Chapter 16 Charity Hall
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It is not difficult to do small good, but it is not easy to do great good, this is not a problem of money, but a problem of system, which is not good one by one. Zhao Ran's current identity is the Fang Tang Fang Master of Daomen Wuji Academy, and he is considered to have a very high status in a county, not to mention how much he can help people, but it is definitely not very difficult to get bad people. But if he wants to do something, let alone put it in the big tomorrow, even if he puts it in Sichuan Province, or even in Long'an Mansion, he is still an inconspicuous little person, even if he is worth a lot, but it is impossible to do what he wants.
The most typical example is that he rushed to Heshan Station with interest, returned to Wuji Mountain with a disgraced face, and was deflated. Therefore, he also had the idea of setting up his own relief station. With the official document of Wuji Academy, the approval of the county government, and the promise of the full help of the county lieutenant Jin, he started work.
The pine forest two miles east of Guyang County is close to the official road, which passes through Guangyuan County in the northeast of Baoning Province and reaches Hanzhong in Shaanxi, which is an important thoroughfare in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. The pine forest is a pine forest, and the official road is separated by thirty or fifty zhang open land, this open land belongs to the official land, there are some vendors here to sell some tea, cakes and other food, the flow of people is quite large.
Zhao Ran originally wanted to talk to Kong Xianzun and sell this piece of land of less than three acres at the reserve price, but Kong Xianzun didn't do it. Later, he came up with the idea again, saying that he would buy the right to use it for fifty years, and Kong Xianzun was stunned for a long time. After listening to Zhao Ran's explanation of the meaning of "right to use", he still didn't do it, saying that there was no such precedent. In the end, Zhao Ran can use it for free, but there is no time limit, in other words. The government can take it back whenever it wants. This is more tricky, but Zhao Ran has no choice but to accept it.
In order to do the most with the least amount of money, Zhao Ran's construction design plan was changed again and again before it was finally determined. It took another 10 days to prepare the materials, and the construction began on the first day of February. Zhao Ran transferred all the hundreds of young men and ten bricklayer masters he hired a year ago, and worked hard for half a month, so the relief station was completed as scheduled.
A long bamboo fence encloses the three acres of land as an exterior wall. The gate rushes to the south, facing the official road; in the center are three main houses with bamboo as tendons and covered with earth, which are the public relief houses of the relief station; on the east side, there are 12 large houses in a row, each with large bunks, which can accommodate 120 people; on the west side, there are also 12 large houses, including the miscellaneous servants' quarters, kitchens, utility rooms, consultation rooms, and so on. A spacious storehouse was built on the inside of the north wall to store relief supplies, and a greenhouse was built on the inside of the south wall. Simple tables and chairs are placed to accommodate 200 people.
What should I do with the vendors who used to make a living here? Although the place was requisitioned by Zhao Ran after the county government agreed. But it is not easy to blow these people away, and the county officials could have collected some taxes, so wouldn't it be a mistake to offend people by driving them away? Zhao Ran also thought of a way to build more than a dozen simple sheds on the outside of the south wall adjacent to the official road, and moved the vendors who used to make a living in this place to move in. Vendors don't have to pay. When doing business, there is a shed to protect from the wind and rain, which is considered a great joy.
The main materials of the entire relief station are bamboo and earth, and the bamboo was purchased at a very low price after consultation between Tong Guò and Jia Zhixun, the welcome guest of the Wuji Courtyard No. Zhao Ran can directly send someone to cut down. After the construction was completed, the materials and wages were all calculated, and Zhao Ran paid more than a hundred taels of silver, which was less than he expected.
Zhao Ran hired a total of eight people, a steward, an account office, two handymen, two cooks, a craftsman, and a doctor, spending twenty taels of silver per month. If you count the meals, decoction and medicine that are given away, I am afraid that the monthly expenditure will be between 30 and 50 taels, whether it is more or less, it depends on the number of people rescued.
This expense is not a small number, and it will become a heavy burden in the long run, so Zhao Ran thought of some ways. First of all, there was the large house of twelve people on the east side, and a small plaque hung on the lintel of each of his houses, and the two rooms in the middle were written "Longgou Zheng Shan Tang" and "Santouping Feng Shan Tang" respectively - yes, he sold the naming rights of these two houses, for which Zheng and Feng had to donate two taels of silver every month.
The other ten big houses Zhao Ran is looking for big households to negotiate, because Zhao Ran's identity is there, plus this is a good thing that can be famous for a long time while spending a small amount of money, and the current progress is smooth, and it is estimated that there is no problem with all the titles.
Outside the south wall of the official road, there are more than a dozen spare greenhouses, Zhao Ran has officially set up a sign, welcoming hawkers to settle in, but the new hawkers are no better than the original ones, they have to pay rent, and the tentative rent is three dollars of silver per month.
In this way, in addition to the start-up fee of more than 100 taels of silver, in fact, Zhao Ran's monthly subsidy in the relief station is only 5 to 10 taels, and the support is only 20 taels.
Zhao Ran asked Song Zhiyuan of the prison to name it, Song Zhiyuan took the name of "Wujiyuan Charity Hall", and Zhao Ran went to ask Kong Xianzun to write an inscription, and Kong Xianzun readily agreed after a little prevarication.
On the first day of the first month of March, the plaque of the "Wujiyuan Charity Hall" was finally hung up, and the rescue affairs were officially started.
Throughout March, it was Zhao Ran's harvest season, and the relief stations of Yangmayi and Liu Zhuangyi had been steadily providing merit power, and Zhao Ran's Guyang New Rural Movement was about to be completed, and with the opening of the Charity Hall, the cultivation of merit power had reached a very high level, and on average, more than 30 traces of merit power were steadily generated in Zhao Ran's Qi Sea every day, and then he was transformed into mana.
Now Zhao Ran's "big mouse" in the sea has jumped faster and faster, more and more active, and it is getting hotter and hotter, but Zhao Ran never knows how to cast spells on it. His problem was that he didn't know how to contact those acquaintances in the pavilion, such as Zhou Yumo, Pei Zhongze, Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo, so he could only wait passively. Of course, if you really want to pull down your face, Da Zhuo and Uncle Xiao Zhuo can still take the initiative to contact, he has someone in his hand who gave him the teleportation talisman that he gave him in Changworm Mountain last time, but if he uses the teleportation talisman without an emergency, he is afraid that he will stage the story of "the wolf is coming" on himself.
Fortunately, Uncle Da Zhuo and Uncle Xiao Zhuo had promised to find him a few Taoist books for refining, and he could continue to wait patiently.
After forgetting him for a few months, the two Uncle Zhuo finally remembered him and sent a package from Huayun Pavilion. Not to mention what was in the package, the act of sending the package to Zhao Ran by the Daomen once again made the Wuji Courtyard commotion.
Zhao Ran returned to his house and opened the package, and couldn't help but be ecstatic. Inside the package are three Taoist books, the first is called "The Instrument Spectrum", the second is "Shangqing Jue", and the third is "Zhengyi Fufa". In addition to the three Taoist books, there is also a letterhead written by Uncle Xiao Zhuo.
The letter said that these three Taoist books were the cultivation Taoist books designated by his master when he entered the Huayun Pavilion at the beginning of that year, although they were entry-level Taoist books, but the content was also broad and profound, and if he continued to practice, he could also achieve good results. In addition, Uncle Xiao Zhuo said that he had asked his master, and the matter had been agreed by the master, so that Zhao Ran could rest assured that he would cultivate. As for Zhao Ran's last test on whether he could enter the pavilion to practice, Uncle Xiao Zhuo also vaguely pointed out that this is more difficult, and it is not easy for a person like him to find a master, of course, Uncle Xiao Zhuo also advised him not to be discouraged, saying that he would try his best to help him ask more questions, and strive to find a good master for him.
Zhao Ran sighed, and it could be seen from the lines that it would be difficult to realize the idea of entering the pavilion to practice. However, he is indeed sincerely grateful to Uncle Da Zhuo and Uncle Xiao Zhuo, no matter how big or small these two uncles have helped him, at least they have no selfish intentions, let alone want to repay themselves. Isn't such a person more suitable for cultivating merit?
At the end of the letter, Uncle Xiao Zhuo mentioned that he and Zhuo Tengyun might have to travel far away in the past few months to find the tongue vine, so that Zhao Ran would be more cautious these days, and it would be difficult for the two of them to come back in time if something happened. Uncle Xiao Zhuo also specially noted the shape of the tongue vine and instructed Zhao Ran to inform him if he could see it.
Zhao Ran's heart moved, and he hurriedly looked at his wrench, and found a few tongue vines in the pile of medicinal materials. (My novel "The Law of the Daomen" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!) (To be continued......) R1292