Chapter 43: Meeting
In the days of Xingqing Mansion for nearly a year, Zhao Ran made a fortune, with a total of more than 100,000 taels of real money, silver bills, and various assets in his hands!
Of course, it will take some time for the silver tickets to be withdrawn from the major money banks in Xingqing Mansion - such a large amount of cash is really to be cashed out in one go, and several money banks have to vomit blood.
In addition, Zhao Ran also had to hurry up and let Li Laoshi quickly sell the salt, spices, silk and satin, gold beads and jade ornaments, grain and other things that were worth the price, and quickly organize a caravan to bring back to Daming. When these materials arrive in Daming, the value will be doubled!
Through the funds raised at this auction, Tianmatai Temple sold 3,000 shares and received 60,000 taels of silver in one fell swoop. Half of them were thick stacks of silver tickets, stuffed with sandalwood boxes two feet square, and they looked quite shocking. The rest of the bargaining assets have also been harvested.
Xuan Tan sent flying talismans to Tianmatai Temple regardless of the cost, and within a few days, the first seat of the West Hall and the first seat of the East Hall led sixteen cultivation disciples to rush to Xingqing Mansion under the starry night.
Liang Xingxia vacated the small courtyard adjacent to the Jinbo Club to house the people from Tianmatai Temple, and these monks stayed at home, guarding the wooden boxes and large boxes of belongings day and night, which made Zhao Ran laugh.
But after laughing for a long time, he was a little empty. The first seat of the west hall and the first seat of the east hall were proposed, and they wanted to meet the owner. Zhao Ran thought about it and found an excuse to hide. These two heads are all high monks in the bhikshu realm, and people don't pay attention to it, once they use their supernatural powers to see Zhao Ran, Zhao Ran's magic weapon mask will be exposed.
Two days later, the abbot Long Yang once again led the three deacons in the temple to Xingqing Mansion.
At this moment, Zhao Ran felt more pressure - Long Yang asked to meet with the "Cheng Dongjia".
As an important partner of Jinbo Club, and also a shareholder of Tianma Pharmaceutical, the abbot of Tianmatai Temple asked to meet, no matter what, it is not easy to shirk, the so-called dodge can not hide from the first day of the first month, unless Zhao Ran sneaks back to Daming now, otherwise it is reasonable to dodge.
Entrusted by Zhao Ran, Liang Xingxia was soon welcomed in by Xuan Tan after reporting at the gate of the house, and then met a group of monks from Tianmatai Temple.
Seeing that there were only the abbot Long Yang in the house, the first seat of the east and west halls, and the mantle monk Xuan Tan, Liang Xingxia made it clear that he came to apologize for the Cheng family.
"Why is this because the Cheng family doesn't want to meet?" Abbot Long Yang was puzzled, but he was only one step away from attaining the status of an arhat, so he was not angry.
Liang Xingxia said: "The hardships of the Chengdong family are actually very simple, after all, he is from the Ming Dynasty. ”
The first seat of the West Hall asked: "You want to explain that the enemy country of Xia can't come and go, so why did the Chengdong family make such a big situation in Xingqing Mansion?"
Liang Xingxia explained: "Now the two countries are still facing each other in Baima Mountain, he is a Ming businessman, doing some business in private to make a living, and earning some subsidized silver, although he can't be on the table, but it is also a practice that has been in use for hundreds of years, and no one will accuse him of anything." Even if you talk about business with Master Xuan Heng and Master Xuan Tan, it is okay. But after all, you are different, either the abbot is the first seat, if the owner and the monks openly meet and interact with each other, not only the Ming Dynasty does not agree, even in front of all aspects of this Xingqing Mansion, I am afraid it is not reasonable. It's like cooperating with your temple, why do you want to toss a Tianma Pharmaceutical to come out? It's also to have something to hide people's eyes and ears in the middle. ”
With such an explanation, the abbot and the two heads understood, and the abbot Long Yang said: "Shopkeeper Liang, this is my inconsiderate consideration, and I also ask Shopkeeper Liang to tell the owner and apologize on behalf of us." ”
Liang Xingxia said: "This can't be talked about, in fact, the Cheng family still wants to meet with the monks, but unfortunately the situation is not up to others...... If it is spread out, the Chengdong family has a large family in Daming, and there is also Tianlong Academy above you......"
The monks nodded, and Liang Xingxia said again: "Although we can't see each other, but your affairs, Cheng Dongjia has always been concerned about it, he has been in Cuiming Mountain for the past two days, and he is busy with the affairs of the Cuiming Mountain Courtyard for you." If you have any ideas, you can put them forward by me or Master Xuan Tan, and the Cheng Dong family will definitely satisfy you. ”
When Liang Xingxia helped cover up, Zhao Ran was indeed at the foot of Cuiming Mountain.
Cuiming Mountain and dozens of surrounding hills, as well as the mountain valley formed by two streams, are the territory of the Yeli family, and the Yeli family has a manor on the bank of the Tuotuo River under the Cuiming Mountain, and Yeli Huaide lives here with Zhao Ran.
Cuiming Mountain is not high, the highest place is only about 30 zhang away from the river valley, but there are a few fast and quite gentle half-mountain flats in the mountain, the largest is about 60 or 70 acres of land, and the smallest is also 3 or 4 acres. Therefore, Zhao Ran made the decision and prepared to build Mingcui Villa here.
The largest Banshan Ping will be used for the Tianmatai Temple Annex and a pharmaceutical workshop, and several other Banshan Pings will be used for medicinal herb plantations.
It is said that Zhao Ran has already reached the deadline now, and it is time to return to Daming, but he is such a character, as long as he doesn't go back for a day, he always can't help but "fulfill his mission".
Cuiming Mountain has been transferred to Tianma Pharmaceutical from the manor property of the Yeli family, and Tianma Pharmaceutical has paid a total of 500 taels of silver to the Yeli family.
It's just a barren mountain, a small barren mountain like this in the Yeli family, there are no less than three hundred in the entire Xia Kingdom, and even the name of Cuiming Mountain was added by Zhao Ran, and this hill had no name at all more than a month ago. can be exchanged for five hundred taels of silver, which is also a small profit.
The reason why Yeli Huaide patiently accompanied Zhao Ran over was that he admired Zhao Ran's business experience in his heart, and he also wanted to follow Zhao Ran to figure out the way of "behaving in the world";
Thanks to Zhao Ran's blessing, the Yeli family has recently earned a lot of silver, not only solving the supply of the new cavalry commander, but also accumulating tens of thousands of taels. Therefore, Yeli Wangrong wants to compare the style of "Cuiming Villa" and also make a certain villa to come out as a farewell to Yeli's family for summer vacation.
How to build and how to build, these issues do not need to be considered by Zhao Ran and Yeli Huaide, they mainly make suggestions according to the planning drawing, and the on-site modifications that need to be modified.
On the evening of this day, Yeli Huaide came out of Zhao Ran's room and went to rest, Zhao Ran was tired for a day, and he was also ready to enter the meeting and continue to practice his innate merit scriptures.
As soon as he took a sip of water, he heard a knock on the door of the room, and Zhao Ran thought that Yeli Huaide had something to do and came back to him, so he went to open the door.
I saw a tall and thin old monk standing in the moonlight.
The courtyard door outside the room was closed, and there was no one around the old monk to introduce him, so he stood at the bottom of the stairs at night, looking at Zhao Ran with a smile, and Zhao Ran felt that it was strange.
Although Zhao Ran has just entered the realm of Yushi, he is just a small monk, but he has experienced many battles since his debut, and he can be said to have rich experience in facing the enemy, just a moment of effort, Zhao Ran has already gone through the array disk, magic weapon, and talisman in the storage wrench, how to lay out the formation, which magic weapon to activate to defend himself, and use those talismans to attack, and in a blink of an eye, he has formulated a strategy against the enemy.
However, whether he can beat the old monk in front of him, Zhao Ran has no score in his heart. His whole body collapsed extremely tightly, ready to strike at any moment.
Just as he was thinking about how to get out, the old monk folded at the bottom of the steps and said: "Amitabha, become the owner, forgive the poor monk for coming without telling him." ”
Zhao Ran stabilized his mind: "Who is the master?" Why do you come late at night?"
The old monk said: "The poor monk is the abbot of Tianmatai Temple, and his law name is Longyang. ”
“...... Master, what a ...... Masters...... "Zhao Ran's tense nerves relaxed a little, and he felt a little unhappy in his heart.......
Lao Tzu said that it is inconvenient to meet, you still have to come hard, and run over in the middle of the night, who to scare?
The old monk was ashamed and said: "Cheng Dong's concerns, Liang Da shopkeeper has informed the poor monk, but Liang Da shopkeeper said that Cheng Dongjia actually wants to meet the poor monk, so the poor monk did not tell him." Cheng Dong's family was relieved, and no one knew about the poor monk's coming. ”
Zhao Ran was speechless, and said in his heart, Master, are you really good like this? Liang Xingxia may have said some kind words, but do you really take these kind words seriously?
But after thinking about it, the monks of Tianmatai Temple that I came into contact with, whether it was Xuan Tan or Xuan Heng, including the three generations of monks of the two bamboo generations, they were all stupid, could it be that this is the inheritance of Tianmatai Temple?
Since he had come, it was not good to close the door and not see him, so Zhao Ran had to welcome the old monk into the room, with a smile on his face, and enthusiastically poured tea.
"Come, Master. This is Tianshan Snow Lotus Tea. Don't look at the snow lotus was beaten into the price of cabbage a while ago, but it is actually a good thing, the medicinal effect is remarkable, after being made into tea, although it is slightly bitter, it is sweet after bitterness. By the way, master, if your temple has a surplus of silver, you can take it out and buy some snow lotus, and the price will rise in the future. ”
Hearing that it was another suggestion to buy Snow Lotus, Long Yang's eyelids jumped, and he smiled bitterly: "Thank you for the guidance of the Cheng Dongjia, but Snow Lotus...... I don't dare to touch this again, and I'm really scared. ”