The following year, it was autumn harvest time.
When Hu Rui'er came to Runzhou alone, she found that this place was completely different from last year.
As an important place for water transportation, Hu Rui'er took the land route and crossed half of Yangzhou before arriving at the boundary of Runzhou.
Then she first discovered that the official roads here were surprisingly neat.
The main body of the official road is made up of huge bluestone slabs. Although the scratches on the road indicate the age of their construction, they cannot hide the fact that they have been carefully maintained.
It was as if someone took the initiative to clean it every once in a while, and there was nothing but dust on the main road of the official road.
Along the official road, there is a tea shed or pavilion every three or five miles to provide tea and water for business travelers and passers-by along the road.
There are so many tea sheds or pavilions, but each one is crowded with vendors.
Hu Rui'er even had the illusion that all vendors in Yangzhou were doing business in Runzhou, which was why it brought such amazing traffic.
But thinking carefully about what happened in the past year, Hu Ruier felt that this might not be an illusion.
The gold mine in Jinshan Temple brought a huge flow of people and business opportunities. Those merchants who took advantage of the news sold almost everything they could sell to Runzhou for their own benefit.
As local people in Runzhou, although they could not get a share of the gold mine, under the guidance of Zen Master Fahai, they started a series of derivative businesses around Jinshan.
In the words of Zen Master Fahai, there is only one golden mountain, and there is no guarantee that you will be able to dig out a gold mine and become the lucky one who suddenly gets rich.
However, selling shovels and providing various derivative services around this golden mountain can ensure that your family, young and old, has enough food and clothing.
As a result, except for a few powerful or lucky people, the vast majority of the local people in Runzhou woke up and started various derivative businesses around Jinshan Temple.
Tools, food, shipping, and even selling incense and candles at the foot of Jinshan Temple have become the most popular businesses for local people.
The tea sheds and pavilions along the road are also one of these derived businesses.
With Zen Master Fahai's special greeting, the officers and soldiers of the government not only did not embarrass these vendors, but even protected and maintained order intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Hu Rui'er had known about Pei Wende's ability for a long time, she still had to admire his courage.
A mere gold mountain cannot make the people of Runzhou worry about food and clothing, but using it as a medium can maximize their enthusiasm.
Compared with Runzhou a year ago, the people of Runzhou today are full of vitality and hope.
Because Zen Master Fahai has indeed fulfilled the promise he made to all the people of Runzhou when he took over Runzhou - the cold will be clothed and the hungry will be fed.
Even Huiji, the "true Buddha in the world", could not accomplish this in just one year.
He sighed at the sights he saw along the way.
It wasn't until Hu Ruier arrived at the waterway dock and planned to switch to a boat to go to Jinshan Temple that she suddenly realized that what she just saw was nothing at all.
If we say, the vendors seen on the official road are only economically active.
Then what Hu Rui'er saw while taking a boat along the waterway was truly the cornerstone for the people of Runzhou to survive.
Winding canals bypass the farmland, huge keel waterwheels move with the wind, and simple but exquisite semi-automatic equipment irrigates the fields...
This picture is completely different from any other region and even transcends this era. It is enough to cause an unprecedented impact to anyone who sees this scene for the first time.
Since it was the autumn harvest season, Hu Rui'er couldn't see these water conservancy equipment in full operation.
However, the people who were busy harvesting in the fields fully explained to her what hope and enthusiasm meant.
Sharp sickles harvested the golden rice fields, while the people busy in the fields sang songs enthusiastically, and the high-pitched and passionate songs spread across both sides of the river.
Going all the way back along the grain transport river, Hu Ruier even saw a strange device driven by livestock, which quickly shelled bundles of rice.
Hu Rui'er didn't need to listen to the boatman's bragging to know that the things she saw along the way must have been made by Zen Master Fahai.
After all, Hu Rui'er had seen Pei Wende tinkering with all kinds of weird devices as early as when he was at Tongqing Temple in Weishan.
The only thing that Hu Rui'er never expected was that those things that Pei Wende himself tinkered with in private could one day play such a huge role.
With Hu Rui'er's knowledge, it is not difficult to see the prospects of these things.
It is no exaggeration to say that Pei Wende single-handedly changed the general trend of the entire era.
[Your Majesty, you still underestimated your younger brother after all. 】
With an inexplicable sigh in her heart, Hu Rui'er boarded the boat and after half a stick of incense, she finally arrived at the destination of her trip - Jinshan Temple.
The endless flow of ships, the bustling temples, and the plaque with the three characters "Jinshan Temple"...
With just one glance, Hu Ruier could hardly imagine that this temple was still an abandoned temple a year ago.
Especially the people's sincere piety and excitement. I'm afraid even Zexin Temple in its heyday was nothing more than this, right?
[Zen Master Fahai is truly worthy of his reputation! 】
Instead of going directly up the mountain to meet Pei Wende, Hu Rui'er looked at this temple that was full of incense and suddenly had an urge to learn more about what happened this year.
Anyway, it took such a long time to come here, Hu Rui'er felt that it was not too late for a day or two.
When Hu Ruier officially lurked, she began to understand a little bit about what happened in Runzhou over the past year, but was surprised to find that no matter how much she imagined, she seemed to underestimate Pei Wende after all.
After this year of development and planning, Jinshan Temple seems to have become another Runzhou center independent of Runzhou City.
The flow of people coming to Jinshan Temple every day is simply greater than the number of people entering and leaving Runzhou City.
The most important thing is that people who come to Jinshan Temple are not just pilgrims and believers, but also many people with other identities.
Farmers, craftsmen, merchants, poets, gentry, officials...
No matter what purpose or attitude these people have, Jinshan Temple or Zen Master Fahai will not refuse them.
During the period of lurking, Hu Rui'er even found out that Pei Wende planned to allocate part of the land to plant tea trees next year to obtain a new economic pillar for Runzhou.
You know, this is something that only local governors and even the central court are qualified to discuss and decide.
Even if Pei Wende has a senior who is serving as a national master, he is absolutely not qualified to determine the future direction of economic development of a region.
From this incident alone, Hu Rui'er could truly feel the prestige of the name "Zen Master Fahai" in Runzhou.
【This is the real Buddha in the world! 】
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Take a day off tomorrow and have a day off.
By the way, let’s take a look at how to write this volume.
In the next volume, I want to write Pei Wende as a real "Buddha", that is, the image in the prologue.
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