"This is much easier than finding all the Dragon Balls."
“It’s so easy to gather everything together, it feels like the challenge has been lost.”
After Pang Chunmei pledged herself to repay Li Yunze's life-saving grace, the sage Li Yunze felt that there was still something to be said for him.
"There is no way, Qinghe County is where the main stories are concentrated. It must be easier to gather them."
Glancing at Pang Chunmei, who had already gotten up to wash up, Li Yunze simply closed his eyes, "Next, you can look beyond Qinghe County."
"Official."
While Li Yunze was thinking about Hu Sanniang waiting for his girl, the call of the maid Sun Xue'e came from outside the door.
"What's the matter?"
"Officer, there is a monk outside." Sun Xue'e said in confusion, "But it doesn't look like it. He is holding a roasted chicken in his hand and gnawing on it. How can a monk eat roasted chicken?"
"There are people who wear famous brands and watches, marry their wives and go to hotels. You just haven't seen them."
Li Yunze stood up and tidied his clothes with a smile, "Food and wine have passed through the intestines, but they remain in the heart of the Buddha. This is the true nature of the great monk."
All the way to the outer courtyard, as expected, Master Lu came.
"Hahaha~~~" Lu Zhishen, who had finished eating the roast chicken, immediately laughed and stepped forward when he saw Li Yunze.
Li Yunze naturally welcomed him warmly. The two of them punched each other first, then came close and patted each other's arms.
This is not a novel way of greeting each other, it is purely a competition of strength between each other.
Lu Zhishen shook his arm and grinned, "Brother, you are so strong."
"The master is not weak either." Li Yunze, who has been exercising all year round, also feels that his physical fitness needs to be improved.
The strength of Lu Zhishen's fists and slaps, who was able to uproot a weeping willow tree, was indeed beyond the endurance of ordinary people.
"Don't say anything." Li Yunze waved his hand, "Go and have a drink first."
It's not meal time now, so the kitchen in the courtyard is naturally not on fire. It would take too long to cook it fresh, so I ordered takeout from Shizilou.
The food delivery industry, which is hailed as a new job in the modern world, was actually played by ancestors as early as the Song Dynasty.
Li Yunze knew Lu Zhishen's preferences, so he didn't even order those flashy things. They just served big fish and meat.
As for wine, Master Lu is not used to drinking expensive wine in pots. On the contrary, cheap canned wine is his favorite.
The two of them didn't say much nonsense, just grabbed the roasted chicken by their elbows, and drank boldly while holding the wine jar in their hands.
Eat and drink, eat and drink, eat and drink.
A table of banquets, in front of two strong men with fast metabolisms, did not last long before being swept away.
When I was full of wine and food and slumped in the chair, I was finally able to talk about the business.
"The Sa family met the porridge shed at the city gate." Lu Zhishen patted his round belly and said with a smile, "I heard you opened it?"
"yes."
Li Yunze, who was burping from wine, exhaled, "The Yellow River is flooded, and many people affected by the disaster in Cangzhou have fled south. They have no food and clothing, and we can't watch them starve to death."
"What a good man." Lu Zhishen gave Li Yunze a thumbs up, "Those who care about the people must be good people. Sajia saw you right."
‘.’ It’s hard for Li Yunze to tell him that he has seen too many decent men who are decent on the surface but dirty behind the scenes.
The only difference lies in the quality of acting.
However, Li Yunze's purpose of rescuing the victims this time is indeed very clean, it is the most basic help.
Taking the initiative to skip this topic, Li Yunze asked, "Master Lu is not in Xiangguo Temple to look at the vegetable garden?"
"Hey!"
When he mentioned this, Lu Zhishen became very angry. "When the Sa family was in the wild boar forest, they rescued the Lin family brothers. I thought that the Buddha had the virtue of a good life, but it didn't work out. I didn't think so.
As soon as they returned to Bianliang City, they sued the Sa family."
Hearing Lu Zhishen's complaint, Li Yunze couldn't help but laugh.
You ruined other people's jobs and ruined their jobs. In order to save your life, of course, I can't protect you.
You are not their father!
"Then Captain Gao sent someone to capture me in Caiyuanzi. Fortunately, the gangsters were loyal and informed me in advance. The Sa family escaped from Bianliang City and wandered around the world."
Lu Zhishen, who was full of wine and food, burped and said slowly, "Remembering what you said before, brother, I will come all the way to join you."
There is nothing to say, another one is wanted.
I was just lucky that I ran fast and didn't get caught and had my face tattooed.
Li Yunze thought for a while and asked directly, "Master, are you willing to enter the temple again?"
Lu Zhishen shook his head repeatedly, "Master said that I will die in this mortal world, so I'd better travel around the world before talking about it."
In fact, the main reason is that I can't stand the strict rules and regulations in the temple. After all, the professional ethics of monks in this era are definitely worse than those of a certain era.
Lu Zhishen liked to drink alcohol and eat meat. No matter which temple he went to, basically no one among his colleagues would be willing to accept him.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to have fun hanging out in the world.
"In that case." Li Yunze thought for a while, "My senior brother is on Liangshan Mountain right now. If you don't mind, master, you can go to Liangshan to be my senior brother's companion."
"Oh?" Lu Zhishen was immediately interested. "Brothers from the Lin family are here too? That's great!" He stood up and was about to leave. "Brothers from the Wu family, we share the same feelings of loyalty, and the Sa family respects you as a person. If you have any errands in the future, just keep your words."
Just one sound."
"Then you're welcome." Of course Li Yunze was not polite and sent Lu Zhishen directly outside the county seat.
Looking at the camp tents that had been set up outside the city, Lu Zhishen recited the Buddhist chant with emotion, "Brothers from the Wu family have saved countless people. They are outstanding among people. They will surely have great fortune in the future."
He had already made careful inquiries here before entering the city.
Li Yunze didn't just imitate those gentry who pretended to give porridge.
He also recruited young men and women into the Forbidden Army, so that one person could support a family. Orphans and widowers were also given jobs so that they could earn money to support themselves.
Even the old, weak, sick and disabled who were not considered to be of much use were concentrated in charity halls and fed.
Because the news that Dongping Prefecture is accepting disaster victims has spread, more and more victims are swarming here.
Lu Zhishen had already seen it before on the road.
To do all this, you have to pay a lot of real money.
It is precisely because of this that Lu Zhishen truly admires Li Yunze.
"Everyone in the world is suffering, but the common people are suffering the most." Li Yunze sighed softly, "I am just doing what I can do now."
"If everyone from officials to subordinates can do their best." Lu Zhishen claimed to have great wisdom and see things thoroughly. "Of course no one in the world will really suffer."
Li Yunze immediately showed admiration.
Being able to see through this, Master Lu truly deserves to be Master Lu.
Liangshanbo is not far from Qinghe County. Even if Lu Zhishen walked there, it would only take a few days at most.
When I went up to Liangshan, I met Lin Chong. Naturally, the two of them had a good friendship, and they didn't mention drinking and eating meat.
Here, Li Yunze received a letter from Daming Mansion while he was busy rescuing the victims and gaining great fame.
He didn't have many acquaintances in Daming Prefecture. The only one he knew was Liang Shijie, the prefect of Daming Prefecture, that is, Liang Zhongshu.
And this letter was written to him by Liang Zhongshu.
Daming Mansion is known as Beijing, but it is actually not far from Qinghe County.
Crossing several old routes of the Yellow River is a journey of two to three hundred miles.
The four capitals of the Northern Song Dynasty, Tokyo's Bianliang City, Xijing's Luoyang City, and Nanjing's Shangqiu, are Songzhou. The name of the country of the Song Dynasty comes from Songzhou, because Zhao Kuangyin served as the military envoy to the German Army, and his location was in Songzhou.
There is another one, which is Daming Mansion in Beijing.
Li Yunze thought about it for a while, then simply agreed and headed straight to Daming Mansion.
Because the distance was so close, it actually didn’t take a few days to get to Damingfu.
Although this place is not as prosperous and lively as Bianliang City, it is still one of the most famous big cities in the world, with a bustling scene where people flow like cars.
Not to mention anything else, the Song Dynasty definitely reached the ceiling of the feudal era in terms of economy and culture.
After all, the population base and heritage are there. As long as you are serious about it, there is no problem in becoming the ceiling of this era. The difference is that you can't hold on to gold and silver as a result of emphasizing culture over military.
There are also many Liangshan heroes in Daming Mansion, such as the famous Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi and the prodigal Yan Qing.
The master and servant are definitely influential figures in the Water Margin world, almost like the protagonists.
However, after Li Yunze inquired, he learned that the master and servant had gone north to sell horses in the Liao Kingdom and were not in the Daming Mansion at this time.
Li Yunze, who secretly thought it was a pity, went to Liang Zhongshu's residence first.
The power of civil servants in the Song Dynasty was extremely high. At the level of prefect, they were basically the king of this place.
Liang Zhongshu's mansion was very large and prosperous, with exquisite sculptures, painted buildings, rockeries and flowing water.
Needless to say, this costs a lot of money.
At least with Liang Zhongshu's salary, even those rockeries made of exquisite stones specially found from Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River could not be built.
"Hahahaha~~~"
Liang Zhongshu opened the show with his trademark laugh, and enthusiastically stepped forward to greet Li Yunze, "Zihou, you are finally here."
"I've met Liang Zhongshu." Li Yunze pretended to be polite.
"No need to be polite." Liang Zhongshu greeted him very warmly and personally led him to the banquet.
Many domestic servants who were watching in the distance saw this scene and immediately started talking.
"You're just a mere Hoyoshiro, how can your husband be so polite?"
"You know nothing! Although my official position is small, my family is rich!"
"Are you rich? How much money can you have? Can you be richer than our husband?"
"Haha, what an ignorant thing."
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After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
After all the pleasantries, Liang Zhongshu began to talk about the topic.
"Xianggong Cai's birthday is coming soon. You and I are both Xianggong's confidants. It's time to express your gratitude at this time."
Li Yunze had already guessed before he came that Liang Zhongshu would not have anything else to do with him except asking for money.
Sure enough.
"What Zhongshu said is absolutely true." Li Yunze nodded with a smile, "How appropriate?"
Liang Zhongshu looked at Li Yunze with joy, his eyes full of teachable expressions: "One hundred thousand coins, how about half of it for you and me?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Yunze immediately burst into laughter.
It’s not that I can’t afford it, but it’s clearly a famous scene, Cai Jing’s birthday!