Chapter Ninety-Three: Plotting to Build Momentum

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The night breeze is slow, the river waves lap on the shore, and the stars and moon shine on the mountains like daisies.

Zhu Daolin sat on the abrupt big rock by the river, greedily took a deep breath of cold and pure air, looked at the familiar riverbank from afar, looked over the courtyard-style buildings with blurred outlines, and saw the architectural layout from the riverbank to the foot of the deep mountain, and finally he moved his eyes to the wide and flat wharf in front of the left, and was very satisfied with the construction results led by Zhao Xunting.

Zhu Daolin chose the area where the goods were stacked, and calmly transferred the goods needed by Hushan Manor and Ziyangguan from the King Kong Circle.

The first batch of goods consisted of five four-wheeled carriages, 2,000 sets of steel carriage wheels, 800 special carriage transverse axles with bearings, 10,000 pairs of black raw rubber soles of five specifications, 300 boxes of hardware tools and iron-striking tools, 100 tons of low-carbon steel belts, and 60 large boxes of manpower processing machinery and equipment.

Looking at the neatly stacked goods on the dock in front of him, Zhu Daolin showed a satisfied smile, with the improvement of his own spiritual power, his understanding of the mysterious power contained in the Vajra circle deepened day by day, and he used it more and more easily.

The only thing he regretted was that the most critical time-space transformation and movement still needed to be carried out in the middle of the night when yin and yang were in full bloom.

Just when Zhu Daolin was about to call up the second batch of goods with a total of sixteen large statues, he suddenly found a wriggling shadow in front of the neatly arranged large wooden boxes in the King Kong circle, and he immediately concentrated his mental power to observe, and soon was shocked to find that the wriggling shadow turned out to be the pregnant police dog Mulan!

After a period of sluggishness, Zhu Daolin didn't have time to think about what happened, and quickly moved sixteen large wooden boxes out of the King Kong circle together with the police dog Mulan and placed them on the flat open space in front of him, and then restrained his mental power and jumped down, ran over and picked up the police dog Mulan who was crawling in front of the big wooden box, caressed its forehead, carefully observed its frightened flushed eyes, and then followed its head all the way to its spine and tail, and then let it lie down sideways, checking its limbs and Xianhuai's abdomen one by one, I didn't see any injuries before I exhaled a long turbid breath, lovingly stroked the dog's head that licked his palm, and muttered helplessly:

"What are you doing here? still has a big belly, what if Lu Jianmin can't see you when he comes back? I'm afraid that guy will come to you all over the world with tears, alas! You're so restless that you've only known me for a few days......"

"Woo...... Woo, woo......"

Mulan licked Zhu Daolin's hand repeatedly, struggled to crawl into Zhu Daolin's arms, struggled to raise her head and kept licking Zhu Daolin's neck and face.

Zhu Daolin turned to the side, stood up with it in his arms, looked at its dark eyes and sighed, and decided to stop here for the time being, and discuss it with the master first.

Mulan, a police dog weighing more than 70 pounds, snuggled in Zhu Daolin's arms like a child, and walked along the flat and gentle col with Zhu Daolin, and came to the back of the two rows of bungalows along the gurgling stream under the hill.

"Don't move guys, don't move guys! Like Zhu Daochang. ”

A sharp-eyed young man in front recognized Zhu Daolin, hurriedly put away the iron ruler, and hurriedly greeted him, and the remaining seven young men with red cloth on their heads put down their wooden sticks and came up to salute, and for a while, the greetings of "the little one has seen Zhu Daochang" and "Zhu Daochang is back" were endless, and the people in several rows of houses fifty steps downstream of the stream woke up.

Zhu Daolin smiled at the enthusiastic young people: "Everyone has worked hard, continue to patrol the night, don't talk loudly, there is still more than an hour before dawn." ”

All the young men bowed and agreed, and after seeing the behemoth in Zhu Daolin's arms, they were so frightened that they retreated again and again, and two of them actually fell into the grass on the side of the road.

Zhu Daolin had no choice but to explain that this was a big dog, so he didn't need to be afraid, and after speaking, he strode to the head of the house holding a torch in front of him, and saw the master Xuanqing wearing a Taoist robe from a distance, and there were more than a dozen senior brothers holding Tang knives on the side.

The senior brothers quickly came up to meet each other, but they were frightened by Mulan in Zhu Daolin's arms and retreated again, and the junior brother Yuting was the first to exclaim: "Senior brother, why did you come back with a wild wolf?" ”

"It's not a wild wolf, it's a domesticated dog, stop yelling, go back and talk slowly."

Zhu Daolin was worried that the brothers and sisters would be too loud and wake up the many homeless people who had set up camp in the valley across the stream.

"Master, uncle, the disciple is back."

Zhu Daolin strode to the smiling Xuanqing Daoist and Uncle Xuan, put down the Mulan in his arms, straightened his clothes and respectfully saluted his master and uncle.

Before Daoist Xuanqing could step forward, Xuanfang had already taken the first step to help Zhu Daolin, and after greeting him, he pointed to Mulan who was honestly leaning at Zhu Daolin's feet: "Where did you get such a big dog?" It looks like a wolf! ”

Zhu Daolin said with a smile: "The ancestors of all domestic dogs are wolves, but this big dog is completely different from ordinary domestic dogs, it is a military dog trained by the military masters of Tianshu Pavilion, its name is Mulan, it is very smart, and it still carries a little cub in its belly." ”

Daoist Xuanqing didn't seem to be scared at all, he squatted in front of Mulan curiously, looked at it carefully for a moment, looked up and asked, "It's really tame, it's quite docile, but it's huge, I'm afraid it's not less than seventy or eighty pounds, right?" ”

Zhu Daolin didn't know the exact weight of Mulan, and he had something in his heart that he needed to tell his master as soon as possible, so he replied indiscriminately, "Almost", and then helped the master up, and instructed the surrounding brothers and sisters to pay attention to the surroundings and not let outsiders approach, and then pulled the uncle Xuanfang up, and returned to the front room together, and before he sat down, he told the sixteen large gilded bronze statues that had been transported to the dock.

Xuan Qing didn't think there was anything to keep secret: "It's good to transport it back, just gather people to transport it back at dawn, are you worried that someone will steal it?" ”

"I'll send a few disciples to the dock to watch." Uncle Xuanfang turned around to leave.

Zhu Daolin hurriedly grabbed him: "Uncle Shi wait first, that's what I think...... Taking advantage of the fact that no one knows now, quietly transport the three statues of Sanqing or the statue of the goddess of Niangniang to the high platform in front of the main hall, spread red cloth, hang colored silk, put incense on the case, light red candles, and do it at dawn, and then come to a great ceremony, the effect is absolutely similar to the auspicious rain from the sky, think about it: there are thousands of ordinary people sleeping in the valley, and when you wake up and suddenly see such a scene, what kind of reaction will you have? ”

Xuan Qing suddenly became excited, his eyes sparkled, he turned in a circle, clenched his fists, and shouted Gao Ming, Gao Ming!

Xuan Fang immediately reacted and happily gave Zhu Daolin a punch in the chest: "Good plan!" It is definitely auspicious from the sky, and the Tao is boundless! Tell me, how much does the idol you brought back weigh? Is it enough for a dozen of us to transport it back? ”

Zhu Daolin shook his head: "More than a dozen people are definitely not enough, the sixteen statues are all glittering cast bronze gilt statues, of which three Sanqing sitting statues are the largest and heaviest, not counting each base, the body alone is two meters and five meters high...... Well, according to the construction ruler of the Ming Dynasty, it is almost three zhang high, and the weight is not less than 5,000 catties, plus the gilded base weighing 2,000 catties per zhang square, it is difficult for more than a dozen people to transport the three sitting statues back before dawn! ”

"The smallest and lightest statue of the eight immortals crossing the sea also has a height of about two zhang, and the amount of respect is not less than three thousand catties, and the gilded statue of the god of medicine is even higher, estimated to be more than four zhang, but he is a standing statue, not as heavy as the most noble Sanqing sitting statue, all of which are sealed in a thick wooden box.

Xuan Qing and Xuan Fang gasped, they never dreamed that Zhu Daolin would get such a tall statue, they thought it would be similar to the statue enshrined in the ancestral court of Maoshan at the beginning, where would they have thought that the statue that Zhu Daolin got back would be so huge?

"Don't be stunned, master, uncle, make a decision quickly, the sky will be bright in another hour." Zhu Daolin reminded in a low voice.

Xuan Qing and Xuan Fang looked at each other for a moment, nodded tacitly and decided to do it, Xuan Qing pulled his junior brother and whispered in his ear, Xuan Fang nodded frequently, asked a few words and left immediately.

Xuan Qing pulled Zhu Daolin and asked eagerly, "Did you bring the carriage this time?" ”

Zhu Daolin immediately understood: "Bring five, master rest assured, I immediately took a few junior disciples to dismantle the carriage, get a few long logs to set up a tripod, open the wooden box containing the tools and take out two sets of pulleys to lift it." ”

"These things are available on the dock, but there is no thick hemp rope and cart horses, master, you can solve it, if there are no horses, call more people to go, and transport the three statues of the gods to the high platform before dawn and erect them, otherwise this scene will not be easy to sing."

"There is enough time, there are ropes and horses, if you don't have enough, use people to push, you go and lead your juniors to the dock to do it first, I will be there soon." Xuan Qing patted his lover on the shoulder and rushed out the door.

Zhu Daolin glanced at Mulan lying in the door, went out and told Yuting and Yulong to get ready, pick up Mulan and send her back to his hut behind, open the door and put Mulan in, squatted in front of it and touched its head to comfort a few words, and then closed the door and left quickly.