"This Li Laojun is very famous, he is one of the three Qings, Taishang Laojun, the old Li Er. Patriarch Luban said.

"Is this sect leader or the ancestor of craftsmen?" Piao Ranzi felt strange.

"Yes, ask for wealth in the fire and worship Laojun. Taishang Laojun invented the kiln because of refining the elixir, which was passed down to future generations, and he was the ancestor of the potter. Of course, the Taoist cultivation school passed down by Lao Jun is orthodox. ”

"So, the ancestors of coppersmiths, blacksmiths, potters, pot repairers, and Taoist priests all worship Taishang Laojun?"

"Yes, they can all be said to be disciples of Taishang Laojun. Let's just say that now in the dust, the Taoist priest knocks on the gong and flowers, encounters the blacksmith shop, and can eat and live for nothing for three days inside. ”

"What about in three days?"

"After three days, it will be up to the blacksmith to make it to himself. If the blacksmith is not rich and cannot afford to feed him, he will take the gong of the Taoist priest and tie it to the anvil of the iron, which is to drive him, and the Taoist priest will have to leave without saying a word. ”

"Interesting. Piao Ranzi said, listening to him say this, it is a reason to ask for food from the couplet.

When Confucius traveled around the world, he was trapped by Chen and Cai, and asked his disciples to borrow grain from Fan Dan, and borrowed countless grains. Fan Dan asked Confucius how you will pay it back in the future? Confucius said that I have disciples all over the world, you can ask them for them, and I will let these disciples return it for me. Fan Dan said, "How can I know which one of your disciples is?" Confucius said that it is easy to do, my disciples' doors are all pasted with couplets, as long as you go to my disciple's house to ask for it, there is no reason not to give it. Fan Dan said that if you let the disciple repay the debt, I will also let the disciple collect the debt. Confucius hurriedly asked who your disciple was? Fan Dan smiled and said: Don't look at me as rich now, and the disciples of later generations will also be in trouble, and those in the world who ask for food are my disciples. In this way, the future generations will ask for food, no matter who they go to to ask for food, they are justifiable. Just because Confucius left a book and blessed future generations, no one dares to say: I don't owe you a debt. If you don't want to give, you can only say no.

"Not only Taishang Laojun is the ancestor of these industries, but even our carpenter is also related to the ancestors of other industries. Lu Ban said again. "At that time, I passed down three apprentices, the carpenter learned by the eldest apprentice, the stonemason learned by the second apprentice, and the carpenter learned by the third apprentice. But this stonemason's work is heavily affected, and the mason's work is light, and the weight is uneven, and there are often opinions. It's still the idea I came up with, to change all the rulers they use to make work, and make up for each other's work. The craftsman is the lightest, and his ruler is one foot and two inches. Those two inches were made for the stonemason to make an inch and a half points, and for the carpenter to make five points. Therefore, in later generations, the ruler of the stonemason was counted as one foot, and the ruler of the carpenter was counted as one foot, and the ruler of the carpenter was counted as one foot, and no one in the world dared to say anything. Later, my three apprentices split up and set up their own ancestors, Li Guangming, the ancestor of the mason, and the ancestor of the stonemason, even the Taizu, did not dare to violate the size I specified. ”

"In this way, you and Taishang Laojun have the greatest influence among the nine and eighteen craftsmen?"

"Yes, so to speak. The people of the hundred workers, the gentleman is disdainful, the prejudice of the world, discriminates against us and other craftsmen, but not only the world, but even this heavenly palace is inseparable from our hundred workers. Lu Ban saw that Piaoranzi had finished drinking, put the last mouthful of steamed buns into his mouth, and said, "Let's go, go to work instead, the heavenly craftsmen are waiting." ”

Piao Ranzi hurriedly picked up the axe and followed the ancestor to the construction site. Patriarch Luban asked Piao Ranzi to stay by his side, talking about the style, size, and requirements of the work in his hands. Piao Ranzi carefully learned, what axes, planers, adzes, chisels, one by one.

"Two years of adze, three years of axes. It takes two years to master the adze, and three years to master the axe. Patriarch Luban said.

"Ancestor, it takes five years to learn adzes and axes, so how many years does it take to learn this craft?"

"It's early. Lu Ban smiled, after working for two hours, he was about to call it a day: "Look at this eye of mine?"

"What's wrong with your eyes?" Piao Ranzi leaned over, looked at his left eye, and gasped, "Ancestor, is your eye a fake eye?"

"Yes. That true eye, when the Zhaozhou Bridge was built, was cut off and thrown away by me. Lu Ban said it easily, but it sounded heavy.

Patriarch Luban ordered the heavenly craftsman to call it a day, pulled Piao Ranzi aside alone, sat down and talked about the original story:

When Lu Ban was young, he and his sister Lu Jiang rushed to Zhaozhou, and the two made a bet to build a bridge on the Jiaohe River and the Yehe River overnight. Lu Ban was very conceited, and overnight, he built a moon bridge. It was almost dawn, Lu Jiang rushed to take a peek in secret, saw that his brother's bridge was almost finished, learned a few chicken crows, and Lu Ban hurriedly carved the railing.

Lu Jiang returned to the Yehe River and carved the railing on the bridge unhurriedly. When it was dawn, the people came to see the two stone bridges. The small stone bridge made by Yehe Lu Jiang is like a silver dragon, flying in the air; on the railing, carved dragons and embroidered phoenixes, strange flowers and plants, hundreds of birds and beasts, ingenious workmanship. When I went to see Lu Banxiu's big stone bridge over the river, I was even more stunned, the bridge was like a rainbow falling into the sky, it was simply a genius.

The people of Zhaozhou all praised Lu Ban as a living immortal and a race immortal. One passed ten, ten spread hundreds, and suddenly spread in all directions.

But said that the cheers of the world alarmed a god in the depths of the clouds - Zhang Guolao, he was riding a donkey upside down, passing by from Zhaozhou, heard the voice of the lower world praising Lu Ban, and looked at the river, the stone bridge was full of cars and people, like flowing water, and hurriedly pressed the head of the clouds and came to the bridge.

Zhang Guo called Lu Ban and asked if he had built the bridge. Lu Ban replied yes. Zhang Guolao smiled: "I don't know if you get acquainted with this bridge or not, I want to try it from the bridge." ”

When Lu Ban heard this, he smiled and said: "My stone arch bridge, can't you still help an old man and a donkey? ”

"What if it collapses? Don't blame me. Zhang Guo said.

"If the bridge collapses, it is Lu's poor skills, and he can't complain about your old man. Lu Bandao.

Zhang Guo couldn't wait for this, rode a donkey to the bridge deck, waved his hand, transported the magic of shrinking thousands of mountains, the sun and the moon, and put the sun and moon into the blanket.

When Lu Ban saw that it was not good, he couldn't care about much, so he jumped down into the river, raised his iron arm, and held up the stone bridge with both hands. In this way, Zhang Guolao walked across the bridge, leaving a donkey's hoof print.

After Lu Ban saw the old man leaving, he suddenly thought that he was the fairy Zhang Guolao, blamed himself for having eyes without beads, and he almost ruined his name by saying big things, so in a fit of anger, he picked out one eye and threw it out.

Unexpectedly, at that time, Ma Wangye was passing from Zhaozhou, and when he saw an eyeball thrown in the air, he hurriedly took it and hid it.

Seeing that the bridge had not collapsed, Zhang Guo returned to the sky in a huff. I met Lord Chai and asked him why he was depressed. As soon as Zhang Guo said about Zhaozhou, Chai Wangye didn't believe it, he also went to the lower realm, pushed a wheelbarrow, and came to the Zhaozhou Jiaohe Bridge.

Lu Ban saw that the cart was not a mortal, and there were eight mounds of earth on the cart, like three mountains and five mountains, so he asked him to push the cart slowly. Chai Wang Ye even said that it was okay and went to Zhaozhou Bridge. After the wheelbarrow, a rut was left on the bridge deck...... V