The Growth of the Richest Man

(In the Codeword Tribe event, today's 3rd update.)

I had a round stomach, and I bought a lot of things that I didn’t know I would use in the future. When I looked at the time, it was almost 10 o’clock in the evening, the shops were slowly closing, and the pedestrians on the road slowly When it became less, Zhang Yong and Du Xiaoyu went back by car, rested well, and prepared for a new journey the next day.

Maybe it was because they were too tired. The next day, when Zhang Yong and Du Xiaoyu woke up, they looked at the time and it was already 9:30 in the morning. I quickly washed up and asked the driver to help me go to a nearby roadside stall to buy two more bowls of rice tofu. After breakfast, I set off.

Because the time was a little too late, the two of them decided to choose a closer scenic spot for the tourist attractions in the morning.

General Fubo Ma Yuan, a famous military strategist, one of the heroes of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At the end of the new dynasty, when the world was in chaos, Ma Yuan was a subordinate of the Longyou warlord Kui Xiao, and he was very trusted by him. Later, he returned to Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, and made great achievements for Liu Xiu to unify the world. After the reunification of the world, although Ma Yuan was old, he still invited Ying to fight against the Qiang people in the west and Jiaozhi in the south. The spirit of his old age and strong, horse leather body is very respected by future generations. Later, during the crusade against the Wuxi Man, he became seriously ill and died unfortunately. Because of Liang Song's framed accusation, Liu Xiu took back the Xinxi Hou Yinshou after his death, and it was not until Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty that he sent an envoy to pursue posthumous Zhongcheng.

The Wuxi barbarians that Ma Yuan finally subjugated refers to the current area of ​​western Hunan. The development of history is sometimes so ingenious, and sometimes it is a kind of falsehood. As an invader, Ma Yuan, perhaps no one could have imagined that because of his title "Fubo", after his death, he was revered as the **** of water by the local people in western Hunan. Even, because many poor people need to beg for food from the water, so later, Ma Yuan has been upgraded to an almost omnipotent god. Fubo belief has been passed down stably in western Hunan for a long time, and the imperial court's push to add fuel to the flames is also very influential. After all, worshipping a general of the central court in ethnic areas is a measure that can promote ethnic unity.

Zhang Yong and Du Xiaoyu, because they set off too late, chose to go to the Fubo General Temple in the city center to pay homage to this **** worshipped by the locals.

But in the city center, Fubo Temple is not so good. On the side of the road in the city center, there is a river called the Tong River by the locals. The river area is not wide, only tens of meters, and Fubo Temple is on the other side of the river. The urban area, which is not wide, is divided into two sides by this river.

On one side of the river, there are prosperous urban areas; on the other side of the river, there are rural areas that are obviously underdeveloped.

The destination of the tour is the Fubo Temple on the other side of the river, but if you want to go there, you can either take a detour a few kilometers away, or you can choose to take a boat there. It is not necessary to take a detour, but it is also a bit boring to go by boat. After all, it is only a few dozen meters, so Zhang Yong and Du Xiaoyu rented a small boat and rowed over.

The place where Fubo Temple is located was originally a ferry crossing of a river. The reason for setting up this Fubo Temple is to use General Fubo, the almighty "water god", to quell the flood and let the people who are bustling across the river every day, Able to go out safely and return safely. After the 1990s, although there were some bridges on the river, and the role of the pier has gradually subsided, many tourists still choose to take a ferry to play leisurely on the river.

With a distance of dozens of meters, I rowed slowly for nearly 20 minutes. The method of rowing by hand is still a bit difficult, especially Zhang Yong has never had any experience in rowing.

On the other side, the two stopped to visit the Fubo Temple.

Foreigners' image of our country is often just our country, a country without religious beliefs. However, this statement is not entirely correct. Although our country does not have a unified national religion, each place often has its own local religion and local totem. Even to a certain extent, at a certain stage of its development, Confucianism also has the characteristics of religion. For example, in the later period, the ideas of "Neo-Confucianism" and "Xinxue" that merged Buddhist and Taoist ideas are called a religion. , not too much.

This Fubo Temple is a religious place with Chinese characteristics.

In Fubo Temple, the main deity worshiped is the general of Han Fubo, Ma Yuan, but at the entrance of Fubo Temple, there are fortune tellers in Taoist robes and monks in monk robes.

Zhang Yong and Du Xiaoyu both wore heavy makeup, sunglasses and masks, so the chances of recognizing them were not big. But as soon as they arrived at the door of Fubo Temple, an old monk immediately greeted them, and immediately handed a stick of incense, so that the two of them could go in and offer a stick of incense to Fubo Temple, and this stick of incense was free of charge. .

There are such hospitable tourist attractions, such spotless old monks? Zhang Yong and Du Xiaoyu thought it was very interesting, so they entered the Fubo Temple, entered the hall, and knelt down in front of General Fubo. The old monk said some flattering good things, such as two good-hearted people will make a fortune, become a big star, give birth to a precious son early, etc. Zhang Yong is also very useful to hear~www.wuxiahere.com~ everything is done , The old monk handed Zhang Yong and Du Xiaoyu some rice and tea, put them in a red paper bag, and suddenly pointed at Gongdexiang and asked them to donate money. It turns out that the purpose of everything this old monk does is to make money, but this also makes Zhang Yong relieved. After all, making money in this way is not considered cheating. Just put two hundred-yuan bills with Du Xiaoyu and prepared to walk out.

When he came out, the old monk wanted the two of them to sign the merit book for donating money. But Zhang Yong and Du Xiaoyu's names were not easy to sign, so they didn't agree to sign, and went out directly.

Except for Fubo Temple.

The tour guide arranged by the local Yongchang Service Company for the two of them has also arrived outside Fubo Temple and waited for the two to come out.

"The monk just now was a fake monk who deceived people. In the name of offering incense for free, they invited guests in to offer incense, and then asked the guests to donate sesame oil money in front of the merit box. Ordinary people may donate a few dollars of sesame oil. money, but they often ask guests to donate 10 yuan of sesame oil. Their behavior of forcing guests to donate money usually won't attract local people, but it is estimated that if you are foreigners, Mr. Zhang will let you donate money. There are a lot of people complaining, but these monks are actually very mobile, and they can't control them. Mr. Zhang, you haven't been cheated of money." The tour guide asked kindly.

"We had a good time, we weren't cheated, uh..." Zhang Yong suddenly remembered, who said they weren't cheated? He directly voluntarily put 400 yuan in the merit box, and there is no need for the old monk to deceive them!

And the old monk, in the Fubo Temple, was also confused. Well said deceptive lines! These two people have given so much directly, and my lines are so thoroughly memorized that I can't use them anymore. The script shouldn't be written like this!