Chapter 64 Pay the rent first, then go to work as a coolie
He called the rice seeds divine rice, which was a gift from God to the Tang Dynasty.
Su Chen said: "That's good, now everyone can enjoy our spiritual rice."
Gao Shilian nodded and said: "Not bad, your pot of spiritual rice tastes ordinary, but, what? Your spiritual rice?!"
His eyes widened in disbelief.
Sun Simiao on the side also had a smile on his face: "Yes, when the emperor came to us to ask for it, it was ninety-nine ripe, so it should have been ripe. However, it suffered from drought later, and now it has finally reached the ripe time."
Su Chen also nodded: "The refugees in Chang'an and other places can have a bite of food and go back."
Sun Simiao made a magic spell, bowed and said: "As a teacher, I think about those poor people all the time. I really can't compare to him."
Gao Shilian on the side was stunned.
He originally wanted to show off, but he didn't expect that the Heavenly Master actually gave the food to the emperor. No wonder the emperor believed that food could feed the world.
With nine harvests a year, the output can be several thousand kilograms a year.
"No wonder His Majesty the Emperor said to let the major noble families stabilize their food money this year. It won't matter next year. This thing will become popular next year. By then, food prices will definitely be so low that they are even worse than vegetables!"
Gao Shilian came from a famous family, but he also hoped to die with the empire. Su Chen dealt with a major matter, and he quickly bowed down.
"Thank you Celestial Master for your contribution to the Tang Dynasty. This is the blessing of Celestial Master, not a gift from God."
Su Chen waved his hand and smiled lightly, not caring at all.
He had a good impression of Gao Shilian. He heard that Gao Shilian was an immortal practitioner and he taught her in Tiance Mansion.
I don't know how much he weighs.
After saying that, Su Chen seemed to have remembered something and smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid no one will come here to draw the lottery today. This is a great harvest. The emperor distributed rations and everyone went out to collect them."
Hearing this, Gao Shilian nodded: "That's right, no one will bother you today."
"However, I don't know who is causing a lot of trouble for the Heavenly Master."
He took out a memorial and said: "This is what Jinji Temple reported to the imperial court. It says that you, Hualong Temple, deceived the world and stole the name."
Su Chen raised his eyebrows, was this going to kill him?!
Jinji Temple is the largest temple in this area. When his master was still alive, he once tried to eat their Hualong Temple.
Sure enough, it's not good to go against your neighbors.
Seeing Su Chen frowning, Gao Shilian said: "Great Heavenly Master, no matter how magnanimous you are, you should be kind and powerful at the same time. Otherwise, they will take advantage of you."
civilian?!
Su Chen was startled, what is going on?
Sun Simiao was well aware of Su Chen's disregard for fame, so he said: "Master is the Duke of Dao Kingdom. The nine mountains and twelve villages around Yunyuan Mountain are all the prince's fiefdom. Jinji Mountain is the territory of Jinji Temple."
Su Chen was startled, then burst into laughter.
"They are my people and I am their master. Why do they accuse me?!"
Sun Simiao nodded, "Yes, Master, I wonder what you have to say?!"
How to deal with it?!
This is not bad!
Su Chen was overjoyed.
As a Duke of a country, a first-grade Heavenly Master, nine mountains and twelve villages are all under his control.
Jinji Temple is his territory, and the monks are all his descendants.
Sun Simiao asked again: "Master, how are you going to deal with it?!"
Gao Shilian thought that Su Chenzhai was kind-hearted and didn't take this matter to heart.
He suggested: "Ask the Heavenly Master and I will be your villain."
Su Chen said: "No need. Although religion belongs to the court, in the current world, it is impossible for the Ministry of Rites to interfere in too many things!"
Gao Shilian nodded, that was true.
The power of Taoism and Buddhism is so great that they are not worthy of being a member of the mortal world at all.
Su Chen said: "Ask Li Zheng to give me the rent."
Collect rent?!
Gao Shilian was stunned.
Sun Simiao was also startled and looked confused.
"You may not know that they are Buddhists, and even the Ministry of Rites does not have many restrictions, let alone collecting rent."
Sun Simiao added: "Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty never paid taxes, let alone collected rent."
Su Chen looked calm: "It wasn't in the past, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. If Datang doesn't accept it, then my territory will be yours."
He didn't say anything more, he just waved his hand and motioned for Sun Simiao to go out.
Sun Simiao had a puzzled look on his face. He thought so too. It was understandable for Su Chen to rent a piece of land.
No one has done this before, which is not to say that no one has done it.
My master is like a god. He doesn't even ask questions and still collects rent. That's because his master is magnanimous.
Sun Simiao quickly passed the news to Li Zheng.
After Li Zheng received this information, he immediately started his own plan. They had regarded Su Chen as a real god.
On Yunyuan Mountain, Su Chen's words and deeds are simply invincible.
"If it weren't for you, we would have starved to death a long time ago. These bachelors actually want to falsely accuse you and collect rent for nothing. Hurry up and send people to burn their temples."
"That is, burning their temple."
"A good friend of mine was on pilgrimage at the Golden Rooster Temple a few days ago. I want to break his legs."
"Let's go, let's go to the Golden Rooster Temple to collect the rent."
The group of people headed towards the Golden Rooster Temple.
The monks in Jinji Temple have been restless these days, and their zhezi have been delivered to them a long time ago.
But he held her tightly, and there was no sound at all.
Originally, they were counting on Sun Simiao to fail in praying for rain so that they could take the opportunity to overturn Yunyuan Mountain.
He didn't expect that he actually did it.
When Sun Simiao returned to Hualong Temple, the monks were frightened.
They thought they could take the memorial back, but their people told them that the memorial had been lost.
What they are worried about is that they cannot see this memorial.
After several days, they thought that maybe they had really disappeared.
At the same time, he was secretly rejoicing, for fear of being troubled by the people from Yunyuan Mountain.
this moment.
They saw a large group of people walking towards them. They were all ordinary villagers. Some even came here to burn incense.
"Haha, there are a lot of guests here."
"I haven't seen so many people in a long time. They don't have much money for incense, but their offerings are quite high."
"It's really weird. They didn't eat or drink. Instead, they used a stick and a shovel!"
"Perhaps I'm here to help with the work as a thank you gift."
When these villagers arrived, the joy on the faces of the Buddhists was wiped away, they stood up in awe and recited scriptures.