The camp of the Ming army.

Lu Xiangsheng and many generals of the Ming army got together, and everyone was sad and had no food.

"Squire, now that there is no food, what should I do next?"

Li Chongzhen said sadly, without food, the army may collapse at any time.

"This official has already sent someone to Wuchang Mansion."

Lu Xiangsheng said calmly: "There will definitely be food arranged over there, let's hold here first." ”

"Squire, what should the rebels do?"

Lei Shisheng on the side said: "Now that the spies have come to report, the rebels have arrived in Sinan Mansion, and there are not enough soldiers and horses over there to stop the rebels." ”

Hu Zhongwu and Li Zicheng are different, Li Zicheng and their subordinates are all hungry people, and they have been chased and suppressed by them for many years, it is difficult to become a climate, but Hu Zhongwu is different, Hu Zhongwu's soldiers and horses are all the people of Jingzhou Mansion, and the cohesion is much higher than Li Zicheng.

What's more, this time Hu Zhongwu and his evacuation from Jingzhou Mansion also took away a large amount of grain, gold, silver and jewelry, once Hu Zhongwu and them were relieved, it would become a big trouble again.

"We'll talk about that later."

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, he can't help this, these soldiers and horses who are counterinsurgents in various places do not have special logistics and food supplies, and they basically fight wherever they go, and they raise grain and grass in the surrounding prefectures and counties.

Because the imperial court has no way to mobilize so much grain and grass, and there is no need, it is more convenient to raise grain and grass in the surrounding prefectures and counties instead of transporting it all the way and spending countless amounts along the way.

It's just that this time Hu Zhongwu and they are too ruthless, they have robbed all the rich households in the surrounding prefectures and counties, if they want food, they can only rob the people of the rations for their lives, but if they do this, they don't have to chase and kill Hu Zhongwu and them, just stay and quell the rebellion.

…

Jingshi, Suzhou Hutong.

At night, in the Tianxiang Building, the lights are bright, laughter and laughter, and occasionally a few drunken sons and brothers tease the passing Qinglou women, causing a coquettish voice.

In a side room, several sons and brothers were dazed, and judging from the dress of several people, they were obviously Confucian scholars.

At this time, one of them suddenly said, "You know what? There is a new temple on the side of Mingyufang, called Pudu Temple, and their abbot, Master Cihang, is extremely skilled. ”

"Mingyufang?"

Another man in a blue robe wondered, "Those bald donkeys from Jinzhong Temple, Daji Temple, and Jinchan Temple didn't come to the door to ask for trouble?" ”

This capital is not a cat and a dog can come in to eat mixed food, every piece of land has a master, there are already three temples on the side of Mingyufang, there are a number of pilgrims, no one wants to have one more person to grab food.

So if you want to build a temple in Mingyufang, you have to face the three temples first, don't look at all of them are usually high-ranking monks, and they all shout that all beings are equal, my Buddha is merciful, and I have a hand, few of them are ruthless.

"How could it not be."

The man who spoke first shook his head and smiled: "The abbots of the three temples went to Pudu Temple two days ago to talk to Master Cihang about Buddhism, and guess what? ”

Speaking of which, the man did not continue, but sold a pass.

"Let's talk about it."

Seeing this, the blue-robed man hurriedly urged: "Don't sell it." ”

Urged by the blue-robed man, the man did not continue to sell Guanzi, and said with a smile: "The abbots of those temples went to Pudu Temple and talked about Buddhism with Master Cihang for three days, and finally were impressed by Master Cihang and worshiped under Master Cihang. ”

"How is this possible?"

Hearing the man's words, the blue-robed man couldn't help frowning and said, "The abbots of those families are not weak in their Dharma cultivation, how can they be so easily convinced?" Didn't the people in their temple go to make trouble? ”

You must know that there are countless masters in the Beijing Division, and there are countless masters, and there is no one who can get a place in the Beijing Division, and there is no simple one, those few who can gain a foothold in the capital, at least have a first-class realm of Buddhist cultivation, how can they be so easily convinced.

Besides, even if they are convinced, it is unlikely that they will apprentice, after all, they all have temples behind them, and worshipping Cihang as a teacher means that the temples behind them will also fall into the hands of Cihang, even if they themselves are willing, the disciples and grandchildren below them are not willing.

"It's going to make trouble."

The man said with a strange face: "Then the people of those temples were all impressed by Master Cihang, and they worshiped under Master Cihang together. ”

Hearing this, the faces of everyone present showed a strange look, although there are many strange things that happen every day in this capital, but there are not many such strange things.

"How about the big guy go to this Pudu Temple tomorrow?"

At this point, another man spoke.

"Okay."

Hearing this, someone immediately responded, these people don't have much on weekdays, but they have a lot of time, how can such a fun thing be less for them.

"Then let's go check it out."

The blue-robed man also said with a smile.

…

The next day, the group gathered early and headed towards the Pudu Temple in Mingyufang.

It's just that when I came to Pudu Temple, it was already crowded with people, and a large number of pilgrims came to Pudu Temple to burn incense and make wishes, and the group finally squeezed to the door of the backyard of Pudu Temple.

"Several donors, the backyard of the small temple is not for guests, please forgive me."

At this time, a small novice stopped a few people and performed a Buddhist ritual.

"Little master, we want to meet your abbot, I wonder if we can make it convenient?"

The blue-robed man arched his hand and said.

"I wonder if the benefactors and the abbot of my family are old?"

Hearing this, the little novice replied, "The little monk should go and report it." ”

"Little master, below is Mu Xizhong, the supervisor of Guozijian, they are Ma Yuanzheng, Shang Dashao, Ren Dongxiu, and they are also classmates below, I heard the name of the abbot and wanted to come to visit."

The blue-robed man Mu Xizhong arched his hand and said.

Hearing Mu Xizhong's words, Xiao Shami hurriedly said: "A few distinguished guests, wait a minute, let the little monk go and report it." ”

After saying that, the little novice hurried into the backyard.

After a while, Mu Xizhong and the others met Master Cihang of Pudu Temple.

Mu Xizhong looked at Master Cihang, his face was white, his smile was kind, and he exuded a gentle aura all over his body, which made everyone who approached have a peaceful thought in their hearts.

Sure enough, he is a high-ranking monk!

Feeling his peace of mind, Mu Xizhong said silently in his heart.

Looking at the few lambs in front of him, Cihang was also full of smiles, and after a pause, Cihang asked with a smile: "I don't know how many donors want to see the old man, why do they want to?" ”

"Mage, I've heard that your skills are extremely high."

Mu Xizhong arched his hand and said: "I have waited for a long time and failed, it is too painful, and I hope that the mage can show us the way." ”

These people usually want money and money, and their only pursuit is fame, but unfortunately the imperial examination is not so easy, they can spend money to enter the Guozijian, but the imperial examination is not something they can control.

Because what they want is not just the middle lift, but the second or even the first class, because it is difficult for ordinary third-class jinshi to get ahead, they are a merchant family, although the family is rich, but the family background is not good, and now that the court has been finalized, it is impossible for them to slowly climb up in a few decades.

And with their family background, it is difficult for them to be promoted quickly as the top three, after all, the court also has rules, and it is impossible to open the way with silver all the time, and it is not something they can climb that can be promoted quickly.

"A few donors have found the wrong person, the old man is a monk, but he doesn't have the ability to show the way to several donors."

Cihang said calmly: "Several donors still have to study with peace of mind." ”

"Mage, we've worked hard."

Mu Xizhong arched his hand and said, "I hope the mage will have mercy on us." ”

"A few donors, the old man can only do his best, if it doesn't work, I hope the donors don't blame."

Seeing this, Cihang chuckled.

Hearing Cihang's words, Mu Xizhong and the others also laughed, if they want to get along in Beijing, they naturally have to deal with high-ranking officials and magnates, but these temples have natural advantages.

It is very difficult for them to climb the relationship with the big people, but it is not difficult for these temples, and the family members of the big people often come to the temple to burn incense and make wishes, so the temple can easily connect with the big people.

Now that the Pudu Temple has just been established, it is the time to make good connections everywhere, and now if they can form a good relationship with the Pudu Temple, there will be many benefits in the future.

In fact, not only Pudu Temple, but also other temples and Taoist temples they often go to, but those temples that have been built for a long time are not at all they can get a relationship with, only Pudu Temple, a temple that has just been established, can they have a relationship.

Because the current Pudu Temple also needs to find a way to get in touch with those big people in the court, and the best way is to combine interests, only the temple can bring a lot of benefits to those big people, and those big people will give the temple shelter from the wind and rain.

That's all they want, as long as they can get in touch with those big people through Pudu Temple, their family's money will have a place to help.

After reaching a consensus, the atmosphere between the two sides suddenly improved a lot, and after a while, Mu Xizhong and the others said goodbye with a smile, and at the same time left a large amount of incense money.

…

Just after Mu Xizhong and the others left, the little novice who was waiting on the side wondered: "Lord, why do you have to be so good to those mortals?" ”

"It's none of your business."

Hearing this, Cihang's originally kind and gentle smile became cold and hideous: "This seat asked you to find a way to spread the reputation of Pudu Temple, how did you do it?" ”

"Back to the Lord, we are already doing it, and now in the capital, the reputation of Pudu Temple is already known to everyone."

Hearing Cihang's words, Xiao Shami hurriedly said.

"That's good."

Hearing this, Cihang's expression regained his kindness and gentleness, and he smiled gently: "If this seat can be successful, you can also be stained, if someone mistakes the matter of this seat, you just want to die is a luxury, you know?" ”

"Rest assured, the little ones will never dare to miss the big things of the Lord."

Xiao Shami said hurriedly.

"Let's get out."

Cihang said calmly: "Today's soup soup continues, there must be enough porridge, and the good name of this seat must spread throughout the entire Jingshi within a month, understand?" ”

"Lord, in this case, there will not be enough silver in the temple."

Hearing this, Xiao Shami's face was bitter, now there is a drought in various places, there are too many displaced people in the capital, and there is a shortage of food in the capital, and the price of grain is too expensive, and the temple has to spend thousands of taels of silver to buy food every day, and there is not so much silver in the temple at all.

"No money?"

Cihang said coldly: "Won't you think of a way? Is it possible to do it yourself? ”

"Rest assured, Lord, we will do well."

Hearing Cihang's words, Xiao Shami's heart trembled instantly, and he still dare not forget the brutality of Cihang's killing at the beginning.

"Go ahead."

Cihang waved his hand.

Hearing this, the little novice suddenly felt like he had been pardoned, and hurriedly left the room.

…

Time passed little by little, with the Pudu Temple continued to give a large amount of porridge, the reputation of the Pudu Temple spread throughout the entire Jingshi, up to the dignitaries, down to the peddlers and pawns, everyone knew that the Pudu Temple Cihang Master is a living Bodhisattva who saves the world, for a time, the incense of the Pudu Temple has become extremely prosperous.

………

Nanjing City.

In the scientific research institute, Hou Sui and many children of the Mo family surrounded an engine covered with various patterns, staring intently at the engine, at this time, the engine emitted a slight vibration, and then more than a dozen gears on the side also rotated rapidly.

"It worked!"

For a while, everyone couldn't help but jump excitedly!

"Dean, we succeeded."

Huang Xiang on the side said excitedly: "The time has come for our Mo family to prosper. ”

This engine was created by Hou Sui by combining the Mohist mechanism technique, Taoist alchemy, and Buddhist alchemy, and the power of this engine far exceeded that of all previous engines, and the power was hundreds or thousands of times greater.

"Let's put this engine on the puppet first."

The corners of Hou Sui's mouth also rose slightly, since the last time the Trap Beast broke through Nanjing City, his attention was attracted to the Trap Beast, after all, compared to other things, once the Mo Family Trap Beast is equipped with an engine, it can exert more power.

So he has been trying to find a way to completely combine the engine with the Mo family trap beast, but the effect really makes him a little disappointed, because the power of the engine is too weak, although it can urge the Mo family trap beast, but the action is too late.

It's not just that the power of the engine is weak, but even the fuel of the engine is also a problem, like the giant machine beast that attacked Nanjing City last time, it is okay, the internal space is large, and it can hold a lot of fuel.

However, the trap beast he was going to build now was a two-zhang tall Mojia puppet, and it was impossible for this puppet to hold too much fuel, because according to his idea, it was to let the warrior enter it to control the puppet.

The defense of the puppet is strong, and the strength is also extremely strong, coupled with the sensitive reaction of the warrior, as long as the fuel is endless, this kind of Mojia puppet can completely sweep the army of 100,000 with its own strength.

For this reason, he spent a lot of time on the engine and fuel, but fortunately, Su Hao opened all the spells to him, and combined the heads of the Mohists, Taoism, and Buddhism to solve the problem of the engine and fuel, and created the engine in front of him.

(End of chapter)