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"Let me go and take a look first!"

Lu Zhishen seemed to be somewhat tempted, but he still didn't think he could adapt to these new things.

"That's right, look at Erlang, he's going to the army very cheerfully!"

Sun Lei smiled and said that Wu Song was very good in this aspect and was willing to learn these new things.

"He did that for his children. If he doesn't learn, how can his children learn?"

Lu Zhishen said dissatisfiedly that Wu Song was such a free and easy person. He used to always drink with him, but ever since he had a child, he became like Lin Chong and Xu Ning, with the child on his mind.

"I asked you to marry a wife but you refused. With me as your matchmaker, what kind of girl can't you marry?"

Sun Lei looked at Lu Zhishen. He was the emperor, so why couldn't he help him become a matchmaker?
"Don't say that. If you keep saying that, I will go traveling around the world with Dao Ji!"

Lu Zhishen drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp and spoke.

"What Shangzhuguo said is wrong. The relationship between men and women conforms to yin and yang, and is a matter of human ethics. Even the Buddha cannot stop it. If Shangzhuguo is willing, he does not need to care about any precepts. Cultivation lies in the heart, not in the precepts!"

Dao Ji looked at Lu Zhishen and said, his eyes were a little dim, as if he was recalling the past.

"Look, Dao Ji is more open-minded than you. If everyone is single like you, there will be no one left in the world!"

Sun Lei looked at Lu Zhishen and said.

"Look, Daoji has regretted it. There is no conflict between understanding Buddhism and daily life. Why must one leave daily life and hide in a temple to achieve enlightenment? Don't learn from Sakyamuni. His small country has been destroyed, and his Buddhist sect is about to be destroyed as well."

Sun Lei continued to say that he knew Dao Ji's past. Before he became a monk, he came from a good family and might have had a good marriage. It was only because he did not think it through at the time that the tragedy occurred.

"Your Majesty is right. I was also confused by my karma. By the time I realized it, everything was irreversible."

Dao Ji spoke very calmly. He was not going to deny what had happened. He had done something wrong and it was wrong.

Duan Yu listened thoughtfully. His family had been urging him to get married and have children, but he always felt that he had not met the person he loved.

"It turns out that the master is also a man of temperament!"

Duan Yu sighed in his heart, the masters he met before were all able to see through the world and transcend the ordinary world. At that time, he thought that such people were enlightened monks. But now, he sees that Master Dao Ji is also very good, more like a living Buddha, and can better understand the confusion in the hearts of ordinary people. Only by understanding can one resolve the confusion.

"Master Daoji, I want to travel around with you! Please accept me."

Duan Yu knelt down in front of Dao Ji and spoke.

"donor?"

Dao Ji looked at Duan Yu, he was the King of Dali. Although Dali had been incorporated into Qi and there was no King of Dali anymore, Duan Yu still had to handle many matters in Dali.

"Daoji, just accept him and go out for a walk! If that doesn't work, take him all the way south and finally go to Dali."

Sun Lei looked at Dao Ji and said.

"Since your majesty has said so, then Mr. Duan will travel around with me."

Dao Ji looked at Duan Yu and bowed like a Buddhist.

"Thank you, Master!"

Duan Yu bowed his head and saluted.

The banquet lasted until dusk, when the bell of Huanglian Temple rang. Sun Lei then stood up to say goodbye and left with Lu Zhishen.

"Enjoy this drink!"

Lu Zhishen was satisfied. He drank the good wine and discussed Buddhism with Dao Ji.

"This Liangshan City is getting more and more lively, with so many people here so late at night!"

Lu Zhishen looked at the lights of Liangshan City, which were just coming on. There were more people on the streets than during the day.

"That's normal. Why don't I build a city wall? City walls protect cities, but they actually restrict the development of cities. Enemies that can be blocked by city walls are not enemies at all. From a military defense perspective, city walls are the stupidest, just like the Great Wall. They are the self-consolation of cowards. The best option is to completely eliminate the enemy."

Sun Lei said with a smile that Liangshan City was the first capital city in history without a city wall. Without a city wall, people could travel freely, and prosperity was inevitable. "In addition, the night is the busiest time. Think about it, whether you are a farmer or a worker, you work all day long, so how can you have time to go shopping? You can only go out to eat, drink and have fun at night. Once the city wall is built, the city gates will be closed at night, and people from outside can't get in, and people from inside can't get out. Isn't this a stagnant pool of water!"

Sun Lei pointed at those people who came into the city with their families for sightseeing. These were the people living outside the city.

"That's right! But there's no need for a city wall!"

Lu Zhishen also agreed with Sun Lei's statement that building a city wall does indeed do more harm than good and is not conducive to the development of the city.

Sun Lei and Lu Zhishen had nothing to do, so they wandered around the city. Lu Zhishen liked lively activities, so he would go to see any acrobatics, fire-breathing, or shadow puppetry performances he saw.

"His Majesty!"

Lu Fang walked up to Sun Lei and whispered.

"Why are you here?"

Sun Lei looked at Lu Fang, who was in casual clothes. There seemed to be many more guards in casual clothes around him.

"Your Majesty, it's not safe here at this late hour without your guards!"

Lu Fang said that whenever the emperor traveled, he was always surrounded by people to protect his safety.

"How can we go shopping if you come here? Besides, I brought Master Lu with me!"

Sun Lei shook his head.

"Your Majesty, this is the regulation."

Lu Fang said helplessly that this was a royal regulation and the emperor would never travel alone.

"Okay, you guys are around."

Sun Lei did not make things difficult for Lu Fang. Since the rules had been established, he could not violate them too much.

"By the way, Your Majesty, those chieftains are just ahead."

Lu Fang pointed forward and spoke.

"Still strolling around? These people are really energetic."

Sun Lei said that these people had started shopping since the court was dismissed and it was already dark now.

"They not only shopped, but also bought a lot of things. Each of them bought several carts!"

Lu Fang spoke.

"So supportive?"

Sun Lei was a little surprised. These people were going back to Dali. It would take thousands of miles, crossing mountains and rivers, so how could they bring this thing back?
"Let's go and have a look!"

Lu Zhishen also became interested.

As the crowd walked towards the center of the street, they saw the chieftains pulling carts and bargaining with the merchants. Because they were talking too quickly, there was no time for translation, so both sides just gestured with their hands, which attracted a lot of onlookers.

Finally, the price was agreed upon, and the Tusi king was very satisfied and bought several beautiful gold hairpins, while his cart was already full of goods.

"It really is like what Tusi likes. Fine wine, cloth, tea, and some specialty snacks are all not available there."

Sun Lei looked at the goods on the bread cart and smiled.

The chieftain king became the most popular customer on this street, and he bought large amounts of food.

"I didn't think of this. Logically, shouldn't I reward them with these things?"

Sun Lei suddenly spoke up, it seemed that all the nations that came to pay tribute were rewarded with some local specialties.

"Let Xiao Jiasui make a list tomorrow and give some rewards to these chieftains, and send them directly back to Dali."

Sun Lei looked at Lu Fang and said. (End of this chapter)