After Lin Lingsu came to the capital, he and hundreds of other Taoist priests lived together in Taiyi Palace and waited for the exam.

Huangshang is short of manpower, and temporary workers are recruited in various Taoist temples in the capital.

There is no pay, only food, but one hour a day is allowed for temporary workers to read the scriptures.

There were very few applicants, and they could have eaten and lived for free.

Lin Lingsu quickly signed up, he was there to read a book!

This gentleman's family was poor when he was young, and he was thrown into the temple since he was a child, and he was a small novice for many years. Because he was mistreated by the old monk, he escaped from the temple and became a Taoist priest. But it's just that there is no wild road to the degree, and I usually run the rivers and lakes and learn some illusion tricks.

He said that he worshiped Zhao Sheng, a Taoist from Shushan Mountain, as a teacher, but anyone with a normal brain knew that he was talking nonsense.

Because Zhao Sheng is a character in "The Legend of the Immortals", he is Zhang Daoling's last disciple in the world, and he ascended to heaven with Zhang Daoling to become an immortal!

Lin Lingsu was very disgusted with monks, and after he succeeded in illusion, he traveled back and forth between the two Huai regions. As long as the money is spent, he will go to the temple to eat and drink for nothing, and use illusions to calm the monk and dare not do it.

More than ten years of experience in running rivers and lakes, plus being a monk when he was a child, made Lin Lingsu very familiar with Buddhism and Taoism.

He has completed his religious practice to the fullest, but he lacks only a solid theoretical foundation.

The main reason is that Taoist books are difficult to find, unlike the Internet era, where you can read them casually with a mouse and keyboard.

Lin Lingsu didn't even have a master, and all he could contact was ordinary Taoist scriptures on the market. He was completely blind to himself, and then ran to find a serious Taoist priest to discern the scriptures, accumulating Taoist knowledge little by little.

Therefore, the Taoist priests who have been in contact with Lin Lingsu all feel that this person is distorting the scriptures.

"You have sorted out this room of scriptures," Huang Sheng said to a few temporary Taoist priests, "and you can read them by yourself every day, but you are not allowed to take them out." ”

Lin Lingsu looked at the room full of Taoist books, both eyes were glowing, what he lacked was this thing!

After Huang Sheng left, several temporary workers and Taoist priests immediately rushed in to sort out the scriptures.

They had an idea with Lin Lingsu and wanted to get a few precious Taoist scriptures to read.

So while sorting out the books, I looked for what I wanted and put it aside to read.

Finally, an errand came to remind: "The time has come." ”

The Taoist priests immediately picked up the Taoist scriptures and looked at them, and Lin Lingsu chose a position by the window to make up for his theoretical knowledge.

This gentleman is really smart, and his memory is very good.

Every day, I also make reading notes, and according to my own experience of more than 20 years, I will repair and adjust some deficiencies in Taoism.

For example, Taoist rituals, Lin Lingsu felt that it was not perfect enough. Confucian sacrifices can learn from some, and Buddhist rituals can learn from some, and they are all stuffed into Taoism, so that Taoist rituals become more solemn, solemn, mysterious, and majestic.

"There's another fight next door!" A temporary Taoist priest said.

"Let's go see the excitement."

Lin Lingsu also followed, and the next room was already noisy.

Those were all serious Taoist officials, and the number increased a lot, and there were twenty people for Huang Shang to dispatch.

The content of their quarrel was "Journey to the West", and the Neidan faction liked it very much and planned to sacrifice it to the emperor. The Waidan sect likes stories, but hates Buddhism, believing that this book is not suitable for external transmission, and ordinary people cannot understand the connotation, and only know that Tang monks learn scriptures, which will lead to greater influence on Buddhism.

There were also Taoist priests who believed that the book could be dedicated to the emperor, but that it would have to be heavily revised.

quarreled and quarreled, but there was no result, and "Journey to the West" just lay there eating ashes.

Lin Lingsu looked disdainful, a book that takes Buddhist scriptures, what is there to quarrel about? When he was developed, he asked the Buddha to change his honorific name.

The other temporary workers were still listening to people arguing, and Lin Lingsu had already returned to the house to continue his research on Taoist theory.

There are many Taoist treasures as nutrients, and Lin Lingsu's knowledge is advancing day by day. He learned more in a few days than he did in a year or two among the people, but because he was completely self-taught, he understood the Taoist scriptures in many places different from others.

To be able to roll out of the thousands of Taoist priests in the capital, Lin Lingsu must have the ability.

He understands meteorology, illusion, and medicine.

The most important thing is that he has been dealing with the three religions and nine streams all year round, and he can understand people's hearts!

Once he got the opportunity to meet the emperor, Song Huizong pouted his ass, and Lin Lingsu knew what shit he was going to pull.

……

However, it was said that Lin Lingsu was making up Taoist theories in Tokyo, and Xue Daoguang was carrying his bags all the way west.

Taoist books are all secrets that are not passed on, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see them, but now the Taoist poems of the ancestors appear in large numbers.

Xue Daoguang wants to see which senior brother wrote "Journey to the West".

He had a formal Taoism on him, and the emperor believed in Taoism. When encountering a post station on the way, Xue Daoguang only needs to take out the road, not only can he eat and live for nothing, but also use the means of transportation for free.

In more than a month, he went from Kaifeng to Hanzhong.

And he was full of energy, without the slightest hint of exhaustion.

When I came to the outside of Xingyuanfu, I saw large areas of unknown crops planted in the fields on the outskirts.

There were also a few archers, patrolling back and forth in the vicinity, and when they saw someone approaching, they scolded: "This is overseas immortal food, and you can also see it?" Get out of the way, don't disturb the fairy spirit! ”

Immortal food?

Hearing this, Xue Daoguang walked over and asked, "Where did the immortal food come from?" ”

He combed his hair and wore Taoist clothes, and the archers did not dare to slack off, and arched his hand and said: "This is the seed that Zhu Chenggong, the son of the Eight Elements, got from the hands of overseas immortals, and asked for some to be planted in the field. ”

Xue Daoguang learned from Wang Qi that the authors of "Journey to the West" were Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming's father and son, and that Zhu Ming was Zhu Chenggong, the son of the Eight Elements.

Could it be that Zhu Guoxiang is really his junior brother, and he has also visited immortals overseas?

Xue Daoguang asked again: "What is the name of this immortal grain?" ”

The archer said, "Call it corn, and the yield per mu is several stones." mentioned that immortal food has immortal energy, and mortals can't stand it. After this year's harvest, only a few seeds were awarded to the blessed and virtuous gentry. If the little people dare to steal the seeds, they will all be caught in prison! ”

"The yield per mu is ...... several stones" Xue Daoguang understood a little, and nodded in approval, "But he is a good official." ”

The more people are not allowed to plant, the more people will plant!

Those few cornfields, people come to peek every day, and the attention has been full.

The archer pointed to the sweet potatoes between the rows: "This is a fairy potato, and it also has fairy energy." ”

Xue Daoguang left with a smile, more interested in his junior brother.

He took the road, went to the post station to get a boat, went down the water, and came to the outside of Yangzhou the next day.

When the official ship docked, Xue Daoguang hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for sending me off, farewell!" ”

The boatman didn't give a good face, in the past, the post station only entertained officials, but now they even have to receive Taoist priests, and they are busy for half a day without extra pay.

Xue Daoguang smiled and threw out a silver coin.

The boatman hurriedly caught it, and found that it was not iron, nor did it look like copper, so he immediately smiled and said, "Dao Ye go slowly." ”

Xue Daoguang is rich, although he is not much, but he is also generous.

He doesn't pay attention to money, and earns it when he spends it.

He didn't go to the post station again to be looked at, and walked into a restaurant outside the dock: "Two bowls of rice, one plate of fried meat, and two taels of rice wine." ”

"Okay!" The shop guy greeted him warmly.

Although the Jindan Nanzong of Taoism was later classified as Quanzhen Dao, they did not taboo meat and wine at this time.

In particular, the five patriarchs of the founding school, one by one, "understand the three teachings and learn through the nine streams". They can go in and out of the mansions of princes and generals, they can also mingle with the people at the bottom of society, they can talk about Zen with monks, and they can also talk poetry with Confucian scholars.

Also, drink and slash people with knives!

"Lang Jun, it's here, it's bought!" A servant burst into the shop.

A young man was eating wine in the shop, and when the servant came to him, he hurriedly asked, "But the gentleman's tea?" ”

The servant carried the things in his hand: "It's all first-class gentleman's tea." ”

The young man smiled, "That's all right." ”

Some of the tea leaves bought by the servants were packaged in wooden tubes, and a layer of lacquer was painted to prevent moisture. The cylinder surface is carved with plum blossoms, engraved with the words "gentleman's tea", "Zhengjun", "how to get plum blossoms fragrant without a cold bone".

There are also a lot of loose ones, which are wrapped in oiled paper.

The Zheng family sells it very expensively, and the purchase price of first-class green tea is less than 90 yuan, but the price in Yangzhou reaches 300 yuan.

It doesn't seem too luxurious, but this is Yangzhou, and this is a tea-producing place!

Of course, the Zheng family also has a cost to sell tea, not to mention the store tax and loose tea tax, and transportation and marketing are the main ones.

Gifts to the governor, gifts to the state judgment, gifts to the county, and even the Xingyuan Mansion went to give gifts to officials. I don't ask for anything else, I just want the officials to be able to use green tea to entertain guests, and those green teas are also given away for free.

Some officials don't accept it, some officials don't look at it, and some officials don't even see each other.

There are some twists and turns, but the effects are already being revealed.

The transporter felt that the green tea was not bad and convenient to drink, so he entertained the guests with green tea several times.

The news soon spread throughout the Transit Division, then to the Xingyuan Mansion and then to the Nanzheng County Mansion. The officials who didn't take green tea seriously hurriedly rummaged through the gifts sent by the Zheng family, and also followed the trend of using green tea to entertain guests.

After coming and going, the wealthy merchants of Xingyuan Mansion inquired about the source of tea. In addition to drinking it themselves, they also want to buy it as a gift!

The spread is so rapid, it is not enough to rely on hype alone, the main thing is that the green tea itself is excellent.

The young man opened the oiled paper bag and smelled it: "The fragrance is not stuffy, it is quiet and high, it is indeed a good thing." This Zheng family is very troublesome, there are good tea leaves that are not sold in Xingyuan Mansion, and we have to come to Yangzhou for a trip. ”

The servant said: "Lang Jun, the tea, wine and vinegar in Xingyuan Mansion have all been bought by the Wu family, the Huang family, and the Chen family, and the Zheng family can't go there to open a shop." ”

"That's right, we have to wait for those three to buy." The young man nodded.

The young man twisted the tea leaves in his hand and muttered: "Junzi tea, Junzi tea, but I haven't drunk it yet, I don't know what it tastes like." Go get the kettle water from the store! ”

Boiling water was ready-made, and the shopkeeper quickly came over with a kettle.

The young man had just brewed tea when someone suddenly entered the store with a sack.

The shopkeeper was very happy to see it, and personally hung up the water sign with "Junzi Tea" written on it, and shouted at the top of his throat: "Our store supplies Junzi Tea, a bowl of five cents, and you can add water to brew it many times." This gentleman's tea is not simple, it is fried by Zhu Zhengjun, the son of the Eight Elements, and the ministers of the government love to drink it, and the scholars in the state also love to drink it......"

Is it in the restaurant?

It's only five pennies a bowl?

The young man instantly felt that the gentleman's tea in the bowl was not fragrant.

"What kind of tea is in this shop?" The young man asked.

The shopkeeper replied, "Third class." ”

The young man muttered, "It's not just a matter of waiting. ”

"Make me a bowl," said one diner, "I've heard of Junzi Tea for a long time, but I haven't drunk it yet, but I'm going to try it today." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly came over, grabbed a handful from the sack, threw it into a bowl and poured boiling water.

"That's it?"

"Junzi tea is very expensive, and it only costs five cents."

The diner didn't have to say anything more, he had already finished his meal, and when the boiling water was a little cooler, he couldn't wait to taste it.

found that the neighboring tables were looking at him, and the diners immediately praised: "Good tea, not astringent, very greasy." ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "The ministers of the government like to drink it, so it is naturally a good tea." ”

If it was just spread from top to bottom, it would never have spread so quickly, and the Zheng family also made up stories and hired people to tell them everywhere. Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the nobles who love to drink green tea, so that the little people have all kinds of speculations.

Another diner who is not short of money said, "I'll have a bowl too!" ”

Xue Daoguang finished cooking two bowls of rice, listened to the discussion in the store, and became more curious about that "junior brother" in his heart.

Why is it that from Xingyuan Mansion to Yangzhou, there are shadows of their father and son everywhere?

It's even spread to Kaifeng, and this fame is too big!

"Bring me a bowl too," Xue Daoguang shouted, "Don't put too little tea, just a moderate amount, a lot of your money." ”

The shopkeeper threw more: "Qiwen." ”

Xue Daoguang looked at the tea leaves that were gradually brewing, the green color was likable, and it was much more natural than the group tea.

After waiting for a while, Xue Daoguang tasted it carefully, nodded and said, "This tea is suitable for cultivators." What is gentleman's tea? It is clearly a Taoist tea, and it must come from the hands of my junior brother. ”

(End of chapter)