Plane hunting

Chapter 1037
Thanks: Brother 08a for the reward, thank you Xia Tian, ​​there will be more updates but it will be very late.

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'Yuan Tiangang' and 'Li Chunfeng' couldn't help but look at each other when they heard that 'Huang Shaohong' had ordered thousands of Buddhist believers to be dragged to a place eighty miles upstream of the Jing River in a cart.

It took a long time for 'Li Chunfeng' to give a thumbs up with a smile:
"A master's work is unpredictable, Erlang's move is really amazing!"

'Huang Shaohong' chuckled:
"It's not a big deal. I used to be fooled into visiting when I was young, but I was dragged into the wilderness more than 100 miles out of the city. When I found the car, my feet were blistered!"

'Li Chunfeng' naturally couldn't understand what he said, and asked:

"Which room?"

'Huang Shaohong' didn't bother to pay attention to him, and fooled him casually, but 'Yuan Tiangang' beside him was not thinking about it, and murmured:
"Erlang, there are tens of millions of people in Chang'an, and even though the number of Buddhist believers is not as large as that of Daoist sects, there are tens of thousands of them. Even if you take thousands of people away, I'm afraid it won't do much!"

'Huang Shaohong' has a confident expression on his face:

"What are you panicking about? Shanren has his own clever plan. This time, let him play the Land and Water Dharma Association for nothing!"

This guy murmured with 'Yuan Tiangang' and 'Li Chunfeng' for a long time, and they asked in surprise:

"Erlang, can this work?"

'Huang Shaohong' chuckled:
"Just do what I tell you, and you'll know if it works!"

'Yuan Tiangang' looked at 'Li Chunfeng', helplessly, the latter looked around, walked into an alley, took out a stack of yellow paper from his sleeve, and urged his mana to keep folding it.

After a while, a few handsome young monks came out of the alley carrying tables and chairs, a gong, and a flag, and walked up to 'Huang Shaohong', bowing and saluting:

"I've seen Uncle Master!"

'Huang Shaohong' pointed towards the middle of the road carelessly:
"Put the stall there!"

The young monks immediately got busy, setting up the tables and chairs, putting down the pens and notebooks, and erecting long banners behind the desks, on which were written several large gold characters:
'Huasheng Temple Believers Service Office! '

Then a young monk picked up a copper gong and started beating it non-stop. The beating of the gong immediately attracted many people to watch.

'Huang Shaohong' waited until more and more people gathered and asked what it was for, then he shouted loudly:

"Don't miss it when you pass by. Today's Huasheng Temple Water and Land Ceremony will pray for the Tang Dynasty, for His Majesty, and for the people of the world!"

"That Taoist sect Zhang Tianshi wants to hold the Luotian Dajiao at the same time to challenge my Buddhist sect. Such behavior is extremely evil!"

There are quite a lot of people who believe in Taoism these days, and there was a burst of booing in the street, and many people even shouted:

"We'll go to see Luo Tian Dajiao in a while, who will go to your Water and Land Ceremony!"

These words immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of Buddhist believers, and several people immediately shouted:
"The master is right. The imperial court first wanted Huasheng Temple to hold the Waterway Ceremony, and Zhang Tianshi wanted to hold the Luotian Dajiao. Wouldn't you change the date? I think it was intentional."

For a while, the two sides quarreled, and the scene suddenly became a mess.

'Huang Shaohong' shouted loudly: "Listen to me!"

His voice shocked the mind, and everyone quieted down to listen to what he had to say.

'Huang Shaohong' continued:
"Although the Daoist sect engages in vicious competition, our Buddhist sect is not afraid. The slogan of our Buddhist sect is to save all living beings and put the interests of believers first!"

"The so-called Lu Yao knows the horsepower and sees people's hearts after a long time. I think everyone will be able to distinguish clearly whether it is Buddhism or Taoism!"

He didn't give others a chance to speak, and continued:

"In order to give back to the new and old believers, our Buddhist sect specially organizes the 'burning incense discount' and 'donate one against two' activities, so that new and old believers, good men and women in Chang'an City can benefit and get benefits, as long as everyone participates in this event as required activities, you can make money”

'Yuan Tiangang' who was mixed in the crowd held his nose and shouted:

"Then what are we going to do?"

'Huang Shaohong' waved his hand to signal everyone to be calm, and then said with a smile:
"The specifics, please listen to me carefully!"

"When you usually go to my 'Huasheng Temple' to burn incense and make a wish, you have to spend some incense money, or add some lamp oil money, right? You also need to spend extra money to cast lots to see the divination!"

Hearing what he said, everyone nodded. Wouldn't it cost this money to go to the temple to burn incense?

'Huang Shaohong' said with a smile:
"The money is all used to repair the temple and support the monks to practice. Although it is the blessings of all the benefactors and believers, it will be a big burden for a long time!"

Speaking of this, many people nodded repeatedly. Some themselves or their elders believe in Buddhism and burn incense. They spend a lot of money in temples throughout the year, which invisibly increases the burden on their families. Hearing someone's "master" say it, it's true.

'Huang Shaohong' saw that it resonated, so he said:
"Because of this, our abbot of Huasheng Temple 'Master Kongci' is compassionate and decided to hold an event to give back to the believers on the first day of the Water and Land Dharma Assembly."

"Let's talk about the 'Burning Incense Discount' event first. As long as the benefactors pay a certain amount of incense money in advance, register with the poor monk now, and then go to the temple to burn incense and fortune-telling, and you will be charged a [-]% discount!"

"That is to say, you spent ten taels of silver on burning incense in the future, and then you can deduct one tael from the prepaid incense money. Seriously, benefactors, this activity is completely for the sake of our believers. The price can’t even buy incense candles, right?”

When he said this, many believers were thinking in their hearts, and it seemed that this calculation was quite appropriate.

'Huang Shaohong' didn't wait for them to think it over, and added another firewood, which completely ignited the atmosphere.

"In addition to this 'Burning Incense Discount' event, we also have a 'Donate One Get Two Event'. As long as you donate sesame oil money here, when the Waterway Ceremony starts, you can get double refunds at Huasheng Temple!"

"That is to say, if you donate 100 taels of silver, you can go to Huasheng Temple to receive 200 taels of silver in a while!"

At this time, 'Li Chunfeng' who was at the other end of the crowd shouted:
"It sounds good, 100 taels is so much, will your Huasheng Temple lie to us?"

This question is also something that everyone present is more or less worried about.

'Huang Shaohong' chuckled:
"The poor monk made an example of 100 taels, but in fact, there is no difference in the amount of donation of sesame oil. It is a matter of intention. In the eyes of our Buddhist disciples, it is the same for you to donate one penny and 1 taels!"

"So the poor monk does not encourage everyone to donate more, just donate one penny, and it will be a joy for the water and land puja. When the auspicious time comes, all benefactors will go to Huasheng Temple to participate in our puja. Not only will the return be doubled, There are also melons and fruits, don’t they smell good?”

'Huang Shaohong' said seriously:
"Everyone listen to me, don't donate too much, only one penny is enough!"

Over there, 'Yuan Tiangang' asked again:

"Then we are not Buddhist believers, can we donate sesame oil money?"

'Huang Shaohong' had a harmless smile on his face:

"Of course, Buddhism is vast. We welcome all benefactors to join our big family. The Buddha loves you, and the Buddha loves the world!"

After this guy finished speaking, he pondered in his heart, as if there were some strings of words.

He turned around and pointed at the desk:
"All benefactors, the event is officially starting now. Those who want to deposit incense money or donate sesame oil money can register here. One penny is not too little, and 1000 taels is not too much. The poor monk suggests that everyone should donate one penny. !"

At this moment, a strong man pushed his way out of the crowd and shouted:

"I know you, the non-disciplined monk of Huasheng Temple, you think we are stupid, donate more if you donate a double return, can you get rich by donating a penny, I donate ten taels of silver, I am not afraid of you running away, you can run away Monks can’t run away from the temple, so I’ll go get the money soon!”

'Huang Shaohong' clasped his hands together and said with a smile:

"Donor, please register here!"

The strong man really took out ten taels of silver, threw it on the table, and then announced his name.

The young monk at the side quickly registered the person's name in the sesame oil book, and then put the ten taels of silver in the bag at the side.

Then dozens of men, women, and children came forward to donate money for sesame oil and deposit money for incense!
Everyone in the world has a heart to follow the crowd. With these people taking the lead, many people rushed forward in the next moment, and they took out copper coins and silver to donate sesame oil and money.

They didn't realize that the men, women and children who took the lead in donating money before squeezed out of the crowd and quickly walked into the surrounding alleys and never appeared again.

In fact, these people and the young monks around 'Huang Shaohong' are all paper figurines made by 'Li Chunfeng' using the origami technique.

'Huang Shaohong' used a method similar to the Ponzi scheme of later generations.

The difference is that because of time constraints, he didn't use interest to lure people into the bait, but proposed double return of huge profits, and then let 'Li Chunfeng' take the lead with paper figurines to lure these people into the urn.

This plan is actually very rough. If it is in the real world, it will be taught to be a man every minute.

But in this world, this is the first time such a novel deception has appeared. In addition, there are still people proving the status of "Huang Shaohong" as a monk, and those paper figurines took the lead to arouse everyone's herd mentality. achieved unprecedented success.

In less than an hour, the news of Huasheng Temple's double refund and discounts for burning incense had spread completely.

Some shrewd people didn't believe it, but they couldn't stand the lobbying of the people around them, and some people spontaneously proved the identity of 'Huang Shaohong', and finally made those who didn't believe it believe such an unreliable thing under the brainwashing offensive of the people around them.

In less than an hour, "Huang Shaohong" has been upgraded from the "receiving monk" he said at the beginning to the "Master of the Supervisory Academy" of the "Huasheng Temple". Promising, promoted so quickly.

In short, this donation activity is considered popular, even many wealthy businessmen and tycoons came to donate, and in a short period of time, several million taels of silver were collected, and tens of thousands of people donated.

In the beginning, a young monk was recording his name, but later it was not enough. More than 100 young monks came from nowhere, all with their own seats, holding pens, inks and sesame oil books, and lined up along the street. Record, this is barely coping.

Officers and soldiers patrolling the city came to check and saw that the monks of Huasheng Temple were doing something, but they didn't see it, because they knew that Huasheng Temple was very popular in the eyes of the Holy Emperor.

These soldiers not only didn't care, but after hearing about the event, they took out their purses and donated a lot of sesame oil money, waiting for the double return, and 'Huang Shaohong' naturally accepted it all.

More and more money was collected. Originally, if the money was piled up together, some people would definitely question Huasheng Temple's ability to pay compensation.

But 'Huang Shaohong' had thought of this a long time ago, and asked 'Li Chunfeng' to use the technique of origami to make a few bullock carts, and waited aside. complained:

"All benefactors, don't donate any more. If you continue to donate, we Huasheng Temple will not be able to pay the compensation. The poor monk asked you to donate a penny. Look at the least you donate a tael of silver. There is no such thing as taking advantage of it." !"

When he said this, the people suddenly burst into laughter, and someone asked:

"Then are you going to return the money now?"

'Huang Shaohong' folded his hands together and said:

"The monks don't tell lies. They said that the money will be returned. Of course, it will be returned. However, you can't donate any more. If you donate again, you won't be able to get it back. The poor monk announced that this event will come to an end!"

"Now the poor monk will collect the money and return to the temple. All benefactors can go to the Huasheng Temple to participate in the water and land ceremony with the poor monk, and get double the money back by the way!"

Countless people applauded one after another, and those who had no time to donate incense money sighed.

By this time, seeing that 'Huang Shaohong' was going to take them to the Huasheng Temple, no one doubted the authenticity of the matter, and regretted that their donation was a bit small.

Those 'little monks' were amazingly powerful, and quickly loaded the bags full of gold and silver onto the bullock cart, 'Huang Shaohong' got on the front cart, and the bullock carts all moved forward slowly, and it was Hua who was going there. The direction of Shengsi.

At this time, regardless of whether they are Buddhist believers or not, as long as they have donated money, they all follow behind the bullock cart and go to Huasheng Temple in a mighty way. None of the young monks who registered for them followed.

In the middle of the journey, for some reason, a thick fog suddenly appeared, and in an instant, it was so thick that it was impossible to see clearly the distance in front of me.

After a quarter of an hour, when the fog cleared, the people found that the bullock carts full of gold and silver had disappeared.

But everyone didn't care, they just thought that the old ox knew the way. Since it was the ox cart of the monastery, he could tell the direction even in the fog. At this time, he had already gone to the Huasheng Temple. They just need to go to the Huasheng Temple to look for it. .

There were tens of thousands of people who had donated money and those who followed to watch the excitement, walking along the street to Huasheng Temple, the scene was extremely grand.

On the good day of Guimao, the auspicious time has come, and the bells of Huasheng Temple are ringing. Master Xuanzang, with [-] eminent monks, has paid homage to the Buddha and met the king. Suddenly, shouts from Jin Wuwei and Habayashi Army came from outside.

At the same time, there were countless voices of people crying and cursing.

(End of this chapter)