Rong Niang, who came after hearing the news, watched with distress as the scorching sun above Zhao Ran stood at a construction site next to the Fujiang River to direct the digging of ditches. When he had a little free time, she quickly went up to him, handed him a towel to wipe his sweat, and held him back. Serve him a cup of herbal tea to quench his thirst.
Zhao Ran saw her expression was different and asked with a smile: "What's wrong, what are you thinking about? By the way, is your newborn brother okay? I guess he named him Dong or something? Haha..."
Rong Niang pouted and asked: "You really lost three years of your life? Is it easy to count plum blossoms? I heard from my grandfather that this is the secret technique of Patriarch Tieguan. Did you learn it from him? Don't use it in the future, okay?" Patriarch Iron Crown himself didn't dare to use it easily... If my grandfather hadn't stopped me, I would have come to scold him! I didn't dare to use it myself, but I passed it on to you..."
Zhao Ran glared at her: "Taking nonsense has nothing to do with Patriarch Tieguan! Besides, this is my way of cultivation, and I will tell you the secrets inside."
Seeing Rong Niang biting her lips and not speaking, she comforted herself and said, "Can we watch nearly a million people become homeless? As long as we survive this severe drought, I don't know how much merit we can gain!"
"What's the use of this vain merit? Are you still planning to imitate the sages and become a saint immediately?"
"Haha, maybe you can, maybe?"
Just as they were talking, white light flashed above their heads at the same time, and Zhao Ran asked: "Are you busy? If you have anything to do, go and do your work first, instead of wasting time with me."
Rong Niang said: "I bought you 10,000 shi of grain from Jiangxi, half half rice and half flour. The person who escorted the ship at my house asked, the fleet has arrived at the Yufu dock. Where do you think it is suitable to store it?"
Zhao Ran was overjoyed: "My dear Rong Niang, you really understand me. It's a timely rain. The water conservancy project was started a little late, which delayed spring plowing. It's too late to make up for it later. Looking at the growth of crops everywhere, Some places have to cut production by 20%, and some are afraid that the reduction will be half. People basically have no surplus food at home. You have filled a big hole with this food. This year and next, people will not be too hungry."
After praising Rong Niang, Zhao Ran took out the Ziwu brocade bag that Rong Niang gave him and said: "You rush to Yu Mansion first and bring the grain here. We will keep these ten thousand stones of grain with us. In short, we will stay away from the subordinates. Don't be afraid. Ten thousand is just a matter of chance. What if someone really wants to make a fortune? Let’s not provoke human greed and try to reduce their chances of making mistakes.”
Rong Niang got on the Yunmai Lily and rushed to Yufu Wharf to pick up the food. Zhao Ran replied to Miss Jiu: "No need to praise me, this is the duty that a Taoist monk should fulfill. Don't forget that I am not only a monk of Zongsheng Hall, And it’s all under the control of Tianhe Palace.”
Ninth Girl flew the talisman and said: "That's not easy. How many monks can do this?"
Zhao Ran said: "If you are poor, you can be alone, but if you are successful, you can conquer the world. I dare not say that I am 'achieved', but if I have this ability, I will try my best to live up to it."
Miss Jiu asked: "How is the drought eased? When will the work be finished?"
Zhao Ran said: "The water conservancy construction will be completed by the end of July. Judging from the current growth of the rice seedlings, I am not very optimistic. It feels a bit unsatisfactory to rely solely on manpower. It will probably be after the autumn harvest. We will see the results then and prepare to start helping the people. Winter. There are so many things going on. Although Taoist clans and the government have reduced or exempted money and grain in drought-stricken areas, they also have to clean up the excessive levies and miscellaneous fees in the counties and require all major gentry households to reduce or reduce their tenant rents. In fact, this is the bulk of the burden on the common people. I'm afraid At that time, we will inevitably have to kill a few people. According to me, you in Longhu Mountain should find a way to pray for rain, it is better than anything else."
"Are you kidding me? I told you before. The last person in my family who had this ability was eighty years ago. My father said that the master probably failed to ascend because of this. He could change his fate against the will of heaven. Cause and effect are difficult.
flat."
"Then Xuanci has attained enlightenment..."
"Look at how old he was when he became enlightened? He almost didn't survive his longevity..."
"Okay, what do you want?"
Miss Jiu asked: "When can you find time recently? I originally wanted to invite you to Longhu Mountain, but now it seems that I should go there. It doesn't take long, half a day is enough."
Zhao Ran calculated the itinerary and said: "Half a day is no problem. I will be in Baoxian County, Dufu for the next seven days. You can come directly."
When she saw Miss Ninth, she was getting off a strange flying magic weapon. After getting off, she turned around and supported a female cultivator by her waist, helping her out.
This female cultivator was Pei Zhongning. Pei Zhongning's face was a little pale. She was unsteady on her feet when she came out. She stumbled to find a tree, bent down and retched for a long time. The ninth girl patted Pei Zhongning's back to help her relieve her pain.
Uncomfortable.
Zhao Ran said hello: "Miss Ninth, what's going on with Junior Sister Zhongning?"
Miss Jiu said: "Junior Sister Zhongning can't get used to my Mountain River Cauldron. It's all down to me. It hovers a little too fiercely in the sky. I originally wanted Junior Sister Zhongning to experience the characteristics of the Mountain River Cauldron."
Zhao Ran went over to take a look at Pei Zhongning's condition, and took a black ginseng pill into her mouth. The Buddhist black ginseng pill worked faster than the Taoist heart-nourishing pill. After a while, Pei Zhongning's nausea disappeared.
, looking at Zhao Ran's face turned red again.
Zhao Ran looked at the flying magic weapon of Longhu Mountain and saw that the upper part was indeed like a copper tripod, and the supporting legs below were all in the shape of mountains. Each mountain sprayed water mist, forming a jade belt like a river.
Wrapping around the entire cauldron.
"This is called the Mountain and River Cauldron? I've never seen you use it before. It's really interesting. Just in time, I want to take a look at the situation in Baoxian County. Could you please help me control it? I'm sorry."
"Don't you have Qing Yu Bao Chi at home... Okay... Zhong Ni will come up together again? It will be good to get used to it more... Okay, wait for us to come down."
The Mountain and River Cauldron was more than a hundred feet in the air, slowly traveling along the route pointed by Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran carefully looked down at the ground while recording it in a small notebook.
"I came here this time because I wanted to publish some articles in "Junshan Notes". I told Yu Zhichuan, but he said that such sensitive articles must be reviewed by you first."
"Fly lower, go north...a little bit west, okay..." Zhao Ran made another note, and then said: "Let's go, continue east...what article?"
Miss Jiu handed over a stack of manuscript paper, and Zhao Ran took it and took a look. There were three articles in total. The first article was "Comparison of the World's Credibility in the Twenty-Three Years of Jiajing", and the signed author was "Boundless Falling Wood". Zhao Ran knew that it was Long.
Wang Wusen from Hushan took a brief look at it. The article used a large amount of data to analyze the growth of credibility, and finally concluded that the credibility of any Taoist monastery where a monk serves as abbot has shown a significant growth trend.
"This article is very good, no problem." Zhao Ran ticked this article, returned it to Miss Jiu, and continued to read the next article.
The second article is an interpretation of the "Edict of Guange Monks to Serve Ten Directions Conglin" issued in the 22nd year of Jiajing. The article has nothing new, it is equivalent to a policy popularization, and the signature is Huang Guan, a certain Guange in Jiangxi.
A monk, currently the abbot of a certain county.
Zhao Ran also checked it and handed it to Miss Ninth.
Let’s look at the third article. It is an article advocating the effectiveness of the monks’ appointment in the Ten Directions Jungle. It analyzes various advantages and criticizes the current slow progress of this policy.
The author of the article is actually his real name, Guo Yunzhen, the chef of Zongguan Dadu.