The sky before dawn is always extraordinarily far away, the stars and the moon retreat, dim and boundless, the vast river is lonely and silent, only the sparse and withered grass on the river bank makes a rapid and slow whimper in the biting cold wind.

On the abrupt stone slab on the riverside, Zhu Daolin, who was sitting cross-legged and hunting in clothes, did not have a trace of coldness, as if immersed in the warm ocean as peaceful and quiet, when the first faint gray-white halo appeared at the end of the distant sky, he slowly opened his bright eyes, silently looked at the layers of rice, soybeans and flour stacked on the river bank in front of him for half a mile, and gradually bloomed a bright smile on his face.

This is the first time that Zhu Daolin can control as he wants, and all the items in King Kong Qiankun can be moved as he likes, and he can truly be retracted and released freely, and there is no longer the distress of advancing and exiting as before.

Zhu Daolin, who was happy physically and mentally, gently jumped off the abrupt stone slab by the river, walked to the riverbank 50 steps deep and stood and watched, and then walked along the five layers of stacked grain, 5,000 tons of rice, 1,000 tons of soybeans, 500 tons of flour, and 200 tons of coarse salt, all of which were 100 kilograms of a sack of solid packaging, classified and neat, and there was no leakage in a bag.

Zhu Daolin finished walking around the grain and coarse salt, the sky was already cloudy, and he finally saw the smoke rising from the Ziyang Temple across the low hill.

To Zhu Daolin's delight, the winding path leading to Ziyang Temple has become a wide and flat straight road, the small col that must be passed has lowered the slope, appearing gentle and open, the stones on the abandoned wharf within a radius of two miles to the river have all been piled up, the original deep concave soil pits have been filled, and at the foot of the mountain facing the river by the low hill in the north, rows of neat plank thatched houses have been erected, and the crying of children and the scolding of women are faintly heard, and the smile on the corner of Zhu Daolin's mouth is slowly raised, and everything feels like it has vitality.

"Is it Daochang Zhu in front?"

A familiar voice came, Zhu Daolin turned sideways slightly, and smiled at the man who was approaching quickly: "Brother Xie is doing well?" ”

"Sure enough, it's Daoist Zhu! Ah...... Have a good life, live a good life, not only the small ones are doing well, but the small family is also living well, and the old guys who have received the message and dragged their families to come are also doing well, everyone is thinking of Zhu Daochang's kindness! Xie stonemason, who was originally stranded by the river and made a living by beating stones, excitedly saluted Zhu Daolin.

Zhu Daolin waved his hand and signaled that he didn't need to be polite: "I remember that you became a foreman and have been carving stones on the Taoist temple, right?" ”

Stonemason Xie hurriedly followed Zhu Daolin's pace and explained in detail: "Here, the small ones are still carving stone railings and the pedestal of the main hall on the Taoist temple, and the small ones are slowly showing their skills, and most of them have been reused by the overseer, not to mention that the wages have doubled, and the wives and children have also given priority to move into the sturdy new board house, and the days are much better." ”

"That's good, I'm not here, nothing big happened, right?" Zhu Daolin asked casually.

"What big deal can be? It's a cold day, there is food and shelter, and those who are down-to-earth and willing to work hard can also receive clothes and quilts, and they don't have to worry about being frozen to death and starving to death, if anyone really has a bad conscience, there is no need for the strong man of the patrol team to take action, and the villagers who have just eaten enough on the side can beat him to death, haha! ”

Stonemason Xie finished the report with a smile on his face, hesitated and asked in a low voice: "Daoist Zhu, in the place near the old wharf by the river, there are ...... in the sacks stacked like mountains."

Zhu Daolin didn't hide it, and walked up the mountain col and replied: "It's grain and coarse salt, and the grain is about ...... There are about 90,000 stones, and the coarse salt is less, about 2,800 stones, which is estimated to allow us to eat spring ploughing, and it is estimated that nearly half of the displaced people who have left their hometowns will return to their hometowns...... Why don't you go? ”

The extremely happy Xie stonemason relieved his breath, knelt down with a "poof", kowtowed to Zhu Daolin again and again, and then got up without saying a word, flew back to his own house by the river, and reported the good news to the old mother, wife and children.

Zhu Daolin had just come down the slope and did not go to the stream, Xuanqing Daoist and more than ten other people heard the news and greeted them warmly, hearing Zhu Daolin say that there were 90,000 stone of grain and about 2,800 stone of coarse salt by the riverside, they immediately cheered in unison, and then ran out more than half of them separately under the order of Xuanqing Daoist, and hurriedly gathered people and horses to rush to the riverside to move grain and coarse salt.

"The flotilla is gone?" Daoist Xuanqing suddenly said this.

Zhu Daolin glanced at the remaining Fifth Senior Uncle and Yuhu Senior Brother around him, and said vaguely with a smile: "Sneaking into the Yangtze River, can you do it if you don't hurry up?" If I can't pass the two sailor checkpoints within a hundred miles downstream before dawn, I can't say that I will have to open a cannon to open a road, if the fight really starts, how can I do business if I go down? ”

The fifth uncle gasped: "What ship is so domineering?" ”

"I can only say that the largest ship in the fleet can carry 20,000 stones, which is similar to the medium treasure ship of the Three Treasure Eunuchs in the Western Ocean, the difference is that in addition to the sails, this kind of ship is also equipped with a unique machine, no oars, it can run more than 40 miles against the current for an hour, not to mention the smooth wind and water, as for how to do it, the situation inside is too complicated, I can't tell for a while, Uncle Shi will see it later."

After Zhu Daolin finished speaking, he saw the puzzled faces of the master, the fifth uncle and the junior brother Yuhu, sighed and said: "Don't spread this matter, and don't let outsiders know that I left this place and went to sea, wait for the grain and sea salt to be moved back and separated, where to hide and where to put it, don't shout everywhere, I'm a little tired, let's sleep first and then talk about it in detail." ”

Xuanqing Daoist nodded a few subconsciously, Zhu Daolin went to his hut with confidence, closed the door and fell asleep, which did not wake up until dusk, and took the copper plate to the stream to wash in a daze, and just packed up the jade tiger and came to his side, saying that he was invited to eat by the order of the master.

Probably the Xuanqing Daoist and the Xuanfang Daoist were angry with everyone, and no one at the wine table mentioned the matter of the magical sea ship, and the hungry Zhu Daolin didn't care whether the uncles believed it or not, whether he secretly calculated the waterway mileage in his heart and then was full of doubts, and he picked up the big bowl and ate two bowls of rice before stopping.

With enough food and much better clean sea salt than the one on the market, Master Bo Xuanyue was happier than anyone else, and he pinched his long white beard and asked lovingly: "Dao Lin, we old men want to choose a few little girls from the homeless people to serve you, what do you think?" ”

"Daolin, you are busy every day, we are distressed when we see it, we have to find a few girls to come back and help you wash your clothes and pour tea or something." The second master also chimed in.

Zhu Daolin looked at this, looked at that, and finally couldn't help laughing: "This thing can be there, but it must be considered only when Ziyang Guan is built, and the big shopkeeper should mention it several times before, saying that as long as I like it, he can go to the Qinhuai River at any time to get ten or eight clean people to help me warm my bed, haha!" However, if you really meet a good situation, then satisfy the senior brothers and brothers first, so that they don't have to pee when they get up in the morning. ”

The hall burst into laughter, and the two masters and master Xuanqing knew that Zhu Daolin had already made a proposal about this matter, and he didn't need to worry about it himself, so they laughed extremely happily one by one.

After the party, the two uncles who had drunk a little too went back to their huts to rest and meditate, and the energetic fifth uncle once again led a group of disciples to patrol the four directions, and the satisfied Xuanqing Taoist followed his disciples to the independent house behind, lit candles to build a charcoal stove, and held hot tea and candles to talk at night.

Zhu Daolin turned around and went out to open the special small warehouse next door, pulled out the long wooden box containing three swords from the King Kong circle, locked the door and returned to the master to open the lid, and took out the swords one by one for the master to appreciate:

"This long sword is for my own use, look at these two finely crafted swords, they were specially bought and prepared to give to Wei Guogong and Long Pinghou. These two people are both behind the gates, and now they are in charge of the Jiangnan Guard, the Naval Division along the Great River, and the City Defense Guards, and they are also our business partners, so they need to be respected. ”

Xuan Qing picked up the swords one by one and looked at them carefully, his eyes lit up, his face was full of emotion, and it took a while to calm down: "I'm afraid that the emperor's Shang Fang sword can't compare to these two swords!" Daolin, tell me the truth, how much silver did these two swords cost? ”

Zhu Daolin really didn't know what to say, so after thinking about it, he had to convert 1 yuan as 1 tael of silver with a clear conscience, and then multiply it by five times: "A total of 440,000 taels of silver was spent, this kind of sword is very rare, very rare, I don't know if I can touch it in the future, if I am unlucky, I can't buy it with money." ”

Xuan Qingdao nodded heavily: "It's worth it!" It's about the same as I estimated, such a rare divine soldier in the world, someone rushes to ask for it for 300,000 taels, and it's rare and expensive! ”

"Master, look at this King Qin Sword again." Zhu Daolin picked up the long sword that Master Zhang and his apprentice had jointly built for him, and slowly sent it to his master.

Daoist Xuanqing whispered in surprise: "It's so heavy? The sum of these two swords just now, I'm afraid it's just this weight, where can ordinary people move? ”

Zhu Daolin smiled: "Master, pull it out and take a look." ”

Xuan Qing nodded and pulled out his long sword, and suddenly let out a "silky" inhalation sound: "It's definitely a murderous sword!" I'm afraid that the cadres and Mo Xie will be like this, my God...... Where did you get so much silver? And from which offshore fairy island did you get so many treasures in the world? ”

Zhu Daolin took the opportunity to bewitch: "Master, from the time you took me in until now, did you say that we were short of silver?" Although I never said it explicitly, you must know where my money came from, not to mention anything else, just say that we and the Ying family firm are doing business openly and secretly, as long as I go to the Tianshu Pavilion in the open sea, it is not easy to come back and earn a million hundred thousand? ”

"Despite this, I still plan to hang them slowly from now on, otherwise they will soon forget what it means to be scarce and expensive, except for me, no one can get the things made by Tianshu Pavilion, this is my biggest capital, do you always say that this is the truth?"

"It's really good, everything you get back is a rare treasure that has never been seen before in the big tomorrow, so naturally you should get a lot of profits." Daoist Xuanqing said proudly.

Zhu Daolin went deeper step by step: "I think, the most difficult thing at the moment is not to make money, but how to spend money, master, you say yes?" In this case, why don't we build Ziyang Temple, the west manor, and the wharf better and faster? ”

"Only by building the Ziyang Temple and the manor and wharf in the west can we really have a foothold, have the foundation of founding a sect, and make ourselves grow stronger step by step, otherwise everything still depends on people's faces, and we have to endure other people's plots and exploitation!"

"Previously, many parties in Jinling City joined forces to plot against our displaced people, and it will never be allowed to happen again in the future!"

Xuanqing Dao Chang felt the same way: "It's because the teacher is too cautious, too hesitant, don't worry, Daolin, I will discuss it with your two uncles and your fifth uncle, try to increase the wages of craftsmen, buy the best materials, and make the greatest efforts to do it, as long as we work together, our Ziyang Temple will definitely grow step by step." ”