The Li family courtyard in Yidu City, the Li family is the owner of the largest cloth village in Qingzhou. There is another person in the family who became the Minister of Personnel of the court and has a reputation in Qingzhou.

Li Yan, the head of the Li family, frowned when he saw the famous post handed over by the butler. "What do you mean by Master Zhishen of Baozhu Temple suddenly entertaining me?"

If you can serve as the butler of a noble family, you are naturally the confidant of your confidant. The butler thought for a while and said, "Taigong, I heard that Master Zhishen has spoken these days that he wants to set up a charity house so that those beggars and lonely people who unfortunately died can be buried in peace. Will it be related to this matter?"

When Li Yan heard this, his brows frowned even more. "It should be, otherwise why should we ask us to go over and do it? Alas, I'm afraid I'll donate money again!"

The housekeeper persuaded: "Taigong, if this is the case, it would be better to say ill and refuse!"

Li Yan shook his head and said, "Hey, if everyone else goes, our Li family doesn't go. What will ordinary people think of our Li family? What will Master Zhishen see us? What will the living Buddha see us! You still have to go there, but donate money... you still have to do what you can. Li Gui, please use my famous post to invite Mr. Wang Ming! This kind of good deed must be carefully flowing. Donate more than ten or twenty taels per person is enough!"

Li Gui hurriedly bowed and said, "Younger, go here!"

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Living Buddha and Baozhu Temple have a great influence in Qingzhou. Even though the noble families and noble families were worried that the temple would ask them to donate, they still dared not to come.

On the ninth day of the fourth month, a row of ox, horses and carriages were parked at the entrance of Longshan Restaurant at the foot of Erlong Mountain. When many noble families received invitations, they still brought a few servants to the appointment.

At the entrance of the restaurant, Zhang Zheng and a few strong men were guarding the door.

When the two merchants were just accustomed to going to the restaurant, a big man immediately stood up and reached out to stop them. "Officials, there is an invitation. Today, Longshan Restaurant was booked. If there is no invitation, please forgive me and move to other restaurants!"

"What invitation?" was stopped and a merchant shouted in disbelief.

The strong man had not explained yet, wearing a Shu brocade cotton jacket, green cloth shoes, and a big belly. Mr. Li Yan took a big red invitation from his entourage servant and handed it over.

Zhang Zheng took it and immediately shouted, "Mr. Li, please come inside!"

"Shopkeeper Zhang, be polite!"

The strong man next to him immediately said, "That's the invitation. If you have one, Xiaoke invites you in. If you don't have one, please pay it back and give it up!"

The two of them felt a little unhappy when they heard it, but when they saw a strong man standing at the door, they were all tall and burly, they knew they were not easy to mess with.

They dared not act rashly, so they could only leave with a bad face.

Seeing that the man had left, the strong man immediately retreated to the door and stood with his hands wrapped around him.

Seeing that the time was almost here, Cao Zheng immediately walked down from the building and saw the shopkeepers and owners of various stores. He bowed and said, "Thank you for your appreciation today! I don't give you any good greetings, so I'll be grateful!"

Li Yan and his men hurriedly bowed and said, "You are kind to the shopkeeper Cao! I don't know if the temple invites us to come today. Is there anything to discuss?"

Cao Zheng smiled and said, "Everyone, the weather is clear today and the sun is shining. Xiaoke dared to ask everyone to go out and take a look!"

Many people were puzzled when they heard that Cao Zheng was about to invite everyone out for a walk.

If you want to run a charity house and ask us to donate, then say it quickly!

We can also donate early and go back early!

Why bother doing this? It’s just a waste of time!

Li Yan said, "Shopkeeper Cao, isn't Master Zhishen's invitation this time? What about the master? I heard that the master wants to set up a charity village and bury the beggar and the elderly. We will not be stingy with such good deeds, and we will do our best to contribute money and work hard!"

Wang Ming and other officials also hurriedly said, "Shopkeeper Cao, where is the master? Why don't you see him? It's not that you cheated us under his name!"

When Cao Zheng heard this, he realized that they were misunderstanding themselves and the meaning of jailing the temple.

However, he did not intend to explain it clearly now. He listened to it and saw it as a truth. Anyway, they will naturally understand it by then.

"Haha... Everyone has misunderstood. I'm not asking everyone to raise funds this time. As for what it is, I'm sorry, Xiaoke is kept in a silence. As long as everyone follows Xiaoke, everyone will understand then!"

"Oh, it's not a fundraising. Since Manager Cao refused to say it, I will follow you and see what you are selling!"

"Please, everyone!" Cao Zheng hurriedly extended his gesture.

The crowd left the restaurant, got on their own ox carriages, followed Cao Zheng's carriages, walked five or six miles, and arrived in front of the built dragon house.

When Li Yan and the others saw the tall dragon house in front of them, they were stunned.

When did such a large house be built?

Li Yan pointed to the Weilong House and said, "Shopkeeper Cao, who built this house? When did it be built?"

Cao Zheng said proudly: "This house is the construction site of our Longshan Construction Shop! Please follow Xiaoke and go inside to see how it is?"

Li Yan and the others were very curious about the construction structure of the dragon house, and hurriedly shouted: "Okay, everyone is very curious. Please ask Manager Cao to lead the way!"

"Please, everyone!"

"Please, Manager Cao!"

Cao Zheng led a group of people into the Weilong House, and while walking, he introduced. "This kind of building is the Weilong House of Hakka people in the south. Please see, this kind of building covers an area of ​​nearly ten acres, which is comparable to a luxury house. However, ordinary people cannot afford such a Weilong House. So, Sajia divided the house into dozens of rooms, hundreds of houses, and sold in different places. A small house costs only more than twenty taels of silver, so ordinary people can definitely afford it! You may ask, why do you need to build a house like this, right?"

Everyone nodded together, waiting for Cao Zheng's explanation.

"The world is uneven now, and bandits are rampant everywhere. It's okay for everyone to live in the city. With tall walls, safety is not a problem. However, ordinary villages outside the city are easily invaded by foreign enemies and wild animals, and safety is not guaranteed. However, this dragon-encircled house is different. This dragon-encircled house is closely guarded and very safe."

"Although this long-walled house covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, it is usually only equipped with one main door and one back door, which is convenient for the door to be closed when there are foreign enemies. There are no windows facing outward on the first and second floors of the exterior walls. There are large windows facing outward on the third and fourth floors and each room, which are not only conducive to lighting, circulating air, but also become gun holes for looking at the enemy situation and shooting outward. The door frame and threshold of the gate of the Tulou are all stones, and the door panel is about 10 cm thick. It is very strong! There are various living facilities in the Tulou Building: the deep well located in the patio is the source of water when it is besieged, and there are equipment for processing grains such as hulls and mortars in the building. With these measures, even if there are thousands of bandits, they can still hold on for three or five days. At that time, our monks from Erlong Mountain will have time to go down the mountain to subdue demons and eliminate demons! We will protect the safety of the people in the area!"

After watching this dragon house, many people were surprised by the ingenious design of this dragon house. It was just...

This dragon-enclosed house is good, but what does it have to do with us? Our houses are all built in the city and are protected by tall walls. Bidders and robbers cannot be beaten in. Ordinary families dare not offend us. We don’t need such a building!

I wonder what Manager Cao brought us here today. I want to sell the house to us?

But looking at the dragon house, it seems that it is full of people, and there is no free house to sell!

Everyone was even more confused!

Cao Zheng and his men walked through the Longlong House and said, "Everyone should have finished watching this Longlong House! Who else wants to see it again?"

Li Yan and the others looked at each other for a moment, and Li Yan stood up and asked, "Shopkeeper Cao, we have also seen this dragon house. Tell me, what's wrong with you when you come here today?"

Cao Zheng said with a haha: "Since everyone has seen it, let's go back first. Master Zhishen will explain it to everyone himself, and everyone will know it!"

When Li Yan and the others heard this, they immediately suppressed their questions. They got on the ox carriage again and followed Cao Zheng back to the Longshan Restaurant.

Not far away, I came back in about a bowl of tea.

When Li Yan walked into the restaurant again, what shocked them was that the tables and chairs that were originally filled with were all removed from the lobby on the first floor of Longshan Restaurant.

In the middle is a large wooden plate, long and wide.

What really surprised them was that the wooden plate was filled with soil and wood, which seemed to be the topographic map around Erlong Mountain.

Lu Zhishen stood beside the wooden plate, smiling and looking at everyone. "I pay homage to all donors!"

Seeing Lu Zhishen, the crowd hurriedly clasped their hands and said, "Greetings to Master! What's the matter with Master looking for us today?"

Lu Zhishen pointed to the wooden plate and said, "This is the Erlong Mountain sand plate made by me, so that everyone can clearly know the situation near Erlong Mountain!"

When he heard Lu Zhishen confirming that the wooden plate was the topographic map of Erlong Mountain, many people walked up curiously.

The Baozhu Temple in Erlongshan in the middle of the sand table is clear, but are there so many buildings near Erlongshan? I didn’t seem to see much, but I only saw a dragon-enclosed house.

Li Yan pointed to several dragon-enclosed houses on the sand table and said, "Master, are these houses all near Erlong Mountain? I don't seem to see any!"

Lu Zhishen smiled and said, "Haha... It's normal for Mr. Li not to see it. None of these have been built yet! This sand table is a future planned construction model, not the present one!"

Li Yan said in confusion: "Master, then you are planning..."

"Yes, I want to build these houses!" Lu Zhishen held a small bamboo pole and pointed to a place and said. "Here, we will build ten dragon-enclosed houses, and then we will build a school for children of appropriate age to study nearby. From enlightenment to school, everything will be done! Here we will build a clinic, and the best doctors will be in charge so that everyone can rest assured! Here we will build a large market, selling all kinds of goods and crops..."

When many of the heads of the aristocratic families were stunned when they heard Lu Zhishen's plan.

Li Yan even shouted in dismay: "Master, are you trying to build a county and town?"

When Lu Zhishen heard this, he snapped his fingers and said, "Yes, this is what Sajia means!"

Many people couldn't help but sigh when they heard this. "The master is so generous, but why did the master build so many houses and houses? And are there really so many people moving in?"

Lu Zhishen said: "That's right. Except for a small part of the money donated, everyone took out to raise monks, protect living Buddhas, and protect the people, the rest were all taken out to help the people, such as serving porridge, running a Sales Courtyard, and now they have to run a charity house, which costs a lot of money. In order to help more people, I discussed with the living Buddha that our Baozhu Temple provides land, and even young and strong, you invest and everyone works together to do this business. How about the money earned, except for the expenses, half the amount?"

When Han Bolong, who had been standing behind Lu Zhishen, was stunned when he heard this plan proposed by Lu Zhishen.

At first, they were like Cao Zheng, and they thought that the temple invited these people to come today because they wanted to borrow money.

But now they realize that the temple is not about borrowing money, they just want to make money!

How can these people accept such conditions? The temple is thinking too well!

Han Bolong completely did not believe that the plan like the temple could succeed.

If Erlongshan took out so much money to build so many buildings at once, they would doubt whether it was fake to deceive the Living Buddha’s previous publicity that he was willing to live a life of white porridge and vegetables, and to save money and save people.

In that case, they would not be interested in donating it to Baozhu Temple in the future, and they would even want to get the money they had before.

Now that I heard that there is no silver in Baozhu Temple, I hope that these people will take out the silver to build these houses. I don’t know why many people breathed a sigh of relief, especially those older people!

Li Yan stood up and said with a smile: "The land provided by Baozhu Temple is simply a wasteland and is completely worthless! Now we are going to take out the silver to build it, and then you have to share half of the silver. Master, this is too greedy!"

Lu Zhishen said with a righteous look: "How can it be said to be a wasteland? You haven't seen the newly built dragon house. How many people are rushing to buy it? Why? First, there are many believers here in the Living Buddha, and many merchants and peddlers open shops here to do business! Now there are large markets in Erlongshan every day on the 1st and 15th day of the lunar month. At that time, there are more people, and tens of thousands of people are not uncommon. There are relatively few shops, and these merchants and peddlers can only set up street stalls to do business. If there is a shop, who do you think

How many people are willing to rush to buy it! The houses and shops in the Long House were all stolen in three days. Now many businessmen hope that we can build more! If they are built, they don’t have to worry about selling them at all. You don’t want to make money like this? And in order to reduce risks, the houses here are not built at once, but are built in batches and stages. For example, these houses within ten miles will start to be built this year, and will only start to be built next year ten miles away. Sell a batch, build a batch, and prepare a batch..."

When Li Yan, Wang Ming and others heard Lu Zhishen’s detailed plan for the post-life business district, they looked at each other and saw a hint of interest and a hint of greed in their respective eyes.

Along the way, I saw the merchants and the people coming and going, and the sun was setting. As Master Zhishen said, the houses and shops in Erlong Mountain were very short. If they were really built, they should be sold out easily!

The profits of selling a house are better than anyone else. The cost of a house is wood, tiles and building materials, plus the carpenters and craftsmen they hired. It is not impossible to make a house three or four times, or even ten or twenty times, after a house is sold.

They whispered to each other, and recommended that Li Yan come out and continue to bargain with Lu Zhishen.
To be continued...