Chapter 974 The Buddha's Wish of Eternal Life
Wu Mei left angrily.
Then, Li Zhi began to feel sorry for Yun Chu.
After all, a minister who offended nobles, wealthy families, and civil officials, and now offended the queen, may not have a good life in the future...
However, Li Zhi felt that he could be better to Yun Chu, and let the prince be better to Yun Chu. In this way, after he passed away, the prince would have an important minister who could connect the past and the future.
In terms of using talents, Li Zhi has his own unique methods. Yun Chu, a unique ingredient with a timeless flavor, must not be stir-fried, and is not suitable for barbecue, which is very wasteful. Stewing is also not allowed. Even braised methods that can maximize the freshness of ingredients must be abandoned.
When eating this kind of ingredient, the most important thing is not to squeeze out all the flavors and benefits of the ingredient, but to ensure exclusive enjoyment first!
Exclusive enjoyment is the respect that should be given to the top ingredients!
Everyone was madly targeting Yun Chu, and only he was protecting him desperately, and it was an unreasonable and biased protection. In this way, Yun Chu had to spend a lot of energy to deal with those who opposed him, and then he had no energy to spend on the royal family who had always been unrestrainedly good to him.
Therefore, Li Zhi admired Yun Chu's behavior of seeking help from Buddhism this time, which showed that Yun Chu had no followers other than Buddhism.
And Buddhism was only interested in preaching. As for rebellion, there was no precedent, and their doctrines did not allow them to do so.
After thinking for a while, Li Zhi said to Ruichun: "Allow Yunchu to allocate 500,000 strings of cash from my inner treasury. From now on, the needs of the palace will be reduced by half."
Ruichun whispered: "Your Majesty, the treasury of the Shaofujian is empty, and there is not much left in the inner treasury."
Li Zhi turned around and embraced the giant bear that came over after Wu Mei left, and waved his hand and said: "It's nothing more than reducing extravagant expenses. It's no big deal. My mother could wear skirts that exposed her ankles in the past, so can I.
As long as Yunchu can get the flow back Brands, everything.
You take the money to Chang'an and tell Yunchu that money is gone, it's gone. I believe that as long as people are alive, there will always be money. Don't lose the big because of the small. "
Ruichun bowed respectfully to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is wise and wise."
After Ruichun left, the secretary also respectfully withdrew. Li Zhi took out a piece of peach cake from the snack box in front of him and stuffed it into the giant bear's mouth. Seeing that the giant bear ate the peach cake and the ground was full of residue, he couldn't help laughing.
"So greedy... The whole world belongs to me. It doesn't matter where the money is. As long as the money is still in the Tang Dynasty, I have nothing to lose..."
When Yunchu set foot on the land of Hedong Road, the number of merchants following him had reached more than 500 people. These more than 500 people can be regarded as big merchants. Soon, there will be a caravan heading straight to Chang'an behind them.
Of course, this number of people was nothing for the Liushui brand, which was always busy. However, today was different from the past. It was rare that so many merchants were willing to follow Yunchu to Chang'an to reorganize Liushui brand.
Wherever Yunchu's team went, everyone praised Yunchu's benevolence and righteousness, and countless people gave him gifts. However, when it came to the task of saving Liushui brand, the merchants in Hedong also needed Yunchu, the son of Master Xuanzang, to come forward.
Everyone knew that Yunchu in Chang'an would not owe anyone a penny even if his family was ruined. Such a person could definitely be trusted, but it was best not to do business with Yunchu in Chang'an that exceeded his total assets.
From a business perspective, no matter how reputable Yunchu was, when doing business, the scale should not exceed 120% of Yunchu's total assets.
The reason why there is an extra 20% is that the merchants have extremely recognized Yunchu's credibility. The extra 20% is their profit. Yunchu is the only one in the Tang Dynasty who can make merchants give up their profits to do business.
Therefore, if Changan Yunchu wants to save the big business of Liushui brand, his family business and his reputation cannot be leveraged, because this investment has far exceeded Yunchu's personal credibility.
At that time, Yunchu has the wish to repay the money, but he has no money to repay, which is useless.
At this time, the sudden appearance of Master Wukong, the disciple of Master Xuanzang, gave many merchants a completely different choice. Although Master Wukong is not very famous, it doesn't matter. You can do a super-large-scale business with him without worrying about the trouble of not being able to repay the money.
The merchants' cognition is so simple and direct.
The Jinyang Liushui brand, which was already in decline and still lingering, gradually gained some vitality after Yunchu was about to arrive with 500,000 strings of gold cakes.
The Tang Dynasty never lacked merchants with adventurous spirits. Before Yun Chu arrived, they began to post information about some goods on the running board at extremely low purchase prices or extremely high selling prices.
There were even some smarter people who posted some goods on the running board at normal prices. However, whether buying or selling, they were all handled by him, so that the running board really earned some transaction income.
The purpose was to leave a deep impression on the upcoming Yun Chu, so that when Yun Chu really started to save the market, he could drink the first mouthful of hot soup.
There is a big Buddhist temple west of the Fen River in Jinyang.
This Dafo Temple was founded during the Kaihuang period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. It was built by a 20-year-old monk named Zuochengkong, who gathered the strength of Jinyang believers.
When people suddenly discovered that there was no Buddha in this temple called Dafo Temple, Monk Chengkong suddenly swore to all believers that he would cast a giant iron Buddha 70 feet high in the temple.
So Monk Chengkong went around begging for alms, preaching, and performing rituals. He spent 20 years collecting gold charcoal and casting the statue in the furnace. Unfortunately, the Buddha statue was not cast.
Monk Chengkong believed that this was because the Buddha felt that his heart was not sincere and had not collected enough wishes, so he would not allow him to cast successfully.
So Monk Chengkong bowed his head and repented again, and continued to spare no effort to cast the Buddha.
Twenty years later, it was the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and the second furnace to cast the Buddha failed again.
Monk Chengkong, who was over 60 years old, was still not discouraged and was determined to make careful preparations again, vowing to create a Buddha statue in his lifetime.
Another twenty years of hard work, three furnaces were opened to make Buddhas, and tens of thousands of monks and laymen from near and far came to watch the grand scene of casting Buddhas.
Chengkong climbed to the top of the 100-foot furnace and shouted to the audience: "I made a great wish when I was young to cast a big Buddha. Now I am 80 years old. I have failed to make Buddhas twice. If I am violated again this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to complete my long-cherished wish in this life. Today, I will open the furnace and cast the Buddha statue with the gold liquid. If the big Buddha is successfully made, I will build another statue for the Buddha in fifty years."
After hearing this, everyone in the audience burst into tears and cried to persuade him, but Chengkong was determined to die to make his will clear. When the furnace mouth was opened and the gold liquid sprayed, Chengkong waved to thank everyone, and then jumped into the rolling iron flow like a flying bird.
Then the blacksmith opened the furnace door, and the red iron rolled down... At that time, the sky was covered with dark clouds and thunderstorms.
The Iron Buddha was completed!
At this time, Yunchu stood in front of the mountain gate of the Iron Buddha Temple in the appearance of a monk.
The purpose of his coming to Tiefu Temple was to borrow some integrity from Tiefu Temple, the source of Jinyang people's integrity and perseverance, to give to Jinyang's running signs.
Nowadays, the reputation of Jinyang's running signs has actually become a bad name. Six of the merchants who suffered this wave of disasters hanged themselves at the door of the running sign trading hall. As for those speculators who specialize in buying low and selling high, many of them have lost their families and lives.
Before coming, Yun Chu had already sent people to calculate that if he wanted to restart the Jinyang running signs, he would need to invest at least 4.6 million strings of money to eliminate the troubles left by the previous disaster.
Yun Chu felt that there was no need to pay back the speculators' money. Buying low and selling high is inherently very risky. Before they engage in such speculative money-making behavior, they should be mentally prepared to lose money.
They are different from those merchants who lost both money and goods. These people are the real victims of this disaster.
Yun Chu had someone calculate it long ago. As long as the running water sign starts running again, the wealth certificates in these people's hands will not be as valuable as the original value, but they will still have a certain value. As long as Yun Chu buys the wealth certificates from them at a low price, he may make a lot of money once the wealth harvest period comes.
The trouble now is that no one is willing to believe it. No one is willing to continue to sell their goods on the running water sign. Even if Yun Chu takes over at a low price, the value of the wealth certificates will still not increase, and may even become lower.
Master Hanshan, the abbot of the Dafo Temple, is not an easy monk to deal with at first glance.
This guy is obviously the abbot of the largest temple in Jinyang, but his cassock is full of holes. Rather than saying that he is a high monk, it is better to say that he is a bald old beggar.
Master Hanshan received Yunchu with Buddhist etiquette. When the two sat opposite each other in front of the tall iron Buddha, Master Hanshan said, "Are you the wicked son of Xuanzang?"
Yunchu said, "No."
Master Hanshan nodded with satisfaction, scooped a spoonful of water for Yunchu with a bamboo spoon and said, "That's very good."
Yunchu drank a sip of water, and seeing that the old monk was still pretending to be stupid, he directly served the meat dishes and said, "Sixty thousand strings of cash!"
Master Hanshan smiled and said, "The Big Buddha Temple does not have sixty thousand strings of cash."
Yunchu said, "I have always admired the miracles that Master Chengkong has created for my Buddhist sect, and I am determined to use sixty thousand strings of cash to help Master Chengkong build another statue for my Buddha fifty years later.
In the blink of an eye, the fifty-year wish is already within sight."
Master Hanshan smiled and said, "Shancai entered Buddhism, and nine oxen could not pull him back. Even if Master Wukong was from a famous family, Once you make a Buddhist wish, I'm afraid you can't take it back. "
Yun Chu looked up at the tall iron Buddha above his head, put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, monks don't lie."
Master Hanshan said: "Master Chengkong still has ten years to rebuild the Buddha in fifty years. I wonder when Master Wukong will send the promised 60,000 strings of money?"
Yun Chu said solemnly: "It has been deposited in the capital pool of Jinyang Liushui brand. It can be used as principal in the Liushui brand. Within ten years, this 60,000 strings of principal will generate 60,000 interest. At that time, the Big Buddha Temple can extract the interest to fulfill Master Chengkong's Buddhist wish.
And the principal is still running in the capital pool, and it will continue to grow. At that time, no matter how great a wish Master Hanshan makes, it can be realized on time, and then the original wish of the Big Buddha Temple will continue to grow. "