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Chapter 144: Xuanzang Appears

Guang Hui put his hands together with a smile and said: "Donor Wang, the Dharma is profound and I admire him."

"Thank you for your understanding, master. I wonder how much the master bids?" Wang Ning'an also smiled back.

"How good is a hundred acres of fertile land?" Guang Hui said.

Everyone didn't know what kind of riddle the two of them were playing, but one person stood up. He was the Tibetan envoy.

"Master, if you want such a treasure from a hundred acres of fertile land, you are underestimating this treasure."

As soon as the Tubo envoy finished speaking, he turned his attention to Wang Ning'an and said, "Sir Wang, for such a treasure, I am willing to give you five hundred cows and one thousand sheep in exchange for this treasure."

With five thousand cattle in exchange for one Howling God Wolf, it seems that no one regards copper coins as money, and cattle, sheep and other items are real money.

Guanghui has hundreds of acres of fertile land as soon as it is exported, and 500 cows and 1,000 sheep are available to the Tibetan envoys as soon as they export. Such figures make most people despair.

Some of the envoys were from a small country, and their country might not be as big as Chang'an, or even as prosperous as an ordinary city in the Tang Dynasty.

Guang Hui frowned slightly. Fertile land, like cattle and horses, was hard to come by. They were both priceless and unmarketable. People were willing to sell their land and cattle every day unless they had to.

As for sheep, they are consumer goods. As long as you have money, you can buy them. A thousand sheep can be bought for two to three thousand guan. Adding the price of cattle, in terms of money alone, they are worth at least 5,000 guan.

This price is several times higher than the 100 acres of fertile land sold by Guanghui.

"Amitabha, the donor is an outsider, so what's the use of this pagoda?" Guang Hui said.

"Big deal, I respect you as an eminent monk, so I speak politely. Everyone knows that Tubo is a Buddhist country and pays special attention to Buddhism."

"Amitabha." Another voice came to mind, this was the eminent monk from India, Master Darcy.

He followed the envoy from Tianzhu to the Tang Dynasty to pass on Buddhism. When he saw the pagoda, he was so shocked that he could not react for a while.

It wasn't until the two made bids that he came to his senses.

Guanghui met Darcy and immediately performed the Buddhist salute: "Amitabha."

"Master Darcy, are you planning to take part?" the Tibetan envoy asked.

"Amitabha, donor, this is a sacred object of Buddhism. Please be kind to the donor," Darcy said.

Guanghui also said: "Please give me a noble hand."

The Tubo envoy said: "Two masters, although this is a sacred object of Buddhism, after I buy it, I will not hide it at home, but will send it to a Tubo temple for worship, so I ask the two masters to show their respect."

"Three of you, wait a minute." Wang Ning'an interrupted the three of them. "At the auction, I won't show any mercy. The highest bidder will win. Now that the Tibetan envoy has bid, who of you has a higher price than the Tubo envoy?"

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"Amitabha, my temple has no cattle or sheep, so can a poor monk use the temple's fertile land as a mortgage?" Master Guanghui said.

Wang Ning'an nodded and said: "I won't refuse anyone who comes. If you also have treasures that you can exchange for mine, I think it's worth it, so I'll exchange them."

His words immediately attracted everyone's attention. It was possible to exchange treasures for treasures. They didn't have the money, but they also had other valuable treasures.

"Master Wang, can I use a top-quality South China Sea Night Pearl to equal this treasure?" a messenger asked.

The person next to him stood up and laughed wildly: "Haha... It's so funny. The best luminous pearl is also a treasure."

?My Datura flower, a rare flower from the Western Regions, can make people ecstasy after smelling it once, and it can make people want to stop after smelling it for a long time."

Wang Ning'an frowned slightly. He had never heard of Datura flowers from the Western Regions.

Then the third person stood up and said: "What datura flowers are like poisonous flowers. Once people smell them for a long time, they will never be able to live without poisonous flowers."

Mr. Wang, I have a treasure that is the treasure of our Lion Kingdom. Although the dragon egg is a dead thing, scholars in our country have studied that this is a dragon egg. Only dragons can lay eggs of that size. There is also a dragon bone.

This keel is as tall as a person."

The owner of the mandala flower glared at him angrily.

"I have blood coral."

"I have……"

All of a sudden everyone took out their treasures, some of which Wang Ning'an was attracted to, such as dragon bones and eggs, and at the same time, there were some things that Wang Ning'an hated, even hated deeply, and that was the mandala flower.

When he heard that it was addictive, he thought of opium, which opened the door to China. As long as he is a Chinese, there is no one who does not hate opium.

In the private room of the generals, Cheng Yaojin scratched his head and said: "I didn't realize that these envoys have treasures in them."

Yuchi Gong licked his lips and said, "Yeah, I don't know why my hands started to itch when I heard they had so many treasures."

Chai Shao smiled and scolded: "Can you two be more successful? After all, you are the generals of the imperial court."

"Even if you are a general, you will still be tempted by treasures." Cheng Yaojin said.

Li Jidao: "Then why are you not moved by Ning'an's treasure?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "Can it be the same? Ning'an is one of our own people. They are all a group of vassal states and a group of Hu merchants. To put it harshly, even if they are robbed, we still look up to them."

"That's enough, why are you talking more and more muddled?" Qin Qiong said in a deep voice, secretly scolding Cheng Yaojin for talking nonsense.

Little did they know that Li Er just liked Cheng Yaojin. He liked to be straightforward and not hide anything, but he had a very high emotional intelligence and could say whatever he said in front of certain people.

"Quiet, quiet, everyone, please be quiet," Wang Ning'an said.

He didn't expect that with just one word, the people below would start to explode their treasures, which made him start to have ideas about their treasures.

The scene became quiet again.

Wang Ning'an said again: "Thank you for your support. I can't make a choice about the treasures in your hands. However, this pagoda is just a thing and a decoration for everyone, so it is better to give it to those in need.

The three of them are the ones in need." He pointed at the Tubo envoy, Master Guanghui and the Tianzhu eminent monk Daxi, and continued: "Two masters, the Tubo envoy has already made a bid. If you are not willing to bid, then

I'm sorry. This pagoda belongs to the Tibetan envoy."

"Lao Na offered a thousand acres of fertile land, plus our temple will set up an longevity lamp and a longevity tablet for the donor." Guang Hui spent all his money.

Everyone was slightly shocked. This thousand acres of fertile land would require 50,000 to 60,000 guan, or even 100,000 guan. The longevity lanterns and longevity tablets of Ximing Temple were even more expensive, and even some dignitaries might not be able to possess them.

Wang Ning'an is just the opposite. As an atheist, the most valuable thing is the longevity lamp.

Therefore, he curled his lip at Guanghui's bid with some disdain.

Attention Guanghui

Seeing Wang Ning'an's expression, he shouted the Buddha's name again with some embarrassment.

"Lao Na published ten sutras including the Prajna Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, and the Huayan Sutra..." Master Darcy said.

Wang Ning'an was stunned, Buddhist scriptures? Are you kidding me?

Prajna Sutra? Lotus Sutra? Avatamsaka Sutra? Never heard of it?

Guang Hui was no longer calm. He clasped his hands and said in a slightly excited voice: "Master Darcy, why has this poor monk never heard of these ten scriptures?"

Master Darcy also clasped his hands together and explained: "Master Guanghui, you haven't heard of these ten sutras, that's because you don't know Mahayana Buddhism."

"Mahayana Buddhism? There is only Hinayana Buddhism in the world, so where can Mahayana Buddhism come from?" A young monk next to Master Guanghui said dissatisfied.

Darcy smiled and said: "That's because Mahayana Buddhism is only available in Tianzhu and has not been spread to the Tang Dynasty, so you don't know about it."

"Xuan Zang, don't be rude." Guang Hui said, and then clasped his hands to Darcy, "Master Darcy, may I ask Master Darcy, what is the difference between Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism?"

Master Darcy explained simply: "The Hinayana Buddhism is about self-transfer, and the Mahayana Buddhism is about saving people. The Buddha said that if you want to save people, you must first save yourself, and then you can save others."

Guanghui suddenly realized, and then asked: "Then how can we obtain Mahayana Buddhism?"

"Tianzhu. Nalanda Temple." Darcy said briefly.

"Thank you Master Daxi. This pagoda is willing to be withdrawn from by the poor monk." After Guanghui finished speaking, he clasped his hands to Wang Ning'an and said, "Donor Wang, this pagoda has no fate with the poor monk and Ximing Temple, so I will say goodbye."

"Okay, okay, I won't give it away." Wang Ning'an was so shocked by the name of the young monk next to Guang Hui that he had not yet recovered.

The moment they turned around, Wang Ning'an came back to his senses and said immediately: "Master Guanghui, are you and Master Xuanzang master and disciple?"

Guang Hui turned around and said: "No, Xuanzang is a disciple of Master Faming. He came to Chang'an to exchange Buddhism."

"That's it." Wang Ning'an nodded.

Then he looked at Xuanzang and said, "Master Xuanzang, would you like to go to Tianzhu to seek Mahayana Buddhism?"

Xuanzang looked at Wang Ning'an in confusion, why were you looking for him?

"Why are you looking for me?" Xuanzang asked.

Wang Ning'an smiled and said: "You like it. If you want to go, you can come to me and I can help you. If you don't want to, I will find someone else. You only have one year to think about it."

Then he said to the eminent Indian monk Darcy: "Master Darcy, I can give you this pagoda, but ten Buddhist scriptures are not enough. If you can't pay more than the Tibetan envoy, then I can only do nothing to help you."

The Tianzhu envoy stood up and said: "Sir Wang, I am willing to provide Tianzhu mares and Tianzhu breeding horses, fifty horses each."

"Promise him." Cheng Yaojin shouted loudly from the second floor.

Li Ji also stood up and said: "Ning'an, promise him. I would rather get these horses than to lose those cattle and sheep."

"Yes, I want these horses."

"I want these mares and stallions no matter what."

In the general's private room, all the generals agreed that they wanted war horses. They had never been so united, but...

"No, I want cattle and sheep." Du Ruhui said.

Fang Xuanling also said: "If the imperial court wants to develop, developing land requires a lot of cultivated land."
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