Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"Can night blindness be cured by eating meat? However, I, a Manichae, have been a vegetarian all my life and believed in Mani from the Western Region. I can only go to the Paradise after death. If I eat meat, wouldn't all my previous efforts be wasted?" Fang La said angrily.

"That's right, it's okay not to go to Shanghai City!" The Fang clan members on the side also said angrily.

At that moment, Fang La left with the Fang clan and other Manichaean believers.

However, Fang was a believer in Manichaeism and had a relatively high status. Naturally, he was unwilling to give up his status as a Manichean in order to eat meat.

However, some believers who have just joined Manichaeism or believers on the fringe of Manichaeism are very confused. After all, Qingxi County is too poor. Many believers come from poor families and cannot see meat all year round.

It happened that Manichaeism was prevalent and they happened to be vegetarians, so they took advantage of the situation and joined Manichaeism.

Now that there is a great opportunity to go to Shanghai to work, many people are naturally excited.

In addition, the evil doctor Fan Zheng has just distributed Champa rice to the people of Qingxi, which has won the hearts of the people. The destination of this trip, Shanghai City, was personally designed by the evil doctor Fan Zheng. Qingxi County is under its direct jurisdiction, so there is no need to worry. wages.

Manichaean beliefs on one side and livelihood on the other immediately put Manichaean believers in a tangle.

"What? Salted fish can cure night blindness, why don't you eat it!" A woman with a miserable face in a thatched house angrily scolded the swarthy man!

"What do you know? We believe in Mani and cannot eat meat!" The swarthy man lowered his head and said firmly.

"Night blindness is a disease, and salted fish is medicine! It can cure our disease. Besides, what's the use of joining Manichaeism? Can it cure night blindness?" the woman said angrily.

"Mani is a god and will definitely protect us!" the swarthy man said firmly.

The woman said angrily: "If you don't eat salted fish, you won't be able to cure your night blindness, you won't be able to work in Shanghai, and you won't be able to make money. What should you do if your mother is ill? What should you do if your son has no money to go to school? Mani can really do nothing. No, why can’t you cure your night blindness, why can’t you make us rich!”

The swarthy man couldn't help but feel shaken in his heart. It didn't matter that he had night blindness because of his faith. However, he still had a mother, a wife and children, and looking at the house with bare walls, it could be said that it was the time when money was needed.

"Mom, I want to eat fish!"

My son couldn't help but salivate when he smelled the fragrance coming from the neighbor's house.

"No, my family believes in Mani and can only be vegetarian!" the swarthy man scolded.

"Then how can the Tieniu family eat fish?"

The child was so greedy that he couldn't help but ask.

"Because their family doesn't believe in Mani!" said the swarthy man.

The son shook his head and said, "If you can't eat meat, then I don't believe in Mani either!"

The woman with a miserable face brightened up when she heard this, and immediately said: "Yes, my son is not a Manichaean, and there happens to be no salt at home. You can buy some salted fish and bring it back. You can save money and provide supplements for the child." repair!"

The swarthy man looked at his son's thin body and expectant eyes, gritted his teeth, got up and went to town, and soon brought back a salted fish.

Soon, the smell of fish wafted from the thatched house.

"Mom, the fish is so delicious!" The son said happily as he ate the fish in big mouthfuls.

"Here, I'll give you this piece of fish." The miserable woman picked up a piece of fish from her own bowl, put it in her son's bowl, and then gave the rest of the fish to the dark man.

"I..." The swarthy man frowned. He believed in Mani and could only eat vegetarian food, not fish.

"Hurry up and eat. If you don't tell me, who will know? After your eyes are cured, hurry up and go to work in Songjiang Mansion to earn money! In a few years, the children will be old. If you don't have a betrothal gift and can't marry a wife, your family will be extinct. "The miserable woman snorted coldly.

The dark man looked at the fish in front of him and couldn't help but struggle for a moment. However, he fixed his eyes on his son and finally picked up the bowl and headed towards the back room.

After all, just as his wife worries, he has a poor family now. If he loses the opportunity to work in Songjiang Mansion, his son may become a bachelor in the future.

However, when the delicious fish entered his mouth, he couldn't resist the delicious taste. After all, he couldn't afford meat before joining Manichaeism, but it wasn't that he didn't like meat.

The same thing is happening in every village in Qingxi County. More and more people are starting to eat fish to treat night blindness.

After all, everyone knows that going to Shanghai to work is a God-given opportunity. Men work outside and women grow Champa rice at home. In addition, Shanghai is not far away and men come back to help when farming is busy. Three years is enough to escape poverty and become rich.

Three years!

The term of the transfer envoy is three years. Within three years, he will lead Qingxi County out of poverty and become rich. This is also the task given by Fan Zheng to Bao Kang.

People in Qingxi believe in Manichaeism only when they are poor, ignorant, and short-sighted. When the people of Qingxi got rid of poverty and became rich, many laborers went to work in other places. They saw the vast knowledge outside and gained experience. Naturally, there was a barrier to Manichaeism.

"Thank you to Mr. Bao, the sales volume of salted fish has greatly increased!"

Bao Kang was handling official business when a Qingxi County official came to report in a low voice.

Bao Kang couldn't help but smile knowingly. Fan Zhuanshi decided to use salted fish as a breakthrough. In addition to the two Zhejiang roads facing the sea, sea fish was cheap, and sea salt was one of them.

Although the salt used to pickle sea fish is sea salt, it is still salt after all, and it is an indispensable thing for the common people. Although the current sea salt technology is not good, after simple filtration, it can barely be eaten.

The taste of sea salt is not good, but for the poor people of Qingxi, salt is also a heavy burden. If you scrape a thick layer of sea salt from a sea fish, it is equivalent to buying salt and getting a fish for free. Anyone will be very excited.

Seeing this, the frugal people of Qingxi couldn't miss such a good opportunity. The smell of fish could be heard in every village.

As more and more people eat fish, more and more people will naturally follow suit, even those who believe in Mani.

"I don't eat fish to crack the virus, but to cure illnesses." Many Manichaeans who secretly eat fish comfort themselves.

Some people even quit Manichaeism, stopped practicing Manichaeism, and openly ate fish.

In the lacquer garden, a huge statue of Mani is enshrined in a main hall. There are usually many believers here, but today there are very few visitors.

"Brother! The imperial court used medical treatment as an excuse to tempt believers to eat fish. Many believers have broken the precepts. Now the number of believers who believe in Mani has dropped sharply. What should we do?" Fang Baihua asked worriedly.

Fang La suddenly frowned. His belief in Manichaeism could benefit Qiyuan and increase his status. If the number of believers dropped sharply and they lost the support of Manichaeism, their status would be greatly reduced.

"Brother, the Manichaean rules are that you are not allowed to kill or eat meat. These believers violated the rules in public, so please ask Brother to come forward and punish them severely!" A member of the Fang clan said angrily.

He is a devout Manichean, but now these believers are eating fish and meat openly and covertly, and dare to break away from Manichaeism without permission. In his eyes, this is simply betrayal.

As soon as this man spoke, the expressions of many congregants suddenly changed and they involuntarily covered their mouths.

Fang La glanced around and didn't understand. There were probably not a few believers who ate fish and meat secretly. Even among the believers who came today, there were probably many who ate fish and meat secretly.

After all, the opportunity to work in Shanghai is so rare that not many people can resist the temptation.