When those monks woke up, they saw the headless body of the fat monk lying limp in a pool of blood. Knowing that they had encountered a tough situation today, they did not dare to have any evil thoughts and told the story honestly.
This matter actually has something to do with Li Chongrun who can barely deal with it.
These people were originally soldiers under Xu Jingye. Brother Jingye rebelled in the name of Luling King Li Xian. Naturally, this Luling King Li Xian was Li Chongrun's biological father, the Tang Zhongzong of Liuwei Dihuang Pill.
However, Brother Xu Jingye was very sorry for the illustrious reputation of his ancestor Xu Maogong, so the rebellion was quickly put down.
However, the rebellion still left some impact.
First, King Luo Bin, the goose-singing prodigy, wrote an eloquent and eloquent essay in which he cursed the emperor Wu Zetian, who was renamed the mad devil.
Second, Yangzhou was separated from the Huainan Road, and as a government office, it took over the Jiangnan Road south of the Yangtze River.
Since the rebellion failed, many soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to escape either became fugitives in the mountains or changed their names and fled to other places.
These fat monks did not follow the path of ordinary people. Instead, they shaved their own heads and went to the temple through connections.
There is no need to pay donations for the temple's property, and there is no corvee for monks and nuns. Moreover, since Xu Jingye's rebellion, the temple's income has become better and better.
When the temple has more property, it also issues more usury money, so it is inevitable to collect debts.
These down-and-out sergeants were highly appreciated by the abbot because of their ruthlessness, and the area they were responsible for naturally grew larger and larger.
It was just that day when I was returning from cattle herding to collect my income, I accidentally discovered this dilapidated temple. Later, when I inquired about it, I found that there was actually an old monk who had an ultimatum in this dilapidated temple.
With the ultimatum, you can build your own temple, have your own temple property, and most importantly, you can issue your own loan sharks.
Working for others is not as satisfying as being your own boss.
A few destitute sergeants stepped on the spot several times and found that the old monk only took a young novice to do his homework every day, and no wealthy people came to burn incense on weekdays.
On a dark and stormy night, several people rushed into the temple, beat the old monk to death, snatched his certificate, and burned the small temple to the ground with a fire, but the young novice monk ran away.
Already.
Afraid that others would discover this, the leading monk was a former school captain and knew a few words, so he wrote a sign, allocating the blame to the Tiantai Sect.
After so many days, several people came here to investigate and found nothing unusual, except that the old monk's ashes and the sign were missing.
I felt that the matter had been settled, and it happened that the new year was approaching. The monks who had collected a lot of debts had accumulated some money, and then they returned here with the old monk's certificate, ready to rebuild the small temple and start their own business.
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Who would have expected that as soon as the construction started, we would encounter these ruthless people today.
Li Chongrun endured his nausea and touched the dead fake monk's arms, and actually found an ultimatum.
Li Chongrun put away the ultimatum, borrowed an ox cart from the village leader, tied these people tightly, and took them to the government.
After some time, the New Year's Eve was getting closer and closer, and the business of the shops along the Guanhe River in Yangzhou obviously slowed down, with fewer people doing business. On the contrary, the business of the wine shops began to flourish.
The seven major firms have monopolized a few well-oiled main businesses, but they cannot do everything by themselves. There are always some businesses such as bamboo, porcelain, and woodware that require some skills to continue, which gives other people some opportunities to enjoy the soup.
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"Shopkeeper, bring me a jar of good wine and cut up some meat. If there are four-gill bass, fillet them with two tails too!"
A few well-dressed men who spoke Mandarin with Shu accents walked into a wine shop located on the bank of the Guan River. They seemed to have made some money and ordered some drinks and dishes lavishly, shouting loudly with the shopkeeper.
"Guests, our shop has recently acquired a few jugs of good wine, which are especially liked by our patrons. Would you like a jug of wine, please?"
"A pot? Who are you looking down on? A jar." A somewhat stout man shouted cursingly.
"My guest, this Erguotou uses some secret techniques from the princess's mansion. This small pot is the essence of a jar of wine. Not to mention a jar, just half a jar, it is enough for a small shop like this.
All the drinkers got drunk."
The shopkeeper asked the waiter to bring over a wine pot from the Yuezhou kiln. The wine pot was soaked in warm water, emitting a slight aroma of wine, which was long and soft, very attractive.
The shopkeeper personally took out several small wine cups soaked in warm water, poured half a cup for each of the high-profile customers, and motioned to the high-profile customers to have a taste.
As soon as the wine enters the mouth, it goes into the throat as smooth as silk thread, and a hot and spicy energy rises quickly as the wine slides down.
Before several people could take a breath, an extremely strong aroma of wine, accompanied by the aroma of bamboo and light osmanthus, and some indescribable sweetness came up and hit their foreheads.
On the face, it turned into a slight blush, which burst out in an instant.
"It is indeed a good wine, why is it so powerful!"
"It has a bit of the flavor of Jiannan Shaochun, but it's much stronger and more fragrant, and it's not as astringent."
Several wealthy people from Shu praised it repeatedly, but they were also amazed when they heard that this small pot cost the price of a jar of wine.
Fortunately, the wine here was very strong, and just one pot was enough to make several people drunk. So they listened to the shopkeeper's words, ordered a pot, and waited for the food to be served.
The waiter brought some snacks to the table, and several wealthy customers began to talk about their experiences in doing business in the past few days.
"No wonder that Lao Lei from Yuezhou didn't even have time to talk to Xiao Cui'er in Country Fong. He hurried back at night yesterday. Even this wine shop uses celadon from Yuezhou. He
I’m not thinking about making more trips.”
"Don't talk about Lao Lei from Yuezhou. I heard that the bamboo and bamboo rafts you sold didn't even enter the port, but were stopped directly on the Yangtze River?"
The sturdy man in the platoon smiled honestly, "There were a large number of workshops set up along the Yangtze River. I heard that there was a shortage of bamboo, so they happened to stop them."
"It's just that our business is not easy to do. Those southern barbarians have been up to something recently and sold a lot of fragrant wood. The prices have been really depressed."
"It's not easy for us to make spices. Jiannan musk is famous all over the world, but those barbarians from Linyi didn't distinguish between them. They brought so much agarwood over. I don't know what those barbarians want to do with so much money. Is it possible that they will do it again?
Is there going to be a war?”
"I heard that Lin Yi has a new king. He has been studying in Shendu for many years, and he admires the grand scene of the Celestial Dynasty the most." The man who spoke first seemed to have a wide network of contacts and knew a lot of news: "That's why I bought many things from the Celestial Dynasty from Yangzhou.
When I got home, I bought half a boatload of bronze mirrors alone."
The man looked around to see if anyone was eavesdropping, then lowered his voice and said to several colleagues: "I heard that Guangqing Yiyuan's fans are almost out of print, so I bought four of them, that's the number!"
After saying that, the man made a vague gesture under the table. Several people looked at it with very surprised looks on their faces.
"I heard that you sold some people who were affected by the disaster this time. The workshops in Yangzhou are seriously short of people. I think you will make a fortune." The wealthy businessman who just called out the good wine and food is also news.
This well-informed businessman turned out to be an idiot.
"Don't tell me, even the children who are usually not wanted have been taken over by a food company called RT-Mart. They have even said that in the future, as long as children are sent to him, they can take as many as they want.
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The man frowned and sighed: "The shopkeeper of that shop is also strange. She is actually a woman. She is not very old and looks so pretty."
"You old coffin boy, don't you have any ideas?"
"Hey~ I don't dare to have any ideas. Do you know who is the master behind the RT-Mart grain account?"
"There aren't many noble people in Yangzhou. Could it be that the governor is Lord Wei?"
"Master Wei is not qualified. The person currently living in the princess's mansion is His Royal Highness the Prince of Linzi, who became famous at a young age."
"But the Prince of Linzi who won the Jinshi at the age of thirteen? I never expected that this young prince, who is famous for his poetry and talent, could actually be interested in such a humble career as doing business."
"You're making money, you're not shabby!"
In the warm pavilion on the second floor of the wine shop, there was a sturdy young man in the private room, entertaining several businessmen.
Li Chongrun had already sent a letter to Fan Yubi that he was going to Yangzhou, and these businessmen were the Linyi businessmen who had come specially to visit with His Majesty the King's reply.