At this time, Hangzhou carried out one of the largest projects in history - Qian Biao requisitioned 200,000 people, plus 13 soldiers (capital, special camp, Qian Biao's army formation) soldiers, to jointly build Hangzhou Luocheng - the outer city with a circumference of 70 miles.

In May of this year, the imperial court divided Qian Biao's territory into Suzhou-Hangzhou Road, and naturally, Qian Biao was promoted to an observer. Therefore, he wanted to build a large number of buildings, expand the city of Hangzhou, and build it into a strong fortress.

People are busy building the city, and the Budai monks are also busy, busy playing with sand by the Qiantang River every day.

Gradually, people passing by the river saw the clue and found that he was also building a city, using mud and sand to shape a model of a city.

After another two days, a well-intentioned person saw that the Budai monk was using sand to shape a miniature Hangzhou city.

What a masterpiece! The sand sculpture of Hangzhou City of Budai Monk is vivid and vivid, so this miniature Hangzhou City has caused a sensation in the whole Hangzhou, and people are vying to come to the Qiantang River to watch.

People were amazed and said that it was ingenious.

Some people are puzzled: the Budai monk is not a bird, but he seems to have overlooked Hangzhou from the air, so he can grasp the proportions of each scene just right.

However, most people are secretly laughing at his stupidity: he spent so much effort, but he lost on the beach by the river, and when the tide rises on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, the hula waves sweep over, leaving only a white beach that is really clean!

The cloth bag monk did not regret it, and chanted to the empty beach:

Laughing belly people don't know,

I know what is going on in the bag.

The scattered sand fortress city is empty,

The dream of glory woke up late.

Naturally, the news of the crazy cloth bag monk building a miniature Hangzhou city with sand on the bank of the Qiantang River also reached Qian Biao's ears.

On this day, Qian Biao inspected along the Luocheng city wall that was being built and had begun to take shape, and suddenly thought of the sand city of the Budai monk, and had a strange feeling in his heart, and immediately asked Gu Quanwu to recruit the Budai monk, so that he could see and see the truly majestic, tall, solid and reliable city wall.

After a while, the cloth bag monk was summoned to Qian Biao.

Qian Biao first asked him to follow him to inspect the circle, and then asked, "Master Budai, how is the Luo City I built?" Is it firm? ”

Budai nodded earnestly. He pointed to a protruding pier built every ten zhang on the outside of the city wall and asked, "What is this?" ”

Qian Biao said: "This is the pier platform for building the city tower. After the repair, there will be a castle tower in ten zhang, and no matter where the enemy comes from, he will be shot with bows and arrows from three sides, which should be the most reliable. ”

Budai asked, "Why are they all facing outside the city?" ”

Qian Biao was amused by him: "Master Budai, you are a Buddhist master, but you are not a military master, and you don't know anything about city defense." Only externally can we resist the enemy's attack. ”

Budai said seriously: "The city tower is better than facing the city." ”

Qian Biao thought he was talking crazy again, but he didn't care.

However, nine years later, when the rebel general Xu Juan occupied Luocheng, on the one hand, he attacked the Yacheng where Qian Biao was located, and on the other hand, he used the strong city walls and tall and dense city towers to resist the army that came to reinforce Qian Biao from outside, which happened to fulfill the words of the Budai monk (this is a later story).

Qian Biao asked Budai: "Master, how are you using sand to build a miniature Hangzhou City?" ”

Budai: "Yesterday was the fifteenth, and the tide of the Qiantang River had washed away my Hangzhou city. ”

Qian Biao gloated a little, half mocking and half sympathetic: "You, you, how can you build a city on the beach by the river?" You see, when the tide comes, your hard work will come to naught. ”

Budai nodded, then thought for a while, and said, "I am building a small city on the edge of a small river, and you are building a big city on the edge of a big river; My small city is washed away by a small tide once a half month, and your big city may not be able to withstand the big tide once a year or once every ten years. ”

Qian Biao couldn't help but be stunned. Because, he knows, the Budai monk is talking about the unique astronomical tide of the Qiantang River, every year on August 18, the sea tide comes against the river, the embankment collapses, and the city wall is washed away......

Budai said: "It is better to repair the city than to repair the pond." It is better to build a 70-mile city wall than to build a 10-mile sea pond. ”

Qian Biao said: "Now is an eventful season, and the defense of the city is important. ”

Budai said: "People are always worried about tide damage, panic all day long, how to work with peace of mind? If people's farmland, houses, and property are swept away by the tide, they will naturally flee from the land and leave you with an empty city, what is the use of the city tower? ”

Qian Biao thought seriously for a while and said, "After the situation is stable, I will definitely build a sea pond on the Qiantang River." All the embankments are made of large stones, so that the people of Hangzhou will no longer be affected by the tide for thousands of years. ”

Seventeen years later, four years after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Qian Biao finally completed the vast Qiantang River control project. Its sturdy stone embankment not only resisted the astronomical tides, but also expanded the city of Hangzhou again.

Since then, Hangzhou has become the richest region in the country.

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There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain.

There are many temples in Hangzhou, which are the best in the north and south of the river. In Wulin Mountain (the collective name of the mountains in the west of Hangzhou at that time), the peaks and peaks are undulating, the valleys are vertical and horizontal, there are temples in the mountains, and the hermitage is hidden in the valley. However, hundreds of large and small monasteries and nunnery could not hold a single Budai monk, and he still slept on the streets.

One day in late spring, Gu Quanwu passed by Yongjinmen, saw the Budai monk sitting under the eaves of other people's houses and taking a nap, moved his heart of compassion, and after telling Qian Biao, he invited him to live in the small Buddha hall in the mansion.

However, he regarded Gu Quanwu's kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, and said: "Qian Gumei (Qian Bi's character), think beautiful!" He already has you, a fake monk, fighting for him, what's the use of asking me, a real monk? ”

Although Gu Quanwu is the first general in Hangzhou and has the courage of ten thousand people, he was kind-hearted because he was a monk in his early years, and he didn't care about his tricks, and still said: "You can give a lecture to adults." ”

The Budai monk smiled: "You don't want to think about how funny it is to sit on the solemn and sacred throne with my sloppy appearance!" I'm afraid that the crying mother will also be amused when she sees this scene. ”

Gu Quanwu said: "You can freshen up and dress up!" Pretending to be serious, who wouldn't? ”

But the Budai monk said, "But, is that still me?" ”

This is also true, if the Budai Monk is a serious person, with a straight face, and looks like a saint who does not eat the fireworks of the world, is he still a Budai Monk?

Gu Quanwu said: "Lord Qian invites you to live in the small Buddha hall in the house, which can ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing, which is also a good intention." ”

The Budai monk said, "The loach shabits in the dirty muddy water all day long, how about you kindly get it on a clean countertop?" ”

Gu Quanwu couldn't help but laugh too.

Monk Budai said: "However, I still appreciate your kindness with him. In order to repay you, I want to find you a Zen master who can really preach the scriptures. ”