Looking at this pool of faith, his eyes followed the faith in the mouths of the Jiuzhou Fangyuanding Four Elephant Beasts. Drop by drop fell into the pool of faith, blooming into circles of charming ripples. Zhao Ran seemed to have seen the most interesting thing.
, couldn’t help but be fascinated by it.
Zhenren Zhou allowed Zhao Ran to be in a daze by the pool and called Suchuan Yao to his side. During the discussion just now, she had already heard Suchuan Yao's complaint, and now she started to have a family affair with her.
"Is there anyone else at home?"
"Your Majesty, there is no more. I am the only one left. My grandfather, parents, and one younger brother are all dead."
"Poor kid... How old were you when you entered Xiu'an?"
"When I was fifteen years old, because my family was poor..."
While listening to Suchuan Yao's story about his life experience, Master Zhou sighed and felt pity in his heart. After Suchuan Yao finished speaking, he said: "I think you are quite talented in cultivation. Are you willing to join my sect? Although I have been in Lushan all year round.
But I am from Guansheng Pavilion in Guizhou, so a word is still of some use. If you are interested, I will ask the pavilion to accept you and find you a good teacher."
Zhao Ran had already finished admiring the Jiuzhou Fangyuan Cauldron and Xinli Pond, and even made a special trip to look at the Xinli records of Yingtian Mansion. At this moment, he turned around and heard that Zhenren Zhou was interested in recruiting people. He thought that this was also a good choice, so
He nodded to Suchuan Yao and signaled her to agree.
Su Chuan Yao said: "I'm really kind. Abbot Zhao has been very kind to the little girl. When he came here, he had already agreed to accept the little girl into the gate of the sect's holy hall. The little girl didn't dare to change his mind."
After hearing this, Master Zhou sighed with emotion: "It is really rare for a child like you to still maintain such a temper in such a dirty place in the palace. Anyway, although Dajun Mountain is a bit remote, it has done well in recent years.
I can barely live and work in peace."
He turned to Zhao Ran and said: "Your family's move is quite generous. This child has a pitiful background. Now that she has entered your sect's hall, she must be treated with sincerity and not be treated harshly because of her past experience."
Zhao Ran couldn't help but lowered his head and secretly rolled his eyes: "Zhenren Zhou, don't worry, Miss Su is quite chivalrous, and our Zongsheng Palace values her very much."
After talking about Suchuan Medicine, Zhou Zhenren said to Zhao Ran: "I heard that you are going to build a bridge in Yingtian?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "The real person also knows?"
Master Zhou asked: "How long will it take and how much will it cost?"
Zhao Ran said: "It is initially estimated that the amount of money that will be spent in two to three years, if calculated in terms of direct investment, will exceed two million taels!"
Zhou Zhenren was surprised: "Does it cost that much?"
Zhao Ran analyzed it with his fingers: "The cost of ordinary masonry materials alone will cost 500,000 taels, and land acquisition and demolition will cost 100,000 taels. If calculated based on two years, the labor hours will cost 300,000 taels...
"
Zhenren Zhou asked: "Working hours bank? Isn't it enough to collect labor? Where do we need so many?"
Zhao Ran said: "In South Zhili, Zhejiang, and Henan, Taoist sects are not allowed to interfere with the common government. Therefore, it is not feasible to conscript labor. We can only spend money to recruit civilians. Calculated based on the annual maintenance of 10,000 people, the wages and meals are 200,000
, and there is another hundred thousand silver levy costs..."
Zhenren Zhou interrupted again: "What is the expropriation cost?"
Zhao Ran said: "This is a bit complicated. I will explain it in detail to the real person later when I have time...The last thing is the river construction fee of one hundred thousand taels. To build the bridge, the river embankments in the Yingtian area must be rectified, reinforced, and heightened.
It all costs money, I estimate it will be around 100,000 silver..."
After finishing the count, Master Zhou sighed and asked, "Is it useful to spend so much money and so much effort?"
Zhao Ran said: "Based on my experience, it will definitely be useful, but until the bridge is actually erected, no one can predict with 100% accuracy how useful it will be. Can you contribute one million to Yingtian Mansion every year? Two million?"
Five million? No one knows."
Master Zhou thought about it silently and then asked: "Can such a bridge bring about an increase in credibility every year?"
Zhao Ran replied: "In the first year after completion, the growth will be the most obvious, and then it will slowly decrease. After about the fifth to tenth year, the increase will gradually tend to a stable value..."
After Zhao Ran finished explaining, Zhou Zhenzhen said: "Let alone five million, as long as it can increase by one million every year, this bridge is worth building! If we spend thirty years to build ten, we can steadily increase by one thousand every year.
Wan! This is a major event that benefits the country and the people. In my opinion, the things done by Sanqing Pavilion and Dongji Pavilion are far less important than this!"
Zhao Ran bowed and said: "Thank you, Master, for your understanding and support!"
Master Zhou asked again: "I heard that Zhiran used the charity gold for the practice ball. Is it enough?"
Zhao Ran said: "It's definitely not enough, but it doesn't matter. We can raise funds from many sources, and Four Seasons Bank also gave huge support. They gave a large amount of credit..." Seeing that Zhenren Zhou didn't understand, he had to explain the credit limit again.
What does it mean.
After listening to this, Zhenren Zhou said: "No matter what, I think this is the biggest thing in the world, and you can't raise it all by Zhiran. I discussed it with Tianshi Song, and the monks of Jiuzhou Pavilion pledged a donation a few days ago. This is
You can take the twenty thousand silver that everyone has raised."
With that said, he took out a wad of banknotes and stuffed them into Zhao Ran's hand.
Including Lushan and other provinces, the total number of monks in Jiuzhou Pavilion is about a hundred. For example, Cai Yunshen from Yuhuang Pavilion is a monk in Jiuzhou Pavilion. Twenty thousand silver is equivalent to a donation of two hundred taels per person, which is really a lot.
Of course, if we break it down, Zhou Zhenren and Song Tianshi must have donated the most, as leaders have always done.
Zhao Ran was moved for a moment and solemnly took the banknote.
Finally, Zhou Zhenzhen said: "Have you seen the credibility of Yingtian Mansion?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "Four.16 million."
Zhou Zhenzhen said: "I still remember that in April last year, I was so anxious that I flew to Chen Shandao. He apologized to me more than once. Later I made a special trip to Maoshan to meet Sima, who was also very anxious.
But they can't help it."
"It's because we walk on two legs, so there's nothing we can do about it, right?"
Master Zhou snorted: "Even without the Zhenshitang resolution at the beginning of last year, they wouldn't have been able to come up with anything. But fortunately, with Zhiran, Yingtian's confidence began to change. To be honest, what did Chen Shandao say?
I don’t quite believe in the emperor’s mighty virtue. What I believe in is trust. You should do your best. As long as you make achievements in trust, Jiuzhou Pavilion will always be your strongest support!”
After coming down from Jiuzhou Pavilion, Zhao Ran first placed Suchuan Medicine in the remote Yunshuitang. He was about to visit Xu Yun'ao when he received the flying talisman from the Oriental Ceremony: "Zhiran came down from Jiuzhou Pavilion? Master Wu Tian said, let's
You go to Baojing Pavilion, Chen Shandao wants to see you."
Zhao Ran asked: "Wu Tianshi said?"
Dongfang Li replied: "Yes, Chen Shandao, Flying Fu Wu Tianshi, please come and meet me."