A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 953 Three Heads and Six Arms
Guangzhou, Dragon King Temple.

The incense is strong,

Wu Huaiyu was a little speechless when he saw the newly built Three Medicine King Hall in the temple, and when he saw himself, Sun Simiao and Wei Shanjun being enshrined in the hall and receiving incense.

"The Yaowang Hall is currently measuring the incense. Countless people come to burn incense every day."

Today's Dragon King Temple not only enshrines the Dragon King of the Four Seas, but also many other gods, including the God of Thunder, the God of Lightning, the Mother of Feng Boy, and the Master of Rain.
Xiaoyaozi has become the God of Wealth,

Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong were also invited in as door gods.
Li Jing was also invited in.

Li Jing is now in the same hall as Xiaoyaozi. Li Jing is revered as the King of Treasures, also known as the King of the North. Because the statue is in the shape of a pagoda, he is also called the King of Pagodas.

"Gong Wei is the god of martial arts and wealth, and Zhenren Xiaoyaozi is the god of literary wealth."

Wu Huaiyu remembered that the God of Wealth and Wealth was Bigan and the God of Wealth and Wealth was Zhao Gongming. Some people also respected Guan Gong and Fan Li as Gods of Wealth and Wealth, but he had never heard of Li Jing and Xiaoyaozi being revered as Gods of Wealth and Wealth.

"what about this?"

Wu Huaiyu pointed to the person next to Li Jing and asked,

Wu Huaiyu looked at that heroic image with three heads and six arms, and felt that it was getting more and more outrageous. In the Dragon King Temple, he was the Medicine King with Sun Simiao and others in the Medicine King Hall. Here, he and Li Jing became the God of Demon-Conquering War, and were also called the Marshal of the Middle Altar. .

Also known as Master Cihang, she is said to have boundless magical power, rescue people in distress, and respond to requests, especially at sea. She is as amazing as the Dragon King of the Four Seas.

When Wu Huaiyu discovered that Feng Ang was also enshrined in the Dragon King Temple and was worshiped as the City God of Guangzhou, he was not surprised at all.

However, there have always been many various unrecognized gods among the people, that is, the obscene gods, and the act of worshiping them is the obscene sacrifice.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was popular to worship the city god in various places in the south, and the city god in each place was different. They were usually famous figures in local history. At this time, there was no city god in the Tang Dynasty's sacrificial rituals.

In history, Di Renjie visited the south of the Yangtze River and discovered that there were many obscene temples in Wu and Chu customs. Renjie forbade the destruction of 1,700 houses, leaving only four temples for Xia Yu, Wu Taibo, Jizha, and Wu Yuan.

Strictly speaking, although the Guangzhou Dragon King Temple was established with the permission of the Dudu Palace, many of the gods in this temple are not included in the national sacrificial canon of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, it can be called a temple for obscene gods and obscene worship, which is illegal.

People in Guangzhou also like to come to worship. There are so many gods, and they worship each one when they come. The God of Wealth, the God of Earth, the God of Medicine, the God of Dragon, everyone has a chance to see them.

Any god that can be worshiped has a strict sacrificial code, such as Emperor Haotian, Huang Tianhou Tu, etc.
The gods worshiped in each dynasty are not exactly the same, but the gods that can be worshiped are those that have been certified by the court. The court must offer sacrifices on time.

"This is Lord Wu, Nanatian, the God of Demon-Conquering War, known as Nezha King."

This is the case with the Dragon King Temple in Guangzhou,
This temple was built with funds from the female relatives of the Wu family. It was originally supposed to only worship the Dragon King of the Four Seas or the Dragon King of the South China Sea, but now various gods have come in and are being added continuously.

Nowadays, fishermen or maritime merchants in Guangzhou Port must pay homage to him when they go to sea.

In some places, there are also gods that have been certified by the court, and sacrifices are also required in the four seasons.

There is no Mazu in the Tang Dynasty, but Cihang is worshiped devoutly.

However, after Wu Huaiyu saw Guanyin in another hall, he became much calmer.

Nanhai Guanyin was also invited, but in the Dragon King Temple she was not the Buddhist Guanyin. She was called Cihang Zhenren and became a Taoist god.

The important affairs of the country are in sacrifice and military affairs.

Throughout the dynasties, sacrifices have been very solemn and solemn.

But why do the people care so much about you?
One of the characteristics of the Chinese people is that they worship gods when they see them, whether they are gods or Buddhas, it is their spiritual sustenance. Even the temples built by the people are not limited to worshiping one god, nor are they limited to Buddhism and Taoism. They can worship many gods, and even these gods have nothing to do with each other.

Still three-headed and six-armed.

Even people like Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Wei Chi, Gong, Wu Huaiyu, Feng Ang, Sun Simiao, Wei Shanjun, etc. who were still alive were offered to them because they thought they were capable.

Because the Dragon King Temple was built by the Wu family and approved by the Governor's Office, the temple is still run in a very formal manner. It will not ask the people for sacrifices or incense expenses, nor will it lend money to the people, or pledge money. I don’t store these things, and I won’t sell any talisman water, incense ash or the like randomly.
There is no charge for drawing lots here.
It is even a public non-profit place.

During the four seasons, temple fairs are often held to worship various gods, and there are also performances by juggling troupes, etc.
"It's not a bad thing to pray for peace and prosperity for the country and the people," Wu Huaiyu said after turning around in a circle. As long as he didn't take the opportunity to make money or do anything random, Wu Huaiyu was not willing to interfere too much with the behavior of the people.

It doesn't matter if he is also enshrined in the temple as the Medicine King or the Demon-Slayer God.

"Everyone who goes to Luzon tomorrow will come to the temple to offer incense before going to sea."

the next day.

early in the morning,

Many people who were about to go to Luzon came to the Dragon King Temple to offer incense.

This is the fifth batch of people going to Luzon this year.
Basically they are all young men, wearing uniform blue robes.
These people are all orphans adopted by the Wu family.
The Wu family has been adopting orphans for many years, and the earliest batch has been around for ten years now. Every year, Wu Huaiyu would spend a large amount of money to pay for the construction of a new orphanage and the adoption of orphans in the second year.

Whenever the Wu family went to a place to open shops, buy fields, or mine, they would basically adopt local orphans. There were even many nurseries specially built to adopt abandoned babies.

Although this expense is not small and is increasing year by year, Wu Huaiyu has maintained it.

These orphans trained by the Wu family work part-time, and those with little talent for reading will be sent to shops and workshops as apprentices after completing a few years of basic education. Those with some talents will be sent to technical schools to continue working part-time to learn more skills.

Some of the earliest adopted orphans are now in their twenties. Year after year, the Wu family adopted many abandoned babies and orphans, and they grew up one after another.
The Wu family also opened many elementary schools and technical schools in various places, and also recruited some civilian children from the society for targeted training.

Ten years have passed, and the original arrangements made by Wu Huaiyu are still effective. The Wu family's rapid development and expansion in recent years is inseparable from his own system of cultivating manpower.

These people are very loyal to the Wu family.

Just like these young people who are going to Luzon,

They were all recently transferred from the Wu family technical schools across the Tang Dynasty, and most of them were orphans raised by the Wu family. They had completed the training in the technical schools and mastered a certain skill. They were originally going to be assigned to various workshops and shops of the Wu family.

But this time they were selected and will be sent to Luzon.

There are more than a thousand young people in this group going to Luzon.
Now Luzon has expanded to twelve strongholds, and the demand for personnel is even greater. The Wu family is now constantly recruiting workers for its shops in various places, and at the same time, it is transferring the young people it has trained there.

The treatment provided when going to Luzon is still very good.

These young people from the Wu family gathered in Guangzhou from all over the country and have been training for half a month. During this time, they have had good food and their faces are rosy.

At this time, everyone has a wicker box, a handbag, and a large backpack. There are many things, but they are all very neat and unified.

The clothes on my body are all newly issued by Uni-President in Guangzhou. The three-piece suit inside and outside is all new.

Everyone lined up to enter the Dragon King Temple and went from hall to hall to worship and offer incense to various gods.
Each person also received a peace charm.

Everyone carefully hung the safety charms and identity plates around their necks together. They knew exactly where they were going.
But no one flinched or was afraid,

The eldest among the teenagers here is already in their early twenties, while the youngest is fourteen or fifteen years old, but they all come from similar backgrounds. Some are war orphans, some are orphans due to famine, some are abandoned due to illness or other reasons, or some are orphans. Lost,
Before being adopted by the Wu family, many people went through an unforgettable dark time. They either suffered from cold and hunger, were homeless and beggars, or were abducted, trafficked and beaten.

Some people are sick and dying, while others are skin and bones from hunger.
Fortunately, they finally encountered the kindhearted adoption of the Wu family, and entered the orphanage where they had enough food, received medical treatment, and were even able to read and write.

When I got older, I worked part-time to study and learn skills, and developed a skill.

They became sensible earlier than other children, and they also understood how lucky they were to meet the Wu family. Many children with parents and family members did not live as well as they did. At least they had food and clothing.

Now the family wants them to go to Luzon,

They didn't know where Luzon was. They only knew that they were going to sea from Guangzhou, on a big island in the sea far away.
They were not afraid, but rather excited and proud to be selected.
After adding incense,
pier,

Wu Huaiyu came to see them off.

These 'children of the Wu family' were very excited to see him. The education they received since childhood was that Wu Huaiyu was their reborn parent and had the gift of reincarnation.

"You are all good children of the Wu family!"

Wu Huaiyu shouted,
One sentence made the thousand or so years in front of me so excited that some young people even choked up and shed tears.

"You are about to embark on a journey to Luzon,
For you, there will be ups and downs here, but more of them are opportunities and a bright future. You have all just graduated from various technologies. Some of you are studying shipbuilding, some are learning to bake porcelain and pottery, and some are brewing wine. Those who cook camphor, those who plant crops, and those who explore and mine,
There are also those who study medicine, those who study pharmacy, and those who study accounting. In short, they are all capable.

Luzon is in great need of young people like you,"

Huaiyu waved his hand,
The attendants brought baskets of things,
"I have prepared a banknote of one thousand yuan for each of you. After you arrive in Luzon, you can exchange the banknote at any time at the bank there,"

"In addition, each person also has a land ticket. This is ten acres of land. When we get there, this land will belong to you, Yongye. From now on, when you work in the Wu family, you will also get a land ticket at the end of every year. Ten acres of Yongye land a year. , for ten consecutive years.”

With ten acres of land a year, if you work in the Lu Song Wu family for ten years, you can get one hundred acres of land.

The one hundred acres of land were given as extra, and they worked in Luzon with normal remuneration. As graduates from technical schools, whether they enter a workshop or a shop, they do not need to start as apprentice boys, but directly become junior boys, with good wages.

And after three years as a junior clerk, as long as you perform well, you can be promoted to an intermediate clerk. According to the Wu family's practice, starting from the intermediate clerk, you can get dividends from your position. The longer you are and the higher your position, the more dividends you will get.

Over the years, various industries operated by the Wu family have been quite profitable. The Wu family has always used part of the annual net profit as dividends for employees. This dividend reward system is very motivating, so the employees of the Wu family are very There is less exodus, but the outstanding talents from outside are sharpening their heads to infiltrate the Wu family.

"In addition to ten acres of land every year, there will also be an additional reward of one thousand yuan every year, which can also be obtained for ten years. Even if you are promoted to mid-level guys later and start to get top shares, this money will still be the same."

"Also, as long as you are over twenty-one, the Wu family promises to help you find a wife and give you a sum of money for marriage,"

"In the future, you will settle down in Luzon, have children, and if you want to buy land, the Wu family will give you special discounts. In short, you will have a bright future here!"

Wu Huaiyu's words are indeed inspiring enough for this group of young men who were born as orphans.

A subsidy of 1,000 yuan a year and ten acres of permanent land will be 10,000 yuan and 100 acres of land in ten years. These are all additional benefits.

Even in the Central Plains, one thousand dollars now has strong purchasing power. It can buy a fine bullock and rice for twenty dan.

They are in a technical school, working part-time, with food and accommodation included, and two seasons of clothes a year, but they usually only receive a subsidy of 100 yuan a month.

But with just one hundred dollars, many people can still save a lot.

Now that they have gone to Luzon, they can get formal wages, subsidies, and even land distribution. If they save the money and save it to buy land, then they can become landlords in the future.

Everyone is full of expectations for Luzon.

(End of this chapter)