions to Chang'an, and now it has only started in May, but he saw Cheng Laoguo Gong holding a super large watermelon bigger than the basin, and the curiosity in his heart couldn't be suppressed.
Such a big watermelon is simply unprecedented, and those watermelons transported from the Western Regions in the past are not as big as this one, even if they are five?
Li Zhi couldn't help but stand up from the front of the imperial case, walked around the table and walked to Cheng Yanjin, and couldn't help but reach out and pat the watermelon with curiosity in his heart, "The skin is still very tender, and it hasn't been more than five days since I took it off, but how is this possible?" ”
The watermelons that Li Zhi had eaten before, each of them came from the west quickly, and it took nearly a month to transport them to Chang'an, like such fresh watermelons, which Li Zhi had eaten once when he went to Liangzhou and other places to comfort the army when he was just an ordinary prince.
Unexpectedly, now in Chang'an City, he can see such a fresh watermelon, it is incredible!
This must not be the watermelon of the Western Regions!
It's just that the next moment, Li Zhi's heart began to be a little confused again, if this is not a watermelon in the Western Regions, can it still be planted in my Datang Realm? This is really strange, the small and small Si Nong of the Si Nong Institute have been trying to grow watermelons of the right size, sweet and delicious for several years, who else can have such a big ability to grow such a big watermelon?
After thinking about it, Li Zhi couldn't help but focus on Cheng Yanjin's face again, "Old Guogong, where did this watermelon come from?" ”
"Let's not be busy talking about this yet." Cheng Yanjin sold the official under the haha, and said, "Doesn't the emperor want to taste the taste of this watermelon first?" ”
Li Zhi shook his head and smiled lightly, among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, it is estimated that only this Lu Guogong in front of him dares to talk to him like this. But he wasn't angry, this old man's temperament was like this, he was so thick-skinned that he had no choice but to go.
"It's fine." Li Zhi nodded and said, "I have never eaten such a big watermelon, so I just tried it today!" ”
Signaling Cheng Yanjin to put the watermelon on the table next to him, Li Zhi instructed the waiter waiting next to him to get a melon cutting knife, and then personally took the knife into battle, and divided the watermelon on the table into two halves with a knife.
"Goo-dong!" "Goo-dong!"
Standing in front of the table, looking at the cut watermelon and the red juice oozing out of the incision, Li Zhi and Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva.
;