After rebirth, I became a national teacher

As for Captain Li's life, it has been quite comfortable over the past six months.

Since cooperating with Chen Qingzhu, he could get several hundred taels of share of offerings from Chen Qingzhu every few days.

Later, Chen Qingzhu changed it to one payment per month, and each time he would send silver or other valuables ranging from more than three thousand taels to more than five or six taels.

And all he contributed was to help Chen Qingzhu develop two followers, one was the original Qin family, and the other was Madam Yuan.

As for these two tasks, he ordered his military household Zhang Liu to lead people to do them.

It can be said that he picked up so much money for free without any effort.

With so much extra income, Captain Li didn't dare spend it on other things except for having a few more drinks.

After all, his brother-in-law, Minister Qian, is watching him.

If they found out that he had such a good way to make money but didn't think about honoring the Qian family as their protective umbrella, they would definitely be very dissatisfied.

He had such a huge mountain of gold but couldn't spend it as he pleased. He must have felt very frustrated.

After learning that Cihang Temple had been connected to Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Captain Li asked Zhang Liu to urge them twice.

The abbot of Cihang Temple had promised him that not only would he give him half of the offerings, but he would also help him get promoted.

He got the money in full, but as for the promised promotion, there has been no progress at all after more than half a year.

Both replies were that the time was not right, which made Captain Li very dissatisfied.

At the beginning, this Chen man had promised him that he would let him climb higher than Marquis Jingnan, so that he would no longer have to rely on his brother-in-law.

The Qian family was a big family in the eastern coastal area, and his brother-in-law was promoted to the rank of Vice Minister. If he, a thousand households, wanted to surpass him, even if he was promoted once every six months, it would take several years.

Now that more than half a year has passed, that Mr. Chen still doesn't hurry up and do things. How long do he want to delay?

This made Captain Li suspect that this Chen was beginning to neglect him as Captain Li because he now had more powerful believers.

In this case, how could he not go there in person and give him a good beating?

On the afternoon of the second day of November, Captain Li and more than twenty of his men rode to Cihang Temple.

This was his second visit to Cihang Temple in more than half a year.

As soon as he got to the top of the mountain, he discovered that the road up the mountain had undergone tremendous changes.

The rugged mountain road that was originally only wide enough for one carriage to pass has become wide enough for two carriages to pass through. The dirt road that was originally muddy when it rained has also been paved with large and small stones and gravel, and has been compacted to be extremely flat and compact, making it easier to walk on than many official roads that are only paved with dirt.

“Who built this road?”

He asked Zhang Liu, who knew the situation at Cihang Temple best.

"Reporting to the captain, it is a businessman named Qin." Zhang Liu said vaguely.

The businessman surnamed Qin was related to Cihang Temple, so Captain Li naturally had an impression of him:

"It must be Qin Dafu. He is indeed very pious. Ha, it must have cost several thousand taels to build this road."

"Why didn't you report this to me before?"

Captain Li's face showed obvious displeasure.

This can be counted as offerings from pilgrims to Cihang Temple. Logically, he should have a share of it, but he spent it all on building the temple from which he could not get any benefit.

Zhang Liu had long been loyal to Chen Qingzhu, so he would naturally try to conceal the information about Cihang Temple from Captain Li as much as possible. How could he tell him every detail of these things?

Being questioned at this time, I could only bite the bullet and say:

"I thought it was just a trivial matter, so I didn't bother you with it."

Captain Li snorted unhappily.

When he rode all the way to the foot of Cihang Temple and saw the Salesian Church which had been expanded again, his anger reached its peak.

He pulled the reins and stopped on the road not far from the Salesian Church. He got off the horse and his face was gloomy.

"Zhang Liu, come here."

Zhang Liu quickly dismounted and walked up to Captain Li.

Captain Li raised his hand and slapped Zhang Liu hard in the face.

Zhang Liu was hit with all his strength in the face, and his head tilted, with a few traces of blood immediately flowing out from the corners of his mouth.

"Qian Hu calm down!"

Zhang Liu had already guessed why he hit people, and quickly knelt on one knee to beg for mercy.

Captain Li stared at him fiercely:

"They built such a large Salesian Church without my knowledge. Are you blind and can't see it, or are you speechless and can't tell me? Why didn't you report it to me?"

"These bitches actually used my money to build such a large Salesian Church. From the noise inside, I know they support many people. How much does it cost every month?"

He had heard about the construction of the Ciyu Hall in Cihang Temple, and was quite happy to see that the temple master and the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion were in such a bad relationship.

He originally thought that the so-called construction of the Salesian Hall was just a gimmick. At most, they would use a few meditation rooms to house a dozen orphans for show.

Zhang Liu didn't report it specifically, and he never thought about it.

Now, when he suddenly saw the Salesian Church of such a scale, he was immediately furious.

The money that the temple master gave him each time was after deducting the expenses of Cihang Temple.

For such a large Salesian Church, isn’t the share he deserves the result of consumption the result?

He didn't agree. Why did that woman surnamed Chen build such a big Salesian Church and support so many useless people!

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liu quickly lowered his voice and explained:

"My Lord, it's not that I'm hiding this from you on purpose. It's mainly because the wealthy businessman named Qin hired people to build the Charity Hall, and there's no profit sharing involved. That's why I didn't tell you!"

Captain Li's expression eased a little, and he was thinking that he would make that woman surnamed Chen pay him back the money for the expenses of the Ciyoutang later.

In the future, we will either sell all these useless little brats for cash, or put them to work and earn money.

In short, he would never allow Cihang Temple to support so many idle people.

He also warned Zhang Liu:

"From now on, all matters concerning Cihang Temple must be reported to me, no matter how big or small. If you dare to conceal them on your own initiative again, I will have someone beat you to death!"

"Yes Yes!"

Zhang Liu nodded and bowed quickly in agreement.

When they reached the stairs outside the gate of Cihang Temple, Captain Li asked the others to wait outside while he took Zhang Liu into Cihang Temple.

Chen Qingzhu knew that Captain Li would come today, so he had already instructed Huijing to take Rongniang to the Charity Hall to play.

When he heard Kun Dao announce that Captain Li and Zhang Liu had arrived, he sat in the reception hall waiting.

Captain Li walked in with his fat body, and when he saw Chen Qingzhu, he couldn't help but stare at her.

After a while, he came back to his senses, retracted his gaze, and said with a smile on his face:

"Long time no see, the Messenger of God is better than ever!"

Facing Captain Li's greasy gaze, Chen Qingzhu's expression remained calm, he just raised his hand calmly:

"Please take a seat, Qianhu."

Captain Li sat down, and Chen Qingzhu then saw Zhang Liu standing behind him. There was a bright red slap mark on his shaved face, and some blood at the corner of his mouth.

A cold light suddenly flashed in Chen Qingzhu's eyes, which were like deep springs under the moon.

It seems that after Captain Li came to Cihang Temple in person, he was very dissatisfied with the news reported by Zhang Liu.

Asking Zhang Liu to bring the slap mark here was probably done on purpose for her to see.

As she expected, Captain Li thought that her other choice, the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion, had already left the capital, so he decided to take complete control of the Cihang Temple in order to extract more benefits.