sinovels #479 - Ganquan Temple
#479 - Ganquan Temple
Lu Jing finally got the gift list from Wen Xiaochuan's hand.
According to Wen Xiaochuan, she originally planned to play a little game with Lu Jing, asking him whether he wanted the gift list or her, but who was Lu Jing? Faced with this kind of multiple-choice question that was practically giving away points, he would definitely choose to have both.
Especially when he saw the items on the gift list, he was immediately refreshed and felt that the trip was worthwhile.
Putting aside everything else, the two hundred thousand taels of silver alone showed enough sincerity.
You must know that the world is now turbulent, and the banditry in various places is getting worse and worse. The Wen family's business is definitely not as good as it used to be. Aunt Wen still took out a full two hundred thousand taels of silver to thank Lu Jing, which was basically the same as the last time she prepared a gift, but this time it was much heavier.
Of course, Wen Xiaochuan also contributed to this. She knew very well what Lu Jing needed. It was her active efforts that made Aunt Wen change her mind.
Otherwise, Lu Jing would probably have to take that magical pill and sword, and search the world for places to sell horses and wine.
It's hard to say whether he could sell them for that amount, but the trouble and hassle in the middle would be enough for Lu Jing to handle.
Moreover, besides the two hundred thousand taels of silver, there were other things on the gift list. The first was the land deed for 1,700 mu of land. Although Lu Jing took a look, not all of these 1,000 mu of land were farmland, and it also included a small mountain.
But the land already cultivated at the foot of the mountain was about four or five hundred mu. If all of this was rented out, it could bring in a considerable income every year.
Of course, this was in peacetime. According to Aunt Wen, that place should now be occupied by a group of bandits.
Their strength is not very strong, but because they are relatively far away from Wen Family Village, and not even within Huzhou, Aunt Wen is a little helpless to deal with them.
In fact, sending the experts from the village could eliminate the bandits, but the problem is, what then? Aunt Wen can't keep sending people to guard that place.
But if it weren't for this, Aunt Wen might not be willing to give so much land to Lu Jing.
After Lu Jing finished reading the introduction related to that piece of land, he was overjoyed. If he wanted to continue his ginseng business, he would definitely need a lot of land.
Although it's not impossible to plant in the academy, Lu Jing is only doing it on a small scale now, so it's not obvious. But if he really makes the scene too big in the future, it will definitely alarm others.
Especially Supervisor Huang. If he thinks that Lu Jing is destroying the academy's environment and punishes him again, then Lu Jing will have to work everywhere again. And the most important thing is that he will have to rack his brains to explain why he is so obsessed with planting ginseng to earn money.
The reason why Lu Jing didn't want to go out to plant before was because he was worried that people would see him using magic and he wouldn't be able to explain it to the Department of Celestial Observation.
But if he could enclose a piece of land himself, then of course he could plant whatever he wanted.
Moreover, that place is now occupied by bandits, and the previous tenant farmers must be gone. Lu Jing doesn't have to worry about how to settle them.
As for the bandits on the mountain, Lu Jing is the least concerned about them. This kind of novice-level low-level dungeon is too easy for his full-level account to solo.
Lu Jing is not as worried as Aunt Wen about the monsters that will be refreshed later, because he can also try to solve them with formations.
After thinking for a while, Lu Jing felt that this piece of land was still worth doing something with. When he has time, he can go there to take a look first.
In addition to the silver and land, Aunt Wen also gave Lu Jing a chicken egg-sized night-luminescent pearl and a guqin, but Lu Jing wasn't very interested in these two things, although they both looked quite valuable.
But he can't take the future mother-in-law's gifts out to exchange for money directly. Besides, he doesn't lack these tens of thousands of taels of silver now. After all this tossing, Lu Jing found that he had unknowingly almost collected enough silver to repay Chi.
And now there is still a lot of time before the deadline that Chi gave him, and Lu Jing also breathed a sigh of relief.
In general, he was quite satisfied with this harvest. Although the birthday banquet was interrupted by the murder case and could not be held, as far as Lu Jing was concerned, he did not suffer any losses.
In addition to harvesting a generous gift and a prospective concubine who seemed to be able to make trouble, the most important thing was that he unexpectedly obtained the whereabouts of the True Explanation of the Mad Demon One Hundred and Eight Staffs.
After the Wen family lifted the restrictions on entering and leaving the village, Lu Jing randomly found an excuse and ran to Fengxing County alone.
He found the Ganquan Temple that Yu Wen Yu mentioned.
This temple is indeed not big. There is a total of one old monk, two big monks, and six small monks inside. In addition, there are three wild monks who are hanging out here.
But speaking of wild monks, they look more like refugees fleeing from famine. It is estimated that they have run out of options. They can't find a business in the city that can support themselves, so they simply shaved their heads and entered the empty gate on the spot, and came to the temple to eat together.
The abbot of Ganquan Temple, the old monk named Zhanzhi, didn't know if it was because he was really old and dim-sighted, or if he had a sense of pity, and didn't expose their identities.
He just made a mistake and treated them as fellow disciples, filling three pairs of bowls and chopsticks. Unfortunately, the incense in the temple is also average, and the world is not good. A dozen monks can barely make ends meet.
When Lu Jing entered the temple, the monks were discussing where to open up more land to grow some vegetables to improve their food.
Lu Jing casually donated ten taels of silver to the merit box, and the monks' eyes lit up immediately.
Afterwards, a little monk went to the meditation room to invite Zhanzhi, who was practicing meditation.
When the latter saw Lu Jing, he immediately put his hands together and said, "I heard from my little disciple Dujing that you, benefactor, have an extraordinary appearance and a wise heart. You should be someone who has a connection with my Buddha. That's why I came out to see you."
Lu Jing smiled when he heard this, "What is a connection with the Buddha? Master, didn't you come out because of those ten taels of silver?"
Zhanzhi's face didn't turn red and his heart didn't beat. He said unhurriedly, "When the monks in Ganquan Temple were worried about the yellow and white things, you, benefactor, just happened to appear, and with a wave of your sleeve, you solved our troubles. Isn't this a connection with the Buddha? If you, benefactor, wave your hand a few more times, your connection with my Buddha will be even greater."
Lu Jing was a little dumbfounded when he heard him say it so bluntly. Besides, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. It seems that there are indeed no experts in this small temple.
Then he can only rely on himself to find the True Explanation of the Mad Demon One Hundred and Eight Staffs. So Lu Jing didn't waste any more words, "I was touring the city today and suddenly had a feeling. I want to find a few scriptures to read. I wonder if I can go into your temple's Sutra Depository to take a look? Money is easy to talk about."
"No," Zhanzhi said.
Seeing that Lu Jing seemed a little surprised, Zhanzhi explained, "It's not that I'm stingy, benefactor, and won't let you in. The main reason is that our temple is too small and there is no Sutra Depository."