"I brought you to see it because I want you to see what those who put down their butcher's knives will do in the Great Buddha Temple."

Faren did not directly answer Tu Fu's question, but talked about his topic today.

"With 240,000 acres of fertile land, it would naturally take less than 100,000 monks to cultivate it, not even 50,000. However, Xiniu County has a population of one million, and it would naturally be possible to cultivate only 240,000 acres of fertile land.

It’s not enough to support us, even if our great Buddhist temple doesn’t have nearly 10,000 warrior monks.”

After walking up the mountain, Faren led Tu Fu along the original route, but his pace was slower than when he went up the mountain before.

After all, my mind has changed.

Tu Fu did not continue to ask questions, but followed Faren and listened silently.

"Those who cannot practice Buddhism by meditating and chanting sutras every day still need to practice it. The so-called great wisdom and great merit cannot be obtained by reciting sutras for a lifetime. Cultivating the land, picking mulberries and weaving, and building water conservancy projects, if these are only available in our country

There is no need to say more about the temple fields of Buddhist temples.

What I want to say is what our Great Buddha Temple has done in Xiniu County, and even in Hezhou as a whole."

Faren paused and asked: "In Linxi Town, have you ever seen the young people in the family absent for some reason, leaving only the old, weak, women and children, unable to cultivate the land and work?"

Tu Fu replied: "I have seen that the corvee service in the imperial court is much heavier than in earlier years."

"Have you ever seen a person who suddenly fell ill and was unable to make a living? A person with white hair left a person with black hair and was helpless?"

"See a lot."

"Have you ever seen bandits plundering and demons harming loved ones?"

"My disciples have not only seen and experienced bandits and plunders. My disciples have only heard about demons."

"Well, there are really monsters in this world. If you return to the temple... If you have a chance, I will take you to meet the monsters."

As soon as Tu Fu heard this, his mind was uncontrollably agitated, and he couldn't wait to ask something. But fortunately, he had a character that could be valued by Faren, and he heard the meaning in Faren's words.

It was not over yet, so I endured it forcefully.

Faren seemed to want to pave the way for some questions, but he thought that Tu Fu's life experience was not long, and he had already experienced a lot. In fact, there was no need to ask more, so he started talking directly.

"More than half of the 100,000 monks in our monastery travel throughout Hezhou all year round. Some of them cultivate land for others, some work for others, some do corvee work for others, and some provide care for others until they die.

Look after children.

If there is a robbery by bandits and traces of demons are detected, a message will be sent to the temple and monks will go there. There are also monks like me this time who will not wait in the temple. It’s just..."

Faren's voice and movements paused for a moment, and then he raised his feet again.

"It's just that the world is so big, it's always too late."

Tu Fu became more and more silent after listening to Faren's words.

Faren continued.

"Tu Fu, you think one hundred thousand monks are too many, and nearly ten thousand warrior monks are too many. However, some people think it is too few, both are too few. If not, why does Xiniu County have a population of one million, and Daxuan Zhongzhou has a population of one million?

, there are 365 states, why is Hezhou’s population ranked third in the world?

Zhongzhou has been at peace for a long time, but our Great Buddhist Temple can only protect this county. Looking at Hezhou, it is already beyond our power, let alone the whole world?

What's more, it's a troubled time?"

After saying this, Faren was silent for some time, then led Tufu down the mountain and into the fields, before Faren continued talking.

"It is true that all living beings are equal. But it is more than that. We in the Great Buddha Temple cannot kill any living beings. What if we go to the battlefield and face aliens? We can't do it like I subdued Ma San.

Subdue tens of thousands of aliens?

With your quick wit, you might think of letting the top masters of the Celestial Realm capture the king of the alien race alive to avoid the disaster of war. But which of the top ten foreign races’ Holy Lands does not have masters of the Celestial Realm? Really?

If you take action, it will just be a back and forth between you and me, there will be no one or the other.

Besides, you are most dissatisfied with your teacher and the Great Buddha Temple, so put down your butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately."

Standing on the ridge of the field, Faren signaled Tufu with his eyes and looked at a skinny man working in the fields. This man was extremely tall, more than seven feet tall (two meters two, note 1), but his figure looked extremely skinny.

It's like being hungry for a long time, or suffering from a serious illness.

He seemed to be working hard and didn't notice the arrival of Faren and Tufu. He worked cleanly and neatly, without any signs of weakness caused by being hungry for a long time or recovering from a serious illness.

"His name is Wu Dazhang. He was a bandit in the past. His martial arts cultivation is in the body-forging realm and he is good at using darts." Faren did not say what evil deeds this man had done before, but said: "After he came to our Great Buddha Temple, although he was deposed

I have lost my martial arts skills, but my foundation is still there. I can cultivate fifty acres of land by myself."

There is common sense in Tu Fu. Although how many acres of land can be cultivated by one person depends on what kind of crops are grown and how to grow them. But judging from the fields in the Great Buddha Temple, they must be the most energy-consuming and intensive farming.

, rather than the kind of sowing seeds haphazardly and relying on the sky to make a living.

According to the situation in Linxi Town, a family with five laborers can only manage about 20 acres of land, and it is very tiring.

One person, fifty acres, can produce 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms of grain per year, and feed forty to fifty soldiers. Even if his martial arts skills are abolished, if he had not been abolished...

Faren still didn't know what Tu Fu was thinking, and continued: "You said before that if you want to join the Sword Sect, you must have heard the rumors about the Sword Sect. Yes, if you weren't a teacher that day, you would have become a disciple.

The sword sect's martial arts realm is so different from that of a master, all those foreign horse bandits will be killed."

Tu Fu listened and was shocked.

"But so what? You will die too."

Faren raised his feet and walked away, speaking softly.

"The people of the Sword Sect are decisive in killing and will never give up chasing the foreign horse bandits to save you. However, you may be willing to die on the spot for revenge. But what about your parents and relatives? Their spirits in heaven hope to use you.

Do you want to take your own life to avenge them, or do you want you to live well?"

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Tu Fu's mind was shaken again, and he kept up with Faren's pace.

He noticed that Wu Dazhang, who was working in the fields, made some movements. When he turned his head to look over, he saw a pair of eyes full of hatred. After seeing Tu Fu's eyes, these eyes closed immediately, and then lowered their heads and continued working.

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Tu Fu did not remind or ask about this change, but Far Ren did not see it and continued talking.

"Human death is like the extinguishing of a lamp. Although there is reincarnation, what does it have to do with this life? You may have heard that some people can know it from birth, which is the so-called Suhui. But in fact, as far as I know...

After the death of the heavenly body, the spirit and soul can be preserved, and the only option is to turn to the ghost path.

If you really enter reincarnation, even if you can return to the realm of heaven and humans, or even break open the gate of heaven and enter the realm of transcendence, you will not be able to awaken the memory of your past life."

Heavenly beings will also die. Ghost paths. Reincarnation. Breaking open the gates of heaven. The realm of transcendence.

These words entered Tu Fu's ears and resounded in his mind, like a boulder falling to the ground. No matter how patient he was, he could not withstand these rumors that he had never heard before. No, they came from Far Ren's mouth.

, how could it be so-called rumors?

"As the saying goes, death is like a lamp going out. Even if it is rekindled, things and people are no longer the same."

Faren led Tu Fu on the regular field ridges, without being too verbose, and just let Tu Fu take a closer look.

How could one who has seen the slaughter of farmers fail to see that the fields and ditches he saw were more orderly than those of Daxuan's army at the border?

The manpower and material resources required are not only huge investments during the construction, but also difficult to maintain. Such investment is certainly worth it. The yield per mu of these temple fields in the Great Buddha Temple is definitely not more than 500 jins, even 600 jins.

Just less but not more.

Seeing the big from the small, Tu Fu understood what Faren meant.

If we expect the monks who need to practice (martial arts and Buddhism) in the Great Buddha Temple to take care of these agricultural affairs all day long, even if there are as many as 100,000, they will not be able to handle it. Xiniu County is indeed not small, and Hezhou is even bigger. This is

We need some farmers who can 'not be human'.

Because of the idea of ​​laying down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha immediately, Faren did not allow Tu Fu to kill Ma San, but the situation during those days when Ma San was alive was indeed not very good. Far Ren did not stop most of the torture Tu Fu inflicted on Ma San.

But just ignored it.

Looking at Wu Dazhang again, if Ma San can come to the Great Buddha Temple alive, he will be another farmer who can use one person as a dozen. Not only farmers, who cut firewood, work on water conservancy projects, etc., people like Wu Dazhang and Ma San are definitely indispensable.

It's one thing for the monks in the Great Buddha Temple to take action to save all sentient beings, but it's another thing to ask for torture.

"They are useful when they are alive. You are also useful in this world when you are alive."

The two things Faren said are useful and have different meanings, so Tu Fu can understand them.

"My teacher once said that Buddhism cannot change your mind. What I saw and heard today does not make you agree with my teacher and the philosophy of the Great Buddha Temple. I just want you to understand that there is no absolute truth.

I know that you will not give up your obsession with revenge, but just like our Great Buddha Temple, although it is one of the ten major sects in Central Continent, it can only close the mountain gate in the troubled times in exchange for the land of Xiniu County.

of peace, everything else is beyond our capabilities.

Tu Fu, you want revenge. You want to bring order to the coming troubled times. You want everyone in Middle-earth to live and work in peace and contentment, and there will no longer be troubles caused by alien races. You want..."

Faren pondered for a moment and sighed: "No matter what you think, what you said is right. It's just a Qi accumulation realm, and you can't do anything. Even if I let you go as a master now, I will send you to join the Sword Sect.

, will your situation really be better? Can you really get what you want?"

Tu Fu was silent for a moment, but what he recalled in his mind was the resentful look in Wu Dazhang's eyes just now, and it was Ma San's men who were looting and hurting people somewhere.

Yes, nothing is absolute, so a big Buddhist temple like this may not be right.

"Master, disciple understands."

"Yes." Faren nodded and said: "Master, I will teach you the exercises for the body-building realm. Once you remember it, we will go back to the temple. Remember what I told you before, never make your own decisions...

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After listening to Faren's instructions, Tu Fu frowned gradually. Returning to the temple seemed not that simple.

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Note 1: Refer to the Song Dynasty system, 1 zhang = 10 feet, 1 feet = 10 inches = 31.2 centimeters, 1 inch = 10 minutes. 1 stone (volume) = 2 dendrobium, 1 dendrobium = 5 buckets, 1 bucket = 10 liters, 1 liter
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