Three hundred and ninetieth chapters heir industry worships the well
An explosion somewhere in the city alarmed Shule City. The people on the street raised their heads and looked over the eaves into the distance. The ladies hurriedly ran to the yard to collect their clothes and looked up at the sky.
“It’s a clear and sunny day, how can there be thunder?”
Li Siye bent down and reached out to stroke the black mane, so that he could recover from the shock as soon as possible. Then he looked up at Daochang Zhao, who was standing in the courtyard dumbfounded, and said as if sighing: "There is too much movement, so we can't test it in the city.
After that, we will do it in Guanli and find a test site in the Gobi Desert."
Zhao Zheng sat down on the ground with a pop and murmured: "No wonder I named it Jing Lei Temple, it's because I'm so stupid."
He sat on the ground and pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said loudly: "General Li, you are a Taoist! A scholar of heaven and man, who is one with the Tao, how can you abandon the basics and pursue small skills, abandon the Tao and seek small skills? This Thunder View, I...I
Can't stay any longer!"
Dejected, he turned around and walked towards his monastery, tidied up inside, bundled up a package and put it on his back, closed the door with both hands and sighed.
"Taoist Master Zhao," Li Siye pulled the reins of his horse to the door of the monastery. The horse's hooves trampled on the ground, his body motionless like a towering green mountain, and he said loudly: "You said you are a Taoist priest who only pursues the Tao and ignores chores.
Regardless of worldly affairs, let me ask you, why are you here in Qixi? Wouldn't it be better to practice with great concentration in the Feng Shui treasure land of Jiugong Mountain in the Central Plains?"
"I," Zhao Laodao said helplessly with a complicated expression, "I told you before that I came to Qixi to spread my Taoist teachings and spread the true meaning of Taoism in the Kunlun Tianshan Mountains."
"Look, you don't even believe this. All religions seek agreement from the outside. Only Taoism seeks the heart from within. Those who seek the heart don't need to travel thousands of miles, and they won't jump around. You just want to open the door in Shule Town
The name of the Taoist temple is all that matters. If you want to become famous, you want to be the master of the only Taoist temple in Qixi, so as to open up a sect and gain the attention of the dignitaries of Chang'an."
When Zhao Laodao was told what he was thinking, he only glanced at Li Siye from under his eyebrows, but he didn't blush at all.
"If you really want to be a famous Taoist priest, you should stay here at Jinglei Temple. You can continue to chant sutras and practice alchemy. I just asked you to buy me some explosives in your spare time. Isn't this unacceptable?"
"This..." Zhao Laodao stood hesitantly in the courtyard with the package. Packing up and leaving was just a way of protest. He hoped that Li Siye could compromise, but from now on, it seems that this martial artist is determined to use the method of subduing fire and alum.
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"I will point out two clear ways for you. The first way is that you give up the Taoist temple and leave. I can find a Taoist priest elsewhere to be the temple master. The second way is that you stay and continue to be the temple master of Jinglei Temple.
, you can also continue to refine alchemy and practice, and I will continue to spend money to build the front yard of the Taoist temple and the front and rear halls. You just need to understand who built this Taoist temple and what is the real purpose of cultivating the Taoist temple."
Seeing Zhao Zhengyi's hesitation, Lu Tu and other cheap disciples hurriedly stepped forward to untie their master's baggage. At the same time, they crossed their arms and persuaded: "Master, please stay. This Thunder Temple cannot be hosted without you. We still want to
I’m learning alchemy from you.”
Zhao Zheng sighed, turned around and left. Lu Tu and others quickly stopped in front of him: "Master..."
He made a serious face and said: "I want to go to the toilet as a teacher, isn't it possible?"
Several people quickly gave way, and Zhao Zheng spread his legs and ran towards the southwest corner.
Li Siye nodded in approval and ordered to the four of them: "Clean up and repair the courtyard wall. Later, we will try to find an open place outside the city. There should be a blacksmith shop next to the Taoist temple. Let's slowly start raising funds."
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The four people bowed and crossed their hands in unison: "Here!"
He turned his horse's head, left the Taoist temple, and walked along the streets toward the envoy's mansion. Zhao Laodao walked out of the toilet and looked at General Li who was walking away in confusion.
The method of subduing fire and alum has been around for a long time. Li Siye's performance also shows that he knows that the sulfur and saltpeter in alchemy can induce fierce fires, but that's all. How much help can it have to military strategists? Although the wall that collapsed was unexpected to him
, but for him, and for everyone, it is just a little trick to add to a variety of offensive and defensive equipment.
After all, a small skill is a small skill, so how can it reach the Dao? Using his Taoist temple as a cover for a small skill, General Li's mind is really strange.
Li Siye was walking on horseback in the streets and alleys on his way back to the envoy's mansion, passing by the Geng Gongjing site of the Han Dynasty.
For some unknown reason, he decided to pay homage to this historic site again, so he got off his horse, walked through the awning to the edge of the well, and looked inside. There was a bright spot the size of a full moon at the bottom of the deep well, which seemed to be reflected.
Sky light.
"There is water?"
In order to make sure that what he saw was true, he found a stone beside the well platform and threw it gently. The stone hit the wall of the well and fell into the depth. The skylight at the bottom of the well was broken like a mirror.
Ripples rippled through the layers.
"Ha, there's water!"
When the nearby people heard the laughter, they ran towards the well in twos and threes. After looking down, they also shouted: "There is water in Mr. Geng's well!"
One of the old men leaned on a poplar stick and moved tremblingly to the edge of the well. Li Siye was afraid that he would accidentally slip down, so he quickly supported him, making him stick out his chin and take a look into the deep well.
The old man was so excited that his white beard was trembling: "Sure enough, the water is coming out. This is a rare auspiciousness."
The common people crossed their hands and congratulated Li Siye one after another: "Envoy Li, you are blessed with great blessings. This well has been dry for thirty years, and successive envoys have been digging deep to dig out the mud, but they have not been able to draw out the sweet spring. Today the envoy is here
As soon as you bow down at the well, a clear spring will gush out. This is because Gao Tianhou Tu felt your piety and led the spring out of the well as a gift."
Li Siye touched his head and was a little confused. He actually just came to the well to take a look. Why did he come to pay homage to the well?
"Where it means it has been dry for thirty years, it should have been dry for seventy years. I remember that during the Longshuo period of Emperor Gaozong, this well was already dry." The speaker was the old man on crutches.
Li Siye asked with interest: "May I ask how old I am?"
The old man stroked his pale beard and said with a smile: "This old man is ninety-nine years old."
He quickly stood up respectfully, crossed his hands towards the old man and said, "It turns out that my father-in-law is already an auspicious person. I am disrespectful and disrespectful."
"Hey," the old man waved his hand: "I don't dare to call him auspicious when he has not reached a hundred. But the general's administration has benefited Shule, which moved the heavens. This is auspiciousness that has not been seen in seventy years. I wanted to bow to each other, but I had no choice.
It’s really a pity that I have this inconvenience.”
It’s true that the older you get, the better you talk. Li Siye kept saying, “How dare you, how dare you!” He helped his father-in-law sit down on a stone near the well shed. Several people gathered around, talking excitedly. It seemed that there was water in the well, and it would be possible this year.
With good weather and good weather, their crops can be harvested abundantly and their cattle and sheep can be fat.
At this time, some people had taken the initiative to bring buckets and hemp ropes, but there were no pulleys or stone shelves on the edge of the well platform. Several people gathered around the well to hoist the buckets in, taking turns to lift the water up. The first bucket was slightly turbid.
, poured it out directly, then the second bucket, and when the third bucket of water was hoisted up, it was already clear and clear.
One person scooped it up with a wooden ladle and presented it to Li Siye with both hands. Li Siye reached out to take it, but handed it to the old man: "Please drink first, please."
The old man quickly put down his wooden staff, held it up with trembling hands, and with a solemn expression as if he was holding the rain given by the gods, he raised his head and drank the water in the gourd.
The common people scooped up the second ladle of water. Li Siye stretched out his hand to take it and drank it. He wiped his beard and said to everyone: "Let's all taste the new water in this well and be blessed by this spiritual land."
"Here."
The people lined up one after another to scoop out the water and try it. Li Siye sat there, chatting with the old man, but his mind was wandering, thinking about the benefits of this thing.