Li Zhi stood at the door of the Shengci Temple and looked inside.
There are two large stone lions placed at the entrance of the ancestral hall, which are ordinary. However, there is no wall where the screen wall should be built inside the ancestral hall door. Instead, there is a lifelike carved stone crouching tiger. The stone tiger is carved with a
The tiger playing with the hydrangea there is carved lifelike and looks very majestic, obviously the work of a skilled craftsman.
The wall at the entrance of the Sheng Temple is inlaid with thick bronze pieces, and the bronze pieces are tattooed with standing tiger patterns. Those standing tiger patterns are relatively simple, more like the graphics on the tiger talisman, which looks antique, but very magnificent.
It seems that a lot of money was spent on this temple. The people of Jinghai are really rich.
Obviously this Taoist temple is managed by a group of Taoist priests. The gatekeepers of the ancestral hall are four high Taoist priests holding swords. In the past few days, there have been conflicts between masters and guests. Each of these Taoist priests looked like they were facing a powerful enemy, and they looked very nervous. The four of them looked very nervous.
There is also an old Taoist with a white beard sitting among the high priests, holding a fly whisk.
When the old Taoist saw Li Zhi's team approaching, his eyes widened and he ran into the ancestral hall to report the news.
There is a gatehouse at the entrance. The gatehouse is quite large, with spacious gatehouses on both sides. There are two clay statues on both sides of the doorway of the gatehouse. Li Zhi took a look and saw that the two statues were Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong.
There was a lot of incense inside the Sheng Temple, and the square in front of the main hall was full of people. Some people were chatting there, and some were offering incense there.
Li Zhi passed through the gatehouse and saw the Taoist priest in charge of the ancestral hall running out.
Coming out with the Taoist priest were three old men with white beards and hair.
When the Taoist priest saw Li Zhi, he did not dare to neglect him and knelt on the ground on one side of the road.
"Xiaodao has met the prince! The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
Hearing the Taoist priest's shouting, the people in the square realized that it was Li Zhi who was coming, and they knelt down one by one.
The people knelt very devoutly and did not dare to raise their heads.
Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Everyone, get up and talk!"
Before the Taoist priests and pilgrims got up, Li Zhi strolled through the front hall where Yue Fei was enshrined, bypassed the huge incense burner and tripod in front of the main hall, and walked to the main hall at the back.
The Taoist priest and several old men quickly followed.
There were more pilgrims in front of the main hall. When they saw Li Zhi coming in, they all knelt down in panic.
Li Zhi stood in front of the main hall and looked at the huge main hall. He felt that the main hall was even more majestic. At this time, one town and nine provinces had widely used reinforced concrete to build cement buildings, and the construction cost could be said to have plummeted. For example, Emperor Tianqi built three main halls to use the treasury
It is impossible to run out of money in one town and nine provinces.
This Taoist temple makes full use of the construction technology of one town and nine provinces, and is tall and majestic.
The main hall is about ten meters high and three stories high. It is more than forty meters wide from left to right and more than twenty meters deep from front to back. It covers an area of eight to nine hundred square meters. The walls of the main hall are inlaid with beautiful bronze tiger patterns.
The wooden doors and window frames are also carved with complex patterns in the shape of tigers and lions, which corresponds to the folk legend that Li Zhi is a white tiger descending to earth.
There was a statue more than five meters high in the main hall. Li Zhi looked at it for a while and confirmed that the statue was indeed him, standing.
However, the statue was carved to be more handsome and taller than Li Zhi himself.
The statue holds a book in its left hand, a rifle in its right hand, and looks straight into the distance, looking very majestic.
In front of the statue is a huge tablet with Li Zhi's name written on it.
There are some small tablets on both sides of Li Zhi's tablet. There are five of them, which are the tablets of five earls including Li Xing and Zhong Feng.
Li Zhi looked at it for a while and asked: "Isn't this statue good? Where is it damaged?"
The Taoist priest bowed his hands to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look at the leg of the statue. A large piece of it was damaged by a gangster with a dagger."
Li Zhi looked in the direction pointed by the Taoist priest. After careful observation, he discovered that there was indeed a half-meter long and wide area on the calf of the statue that was slightly different in color. That area had obviously been chiseled several times with a dagger, and the material on it was
The paint and paint are gone. Now after repairs, the color is slightly different from the original.
The Taoist Master said sadly: "Your Majesty, this statue almost fell down that day! It almost broke into pieces!"
Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "Is this done by migrant workers from Shanxi?"
The old man behind the Taoist priest was very excited when he heard what Li Zhi said. He knelt down in front of Li Zhi and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Those gangsters from Shanxi are very vicious. The two brothers surnamed Yang bought a new set of clothes.
, used a local accent to deceive the sword-wielding Taoist priest at the door, and sneaked into the ancestral hall with a dagger."
"After entering the ancestral hall, they went straight to the main hall, rushed to the statue, and brandished daggers to destroy the statue."
The old man on the ground raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The shrine is the spiritual sustenance of the people of Jinghai County and a symbol of the loyalty of the people of Jinghai County to the Prince! This statue was built by us old men raising money one by one. These Shanxi
The gangsters came up and directly destroyed our statue. This is a direct attack on the prince, and a direct attack on the loyalty of us Jinghai people to the prince!"
Another old man looked at this old man with wide eyes, and suddenly he knelt down on the ground with a plop, and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty Mingjian! These two gangsters from Shanxi are still at large. Those migrant workers from Shanxi are building fortifications outside the city to guard them.
Confront our local people."
"The day before yesterday we wanted to go to Shanxi Street outside the city to pick up people, but the Shanxi thieves came and beat us, killing 16 local people and injuring 57 others... We fought back desperately, but we could only retreat to the county seat in a hurry
That's all." "My lord! These thieves must be severely punished!"
When the Taoist priest heard what the two elders said, he closed his eyes in pain, shook his head and sighed.
When Li Zhi heard this, he was stunned for a while.
This ancestral hall does not allow migrant workers to enter? It is only open to local people?
Li Zhi asked: "Why did the brothers named Yang destroy the statue? Why did the Shanxi people protect the brothers named Yang?"
The old man on the ground looked at each other.
Finally, one of them said: "Back to the prince, after all, Shanxi thieves are still jealous of the good life of the local people!" "Jinghai County is one of the earliest territories managed by the prince. The local people continue to cultivate water conservancy in the wilderness, and the average adult farming age is
The area is now nearly a hundred acres, and the farmers are very prosperous. Most of the people in the city also run restaurants and inns, and have their own small businesses. Even if there is no business, if someone introduces you to an acquaintance as a waiter, the monthly salary will be at least five taels or more."
The thieves in Shanxi earn only one to two or three yuan a month working in Shanxi, but when they come to Jinghai County, they can earn two to five yuan a month, but these thieves are determined to be evil and are jealous of the wealth of our local people in Jinghai."
Li Zhi finally understood.
This local businessman treats local workers and Shanxi workers differently, giving all good jobs to locals. Shanxi migrant workers can only do low-paying jobs without technical content.
As time went by, the conflicts between migrant workers and locals became more and more acute.
Li Zhi asked: "All the people in Shanxi are working? Why don't you open your business and hire people from Shanxi to make more money?"
The old man on the ground kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the business run by Shanxi thieves is unethical, and our local farmers and citizens will not go there. Shanxi thieves can only do business in 'Shanxi Street', where can they do it?"
