The "wealth-spreading boy" sprinkled money all the way, and the corners of Zhike Monk's mouth were almost split to the back of his head. Li Xiao followed him all the way with his children. Anyway, the tour guide who did not spend money did not waste any money.

Finally entering the main hall, the monk Zhike introduced the "lucky boy" to a monk who was wearing cassocks and seemed to be of a high rank. Then he said hello to the "lucky boy" and left with satisfaction.

Since Li Xiao and his children were always following the "lucky boy", the high-ranking monk thought Li Xiao was part of the "lucky boy" group.

"Amitabha! Poor monk, Enlightenment! If the donor has any wishes, you can talk to the young monk. If the young monk can achieve it, it will definitely be as the donor wishes." The monk recited the Buddha's name to the "lucky boy".

"It turns out to be Zen Master Wujing. I have met the Zen master Nian Yousheng. I want to meet the abbot, and I hope Zen Master Wujing can help me introduce him." Nian Yousheng said and took out a silver note from his sleeve.

Because he was so close, Li Xiao could see it clearly. It was a silver note with a gold edge. Any gold-edge silver note at Daming Bank was worth at least a thousand silver dollars. Unexpectedly, this guy named Nian Yousheng was so generous.

. A one-time reward of a thousand silver coins, just to meet the master abbot. In comparison, the reward just given to Zhike Monk is really just a small amount of money.

What's so special about this old monk is that the interview fee is so high. Ask Ai Husheng to find out how much his interview fee is one day.

Wu Jing glanced at the banknote in his hand and seemed quite satisfied with the number on it. He put his hands together and saluted Nian Yousheng: "Master Abbot is old and doesn't see many guests recently. But the donor is very sincere.

, the poor monk will help spread the word. If the master abbot is willing to meet, it will be a blessing to the donor."

"Thank you, Master Wujing!" Nian Yousheng hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted.

Master Wujing turned around and went out. Not long after, he turned back and saluted Nian Yousheng: "Master Abbot, please come."

Nian Yousheng walked inside, and Li Xiao followed behind. Wu Jing thought they were together and didn't say much.

After turning two corners, we came to a rather elegant small courtyard. In the courtyard, there was a large area of ​​red plum blossoms and snow. When you walked to the door of the courtyard, you could smell a refreshing and elegant fragrance.

There was a young monk about eleven or twelve years old at the gate of the courtyard. Nian Yousheng did not dare to neglect and hurriedly presented a pile of silver coins.

"Donor! The poor monk will be sent here. When he comes out later, the poor monk will see him off." Wu Jing just sent him to the door of the courtyard and did not continue walking inside.

The young monk weighed the silver coins in his hand, looked at Nian Yousheng and then at Li Xiao and Li Lin behind Nian Yousheng.

"Come in with me." The young monk said, turned around and led the way.

Just walking into the old monk's Zen room, Li Xiao felt the heat on the floor. The floor of the Zen room was made of marble tiles, which were wiped clean enough to reflect people's shadows. The furniture in the Zen room was made of red sandalwood. The furnishings on it,

It was either jade or gold. Li Xiao looked at it for a long time and saw many things for the first time.

This damn Zen room is even more luxurious than the emperor's palace in the Forbidden City.

Sitting in the Zen room was an old monk with a white beard and eyebrows, his bald head shiny. When he saw three people coming in, he immediately said: "Tea!"

The young monk immediately walked out and brought two cups of tea after a while. One cup was given to Nian Yousheng, and the other cup was given to the abbot. Li Xiao and Li Lin didn't even have a place to sit and had to stand in the abbot's room.

"I don't know what the donor wants from our Daci'en Temple. If I can do it, I will definitely satisfy the donor and leave." The abbot did not drink tea and said directly.

"To be honest with you, Master, I want to contract the construction project of Bahe Bridge and ask Master for help." After Nian Yousheng finished speaking, he took out three gold-edged silver notes from his sleeve.

The abbot glanced at the three banknotes, and then put his eyes away. "I'm afraid the donor's request is beyond the reach of the old monk. The donor should make another inquiry!"

"I heard what Mr. Wang from the Yamen of Zhensi said, Master Abbot's Dharma is profound, I'm afraid you can only handle this matter in this city of Xi'an. If it comes to pass, I will definitely not forget Master's kindness. Just a little thought, yes

A little money for incense and oil for the little man." Nian Yousheng said, and took out two more gold-rimmed silver notes.

"Oh, it turned out to be Wang Chanyue's request. I can't offend Mr. Wang. I know about this and will leave my address at Wu Jing's place. Within three days, I will hear back. If things don't work out

, I will naturally return this money to the donor."

The abbot was indeed very dignified. After finishing speaking, he waved his hand like a dead branch without waiting for Nian Yousheng to speak: "Send off the guests!"

Li Xiao had blue veins popping out of his forehead. He just saw that the bribe the monk accepted was just a few thousand silver coins. The Ministry of Works has calculated the budget for each project. There is only one way to make a profit by giving away so much money.

!

Cutting corners!

Li Xiao was so angry that his head was smoking when he thought that he was trying to make money everywhere, but these shady guys were taking money out of his pocket. He was holding on to his anger. It was only three days, but he wanted to take a look at the Baqiao project.

Who will it fall for? If it really falls into the hands of this Niu... I might as well kill a few heads to scare the monkeys.

I hope these monkeys can be frightened. If not, Li Xiao doesn't mind a big purge. National laws are not enough to frighten people. I hope the bloody butcher's knife and the fragmented corpses can frighten them.

Nian Yousheng bowed to the abbot and the old monk, glanced at Li Xiao behind him, and walked out of the abbot's Zen room.

"Little master, we can just go out on our own." Nian Yousheng saluted the little monk who came out to see off the guests, and his grandson pretended to be full.

"Oh! Go through the Moon Gate, and that's the way to the Main Hall." Probably because he was dissatisfied with the lack of money given by Nian Yousheng, the young monk had an indifferent attitude. He pointed to the Moon Gate and went back into the warm room.

Seeing the young monk shrink into the room, Nian Yousheng knelt down in front of Li Xiao with a "pop" sound.

"What are you...?" Li Xiao looked at Nian Yousheng with some confusion, wondering what this "wealth-spreading boy" was causing trouble.

"Commander! You have seen what happened just now. Please give us a fair world in Xi'an." After Nian Yousheng finished speaking, he crouched at Li Xiao's feet and did not dare to raise his head.

"Do you know my identity?" Li Xiao looked at his dress and saw no flaws.

"As soon as the Marshal left the hotel, the villain saw the Marshal's identity. In Xi'an City, who could labor the Governor to pick him up at the train station in person? The car he borrowed was the abbot's car of the Daci'en Temple!

So the villain has been guarding the side door of the hotel, thinking that if the commander-in-chief goes out, he will expose the shady secrets of Xi'an officialdom to the commander-in-chief."

"That's why you followed me, and that's why you spent thousands of silver coins to expose the shady secrets here." Li Xiao looked around and saw that this guy didn't seem that rich.

"I don't dare to deceive the Marshal. These thousands of silver coins are all my property. When I go back tonight, the whole family will not have food for dinner. But in order to expose the shady secrets of Xi'an officialdom to the Marshal, it is worth breaking up my family."

"Is this such a big hatred?" The Po family also wants to bring down these monks. This hatred is not ordinary. Li Xiao doesn't understand why Nian Yousheng wants to kill a thousand enemies and lose a thousand to himself.

.

"In the past few years, the villain has been working hard. He finally contracted two projects, but when the construction was about to start, the monks of Da Ci'en Temple forcibly took it away. Da Ci'en Temple relied on its wealth and power to bribe the Xi'an Prefecture.

Officials can even decide their promotion.

For the project of building roads and bridges, they decided to award the contract to whoever paid the most. So when the government awarded the contract for the project, the merchants did not go to the government first, but first came to the Great Ci'en Temple to donate incense.

They donated incense money to get the project. In order to make money, they cut corners wantonly. The road that was built for a year began to be dug out after a winter. The officials got their money and said it was because of the overloading of passing carriages.

To.

So the imperial court had to continue to allocate funds to build roads, and they continued to make money and continue to embezzle. It was still difficult for the people to travel, and the imperial court's money was deceived by them."

Listening to Nian Yousheng's words, Li Xiao clenched his fists in anger, and the joints were frighteningly white.

"If the commander-in-chief doesn't believe what the villain says, just check in three days to see if the project has fallen into the hands of the villain. If it is true that the villain has obtained the project, I ask the commander-in-chief to clean up the administration and return Xi'an to me.

A sunny day for the people."

"Okay!" Li Xiao nodded, he could wait for three days.

Pulling Li Lin out of the Daci'en Temple, Li Lin followed his father in a sensible manner and did not mention the matter of climbing the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

In the three days, Li Xiao had a full schedule. He inspected the Xi'an Arsenal and personally cut the ribbon for the Xi'an Arsenal, which had been working overtime to produce you. Because it is close to the front line, the Xi'an Arsenal mainly produces ammunition.

After all, it is much more convenient to supply ammunition to the front line from here than from Liaodong.

The Liao army always pays attention to the use of firepower in war, and the consumption of artillery shells and bullets is very large. It will attack Hami next year, and the consumption of ammunition is definitely not a small amount.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses have not been excavated yet, but Huaqing Pool is there. Under the arrangement of Sun Chuanting, Li Xiao and Li Lin took a bath in the bathhouse said to be used by Emperor Ming of Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang Guifei.

I don’t feel that the water in Huaqing Pool is better than that in my hometown in Liaodong. This may be the reason why people think their own products are better.

Three days passed in a flash. When Li Xiao was having breakfast, Shunzi brought Nian Yousheng in.

Nian Yousheng was very polite and knelt down without saying anything when he saw Li Xiao.

"Commander! This is the karma of the feudal lord's office. With this karma, the project of building the Ba Bridge belongs to the villain." Nian Yousheng knelt on the ground and raised the karma high above his head.

Li Xiao ate snow-white steamed buns and drank millet from northern Shaanxi. Taizu once said that the millet from northern Shaanxi nourishes people. This drink is not as delicious as rice porridge. After thinking about it, maybe it was too much back then.

Zu really can’t drink rice porridge.

Li Lin sat on the side, his cheeks bulging like a squirrel, sipping millet porridge!

That's the best thing about this guy, he's not picky about food! Li Xiao likes this very much about Li Lin. People's squeamishness actually starts with their diet.

After taking a glance at the match, Li Xiao knew that the match must be true. Even if Nian Yousheng had eight courages, he would not dare to deceive himself. Unless he was crazy or had lived enough.

"Three days means three days. The efficiency is really high." Chewing the steamed buns in his mouth, Li Xiao gritted his teeth with hatred.

Nian Yousheng knelt on the ground, not daring to move.

"Shunzi! Go tell Sun Chuanting that you won't go to Xi'an Textile Factory today. Lin'er wants to climb the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, please let him make arrangements." Li Xiao ignored Nian Yousheng who was kneeling on the ground and ordered Shunzi.

"No!" Seeing Li Xiao's gloomy expression, Shunzi knew that Sun Chuanting and the Great Ci'en Temple were going to be in trouble.

Sun Chuanting received Shunzi's notice and immediately began to make arrangements. He also understood that Li Xiao was such a son, and the country he conquered now would definitely belong to his son in the future. More than a year has passed since the Meridian Gate Incident, and the emperor has been dead for more than a year.

, but the imperial court had no intention of establishing a new emperor.

A country cannot live without a king for a day, but now the Ming Empire has been without an emperor for more than 500 days. The power of the court is tightly controlled by Li Xiao, Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan.

Sun Chengzong is already at this age, and no matter how strong his body is, he will not live for many years. Li Xiao is not even thirty this year. The future master of the Ming Empire, you can guess who he is with your buttocks.

Currying favor with this person is equivalent to giving future generations a long-term meal ticket. You must hold on to this thigh and hold it tightly.

But he didn't know that the biggest thunderbolt he had ever stepped on in his life was about to explode. The result of the explosion would probably be that there would be nothing left of him.

Li Xiao stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling glass of the hotel and saw groups of soldiers entering the Daci'en Temple. The merchants on both sides of the road began to close their doors. Poor people who had just opened their stalls had to close their doors and wait for the big shot like him.

Only when you leave can you continue to do business.

It seems that fawning over superior officials has been a common practice since ancient times.

"Dad! Can I go up to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda today?" Li Lin asked, pulling on Li Xiao's sleeve. When no one was around, Li Lin would call Li Xiao dad. He would only call him dad when there was someone around him.

Li Xiao always feels that it is weird for his son to call him daddy. He still likes the title dad!

"Yes! It must be possible. Didn't you see? Those people are clearing the place for us." Li Xiao pointed to the busy people in the distance.

"Why do you have to clear the place when you go out?" Li Lin was a little puzzled by the busy people in the distance. He actually liked the lively streets outside Daci'en Temple.

"Some people are only thinking about currying favor with you, and they are afraid that someone will harm me." If it were in the past, Li Xiao might not have said anything. But now, he is holding back a fire in his heart.

When he thought that he was calculating money in the capital, gritting his teeth all day long and calculating this and that. But these bastards actually enriched their own pockets and put the court's money into their pockets unscrupulously, Li Xiao felt itchy with hatred.

About an hour later, Sun Chuanting arrived downstairs of the hotel in a carriage.
Chapter completed!