In the fourth year of Renshou, the northern court was turbulent, and the southern lands were still calm.

Of course, the overall situation is stable, but all kinds of battles in the secret and the clash of interests are indispensable, especially the disputes on the rivers and lakes have never been less.

The Iron Gate is expanding rapidly in various parts of the south, and the only force that can compete with them is the Southern Buddhism.

It's a pity that the Southern Buddhism sect did not focus on the disputes in the rivers and lakes at this time, and the eyes of the high-level all fell to the north, where the situation was delicate, waiting for the new situation after the change of power in the Great Sui.

Buddhism is very passive this time!

The crown prince they supported, Yang Yong, fell, and lost his spokesperson, or collaborator, in the royal family.

On the contrary, the crown prince Yang Guang, who is supported by the Yin Kui faction, has a great win, and once this superior will not suppress Buddhism, this is a question that the high-level of Buddhism must consider.

If it weren't for the fact that the foundation left by Yang Jian was too thick, with the consistent style of Buddhism, in such an embarrassing situation, it was likely to make a move to directly flip the table.

It's a pity that the national strength of the Great Sui is quite strong, and the military power and the cluster of masters under his command are not something that Buddhism can shake.

When Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty was seriously ill, all the attention of Buddhism was on the situation in the north, how could he have the heart to participate in the disputes in the south?

Even if they have the heart, it is impossible for them to fight for the iron gate.

Buddhism still wants face, they can't be like ordinary Jianghu sects, send their elite warrior monks to participate in the disputes in the rivers and lakes, what they like to do most is to act as a referee from above, and it is tantamount to going into battle directly with bare arms.

Besides, the iron gate is not easy to deal with.

With the secret support of Wuhou Lei Hu, the world's number one master, and backed by Wu Hou Ling, a splendid and prosperous place in the south, there is no shortage of resources in the hands of Tiemen, and there are many masters.

The key is the expansion of the Iron Gate, behind the strong economic power of Wu Hou Ling, once the Iron Gate in the rest of the place to open up new territory successfully, Wu Hou Ling's economic power will take advantage of the trend, relying on the rich commodity resources to directly swallow the commercial resources here, Buddhism can not compare.

Not to mention, Wu Hou is a person in the Holy Gate, not to mention whether he will make a move, Wu Hou is the first-class master of the Holy Gate, and he is not the object that the Southern Buddhism is willing to provoke.

and in the army under the command of Wu Hou, the number of unguessable horizontal training masters is not the object that the Southern Buddhism is willing to fight hard at this time.

If it weren't for the fact that the Southern Buddhism Sect didn't have the heart to fight, I was afraid that Qingxu Lao Dao, a new Taoist master in the late congenital stage, would have been sitting in the Qixia Temple of Qixia Mountain, and the old monk Jiaxiang of the Three Treatises Sect would not dare to separate.

What makes the southern Buddhism even more jealous is that because of the economic radiation of Wu Houling, many commercial forces on Jiankang's side have become vassals, and if the Buddhism is clearly open to the chariots and horses and the iron gate, it may be abandoned by some of the commercial forces in Jiankang, and the annual loss of incense money and food can definitely make the high-level of Buddhism vomit blood.

There are more than 700 Buddhist temples in Jiankang alone, and no matter how big or small, raising so many Buddhist temples in one place alone can imagine how huge the pressure of survival is.

This is all the credit of Emperor Wu of Liang, who was starved to death, this worship of Buddha to the point of madness, in addition to building Buddhist temples on a large scale, replacing Taoist temples with Buddhist temples, but also allocated a large amount of land to Buddhist temples as temple fields.

It's crazy to be so caring.

The power of Buddhism in the south has also swelled quite sharply because of this, and no matter how the situation changes in the south, no force is willing to provoke Buddhism easily.

It's a pity that Emperor Wu of Liang made great efforts to strengthen the southern Buddhism, but when he was starved to death in the Hou Jing Rebellion, the Buddhism did not lend a helping hand, and I don't know if he regretted it before he died.

Originally, the days of Jiankang Buddhism were quite nourishing, whether it was the time of Liang or Chen, the Buddhist temples here could not only get the incense offerings of the powerful and rich or the temple property, but also the most chaotic time could live a good life.

It's just that when Wu Houling developed, the days of Jiankang Yigan Buddhist Temple were sad.

Not to mention that with the beginning of the decrease in incense offerings due to commercial reasons, everyone knows that Wu Hou was born in the Daomen, and if you want to convince Wu Hou, you must at least show your support for the Daomen.

Moreover, in order to win over the hearts of the people, Wu Houling's policy of dividing the land was too vicious, and the landless people on Jiankang's side ran to Wu Houling one after another, most of them were tenants of various wealthy families and monasteries.

Without the help of tenants to cultivate the land and exploitation, the major Buddhist temples had to let the monks personally plough the land, which made the monks who were used to enjoying it quite dissatisfied, so there was even a small area of vulgar things, which could make the high-level of the Buddhist temple in Jiankang very depressed.

In the face of the aggressive posture of the iron gate, the Southern Buddhism resolutely chose to ignore it.

Fortunately, the top management of the Iron Gate got Lei Hu's advice, don't push too hard, and occupy the territory first before talking about anything else.

The iron gate followed the Yangtze River and went directly to the city of Yangzhou on the opposite bank.

Yangzhou is also a prosperous city along the Yangtze River, because the prince Yang Guang was in charge of this place before, so the power of the rivers and lakes here in Yangzhou was very seriously suppressed.

Gangs such as the famous Haisha Gang in the south did not dare to stretch out their hands, for fear that one would accidentally offend Yang Guang, the king of Jin at that time, and bring disaster to his own gang.

Later, the only person who dominated Yangzhou City was the owner of the martial arts hall, known as the 'mountain pusher'.

Although this internal and external cultivation has reached the first-class level, he is not as good as being a real master by nature, but he is the so-called 'first master' in Yangzhou City.

The Shilong Martial Arts Hall opened by it has a lot of momentum, and its strength is a little bit.

can be placed in the entire southern martial arts, and the stone dragon and the stone dragon martial arts hall are not fart.

If it weren't for the fact that the southern forces in the rivers and lakes were afraid of the prince Yang Guang and did not dare to act in Yangzhou to expand their strength wantonly, Yangzhou would not have been able to take the turn of a mere Shilong to be the boss of the rivers and lakes.

No, the iron gate drove the rudder to Yangzhou City, and without much action, it became the veritable No. 1 Jianghu force in Yangzhou City.

Although the helmsman of the Tiemen Yangzhou rudder is only a second-rate master of the rivers and lakes, and there are only three second-rate masters of the entire rudder, it is still a veritable first-rate force in Yangzhou City.

At this time, it was not as important as the failure of Yang Guang's third expedition to Goguryeo, and the majesty of the Great Sui court and the government was quite heavy, as if the Bamboo Flower Gang that Shuanglong joined later did not have a shadow.

The core of the Iron Gate are all born in the army, and with the credit of the ideological education manual compiled by Lei Hu, their attitude towards the people is quite kind, at least they will not be like ordinary Jianghu forces, who severely exploit the disadvantaged groups at the bottom and create many bloody cases.

Because of his background, the purpose of the Iron Gate is to be orderly, and every place where he controls the territory is orderly and there is not much dirt, even if the money he earns is not very clean, but he has not done too much.

Because of this, since the Tiemen rudder was stationed in Yangzhou, the order of the entire Yangzhou rivers and lakes has quickly improved, and it is unlikely that there will be anything like Shuanglong and Boss Yan.

It is said that the beggars in Yangzhou City were all collected by the iron gate and sent to Wuhou Ling, which made the streets of Yangzhou clean and peaceful, and of course, it also made the people in the city a little less flexible.

In recent days, there has been an explosive news in Yangzhou City, the 'mountain pusher' Shi Long is going to retreat outside the city for some reason, and the huge Taoist hall in the city is taken care of by a few henchmen.

The others were nothing, but the Iron Gate Helmsman had been staring at Shi Long's every move early, and when he heard the news, he immediately took action.

A small hidden courtyard outside the city is the retreat of the mountain pusher Shi Long.

This guy acted extremely carefully, except for a few henchmen and disciples who delivered food, but others didn't know that he lived here in seclusion, as long as they weren't stupid, they knew that there was something strange in it.

Knock knock knock......

On this day, the tranquility of Shilong's secluded courtyard was broken by a knock on the door.

Shi Long, who was pondering something in the courtyard, suddenly put away a book in shock, waited quietly for a while, saw the knock on the door, and then slowly walked over and opened the courtyard door.

"I haven't seen the master of the stone pavilion for a few days, and even his temperament has changed a lot!"

The helmsman of the iron gate opened his mouth with a smile, and he didn't see anything outside: "Don't you invite a few of us to come in and sit?" ”

Seeing the visitor, Shi Long's face changed slightly, and he quickly returned to normal, stretched out his hand and asked, "A few please!" ”

"Haha, Ming people don't talk to each other!"

After sitting down at the stone table in the courtyard and saying some nonsense, the Iron Gate Helmsman suddenly opened the door and said: "The Stone Pavilion Master is lucky to have obtained the peerless miracle of the Daomen, and it is quite difficult to participate in the research alone!" ”

Shi Long's face changed greatly, he was not a deep existence in the city government more than ten years later, the sharp light in his eyes flashed, and the murderous intent in his heart snorted coldly: "Your Excellency is well-informed!" ”

"Brother Shi, don't mess around!"

Feeling the cold murderous aura on Shi Long's body, the helmsman of Yangzhou of the Iron Gate waved his hand and smiled: "Not to mention that Brother Shi can't solve a few of us in an instant, even if it can be solved, is it possible that Brother Shi plans to die in the world?" ”

"Why, didn't you make the decision on your own?"

Shi Long's heart sank, and he sneered: "Iron Gate is really big Shi can't afford to offend, but Shi is also a first-class player, if he takes the initiative to defect to the gate valve family in the north, Iron Gate can only be helpless!" ”

"Brother Shi is wrong!"

The helmsman of the Yangzhou branch of the Iron Gate said solemnly: "I actually don't know what Brother Shi's measures are, it is the senior management of the Iron Gate who wants the brother to stare at Brother Shi!" ”

Speaking of this, he paused, let Shi Long digest the sudden information, and said leisurely: "Even, Wu Hou has noticed Brother Shi!" ”

"What, Wu Hou also knows?"

Shi Long was really shocked at this moment, his face turned pale in an instant, and the luck in his heart disappeared.