Chapter 14 The Hengshan School is the umbrella of salt sellers
Chapter 14 The Hengshan Sect is the protective umbrella for salt traders
Author: Dr. Bei Guocha
Chapter 14 The Hengshan Sect is the protective umbrella for salt traders
Zheng Gui thought about it for a moment and came up with the rules. Then he went to Wuse'an and wanted to give the head senior sister some time to talk about his idea of going down the mountain.
But when they arrived at Wuse'an, they learned that Dingxian, Dingjing, and Dingyi were all in Baiyun'an. They said that they received a letter from Fei Ge from Taiping'an in Jiaxing yesterday and learned that something big had happened in western Zhejiang, so they all went to Baiyun.
The nunnery has arranged the meeting.
Zheng Gui thought about his impression of the plot of Swordsman, and thought to himself: I haven't heard of any conflicts between the forces in western Zhejiang and the Hengshan sect?
Thinking that this was probably not something recorded in the original plot, and was probably a trivial matter, Zheng Gui left Jianxing Peak and went to Baiyun Temple without much thought.
There are more than forty nuns and a dozen lay disciples practicing in Baiyun Nunnery. Most of them are disciples of the Yi generation, and a few are servants and maids who are not in the upper class. When Zheng Gui came in, all the disciples bowed and saluted.
Zheng Gui did not return the courtesy, waved his hand gently and went straight to the Jingxin Residence behind the Guanyin Hall. This was the residence of Dingyi, the master of Baiyun Temple.
When he arrived at Jingxin Palace, Zheng Gui saw two nuns, one old and one young, waiting in front of the door. He recognized the older one as Yi Xun, and the younger one remembered that he was the disciple that the head sister only accepted this year, so he asked: "
Yi Xun, Yi Wen, is the leader here?"
Yiwen is a little girl of eight or nine years old. She is pretty and very cute. She looked at Zheng Gui curiously and then at her senior sister.
Yi Xun bowed and was about to reply when he heard Dingxian's voice coming from the room: "Junior brother, come in and talk."
Zheng Gui pushed the door open and went in. He saw Dingxian and Dingjing sitting on both sides, but Dingyi was not there.
Dingjing smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, the boss has sent you, Senior Sister Dingyi, to Taihu for some work."
Zheng Gui sat down and asked, "I heard from Yiqing that something happened in the west of Zhejiang? Why, is it the devil's sect that is causing trouble to us?"
Dingxian chuckled and said: "You are well-informed. The Liang and Xu families in Xuzhou are good believers in our lower house. The daughters of the two houses also worshiped senior sister Dingjing and me to practice. You have also seen it.
Two days ago, I received a letter from Fei Ge, saying that their merchant ship was robbed by the Tianhe Gang and the Haisha Gang when it came to the Huai'an area. The young masters of the two families also fell into the hands of the two gangs and suffered great torture. We cannot ignore it.
I’ll let you, Senior Sister Dingyi, take my handwritten letter to ask for the person.”
Zheng Gui thought of Xu Mengqing, who was smiling and talking to him in the west of Jianxing Peak two and a half years ago, and Liang Qi who was traveling with her, and secretly lamented that time had flown by, and in the blink of an eye it had been nearly three years.
Thinking that the Tianhe Gang had been having troubles with lay disciples of the Shaolin Temple in the Central Plains in the past six months, and this time they had offended the families of the Hengshan disciples, Zheng Gui felt that the leader of the Tianhe Gang, Huang Boliu, was giving up on himself and falling out with the orthodox religion.
As for the Haisha Gang, which was just a gang that had been selling illegal salt in Suzhou and Hangzhou since the late Song Dynasty, and had never had any outstanding figures in the past years, Zheng Gui didn't take it seriously.
After thinking for a while, Zheng Gui asked: "Do Xu Mengqing and Liang Qi's families sell salt? Could it be that they also have contacts with salt merchants in Taiyuan Prefecture and Datong Prefecture?"
Dingxian and Dingjing remained silent, and Zheng Gui already understood in his heart.
It is just rhetoric to say that the two families are believers in the sect. In fact, the Xu family and the Liang family are both salt merchants, and the majority of their business is probably in several prefectures in Shanxi. Although the Hengshan sect is a Buddhist sect dominated by nuns,
But after all, they are still gangsters. Hundreds of people are eating, drinking, drinking, eating, housing and transporting. Which of the cherished medicines for internal and external injuries are provided in the door for free?
They can't even support themselves just by donating some incense money from good believers, let alone supplying lower houses and Buddhist temples and nunneries in various places. Therefore, the Hengshan sect must have been involved in various businesses like other sects, or it may be run by lay disciples, or it may be run by lay disciples.
White glove management provides offerings. In short, only with business can a steady stream of funds be provided to support the disciples.
Although Zheng Gui devoted himself to practicing martial arts and reciting Buddhist scriptures, it was not that he knew nothing about the affairs and internal operations of the Hengshan Sect. It was just that he had not thought about it deeply before, but now he knew it after thinking about it for a moment.
The disciples of the Hengshan sect are all nuns and women. Naturally, they will not be involved in too many businesses. They can only pick some profitable ones to start with. In Shanxi, where coal mines are not yet used, the only ones with the most huge profits are selling salt and tea.
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In the north of Datong Prefecture, there is a horse market similar to the Mongolian tribes in the grassland. Shanxi merchants exchanged salt, tea, iron and other items for Mongolian furs, gold and silver, etc. and made huge profits.
As the largest sect in Shanxi, and located on Hengshan Mountain next to Datong Prefecture, how could the Hengshan sect not be the protective umbrella and the boss behind Shanxi's salt merchants?
Shanxi does not produce salt, so all the salt and tea needed can be transported from the south of the Yangtze River, so the Xu family and the Liang family are the two white gloves and screws in the Hengshan School's industrial chain.
Zheng Gui's idea was correct. Dingxian and Dingjing realized that their junior brother knew about it after he said half of it.
The two nuns did not hide it, looked at each other with a smile, and said Dingxian: "Just as the junior brother thought, the Tianhe Gang could not defeat Tian Guoqiu and others. They were afraid of the Shaolin Temple and hid in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and in northern Jiangsu and western Zhejiang. But they couldn't.
If they dare to provoke our Hengshan sect, I think they cannot be allowed to bully the Xu family and the Liang family, so I sent you, Senior Sister Dingyi, to find Huang Boliu."
Dingjing explained: "The young masters and their families of the two families are being held captive by the Tianhe Gang in the Taihu Branch. Dingyi went there to get it back, but the tea and sea salt on the ship were all sold by the two gangs, so it was irreparable."
Already."
Zheng Gui nodded and said: "If you can save someone, you won't be able to hurt people's hearts. Money can always be earned again, but I'm just afraid that Senior Sister Dingyi will suffer a loss from Tianhe's help."
Dingxian let out a laugh, and Dingjing said: "Although the Tianhe Gang has a large number of people, they dare not attack our Hengshan Sect. Among the tens of thousands of gang members, Huang Boliu is the only one who can be considered a master, but he may not be Dingyi's opponent. You Dingyi
Before Senior Sister left, the leader gave her many instructions, telling her to hold back her temper, so as not to make Gang Leader Huang unable to come down and the two factions to have a bitter feud."
Zheng Gui chuckled and asked immediately: "What about the Haisha Gang? I heard that the Haisha Gang never hangs out in the Central Plains. We have little contact. If we just suffer the loss of being dumb and don't ask for an explanation, wouldn't it mean that the martial arts community in Jiangnan will look down on us?
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Dingxian sighed softly and said: "Although there are many people in the Haisha Gang, there are no outstanding figures, far less than the Tianhe Gang. This time they will share some benefits with the Tianhe Gang, so there is no need to go to war.
I thought that by sending Yihe or Yiqing to take people on a trip to western Zhejiang, and showing some real skills, the Haisha Gang would retreat and stop provoking us in the future."
"The head junior sister is compassionate."
Dingjing proclaimed the Buddhist name and said: "The main reason is that your senior sister Dingyi has a hot temper. She said she wanted to go to Hangzhou in person after settling the relationship with the Tianhe Gang. We are worried that she will go too far and suppress the Haisha Gang too much.
It was because I hated Jiangnan Wulin that I came up with this idea. After all, Yi Qing and Yi He will not act recklessly."
Hearing this, Zheng Gui laughed and said: "I'm so sleepy that I encountered a pillow. Senior Sister, Senior Sister, I came to you just because I wanted to go down the mountain to practice. You see, I have already achieved a small amount of martial arts. I don't want to save more."
How can experience lead to great things? Right?”
Dingjing smiled and said: "You want to seek bad luck from the Haisha Gang? You can do it with your martial arts, but the martial arts world is treacherous and people's hearts are unpredictable. You have no experience in the martial arts world, so you can't go alone. I think I'll let you go."
Yiqing will go with you and bring six lay disciples with you, so even if the sea sand makes you sick, you won't be able to stay and wait. What do you think, sister-in-charge?"
Dingxian stopped holding the rosary in his hand, looked at Zheng Gui, and said, "That's fine, it's time for junior brother to practice a little bit."