Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 252 Longquan Ancient Temple

  Zhu Pingan drove the horse and dragged the wild boar along the mountain road for more than half an hour, and then saw a backer,

  Zhu Ping'an rode a black horse and dragged a wild boar into the town, which caused quite a stir in the town. The contrast is too stark for a young man who looks weak and honest to hunt such a huge wild boar. It attracted a lot of onlookers for a while, and of course it also attracted a lot of people from butchers, inns and restaurants.

The Chinese people are all experienced foodies. The Ming Dynasty is still the same at this time. The butchers and the people in the restaurant know the deliciousness of the wild boar that is cooked properly. The wild boar runs around in the mountains. Compared with domestic pigs, the meat is firmer, like beef. It is very chewy and the pork taste is very delicious. In addition, wild pork is not just a kind of food, it is also a medicinal diet. Women eat it for beauty and beauty, and men eat it for stomach. In addition, if you have hemorrhoids, it should be good to eat more wild pork. Of course, you have to ask the doctor about this. How to eat.

  So, after hearing the news, several butchers and restaurants in the town flocked to surround Zhu Pingan, who had just entered the town not long ago.

"My little brother, sell this wild boar to my old Liu. Our old Liu is an honest man and will never let you suffer." A butcher in a greasy apron patted the wild boar on the sled and raised his head in satisfaction. Talk to Zhu Ping'an.

   "Sell us Zhangji Restaurant, we are a trustworthy restaurant in the town." Another middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper was not to be outdone.

  The butcher cast a glance at the shopkeeper of Zhangji Restaurant, "I said, Brother Wang, what are you robbing? You can still butcher a wild boar. It won't be too late to share this wild boar with you after I slaughter it."

  The shopkeeper of Zhang Ji Restaurant smiled, "Why, without you, Zhang Butcher, I would still have to eat hairy pigs."

"Arguing in public is really embarrassing to Luoshan Town. My little brother, ignore them. Sell this wild boar to us at Zuihualou." A beautifully dressed aunt passed the two of them and cast a wink at Zhu Ping'an .

   Then, everyone began to argue with each other, and they all wanted to buy this wild boar, and they did not hesitate to pay a high price. The surrounding crowd also gathered around to watch the excitement, to see how these people compete, and to see how Zhu Pingan would respond.

   "Ahem, Ping An is just lucky enough to hunt such a wild boar. When he first came to your land, everyone is so kind to him, so Ping An can't refuse. Let's let this wild boar go to the one with the highest price."

  Zhu Ping'an got off his horse and bowed to everyone. He said with a simple and honest smile.

That's right, Zhu Ping'an is going to sell this big wild boar by auction. Apart from raising the price to the greatest extent, the auction is also the best way to solve their competition. To whom, how fair. The ancients also knew about auctions. In the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737) of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, he issued an edict: "Those who pledge their property as pledges...after the third anniversary, they will be auctioned immediately." Therefore, they are no strangers to auctions, they just use them less frequently.

  So, the crowd watching around had a blessing.

   "I pay 15 Wen a catty." Wang Butcher was the first to speak.

  Zhu Ping'an didn't make a show of it, just looked at Wang Butcher with a silly smile. The wild boar that my father and elder brother caught by chance five years ago sold for 15 renminbi a catty, and now you only pay 15 renminbi.

   "No, I will pay 18 Wen a catty."

  Then Wang Tuhu immediately changed his words in embarrassment amidst Zhu Ping'an's smile.

   "Hahaha. Wang Tu, no wonder Sister Hua said just now that you are embarrassing us in Luoshan Town, and you have the nerve to call out 18 coins?! I will pay 20 coins." Another butcher taunted Butcher Wang. Then he raised his greasy hand and shouted.

  Hahaha, the crowd couldn't help laughing at Wang Butcher.

   "I pay 25 papers." Wang Butcher gritted his teeth.

   "I will pay 30 papers." At this time, the shopkeeper of Zhangji Restaurant spoke.

   "35 texts."

   Under the crowd watching. Out of interest, out of face. Under the influence of various factors, the price of this wild boar was finally fixed at a high price of 40 Wen. The gross weight of the wild boar was 325 catties, which allowed Zhu Pingan to earn as much as 13 taels of silver.

  The wild boar that my father and brother hunted back then was only sold for 15 yuan a catty, a total of more than four taels of silver. This wild boar was 40 yuan a catty, and the price was more than three times higher.

Zhu Ping'an put thirteen taels of silver in his arms quite satisfied. In order to express his gratitude to the surrounding crowd, Zhu Pingan spent two taels of silver and handed it over to a nearby steamed stuffed bun shop, asking the crowd to eat meat buns for free. Two liang of silver is enough for each of the surrounding people to get two or three meat buns.

  It is better to have fun alone than to have fun together, and everyone is happy for a while.

  After asking a cheerful uncle who ate meat buns about the way, Zhu Pingan continued to drive the horse on the road. Without the drag of the wild boar, the speed of killing Matt's dark horse was much faster.

   Sleeping in the open air for six hundred miles, drinking water from the Manan River in the Ming Dynasty.

  Food, eat and sleep in the open, after a day of continuous driving, we arrived at Luzhou, which is known as "the right throat of the Huai River, the lips and teeth of the south of the Yangtze River", which is the modern Hefei.

  It was close to the evening and arrived at the foot of the mountain called Longquan Mountain by the locals. There is no post station, so there are only residential houses and temples left. Generally speaking, there are always temples on beautiful mountains, so Zhu Pingan got off his horse and asked a villager if there was a temple nearby. The villager replied that there was an ancient Longquan temple nearby, and then Zhu Pingan led him under the guidance of the villagers. Shama Tehei immediately went up the mountain along the mountain road, and planned to spend the night in this ancient Longquan temple built halfway up the mountain.

  Near mountains and rivers, Longquan Mountain has beautiful scenery. According to the introduction from the enthusiastic villager, the ancient Longquan Temple is halfway up the mountain, and there is a stream of sweet spring water on the mountain. Longquan Mountain is famous because of this spring water. Li Shimin once used this spring water to clean his body when he was fighting in the world. War Horse, after winning the world, named this spring Longquan, which is why the mountain was named Longquan Mountain and the temple was named Longquan Temple.

On the way up the mountain, Zhu Pingan vaguely heard the bells of the temple halfway up the mountain. Along the way, he also met several monks carrying water. Of course, the most encountered were pilgrims. There were wealthy businessmen, local villagers, and some tourists who made friends. Of course, devout believers are also indispensable. Before arriving at the temple, Zhu Ping'an could see through these crowds that the ancient Longquan Temple was very popular.

  Entering the temple, Zhu Ping'an paid ten cash for incense, and a young monk led Zhu Ping'an into the courtyard behind the temple for pilgrims to rest.

The courtyards are scattered and complicated, there are small single courtyards, and some are next to each other. Perhaps because Zhu Pingan paid less money for incense, the little novice led Zhu Pingan to a resting courtyard next to each other. .

  The Shamat black horse was tied to the base of the wall, and Zhu Pingan moved the things on the horse's back into the room which was less than ten square meters.

There seem to be many people living in this courtyard, including pilgrims and scholars like myself. It seems that I vaguely heard the voice of the female relatives. It seems to be from the next door. Maybe it is a family who came here to offer incense and worship the Buddha. Zhu Ping'an did not thing.

  After settling down, Zhu Pingan washed his face and left the room.

  Just now I heard that the little novice said that the vegetarian food in the temple is quite famous. Out of curiosity, Zhu Pingan planned to try the vegetarian food in the temple.

There are a lot of pilgrims in the temple, and the temple also uses signs to guide the location of the building. Zhu Pingan followed the guidance and found the Zhaitang of Longquan Ancient Temple. After entering the Zhaitang, Zhu Pingan was surprised. Zhu Ping'an almost stared out, steamed pork, braised pork trotters, sweet and sour pork ribs, stewed chicken in broth, etc., and so on.

  Don’t scare me, this is a temple, you don’t kill animals, don’t you eat meat, why is this hanging on the wall? In order to win over believers, you are too willing to pay any price, right? !

   After Zhu Pingan ordered the dishes, he realized that he was wrong. The monks used tofu as meat, and made all kinds of vegetables with exquisite cooking skills to look like all kinds of meat. Even the chicken was made of dough to make it lifelike.

  Although it was a vegetarian dish, it tasted so delicious that Zhu Ping'an's stomach swelled slightly before he stopped eating.

  (end of this chapter)