The salt field that Zhou Hexuan and his three people visited was called "Tongxing Well", which was located near Tongxing Road in Zigong in later generations.
Seeing their extraordinary bearing, the kitchen supervisor immediately agreed to the visit request, but secretly sent someone to report to Wang Desheng, the chief steward: "Fourth Master, there are several people in the kitchen room, and they are speaking in Mandarin."
"Could he be a special commissioner from the government?" Wang Desheng did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went to receive him in person.
Zigong salt merchants were all local tyrants. Since the salt industry was closely related to people's livelihood, the central government once sent people to founding party branches in major salt fields. However, the salt merchants ganged up and drove them away. Even the salt workers who joined the party were expelled.
Wang Desheng walked quickly to the salt cooking shed, clasped his fists and asked in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Gentlemen, are you from Chongqing? I am the manager of Tongxing Well, Wang Desheng."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Hello, Manager Wang, my surname is Zhou and I am from Chongqing. These two are from Chengdu."
Wang Desheng was even more certain that they were government commissioners, while Sun Yongzhen and Zhu Guozhen were regarded as guards. If there were guards accompanying them, they must be high officials. He said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, it's time for lunch soon, why don't I host a banquet for you all?"
Douhua, if you have anything you can talk about at the dinner table."
"That would be a waste of money." Zhou Hexuan did not refuse.
As everyone strode out of the salt field, Wang Desheng asked, "Which government department does Mr. Zhou hold a high position in?"
"Yeah, I'm in the Air Force department." Zhou Hexuan replied with a smile. He really didn't lie. Strictly speaking, Zhou Hexuan is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force, although his position is false.
Wang Desheng was immediately in awe: "Well, Mr. Zhou came from Zigong to inspect the air defense. Oh, Zigong was bombed badly by the Japanese. Sometimes it was bombed several times a month. The central government should send some planes over to help."
Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly: "There are not enough planes in Chongqing, so how can we take care of Zigong?"
"Oh, that's true." Wang Desheng sighed helplessly.
Nan Huaijin was not sure about the situation and asked: "Chengdu is rarely bombed several times a month, but Zigong is actually being targeted by the Japanese invaders?"
"Zigong produces salt. You are from the Air Force. You don't even know this?" Wang Desheng said with some resentment and did not take these "special commissioners" too seriously.
There is a saying in Zigong: "If you are not surnamed Wang or Li, I will not be afraid of you." As long as they are not from the Wang family in Hedong or the Li family in Hexi, they will not pay attention to anyone. In the Qing Dynasty, the Yameni of Xuzhou Prefecture came from Liujing.
He wanted to rob a common girl, but ended up snatching a maid from the Wang family. She was beaten so hard that she never dared to set foot in this unruly place again. The prefect even sent someone to apologize to the Wang family.
The same was true during the Republic of China. Regardless of Miss Kong Er's arrogance, if she dared to come from Gongsaye, she would still only end up being taught how to be a human being.
Wang Desheng thought Zhou Hexuan was here to inspect the air defense, so he casually talked about the situation in the air raid shelter, prepared a meal and sent them away.
Everyone walked into a restaurant and sat down. The waiter came to greet them quickly: "Fourth Master, what do you want to eat?"
Wang Desheng said: "Everyone has a bowl of bean curd rice, some cold cuts, and two kilograms of sorghum wine."
As soon as the cold dishes were served, two middle-aged men wearing long gowns came into the restaurant. The waiter smiled and asked, "Mr. Lai, Mr. Wang, what do you two want to eat?"
"Two bowls of bean curd rice."
"Hey, Yuchuan, look, does that figure look like Mr. Zhou?"
"Which Mr. Zhou?"
"Which Mr. Zhou are you talking about? You were watching his "Black Earth" a few days ago!"
"Zhou Hexuan? Could it be him?"
"Go and ask."
"..."
Two middle-aged men named Lai Yuchuan and Wang Renyuan were private school teachers invited by Wang Zilin, the general manager of "Wang Sanweitang". Both of them were underground party members and had developed many party members in the Wang family, including some.
Two children of the Wang family were recommended to study at the Anti-Japanese University in Yan'an.
"Fourth Master!" Lai Yuchuan and Wang Renyuan walked over and greeted Wang Desheng first.
Wang Desheng cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Lai, Mr. Wang, you two are also here to eat."
Lai Yuchuan said: "The school has a holiday today, and Ren Yuan and I happened to take time out to watch Sichuan opera. I didn't expect to meet the Fourth Master here."
Wang Renyuan asked: "Who are these?"
Wang Desheng said: "Mr. Zhou came from Chongqing to inspect the air defense work."
When he heard that his surname was Zhou, Lai Yuchuan said respectfully: "But Mr. Zhou Mingcheng?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Exactly."
Wang Renyuan said quickly: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, rare visitor, rare visitor."
Lai Yuchuan said to Wang Desheng: "Fourth Master, Mr. Zhou is here, why don't you invite Mr. Yi to receive him personally? Don't neglect the guest."
Wang Desheng was a little confused and asked in a low voice: "This person has a good background?"
"It's such a big deal," Lai Yuchuan said, "It's only been two or three years, and you've forgotten 'Zhou Shenxian'?"
Wang Desheng stood up abruptly, eyes widened and said: "That's the Zhou Shenxian who was the reincarnation of Emperor Donghua and has countless living people! Ouch, I'm really blind. Don't blame Zhou Shenxian."
When there was a severe drought in Sichuan, Zigong was also severely affected. The grain purchased by Zhou Hexuan from America was divided into about 500 shi. Although the quantity was not very large, the name of Zhou Shenxian spread widely, and most of the people in Sichuan were illiterate.
Thumbs up whenever mentioned.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "There is nothing to blame or blame. I just came to Zigong to visit an old friend."
Wang Desheng said: "Zhou Shenxian, this little shop is too shabby. Let's go to Da'an Village."
Zhou Hexuan said: "Just eat here."
Lai Yuchuan advised: "Mr. Zhou, it is better to go to Da'an Village. Wang Yigong has admired you for a long time, and I will definitely be happy to see you in person."
Wang Yigong is the richest man in Zigong, Wang Deqian, also known as Wang Yiye, Wang Dashanren. Not only did he make the most personal donations in the country during the Anti-Japanese War, he also donated 800 shi of rice and 300 shi of salt every year, and sent dozens of Wang family children to join the Eighth Route Army.
and the expeditionary force.
Zhou Hexuan was forced to go to Da'an Village to meet Wang Deqian by several people. The shop assistant ran to the street and shouted: "Zhou Shenxian is here, come and see Zhou Shenxian!"
"Where is Immortal Zhou?"
"The most impressive one at the front!"
"It doesn't have three heads and six arms. It looks so good-looking."
"Now that Zhou Shenxian is here, the Japanese planes will not dare to be aggressive!"
"Shenxian Zhou wishes that my son will recover soon!"
"..."
Zhou Hexuan instantly turned into a giant panda being watched, but no one came to stop him. They all followed and commented from a distance, and some older girls and younger wives pointed at him and snickered.
Qian Ji subconsciously put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Mr. Zhou is practicing the Bodhisattva Way, the true Buddha of great mercy and compassion."
Nan Huaijin was also filled with emotion. This scene left a deep impression on him.
Decades later, when Nan Huaijin lectured on Patriarch Bodhidharma on the Seventh Day of Nanchan in Taiwan, he said: "Emperor Wu of Liang was a very religious believer in Buddhism. He became emperor himself, gave lectures and sermons, and donated his body to the temple as a servant.
, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty pooled their money to redeem the emperor, and they didn’t know what to do... This is an ugly thing for Buddhism. Believing in Buddhism is a good thing, but Emperor Wu of Liang’s actions and practices were not smart and were very ugly.
.Repaying grievances, acting according to fate, and seeking nothing for the matter, this is cultivation. If you do something deliberately for cultivation, and it is utilitarian, that is not cultivation. I used to know a gentleman who invested tens of millions of dollars to
America bought grain to help Sichuan. The people in Sichuan called him Zhou Shenxian, and many people called him Zhou Bodhisattva. He did this without any utilitarianism, purely out of kindness. He didn't realize that he was practicing, but it was just a kind of spiritual practice.
Practice. So my friend Qian Ji said at that time that Mr. Zhou cultivated the Bodhisattva path and became the true Buddha of great mercy and compassion..."
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