The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

The secular monks of Daxiangguo Temple have achieved success and formally established an organization, which makes the monks in the organization very happy.

These monks, apart from getting up very early every day to chant scriptures, because the various industries in the temple include land, such as a considerable part of the vegetable garden or orchard, they have to cultivate by themselves, and they hire people to do the rest. Monks are not so leisurely.

If you become a lay monk, you will have another job just like those monks who are assigned to take care of various industries.It's also a job, and storytelling in Washeri is of course much easier than farming, and it has to be said that it is a good department.

Liao Ran allocates money to set up banquets for them, and let them celebrate by themselves.

Naturally, the money was given to Yun Yan, and now everyone gradually understood that although Yun Yan was young, he was in charge, so they came to encourage him to buy some wine and meat.

The monks broke the precepts a lot, and it is clear that he never took Yunyan back to eat pork before—even though he didn't eat it himself.

However, this can only be regarded as a secret that everyone knows well, and it is still despised by decent people. It seems that it is not good to brazenly eat meat and drink at the celebration banquet.

Yun Yan hesitated for a while, after all, everyone had worked hard during this period, so they still went to buy wine and meat, but they didn't dare to ask the cook to cook outside, so Zheng Ping had to work hard to prepare a few dishes.

The chicken is a bamboo forest chicken raised by the family. Yun Yanhui has an exclusive skill, and now he pretends that he learned it from a monk and taught it to Zheng Ping.

It is to cook the clean chicken until it is half-cooked, remove the water and cut it into pieces, stir-fry it with oil, then add salt, vinegar and wine and other seasonings and simmer until it tastes good. In this way, the chicken is salty and slightly sour, with the aroma of wine Tangy and extra crispy.

If it weren't for opening a restaurant, most people basically seldom have such a craft. First of all, there are not so many chickens to practice.

There are also river fish made into fish soup. The fish meat is pickled with salt and ginger, steamed for a while, peeled into shreds, and cooked with mushrooms, shredded bamboo shoots, scallions, etc., in chicken soup. You can choose whether to add balsamic vinegar, sesame oil, etc. according to your preference. seasoning.

The pork was sent to the pig slaughterhouse to be roasted, and there would definitely be no leaks.

All kinds of other appetizers, fruits, and soups are available, and the wine is rice wine from outside.Shuang Yi and Zheng Ping brought out the dishes together, while Yun Yanhui warmed up the wine and poured it for everyone.

"Everyone has worked hard these days. Fortunately, the rewards are rewarding. The abbot has already revealed that there will be some incentives." Yun Yanhui said slowly.

"Brother Yan is the one who has worked hard." Everyone was ashamed to take the credit, and quickly raised wine to respect him, "It is also thanks to you for speaking well in front of the abbot, otherwise this matter is not just our duty, where is it coming from?" What a reward."

People who are capable and will bring everyone to eat meat, naturally everyone likes and respects them.

Not to mention what the reward is this time, even though it hasn't been announced yet, everyone already knows it.Buddhist precepts stipulate that monks are not allowed to accumulate personal wealth, and it is all consumed by the monastery collectively.That is to say, the economy of this dynasty is so developed that only some monks can do business and save money for their own houses. This aspect is more relaxed.

The abbot will definitely allow them to take part of the income in the house, such as rewards.

Yun Yan went back and took a bowl of mung bean soup, "Then my brother replaced the wine with soup."

Because Yun Yanhui was not very old, everyone didn't ask him to eat wine. After having a drink, they picked up vegetables and ate.They have never tasted Zheng Ping's handicrafts, but this time, they only feel that it is very delicious, and they have never tasted the taste of the stewed chicken in wine - instantly revealing the fact that monks usually eat meat up.

There is no soup in this dish, and all the ingredients are locked into the meat together with the taste of the ingredients. Once you bite down, the rich umami taste will burst out in your mouth.

Although the fish soup is not a particularly good fish, after all, fish is more expensive now, but it is cooked carefully and is extremely delicious.

The monks couldn't stop eating with their chopsticks.

Hui Chong said: "Junior Yan, even we have rewards, and you must have them. I think you might as well ask the abbot to sell the oil workshop in the temple."

"That's right. The oil workshop has a lot of profit. If you don't have the capital now, everyone will pool it together for you. If there is less, you can borrow it from the Changsheng Bank." The Changsheng Bank refers to the money bank that lends money in the temple. , can still borrow a lot.

"Hey, the oil shop is too eye-catching. Brother Yan and Mrs. Zheng are orphans and widows, so they will inevitably be jealous."

Everyone chattered to give Yun Yanhui some ideas, so that they could ask the abbot for some benefits when the time came.

Yun Yan waved her hand when she returned, "There are few people in the family, so let's forget about it. Thanks to the concern of the senior brothers, I know that the master and the abbot have cared about our family very much these years. its me."

What this said was that everyone only cared about him, so they all nodded in agreement.

Yun Yan also thought about the pan workshop or something, but he still felt that he was too young, and he didn't have any helpers at home. This type of method of making money was not feasible, and the risk was too great. He didn't forget him Mother's unknown natal family might still be watching from the dark.

What's more, Yun Yanhui is also more inclined to get a better understanding of Bianliang, see market rules more clearly, and human beings accumulate more deeply. In this way, everything will be responded to in the future, and there will be no failures. reason.

Otherwise, when it comes to ideas for making money, he has a lot of theories in his head.For example, bamboo paper has become popular among literati in the past two years, but it is basically imported from the south, and there is a shipping cost.

There are bamboo mountains in Bianliang, and Yun Yan has the method of making bamboo paper in his mind. When he interviewed the inheritors of ancient papermaking techniques, he even made it together. If there is local bamboo paper, the result is self-evident.

However, this requires a lot of manpower and requires training to master the skills. Afterwards, it will take a lot of thought on how to keep the property, so Yun Yanhui has never considered it. This is really not his strong point.

Yun Yan naturally had some considerations in his heart, he wanted to show the abbot his ability now, if the abbot was sure, he hoped to be a temple fair administrator who got paid every month.

That is to say, Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive, Yun Yanhui is thinking about it, Xiaobao ran over and said: "Brother Yan, the abbot is here."

Xiaobao was playing outside, and when he saw the abbot appearing from a distance, he came to report.

The monks were stunned for a moment, then they all stood up, "The abbot is not here to look for us, is he?"

"Do you want to collect the food and wine?"

"Wait a minute, if you're looking for us, it's impossible not to tell us in advance, maybe you're just passing by." Yun Yan analyzed it and said very calmly, "Let me go out and have a look."

The monks watched him go out expectantly.

Yunyan went back outside, just as the abbot was approaching, he greeted him with a smile on his face, and said hello, "Hi abbot, where are you going?"

"The first one has something to do with me, Brother Yan, I understand that you are hosting a banquet today, where are you going to eat?" the abbot asked with a smile.

Yun Yan heard that it really wasn't her home, she said with peace of mind: "Let's eat at home."

"Alright, what kind of food do you have?" the abbot asked again.

It's not easy for Yunyan to lie back, so she thought about it for a while and replied, "There are Prajna soup, piercing vegetables, water Suohua and other dishes."

"Oh, oh," the abbot answered absently, and whispered to him, "Actually, I want to find you too. Now, I have received some posts. It is that several noble families in Beijing want to invite lay monks to visit us. What do you think?"

"This is a good thing. It's not the same as the monks in the temple who come to practice as masters and teach Zen." Yun Yan smiled secretly in her heart, but there are not many people in the temple who are capable of teaching Zen to dignitaries, unlike ordinary monks , can be cultivated in batches.Think about it, this is another business opportunity!

The abbot knew very well, and when he said this to Yunyan, he didn't really mean to ask him for advice, so he smiled and said: "Then you will come with me to see the details, and call some prudent disciples to come to the door. And , I think this lay monk can expand a bit, and you can bother to look at people."

"Yes, Abbot." Yun Yan replied seriously.

"Then you eat deliciously, I'll go to work first." The abbot ordered, and took two steps, but he thought something was wrong, turned his head and looked at Yunyan, "Prajna soup? Piercing vegetables?"

Yun Yan returned a foot away, and made a bow with a smile.Knowing that the abbot has woken up, the prajna soup is actually wine, the frangipani is chicken, and the water lilies are actually fish.It is the name used by monks to deceive themselves and others when they broke the precepts, and it is not widely spread nowadays, so the abbot was not able to realize it at first.

The abbot didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and pointed at him a few times, "You, that's all for today, don't let anyone find out!"

"Abbot, don't worry." Yun Yan looked back at the abbot, opened and closed his eyes, and quickly responded with a smile.