The mutton soup in Xi'an is really good, the color is white like milk, the water and fat are blended, the texture is pure, fresh but not fat, fragrant but not greasy, rotten but not sticky. Xiao Li Lin took a bite of mutton skewers, and took a bite of mutton soup with a small mouth.

Children who grow up by the sea eat too much seafood, but they eat less mutton. Today was a good day, and I finished a bowl of mutton soup and a long skewer of lamb skewers in one go.

Looking at his son's meal, Li Xiao was a little surprised. Look at the half bowl of mutton soup you still have left, and look at the steamed bun in your hand. I have only eaten a bowl of mutton steamed buns, and the children have already done their best. Looking at the eyes with a blank look, it seems that there is still the meaning of another bowl.

Don't dare to add another bowl, it's not a joke for a child to break his spleen and stomach.

"Let's not eat, we have to go to see the tower." Li Xiao pointed to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was getting taller and taller because of the distance.

"Oh!" Although he still wanted to have another bowl, Li Lin still put down the bowl very obediently. It seems that the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is still very attractive to this child.

"Donor! Do you want this bun? As soon as Li Xiao stood up, an old monk walked up to Li Xiao's side. One hand holds a dervishes, and the other hand holds a small monk.

The clothes on the two monks were very shabby, and the cotton robes on the little monk's body were patched on top of each other. As for the old monk, it is not too much to call it cotton wool on his body.

"Uh......! Don't. Li Xiao stretched out his hand to stop Shunzi, who had already put the gun in the back of the monk's heart.

"Would it be good to give alms to the old monk?" The skin on the old monk's face is no different from the bark of the old pine tree, and the ravines are sad no matter how you look at it.

Li Xiao couldn't help but look at the old monk intently, most of the monks in these years are asking for money and cakes, especially the leftover cakes eaten by others, which is really rare. Belch...... It should be rare to be exact.

"Yes!" Li Xiao immediately promised that this kind of thing should be supported. The four major monks are empty, but there are really very few monks who can really empty the four majors. The monks Li Xiao saw were all fat-headed, big-eared, red-faced, and very different from the old monk and the little monk in front of him.

"Thank you, donor!" The old monk made a deep salute with one hand, and took most of the remaining half of Li Xiao's steamed buns. "Amitabha!" Reciting the Buddha's name is another salute, and then holding the hand of the little monk, an old and a young man walked out of the small restaurant.

"Flash away! I'm tired of it! With a scolding, a luxurious carriage galloped through the street. Li Xiao looked a little familiar, isn't this the carriage that picked him up at the train station?

The curtain of the car was blown open by the wind, and the side face of a huge monk flashed away.

"I didn't expect that the monks of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple are still so poor." Li Xiao looked at the back of the old monk and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Guest, you're wrong. In the temple of Manchang'an, this kind of ascetic monk is only a slap in the face. The guy who was cleaning up the table suddenly spoke.

"Oh!" Li Xiao really didn't understand the matter of this Xi'an temple.

"This monk in Xi'an City, if not a thousand, but also eight hundred, this is not the kind of person who has shaved himself. Counting inside and out, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of people. A guy next to him, who was clearly a regular customer, spoke.

"So many? Just by charity? Li Xiao's eyes lit up, he didn't think that there were tens of thousands of monks in Xi'an City. So many monks have to be supported, and the people of Xi'an really believe in Buddhism.

"Alms? At first glance, you don't often come to our Xi'an, this great mercy and grace temple was built during the Tang Dynasty Zhenguan. It has been a thousand or hundreds of years ago, and I heard my ancestors say that when Hong Wuye drove away the Tartars, the Temple of Mercy and Grace was more than half smaller than now. Where is there such a scale now! "It was an old man with a goatee who looked to be at least fifty or sixty years old.

"We in Xi'an, we have the richest family. The shops in these nearby streets are all people's temple properties. Every month's rent alone is a big purchase. The old guest opened his mouth again, and looked like a snake on the ground.

"What is this, I know who is the biggest account in Xi'an. It is this Great Mercy and Grace Temple, and the monthly interest is more than twice as much as this rent. It was a goatee who spoke, and he glanced around with a sense of superiority after speaking, showing that his ears and eyes were clear.

"This Great Temple of Mercy and Grace is so rich?" This time it was Li Xiao's turn to be shocked, he didn't expect that Xi'an, the ancient capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties, was the richest and richest of the Buddhas.

"When people do a ritual, they need thousands of taels of silver. Those rich families all sharpened their heads and drilled into the monk's temple. ”

"It's not just business, but the adults in the court are not missing."

"What is the practice, Buddhism is the most powerful business."

"Buddhism's business is all over Xi'an, and Xi'an people know all this. This is still the same statement a few years ago, and now I estimate that it is about the same in half a level. ”

"A few years ago, there were many years of military disasters, and Xi'an City was empty of ten rooms and nine empty. Many people have died with their families, and there is no place for the property. Just by collecting these properties, the Temple of Mercy and Grace does not know how much land it occupies. Now that Xi'an City is rich and housing prices are rising, aren't these Buddhas making a lot of money? ”

"It's not just houses, all kinds of things from the east, the construction industry that has flourished in the past two years, and which line does not have a stake in Buddhism. If you don't give the Buddha shares, hehe! Goatee sneered.

"Don't talk nonsense, those shares were given out willingly. You know why? People don't pay taxes in Buddhism, and if you have the ability to do business, the government won't charge you money, and our store is also attached to your name. The filial piety of the four seasons and eight festivals every year will definitely not be less. ”、

"In recent years, the imperial court has been building roads and train tracks. I also built the train station, and the money was spent like running water. Where did all this money go, I think eighty percent of the work was taken over by the engineering team of Buddhism. ”

"Hmmm! The money of the imperial court is the best to earn, and the household department has allocated a lot of money to our Guanzhong. Jinqiao Yinlu, doing engineering is the most profitable thing today. Moreover, the imperial court is not in arrears, and it is enough to spend a lifetime to get a project to repair the bridge. ”

"There is so much input, and there is no need to pay taxes. Can money be noted? ”

The topic has become a public topic, and Li Xiao is a little confused when you say what you say. But in the end, Li Xiao heard the shopkeeper's sentence clearly, Buddhism does not pay taxes.

Li Xiao doesn't know too much about the tax system, which belongs to the category of civil affairs and is under the control of Sun Chengzong. However, the Ming Dynasty's finances have been tight for several years, and with the temperament of Sun Chengzong and Ai Husheng, Daming will never be allowed to have the existence of not paying taxes.

"Just now you said that Buddhism does not pay taxes?" Li Xiao was afraid that he had heard it wrong, so he decided to confirm it.

"That's nature, talking nonsense is struck by lightning. My brother-in-law's second uncle is working in the temple, and he can't take care of the old man, how can I open a small shop here. The shopkeeper's smug self-esteem showed that he had a relative of Buddhism.

"Huh! There is a handsome man in the capital, and we have a Buddha in Xi'an. This guest officer, don't blame the little old man for not reminding you, if you want to enter this Temple of Mercy and Grace, you must give up the money you should give, otherwise you will be scolded. The old man with the goatee kindly reminded Li Xiao.

"They're so rich, they still care about making a little bit of money on tourists." Li Xiao's eyes almost fell to the ground, according to what these people said just now, it is definitely a modest statement that the Great Ci'en Temple can buy half of Xi'an City.

"Guest officer, don't you know, even if a big dung truck passes by the door, they also have the meaning of tasting saltiness. For them, it's a loss to go out and not pick up the money. ”

“……！” This time Li Xiao was also speechless, is this a fucking monk or Pixiu. Today, I want to see how this Great Temple of Mercy and Grace can make money.

Not far from the small shop, there is the gate of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple. Since it is winter, it is more likely that Li Xiao is coming, and the whole city of Xi'an is almost on alert. Tourists who come to the Great Ci'en Temple are sparse, and there is a basket in front of the Duobao monk in front of the door, which contains a lot of copper brothers, and occasionally sees one or two silver dollars.

Li Xiao was just about to walk inside with Li Lin, and Duobao Monk rushed out with a brisk step. looked Li Xiao up and down, and saw that this kid was leading a child, and there was no carriage behind him. He looked at Li Xiao with some disdain: "Donor! We monks rely on incense money, so please give a charity or two. ”

It's really asking for money when you enter the door, thinking of the Shaolin Temple in later generations, which doesn't seem incomprehensible. After all, the Shaolin Temple charges tickets with a clear price. Although the Great Ci'en Temple is greedy for money, it is still a little bit of a face, and it does not dare to blatantly mark the price.

"How much is appropriate?" Li Xiao asked curiously.

"It's not too much to give a thousand gold, and it's not too little to give a copper brother." This multi-treasure monk is also humorous, and he opened his mouth to say a smooth sentence.

"Oh!" Li Xiao nodded, took out two copper coins from his arms and threw them into the basket.

Looking at the large pile of copper coins in the basket, I could faintly see some silver coins. Not taking the opportunity to grab a handful in the basket is really the result of years of improved moral cultivation.

Seeing the two copper coins thrown in by Li Xiao, Duobao Monk's face became even more disdainful. didn't even bother to say the word please, went back to the front of the basket directly, and didn't even look at Li Xiao and Li Lin.

Watching people put down dishes, Li Xiao can be regarded as a leader.

"Dang!" There was a crisp sound, and there were two more silver dollars in the basket.

Duobao Monk's eyes suddenly lit up, and he coughed at the porter. A white and pure monk immediately ran out of the gatehouse, thinking that this was the monk of the Great Ci'en Temple.

"The donor is kind and giving, and the Buddha will definitely bless the donor with a safe year." Sure enough, he is a monk who knows the guest, speaks unhurriedly, speaks slowly, and shows the bearing of Buddhism.

Li Xiao carefully looked at the man who threw in two silver coins at once, this guy has a small nose, small eyes, and a small mouth, a pair of huge ears, and pig ears hanging on both sides. The front teeth in the mouth are uneven, and the middle one is still flattened out. This appearance is as obscene as it is. How to look at it, it seems that it does not look like a devout Buddhist believer. However, Li Xiao is absolute, and it is a little inappropriate to watch people put down dishes. After all, people are generous, and two silver coins at once can be regarded as quite religious.

"Thank you, Master!" The man didn't seem to like to talk much, and bowed to the monk and stopped talking.

"The little monk leads the way for the benefactor." The monk is also very interested, and no longer talks more to lead the way in front, and invites pilgrims to enter the door.

Li Xiao found it interesting, and simply followed the man into the Great Ci'en Temple together.

Raise your legs and walk into the Great Ci'en Temple, which was built in the Tang Dynasty and has been destroyed and rebuilt many times in the middle.

The temple under the sky is the same, this outer gate is called "mountain gate", also known as "three gates", which is generally composed of three doors side by side. There is a large gate in the middle, and two small doors on either side. That is, "empty door, no phase door, no door", collectively known as "three liberation doors". ”

While walking to the mountain gate, the monk explained.

Li Xiao suddenly realized, it turned out that people didn't want your money for nothing, and he was responsible for the tour guide's explanation. Well! It's a real amount of money.

"Oh!" The guest just said "oh" and didn't say much. It seems that this is not a talkative person. I stuffed a silver coin into my hand and gave it to the monk!

"Donor, be careful, the threshold of the mountain gate must not be stepped on, otherwise it will be a very big sin." Seeing that this person was about to cross the threshold, the monk kindly advised.

"Oh!" The man let out another "oh". Another silver coin was stuffed.

Li Xiao and Li Lin were as good as a stream, and followed inside.

Inside the mountain gate are enshrined two Vajra Lux, this is the legendary Hum Ha two generals.

Being stared at by two Vajra willers, Li Lin was a little scared, holding Li Xiao's thighs with his hands, and leaning over.

"Here is the bell tower on the left and the drum tower on the right. Ring the bell early in the morning and respond with a drum; In the evening, the drums are beaten first, and the bells are corresponding. This is the origin of the morning bell and dusk drum! ”

"Oh!" Still silent, just a faint oh. It's silver again!

"Under the bell is enshrined the Bodhisattva of the King of Jizo, Daoming is his left flank, and Min Gong is his right flank." The monk was stuffed with three silver dollars in a row, and his heart was already about to go crazy. Seeing that the guests didn't seem to be satisfied, I introduced them in more detail.

"Oh!" As usual, it's "oh" and stuff the money.

Li Xiao felt that he could worship the boy in front of him, the boy who scattered wealth!

Further inside is the Tianwang Palace, in addition to the four heavenly kings in the Tianwang Hall of the Great Ci'en Temple, the middle is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha. On both sides, the four heavenly kings are enshrined, the king of the country in the east, the king of wide eyes in the west, the king of growth in the south, and the king of Duowen in the north.

The monk explained very carefully and diligently, and the "wealth boy" only did two things. One is "oh", and the other is to stuff money!

Turning around Maitreya Buddha, Li Xiao was surprised to find that there was a Buddha behind Maitreya Buddha. After explaining it, the monk knew that this was not the Buddha, but Wei Dao Bodhisattva.

Through the explanation of the monk who knew the guest, Li Xiao also knew that there was a difference between this Wei Dao Bodhisattva. If it was Wei Tuo who carried the demon pestle on his shoulder, it meant that this was a big temple. Monks who travel from afar can eat and stay here for free for three days.

Li Xiao looked at it carefully, and sure enough, this demon pestle was carried on his shoulder.

It seems that the Millennium Temple still has some heritage. Even if it is a hundred or ten monks, they will stop eating for three days. Li Xiao felt that after going back, he would massively dismiss these bastards who only knew how to make money and didn't know how to pay taxes.