Chapter 535 What benefits can we get

Wang Ping'an was resting in the side hall of Chongxian Pavilion and was not sleeping honestly. He got up early the next day. After washing up, he had breakfast and waited for Li Zhi to come.

But until the sun was noon, Li Zhi did not come, so he had to send a little eunuch to urge him. There was still a lot of things to do today, so how could he sleep in?

The little eunuch came back shortly after he went there and told Wang Ping'an that the crown prince slept late yesterday and had to sleep a little longer today. He could not come too early. He asked Wang Ping'an to do something if he had something to do, so he didn't have to wait for him.

Wang Ping'an had no choice but to meet such a lazy prince, he really had no choice but to leave the East Palace and return to Inspiration Temple.

Today’s Inspiration Temple is different from yesterday. Many people come to worship Buddha and incense to pray for the safety of the whole family for the new year. Although it was morning, thousands of people have come here, both men, women, and young and old. Tang Xuanzang is very good at taking advantage of this opportunity. He asked people to set up an altar for himself and start talking on it.

Most of the people believe in Buddhism for blessings and hope that Gods and Buddhas will bless you, but they do not understand Buddhism very much, nor do they intend to understand it. It is not easy for Tang Xuanzang to attract more good men and women through preaching.

Tang Xuanzang was not knowing nothing about the world. He understood that the fundamental reason why he was so warmly welcomed when he returned to Beijing was not that the people were interested in the scriptures he had retrieved, but that he admired his journey to seek scriptures thousands of miles away. Therefore, this time, he did not preach scriptures on the altar, but his experiences, and various customs and strange stories he saw along the way. It is considered a popular saying at that time to attract the people.

This trick is quite useful. As long as the people enter the Inspiration Temple, even if they see this dilapidated temple, they are not disappointed. On the contrary, they don’t want to leave when they come. They all stand in the yard, find places to listen to Tang Xuanzang’s stories.

Wang Ping'an was far away from the temple gate and saw countless people crowding in the temple gate. It was probably not crowded into the yard, so he had to surround the door. Since he knew that he could not enter through the front door, he took the lead through the back door and entered the temple.

As soon as I came in through the back door, I heard someone laughing, ran up, and said, "Prince, I see you are here, good New Year!"

Wang Ping'an looked at people and saw that it was Hamiti, and Ayi Ding was following him. Both of them came over with a smile on their faces.

Wang Ping'an bowed and smiled, "Ha, brother, long time no see, are you all okay?"

Ayiding ran and said, "I just told my brother-in-law that unless you don't come back today, if you come back, you will definitely go to the back door and wait here. Isn't that really a good idea?"

Hamiti ran up, grabbed Wang Ping'an's hand, shook it constantly, and was extremely intimate. He smiled and said, "Prince, don't call me that anymore. You call me Master Ha, this is to save my life!"

They are old friends, and they always say whatever they want and make jokes. When Wang Ping'an saw his friend in Xuzhou, he was naturally happy and said with a smile: "If you don't call you Mr. Ha, then you can't call you Mr. Ha!"

Hamiti was stunned and then smiled and said, "Then forget it. It's not that I don't dare to be the title of Mrs. Ha, but I can't be the one!"

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "Yes, you are a pure master, you can't become a grandma!" Suddenly, he thought of Shi Aiguo and couldn't help laughing.

He knew very well that he had become a duke and his status had greatly improved. Not to mention ordinary people, even officials in the court would have to call him a prince. It would be inappropriate to call him Wujian like before, and he would call him Master Ha, and even Hamiti would not call him like that again.

Wang Ping'an said: "How about this, I will call you for Haweng in the future. Brother A is called "nephewon" and "bride" is still the same as before!"

Hamiti nodded quickly and said, "Okay, then I will call you that from now on. From the wax, I am the older generation. If you call me Haweng, it will not be a loss, and it will save me from being embarrassed." He was very honest and said whatever he thought in his heart.

Ayiding said, "Nephew is lying on lanterns? Why did the prince suddenly say this?" He was stunned for a moment, then understood and smiled, "Nephew is lying on lanterns, illuminating the uncle. So that's what he said, yes, let's just take care of the uncle!"

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "I have a niece, it's ready-made, but I dare not let her sing a lantern for me." He took the hands of the two people and walked towards the backyard together.

After walking a few steps, a few more people ran out, but they were the great bookseller Yin Jiushang, Qiu Tingxuan, Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi and others.

Yin Jiu came forward and shouted, "Prince, I see you are here. How are you doing for the New Year?"

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Why are you shouting this sentence?" He smiled and said: "Brother Yin, you are not old, why have you called yourself me?"

Yin Jiucheng ran to him quickly. Not only did he shout the same words as Hamiti, but he even had the same movements. He grabbed Wang Ping'an's hand and shook it constantly, and said with a smile: "When you have a son, you will naturally be the master. If you don't call yourself an old man, you will still call yourself a young man?"

Wang Ping'an laughed a few times and looked at the people behind him. Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi were flattering, and went forward to the princes and princes screaming and flattering hard!

Qiu Tingxuan was still the kind of "a well-educated man". He walked over slowly and bowed to Wang Ping'an, saying, "No sick, Brother Yu knew you would be busy two days ago, so he didn't dare to come to disturb him. Today, you should be almost busy, so he came here to visit him."

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "If you want to talk about character, this person is the best. Whether I have a high status or a low status, he has this expression and no change." He smiled and said, "Brother Qiu, that lady of the Ma family has been so good recently. Have you gone to her house to pay New Year's greetings?"

Qiu Tingxuan's face turned red. Wang Ping'an was talking about Ma Mingmei, which was his sweetheart. Qiu Tingxuan nodded and said, "Of course I went there. When Lord Ma saw that I was alone in Beijing, he asked me to go to his house for the New Year's Eve dinner, and I was there for the New Year!"

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "In that case, Brother Qiu is about to have good things!"

When Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi saw Wang Ping'an ignore them, they were anxious. Everyone was classmates and they could not favor one or the other. They knew that they were unauthentic in their past, which aroused Wang Ping'an's disgust, so they naturally had to pay attention to making up for it.

Zhao Bi stepped forward and said flatteringly: "Prince, I heard that you are getting better, and the New Year's Eve dinner was eaten in the palace."

Lu Xiuzhi was unwilling to fall behind and said, "Yes, yes, the prince is really lucky to be able to stay with the emperor for the New Year. What is like in the palace? Can you tell me?"

Wang Ping'an was very annoyed by them, but he was unwilling to offend them. Besides, they had no other skills, but they had the ability to spend money. Moreover, they had money at home, and they just had the right to build a pedestrian street. They needed to use their skills to let them spend some money.

Since he wanted to ask others to pay out, he naturally could not show his face to others. Wang Ping'an smiled at the two of them and said, "Look at what the two brothers said, I went to the palace to stay up to the New Year, that's to serve people, and I'm serving tea and water. I can't sit on the same table with the emperor for dinner. You are too arrogant!"

Seeing that Wang Ping'an had a good attitude, Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi immediately became happy and pushed Hamiti and others aside, leaning against Wang Ping'an on the left and right, flattering him. First, he said that ordinary people would not be able to go to the palace to serve the emperor, but the prince was not satisfied. Then he began to recall the past and talk about their study together in Xiantong Academy, and they tried their best to get in touch with Wang Ping'an, so that the prince would never forget that we are classmates, and they are the kind of classmates with the most close relationship.

They talked and laughed, and went into Wang Ping'an's house together. Everyone was crowded together and talking about new things. Hamiti and Ayiding were naturally talking about business, while Yin Jiucheng was talking about publishing books, Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi were talking about interesting stories about the scholars in Beijing, while Qiu Tingxuan didn't say a word, just listening.

After listening for a while, Wang Ping'an began to talk about his affairs outside the pass, and he chose interesting words, which made everyone laugh. Soon, Wang Ping'an changed the subject and said, "Everyone, I have a good business and I want to introduce it to you. Let's make money together!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. Wang Ping'an had the most means to make money, and he had a high vision. He didn't do ordinary business at all. If he used the word "good" to describe any business, then this business would definitely be good.

Seeing that they were all very happy, Wang Ping'an told him about the construction of Tongtianfutu. He first talked about the construction of the tower, not about the construction of the pedestrian street.

After listening, the room was silent. Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi lowered their heads and thought to themselves: "Jiantong Tianfutu is a big deal, we can't decide, so let's listen to other people's things first!"

The two of them dare not say anything, and others have to think even more about it. They are all businessmen and never invest money in vain.

After a while, Hamiti said, "Prince, this construction of Tongtian Futu is of course a good thing. There are countless good men and women in the capital, and even rich people can't count them. If they ask them to donate money to build the Futu, and to seek good rewards in the next life, everyone will donate, so we will donate too much, and this money is not unwilling to be spent. But, from the perspective of business, what benefits can we get?"

Wang Ping'an solemnly said: "You can get the protection of gods and Buddhas."

Everyone nodded together and was silent for a while. Hamiti said again: "What other benefits can we get besides being protected by gods and Buddhas?"

Wang Ping'an said even more solemnly: "When future generations see Tongtian Futu, they will think of your merits and remember you!"

Everyone nodded again, then silence. After a while, Hamiti asked again: "What other benefits can we get?"

Wang Ping'an said: "The good men and women in the world will thank you, and your names will be carved on the tower."

Everyone paused for a moment and nodded slowly, but they all thought to themselves: "That's the reason that there is no benefit, how can this be considered a good business!"

After a while of silence, Wang Ping'an looked at the expressions of everyone and suddenly laughed, saying, "There are still countless money!"
Chapter completed!