At dawn, a majestic bell rang, and the entire state capital gradually came alive. And this bell is like a signal, and even the bells everywhere are ringing one after another.

"What happened?"

Li Tai was also woken up by the continuous sound of the bell, sat up from the bed and shook his groggy head and said.

Zhang Shinu, who was guarding the outer room, hurriedly walked into the room after hearing this, and explained: "Yu Langjun, it is the morning bell in the temple near the left. The servant just asked the officials in the house, there are 32 large and small temples near the left side of the state city alone, and the morning bell must ring one after another every day, and it is rare to be quiet in the ears for more than an hour before and after. ”

Li Tai couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, when he arrived here yesterday, he saw that there were many temples and other religious buildings along the way, and he didn't pay attention to it at the time, but he didn't expect that there was such a serious disturbance to the people's custom of worshiping Buddha, for a person like him who lacked religious beliefs and psychological needs, it was simply a torture to be woken up by this bell before dawn every day.

"Is this the custom of this place, or is it the same for the entire Qinzhou and Longyou?"

He rubbed his head, which was dizzy from the sound of the bell, and asked while dressing, if this is really the case in the whole Longyou, what will be the noise pollution caused?

After hearing this, Zhang Shinu replied: "It's just that the city is close to the left, and the temples outside the city ring the bell one by one, and the bell will be transmitted to the Maijiya Ten Thousand Buddha Hall seventy miles away in the southeast and then return the same way, which means sincere prayer and Buddha blessing the world." ”

When Li Tai heard this, he remembered that the Maijishan Grottoes, which were later known as one of the four major grottoes, happened to be located in Tianshui County.

The fame of the Maijishan Grottoes is certainly not as loud as the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, but its existence is also one of the strong proofs of the prosperity of Longyou Buddhism, and even the former queen of the Western Wei Dynasty, Yi Fushi, who was forced to commit suicide due to the invasion of Rouran many years ago, was buried in a stone niche in Maijishan.

Although Li Tai is not a devout religious believer, out of curiosity about the original appearance of the ancient monuments and art, he also plans to take some time to appreciate what the current Maijishan Grottoes look like, and he will have to charge admission fees in the future.

He was dressed properly here, only to find that he was not wearing a robe brought from Guanzhong, it should be a new dress supplied by Fuzhong, and it was also very suitable when worn on the body, as if it was tailor-made, which shows that Fuzhong also has a weaving craftsman.

When I walked out of the living room, all kinds of toiletries had been prepared outside, and there were more than a dozen categories, and some Li Tai didn't know much about them.

He cleans himself in his daily life, brushes his teeth and washes his face in the early morning, and in autumn and winter, he can't take a bath every day and then wipe his hair with rice bran bean powder every other day to remove oil.

"Lang Jun has already gotten up, come over and serve and wash."

Zhang Shinu, who was accompanying him, shouted to the shadow behind the curtain in the corner of the room, and then turned to Li Tai and said: "Last night, the palace sent four slaves and maids to listen to the envoy, and the servants did not do anything when they saw that Lang Jun had fallen asleep, so they only let them stay close to Lang Jun to prepare his body and clothes, and then placed them in another room. ”

Li Tai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he went to bed and slept because of the fatigue of the trip and drinking last night, but he didn't expect to be attacked by the night and didn't realize it, even if he glanced at Zhang Shinu, who was making his own opinion.

At the same time, the candle shadow in the room swayed, and two slender young maids walked out from behind the curtain, each wearing a plain white short-sleeved skirt, with three-dimensional and delicate facial features, and a fair and moist complexion that made people look bright, and the slightly sunken eye sockets were light blue and translucent, with an exotic style from the Zhaowu countries of the Western Regions.

Li Tai saw these two delicate and moving maids, and was surprised and secretly vigilant, whether he made such an arrangement to enrich his spare time or to continue to test the cadres?

These two orchid maids are indeed quite amazing, no wonder Zhang Shinu stayed without asking for instructions, that Chu Chu and moving appearance looks harmless and pleasing to the eye, how can people bear to refuse?

It seems that in the future, I will have to arrange a few Zhao Gui and his eldest son's companions, if there are young men with strong blood around him, one day I will want to cry without tears if I am by someone with a beauty trick!

The two orchids didn't dare to open their eyes to look at Li Tai carefully, but just lowered their heads and peeped secretly, and after putting down the candlestick in their hands, they began to neatly pack up the toiletries, and respectfully invited Li Tai to sit down and let them serve and wash.

Seeing this, Li Tai was no longer informal, sat down and enjoyed the process of washing, cutting and blowing, and the time quickly passed for half an hour, and the originally dim sky was already bright, and he became refreshed and radiant, and then strode out of the room.

The layout of the local government is generally the front and back residences, but the personnel scale of the Qinzhou Assassin Mansion is too large, so Dugu Xin set up a separate house outside the mansion for himself and his cronies to live in, and Li Tai also stayed here last night.

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As soon as he walked out of the room, a servant came to tell Dugu Xin that he was already waiting in the front hall, so he led the guards to the front hall under the guidance of the servant, and also took a shallow look at the layout of the mansion on the way.

This mansion occupies a large area, Li Tai borrowed the left side of the courtyard last night, and there is a wall between it and the main house, and you need to pass through a cross door to reach the front hall of the main house.

Outside the wall, Li Tai can already hear the sound of warblers and swallows in the back garden of the wall and the sound of silk and bamboo instrumental music, and when he enters the courtyard, there are several women in colorful clothes at the other end of the corridor in panic and avoid, and then think of the four charming orchids he gave himself last night, Li Tai can't help but feel that this old man's life in Qinzhou is quite nourishing, far from the bitter scene of eating and sleeping in the dew, lying in the snow and drinking ice and guarding the border for the country.

In the front hall, Dugu Xin had already started to eat breakfast, and when he saw Li Taixing entering, he raised his hand and pointed to the empty seat next to him, signaling him to sit down and eat quickly.

Li Tai was no longer polite, sat down and picked up the bowl, the soup cake mixed with mutton fat was left with fresh coriander and spicy knotweed, plus a pinch of pepper, half a spoon of old vinegar, sour and spicy, appetizing and spleen.

The two of them didn't have a conversation, they each ate three bowls, grabbed the Hu cake and wiped a handful of oil flowers from the corners of their mouths and chewed it carefully, each of them felt a good stomach. Dugu Xin looked at Li Tai and said with a smile: "Longbian climate and living, can you still adapt to habits?" ”

"The warm pavilion is soft, fragrant and glamorous, more comfortable than the countryside, and I am afraid that my mind will be consumed."

Li Tai sighed and said after hearing this, Dugu Xin laughed, twisted his beard and said: "I don't live in this house for a long time, the reason why I want to carefully arrange it is to relax and relax." Concentrate on things, and enjoy yourself leisurely at leisure. Blindly being paranoid on which side is out of proportion. But for you and other young people, it is right to be prepared for danger in times of peace and refuse to be idle, if you don't stretch your ambition to the extreme, you don't know what kind of career you can cause! ”

Li Tai nodded again and again when he heard this, and wondered if Dugu Xin's words in history had been used to educate and inspire his other son-in-law, Yang Jian.

This mansion is connected to the state capital by its own sandwich wall, and after breakfast, the group soon came to the Taiwan government.

At this time, the noisy temple bells that had been noisy all morning finally stopped, making the eardrums that had been accustomed to sound and vibration tingle and dull pain. Li Tai couldn't help but shake his head, and secretly said in his heart that one day when he had the final say, he would have to melt all these temple bells and mint money!

But then again, there has to be a routine for this coinage. The imperial court plans to mint five baht new money this year, one is that the circulation of the new money minted by the Eastern Wei Dynasty is acceptable, and it is also one of the important reasons why the Jinyang Bafu can collect Hebei's material resources, and the second is that the people's livelihood economy in Guanzhong is recovering year by year, and the demand for currency transactions is also surging, and the third is that the copper and tin metals obtained by sweeping the Buddhist temple the year before last have to find a way to realize them.

However, Li Tai is not optimistic about this, because the matter itself lacks a long-term stable plan, and it also lacks an administrative basis for supervision and enforcement.

When the bell stopped, a group of armored soldiers marched through the house with some of the dejected people, some of whom were even whipped.

"These are all officials in the government who have been absent in the morning and evening for several days and have failed to perform in the appraisal, and they will be punished with different punishments!"

Dugu Xin saw that Li Tai was a little dazed, so he explained with a smile, and then pointed at Li Tai and praised: "In previous years, the affairs of the house were complicated and disorganized, and it was quite difficult to check whether things were successful or not, so the personnel were scattered. But when the method of passing the test decided by Boshan was implemented here, the appearance was greatly improved, and the masses became diligent because of this, which is really a wonderful strategy to control people and use things! ”

When Li Tai heard this, he laughed dryly, and even the wailing of the government official who had been whipped became harsh, and sure enough, the world was as black as a crow, and there was no good person when he was the boss. If he, a thief, can't become a boss, he won't want to be popular wherever he goes!