Chinese dining table

Chapter 78
Cui didn't understand where Yunchu's confidence came from when he said this sentence. Although my husband would occasionally come up with a sentence or two when he was talking on weekdays, but it didn't go well with poetry and songs. side.

To write good poems and songs, talent and knowledge are indispensable, and my husband's talent is probably not lacking, but knowledge can only be obtained through long-term accumulation on weekdays.

There are many people in the Cui family who are good at writing poems, but they are not as arrogant as Yunchu, who see the creation of poems and songs as easy.

Naha was so tired that she lay on the ground, still holding her stick in her hand.

The old monkey took the baseball bat, played with it for a while, and finally held the baseball bat and said to Yunchu: "This thing is very easy to handle, and it is heavy in the front and light in the back. It can double the power of hitting people with the head of the stick. It is a good thing." .”

Yun Chu said: "This thing is best made of wood. I was planning to get an iron one before, but later I found it was too heavy and difficult to control."

"That's right, wood has the benefits of wood. In Chang'an, most of the time you don't have to fight with others. It's best to use this thing."

Cui took Naha to take a bath, and Yunchu and the old monkey came to the courtyard to drink tea and chat.

Somehow Xuanzang was mentioned.

According to the two of them, Xuanzang has long since lost his divinity. What the old monkey cares about is whether Xuanzang has had an affair with the king of the East Maiden Kingdom, and whether he is in Tianzhu, passing by those beautiful women's bathing places. peep……

Yunchu was very interested in how many disciples Xuanzang took on his journey to the west. The old monkey was the disciple named Lei Gonglian, so whether there was a disciple who looked like a pig or a monster.

"For a while, we had a black servant with a carbon head among our entourage. Although he was ugly and fat, he didn't look like a pig. As for those who looked like monsters, there are too many people like monsters in this world. gone."

After hearing what the old monkey said, Yunchu finally let go of his obsession. At least when Wu Chengen wrote "Journey to the West", the reason why that work has been circulated for many years is entirely due to his own brain.

While talking, Jiu Fei, the gatekeeper, brought in a lot of baskets from the front and put them in front of Yunchu.

Open the cloth on the basket, and there are all kinds of things inside, most of which are food.

Most of them are jujube cakes, and there are also white steamed cakes, some are simply a basket of persimmon cakes, and some are filled with socks, wreaths, and embroidered with colored threads. Yunchu is very happy in this place.

Yun Chu ordered them to accept all of them and return the basket to others, but there was no return gift, and they were asked to go back and wait for news. Jinchangfang's recruitment matters will soon be released, and everyone has a chance.

The old monkey grabbed a handful of dried dates from a basket, wiped them with his sleeve, and ate them without washing them.

"You don't need to take these things from other people, right? As far as I know, the first requirement to be an official in Tang Dynasty is to be honest and honest."

Yun Chu looked at the old monkey who was eating dates, and said calmly: "The prerequisite for being an official is to be able to be an official first.

After all, no one will cherish the things that are easily obtained. Only those things that have been obtained through untold hardships will be cherished.

Therefore, things must be collected, firstly, it can reassure them, and secondly, it can make them learn to be grateful, such as thanking me for accepting their gifts.

You know, the reason why I have to do these things painstakingly is to make them people who can be used by me. "

The old monkey nodded and said: "No wonder Xuanzang once said that this world is a big arena, with tigers and lions fighting side by side, invincible, pity those elk, yellow sheep, hares, no one is pitiful when they die under the claws of lions and tigers.

The original purpose of Buddhism is to resolve these violence, so that everyone in the battlefield can coexist peacefully.

Yunchu, you are the best beast in this arena to catch prey. "

Yun Chu laughed loudly and said, "Can Buddhism make tigers, lions, leopards, and wolves start eating grass for a living?"

The old monkey shook his head and said, "This is their way of survival, and it cannot be changed." "Since their diet has not been changed, how can Buddhism solve the problem of tigers eating elk?"

"So, the Buddha gave his own flesh to the tiger, and his heart to the eagle..."

"According to your reasoning, the role of monks in this world is to die for the weak. Then, why do you worry about me getting some money from Da Ci'en Temple?"

The old monkey looked at Yunchu and said, "I don't think what you said is right. "

Yun Chu waved his hands and said, "You are living in the Buddha's world. I have already jumped out of the three realms and am not in the five elements. I am going to do some real things. If possible, I really plan to build Chang'an into the place that the population of the Western Regions says it is." appearance."

The old monkey felt that Yunchu looked down on Buddha very much, and Yunchu thought that the old monkey had become stupid since arriving in Chang'an, and for some reason, the two began to fight each other with baseball bats.

The result of the fight was that Yunchu got several sticks on his back and legs, grinning his teeth in pain, and the old monkey was hit hard by Yunchu on the stomach with a stick, trying to keep his appearance of an extraterrestrial expert. Ken bent down and called.

On the second day, Yunchu asked a few fat cooks in the family to find all kinds of beans from the West Market and mix them with glutinous rice, rice, dates, raisins, and preserved peaches and apricots. Each household begged for a small handful of rice, or dried fruits, beans, and borrowed a hundred or so big pots together. Before dawn, they cooked porridge in an open space.

Because every family has produced ingredients, every family can come to drink porridge. Yunchu is going to announce the list of the first batch of people who will work in Jinchangfang while drinking porridge.

Eating together seems to be a very simple matter, but in the southwest mountainous area, it is the simple way of Baba Banquet that completely breaks down the barriers between people.

Especially in difficult times, every baba feast is a feast to promote the interests of the collective.

Everyone contributes a little, everyone eats a little, this is the most primitive and simple justice.

The first batch of recruits did not cause any backlash from the people. Those who were recruited took it for granted, and those who were not recruited also took it for granted.

Because Yunchu's first batch of recruits were all craftsmen, including masons, stonemasons, carpenters, well-drillers and strong young men.

It is these people who will dig wells, dig roads, build open channels and underground channels, and pave all the roads in Jinchang Square with stone slabs or green bricks in accordance with Yunchu's arrangement in this not-so-cold winter.

This is an extremely huge project, and it is estimated that it will not be completed until the beginning of spring at least. Fortunately, there are not many other things in Jinchangfang, and almost every household has craftsmen.

Yunchu took out his own design drawings, and these craftsmen could carry out the construction according to Yunchu's requirements.

Yunchu's whole family came out to drink porridge, including their blond-haired and green-eyed lady. Since Naha started taking a good bath, her skin has healed very quickly. In addition, she was scrubbed hard by Mrs. Cui, and her whole body was rough. His skin has faded, and he finally has a little bit of Caucasian fairness.

It aroused the great curiosity of the residents. As a native of Chang'an, it's not that Hu Ji has never seen it before, but she has never seen such a beautiful little Orchid in Yunchu's house.

Liu Yi drank three bowls of thick eight-treasure porridge, but he was still not satisfied. When he was about to drink the fourth bowl, Yunchu stopped him and stopped him from drinking so much porridge.

Yunchu stopped after drinking a bowl, and started to take Liu Yi to watch the villagers drink porridge in the alley.

Every time he walked up to an important person, Liu Yi would introduce them in a low voice.

"Liu Sancai?"

"It's down."

"I heard that you are also a good player in general operations. I don't think you will fool us all if you dig a well for us this time?"

"Don't dare. This time, we will drill eleven wells, start from the highest point in the south, and slowly descend according to the terrain, and then connect these eleven wells according to the water surface, so that the water in the wells will gradually gather downwards, and finally In the southwest corner of the Da Ci’en Temple, a water outlet is formed, where the lotus pond of the Da Ci’en Temple is used to store water, and the animal head is hung in the northeast corner of the lotus pond to discharge the water. It is connected with Chang'an Kenghe Canal."

Hearing what Liu Sancai said, Yunchu nodded and said, "The cost you quoted is [-] guan, and on the day of the start of work, you will be given [-] guan to buy stone, brick, wood and other materials. When the eleven wells come out of water, I will give you another thirty guan, and when you bring your people to complete the above-mentioned projects and pass the inspection, I will pay off the balance and give you an extra five guan money as a reward."

Liu Sancai glanced around, and said in a low voice: "Li Chang, it is not difficult for us to open eleven wells here, Chang'an is a place with abundant water veins, and we are close to Kunming Lake, so there is no shortage of water.

The problem is that we have opened eleven wells and opened open channels. The small worry is that this will make it difficult for the political, spiritual, and Shengping three squares that are higher than us to drill wells. "

Yun Chu sneered and said, "The water flowing into the lotus pond of Da Ci'en Temple has nothing to do with us. Besides, there is a canal in Kunming Pond, and no one uses well water."

Liu Sancai responded again and again, seeing Yunchu leaving, he immediately lowered his head and drank eight-treasure porridge. To be honest, he couldn't drink such thick porridge a few times a year.

Even though he was very afraid of Yunchu now, he was extremely looking forward to the reward of this man's five strings of money.

This is the effect Yunchu wanted. You don’t have to be too close. If you get too close, you will make some excessive demands in the future because of your close relationship. If you agree, you will break the rules. If you don’t agree, the friendship you have accumulated before will be destroyed. Turned into flowing water, maybe this person will become the one who hates you the most.

(End of this chapter)