Swallow Back

After a while, Liu Yun came to the door of an inconspicuous commercial house, and after communicating with the shop assistant, he knew that the other party was indeed specialized in transportation business.

So we sat down to drink tea and talk in detail.

He also heard that the trade is busy recently, and the order must be booked, Liu Yun pretended to hesitate, asked a few pretendingly sophisticated questions, and pretended to check the other party's business ability.Finally, the contract was drafted and a deposit of [-] guan was paid.

Liuyun claims to buy a total of 110 jin of seafood, which adds up to about [-] and [-] guan, and there is no need to pay various exorbitant taxes, which is much cheaper than other places.

Then the transportation fee is [-] guan.

It's not that the lions opened their mouths, but because preserving fresh seafood requires a lot of ice, which is a very expensive luxury in this era.I don't know if it was created by onmyoji with magic.

Paying half of the deposit first is also for this reason. People are worried that you will break the contract and that the ice cubes taken from the cellar will melt in vain.

In fact, Liushiguan is still a favorable price.

Including the purchase price, it is only 170 five guan.

If you want to buy the same quality and quantity of seafood in nearby Ominato and Tsushima, you will have to spend at least one hundred guan more.

Such a good thing with good quality and low price can only be encountered in Long Island.

After deciding on the transportation channel, Liuyun went to the fishing village the next day, found the Qingsheng monk, and prepared to fulfill the deal agreed yesterday.

Originally, I also planned to sign a pre-purchase contract, but the village didn't even have pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and I couldn't make complicated procedures, so I just agreed verbally.

Unexpectedly, after the meeting, Monk Qingsheng showed embarrassment, prostrated himself in the mud, and sincerely apologized: "Damn the poor monk! Now I can't sell the goods to Mr. Kojiro's Wanshiwu, please forgive me!"

Liu Yun thought to himself, "Sure enough, the show is coming", but his face suddenly showed surprise and resentment, and he raised his voice and said angrily, "Why is this? I have already paid for the ice cubes, and Jinjiang has also notified my family Come here to accept...but now you say you can't sell it?"

Monk Qingsheng knelt down, kowtowed repeatedly, and mournfully said: "The originally agreed goods must be fine, but...just...it just so happened that a member of Yixiangzong was in trouble and needed help, so... "

Liu Yun asked doubtfully, "What church member? What trouble?"

The monk Qingsheng still knelt on the ground, sighed a few words, and said helplessly: "The poor monk has a friend who is also a disciple of the Yixiangzong. He is used to doing business between Nagashima and Nara. Last month, he signed a contract with the merchant house there. In order to provide [-] catties of various seafood, if the due amount is not enough, the compensation will be tripled, and the deadline will be three days later. There was no problem with timely supply, but I did not expect that the caravan was robbed by thieves a few days ago... Poor The monk can't watch the suffering of his friends who also believe in the Yizong sect, so he can only try his best to raise seafood and sell it to him at a low price, so he has no time to supply you..."

Liu Yun's face was full of anger, so he left without answering.

Then hurriedly went to other fishing villages around.

Sure enough, they all said that the stock was insufficient.

The reasons are also various and varied.

……

Seeing this, Ms. Jinghe felt admiration: "It's no wonder that although Long Island has high quality and low prices, commerce and trade are not well developed! Sure enough, as Master Liuyun said, we don't need to do anything, just push the boat along the way, and trouble will come to you .”

"Not only will troubles come to your door, but opportunities will probably appear quickly and automatically." Liu Yun seemed very confident: "It is impossible to set up such a big trap just to cheat [-]% of the deposit."

Ms. Jinghe nodded, and then became a little depressed: "I didn't expect that Master Qingsheng, who seemed very kind and reliable, turned out to be a liar."

"He's not a liar." Liu Yun shook his head and said, "I just tried it with the ability, and what the monk said should be true—at least he thinks it's all true. The monk should be a really good person."

"Is he just being deceived by others..." Ms. Jinghe felt a little better after hearing Liuyun's explanation, and sighed quietly: "Although he is a good person, it is not good if there is something wrong with the person he trusts. Just like me I used to trust Enryaku-ji Temple in Mt. Hiei. Fortunately, now... I have met you, Sasaki-sama."

"Well..." Liu Yun smacked his tongue and shook his head, deeply feeling that the burden was a bit heavy: "I hope there won't be a day when you feel that your trust has been betrayed."

"Lord Sasaki... I believe you will never let me down!" Ms. Jinghe only hesitated for half a second before making a firm judgment: "If your character is not trustworthy, then who else is there?"

At this time, the long knife transformed into by Iori groaned spontaneously again.

But it seems that it is not to express some subtle emotions, but to express approval and resonance.

Looking at the other party's bright and heroic appearance, Liu Yun felt more and more that being trusted is also a hard thing.

Chapter 197 Conditions for Solving Problems

The procurement business that had reached a verbal agreement fell through due to the breach of contract by the other party.

The scheduled delivery time is one day later, and the commercial house responsible for the delivery has already made corresponding preparations and initial investment, so obviously the deposit will not be refunded.

Just at this time, it was too late to buy sufficient goods from other channels.

Because seafood is in high demand in Long Island, often the catch of the day has already been booked in advance before the fishermen sail out to sea.

To some extent, it can be regarded as an early "futures".

If Liu Yun was really a small businessman who came to Long Island to buy seafood, he must be extremely depressed by now.

Not only wasting time wasted by running for nothing, but also lost the deposit of thirty guan.

Thirty copper coins roughly correspond to 30 taels of silver, which is equivalent to the income of ordinary farmers for several years of hard work, and it is definitely not a small amount of money for ordinary merchants.

It may even involve many chain reactions caused by the inability to supply downstream customers on time.

Fortunately, Liu Yun is just a fake businessman.

So he can still sit in the room of the dormitory, drink tea and eat snacks, and read casual books at will.

I didn't go out to do errands because of the sudden heavy rain.

The clouds were dense, the wind continued, and the torrential rain was pouring down, hanging like a fine water curtain, and it fell on the ground without stopping.

Obviously not a situation where you can go out calmly.

Especially now that he was playing the role of an ordinary businessman, it was too strange not to stay in the house in this weather.

As for the investigation of Changdao Yixiangzong, Liu Yun was not too worried.

Although the time is limited, he feels that he has touched a little bit and is about to touch something deeper, so he just needs to wait quietly.

On the contrary, Jinghe Azaji, who was accompanying her, was worried about gains and losses for no reason, and her mood was restless. From time to time, she expressed some naive and naive views on current affairs, which would probably be the lowest grade of a key official in later generations.

I don't know if he is anxious about the matter of Changdao Yixiangzong, or because he is in the same room with Liuyun pretending to be husband and wife.

On the contrary, Rinko Akiyama showed nothing unusual, she just waited on the side with her eyebrows lowered cautiously, with a peaceful and peaceful smile on her face, playing the role of maid clumsily but seriously, as if she was too deeply involved in the drama and enjoyed it.

Liuyun lay down and rested leisurely, while listening to the pattering rain, he was able to give benefits to his eyes openly and aboveboard, which was quite comfortable.

only……

When it was close to noon, the voice of the owner of the dormitory suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Is Mr. Kojiro from Master House there? A monk named Kiyomori came to see you."

Qingsheng... Isn't this the person who spoke in the previous fishing village?

Liuyun was overjoyed when he heard it, thinking that things had turned out as expected, but he frowned and said angrily, "This monk doesn't count for what he said, and the business we agreed on was ruined, which caused me to lose dozens of dollars." What...is there a good way to meet up!"

"So that's how it is..." The owner of the dorm was stunned, and then persuaded with a smile: "You should go and meet him, the monk seems to have visited several shops in the rain in order to find a place for you to stay, and they were all drenched in water." It's gone! Or should I condescend to see her?"

"Hmph..." Liu Yun was still not angry.

"Mr. Kojiro..." The owner of the dormitory took a step closer, with a displeased expression on his face, and said in a low voice, in a reminding tone: "After all, this is in Long Island, so it's better to show some respect to the masters of the Ichigo School."

"Tch..." Liu Yun reluctantly nodded after hearing this.

Then he turned around and gave Azagi Ikawa and Rinko Akiyama in the room a look, and followed the hostel owner out.

Sure enough, under the eaves of the door, there was a man wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, his whole body was soaked, and he was pacing back and forth anxiously.

When I got closer, it was indeed the Qingsheng monk who I met yesterday.

Liu Yun put on a serious face on purpose, and asked coldly: "Master Qingsheng, why do you want to find me? Do you want to cheat another [-] sticks of deposit?"

The monk was very embarrassed when he heard the words, turned around quickly and looked over, ignored the dirt on the ground, bowed down and said, "I'm really sorry about this matter! That's why the poor monk woke up early today to look for you, just to try to make up for it."

When speaking, the monk looked dusty, exhausted, and a little pitiful.

Liu Yun's expression slowed down a bit, but he still shook his head: "Unless the goods can be delivered in full at the original price. Otherwise, is there any other way to make up for it?"

The monk Qingsheng lamented: "If the friend of the poor monk can't deliver the goods to the commercial house in Gifu, he will have to pay more than 1000 guan, and his family will be ruined, and the time is too urgent. If he doesn't leave yesterday, he will not be able to catch up... As a monk of Yixiangzong , the poor monk can't just ignore the suffering of the believers, he can only save there first."

Liuyun was furious when he heard the words: "I see! Since I'm not a believer in Yixiangzong, I can entrap you at will."

"Of course not, not..." Monk Qing Sheng bowed down in fear again, bowing his knees and apologized repeatedly: "The poor monk was very disturbed by this, so he worked all night last night, searched all the people he knew, and finally found a way .A friend has enough goods, but the price will be slightly higher than what we negotiated...but it will not be higher than one and it will be done."

"Then..." Liu Yun hesitated for a moment, then nodded reluctantly: "Please tell me!"

"Thank you for your understanding!" Monk Qingsheng finally felt less nervous, and quickly explained carefully.

It turned out that the monk mobilized his personal connections, found the high-level executives of the Long Island Yuanzheng Temple, and obtained information about a wealthy businessman.

It is said that the wealthy merchant has monopolized one-fifth of the seafood trade in the vicinity, and the goods that come in and out every day are tens of thousands of catties, maybe they can even out a little.

After hearing this, Liu Yun couldn't help but want to roll his eyes: "Why don't you just let your friend go to a luxury merchant? Then we can trade normally?"

Monk Qingsheng smiled bitterly and explained: "It's really too late... When I got the news, I had to pack all the harvest from the village in the last three days, so that I could barely reach the destination before the deadline."

Liu Yun frowned and said nothing, thought for a moment, and then said: "Okay, let's consider the goods of this wealthy merchant... I guess there may be additional conditions for the temporary transfer of some goods?"

Monk Qingsheng was stunned when he heard the words, shrank his head and muttered: "It is true...it is true. The poor monk has no face to continue talking..."

Liu Yun sighed helplessly: "Forget it, forget it... Please tell me what the conditions are. Is there an extra price? Originally, I came here because I heard that Nagashima is better than Dazuo and Tsushima... Now look at it. It’s totally overthinking!”

Monk Qingsheng quickly shook his head: "No, no! That wealthy businessman is generous and doesn't care much about money. But he is very devout to the Yixiang sect... It can be said that he is much more devout than the poor monk. What he means is that if you want to You can help by listening to a Dharma conference and understanding the teachings of Yixiangzong.”

Hearing this, Liu Yun frowned again displeased: "My family's ancestors have believed in the Yuancheng Temple sect of the Tiantai Sect Gate for generations... Do you want me to change my sect? Although I really want to make up for the loss, but It is not enough to abandon the faith of my father and grandparents for this.”

Monk Qingsheng shook his head even more: "You have misunderstood. You just need to bring your family to attend a Dharma meeting and get to know Yixiangzong a little bit. It doesn't mean to change you. We Yixiangzong never force preaching approach."

Liu Yun was skeptical, nodded his head and pondered for a long time, then nodded reluctantly: "Then do this, thank you for your hard work."

Monk Qingsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly his feet became weak, his body trembled, and he fell to the ground.

It seems that he has indeed worked so hard for Liu Yun's matter for a long time.

Chapter 198

"Everyone must have seen temples of other sects, but probably few people understand the Dharma of other sects. Why do those monks always hold on to the scriptures and speak in a very complicated way on purpose? The purpose is to keep you from understanding. If you don’t understand, you can’t realize it by yourself, so you can only spend money to beg them. Otherwise, why can you build such a tall stupa and pagoda? When the money goes to them, they say it is to worship the Buddha. In fact, where the flowers are, everyone knows very well..."

"...We, Xiangzong, just can't understand this matter, so we tell you in the simplest words. Some people must be curious. It is the most difficult thing to become a Buddha after death. How can we explain it in simple words? In fact, this It’s because you only know one thing and don’t know the other. It’s really not easy to be enlightened and liberated to become a Buddha. That’s right, you must be familiar with the scriptures to make it possible. However, after studying it many years ago, Master Shinluan discovered a A big secret that has been covered up for many years!"

"This secret is what our Yixiang sect calls the 'Original Vow of Other Forces' and 'Evil People's Opportunity'. What is the original vow of other power? That is to say, although we ourselves are not enlightened enough to become a Buddha, Amitabha Buddha and his elders are merciful. For the sake of my heart, I am willing to share the power of vows and convert sentient beings. After all, we are ordinary people, and the Buddha's fate is limited. There is no need to force enlightenment and liberation. We only need to chant the name of "Amitabha Buddha" and feel the power of the vows. You can also use this to become a Buddha.”

"...As for the whole 'evil person's opportunity', the meaning of the evil person does not mean doing bad things. It means that compared with those 'good people' with pure six senses, we who are born in the chaotic world of the Dharma cannot escape the mortal body. Desires, implicated by karma, are "evil people" in Buddhism. However, it is precisely because of this that we are the objects that Amitabha Buddha will use his vows to relieve. So everyone can live a normal life, just do what you want, Don't worry about being abandoned by the Buddha."

"Now you should understand that other sects are so troublesome about chanting scriptures, keeping precepts, practicing, and repenting. They are actually going astray. Rich and noble people can rely on this to become a Buddha after death, but poor disciples can't do it! Only We have always been different, and we pay attention to the "principal vows of other powers". There is no need to deliberately spend those efforts. As long as you pay attention to the power of the Buddha's vows, it makes no difference whether you are rich or poor. Got it."

……

The ceremony where Yixiangzong preached to the newcomers was really different.

In the spacious monk's room, except for a Buddha statue, there are almost no second religious symbols, let alone any scriptures and magic tools.

It's just a hundred or so disciples sitting on the ground, forming several layers of circles inside and outside, with a monk sitting cross-legged in the middle and explaining.

There are no special rules for the audience to follow. They can sit on their knees, squat, sit on their knees, or lie on their stomachs. They can move their seats freely, whisper to each other, eat, and even get up to go to the toilet at any time, and come back when they are done. .