Two hours later, more than 100 coachmen and coolies unloaded the timber, bricks and tiles from the 27 wagons, moved to the open space burned under the two connected hills in the west, and laid them out neatly, and also uprooted patches of thorns and weeds, built an 80-meter flat road from the main road to the foot of the mountain, cut down a few miscellaneous trees with thick bowls, and built a temporary wooden bridge over the stream more than a foot wide.

Watching the thinly clothed and barefoot emaciated coolies climb into the empty carriage one after another and leave, Zhu Daolin admired and sighed in his heart, admiring the unimaginable diligence and tenacity of the coolies, and feeling the poverty and humility of the coolies.

He and Zhu Dao stood on the hill for half an hour, and then rushed back to the empty Taoist temple to talk secretly for nearly an hour, and the whole person became refreshed and confident.

At this moment, he was carrying the pocket watch presented by Zhu Daolin and the sapphire rosary lent to him for appreciation, and he was also holding a heavy wooden box five feet square, which not only contained a set of exquisite nine-piece crystal wine utensils, but also five boxes of crystal balls that Zhu Daolin gave to Ying Changpei's family and children as gifts.

The reason why Zhu Daolin did not take out the remaining ten strings of agate and various colors of obsidian prayer beads was entirely because he lent Ying Changpei back to appreciate the string of sapphire prayer beads that were re-identified, and if he wanted to maintain the rarity and high value of the sapphire prayer beads, there could not be too many similar products.

Zhu Daolin has made up his mind that he will no longer resell crystal balls and prayer beads in the future, these things not only do not sell for much price but also tend to leave hidden dangers, pocket watches, table clocks, swords, mirrors, glass and crystal statues, plate glass, crystal wine utensils and other luxury goods can be boldly operated.

These glass items can be produced in Europe today, and the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty can buy back one or two pieces from overseas from time to time, but the difference is that the level of craftsmanship, precision and overall quality are not on the same level, and it is safer to resell.

Sending away Ying Changpei, who was like an arrow, Zhu Daolin returned to the house and sat down to drink tea, and the diligent juniors and disciples gathered together to talk, laugh, cook and cook, without any worries, and Zhu Daolin seemed to sit comfortably in the house and drink tea leisurely, but in fact, he was more tired than anyone else, and his brain was always in a state of overload.

To Zhu Daolin's surprise, when his uncle Xuanqing returned in the evening, he not only brought back the deed certificate of 2,856 acres of land west of the Taoist Temple, but also accidentally obtained the land contract of Lingyingguan real estate issued by the government.

Zhu Daolin, who fulfilled his wish, hurriedly asked what was going on, why did he do it so quickly?

Lao Dao said with a smug face: "Look at it again, you can see clearly, the land marked on it is not only the original five and a half acres of Lingyingguan, but nine acres and three points, and the extra is the swamp full of reeds on the south bank of Wulong Pond, and the nearly four acres of length and width are just on the edge of the north-south avenue, and a wide courtyard can be built after filling in, so when the two Taoist leaders of Lingyingguan and Lingyingguan went to Yingtianfu to make a contract, they simply put together for a new one." ”

"I didn't go, can I do it back?"

Zhu Daolin asked again, he still can't understand many things in the Ming Dynasty.

Lao Dao pointed to a row of blood-red fingerprints in the lower left corner of the contract: "See? The client is the name of my old man, and the guarantor is the two deacons of Chaotian Palace, according to the seniority, you should call someone a teacher, with the handprint of the client, the guarantor and the transferor, how can you go in person? ”

"Tomorrow more than a dozen Taoists in the Lingying Temple will move out, tomorrow morning I will accompany you to hand over, how to rebuild, what to add is all up to you, I don't have so much time."

"Okay, it's up to you." Zhu Daolin replied happily.

The old man with a red face took a sip of tea elegantly, and stroked his flowing five willow long beards: "What makes me happiest today is that for only two thousand five hundred taels of silver, I bought more than 2,800 acres of deserted land from a string of hills to the river in the west, and the adults in the government are polite, haha!" ”

"I'll inquire again in a few days, and see who owns the 800 acres of wasteland in the east of the valley under the mountain, as long as he is willing to sell it, I will buy it immediately for a little more money, build a few rows of houses to settle more than a dozen homeless families to farm, maybe I don't have to go to the city to buy grain and vegetables in the future, haha!"

"Yes, it doesn't matter if you spend a little more money, as long as it is beneficial to our Ziyang Temple, I will strongly support it!"

Zhu Daolin understands that his uncle has a deep affection for the land, in this regard, the whole nation is the same, so Zhu Daolin not only did not despise but strongly agreed, and asked Lao Dao to help him keep the real estate deed under his name, which made Lao Dao smile happily, and also let a few juniors on the side see the power of example.

The dinner was very rich, and the enthusiastic old Taoist generously ordered all four oil lamps to be lit, but as soon as he raised his chopsticks, he heard the sound of dense footsteps under the silent Taoist temple.

Before the old Dao who was listening attentively had spoken, the Jade Dragon and the Jade Tiger had already left the table quickly, picked up the Tang knife and the stick and rushed out, Zhu Daolin hurriedly took out the extended German throwing stick from under his pillow, and followed the old Tao out to see what was going on.

As soon as he walked to the edge of the pedestal outside the door, he heard the joyful cry of the jade tiger who had already run below: "Master, why is your old man here...... Uncle Shi, it's my master and Uncle Master, Uncle Fifth are here, Senior Brother Yuhan and Senior Brother Yuyuan and many senior brothers are here! ”

The old Taoist was overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled Zhu Daolin to trot down, and greeted each other under the torches held high by a group of giggling young Taoist priests, Zhu Daolin knelt respectfully on the ground and kowtowed to the three elders according to the instructions of the old Tao, and was helped up by several pairs of big hands as soon as he knelt down.

The three Daomen elders who were all over forty-five years old took Zhu Daolin's hand and looked at it carefully, and praised it very much while watching, this one said: "Sure enough, he is tall and heroic, and he is a talent", and the other one said that "the instrument is extraordinary and the bones are strange", and the Xuanqing old man on the side was triumphant, obviously very satisfied with this evaluation.

After greeting each other, Zhu Daolin and more than a dozen senior brothers stayed for a while, followed the seniors to climb the steps and return to the Taoist temple, the originally spacious and simple Taoist temple gathered nineteen people, and suddenly it seemed crowded, but no one cared, and every face was a smile from the bottom of his heart.

More than a dozen senior brothers who had never met before had been quietly observing Zhu Daolin, as if they wanted to see what was so special about this senior brother who had been personally entered into the golden book by the head of the ancestral court.

Zhu Daolin only beckoned the four elders to sit down, and under the loud support of the old man, he first went to the kitchen to find a large basket of dishes and chopsticks and handed them to Yuhu to take to the stream to clean, and then returned to the kitchen to bring the four altars of Yanghe Daqu prepared in advance, and ran in and out where there was time to take care of others.

The four elders sat cross-legged around the dining table widened by a large wooden box, and Zhu Daolin, who was sweating profusely, found that the wine glasses were not enough, so he simply took out a box of thirteen-piece crystal wine utensils from his large cabinet, quickly opened the wooden box packaging, and took out the shining frosted lace wine jugs one by one, and twelve beautiful crystal cups with crystal clear sparkles and placed them on the table, causing a huge shock of several uncles, uncles and a group of senior brothers, and the hall was full of exclamations and inhalations for a while.

The belated dinner soon began in a burst of laughter and praise, Zhu Daolin was designated to sit under the head of the fifth uncle, Xuanfang Daoist, and the other dozen or so senior brothers very consciously went to another table in the back kitchen, and re-lit the fire to cook and cook, everyone worked together with a smile on their faces, and no one showed the slightest displeasure on their faces.

As a landlord, Lao Dao took the lead in raising a toast, and after three glasses, he turned to Zhu Daolin:

"Dao Lin, I have talked to you about a lot of things about my Shangqing faction these days, and today I will let you know you well, your master uncle, the second uncle, and the fifth uncle, including me, are all my fellow doctors of the Maoshan ancestral court, I and your several uncles, uncles' masters, is the world-famous Maoshan divine doctor Guangyan Zhenren, his old man is the ninth junior brother under the seat of the current Maoshan ancestral court teacher Bo Guangde, unfortunately, his old man seven years ago despite dissuasion, resolutely went to the outbreak of the plague in western Henan to help the world, It didn't take long for the infection to ride the dragon and soar. ”

Several uncles and uncles put down their wine glasses and sighed for a while, their faces full of gloom.

Xuanqing Lao Dao continued: "Today, there are no less than 1,800 disciples gathered to practice under the Maoshan Ancestral Court and your predecessors, most of whom practice sutra precepts, rituals, talismans, Zhaijiao, refining and Jindan, compared to the least number of people who have joined the practice of medicine and divination, less than sixty. ”

"Of the five people in my generation who have obtained the true inheritance from the ancestral court, there are only four left now, and now they are all in front of me, more than a dozen disciples of the same generation as you in the kitchen are the descendants of your uncles and uncles, and I have the shallowest fortune and the lowest artistic career, and I hurriedly wandered down the mountain in the twenty-fifth year, and in the blink of an eye twenty years have passed, and nothing has been accomplished, and there is no disciple so far, alas!"

Zhu Daolin was shocked by the huge scale of the Shangqing Sect, and when he saw the master uncle and the fifth master uncle whispering to comfort the old Xuanqing Dao with red eyes, he vaguely guessed something in his heart.

The master with a ruddy face and short stature stroked his long white beard, and deliberately touched the gossip rosary given by Zhu Daolin on his wrist, and smiled kindly at the uneasy Zhu Daolin:

"The reason why a few of our old guys rushed over before a few deacons in the ancestral court is to tell you the details of the ancestral court, and I hope you can worship my medical divination, although my medical division is relatively weak, but everyone has been insisting on it and abiding by their duties."

Zhu Daolin knew that he might not be able to express his position today, rather than being forced to worship under other Maoshan elders who were unfamiliar with him, it was better to directly worship his uncle Xuanqing as a teacher, so Zhu Daolin stood up without much thought, took a step back and knelt down slowly, prostrate on the straw mat:

"Everything is up to all the uncles and uncles, this is the blessing of Daolin, and it is very lucky!"

The master Bo Xuanyue and the second master Bo Xuanji, who got their wish, laughed happily, and the fifth senior uncle Xuanfang, who was fast-moving, took the lead and congratulated the third senior brother Xuanqing with tears in his eyes.

Xuanqing, who was crying with joy, lowered his head to wipe away his old tears, and nodded to Zhu Daolin, who had a sour nose: "Daolin, are you willing to worship under my door?" ”

"Uncle Shi asked knowingly, except for you, who can tolerate me."

Zhu Daolin's answer caused laughter, and the fifth uncle Xuan Fang shouted while laughing, "This son is really interesting", Xuan Qing Lao Dao knew that Zhu Daolin's virtue was also too happy, and finally made the dozen or so brothers in the kitchen who endured very hard all burst into laughter.