Yulong and other brothers were very surprised to see the long convoy full of bricks and tiles, and asked their uncle Xuanqing if the construction had officially started? The smart Yuhu recognized the shopkeeper Ying on the first carriage, and couldn't help but quietly look at his senior brother Zhu Daolin.

Daoist Xuanqing also looked at Zhu Daolin beside him, and when he saw Zhu Daolin shaking his head and looking puzzled, he simply called Zhu Daolin and himself to go down and ask what happened.

Daoist Xuanqing and Daolin Zhu had not yet walked down the last few stone steps, and the big shopkeeper Ying had already strode up with the old butler with a spring breeze on their faces.

After saluting each other, the big shopkeeper Ying smiled very politely: "I am glad to hear that the reconstruction of Ziyang Temple is imminent, and I am also overjoyed to it, and I speculate that Baoguan may need to build a few temporary warehouses for turnover, so I took the liberty to send some wood bricks and tiles, which is not a tribute, and I hope that the two Taoist masters will accept it with a smile." ”

Xuanqing Daoist hurriedly clasped his palms and thanked him repeatedly, Zhu Daolin smiled and looked at the master and servant of the Ying big shopkeeper with a pious face, and secretly admired the shrewdness of the big shopkeeper: Giving a big gift not only did not take credit, but said it as if he had done something wrong, and this method opened Zhu Daolin's eyes.

The big shopkeeper and the head of Xuanqing Dao exchanged a few words and asked where to unload the materials? The unprepared Xuanqing Daoist turned around half a circle on the spot, and saw that the platform was full of broken bricks and collapsed ruins, and he couldn't find a suitable vacant space for a while, so he had to ask Zhu Daolin's opinion.

Zhu Daolin pointed to several connected low hills to the west of the Taoist temple: "The terrain below the two small hills is flat, and in front of them is the stream flowing down from the mountainside behind the Taoist temple. ”

"If the materials are stacked there, you can directly build a row of houses for emergencies, if you build it stronger and more beautiful, you can keep people in the future, and there will be no more waste."

"Daoist Zhu is thoughtful!" The big shopkeeper applauded repeatedly.

Xuan Qingdao's chief nodded frequently: "It's really good, it's not far, just open a road and build a small wooden bridge, it seems that in terms of construction, your vision is much better than mine." ”

Zhu Daolin smiled at Daoist Xuanqing: "You have forgotten? I have to walk back and forth every morning to get to the bank of the Yangtze River by crossing the path between the two hills, so building a house there is more beneficial for the next step in building a villa. ”

Daoist Xuanqing immediately remembered that he had obtained the permission of the Shangyuan County Government to purchase more than 2,800 acres of abandoned land, smiled knowingly, and turned his head to ask the master and servant of the big shopkeeper to go to the Taoist Temple to rest for a while.

The shopkeeper readily agreed, turned to the old butler behind him and whispered, the old butler nodded and walked to the hundreds of coachmen and coolies who had been waiting for a long time, and began to work with a shout.

Seeing this, Daoist Xuanqing also ordered a few jade dragons behind him to go over to help.

The very interested Ying big shopkeeper entered the Taoist temple under the respectful invitation of the Xuanqing Daoist, the clever Yuhu had already brewed a pot of fragrant tea, Zhu Daolin praised a few words in a low voice, and told the Yuhu to go down to help, and took the teapot to pour tea for the Ying big shopkeeper and Uncle Ying, who were sitting opposite each other: "Mr. Ying seems to be very familiar with our Ziyang Temple!" ”

The shopkeeper Ying smiled heartily, raised his hand and pointed to the east: "There are two Zhuangzi around Beigu Mountain not far from my Ying family, and most of the villagers in the Zhuangzi cultivate the land of my Ying family, and a few children in the village are herding sheep at the foot of the east mountain of the Taoist Temple almost every day, haha!" ”

Zhu Daolin suddenly realized: "I didn't expect Mr.'s family business to be so huge, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

The big shopkeeper politely said a word of praise, and turned to Xuanqing Daoist to enthusiastically ask when the construction would start.

Xuanqing Daoist did not hide it: "I'm afraid I will have to wait for a while, the skilled craftsmen entrusted to Chaotian Palace to recruit will have to wait ten days to come over, I was going to enter the city early in the morning to ask Yaxing, but I didn't expect Mr. Ying to send a generous gift, thank you so much!" ”

The shopkeeper smiled humbly: "A little heart, it is not worth the Taoist chief to thank him again and again, if the Taoist is willing, I can recommend a construction expert...... This person's surname is Zhao Mingxunting, the word Mengshan, and my eldest brother who served as the prefect in Chenzhou, Hunan Province is the same branch of Jinshi, and I often get together with each other. ”

"Six years ago, Brother Meng Shan was promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry with his outstanding achievements in presiding over the restoration of the Great Gao Xuan Palace, but he was helplessly involved in the case of presiding over the construction of Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall, and three years ago he was demoted to the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, and the official position was also reduced from the right attendant to the director, he has been neglected for several years, and has been repeatedly excluded by his colleagues, if it were not for the persuasion of my two brothers, I am afraid that Brother Meng Shan has been hung up and retreated."

Daoist Xuanqing was overjoyed: "The Great Gao Xuandian in the capital is a world-famous royal Taoist temple!" If Lord Zhao didn't have the earth-shattering talent, he would definitely not be able to preside over the restoration plan of the Great Gao Xuan Palace, such a great talent, I can't ask for it! ”

It is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, and the shopkeeper Ying is also very happy: "In this case, I will inform Brother Meng Shan when I go back tonight that he has nothing to do now, depressed and unwilling, and thinks every day about whether to resign and return, if there is a place to give full play to his strengths, he will definitely come happily, maybe he can also bring a group of skilled craftsmen." ”

Xuanqing Daoist stood up and thanked him solemnly, Ying Da Shopkeeper hurriedly got up and refused, the two were polite for a long time before sitting down with each other, Xuanqing Dao Chang said apologetically that he had made an appointment to go to Shangyuan County Ya to do business today, and he had to go to Chaotian Palace after he was finished, and asked if Ying Da Shopkeeper would go into the city together?

The big shopkeeper said that he wanted to stay and take a look, and the head of Xuanqing immediately ordered Zhu Daolin to accompany him, and after talking for a while, he apologized and left.

There are only Zhu Daolin and Ying Da shopkeepers who have their own hearts left in the Taoist temple, Zhu Daolin changed the pot of new tea and poured it on the Ying Da shopkeeper: "Reintroduce it, my name is Zhu Daolin, the Taoist Dao, the coming Lin, the disciple of the Shangqing faction, there is no Tao number yet, this year is twenty-four into twenty-five years old, unmarried, temporarily living here, after a few days to get the real estate deed of Lingying Temple, it is estimated that he will often live there." ”

The shopkeeper Ying burst out laughing: "Brother Tai is so interesting, haha...... Well, I also want to introduce myself, my surname should be named Changpei, prosperous Chang, cultivated accompaniment, trade name Shun Chen, there are five in the Chinese New Year's Eve, the family has a wife and a concubine, two sons and a daughter, entrusted by the family to manage the Ying family industry, usually most of them are in the Huitong Bridge General 'Bao Ying Xing', under the general number includes Huaiqing Qiaotou's jewelry shop 'Bao Yue Xuan', Sanshan Street's 'Mo Lin Zhai' and Brother Tai went to the academy street 'Zhang Ji Garment Shop'......"

"Oh yes, I almost forgot to say where I lived, because I am a concubine, plus there are many mundane affairs, after marriage, I moved out of the ancestral house on the edge of the national mansion, and lived in the small house on the right side of the general number of the Ying family's 'Bao Yingxing'.

Zhu Daolin was speechless, and looked at the shopkeeper Ying, who was also staring at him, and after a few breaths, the two laughed together, and their wariness slowly drifted away with Lang Lang's laughter, and there was a sense of pity in their hearts.

The laughter stopped, Zhu Daolin took off the sapphire rosary on his right wrist, and gently pushed it in front of the shopkeeper Ying: "I'm very happy to know Brother Ying, I sent you to make a souvenir." ”

"No, no! It's too precious, you must not want it, I understand Brother Zhu's deep friendship! Ying Changpei hurriedly stepped back and waved his hand repeatedly.

Zhu Daolin smiled: "That's it, I'll lend it to you for a few days, and if you are tired of playing and want to buy it, just give me some silver." ”

Ying Changpei's eyes lit up, and he weighed it for a moment and no longer shirked: "Okay!" Then you're welcome. ”

Zhu Daolin stretched his waist and stood up, walked to the brand-new cabinet on the inside of the low couch, opened the cabinet door, took out a brown leather box, and closed the cabinet door casually: "Is Brother Ying interested in going out for a walk?" ”

"Okay, I haven't had a good taste of the scenery of Ziyang Temple." Ying Changpei happily put away the sapphire rosary, stood up and followed.

"Right now, it's all ruins and ruins, where is the scenery? It's better to climb high and look at the Yangtze River. Zhu Daolin said as he walked.

Ying Changpei laughed, feeling more cordial in his heart, the two walked and said that they climbed on the low hill on the west side of the Taoist temple, the wide and mighty Yangtze River came into view, and the warm sunshine, the slightly cold breeze, and the singing of the birds made Ying Changpei, who had stayed in Jinling City for a long time, feel relaxed and happy.

Zhu Daolin pointed to the barren land full of rocks under the hill, and introduced in a low voice: "Uncle Xuanqing was busy entering the city just now, just to go to Shangyuan County Ya to get back the title deed of the land below."

"From our feet to the south of the fork of the river, from the west bank to the front of the two miles long stretching hills, a total of 2,856 acres, all placed under the name of Ziyangguan, within two years, this place will be built to accommodate 800 orphans and the surrounding poor children to study, a comprehensive workshop covering an area of not less than 500 acres."

"I also plan to restore the simple wharf that has been abandoned for many years by the river and expand it into a permanent wharf that can accommodate two twenty-zhang treasure ships at the same time, so I am afraid that there will be a lot of places to borrow Brother Ying in the future, but please rest assured, I will not borrow silver from Brother Ying."

Ying Changpei set off a monstrous wave in his heart, where can he still take care of Zhu Daolin's last joke: "Brother Zhu, can you tell me, what do you want to gain by investing so much?" ”

Zhu Daolin smiled and asked, "If you do this, you won't break the law, right?" ”

Ying Changpei hurriedly explained: "It's not going to break the law, even if Brother Zhu opens a weapons workshop, I have the ability to handle all the official things for Brother Zhu, but I don't understand why Brother Zhu did this?" With such a huge scale, at least one million taels of silver need to be invested, and as Brother Zhu, it seems that there is no need to do such a big industry, right? ”

Zhu Daolin didn't know how to explain it.

The reason why he took the liberty to reveal his plan to Ying Changpei, who had no deep friendship, was entirely because Zhu Daolin felt that there was not much time to waste, and he believed in his instincts, believed in his own vision, and there was also some kind of gambling factor, so he would take this opportunity to tell Ying Changpei his plan, even if he didn't get help in the end, I believe that Ying Changpei would not be bad.

Ying Changpei saw Zhu Daolin silently looking at Jinling City in the distance, and did not answer his question, so he had to close his mouth and savor what Zhu Daolin had just said.

After a long time, Zhu Daolin turned to face Ying Changpei, opened the leather box hanging on his chest, took out the Yunguang 62-type military telescope that had all the handwriting removed, and handed it to Ying Changpei who was full of surprise: "Brother Ying has seen the monocular of the Francophone man, right?" ”

Ying Changpei immediately understood: "Could it be a clairvoyant mirror?" How can it be so short? ”

Zhu Daolin patiently instructed: "Try it, you see, this round knob is used to adjust the focal length...... Well, by turning this knob, you can adjust the distance and clarity of the target and see what you need to see...... See these two eyepieces? Seeing with two eyes, it's not the same as the monocular clairvoyant you've ever seen......"

Ying Changpei curiously slowly raised the telescope in front of him, and soon his whole body was shocked, and he shouted excitedly: "Oh my God...... I can see the face of the guard on the Jinchuan Gate......"

Zhu Daolin smiled: "How far is this?" The straight-line distance is less than six miles, even if it is twice as farther, you can see it clearly, I don't believe you turn to the Yuejiang Tower on the top of the Lion Rock in the city to try. ”

Ying Changpei watched for half an hour, and when he put down the binoculars, his face turned red: "Brother Zhu, where did this baby come from?" ”

"Tianshu Pavilion...... I can't tell you for a while, but in the future, Brother Ying will slowly understand. Zhu Daolin finally said this important name to cover for him in the future.

Ying Changpei seemed to see the secret that could not be said to outsiders from the three words "Tianshu Pavilion", so he nodded and stopped asking, and reluctantly handed the telescope back to Zhu Daolin's finger: "It's amazing, countless times more than the Franc Machine clairvoyant, it's just a miracle!" ”

Zhu Daolin smiled slightly: "How much does Brother Ying think this kind of telescope is worth?" ”

Ying Changpei shook his head again and again: "I really don't dare to estimate, this is a priceless treasure that money can't buy!" ”

Zhu Daolin asked again: "What if I still have a lot?" ”

"Impossible!" Ying Changpei subconsciously denied it.

"How could it not be? Isn't this man-made? If you look at the front and back lenses, aren't they just like crystal glass? Looking at this shape again, isn't it made of metals such as copper and tin? Look at this leather zygote again, this leather lanyard, nothing too magical, right? How did it become priceless? What would you think if I told you that in six months or three months, I could get back ten or eight telescopes that were exactly the same as this one? ”

Zhu Daolin's continuous attacks were aimed at making Ying Changpei feel awe-inspired, better shaping his prestige, and consolidating his position.

Ying Changpei was really asked: "Are you ...... Can you still get it back? ”

Zhu Daolin nodded, and then sighed: "In addition to this eight-fold telescope and the string of sapphire prayer beads, I have also seen swords that are sharper and more exquisite than the Japanese knives in Jinling City that cost a thousand taels, I have bought crystal balls with exquisite statues hidden inside and polished crystal clear on the outside, I have used clocks with exquisite mechanisms that do not exceed one breath per day, I can also bring back a bright vanity mirror that is two feet wide and five feet high and can shine through the hairs on my face, and a carriage that can easily pull three thousand catties of goods with just one horse, and so on...... For example, you should be familiar with this one......"

Ying Changpei, who was so fooled that his eyes were full of stars, stretched out his trembling hand, took the classical pocket watch handed over by Zhu Daolin, opened it with a "ding" according to Zhu Daolin's prompt, looked at it excitedly, praised and praised, and then raised his head excitedly: "It's so exquisite!" Does Brother Zhu still have it? ”

Zhu Daolin nodded: "Brother Ying thinks the price of this kind of pocket watch is appropriate?" ”

Ying Changpei quickly showed excellent business qualities: "This pocket watch is more than ten times more beautiful than the one I saw last year from the Francis missionary Bi Fangji, and it can be sold for at least five hundred taels of silver. ”

Zhu Daolin thought for a while: "This pocket watch will be given to Brother Zhu for a sample, and I will send two hundred such pocket watches to Brother Zhu every quarter in the future, but I don't need Brother Zhu to pay me such a high price, just pay me two hundred taels of silver per piece." ”

"How's that going to work? I must not take advantage of Brother Zhu, if Brother Zhu really treats me as a friend, please mention the price of 400 taels per piece, and I can have a profit of more than 50 taels per pocket watch, which is already a huge profit! "Ying Changpei sticks to the bottom line very seriously.

For pocket watches, which are not much ahead in technology, Zhu Daolin thinks of small profits and quick turnover: "I can't make so much money, I already have to earn two hundred taels of silver sold to Brother Ying, sincerity and cooperation need mutual benefit, not to mention that there are still many places that need to rely on Brother Ying in the future." ”

Ying Changpei immediately became angry: "Who does Brother Zhu think of Ying?" As a friend, mutual care is a matter of course, but it cannot be contrary to business ethics, Sage Cloud: integrity is the foundation of the business! Brother Zhu must not harm me! ”