For the next three consecutive days, Zhu Daolin, who completed the formal apprenticeship ceremony under the witness of all his uncles and uncles, was very busy, not only to check the Lingying concept under his name, but also to take into account the affairs of the Ziyang Temple.

From autumn to winter, there were only a few light rains in the entire Jinling area, followed by continuous dry weather, even in the early morning, it was difficult to see signs of frost on the grass leaves, the valley in front of Ziyangguan was dry, the wind blew dust, and even the murmuring streams under the small hill were also reduced a lot, and Zhu Daolin finally had a deep and intuitive understanding of the serious harm of the Xiaoice period.

The arrival of several uncles, uncles and a group of brothers and sisters provided a great boost to the Xuanqing Daoist, and the continuous drought of the world was a huge disaster for the poor peasants who depended on the sky for food, but it was the best weather for the Ziyang Temple, which was building a large number of buildings.

With the arrival of batches of craftsmen, various building materials purchased by the three major dental shops have also been transported one after another, and the entire Ziyangguan has become a dusty construction site.

To Zhu Daolin's surprise, the master Bo who has superb medical skills and acupuncture skills is particularly good at arithmetic, no matter how complicated the income and expenditure, he remembers it clearly, and the ledger of different categories is very neat and beautiful, and many times only mental arithmetic can quickly get accurate figures.

The second master who is polite in appearance is not only a pharmacologist, but also a master of skill, no wonder he taught Yulong and Yuhu two apprentices with excellent fists and feet, and now the safety affairs of the entire construction site are all handed over to him and the four disciples who sat down.

The fifth uncle, who is kind all day long, is much inferior in medical skills and medicine, but he is proficient in calligraphy and painting, loves music and rhythm, and is best at imparting knowledge and teaching students according to their aptitude, so his disciples are almost twice as many as those of several senior brothers.

Under the command of the fifth uncle, more than ten of his disciples cleared out a vacant lot on the ruins east of the Taoist temple in just one day, and built a row of decent houses with wood, bamboo mats and thatch.

With three capable uncles and uncles leading a group of disciples to stay and help for a long time, Zhu Daolin could finally find time to focus on the affairs of Lingyingguan.

In order to ensure Zhu Daolin's safety, the four elders unanimously decided to let the smart, witty, and solid martial arts Jade Tiger follow Zhu Daolin as a shadow, Zhu Daolin has no opinion on this, and he also has the heart to cultivate his trusted little junior brother Yuhu.

On the morning of the winter solstice, Zhu Daolin took the jade tiger to the Lingying Temple that already belonged to him again, nodded to the hired janitor and went straight to the West Cross Courtyard.

The architectural pattern of Lingying view is in the shape of "in", square and extremely regular, sit in the north and face the south before and after three entrances, enter the gate and see a cloud dragon wall with a height of two meters and five meters long and six meters, bypass the wall and pass through the front yard covered by two big ginkgo trees, you can enter the central building of the entire Taoist temple Sanqing Palace, pass through the Sanqing Hall through the left and right corridors is the Baoling Pavilion that worships the eight immortals, and the last entry is the backyard where the Taoist priests live.

Sanqing Hall and Baoling Pavilion on the east and west sides, each has an area of about one acre of cross-courtyard, the east cross-courtyard is the living room of the reception of distinguished guests and the living place of the abbot Taoist, and it is also the most intact building in all the buildings of the whole Taoist temple, Zhu Daolin initially planned to redecorate again, and then build a bathroom and a toilet that uses a flush toilet, which is used to make a reception room and guest room.

Zhu Daolin's west courtyard has long been abandoned, the two-story attic-style main house has collapsed, the walls are mottled, the beams and columns are tilted, the aisle paved with terrazzo bricks is overgrown with weeds and crooked unknown trees, and the whole courtyard is gloomy and full of unpleasant musty smell.

The pavilion in the south of the small courtyard also collapsed in half, the lotus-shaped pool under the pavilion was covered with dense aquatic plants, and the purple bamboo behind the pavilion had become a forest, completely covering the south wall of more than two meters high and more than 20 meters long.

Not long after Zhu Daolin stood at the arched cross-courtyard gate and sighed, the big shopkeeper and a thin official wearing a six-grade official robe strode over and greeted Zhu Daolin from a long distance.

Zhu Daolin hurriedly went over to greet him, and learned that the six-grade official brought by Ying Changpei was Zhao Xunting, the director of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, Zhu Daolin was immediately happy, and said something that shocked and moved Zhao Xunting:

"Lord Zhao, I want to transform this Taoist temple into a pleasant and livable garden-style courtyard, which can accommodate 500 homeless orphans to read and read and live together at the same time, and can also become a good place for friends to gather and communicate, I wonder if Lord Zhao can help?"

"This ......"

Zhao Xunting was very uncomfortable with Zhu Daolin's straightforward way of dialogue.

Ying Changpei smiled and explained: "Brother Mengshan doesn't have to mind, Dao Lin is this temper, and I have endured it for a long time to get used to it, haha!" ”

Zhao Xunting also smiled: "What kind of scale and effect does Brother Zhu plan to build?" What is the overall investment? ”

Zhu Daolin replied happily in line with the principle of employing people without doubt: "I plan to be the shopkeeper and leave everything to Brother Zhao's full discretion, Brother Zhao has no problem how to repair and build, just say how much money you need." ”

Zhao Xunting was stunned: "What if I say I need 100,000?" ”

Zhu Daolin thought for a while: "I'm afraid 100,000 is not enough, right?" ”

Zhao Xunting was stunned, and Ying Changpei next to him laughed, quite a little gloating.

Who knew that Zhu Daolin said something that even Ying Changpei was afraid of: "Brother Zhao, it is difficult for a technical official like you to adapt to the smoky officialdom, just quit your official position and come over to help me, you will be busy for at least ten years, and the annual salary will never be less than 30,000 taels of silver, how about it?" Why don't I pay you a year's salary first? ”

"This ...... Please forgive me, I haven't made plans yet, so let's talk about the transformation of the Taoist temple in front of me first, I am willing to accept Brother Zhu's entrustment and do my best to do things well. ”

Zhao Xunting tried his best to suppress the momentum in his heart and tried his best to say what he meant calmly.

Zhu Daolin smiled regretfully: "Okay, then I'll wait until this place is finished, and I'll hand over a few rough drawings and five thousand taels of silver to Brother Zhao when I go back, and entrust the rest to Brother Zhao." ”

Zhao Xunting nodded slightly, regaining his original self-confidence and the arrogance of a scholar.

Zhu Daolin turned to Ying Changpei, who was smiling a little strangely: "Brother Ying seems to have something to say?" ”

"Of course I have something to say, otherwise why would I come to you? Can you find a place to sit and talk? ”

Driven by the same interests and attractive prospects, the estrangement and vigilance between Ying Changpei and Zhu Daolin have long since disappeared, and they are like old friends who have known each other for many years, and they can joke without scruples.

Zhu Daolin led the two to the living room of the East Cross Courtyard, and after sitting down, he found that he had not even prepared boiling water, and apologized to Zhao Xunting quite embarrassedly: "I'm sorry Brother Zhao, please Haihan if you don't entertain you well!" This place has only been taken over for a few days, and there is no one servant, and the janitor is still temporarily taken in. ”

"It's okay." Zhao Xunting smiled politely.

Ying Changpei had already taken out a thick stack of silver tickets and put them in front of Zhu Daolin: "Count, 12,000 taels of sapphires, 8,000 taels of crystal wine sets, 3,000 taels of four crystal balls, and 400 taels of pocket watches, a total of 23,400 taels." ”

Zhu Daolin picked up the silver ticket, counted out the three thousand four hundred taels and put it in front of Ying Changpei, and then counted out the ten thousand taels of silver tickets and put them directly in front of Zhao Xunting: "Brother Zhao, this ten thousand taels should be regarded as the construction investment in the early stage, how to use you to arrange it." ”

"No, no! This is not in accordance with the law, Brother Zhu has to send someone to take charge of money and property, and I am only responsible for the repair, reconstruction and expansion of the Taoist temple. Zhao Xunting solemnly refused.

Zhu Daolin was embarrassed: "What can I do?" Or, Brother Ying, can you help? ”

Ying Changpei hesitated for a moment: "Okay, but you have to accept the three thousand four hundred taels of silver tickets." ”

Zhu Daolin pushed back the silver ticket that Ying Changpei pushed in front of him again: "It's the same, don't get confused!" In addition, there is something to trouble Brother Ying, I want to buy some antiques from your jewelry shop, can you help me pick them? You know that I don't know much about antiques, and I'm worried about being deceived when I look for others, so I have to trouble you, and it's best if you can earn back the remaining 10,000 taels in my hand."

Where has Zhao Xunting ever seen such a thing? The mouth that opened in shock could not be closed for a long time.

Ying Changpei smiled bitterly, so he had to take back the more than three thousand taels of silver tickets in front of him, then straightened up and asked very solemnly: "Daolin, I want to pull you to join Baoyuexuan to do it together, are you willing to accept Baoyuexuan's forty percent shares?" ”

Zhu Daolin was stunned, saw the undisguised expectation in Ying Changpei's eyes, thought for a moment and asked carefully: "Brother Ying, may I ask, is this what you mean or what your old man means?" ”

"I mean, I originally planned to give you three percent of the shares for free as long as you agreed, and I consulted my father before deciding, but my father immediately scolded me for being a little child, and told me that if I want to give, I will give forty percent, and I should give the other two components to my sister who married out, and finally my father also scolded me for taking over Bao Yue Xuan for so many years without improvement, making him half-dead and embarrassed, alas! In the past two days, I have been repeatedly experiencing my father's words, and I found that I really didn't do a good job! Ying Changpei explained a lot, and his face was full of guilt and self-blame.

Zhu Daolin asked curiously, "Brother Ying's sister is ......?"

Ying Changpei smiled bitterly again: "Fifteen years ago, I married to the Wei State Mansion, and gave birth to two concubines successively, which is not bad, Grandpa Guo treats her well, and he also loves the two children, for so many years, including before I took over the family business, most of what I have relied on is the prestige of my father and the care of the Guogong Mansion, otherwise it is difficult to achieve this level today." ”

Zhu Daolin nodded heavily: "Understood!" In this way, please Brother Ying take out another 10% of the shares allocated to me and give it to Sister Ling, I only need three achievements to be enough...... Why are you keeping your eyes open so wide? ”

Ying Changpei sighed: "Sure enough, my father is right, Brother Zhu is extremely wise and broad-minded, I am not as much as you, it seems that my father knows you better than me!" ”

Zhu Daolin was even more surprised than Ying Changpei in his heart, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad for him to agree, but Zhu Daolin knew one thing very well: the Ying family can have the profound heritage of today's fertile land and 10,000 acres of wealth, and the biggest credit should probably be attributed to the helmsman of the Ying family who he has never seen before, but has a far-sighted insight into human nature!