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11. Zhihui's advice

In the middle hall of the building, Gao Yue lay comfortably on A Ni's knees, with a small bamboo nest in front of him. The inside was actually blushed, his eyes closed tightly and he slept beautifully inside. Gao Yue touched his eyelashes from time to time, his little nose and small lips - a few magpies were jumping around on the ground in front.

Yun Shao lowered his head gently and touched his husband's beard and temples from time to time.

"A Ni, are you saying that she is here too?"

"Yes, you don't know. I came to Jingzhou with her. She is so good. I can't stop talking and laughing along the way."

"Third brother, it's time to sit in the yamen." Zhihui, who was sitting next to him, shook her head and reminded her when she saw Gao Yue as passively and lazy as soon as she saw Gao Yue so passively.

"A sister, go find Shuangwen in the next yard, and let Brother Fangzhai go to sit in the yamen for me..." Gao Yue replied lazily, then turned over on his wife's lap, and the gentle spring breeze blew into the hall, mixed with the fragrance of his wife's body, and felt indescribable comfort and comfort.

Zhihui pouted her mouth and sighed softly.

The next day, Zhihui handed over the housework and meals to Acuo. He rode his donkey to Sanjiaochuan to see the fields he bought for Gao Yue and Xue Lianshi. As a result, when he came back in the afternoon, he found that Gao Yue was lying on Yun Shao's lap - Yun Shao was smiling and cleaning his ears for him.

In the morning, the Lingtai Ling reluctantly went to the yamen, but in the afternoon, he asked the chief clerk Liu Deshi to replace him.

On the third day, Zhihui was at home, but Gao Yue and Yun Shao sat in front of the screen, talking and laughing, and playing backgammon for almost a day.

On the fourth day, Gao Yue rode a horse and Yun Shao took Jing'er, and then went to the scenic spots west of Jingzhou to return to Zhongshan for a trip, and went to incense for the Queen Mother Palace on the mountain. The couple returned on the sixth day.

On the seventh day, Gao Yue took Yun Shao to the south of Xincheng to watch the Dangxiang people fighting sheep and playing with them for half a day.

On the eighth day, Zhihui was so angry that she sat in the middle hall without moving and did not cook.

"I'm sorry!" Gao Yue and Cui Yunshao, the couple, had no temper before they were angry with their family members. They could only lower their posture and apologize to Zhihui together.

"I'm sorry..." Wei Tuotian and Acuo were also pulled over for no reason and bowed to Zhihui together.

"Woooooooooooooo!" Little Little Zi Bao was very keen and quickly knew who was in charge here. Who was better in this scene? He pretended to be a tiger's might, grinned, wandered around Zhihui, and barked from time to time.

"Three brothers, mistress, I know you two have been separated for so long. Now we are in harmony with each other, but everything must be done. Look, if I don't cook meals for a day, you and the mistress will be in trouble; if you don't manage the officials in Yuanzhou for a day, you should understand how many things the soldiers in the entire Yuanzhou will accumulate and cannot be stopped..." Zhihui's mouth was so powerful, and she said one after another. Gao Yue and Yun Shao could only say yes, yes, yes, yes.

In the next few days, Gao Yue was no longer tired of being lingering beside A Ni, and was concentrating on sitting in the yamen office.

After the end of March, Gao Yue, who was on vacation, was justified and took his wife, concubine Zhihui, servants Acuo and Wei Tuotian to the New Alanta Temple to watch the monks direct the temple households to squeeze the Brassica seeds.

The New Alanta Temple is more like a large workshop than a temple. The huge wheels of water are rotating around the high ground next to the river, making rumbling sounds.

There were actually many men and women in the temple who were surrounded by Dangxiang. It is said that the first Dangxiang people were attracted by the water they had never seen before. Then they became interested in the Buddhist scriptures and doctrines, so they heard Master Mingxuan talk about the concept of hell and the next life. They were both terrified and awakened. So gradually, Dangxiang people who were in Yuanzhou began to believe in Buddhism.

There is no doubt that Buddhism has a strong influence on such backward tribes.

Then in the dining hall of the new Alanta Temple, Gao Yue and his wife were warmly welcomed by the head monk Mingxuan. When Gao Yue was having a heart-to-heart talk with Mingxuan, he was very interested in learning about this phenomenon: "Master, I killed the pheasant Qiang before. It can be said that I used Wuwei to intimidate the surrounding Dangxiang, but relying on Wuwei alone is not enough. I think it is best to rely on Buddhist scriptures to educate them."

"Oh, I hope to hear the details, Gao Tanyue."

Gao Yue then said that Yuanzhou was in the city, Jingzhou was adjacent to Xifan, and wars were frequent. Wouldn't the people want to eliminate their weapons? Therefore, Alantu Temple could be the gate of Quanzhou, protecting the military and civilians with Buddhism, and then tied it with Confucian national laws. This would make people calm and better than anything else.

In fact, Gao Yue wanted to use Buddhism to anesthesia of the soldiers and Dangxiang soldiers of the Anxi camp and to enhance his prestige.

Ming Xuan also understood Gao Shiyu's central core spirit and said, "I can vow to open a grotto on Baoyan Mountain twenty miles west of Baili City, draw various changes, and use Gao Tanyue and his wife as great sponsors. One percent of this cave will inevitably cause a sensation in Jingyuan, and you can call on all military and civilians to dig it."

That's right, in this case, I, Gao Yue, will be the number one person in the Buddhist belief system in Jingzhou in a few years!

Soon Gao Yue walked to the outside courtyard of the temple and asked Zhihui who was with his mistress, "A sister, do you have any money at home?"

Zhihui then said that the third brother, your salary, miscellaneous gifts, and the income from your residence and career land are all used to purchase land around Baili New City. However, you still have income for your third brother, and Zhihui has been keeping it and has not dared to use it.

"Why do I still have income?"

"My mistress still has fifty stags of makeup every month. When I was in charge of the house, I could have a monthly balance of 40 stags. Now I have 500,000 yuan. Have you forgotten?"

Yes, A Ni's income is very good. I only earned more than hers after I came here to take the county magistrate last year.

"Then it's really great." Cui Yunshao closed his eyes happily and said.

She was originally a Buddhist. When she knew that her portrait could appear in the caves of Baoyan Mountain with Songqing immediately, she would never know how happy she was!

Fortunately, Yun Shao didn't know that the person who instructed Liu Pitun's relics to blackmail Ximing Temple and used laxatives to pull out the relics with arrows was his husband.

After the decision was made, Gao Yue brought his wives, concubines and servants to the grass courtyard of Alanta Temple, where they saw with their own eyes the process of the brassica seeds being squeezed into oil.

Because Terada has the best water conservancy irrigation in the entire Wonju River, the Brassica sown in late autumn last year grew and harvested very well (Brassica is not afraid of snow, but can also fertilize the fields). After blooming and pods in March, it not only provides edible vegetable leaves, but more importantly, it collects many gray seeds.

In the wing room of the cottage, from one end to the other, Mingxuan asked the temple households to build a two-meter-long earthen kang with six holes under it for making fires, and all the earthen kangs were covered with iron, just like the kang surface.

This iron was built by Gao Yue using the remaining part of Xiao Yi's investment, entrusted the caravan to transport it from Puzhou and Zelu, and asked the blacksmiths from Jingzhou to ask for the rest of the investment.

After the fire was made, Ming Xuan carried a bucket, waved the wooden ladle from time to time, poured some water on the iron kang, and soon the entire wing room was filled with steam.
Chapter completed!
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